![]() ![]() Another potential improvement seems to be strength- some older games had very breakable, weak, flimsy minis but the new LOTR Journeys game from what I've seen so far looks like they may be more durable, so hopefully any miniatures for the new Descent/Terrinoth project will be both the higher quality that also suits painting them more and also the improved strength. If there's any you've not got it might be worth getting them just in case D2e is being retired (we know about the new project but not if it means D2e will cease production or stay, I notice that 'Stewards.' doesn't seem to have a reprint planned (it may just be they've not updated the list/scheduled it yet), this may be meaningless though as 'Chains.' is both in stock and on the boat, but nevertheless it might be worth getting them sooner rather than later just in case you can't in future!)įFG sure have improved on the minis- the contrast between some of them is huge- I've already said I was quite unimpressed with Merick Farrow of the near-invisible face, then at the other end the RWM minis and some of the D2e ones like Skarn are really well designed. The Guardians of Deephall sculpts are definitely not on the same level as the Visions of Dawn and Stewards of Secret ones. I'd like to eventually collect all Heroes and Monsters Addons. Here's a great tutorial someone on BGG created Take the time to paint a dark brown splotch underneath it beforehand that will just slightly extend beyond all sides of the gras patch and you're generating a depth effect. For Jane Fairwood I did use a small regular brush's tip, since the base was too small otherwise. For the Merriods and Zachareth I used a small bristle brush. all gras sections are just dabbed on in three to four layers from a darker green to lighter greens with a brush tip. You obviously need to have a bit of patience, brushes with a good tip, work with thin paint and generally paint in "layers": from dark areas to light areas.Į.g. Hold your jaw for a moment: Yes, they're painted freehand. If they’re painted freehand my jaw will hit the floor. How do you do that? I know about texture paints, but this is different. I see a lot of these bases with texture/art on them. Update: Adding minis I've since finished. There may also be the Visions of Dawn addon sitting in a cupboard waiting to be painted after the base game is done. Lastly, I painted two of the Lieutnant addons for the base game, Lady Eliza Farrow and Baron Zachareth.Īll the heroes, most of the large monsters and the rest of the base game's lieutnants are still waiting. ![]() And I was resolved to not mess around with any kind of structure or base texture for Descent. ![]() The smaller minions' bases will be retrofitted with a bit of paint at some later point, but the Merriod's bases left so much empty room that it looked unfinished when left just black compared to small minions. Realistically though, I'll never find the time, neither to play all that content, nor to paint all those minis. I'd really like to own all addons with minis painted up at some point. It's possible to finish them relatively "quickly" (I paint slowly.) and they considerably enhance the ambience of the game once done. While the Descent minis don't touch GW or CMON minis in terms of quality, often both in terms of their sculpt and of production/material, they are satisfying to paint. Progress will be slow unfortunately, since painting minis is competing for time with everything else, as always. As motivation and as soothing background noise while painting. Lastly, Sorastros excellent painting videos did their part, too. Finally starting to play the game with a semi regular group, after I bought it in 2013 and had it sitting on the shelf for years greatly contributed to the motivation. The last minis I painted before that were the Late to the party here, but this year, I finally started to tackle one of the "TODO" items I kept in the back of my mind: Painting my set of Descent 2nd edition minis. ![]()
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