If good fences make good neighbors, then stone walls must make for an excellent relationship; stone walls from Dungeon Artifacts

        I implore my good readers to forgive me for the paucity of posts over the last couple of weeks, family obligations and a painting commission have absorbed most of my free time. The one upside of the painting commission is that I have some pretty pictures of freshly printed and painted terrain to display for you. These models come to me from Dungeon Artifacts who have an overwhelming collection of 3D printed models that on offer for sale. They are nicely printed with minimal cleanup. The PLA filament results in a model that is almost as tough as a hockey puck but they use very fine hotends so there is little evidence of the printed layers. 

        Frankly, once I had taken a look at the models "in the plastic" I was excited to get to work.

 

as usual I hit them with a rattle-can of automotive primer, in this instance flat black

the printed plastic is nearly impervious to common solvents

 

then I opened with a wet-brush of Americana Milk Chocolate followed by a heavy dry-brushing with Honey Brown, then I went in and picked out various stones with a few additional colors for variety

 

once that had been sorted I hit the whole thing with a thin wash of Soft Black, 

after that had dried I dry-brushed a light coat of Boulder to pick out highlights and make the edges pop

       These are excellent models and very reasonably priced. They are tough, light and easy to paint. If you would like to see a small portion of the their catalog in person drop by Michigan Toy Soldier as they have a good selection of items on hand for retail sale.

       Very Highly Recommended!

A Massive Thank-You to all our Vets

 

        As the son and grandson of veterans I would like to take the opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to all who have served to defend my nation and freedoms. Your sacrifices are honored and appreciated by all decent Americans. Service at home or abroad, in times of peace or war, was a gift to the nation that cannot be matched in any way. I can only say "Thank You" with all my heart.

Happy Birthday USMC

 

 

        Happy Birthday to the most senior of our glorious armed forces!  Everyone raise a beer (or, more properly, two as only the first Marine got one) and a cheer to the remarkable history of heroism and sacrifice of the unparalleled heroes that have proudly gone by the moniker "Leatherneck"