Ballroom Blitz

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Project Blog by Bexx

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About the Project

If you saw my Moonstone project from last year, you'll know how much I love it. Although I finished my troupe, I still had models I wanted to paint. So I'm going to paint them and make a diorama, just for fun.

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My eyes!!!!

Apr 19 2023

I'll never see straight again, but 4 thin coats (or the Double Duncan as I like to call it) later and the board is done!

He looks good on there so far! And Darren found an amazing set of 3d printable bits on MyMiniFactory which would be perfect to kit the place out. Progress. I'll take it.

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Apr 16 2023

I've had a think and I have an idea of how I want the scene to look. It'll be a big ballroom filled with cool scatter, with a grand staircase leading to a balcony as the focal point. I cut a base and sprayed it black, and marked a grid of cm².

Next step was to crack open the primer and paint a base for the tiles that'll end up white.

The Host With The Most

Apr 16 2023

I love how The Beast turned out, and I love how he looks on his base. I'm going to start thinking about how to build the diorama and what I want it to look like, and I'll be alternating between this and my Carnevale project for the next couple of months.

Be My Guest

Apr 16 2023

It had to be The Beast himself for the first mini to paint. He is to be the host of the party, after all. I chose a rich selection of colours for him, including royal purple and lush blue. I want the whole scene to be colourful and vibrant, so no expense was spared on his tailoring.

Ballroom Beginnings

Apr 16 2023

When I discovered Moonstone last year, there were so many models I wanted to paint. We got a demo kit in for the shop, and I was tasked with painting the goblins, so they kind of automatically became my troupe. I loved them, and I love playing them, but there were still models left that I wanted to paint. So I’ve decided to create a little diorama for them, based on the idea of a creepy masquerade ball. The models I wanted for it are:

The Beast
The Duchess
Creep
The Revenant

So I smiled nicely at Darren and promptly took those boxes off the shelves.

First up, I wanted some nice bases for them. I wanted them to look like they were actually in a ballroom. I grabbed the Green Stuff and filled the top of the base with a nice, even coverage of it. Then, I took a craft knife and scored out a chequered pattern on the top. As it started to dry, I kept going back and cleaning up the scoring, until I had well defined squares on each base. Once completely dry, I painted them in traditional black and white.

I also found a couple of candle sconces in a random bits box, so I painted those up too. They’ll look great in the ballroom.