Justice in Miniature

This week Mrs.pigm00 stepped in to pick up my slack. I am not quite done with Gerhart, but she knocked out all of the gangers from the I Am The Law starter set. They look awesome too. She painted them up in bright eye catching colors and based them on SLA printed urban warfare bases. They are going to make a great addition to our tabletop.

We have a long weekend coming up, so we are hoping to wrap up a few more sets of minis. We already have some in progress, but work gets in the way of progress!

Next up was the Fatties at War box. These two painted up pretty well, Fats Hambo was a blast to finish. I really enjoyed painting his belt and bandolier full of food. For the bases this time, I used concrete texture paste from AK interactive and Oil Stains effects from the Army painter Fanatic range. I always add a little debris to the bases, they are taking part in a block war after all. One thing I like to add to the bases to make them a little different are in world posters or maps crinkled up like trash. Fats base got a map of Mega City 1 and the other base has a little bit of an Easter egg.

Next up, I think I will paint Gerhart and his SJS bike. I also want to thank Ben for the shoutout on the XLBS!

First group complete! Today was the first chance to paint since the Spring Clean Challenge started. I wrapped up the Justice Department Riot squad and started base coating the Fatties at War. These painted up like a dream using a mix of Army Painter Fanatics, Monument Hobbies, and AK 3rd Gen paints. There are a lot more Judges so I logged the colors in my Brushrage App.

I did try out the 3D printed bases that are recessed for Warlord Games puddle bases. I used urban debris from a local company called Black Rim Basing. I added some small bricks and Army Painter barbed wire. The “broken glass” on the base was candle holder fill from Michaels Craft Store. I do think I like the resin printed bases that I normally make, but it was nice not breaking legs off while removing the puddle bases. I am going to try AK texture paste on the fatties and see if I like it better.

They may not be show piece minis, but I’m pretty happy with them!

With the weekend almost here, I wanted to get my first batch ready to paint. My wife didn’t even care that I was cleaning and assembling minis on our anniversary! I also spent some time trying to convince her to paint some Dredd with me, but she is working on Moonstone right now.

For the first group I decided to start with Fatties at War and Justice Department Riot Squad.

I got them cleaned up, assembled, and dry fit them onto the bases I printed earlier this week. Everything looked good, so I washed them in Dawn and let them dry overnight. The next day I would be priming them.

I went with a light Rustoleum camo color. I’m not sure how I will be painting them yet. I have a few different paint schemes for judges, some with speedpaints and some using layer paints. I’m not a huge fan of slap chop by itself, so no matter what I end up doing some highlights. I can’t go much further tonight. The humidity is 80% and it will take a while for the primer to dry.  I really need a “dry faster you bastard” setup like Dave from MS Paints!

Today after work I wanted to start getting some bases ready so the weekend can be all painting. In the past, I have always used my Anycubic Mono M3 Premium to print some pre-made bases. Once I painted the Dredd minis and had to cut the molded bases off, they almost always broke. Rather than gluing the legs and ankles of every figure I decided to try any find another way to get that city rubble look without removing the bases they come on. I do prefer thicker GW style bases over the thin Warlord bases though. I came across a great solution on thingiverse. Warlord base adaptors.

These are by Thingiverse user DeathZap-Studio. They are recessed enough that I can use the AK Interactive black top and concrete paste like I made my Citi Def gun emplacement bases with.

Next up was the pill bases for Fats Hambo and the Robodogs. Some time in Tinkercad later I had what I needed. The ends are not quite as round as Warlords Pill base, but its good enough. I’m an Electrician, not a 3D CAD designer.

Unfortunately, that’s all the time I have for tonight. Time to load up the printer and let it go.

I am no competition painter. I just like having cool looking minis painted on the tabletop. My primary opponent is my wife, who is a pretty good painter. I really want to get my Judge Dredd collection painted up, but always seem to be working on Shatterpoint, Moonstone, or Halo Flashpoint. When I saw the spring clean challenge, I thought that maybe that was the kick in the ass I needed to get it done. It would be too much to finish all of it by June, so I will try to work on the Warlord resin minis for the challenge. So here is what I have done to  start…

I also have almost all of the ABC warriors done, if anyone want to see them. And now for the 95 remaining figures. Most of which need assembled. I usually remove the molded base from these and replace them with 3D printed bases. I try to use some city or urban warzone style of base. The goal is to eventually build a Mega City 1 board.

So, now to decide where to start.