Monsters of rock 2: electric boogaloo

As was anyone’s guess, the first finished minis of the year aren’t actually anything from the plans outlined in my last post. These rocky chaps were dug out and started in my end of year rush to drag my average painted miniatures for the year up to one a week, and so got finished as I figured it was probably the same amount of work to do that as to put them into storage:

One of the things I’ve found with actually using my miniatures for D&D rather than just to fill boxes is that a lot of the time it’s actually quite handy to have multiples of monsters, so these got dug out to add to the one that I originally painted fourteen and a half years ago. I slightly converted one by twisting its head around a bit so that they wouldn’t all look identical - I did consider cutting and re-posing an arm too, but figured that would take more time to fix and potentially re-sculpt, time I didn’t have as New Year’s was rushing towards me while I was prepping these.

As you’ll see, my painting hasn’t really improved in fifteen years, as they accompany the original:

But, you know, dry brushing all the way makes for a very satisfying painting experience!

It’s only been two weeks of the new year, but I’ve already gained as well as painted some miniatures, so the Tally doesn’t look as healthy as it might otherwise. Firstly, a nice chap over on the LAF sent me a Santa rat mini, which sorts this year’s festive blog post:

I also grabbed the GW mini of the month servitor, as that seemed like it could definitely find a place in an inq28 warband if my fancy turns that way again. I didn’t take a picture of that apparently (and I’m sat down fairly comfortably typing this) so you’ll just have to imagine the little cardboard box it comes in instead.

All in, the Tally for 2026 currently stands at:

2 vs 2 = 0

Still in the black! 

What’s next? Back on topic, with something actually from my myriad project list…