Do you ever have that feeling with miniature painting projects? This blog is clear evidence that I do.
Do you ever have that feeling with regard to miniature painting projects related to TV and film for 7TV? Well...
I woke thim morning with no real focus for my painting and so decided to turn my attention to a variety of individual models related (in different ways) to 7TV, if not necessarily related to each other.
First up are a cheerleader and road sign I got as stretch goals for hacking the Night Terrors feature pack campaign. I've not really paid much attention to this so far as I'm still trying to source a cheap train and track for the second scenario of Vlad's Army.
The cheerleader is a typically clean sculpt from Crooked Dice as really easy to paint. The trickiest part was trying to pick out the raised lettering on her jersey, although this is because it's small as the words are actually really well defined, especially given that it's a metal model.
I liked painting the sign (I got a similar one with 7TV: Pulp) although I did have to mend it as the supports were snapped. Fortunately, as it's 3d printed in resin, super glue does the job really quickly. However, it's quite fragile, so I'll have to be careful with it.
This model was also a freebie with a Kickstarter campaign, but this time for the 80s supplement - this explaining the outfit.
The model is very clearly based off of Kelly Lebrock in Weird Science, although I forgot that she was meant to be wearing leggings and so, amazingly, I've managed to objectify her more than the film did.
I have absolutely no idea what I would use this model got, but as I've based her on asphalt (she's holding a basketball, grass would have made no sense) she might find herself in zombie or superhero scenarios as a bizarrely scantily clad civilian.
Yet another Kickstarter freebie (I think this one was with the launch of 3rd edition) is this director, that might possibly be meant to be Steven Spielberg.
Despite really liking this miniature and enjoying painting him, I genuinely have no idea how I would use him.
Crooked Dice have a habit of producing characters and macguffun tokens that are linked to film and TV production and in theory I could build a group of miniatures that could sit off to the side of games of 7TV.
It would be quite meta.
The final miniature is the Irma Kraangdroid from the 2012 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in which April O'Neil's school friend is revealed to be a alien inside an impossibly large robotic disguise.
This is clearly a riff on the appearance of Kraang in the classic 1980s cartoon, even though the 2012 series went a very different route in the portrayal of the Kraang as an invading force rather than an individual character.
The model is a Heroclix sculpt I've had for a long time. I opted to just tidy up the existing paint work rather than do a full repaint mainly because the glasses are much better than it could ever manage myself.
I've quite enjoyed painting a few random bits, and this little collection has reminded me how much I enjoy painting Crooked Dice sculpts, and I probably need to restock my supply at some point.
Acquired: -124
Painted: 473
Lead Mountain: 244
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