Long way back

I have been very distracted and all but forgotten this poor little blog. I have mostly taken to other social media to share my love of the hobby. My exploits can most easily be followed here My Instagram. Since my last posts I have ditched the Hirst Arts molds moved to 3-D printing for my terrain needs.
Enter the Monoprice Select! Now, there is a bit of a learning curve to printing. I have however enjoyed the process and I think the results speak for themselves. I DO NOT claim to be an expert as far as 3-D Printing, but I feel like I learn something every time I turn the thing on. 

 

 These incredible models are available through Printablescenery. Gorgeous stuff!


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 These are signs I created just using Tinkercad. Quick and easy...

They paint up, fast and easily. They mix in very nicely with all of my resin and laser cut scenery. These have detailed interiors and create a nice variation to all my existing stuff. 

The 5 minute rule

Everything I have posted here is the product of the five minute rule. As a matter of fact this blog is done using the 5 minute rule. And that is...that I do nearly everything 5 minutes at a time. I am taking out the trash, I swing by the workbench and work on the Livery for...you guessed it 5 minutes. Between folding laundry and pushing the kids on the swings, I apply spackle to the bases of a few minis. Between, coffee and brushing my teeth before work, prime something...I think you get the picture. It is far from ideal...
(and I am sure I am not the only one that has to work this way) but it is the way I have to work things as a father, husband, rodeo clown, master of the dungeon, Marshal, Eladrin Warlord, Red Sox fan, not so handy man and what not.

Here are some shots of the Livery. I finally decided on how to hinge the doors. I ditched the idea of putting the doors inside the frames and have the doors go over the top of the frames. Plus I stopped using "round" brass tubes.  The round didn't have enough meat to glue to the slender doors and put up with my ham fisted stylings. So I cut up some square brass "tubes" and bent "L" shaped pieces of paper clips...and here you have it. The heavy beam across the top does double duty. It was a suggestion from a buddy who thought the doors "needed something" to complete the look. and they actually keep the doors on their hinges so I won't have to worry as much in transit and storage. Now the corral on the side of the building...

The Bench...so much work to do.

I hate slot bases. I just can't stand them. I am a strong believer in the washer. I just like its lower profile and the heft it gives a mini. Granted it makes a long process (for me anyway with two kids, a house and a wife) even longer. The New Deadlands minis by Reaper have started coming my way and with a Deadlands campaign finally at long last starting I have had to get it in gear.

Here is the good Doctor Von Coggleson and his wondrous gauntlet. 

 More of the Doctor. The Ghost Steel makes it so light you hardly know you are wearing it. (Mini by Steve Jackson Games, Gauntlet by Games Workshop.)

Some of the Buildings

 Telegraph Office and the Ace High Saloon (both Arnica)

 Shed and a to be named Building (I am talking suggestions) Both again are Arnica

 This is the Ghost Water Gazette (I have since added a sign...Arnica)

 Not sure what this building is, will again take suggestions. (Arnica)

 The Abernathy Restaurant, my very first venture into scratch building...

 the Utah Apothecary by Hovel...

 Marshal's Office by Kilroy Productions.

 This was the fruits of a trade and even came painted...but I do not recall the manufacturer.

 Gun Shop by Arnica Montana.

 The Undertakers by Arnica, scratch built enclosure on the side and coffins by Kilroy Productions.

 Tremmel's General Store by Hovel.

The Bostonian by Arnica Montana.

The Stable

Here are some pics of my stable. I made it using the templates from "The Rules with No Name." A book just to shiny and beautiful not to buy when it was on sale for half price. The construction of the stable has sputtered to a halt, because I just can't figure out how I want to hinge the doors. Very frustrating for me...

The Minis here are Jesse Whales from Knuckleduster and one of the Nosferatu from the Great Rail Wars Line. 

High Noon in Ghostwater

 Brodie Buchanan hears trouble brewing

 Cat Abernathy has her street howitzer ready

 Out come the hero's from the saloon

Isaiah "Black Hand" Iron's and Running Blood with a gunhand

 The Mormon Kid is ready to clear leather

Zip's got a good spot as well

Brodie's seen this coming so he's staying put for now

The town freezes, but ready to strike!

another gunhand emerges (this is one of my favorite minis that I have painted.)

 The bad guys are set and ready

 Mormon Kid steps in to even up the numbers

four against four seems fair enough

 Oh wait there's X

He's plenty in the mix from there

One of the gunhands goes for the marshall - bad move!

Shannon takes out the rest

 a two for one special

That just leaves Isaiah Irons and Atwood Dunbar

He might look dirty, but Atwood never had a reason to worry

Shannon O'Conner

The Preacher

Atwood Dunbar

Mr. X