A partial progress report on some commission models as well as a few bits of shop-stock painting. I know, crazy, right!? Let me start with the first few models from a bundle I'm currently painting from Black Scorpion Miniatures. I've painted a range of their stuff before, from pirates to cowboys, and for starters I'm on a set of grim-faced mercenaries and a Knight riding a giant chameleon (why not?). Next - although I forgot to get some photos of them - are eight beautiful cannons; seven solo and one that has a crew to go with it, but I'll upload some pics of that on a future post. Other figures I've been painting come from Bad Squiddo. One pack is a semi-regular purchase, the Action Heroines and the others are new for me, mercenaries Gwen and Evie. I've only painted one of each at the moment, but pretty pleased with the way they turned out. With the Action Heroines I usually go for an 80s style to the paintjob, but thought I'd keep it a little more subtle t...

Having left the Etsy shop fallow for a while, I've made a start on populating it with some newly-painted models, starting with a set of four Near-Future Mercenaries from CP Models. These have been in a pile of metal for a while and wanted to get them sorted as I'd previously painted Mercenaries Pack 1 from CP Models a while back. These sort of minis are brilliant canvases to go crazy with an make your own; its surprising sometimes how different a set can look with different colour pallets. Mercenaries Pack 1 (CP Models) Mercenaries Pack 1 (CP Models) Mercenaries Pack 1 (CP Models) Mercenaries Pack 1 (CP Models) With Pack 1 I just went full-out  bright and garish, seeing as they had a random, thrown-together-gang vibe to them, so cerise jackets and green coats were the order of the day. But with Pack 2 the smart military-style berets pointed me more towards soldiers or - in this case - a generic police/security unit. The orange/grey of the uniform is a soft-nod of inspiration f...