I didn't get chance to leave the stand to see what any else was selling though. So it's entirely possible that there were far too many sellers in the hall.
To me they're just an add on to supplement the woodwork. Same as my paints and minos
From a traders perspective, dice somewhat unfortunately represent an easy win. Don't take much space, or need much attention throughout the day to bring in a steady stream of sales
I did try to balance out my dice offering with some hand made dice to support more small business and give variety
I'm trading at it!!!
I am so excited!
@slondonwarlords.bsky.social was awesome, it was so fulfilling to have people genuinely excited to see my new painting handle
But I got absolutely no pictures.
So make sure you tag me if I make an appearance on yours!
What a handsome chap
I hope I get to meet him
I was going to say hopefully this time I won't be in a mad panic setting up as the doors open.
But I've just realised I'm unloading tomorrow morning, so no luck there 😅
Looking forward to it though!
My first ever Chillcon appearance is this weekend
Really excited for it.
No new painting handles yet. BUT, instead I have absolutely loads of display plinths, brush rests and cool new @badsquiddogames.bsky.social models (which you can hear about in Annie's talk on Saturday)
See you there!!!
Hello, friends. I've been relatively quiet and mighty inactive in my usual TTRPG spaces on account to our family getting thrown into turmoil.
My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last year, and we need help with the mounting cancer expenses. We truly appreciate any help you can give.
Julio over at Dragoncrown is one of the nicest and down to earth people I've had the joy of being friends with in the ttrpg community. As someone who lives in a country with universal health care, seeing this properly upsets me and frustrates me. So if you can, please help him out.
Last 24ish hours to secure your model and paints for the march limited palette painting challenge!
After that you'll either have to wait till next month, or come and see me at Chillcon (which you should be doing anyway to be fair)
Get the Bundle Four paints Plus 1 mini - £16 2 minis - £21 3 minis - £25 Available from fourscorewoodwork.com
Last month we got some awesome paint jobs. This is just a few if them.
Get your own bundle online now!!!
Painting Challenge March model reveal With thanks to gelatinous cute
Carnataurus An unpainted model of an anthropomorphic dinosaur. It is wearing armour and an eye patch, and is holding a sword pointing down
Gorilla Barbarian An anthropomorphic gorilla dressed in studded armour. Holding a battle axe
An unpainted model imagining a goat crossed with a dragon. It's more of a goat with dragon horns
The March Painting challenge is up and running.
These are the three models possible to get this month, to be painted using just four paints + a black & white
marta with dyzio the feathered dilophosaurus from 1997
A protoceratops family from the museum of evolution
Muzeum Przyrody i Techniki w Starachowicach
It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Promo image for Skies Above Secrets of the Twilit Skysles which will be every other Sunday (starting Sunday 8th of Feb) at 7pm GMT
It draws nearer!!! 3 Days until the first session of my Actual Play campaign for Skies Above - Secret of the Twilit Skysles! Looking forward to delving into this with both the players and an audience!
#ttrpg
Microgrants for TTRPG creators @gothhoblin.me // New cat TTRPG announced @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social // Mork Borg Video Game excitement @morkborg.com // Community Mini Painting @fourscorewoodwork.bsky.social
I'll be setting up on the mezzanine tomorrow morning.
See you bright and early!
Today is the final day of our January Helping Hand Initiative. You have until midnight tonight to get your request in for bases at warbases@gmail.com
The challenge, Paint your randomly received mini using only the paints provided (plus a black & white from your own selection) Share your results online Tag me #petespaintparty Share others work Big each other up Have fun
It's not a competition. We're painting for the heck of it. Share your work. Support each other. Have fun painting.
The bundle Four paints Shadow Midtone Highlight Metallic or wash One Mini One of three minis available each month
The silhouette of this month's three possible minis One looks like some kind of warrior. They clearly have a sword One looks like a miner. They have a pickaxe One looks like a strange fantasy creature. It is rounded and cute, with curly antenna
My community paint challenge bundle is available now.
Four paints from two thin coats and a mini for £16.
Not a competition, no prizes, just painting for fun and try something new
www.fourscorewoodwork.com/product/febr...
#minipainting
And for anyone who doesn't win, but still wants to take part in the limited palette challenge. You can get the bundle on my website for the next week.
About 25% reduction on buying items individually
www.fourscorewoodwork.com/product/febr...
Got a giveaway going on over at Instagram.
Four paints and a mystery mini.
www.instagram.com/p/DTveWcBjEh...
Paint Challenge Giveaway Four Paints One Mini A monthly community event by Four Score Details coming soon
This will mostly be happening over on Instagram. But I'll do my best to cross post over here.
I know there's a really thriving community of mini painters here
Hey! Annie at @badsquiddogames.bsky.social has both loads of women miniatures for wargames and collecting AND a great blog if you want to educate yourself about some of the inspiring women who have been involved in conflicts throughout history: communityminiaturesproject.com/category/ext...
Text over a background of minis from Bad Squiddo Games. The company founded owned and run by Annie Norman. The text reads: This shouldn't need stating, but apparently for some folk it does. Wargaming is for everyone. Painting minis is for everyone. Sculpting is for everyone. Playing is for everyone. Sci-fi, fantasy and historical are all for everyone. Some of the best work in historical wargaming is being done by women. If your answer to a question about whether women are interested in your products is "nobody interested in historical wargaming are women. It's a lazy journo question, don't like that." You're probably a dickhead.
Otherwise people might look at other things you've said about "wokeism" and the times you've left charity organised events early because you aren't making enough money, and conclude that you're a bit of a dick
you instead use it as an opportunity to talk about the women who are involved. The awesome work they're doing, and promoting the work you are doing to make the space as inclusive as possible.
Now I've only been in business for four years. Not over 25. But, If you think a journalist is attempting a "gotcha" by asking if you've seen an uptick in women buying your products, can I recommend that instead of "sarcastically" having a go at the journalist and making your version of jokes...
Two years and over at @goonhammer.com we‘re still saying everyone is welcome in historical wargaming, with the exception of Nazis and misogynist fucks.
www.goonhammer.com/goonhammer-h...
The blood effect looks great
Dirty Down also do a really good gore effect paint.
And "Snot" which can be coloured or glazed after it's dried
A box of new Dark Arts paints in front of a shipping box containing four more sets. The Dark Arts paint box is largely black, with a horned skull design It says "30 Grimdark Colours by Two Thin Coats"
The reverse of the box has a photo of Duncan Rhodes, accompanied by the quote "This grim and moody set is designed to provide you with a great collection of colours for painting your miniatures in a Grimdark style. It includes 21 acrylics that are intended to be mixed and matched for interesting tones, 3 grubby metallics, and 6 acrylic inks that can be added to other paints for shading or used as the basis for glowing effects. The colours provided have been chosen so you can use this set stand-alone, or you can mix in with other paints from the Two Thin Coats range for even more options. "Each paint is high-quality with fantastic coverage and excellent smoothness, designed to apply with ease to help you get the most out of your painting sessions." Duncan Rhodes
Colours included: Blood Red Sky Flayer Red Diablo Red Archon Orange Pustule Ochre Abhorrent Ochre Malign Yellow Cultmaster Green Betrayer Green Diabolical Green Crypt Grey Altar Ivory Grindhouse Orange Masque Flesh Noir Brown Cinderborn Brown Dystopian Dust Blight Cream Divination White Animus Black Cherubic White Old Brown Metal (Metallic) Ancient Iron (Metallic) Ironclad Silver (Metallic) Brown Ink Warm Brown Ink Deep Red Ink Tobacco Ink Black Ink White Ink
Oh hey, look what turned up at my door while I was away.
Two Thin Coats Dark Arts paints available online RIGHT NOW
I can't guarantee Christmas delivery, but there's a nice discount on them till the end of the year
Stu from Tesseract Mini Studios has done a review of them
youtu.be/Nr3QvOgK7K8?...
I won't be at Dragonmeet this year.
I'm at MCM instead.
If you are going then I hope you have an awesome time, make some great connections and buy cool games/dice with which to play the games.
If you're headed to MCM instead...
Come see me!
Stand AF18 I've just finished an awesome GM Screen