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Let's Paint - Yetis and Winter Wolf (RPG Mini Painting)

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Winter Monsters Sorry for the hiatus.  My life has been quite busy lately and as a result, I haven't gotten the chance to paint or craft lately.  Additionally, my games have been repeatedly delayed.  Back at the end of February I promised some winter monsters.  But my party took a turn in their adventure and delayed their confrontation with Shiver the Ice Hag and her chilling minions.  Not wanting to ruin their reveal I waited.  But no more! This past Monday the party finally confronted Shiver, who was waiting for them to trade over a powerful magical item in exchange for the return of their companion.  When the party decided that she would be too dangerous with the artifact she summoned three yetis and nearly wiped the party. Although only a handful of them saw game time, I painted up several minis for this session, all of which came from the Chill Out pack of Reaper Bones 3 Kickstarter Core set .  Let's take a look. The Yetis ...

Let's Paint - Ice Witch (RPG Mini Painting)

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Cheap Miniature Hunting When I first got into D&D about two years ago, my friends were using board game pieces and other various items to represent monsters and characters.  I raided my games and childhood toys and found a small collection of minis.  This started my obsession.  I spent the next summer avidly devouring as many miniatures as I could get my hand on.  My focus was on quantity over quality, with a focus on affordability.  This drive led me to buying lots of Mage Knight miniatures from Ebay. Mage Knight For those who are unfamiliar, Mage Knight is a now-defunct war-game from WizKids .  You might be more familiar with the current running HeroClix game and miniatures.  The point of Mage Knight was to contain all of the relevant character stats on the rotating base.  They also came pre-painted.  But most of all, they were cheap.  As a result, the painting isn't amazing, and the sculptures are sometimes lackin...