This time last year I was in the middle of my
Tale of 3 Painters project.
The big event, prior to auctioning everything off for charity, was a trip down to Plymouth to visit You Tube starlet
Joey Berry.
However, the day before our planned meet I set off on my trip and decided to take in the sights of Westham and Swindon 'on the way' to meet my fellow painters
Michael Awdry and
Andy Walker… got them to sign a Malifaux rulebook to boot. Great day, great guys, silly journey
The following day I got to meet Joey and we did a video interview about the models, the project and the auction. We were also meant to have a game of Malifaux at her local club, using the charity painted miniatures, but the club owners decided (the night before) that they couldn't open up as they'd promised so we missed out.
Instead Joey and myself found a nice quayside pub to sit outside and had a chat for a couple of hours. Before long it was time to start out on the trek back home.
Joey has now become an international superstar, doing You Tube reports from all over the world, as well as working at Creative Assembly. She now lives in Kent, not 40 minutes away (why didn't I wait a year!).
The auction itself did ok. We had some amazing contributors including Fenris Games, Firestorm Games, SnM Stuff, Element Games, KR Multicase and, of course, Wyrd Miniatures. I still can't quite get over the generosity. There were other companies that snubbed our requests… you know who you are! lol
I think choosing Malifaux as the game to paint models for limited the potential bidder audience but made for a great painting experience. The
whole auction package went for over £500 in the end which was a nice finish to a long and testing project.
Still not getting the urge to do another one anytime soon, but never say never.
More gaming table posts next time…
+++++++++ Quick note for Jules81 +++++++++
Jules asked earlier this week about the 'potato printing' technique I used to create cobbles on my Malifaux board. Here goes…
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pavement stamp |
I took a piece of foamboard and cut into it to create a pavement/sidewalk 'stamp' (above).
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cobble road stamp |
I then lathered it in emulsion paint and pressed it onto the board surface to create a pavement/sidewalk print.
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finished road |
By repeating this process with different shaped stamps I created a crossroads with pavement/sidewalk for my board. By experimenting with the amount of paint you put on the foamboard stamp you get a more or less distressed pattern with your print.
Why potato printing? As a kid in school we used to do the same thing with half a potato – cut a shape into it and use paint to create repeating patterns or shapes.
That's it – so easy!