A dragon and Alaska

 Gosh, I look at the date on the last post and can't believe it was three or more months ago. No games on my table since then, but some painting done. Our D&D group hasn't met in that time span either, though I did go over to one friend's house and we sat and painted; he, some furniture and me, some goblins (from the Blacklist set). 

I pulled out the airbrush again and attempted the big dragon from the Blacklist set. My first 'big' mini.

Green = craft acrylics thinned down with windshield washer fluid. Burgundy strips on the armour plates (also craft paint). Vallejo Bone White claws, teeth and horns, Sun Yellow eyes. Lightly washed with a homemade black wash. 

Another first in my life happened in the between time as well: a cruise. Me and my wife went on an Alaska cruise as chaperones with the high-school band, of which our oldest daughter is a member. Here's some cool things I actually took pictures of:

Retired boat at Icy Straight Point

A longhouse at Saxman, a village by Ketchican.

There were a number of model boats on display around the ship, this one of the ship we were on. I wish I took pictures of some of the other models. 

This one was tough to get a pic without the reflection. 

Neat layering of islands in the morning as we cruised through them back to Vancouver.

Alaska was a fun adventure, at least the parts I got to see. I wondered if seasickness would be a problem and I probably was seasick the first full day at sea, it was choppy seas, but the symptoms were similar to the migraines I get, so I'm not sure. Otherwise, I was okay. My daughter had to lay down for a long while that day, even with three seasickness patches on. The three of us were fine the rest of the time.

My goblins are not done, or I'd have shown a pic. What is done is a halfling rogue, a cleric, a dire bear, and a mod inspired by a scenario for the Cairn RPG. However, I am waiting to post those as I painted them with some cheapish paints I bought and want to talk about them after using them on a few more models.

Cheerio!