Pat Ryan

@crankytapir

Plant Dad. Nerd King. Running on caffeine and dodgy knees. he/him. Will engineer data for food. Irish.

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Pat Ryan@crankytapir· 25d

I'm trying an orange-brown on Driers tack tonight (steel legion drabbed washed with fuegan orange). I usually use the colour for the trousers but Driers are not visible. #hobbystreak day 41

Drier WIP shot. He now has a brown saddle, and straps. This brown has a bright orange tone that differentiates it from the darker browns used for the lions mane and various leather pouches

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· 26d

Contemplating the spheres at the flaming lips in the galway arts festival big top last night.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· 26d

I'm at a concert tonight. Here's a 20 minute speed paint I did on my lunch break to keep the #hobbystreak alive another day.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· 27d

Added a bunch of layers of lighter yellows and a bit of bone to the lions skin. Tried to give it a bit of texture while I did it, and darkened the mane. Heat has me beat so leaving it at that for tonight. #hobbystreak day 39

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· 28d

More work on Drier. I've shown this to a friend who isn't into Warhammer and they did not believe me when I said it was originally a horse so that's pretty cool. #hobbystreak day 38

Lord Marshall Drier on ES81-Lion, WIP. Drier is still in monochrome black and white but the steed is golden-brown with a brown mane

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· 29d

Did more work on Driers base, added some orange and bone tones. Strating into the lions fur on the legs but it's going to be a long process. #hobbystreak day 37

Lord Marshall Drier WIP. Skulls stare out from the mud and ruin of the base

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 12

Tonight's progress on drier: Steel legion drab on the lion and a glaze with thinned rhinox hide on the base #hobbystreak day 36

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 11

Working my way up from the bottom. A bit of stirland mud to blend Driers tactical rock into the base and a wash with a light brown just to kick us off. #hobbystreak day 36

Drier WIP, mostly black and white but the base is two shades of brown

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 10

For #hobbystreak day 35 I just gave Drier a quick black/white zenithal so I can think about the light and shadow.

Miniature depicting Lord Marshall Vernan Drier on his steed

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 9

Tonight I finished off assembling Drier. I'm quite pleased with myself for keeping a little gap in ES81-lion's mane where the gas-mask strap goes through. #hobbystreak day 34

Lord Marshall Vernan Drier astride his mount ES81-lion. Unpainted.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 9

Calm before the storm. All set up for my workshop today. It's over now and it was crazy, but in the best way. Everybody had fun and hopefully they'll all be back next week.

A table set up in a library with 10 places set out with palettes and brushes. The centre of the table has a mini dungeon set up surrounded by books about miniature painting, art and dnd

Poster in a library for a dungeons and dragons event. The poster has a large Fully Booked! Sticker on it.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 8

I think I'm done with Es81-Lions mane. So many little greenstuff sausages, but I think it will look ok once painted, but I'll leave it cure for a while. #hobbystreak day 34

The left hand side of a plastic mutant horse with a big green lions mane

The right hand side of a plastic mutant horse with a big green lions mane. Also visible is the horses tail, which is long and tufted, like a lions.

Or a donkey.

The front view of a plastic mutants horse with a big green lions mane

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 7

Realizing I have work to do before the workshop on Thursday I parked the greenstuff work to prime the last set of reaper chibi adventurer miniatures I have to give the kids.

A couple of chibi adventurers from reaper miniatures and their pets primed in black

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 6

ES81-lions mane is starting to fill out. I drilled a hole to pin the tail in place as well. Seems to be holding a bit better. #hobbystreak day 32

The toy horse, still partially assembled now has a leonine mane on one side of it's neck

Another angle of the large clawed "horse" wearing a gas mask.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 5

I broke ES81-lion's tail, and have to try another approach. But I have given it a neck beard? This poor horse. #hobbystreak day 31

A partially assembled, partially mutilated, toy horse. It is grey plastic with a brass-ish tail and a green neck beard.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 5

Got some self-heal and a few tiny bog orchids in the wild part of my garden #wildflowerhour

Three big orchid flower spikes with some deep purple self-heal in the background. Out of focus are more self heal and a few buttercups.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 5

Use one mini to promote your page

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 4

Spent some time assembling ES819 (Driers steed) I have previously painted Krieg steeds as having tiger stripes, as they are genetically modified clawed monsters, but for ES819 I'm aiming for something a bit more regal. Which is why I glued a bit of a paper clip to it's tail. #hobbystreak day 30

One of my death riders, the steed is a horse with large clawed foot pads that remind me of the paws of big cats, so I painted it with tiger stripes.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 3

Alright. For #hobbystreak day 29 I have pulled Lord Marshall Drier out of storage and reviewing the model build steps. I have an idea for a small conversion that I want to try and implement, and I'm trying to figure out at what point during the build process I will have to commit.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 2

I gave my tiles a coat of Mod Podge to give them a final seal and make them a bit tougher. That is the tiles done. I'll take some nicer shots tomorrow once they are dry and cured. #hobbystreak day 28

2 of my large room tiles side by side. The stone is an almost blue gray. Loose scree and mud stain the floor.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jul 1

Alright, I'm posting early tonight because I figured out what I'm doing, based on @inq28blokia.bsky.social's suggestions. It takes a long time to dry though so I'm posting while I wait for the first set of tiles to dry. #hobbystreak day 27

This is brown poster paint mixed with a 10:1 water:rinse aid mixture. It is too orange.

This is some dark blue poster paint in the mix. It is a much more natural looking brown

This is tiles liberally splodged with the brown mix and a black wash made the same way. It just takes a while to dry, so I'm posting while I wait to do the next batch.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 30

Tonight I drybrushed my tiles grey. Now I have to decide do I go further? For a cheap, quick project that looks good and is easy to do, this looks fairly ok (I think?) but I could do a lighter drybrush, glaze/stipple some colour in, draw calcium veins on some "stones" etc. #hobbystreak day 26

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 29

A big tiles of primed black tiles. I'm hoping the sand will catch paint as I drybrush and sponge colour on in the next few steps. Give it the feeling no one has swept it in a few years, and add a bit of visual interest. #hobbystreak day 25

Close up to show how just a tiny bit of sand scattered on the tile adds a bit of texture the cardboard wouldn't have.

This tile has a little more sand on it, but I think it's harder to see it.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 28

Back to painting! Gave my tiles another coat of PVA to seal them and started painting them with a paint on black primer. Got about half done now. #hobbystreak day 24

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 28

I'm going to go with Mark Gibbons' Bloodthirster for now, but there's a lot of great stuff and I'd likely have a different answer at another moment.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 26

Applied the dungeon grid stones to my 6*6 squares. This marks the physical completion of the set. Now I need to paint them. One has a very light scattering of sand glued to it, will paint it first and see if the texture is noticeable, and if it is do I like it. #hobbystreak day 22

A big dungeon with multiple rooms using all my tiles. Think I will use this during my next DnD kids workshop if I get it painted in time.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 26

This fiery blood crusher has been watching me work all day

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 25

Making my grid tiles. Draw grid, cut out grid, trim the corners and sides so they're a little uneven. Then repeat the last step 120ish times #hobbystreak day 21

Drawing a grid inside a pizza box, I measure 1 inch lengths on each side and draw the lines between them

I cut out the grid with scissors. It is very straightforward but intrigues the children

Trimming down the resulting squares very slightly by cutting around the edge with my scissors.

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 24

Put the grid stones on another load of tiles. That's all the cardstock I have cut so now I need to cut another 110 ish from a pizza box. #hobbystreak day 20

A load of unpainted dungeon tiles arranged as a simple dungeon

A dungeon tiles prior to the addition of cardboard flagstones.

The same tile, after being painted with undiluted PVA glue

Cardboard flagstones also have PVA glue painted on the back prior to pressing into place on the wet tile

Pat Ryan@crankytapir· Jun 24

The first I was really proud of was an ork nob for gorkamorka, back when I was a kid. But it's long lost to time and life. The first model of my 'current era' that I am proud of was this reaper minis dire wolf. I think I got a nice depth to the fur.