Paul Fenton

@paulfenton

I take you outside and hopefully you touch a slug. I’m a science communicator and museum educator. I sing along with guitar solos. He/him.

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Paul Fenton@paulfenton· 9d

This is Ishmael, our human rogue, last one for me, now the 9 year old needs to keep his end of the bargain and paint the last member of the party. #dnd #miniatures #minipainting #nerdlings

The back view of the rogue, his dark green cloak and quiver are prominent.

The front of the rogue miniature, he has a dark green cloak and light green greaves, his skin is fairly light, he holds a sword with a blue/dark blue hilt, brown dagger and sheath, as well as bow and arrow.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· 14d

Pretty neat timeline serendipity @coolhand.bsky.social @greenleejw.bsky.social

It’s a screenshot of two consecutive posts, first says “peacocks are the closest thing we have to eldritch gods” the second says “A drawing to share. I think maybe it’s Cerberus if he were a peacock” the first has a video of a peacock, the second you can see the top bit of a stylized black and white-ish drawing.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jul 17

Messing around with a new technique here and quite like how this lil frog boi came out. #minipainting #miniatures #nerdlings

A frog warrior on a purple base. The red undercoat shows through, green skin, brown loin cloth and shield, gold eyes, and a metallic sword.

The back of the frog, you may be able to pick out the zenithal white spray underneath.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jun 29

Bottom two are a troll I finished this week, top two are the same model I painted about a year ago when I first started painting. How’s my improvement? #dnd #miniatures #nerdlings #minipainting

A troll miniature, light green skin, purple hair, blue chin-beard, black hand and toe claws. Brown and grey wrist wraps and loin cloth.

Same miniature in a different color palette. Darker green skin, lighter hair, different browns and greys on the cloth.

Same one again, a deep green/blue skin, purple hair, olive loin cloth and brown and grey wrist wraps.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jun 22

A new young Verminkin has joined the warband! This is the newest member of the Grubs. Did not realize until i got the paints out that i had accidentally snipped his nose taking it off the sprue. Oh well, went with it. Battle damage, haha! #nerdlings #warhammer #minipainting #miniatures

A brown rat warrior dressed in white with black trim. Sword and dagger are rusted.

View of the other side, his pink tail and sling at his hip are more visible.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jun 20

Finished! #dnd #minipainting #nerdlings #miniatures

Now his blue and silver…banners? on his trousers are filled in and parts of him have been darkened.

The back of him, you can really see the darker was detailing his tail.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jun 19

My 1600th @inaturalist.bsky.social observation, this silly pair of juvenile herring gulls. I’ve done a lot of iNat on #ConstitutionBeach but hadn’t been for a few years. Great place for this milestone.

A pair of brown, white, and grey gulls wading at the ocean’s edge.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jun 12

More progress on Akra. #dnd #nerdlings #minis #miniatures #minipainting

The same miniature as the quoted tweet but now he’s got brown, blue and metallic on his lower garment/armor.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jun 12

#WIP the Dragonborn cleric Akra. My first time painting flames. How did I do? #dnd #nerdlings #minis #miniatures #minipainting

A lizard folk miniature cosplaying as a gold dragon borne. Leather and light blue accessories and a flame in each hand.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· May 29

My now-nine-year-old son and I played a game of #dnd from level 3-9 when he was 7/8. Finally painting the party. This is Ethan, the human cleric. #nerdlings #miniatures #minis #minipainting

A Nordic looking human miniature in full plate wielding a hammer and shield. He has a golden circlet with a purple gem.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· May 23

A Star Trek Next Generation title card showing the Enterprise. Blue text reads “the one where the crew doesn’t stop a genocide because of the prime directive.”

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· May 18

Actually finished! #nerdlings #dnd #minipaitning #miniatures

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· May 17

Maybe finished! #nerdlings #dnd #minipainting #miniatures

A tabletop miniature, an ogre, green/blue skin and brown clothing. Covered in human bones and raising a boulder over their head.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Apr 20

Got this sprue with a tiny skaven. Anyone know what this is for? #nerdlings #warhammer #warhammercommunity

A section of a sprue that has a tiny skaven whose height is the width of my fingertip.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Apr 13

Just realized I made my 1500th @inaturalist.bsky.social observation a few weeks ago teaching a crew of city kids how to iNat in their park. I like a good ol’ sugar maple as this milestone. #citynature #nature #naturalism

A grey, lightly furrowed trunk of a tree, with patches of white and light green lichen. Against green and brown grass.

A small tree with some brown leaves in a city park.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Mar 27

Rust monster face @pareidolia.bsky.social

It’s a stone surface with a rusted hunk of metal, two white circles of metal stand out against the rusted mess implying eyes.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Feb 13

First model for my Skaven warband. This is my sorcerer, No Eyes. #minipainting #mordheim #warhammer #minis

Rat warrior from behind/side. Red cape, green shirt, blue pants, brown glove and boot, dark metallic swords and white fur.

Rat warrior from the front, same colors, raising swords above its head.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jan 17

Painted up this wizard with Bombadil colors. #minipainting #dnd

The back of a Wizard, green cloak, yellow boots and hat , a wooden staff with pink glowing orb, a bedroll at his back.

A wizard painted in Bombadil colors, holding a book, belt straps for knife, scrolls. A light blue hat band. Staff has a pink light/energy

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jan 9

Finished up Ewashia last night. Had a pretty specific vision and it’s more or less come to fruition. Played with three different shades of the same blue. #minipainting #heroscape #scapers

A tabletop miniature, this is a mer-person with tentacles on her face and larger tentacles instead of legs. She is blue and purple and wearing gold armor.

Her back, you can see four of her larger tentacles, highlighted in lighter blue and the back of her armor.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Jan 2

A picture of Google telling us to turn left in 1.3 miles onto Freeway Pkwy Boulevard NE

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Oct 24

And here they are finished. First project that wasn’t “practice,” looking forward to getting these on the table. #miniatures #HeroScape #Scapers

An angel-like Kyrie warrior, purple, silver, and gold armor, purple skin, black wings supported by a metal frame. She’s holding a spear at a slight downward angle.

An angel-like Kyrie warrior, this one has bat-like brown/grey wings, a black cloak adorned with stone and bone, purple skin, red hair. She holds a spear and stands on a ring of skulls.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Oct 1

Tenomerga cinerea, a neat little beetle I saw in July. #Invertebrates

A light and dark brown reticulated beetle, body is elongated, long antennae, on a textured blue floor.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 27

Met this cool katydid the other day. #Invertebrates

Katydid with a dark green body, reddish brown back of head, light green and brown legs, super long antennae, against a light grey background. Prominent brown ovipositor.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 25

#WIP Two Kyrie from #HeroScape. These are the reason I started learning to paint a few months ago. Been very happy with my progress and I’m loving how these two are coming out so far. #miniatures

A Kyrie, a humanoid with feathered wings, some armor painted metallic purple, wings are black with metal supports, she holds a spear.

A Kyrie, a humanoid with unfeathered wings, purple skin, black dress, stands on a round of black skulls and holds a spear.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 21

Did a weird color experiment on the kobold team. I didn’t want to paint the incredibly tiny details on here. I think it came out well and was also super fast! One copper base coat, gold dry brush, red wash, voila. Oh also these are polymorphed chromatic dragons so watch out. #miniatures #dnd

Three copper/gold kobolds, one has a bow, one a pole arm and the third a sword. Sword guy looks like he’s coming at you.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 13

Very happy with how orc gang came out. This is only my 3rd or 4th project and I’ve already see noticeable improvement! #miniatures #dnd

Three green skinned orc miniatures, left has a big knife and a red mask, middle has a club and a shield, right has a pole arm. Dressed in grays and browns. Left isn’t wearing shoes.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 12

This is Gorn, the clay golem, from my and my son’s campaign. #miniatures #dnd

A miniature of a clay golem against a white plastic tray. Some paint bottles in the background.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 7

Also this, I assume inspired by Electric Company:

From the Simpsons, Lionel Hutz holds up his ad clipped from a paper. It originally says “Works on contingency No money down”. But he’s marked it up in read so now it says “Works on contingency? No, money down!”

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Sep 6

Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy

It’s a black and brown grackle perched on a sign that reads “hide your things.” Behind these is a grey-blue sky.

Paul Fenton@paulfenton· Aug 28

Just picked up #miniatures painting. Finished my second project, these two trolls. I think not too shabby!