the safe hΘle

 for some time now i've been wanting to get a hold of a Baba Yaga's hut from Reaper Miniatures and finally broke down and got one. i could have made one but with the lack of patience and somewhat time i just went and bought this one. once i got it i was really surprised that it was all one piece minus the two legs that are placed underneath it. it's somewhat light weight but very nice and durable. not a lot of cleaing or even mold lines which is nice. when painting it, i kept it simple. i didn't want to make it too pretty and clean. what the last D&D session kinda looked like. at some point i do want to make rooms like the Tenfold Dungeon sets i have but for this particular house. but made of foam board and lined inside with popsicle sticks to represent the wooden interior like a really old home. that'll be a project for when i have absolutely nothing to do. the chicken legs that the house is able to stand on.

 a little over a year ago a friend's brother bought an Epic Counters from Steamforged Games box set, but unfortunately the model was broken and he got a replacement. the broken model was given to me and i held onto it for sometime thinking of what to do with it. i knew because one head of the hydra had broken off pretty much it was gonna be an undead creature. an unsuspected group of heroes stumbled across a hydra. recently i finally found an excuse to paint the hydra which i used Army Painter Speed Paints, and i don't recommend painting a large model with those style of paints. using the hydra model from the Swamp of the Hydra set from Steamforged games. will admit it is beautifully sculpted. i clipped off another head to have the hydra have a total of five heads. used Citadel Nurgle's Rot technical paint as goo and dismemberment insides.  a little close up of the moss and vines draping over the monster's body. the back end of the hydra.

back in april was the two year anniversary of our D&D group and i have to admit our journey as a group of friends has taken us on a roller coaster ride of awesome storytelling and crazy plot twists. and even its only two years and not like five or ten years, i thought a character update would be nice to show the "progression" of our characters and their stories. since last year as time intends to do, Rita's boys have been growing up and all but one has grown out of the game. which is fine i only started playing D&D in 2022. some players have come and gone but that happens. but as our story continues on so has the appearance of the cast of characters we all play with. we merged two separate groups of characters into a "league of heroes," that works on behalf of the royal crown. within our stories we also brought some characters that were favorites to everyone. and some new characters that were at first npc's for story plots but then created a life all...