the safe hΘle

yeah i was listening to some classic rock tunes including the Animals "House of the Rising Sun" while i was painting this piece of terrain for my wild west collection. but anyways back in july i purchased a ramshackled house from Renedra Limited and when i started to build it the first thing i thought was damn this thing is small. i got a little worried but then i've seen movies where folks in the wild west lived in small homes and such, so i just put it in the back of my mind. i painted it based on how it is displayed on the box, mainly grays and light drybrush. i actually didn't want much color on it because i wanted to keep the feel of how decrepit and ruined it is. when i went to paint the chimney i used a light shade of red oxide for the bricks. i went back over it with a black wash and then once dried, a very light drybrush of some light gray.  a spirit haunts the grounds of an old run down home. with the fear of the house being too small after it was built i pl...

 blaming crappy work schedules and lack of motivation i took a hobby break and basically just put everything on hold. sadly even my wild west Perilous Tales campaign was put on hold, i just didn't feel like pulling out stuff to set up a table and then take it down for something else. back in May when i started my wild west Perilous Tales campaign i got a few things for a particular scenario where it involved the villains, the Whateleys. i got a terrain piece to represent their home and eventually getting a broken down barn. a partially built broken down home. i still have to put the covered porch on it and paint. i bought this way back thinking this would be great to make my wild west version of the infamous family, the Whateleys. a few weeks ago i did however get my Silver Bayonet pirates built and put together but it didn't come with some headaches. i have to say the instructions to assemble the miniatures are not very clear. certain arms that go with one another are not clea...