A thing a week 2025, week 37

Like last week, these guys are on goal for the year. Unlike last week, these guys are definitely not metal. In fact, like a lot of the Runewars figs I've painted, these were a real mess. A couple weeks ago we had big kitty cavalry and I typed about them being a relatively quick pseudo-slapchop job. These guys were mostly a slapchop job and it shows. Because the sculpts and molds are sus and because I don't expect them to see a ton of screen time, I didn't feel the need to do a lot of work on them. 

I did do something fun with them, however. I took the opportunity to experiment more with different colors of metallics. In this case, I mixed Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum with various Golden High Flow Acrylics and got mixed results. The blue turned out really nice, probably because the pigment is strong but transparent. The Teal is probably the worst with its not-quite-metallic sheen. To pick out more of the shadows, I hit them with a candy coat of Badger Ghost Tints far too thick in places to mixed results as well.

Despite all my speed painting attempts, they still took a couple hours per fig and, if I'm honest, a sub-par result. 

2025 finished mini counter: 137, 2025 goal figs remaining: 12