Cactus

Had a friend 3d print these for me in resin. They came out really well.  But one of them snapped off and leaked resin, so after some time under a UV lamp to re-cure the stump, some water rinses, and a foam rock to hide it all, I was able to prime them.

Paint was white primer, Citadel dark green Contrast paint, then a good drybrush with a sandy tone. A sandy base finished them off with a little diluted brown wash here and there to break up the sand colour.  A medium sand colour did for the foam rock.
I'm really pleased with how they came out.

Spray Primer

Made an interesting discovery....

Plastikote Primer tends to dry rather shiny, a bit thick, and....well...'Plasticky'.  This has now left me several times with a model that is almost hydrophobic to Acrylics and been a pain to finish.

Hycote Primer spray cans on the other hand have proven to give a really good thin prime, with a nice matte finish and great tooth for subsequent layers.

 

Lesson learnt.....

Hycote for models.
Plastikote for craft projects !

Mine Entrance

A 3d printed Mine entrance for What a Cowboy skirmish game or any RPGs.

A simple grey primer, black paint, then light grey drybrush for the rocks.
A light brown then light grey to try and get that old silvered wood effect on the supports.
A little rust effect on the bolt plates.

Simple but good for fun games. Wont be used a vast amount, but nice to have in the collection.

Mojo

Seriously lost my painting and modelling mojo for a long while....

Another big clean-up of the painting tray and re-org of my paints has finally got me back in the mood.
Did a little here and there, and really got my mojo back.  Been hammering away had a whole bunch of little projects I've had sitting around.
Will add progress as I get images.

3d Printed Rocks

Got some 3d prints of more rock formations.  Primarily for "What a Cowboy" games, but again can be for anything.
The low res printing meant some obvious striation lines, but a 50/50 mix of Modge Podge and Black paint heavily painted took out the worst of them. 
Once dried, a heavy grey drybrush finished them off for some quick and easy rocks :-)