The Mad Devil
2025
2025 was a chaotic year. I did manage to paint 119 miniatures - almost 10 a month despite putting the bulk of my painting set up into storage, moving to KY and then back to NC. I finished a miniature in KY for the first time probably since 1989. I learned about Army Painter brand and learned to appreciate it for its 6-shade tone lines. I remained enamored of tyranids and made real progress on Sophie's Revenge. The move wrecked my air ship from 2023 and I discovered jucoci miniature storage cases. This lead to another evolution in my basing as I began contemplating ways to add magnets to my bases to take advantage of the metal shelving in the Jucoci cases.
Reaper Puffer Fish Guy 1/11/2025
Wizkids Young Red Dragon - gifted to a friend 1/19/2205
January 2025
Games Workshop - Parasite of Mortrex 1/21/2025
Games Workshop Tyranid BroodLord 1/20/2025
February 2025
Games Workshop Tyranid Gargoyle 2/21/2025
Games Workshop Tyranid Neurogaunt 2/21/-3/2/2024
March 2025
Games Workshop Tyranid Brain Neurogaunt 3/3/2024
Games Workshop Escher (Asia) 3/24/2025
Games Workshop Orrus Spyrer 3/15/2024
Games Workshop Genestealer (old) 3/25-4/2/2025
Reaper Shark with sawtooth bill anthropomorphic 3/2/25
Games Workshop Tyranid Neurogaunt 2/21/-3/2/2024
Games Workshop Tyranid Gargoyle 3/16/2025
Games Workshop Tyranid Malstrain 3/28/2025
Reaper coil of rope 4/2/2025
Reaper Well of Chaos 03569 4/15/2025
Games Workshop Orrus Spyrer 4/10/2025
Reaper Owlbear Pokey Tool 08531 4/15/2025
April 2025
Reaper money pouch 4/2/2025
Reaper Goat 4/23/2025
Reaper Crypt Wraith 02281 4/4/2025
Games Workshop Redemptionist Autogun 5/4/2025
Games Workshop Malstrain genestealer jazz hands 5/17/25
Reaper Anthropomorphic Shark/Crab 5/5/2025
May 2025
Fire Beetles Reaper 03544 5/7/2025
June 2025
Apparently I did no painting that finished any minis in June. That makes sense, since I closed out Ring Place at the beginning of the month and moved to KY. It took me a fair amount of time to get settled in KY. On further reflection, I put my paints and brushes in storage. I brought minis to KY to paint, but it took me time to get to the Rusty Scabbard and get new paints and such. Couple that thought with the fact that it was balls fuck hot in KY in June so it took me a long time to get set up and motivated enough to paint. So, yeah, no minis in June 2025.
July 2025
This is the one mini I finished while in KY. This is likely the first mini I painted here since 1989 or maybe spring 1990. I do have a nice display cabinet in KY, but I do not have it fully stocked because it is not, at the moment, readily available.
Reaper Gwyneth Roanmane 02230 7/5/2025
So, in August, I moved back to Davendell in NC. This was the house I lived in from April 2001-February 2019 (minus the 2 years I was in CT). Apparently, learning from my slow start in KY, and with access to my storage unit, I suddenly went back on a painting surge. It was a lot of living out of boxes and trying to save money while we waited for Ring Place to sell. So, what is the best way to save money? Paint the stuff you already bought. So, I worked and painted.
Ral Partha Green Slime 11-485 8/7/2025
Reaper Magda Mintsilver Dwarf Fighter 02085 8/19/2025
Reaper Cow 03179 8/31/2025
Reaper 03719 Pig from farmyard set 8/14/25
August 2025
Unthar Godshand Reaper 02032 8/24/25
Purple Ghost guy 8/14/2025
Grenadier Hammer Giant H-282 1988? 8/31/25
Reaper Merman with Trident 9/16/25
Games Workshop Von Ryans Leaper (steel I-beam base) 9/19/2025
Nolzur's Assistant for torture cross 9/21/25
Nolzur's Cross 9/20/2025
Games Workshop Von Ryan Leaper 9/24/25
Nolzur's Iron Maiden 9/26/25
Reaper merman 9/27/26
September 2025
Reaper Nacron Fire Sorcerer 02561 (Firepot finished 10/14/25)
Wizkids Myconid Turkeytail 9/23/25
Games Workshop Tyranid Gargoyle 9 and 10 - 9/25/25
Ral Partha Catoblepas 11-422 9/26/25
Nolzur's Flumphs 9/19/25
Games Workshop Von Ryan Leaper spike growth base 9/21/25
wizkids myconid Flay Agaric 9/24/25
Games Workshop Malstrain Genestealer (2nd) 9/25/2025
Ral Partha Dragonne 11-458 9/26/25