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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd planned to paint this cartoon-style, but I'm happy I also managed a light-to-dark highlighting. Very happy with the finished piece! From Kingdom Rush, here's Leviathan painted~ #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #nerdlings #kingdomrush Blog Entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Kingdom Rush villain Leviathan, an octopus-like baddie with fin-spines lining its back, and its tentacles tucked underwater.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Artists, quote with your non-GW women. Not a tough assignment for me as my gallery isn't GW-centric, so here's a collection from Marvel, Massive Darkness, Robinson Crusoe, and Death May Die! #art #nerdlings #minipainting

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Quote post with something old you're proud of~ From four years ago, where I'd tried a little harder than usual to make some minions look good! #nerdlings #massivedarkness #minipainting

Picture of hand-painted models of Corrupted Angels from Massive Darkness 2.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A tough investigator to paint, needing freehand face paint, plus lots of hair/details that make it tougher to do extreme contrast. From Death May Die, here's my take on Amir! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #nerdlings #cdmd #deathmaydie Blog Entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Death May Die investigator Amir Sesay. Long fingernails on one hand, holding a metal weapon/rod in the other, with facial paint, hair everywhere, and a general disheveled look.

Picture of a 4-panel collage of working toward the completed miniature paint, posted for illustrating the process I used for the mini.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today was all about priming the next batch of minis, so we're taking a break and focusing on the last 10 models completed, numbers 31-40 for 2026~ The goal was 50 shelf-quality models in 2026, and it's in reach! Hope you enjoy the crew! #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #nerdlings

Picture of 10 hand-painted models: Ryff the Bard, Havok (X-Factor), Fomorian, Poogie, Keeper, Husk, Vulture, Dum Dum Dugan, Possessed Loxion Soldier, Chain Balls. Let me know if you need to know which game these are from or want the Blog Entry for any. Thanks!

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Haven't done a Marvel Zombies bystander in quite some time, so here's my finished take on Dum Dum Dugan. Hope you enjoy! =D #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelzombies #cmon #captainamerica Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel ally to Captain America, Dum Dum Dugan. He's holding a big gun, wearing a jaunty bowler hat, and is striding over the ground/rocks with a fake shadow painted beneath him.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Man it feels good to get back to working with comic-style intensity. Did a hybrid TMM/NMM on the sentinel body. Here's my take on painting X-Factor Havok! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #x-men #x-factor #marvelunited Blog Entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the X-Men character Havok, arm-outstretched to blast enemies, standing atop a defeated Sentinel body.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Back in the painting chair and starting small for now; quite happy with my take on the vicious lil' Fomorian minion from Avalon~ Including process pics as well, hope you enjoy! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #sahagins #nerdlings boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Fomorian minion, a Sahagin-like creature holding a tribal coral-spear and dagger.

Four-panel picture of the WIP paints of a hand-painted model of the Fomorian minion, a Sahagin-like creature holding a tribal coral-spear and dagger.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Well it took a few months, but I'm in our new home, 'gotten most of our stuff unpacked, and that means two things! 1) It was time to build out this new painting studio/setup. and 2) I'm (slowly) getting back into the hobby! Thanks for all the inspiration from the #nerdlings in the meantime! =D

$Picture of my painting desk/chair setup, complete with a huge flag of The Browning as a) inspiration and b) a sincere dedication to metal \m/$

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My last tiny paint before I packed up my supplies: get ready to toggle off the desire sensor by petting the Poogie! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #monsterhunter #nerdlings #monhun #poogie Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Poogie, sitting angelic in some mud, with hearts!

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Poogie, sitting angelic in some mud, with hearts and a bum-ribbon!

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. Get ready to be morbed! #nerdlings #morbius

Hand painted model of the Marvel hero Morbius, morbing over some gravestones.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Use one mini to promote your page Come along for my comic-style painting! #minipainting #nerdlings

Hand-painted Model of the Marvel cartoon heroes Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. Roaring over crushed rubble and a pylon. Moon Girl is pointing at you, the viewer, thanking you for joining us!

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My last big project before our move; TMM, NMM, freehand leopard patterns, and all sorts of colorful fun! From Grimcoven, my take on painting the Keeper: #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #grimcoven #nerdlings #awakenrealms Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

picture of a hand-painted model of the Grimcoven character Keeper, a bird-like creature with a cursed sword, with magic/energy pulsing out and making gravestones lean.

1: Base
2: Freehand leopard print, washes & tinting metal.
3: Highlights
4: Blacklining/shading/definition

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hey 'wanted to mention that I'm around; doing my best to keep up with all of the A+ work you lovely folks are cranking out. We're prepping for a big move, so I haven't painted in the last month. Keep up all the inspiring work! Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b... #minipainting #nerdlings

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Drop some armour. No tanks in my kit, but villains & heroes galore! #nerdlings

Hand painted mini models: Iron Man, Sir Ronen, Father Corvus, High Evolutionary.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Had a bit of time to paint this weekend; 'enjoyed working this gladiator-elephant model. From Odalin, my TMM-heavy paint of a Loxion Soldier! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #odalin #nerdlings #dragorigames #tmm Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of an Elephant-themed soldier in gold armor, wielding a spiked round hammer, standing on sandstone.

WIP pics: Base, Tint/Shading, Intense shading, color-layering & highlights.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Big real-life stuff happening as we prep for a move, so 'only had one day for painting last week. From Marvel Zombies, here's Vulture painted! (with a WIP shot) #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelzombies #nerdlings #spider-man Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel Spider-man villain Vulture, vaulting off a rock with wings outstretched. A photo of the completed paint job.

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel Spider-man villain Vulture, vaulting off a rock with wings outstretched. A photo of it WIP, base coat only.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Pace is slowing lately, but I had some time to finish one I'm very proud of! From Massive Darkness, here's my take on painting Ryff the Bard: #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #massivedarkness #bards #cmon Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Massive Darkness Bard Ryff, wielding a bloodied, bladed guitar, with a punk & jester vibe to his outfit.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A pretty intense looking model here; I wasn't sure at first how it'd look, but I'm quite happy with my results! From Marvel United, my take on painting Husk: #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelunited #husk #cmon Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel heroine Musk, peeling her skin & suit off to reveal a metal body.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Since it was based on a mobile game, I tried painting cartoon art closer in style to @thunderbrushstudio.bsky.social than my own. From Kingdom Rush, here's some tentacles painted! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #kingdomrush #tentacles Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of four hand-painted models of tentacles from Kingdom rush, emerging from rippling water.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I had this dumb idea, and I'm so happy about my execution of it. Here's my paint of a Spider of Leng, and of course, a Spider-man of Leng too! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #cdmd #lovecraft #horror Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of two hand-painted models of the lovecraft monsters Spiders of Leng. Left is a more traditional horror-based paint where you can see her eyes and various egg sacs on the body. Right is my painting it as Spider-man instead with a spider-man sigil, and freehanded suit lines and webbing on a rock.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you see this, post a bunny 🐇 I had to go back two years to find the only bunny I've ever painted, these little ones from Kingdom Rush!

Hand painted model of Razz n Raggs from Kingdom Rush. A gnome riding on a stuffed animal that launches out bunnies as weapons.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Much happier with my TMM work this time after a recent disappointment. From Grimcoven, here's my take on painting the Chain Balls trap! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #tmm #awakenrealms #grimcoven Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of Chain Balls, a metallic trap of chains and balls with glowing Runes, smashing through the earth as it rolls.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

If you see, this drop a hero with a Sword!

Picture of a hand-painted model of the marvel hero Cypher, wielding a glowing sword and kicking up a dust cloud.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I followed the very-bronze art with TMM but I'm beating myself up a bit for not doing fancier colors. From Odalin, here's Durik the Dwarf painted~ #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #odalin #dragorigames #dwarves Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of Dwarven Knight Durik, a heavily armored bronze warrior wielding a big bronze hammer, with purple bindings holding his beard together.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

If you see this, post a monster! For me, those are the creatures we gather 10 potions & mega-potions to go Hunting for: #minipainting #miniatures #art #monsterhunter #monhun

Picture of a hand-painted model of tzitzi-ya-ku from monster hunter, standing on a bed of coral.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

One of those paint jobs that really needed my final layer of intense highlights & shadows to come together. From Marvel Zombies, here's Beast! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #x-men #marvelzombies #beast Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel X-men hero Beast, posing on a tree stump with discarded science-y books and beakers on the ground.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Four full sessions is nuts for a United mini, but I'm so proud of the results! Here's my comic-styled Moon Girl & Devil Dino painted~ #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #moongirl #marvelunited #dinos Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel cartoon duo Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, rampaging through a city with a visible orange cone beneath the Dinosaur. Moon Girl is excitedly pointing at you, the viewer, thanking you for checking out this paint job!

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Posting some green art here!~

Posting green painted minis for St. Patrick's Day: Scorpion from Marvel Zombies

Posting green painted minis for St. Patrick's Day: Thalia from Massive Darkness 2

Posting green painted minis for St. Patrick's Day: Enchantress from Marvel United

Posting green painted minis for St. Patrick's Day: Saito from Death May Die

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I never purchased Oathsworn, so it's been ages since I got to paint a rat. From Grimcoven, here's the Sneaking Rat painted! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #grimcoven #fantasy #awakenrealms Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Sneaking Rat, a rat possessed by "lament" that's standing menacingly on top of some rocks. Painted with some fake ground-shadows beneath the rat and to the side of the rocks.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This grease-smeared Tinkerer is my new favorite Massive Darkness paint! Here's my take on the painting Kaylee~ #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #massivedarkness #fantasy #cmon Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of Kaylee, a Tinkerer heroine holding a hammer and pair of clamps, wearing goggles, with a sheathed dagger on her waist, numerous pouches & leather straps, and a flowing cape around her.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Another tiny one done while working on Moon Girl; I had fun doing the fake shadow below it with my usual comic-y highlighting. From Odalin, here's a Thug painted! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #dragorigames #fantasy Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of a Thug, a sprinting villain from Odalin, holding a scimitar behind him, with a fake shadow painted on the ground beneath it.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Went right on back to my wheelhouse of comic-style highlighting, and ended up enjoying this one a lot. From Marvel Zombies, my take on painting Ghost Rider! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelzombies #ghostrider Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel hero Ghost Rider, with his chains wrapped around his arm/in his fists, painted as though he's heating them up, with fake shadows on the ground beneath him.

From the "doesn't remember where he parked the motorcycle" line of Ghost Rider products.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Well I didn't end up painting her like a comic hero, but still enjoyed working details/shadows/blends etc. From Death May Die, here's Anita Khalil painted! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #horror #lovecraft #cdmd Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Death May Die investigator Anita Khalil, an older woman holding a dagger, wearing fancy necklaces, with a fake shadow painted beneath her.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Share 4 years of your art! My Marvel United models are fun examples, as I went from trying to generally improve, to defining the style of painting I grew to love =) #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelunited #nerdlings

A four part of my Marvel United paintings 2022 to 2025, starting with terrible Lockheed & Kitty Pryde paints, then Doop & Strong Guy, followed by M/Penance, and finally U.S. Agent!

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This model was sooo small so getting a cartoon-looking effect on her was really challenging. From Marvel United, my take on painting Goose! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelunited #goose Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel character Goose, a cat-adjacent Flerken posing in pounce-mode on a metal alien/spaceship flooring, with small tentacles coming out of her mouth. Painted to look like a cartoon design.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Very tiny model here, but fun to work on different types of creatuers like this happy guy. From Grimcoven, here's my take on the Lashing Lizard! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #grimcoven #iguanas #awakenrealms Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Grimcoven animal companion lashing lizard, an iguana-themed creature that's climbing over rocks. It's corrupted partially by reddish/firey scales along its back and a portion of its tail.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Wasn't particularly excited to tackle this one due to the monochrome outfit, but ended up happy with it! From Marvel Zombies, my take on painting Crossbones: #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #crossbones #marvelzombies Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel villain Crossbones, holding a grenade launcher in one hand, strutting away from an explosion behind him that's lighting up broken blocks and rebar.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

For any of you A Feast For Odin fans out there, here I did a light-to-shadow paint of a Whaling Ship miniature from meepleforge that my wife bought me! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #afeastforodin #vikings Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of a Feast for Odin whaling ship, with a viking holding a harpoon on a rope, standing in front of a cube that represents Ore in the game. Painted to look like the ship and its components are fading to shadow.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Finished Wrecker, which means now the dynamic quartet of villains is complete! From Marvel United, here's my take on Wrecker & the Wrecking Crew! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #wreckingcrew #marvelunited Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel villain Wrecker, holding his signature crowbar and standing over a crushed brick wall/rubble. Painted with exaggerated comic-style highlights & shadows/blacklining.

Picture of four hand-painted models of the Marvel Villain team The Wrecking Crew, mostly posing over ruined brick walls. Bulldozer, Wrecker, Piledriver, and Thunerball. Painted with exaggerated comic-style highlights & shadows/blacklining.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Worked hard to finish the majestic unicorn-lion-dragon up; very happy with the results! From Monster Hunter World, here's my take on Kirin! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #capcom #monsterhunter #monhun Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Monster Hunter Elder Dragon Kirin, a unicorn-dragon-lion beast with flowing hair, muscles & scales on its body, and glowing red eyes. It's perched on a "coral highlands" base full of colorful coral with a fake shadow of its body painted on the ground.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Making great progress on Kirin from Monster Hunter World! Will be excited to finish this one up~ #miniatures #art #wip #monsterhunter #monhun

Four-panel collages of working on Kirin, a Unicorn/Lion/Dragon creature from Monster Hunter, striding over a bed of coral.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I'm proud of how this turned out for a small bystander model, so I hope there's some Jimmy Woo fans out there! Here's my take on painting him~ #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #marvelzombies #randallpark #jimmywoo Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel character Jimmy Woo, in a suit painted in a flashy/comic-like style, reaching into his pocket, with a badge visible on his waist. A fake shadow is painted on the ground over the street lines.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Got him looking very sinister overall, and did another collage of in-progress shots for my process on him. From Death May Die, here's Antonio painted! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #horror #lovecraft #deathmaydie Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Death May Die investigator Antonio Senatore, a guy in a sage suit holding a gun near his waist. Painted with comic-like highlights and deep fake shadows.

A four-panel collage of my progress painting Antonio. Details of each step are available at the linked blog entry if you're curious!

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I forced myself to do NMM here; fortunately he's now my favorite member of the Wrecking Crew I've completed. From Marvel United, here's my take on Bulldozer! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #wreckingcrew #nmm #marvelunited Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel villain Bulldozer of the Wrecking Crew - a muscular dude with metal armor on his chest/crotch/head/wrists. He's meant to be jumping/bursting through scenery, with piles of bricks on the ground beneath him.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

No flashy colors with metal armor and a sand-colored skirt, so I utilized deep shadows and bright neutral highlights. From Massive Darkness, here's Sir Ronen painted! #bgg #painting #minipainting #miniatures #art #massivedarkness #fantasy #cmon Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Massive Darkness hero Sir Ronen, a Knight clad in armor with a cloth skirt, holding out a sword in one hand and a huge shield in the other. Lots of leather straps on his outfit and another holstered dagger near his hip.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I treated myself to TMM here and deep black shadows since I'd be working NMM soon. From Marvel Zombies, here's my take on painting Iron Man! #bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #ironman #marvelzombies #cmon Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Marvel hero Iron Man, standing on rocky ground in front of a fallen Stark Industries sign. Painted with fake shadows beneath him and on parts of his armor.

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Pes ! @pesren.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Had fun going super deep on the fake shadows; she looks more like a soldier than a musician X) From Death May Die, here's Taylor Renner painted! #bgg #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniatures #art #lovecraft #horror #cdmd Blog entry: boardgamegeek.com/blog/13740/b...

Picture of a hand-painted model of the Death May Die investigator Taylor Renner, a woman carrying a violin case in one arm and a strapped-on rifle in the other. Painted with fake shadows on her dress/fade/violin case for dramatic effect.

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