It seems like every time I come to Seattle, Mike ends up roping me into painting something. Last time it was on canvas, this time it’s pewter.

We went out to Ernie’s Game Shop, picked up some Reaper minis and tried our hand at painting them today. I was stoked. I found a dwarf that perfectly matches Binwin. He even has a shield with a mug of ale on it. I crimped off one of the horns on his helm to match. I was excited to paint.

Not anymore. If I never have to paint another mini, I won’t be too disappointed. It’s tedious work that requires patience and a very steady hand. And a magnifying glass-lamp-thingy. And sculpy. And paints. And brushes. And Blaeeerrrggh!!

In all seriousness, it was challenging but fun. And it’ll be nice to have a mini I painted on the board the next time we play instead of some random dwarf or a paper counter.

One of these days I’m gonna have to pay to get a professional painting job done on this particular mini. I think it would be worth it for the Binwin mini. We’ll see.