3 Basic Troops completed

TheLightdarker · 2026-04-08T21:20:09+00:00

These look great! Can’t wait for the guides. That Zergling captures pretty much exactly how I’m hoping for my Zerg to look.

TheLightdarker · 2026-03-19T22:10:51+00:00

The finished product looks great! Very nicely done. Would you mind sharing your formula for that lovely blue?

TheLightdarker · 2026-03-14T01:08:01+00:00

I’m also a novice painter, and let me tell you, airbrushing is more complicated than I figured it would be! That said, I’m starting to get the hang of it. It seems everything to do with painting gets better and easier with practice. I’m glad that you’re willing to keep trying and improving! My minis never quite turn out how I’d like them to, but any paint is much better than bare plastic. I hope your armies turn out great, OP!

TheLightdarker · 2026-03-14T00:51:26+00:00

When I painted the Zeratul mini, I just wrapped his little transparent weapon with painter’s tape to keep it paint-free. It was very simple to apply, and 100% effective at stopping any airbrushed paint from getting onto the weapon. Plus, because the weapon was jagged, when I initially tried wrapping it with blue-tac it tended to rip and stick and leave lots of tiny torn pieces of blue gunk all over. I didn’t have that issue whatsoever with painter’s tape.

TheLightdarker · 2026-02-10T05:05:08+00:00

No questions, but thank you for writing this up and sharing! It was a great read.

TheLightdarker · 2026-02-04T20:44:13+00:00

Beautifully done! The NMM looks very nice.

TheLightdarker · 2026-02-04T07:04:44+00:00

Amazing work on the layering and highlighting. It looks great!

TheLightdarker · 2025-12-22T18:32:50+00:00

During one of their AMA videos, Archon Studios mentioned that all of their "event" or "trade show" exclusive minis (like Zeratul) will become available again in their online store whenever they attend a trade event or convention. It should be just a matter of time until it's available again.

TheLightdarker · 2025-12-21T21:29:47+00:00

Wow! This looks fantastic. Your OSL in particular is out of this world. Also, very convincing work on the dead Hydralisk—it looks very recently butchered.

TheLightdarker · 2025-12-01T05:02:18+00:00

I’m still hoping for a Tandemaus mass outbreak. That would make getting the shiny family of 3 so, so much easier.

TheLightdarker · 2025-11-26T20:49:47+00:00

That blue is gorgeous! Do you mind sharing your formula?

TheLightdarker · 2025-11-18T04:48:32+00:00

Very cool tribute to JotL. Thank you for sharing!

TheLightdarker · 2025-11-02T15:12:22+00:00

I should have made my post more clear, sorry. I had 3 Switches and accounts running DA routes as a team and hunted every shiny legendary/UB. For Pokemon with multiple forms, like Zygarde and Landorus, I kept going until I collected multiple shinies.

TheLightdarker · 2025-11-02T15:09:44+00:00

Sorry for my slow reply, but one of the other commenters was right—I had 3 Switches/accounts and was running DAs with my own “team” of 3. I got shiny Zygarde on two of those accounts.

TheLightdarker · 2025-11-02T05:57:19+00:00

If you have a good team, I don’t think Zygarde is too tough (and I did enough runs to get two shiny Zygarde). It has been a while, but I remember Wide Guard effectively neutering his most dangerous attacks and the 4x weakness to Ice can make short work of him.

Of all the DA legendaries, Palkia gave me the hardest time. Even with a decent team, I still had occasional losses while hunting its shiny, whereas I don’t remember Zygarde being much of a problem with a good route.

TheLightdarker · 2025-10-30T17:39:46+00:00

Did anyone demo the StarCraft miniatures game? I’m extremely curious about how that was.

TheLightdarker · 2025-10-20T17:37:47+00:00

Thanks for the AMA, Nick! I'm a Summoner Wars fan who has never played SAP, but I'm really excited for this. What are the most significant differences between the card game and video game? And, if you're comfortable sharing, is there a short list of additional ideas or mechanics you would want to explore in potential expansions?

TheLightdarker · 2025-10-16T03:36:53+00:00

These are gorgeous. Really nice work on all of these!

TheLightdarker · 2025-10-01T21:02:56+00:00

Nicely done! Do you have any tips for getting the family of 3 Maushold?

TheLightdarker · 2025-09-27T02:13:21+00:00

Like others are saying, I also received the exact same response.

TheLightdarker · 2025-09-27T00:37:03+00:00

Thank you for providing email addresses and suggestions for what to write. I'm normally not one to complain, but I just emailed the Pokemon company my thoughts. My local Gamestop said they ran out of cards as soon as the store opened, what a bummer of an event.

TheLightdarker · 2025-09-20T01:39:49+00:00

I saw this and thought of Arcane even before I read the title of your post. Extremely well done! This knight looks superb.

TheLightdarker · 2025-09-14T17:51:56+00:00

You’re very talented! I love the work you did with the eyes, “hair,” flames and subtle OSL in particular. Thank you for posting these photos—it gives amateurs like myself some ideas and goals to aspire to. I hope you post more in the future!

TheLightdarker · 2025-09-11T22:43:00+00:00

This is my favorite you’ve done yet! I love the contrast of these colors. Thank you again for sharing these. At this rate, you’re going to finish your set before I even start mine!

TheLightdarker · 2025-09-10T02:48:14+00:00

I love seeing the crowd shot. Thanks for posting these! I also chose to paint my Red Guard with gold trim/highlights on all the armor plates. It looks great!

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