Sword & Scabbard Ruins & Turn Marker

    Other than the trash cans, these are all purchases from Sword & Scabbard Games at Daycon 2025

I decided not to pack away the things I'd bought at DayCon 2025 when I brought them home a couple weekends ago. They were from Sword & Scabbard Games, owned by my friend Scott, who is assisted at shows by another friend, Lonnie. They had a lot more 3-D printed terrain at their booth this time than they did when I saw them a month earlier at CincyCon. At that show, Scott had a lot of painted 15mm DBA armies. Apparently, they've been selling well, as there were few left at DayCon. That was a good thing for me, as I'm not interested in those, but am instead a big fan of 3-D printed terrain.

    This 3-D printed ruin of a wooden building caught my eye immediately and is a great looking piece

Anyway, the wooden ruin in one of his bins caught my eye right away. I have plenty of stone or modern ruins, but this was a fairly unique piece. I think it could be used for everything from Ancient times to Modern. In fact, I was tempted to paint the outer wall in "barn red," but decided that I liked having it be more generic. As I suspected, this painted up VERY quickly. Prime black, wet brush Camo Brown, dry brush Khaki, and wash black, and it was done. It will probably see the tabletop in one of my post-apocalyptic games, but like I said, it is a very useful and generic looking piece. I'm glad I bought it!

    This ruined floor of an Ancient Temple (or modern government building?) is a cool design

The ruined floor of an Ancient temple was the next thing I painted up. I mentioned on my DayCon Purchases post how Scott gave me the idea of doing the square-tiled temple floor in a mosaic pattern. I decided to do that to give it a little extra pizzazz. Like the wooden ruin, this one was completed very quickly. A black prime, dark gray wet brush, and light gray dry brush got the piece started. Next, I took pale blue and green colors and highlighted the tiles in alternating colors -- like a checkerboard pattern. The remnants of the columns I gave a yellowish stone color on top of the light gray. I finished it off with a black wash, which sank into all the crevices nicely.

    For only $8, this turn marker was something I couldn't pass up & it painted up very quickly!

Although I am playing Saga less often these days, Sword & Scabbard's 3-D printed turn marker was a fun purchase. My friend Abel had shown me the one he bought earlier that day at DayCon. When I saw they were only $8, I decided to pick one up, too. I chose the one featuring a king seated on a throne rather than the pose pointing a sword. I was worried the sword might snap off, so decided to play it safe. It got the same prep treatment as the temple floor, above. For the Roman numerals marking Turns I - VI, I re-painted them black after all the dry brushing was done. Then I picked out the numbers in Iron Wind Metals Copper so they'd stand out more. I'm very happy with how it turned out, and it can obviously be used in any game with a designated number of turns.

    3-D printed trash cans from A Critical Hit sitting in front of "Wallace's Brewpub"

The last items in this batch have been a work in progress for more than a month. They are four 3-D printed trash cans from A Critical Hit. They were printed in a bluish-black material, which I wasn't 100% crazy about. I gave the cans several black washes, then picked out the metal handle rings in a Pewter metallic. The most time consuming part was filling them up, at least partially, with trash! I stared with tiny rocks, then put in shreds of cardboard and finally cut and balled up tiny pieces of paper. I did a bit of a wash on them at the end, but very lightly. Each successive layer of trash was held in place by a tiny squirt of white glue. With these done, I think I have trash bins from several sources, now. I think I'm good on trash for now!

    These have sat on my desk for nearly a month while I slowly filled up the bins with scraps of trash

So, what's next, terrain-wise, for me? I have finally begun working on the large, 2-story resin building that I bought from Miniature Building Authority at Siege of Augusta 2025. I got it at a great discount because it did not have a roof included with it. So, I have begun building the roof. The flat sides of the roof have been cut, as have the two triangular pieces of foam board. I will glue those to the underside of the two pieces of bass wood which will comprise the roof. Unfortunately, the plastic pattern sheeting that I had on hand, which I was going to glue to the roof to give it a terra cotta look, is insufficient. It won't cover the surface of the roof. Today's goal is to make the rounds of train and craft stores to find something that will work for the pattern of the roof. Hopefully, I will find something that will work that isn't too labor-intensive!

    Another look at the wooden ruin, which is probably my favorite piece of the batch

MINIATURES Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2025

• Miniatures acquired in 2025: 119
  
• Miniatures painted in 2025: 60 

TERRAIN Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2025

• Terrain acquired in 2025: 10
  
• Terrain painted in 2025: 21

SCATTER Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2025

• Scatter acquired in 2025: 53
  
• Scatter painted in 2025: 55

    The less exciting back side of the wooden ruin, which painted up extremely quickly