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Crossing the Rubicon
It's time to take a look at the first of some amazing 1/56 scale kits by Rubicon miniatures. I suppose that the old "you can't judge a book by it's cover" saying does not apply here, because the...
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Pitch perfect
We return to one of my favorite lines of Blood Bowl minis with the original Sukubus team. While three wonderful new teams have been created since these ladies (Norse, Dark Elf, etc.), these...
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Darkest Eldar
This "combo kit" Kabal warrior emphasizes the newer kits over the old sets. Most of the previous figures have prioritized the use of the original, older sprues.I certainly didn't expect the two kits...
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Frost Blade
I don't paint a whole lot of Privateer Press figures, but it is fun to do that when I get the chance.As you might imagine, this is also part of the massive snow theme project, which combines figures...
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A strong platform
Next up for the Gates of Antares Isorian army is the Nhamak Light Support Drone platform. As I have mentioned in the previous Antares posts, this return to sci-fi has also meant a return to some...
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The Hunter
Next up in the Skink series! Yes, there are a great many of these... because that's just how Skinks roll. :-)Having the various Hangar 18 foliage tufts and other leafy bits was a definite advantage...
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Land of the Pharaohs
All new from Green Stuff World... yet another fantastic texture roller! You have seen a number of great textures already, such as the Celtic ruins, Runic Temple and many others.Instead of putting...
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Mow 'em down!
With the oil based AMMO mud products dry and set, it was time to attach the foliage to the Machine Gun team and get them ready for action!I really loved how the heavy mud and spatter products worked on...
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The lady in Red
One more female character for you from Red Box Games. She is yet another figure from the giant batch of winter theme characters which spans a number of miniatures companies.Whenever possible, I tried...
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Blades of Glory
Here's another figure that I used in the dealers room demos at GenCon to illustrate the use of glazes to not just shade, but tint as well.Now that I am painting so many vehicles, it is interesting to...
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A clear future
Here's another practice figure for the painting with Reaper clear paints at Reapercon just a matter of weeks from now.The concept here is to begin with a very muted value 'sketch', just to lay out...
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The Big Bad Bugs!
This time we go back to the future of Antares, with the first member of a Tsan Ra Phase squad. As with the other Isorian figures, this was a chance to get back to the brighter color schemes and the...
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Let's see what happens: Part ONE
While I have done some testing on the AMMO mud products (heavy mud, spatter, etc.) on both vehicles and infantry figures, I have not done an all out experimentation session with all of the oil based...
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Let's see what happens: PART TWO
Continuing the experimentation with the AMMO oil based products, I moved on to the vertical surfaces and some of the darker washes. Since these layers were not going to be drying anywhere near as...
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Turning over a new leaf
So, we enter the final phase of pressing buttons to see what happens! In the last article, you saw me mixing some unusual combinations of paints, such as the panel washes and other similar materials...
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Lucky Charms
This 54mm figure was part of a demo at GenCon, showing how to maximize various shades and tones of brown, making them more of less saturated, or more green, yellow, etc.This is illustrated here, as you...
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Pass Rush
We return to the Blood Bowl pitch with another member of the Samurai Orc team. This time, a Blitzer!The new method of sculpting the armor was even more helpful on figures with this kind of positioning...
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Blood and Brides
Here's another fun conversion for the Adepticon Dark Eldar army from a few years back. I wanted to make a unit of Hexatrix Blood Brides, but I thought they should be much different from the usual...
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The Ranger
I seem to remember painting this Ranger figure for our role playing group many years ago, so it was interesting to work on that same figure again with the knowledge that I have now. This had been...
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Hunting Expedition
Now it's time to see some finished images of the Matilda test vehicle!If you recall the step by step articles, there were a number of experiments conducted with the AMMO paints and pigments.It was so...
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