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Going Places

This C3 Transporter from Gates of Antares is the first large sci-fi vehicle I have painted in years, since the Dark Eldar army.  I had a lot of fun with it!I even have a live video of the painting...

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On Fire!

Here's some finished images of the Reaper Fire Elemental painted with the Vallejo fluorescent paints.  This link takes you to the facebook live session in which he was...

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Hammer Time

There have been a few add ons to the Masons team, including this guy.  A lot less of the "Masons blue" on him, with much more armor surfaces instead.This meant trying to work in as many subtle color...

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Captain Nimue

Legendary Captain Nimue is the first new figure that I have been able to add to my Wild West Exodus forces for well over a year!  It was quite a complex way to restart that task.It is quite obvious how...

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Forest Ranger

This Stug kit is from Warlord Games, and a rare non early war vehicle for me!I used oils to paint this, as I have on most of the recent tanks.  I have 3 different Stug kits, with a plan to make them...

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Dwarf Power

Here's another BONES miniature for you!  I especially had fun with the face.The shield had a few little weathering touches as well, since the BONES material usually ends up with some fuzzy areas as...

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Sword Fighter

Next up from the Masons Guild Ball team is one more special edition character.She was a challenge to assemble, with the sword hands being in an unusual configuration, with a small circular piece of...

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Not so fast, But quite furious

Another of the old style Lizardman Cold One Saurus riders for you today.  These were a crazy collection of plastic and metal parts, mostly making them very topheavy!I tried to get some extra...

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Taking Shape

It's time to show off the first painted Shapeways tank!  This is the Panzer II, which was 3D printed by Mike Pennock, AKA Arctic Squirrel on Shapeways.  I had a lot of fun painting it, and it accepted...

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It ain't easy being Green

This old classic was one of the first figures we tried 'hiding' the broccoli bases back in the day, around 2003.  Until then, we didn't know that you could do that, or saw it off that base and pin it...

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Hoof and Horns

Next up is another Beastman from Mierce Miniatures.  This is yet another member of the massive winter theme army that crosses several miniature lines.He is certainly one of the more unique Beastman...

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Norway's Day

On Norway's National Day, it is only fitting to have another member of the Narvik force join the fray.  This is from Gorgon Studios, which has an entire range of early war Nordic Campaign...

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Stripey!

I did a number of "color test" skinks for the Lizardman army as that massive project moved along.  Each unit was suposed to have a different look, as I had placed a special character in each one of the...

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Winston's Wrath

This beast is the plastic Churchill tank from Warlord Games.  You can build seven different variants with this kit, but in this case the most "generic" build was the request.  I believe this is the...

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Countess

Here's one of the new releases from Wild West Exodus, this time for the Enlightened.She's Countess Augusta Byron, and she has the ability to rejuvenate the dead somewhat.Not a surprise, as this...

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Midori

I thought that I would have a little bit of fun with purples and pinks on this Reaper Miniature.  I forget what shade of Reaper Blue/purple which was the original mix, but it was quite nice when...

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Mighty Kurgonova

The officers of my old Imperial Guard army were a tough bunch... the Kurgonova Sisters from Raging Heroes!Since most Raging Heroes figures trend towards wider stances such as this, it meant that my...

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Shaping Up!!

Here's the next mighty Panzer from Shapeways!  The Panzer I joins the Panzer II for war in western Europe.  This 3D printed vehicle was done by Mike (aka Arctic Skunk), and you can see his great work...

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Striking Gold

While all non metallic metals are very fun to create, I especially like golds.  They allow for many interesting contrasts between lights and darks, muted and saturated colors, as well as warmer vs...

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Ground Cover

Some of you have seen my initial posts on the winter American army for Bastonge... and the basing articles on how they were created.  I just discovered these work in progress images showing the method...

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