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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

One more bike added!  The next one will be a little different, as it is the Sergeant with lightning claws...As the unit begins to take shape, it dramatizes the effect of those Dragon Forge bases....

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Step into the vortex

While it was a bummer to discover that I had to completely redo the warpgate terrain due to the GW bits, it did mean that I could make improvements on the pieces.Just using a layer of pink foam on top...

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Forts and Towers!

Yes, you are seeing a WHOLE lot of terrain.  Maybe that's 'cause a whole week was spent on it.These were even more complex to film than the basing videos, as it turned out.Set ups like this definitely...

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A monumental task

Just as it was with the basing, terrain just took over.  It required such a vastly different setup, it took many hours to get everything in place.This image is a bit of an illustration as to why I had...

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Time for some shingles!

Terrain week. House.  Then another house.  Balsa wood.  Foam, Glue.Raise the roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!This time...  chimney.  An improvement over early attempts over a year ago.Putting wood planks on the sides...

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Ultraforge Pleasure Demon

Another challenging video.  This time, it was trying to match the Mantis warriors from Raging Heroes to a much larger Demon from Ultraforge.I got the idea to do this one from my own dilemmas of how do...

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When does a house become a home?

When it has that 'lived in' look.I have been painting many of the terrain pieces from Terrain Week for the packaging artwork, etc.Just in case anyone was freaking out about seeing only pink, white and...

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Group Hug...

As I mentioned yesterday, one of the things I was trying to do with the Ultraforge Demon was show how you can transfer a color scheme between two similar, but yet radically different, figures.In this...

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Blood 'n Guts

I don't think there is any contest for which video wins the "Most Fun" to film award! :-)This was an absolute blast.  The materials were relatively simple for doing the special effect on this Raging...

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This was supposed to be Halo night...

You just never know who might stop by unannounced!Here's another walker from the original Zombicide game.  I never ceased to be amazed at what they did with all aspects of this.  The minis are really...

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In the Catbird seat...

Hmm, I think only Sox fans might recognize that.  Anyway, time for some big critters!Armed with a sketch for reference...Shaded basecoat time... although it is much more elaborate on these big...

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Blood Rage

It was a surprise to me to realize this is actually the third time I have painted the Gluttony figure fro Raging Heroes.  This is the second fantasy version, and I have one 40k version almost complete....

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Big Bird has an eye on you.

The Osprey may have been the most complex of all the birds.  The markings had something to do with that, but also the shapes of the wings.  It could make it difficult to get things into camera view....

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Bring it on...

One more bike... one more to go!This time, the leader of the pack.This was a very nice base, from DragonForge Designs.Almost there!!!

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It's winter somewhere...

Even though the temps are supposed to go back into the 90's again for next week, there must be snow around someplace!If there is, you might find one of these snowy owls from Cool Mini!As I did with all...

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Turning the pages of History

I have a few more of the Historical cavalry for you.The unit continues to grow.Unlike the fantasy armies I have done, and LOTR, etc., I am stuck with doing all the horses almost exactly the same.  Only...

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Five times the fun...

Some shots of the bike squad as it continues to build.Just one more to go!  Can't wait for that. :-)Ground view...Coming at you!Each one slightly different.  A challenge to make them stand out from...

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No more wings...

This was the last of the Big Beastie videos that needed to be done.  I did a little color swatch exercise to begin...And the dove right in to the Shaded Basecoat.Lots of big brushes and colors on the...

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A new sculpt from Darkhammer miniatures

The green of the latest sculpt from Darkhammer miniatures has been revealed.  This beastie will be very fun to paint!  Here is the concept art.The artist did a wonderful job of capturing that concept...

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Hiding in plain sight

With the help of some Urban Warfare Viridians, it was time to do some camo!II started off with the desert camouflage scheme.Prior to the glazing phase... keeping all the colors in line, so that even...

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