Still a first time for everything... Man of Steel :-)
As you know, I do a lot of painting of just about everything. However, despite all that, there are some things I have never painted before.I didn't even know what this was a few years ago.Somehow, I...
View ArticleWhat we were talking about...
There were many conversations about basing during the week of Reapercon. I was only able to squeeze in one 'official' class, but there were many spontaneous eruptions of basing the in the Main...
View ArticleCovering up the bases
Well, they tell me that I must cover up my bases with these metal objects, so here you go!This is a favorite sculpt of mine from Mr. Patrick Keith, I believe, of Reaper fame. It's another one of the...
View ArticleTanks for the minis
All right! Time for some shots combining the Secret Weapon wrecked tank sections with some actual minis!Of course, we have Victoria Miniatures Highland Moss Guard hanging out in the shade.This will...
View ArticleThe Story in Statues
It just occurred to me that I never snapped any images of the statues that I created for the Adepticon tournament army!As usual, they served multiple purposes. First, they were objective markers for...
View ArticleThe man in Black
Now here is something that was years in the making. I first sculpted this figure in 2008. Long long ago, back when I was making heavily converted terminators out of Space Wolf space marines :-)He was...
View ArticleMother Superior from Svarog
I have been painting some of the Svarog Miniatures Sisters of Battle off an on since they arrived. This one is called Sister Superior.If you recall the original unboxing post, these are resin figures,...
View ArticleWorth the wait?
Here's something a long time in coming. I had this thing around forever, just waiting for paint one day. It was a practice mini for weathering and a test for painting the crystal bases.These old...
View ArticleShe's ready for the mean streets
Have a zombie issue in your neighborhood? Not a problem for this gal!She not only has the leather, she's got the blonde highlights in her hair.She is all set to plug some pesky brain eaters. Ready to...
View ArticleThe on deck hitter...
Here's some more fun stuff from Secret Weapon Miniatures!This is the bike version of the Flight Deck bases.Here they are painted up. You can go in many different directions with these, since there is...
View ArticleArcadians revealed
I have been getting these new figures from Victoria Miniatures ready for some paint this week. I thought you might like a few images of the sprues!As with every other variety of Guardsman, the idea is...
View ArticleCasting a spell...
Here's another test figure from one of the painting videos. I had considered this for the Object Source lighting video at one point, but realized right away that it was going to be way too involved to...
View ArticleNever be afraid to experiment... part one
There was a great deal of discussion at Reapercon about using Crackle Medium in a variety of basing techniques.For this particular experiment, the idea was to use crackle medium with the fluorescent...
View ArticleThe results of mad science...
OK... so all the bright colors have been painted on the bases. Now for the big experiment!I knew before I started that I may not get the results I had been hoping for, since I was unable to find the...
View ArticleAn 'old' glory
I discovered this figure buried deep in a batch of figures from our days playing D & D. I believe this is from Old Glory miniatures. I spent a few minutes updating the paint job on this guy.I was...
View ArticleThe mean streets get meaner
Disco Stu has found himself another lady! She's packin' some serious heat as well!She can take on a whole crow of brain eaters with no problem at all!Walkers? Runners? They are all toast!Never fear,...
View ArticleThe Lady in Blue
Here's another one of those minis that we used to have as NPC's with our old D & D group. This fair maiden was part of my Bard's traveling fan club. I think there were three of them total....
View ArticleAssassins creed
The Death Cult Assassins were always a favorite of mine. I used them very differently in the old 4th edition version. Now in 7th, I guess you could toss these into just about any army.This gal got a...
View ArticleTree Warrior from Raging Heroes
These guys turned out to be just right for the Glazing video. I have a few of them around now. I put them on 40mm bases just in case I ever had need for some treekin!I also sculpted some foresty type...
View ArticleExiting the Ice Age
One more round of Ice Queen for you today. This really was the ideal figure for the Painting Blue video, for so many reasons. So many different types of blue were mixed for that video!!What made it...
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