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Palette Wars!!

There are times where anyone who does this has immense frustrations and stresses going on... lots of stuff that just wants to distract you from the goal of painting.What better way to assault that...

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Spears and shield... and more

In keeping with the "use the colors already out there" manufacturing style, these Privateer Press figures fit the bill.With all of the relatively neutral greenish grays and browns, they had many of the...

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Oh No!!!

As many of you already know, one of my favorite elements about Wild West Exodus is the impact that civilians can have.They roam (or run) about the streets of the town, in random directions and...

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Film Noir

The Legion returns with another interesting character figure.  As with all the other snow based figures, this one must match previously painted figures.  It means an extremely limited palette.Normally...

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More Tiny Tanks

I just realized that the finished images of the Somua s35.  It's Flames of War 1/100 scale.It was an intriguing design, as it was a style of drive wheels that transitioned between the WWI type of...

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Ducks in a Row

 I finally had a chance to take a series of group shots of some of the Red Box Games barbarian figures recently. As I posted the individual figures, I continued to stress the value of painting the...

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It's almost official! :-)

Well, it's almost that time.  I have been mentioning in recent weeks that Kings Hobbies and Games will be carrying a portion of the Painting Pyramid video series in their webstore.That will be official...

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Not a plain Jane

More work in limited palette, some browns, tans and siennas.I suppose that the snow setting is quite perfect for all these very limited color exercises.Stay tuned for much more! :-)

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The coal that glows!!!

The mining of RJ-1027 has become more and more prolific in the Wild West Exodus universe, thanks to the dastardly Dr. Carpathian.A number of small terrain pieces such as these are available from the...

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Out in the Cold

This set of group shots shows the ten Red Box Games on the terrain pieces that have been a lot of fun!These particular figures had a lot of dynamic poses, including the archers.The standing stone is...

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One Hot Bombshell!

Another Bombshell Babe for you today!  This is Delzira, Demon Princess.As soon as I saw the figure, I just had to put that on one of my lava bases!  Yes, I could not resist. :-)The pose itself was also...

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Spear and Snow

Back to the Legion of Everblight.  These must be the older, metal versions, since I also have several plastic/resin versions as well.All of these will be painted in the same muted color scheme, with a...

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The Wings of Angels

For those of you who have been following the blog for a number of years, you have already seen the introduction of the Angels Solarus, a Blood Angels splinter chapter, which was painted a few years...

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Searching for Red Gold!

Meet Crazy Louie, a well known prospector in the town of Wappelville.Only the Enemy knows his true identity, but the townsfolk believe that he's been exposed to the Red Gold just a little too long!With...

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La bataille de France

With a second Somua s35 complete, it's time to try out a set of comparison shots of the two camo schemes.This second approach seems to be quite unique to the French vehicles.  I have not seen this...

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Deadly Aim

Tonight we have another Privateer Press Tharn infantry figure.Siennas, browns, tans, etc., are the order of the day.As always, they represent a nice contrast to the slate and sky blues of the snow!

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The Legend of Jesse James

At long last, Legendary Jesse James from Wild West Exodus!He's one nasty Hombre, with some amazing abilities.The Legendary characters come with their own unique diorama style bases, and this one is...

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Of Darkness and Light

These remarkable renders are from the latest Raging Heroes campaign.The concept art was truly amazing, but I almost thought there would be no way to translate those intricate designs into a three...

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This is MY snow fort!

Look who's back, and playing King of the Hill!I have been surprised at how many different poses there are of this type of figure.I tried to import some seafoam green into the midtones here, since he...

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Darkness has Fallen

Here are some more amazing figures from the new Raging Heroes campaign!These are truly spectacular, as this render boggles the mind.  To create a few signature pieces like this is one thing, but it...

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