posted by roman, jarhead, kong



Aloa brushbrothers and brushsisters,

another figure finished. This time it is an Archdemon, Mephisto himself. The pimp and hustler of hell. A true boss who fights heaven with a billion of expendable minions of his neverending army.

Some of you might already have seen the bust by Wonderlands Project that I have painted lately. The sculpt by Romain van de Bogeart is just brilliant.

My version is called "Mephisto" and it was a true joy to paint this fella up. If you are interested in the process of the painting check this step by step article. Please notice that the bust's skin looks much colder in the article than in the final photos. Those look a bit too warm, somehow, damn those photos!! The true thing is something in between - I will add a cabinet shot of the bust too so you can see what I am talking about.




To see more angles and details visit me on: Putty&Paint

Hope you like him!
Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes
Roman

This could be some kind of Official Hymn... Imagine making Miniatures like that...:D...

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

posted by roman, jarhead, kong



Hello figure friends!

This Miniature Unpacked (MU) will be about some cool figures from Australia, sculpted by the one and only Victoria Lamb, distributed under the label 'Victoria Miniatures'.

Lucky me, as I was able to meet Victoria over at the Adepticon 2013 and I enjoyed chatting with her and also enjoyed having a look on her figures plus new releases. Victoria does some really cool 28 mm figures. Very unique themed, but always with that special look that makes them fit in mostly every 28 mm Wargames you can find out there. A great addition for every gamer who is searching for that unique piece in his army.

So, I will have a look on her

"Penal Guard 10 Man Resin Squad"


Beware this is what the homepage says:

"This set is currently available on a pre-order basis. Kits will be shipped in May-June on a first come first serve basis. Limited advance sets will be also available to purchase at Adepticon 2013.
These have been cast in the finest resin and represent Victoria Miniatures first project with an expert USA casting company with over 40 years experience in the hobby.

This Kit comes with Free shipping worldwide."


When you open the box you'll find (taken again from the homepage):

Contents are:
10 Individual Convict heads
3 Character Convict Heads
3 Overseer Heads
10 Legs
10 Convict Torsos
2 Overseer Torsos
1 Overseer Arms with baton and Pistol
Overseer Equipment pouches and Holster
11 Convict Rifle Arms
4 Convict Shivs
10 x 25mm Round Plastic Slotta Bases.


The first look on the Resin parts is just cool. A good quality and also the Resin is easy to handle with your hobby tools. It is not too hard that it breaks and not too soft to be plastic. What caught my attention the most in the first look were the faces of the whole squad. Such cool and individual faces - wow!


On the second look I saw that there is definatly some minor cleaning to do. It is mainly some thin resin rests that have to be cut away with a hobby knife, here and there a mould line, but not too much, all cool, normal casting remains.




On the third look I was a little scared about the detail parts and the cleaning. Where the torsos, heads and legs were all fine and quickly done because of the resin material the smaller parts looked weird of the resin remains:


If you really go there with your knife, take care, do not break thin parts. With a little patience the thin resin remains surrounding the figures are easy to handle.

In conclusion I can only say: If you are a gamer and searching for a cool and unique styled squad - Victoria got it for you! Get yours here!

If you want to read more MUs - check this link!

 

Posted by Raffaele "Picster" Picca

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Another long-term project is done! I started Randolf Mountaineer by JMD Miniatures some time ago but didn't had the motivation to really finish this wonderful bust.

In the recent time I often paint Non Metallic Metal without really "wanting" it... it just happens... like on this busts glass frames and other metal parts. I still don't know if I like it or not?!

Now, infront of the Duke of Bavaria I finally found the motivation to do the final works on this bust.
And now I let the photos speak for themselfes:

I hope you like this bust :)
You can find this project on CMON and Putty&Paint!

Best wishes,
Raffa

Posted by Raffaele "Picster" Picca

Yooo hoo!

This time for something completely different, ok... not sooo different.

Everyone owns a Detolf, come on, don't be shy. Admit it. What? The gentlemen over there doesn't own a Detolf? Ok, you can skip this article.

Devote yourself to your Detolf, be proud of him and you will be rewarded!

...... enough of this strange talk, haha. Let's get serious!

Detolf is a display cabinet produced and sold by Ikea.
As it is one of the cheapest options to display painted models many miniature painters own such a cabinet. The problem is... it's not very pleasing in it's appearance.

I've read a lot about improving the appearance of the cabinet in the last days. Here's what I've done to my two cabinets:


First you may notice the new lights spread out on the two cabinets. Those are 2x DIODER lights. The cheap one with 4 white light strips. I fixed them to the steel rods which hold the glass shelfes with zip ties.

Next was a dark background for the cabinets, I made this with a rest of canvas and fixed it on top of the backside.

And finally, to raise the height of the cabinet and give it a more impressive appearance, I put two single EXPEDIT units under the cabinets. Those units got two doors to store all the stuff I didn't want to put inside of the cabinet. Very neat :)

So far, this was all the pimping I did to my units (apart from dusting and rearranging all the models).
Maybe this can serve as an inspiration for your pimping!

Best wishes,
Raffa

posted by roman, jarhead, kong



God dag!

Another round of Kong's WIP thoughts. Thoughts and ideas about my stuff which is in the middle of Progress or even just at the beginning.

I am starting on a big secret project.
I can tell you not much, only that it is secret.
So secret that even secret seekers might fail.
That was information one.

Information two brings us over to another actual project on my table:
The Savior of Galaxy (Female) by North Star Models is under the brush and posing for the right colours. A truly great SciFi Miniature in 54 mm. Thanks to the Sockelmacher.de for providing the right base for this figure in the right moment.


There is still a little more to do to declare her finished and the time is limited these days, as we are still in the middle of making all your books ready for shipping. Those books, really, believe me, I will drink a beer when this project is done and everybody of you is happy out there with his books in hand. I still have the hope that this day will come!


How nice it looks if you only see one :D
We finished the signing of the books and are now preparing your parcels. You can expect the delivery in the next weeks!



And another random shot from the days in the studio ...



And another total random shot of happy painting:


So far,
Keep on happy painting!
And remember it is all about painting, nothing more, nothing less ... so take your time to paint and enjoy it!

Roman