tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26697059586564956592024-03-18T08:14:21.124+01:00MASSIVE VOODOOWelcome to the jungle of daily miniature painting inspiration!Roman aka jarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12620077720130753226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4920125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-74114724983347119822024-02-21T07:00:00.000+01:002024-02-21T07:00:00.254+01:00SBS: Puss in Boots' Today<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;">SBS: Puss in Boots' Today</h1><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.foundminiatures.com">by Daniele "Found" Trovato</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwCOpl-SdWYaL025WzT1cMwuDlHf543A4bWMzWEFbt2e3wqlf7G0L1ylcNZQoCj4wIaXSgpbsQVBI_9jn3HeboU8ebVqBzE7zNheXhaSd2nVBkwX-6vds0mxeakitrhg2NcVRDYqiM8m_27HJjtTlQUNd5gsukFyHm3MRAojZBZfRYlmpHlX4m1vWCK--/s1080/Copy%20of%20Whimson%20Company.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwCOpl-SdWYaL025WzT1cMwuDlHf543A4bWMzWEFbt2e3wqlf7G0L1ylcNZQoCj4wIaXSgpbsQVBI_9jn3HeboU8ebVqBzE7zNheXhaSd2nVBkwX-6vds0mxeakitrhg2NcVRDYqiM8m_27HJjtTlQUNd5gsukFyHm3MRAojZBZfRYlmpHlX4m1vWCK--/w640-h640/Copy%20of%20Whimson%20Company.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">____________________________________________________________________________</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Hey there!<br /><br />This is Daniele :-) First of all, I apologize if I don't write on the blog as much as I'd like, but I'm pretty short on time, and there are <b>plenty of sculptures to sculpt</b>! :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYurvRA_r8vDnRAh3YL6wtxWk1loxTyDliM6hI8m0BxlPKIc-lg66uVYttos2pdEWrSegoLixLVx9TfhOH6RAsyebpuMZ3hXNy7aGH0XaJo09iHcSXW1Fo6s3l4oe3fiaPk2F3Eej2_WUoWSg3uK4xFfcwL5MkQZKy2PutziT08m5BMK3v7zhGu4G-zYhG/s1300/daniele-found-trovato-4.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYurvRA_r8vDnRAh3YL6wtxWk1loxTyDliM6hI8m0BxlPKIc-lg66uVYttos2pdEWrSegoLixLVx9TfhOH6RAsyebpuMZ3hXNy7aGH0XaJo09iHcSXW1Fo6s3l4oe3fiaPk2F3Eej2_WUoWSg3uK4xFfcwL5MkQZKy2PutziT08m5BMK3v7zhGu4G-zYhG/w640-h480/daniele-found-trovato-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I'm excited to share with you the story behind my latest creation: <b>the Detective Cat in a NOIR style from the '20s and '30s!</b><br /><br />It all started with my deep love for the <b>Puss in Boots sculpture I made</b> at the beginning of 2023. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The first one had this 18th-century vibe, chilling on an <b>old armchair with those iconic boots.</b> It got such a <b>fantastic response</b> that many folks asked me to make more sculptures in a similar theme.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: arial;">Hello everyone, </span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">it's Andy, again. The “<a href="https://bembelminiaturecup.com/" target="_blank">Bembel Miniature Cup</a>” is in sight and so that your projects arrive safely, I will show
you </span><span style="font-family: arial;">today</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> my concept for new inserts/trays in my transport box.</span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Before our recent trip to the
<a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/11/retrospective-monte-san-savino-show.html" target="_blank">Monte San Savino Show</a>
I thought a lot about how to transport my miniatures to Italy by plane.
Security checks, hand luggage, and a wooden box with metal parts kept me
awake. I needed a solution that could be presented during an security
inspection without much effort and, ideally, required no tools for assembly
and disassembly.</span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Just using Bluetac/Pattafix was too unstable for me and gluing it would
have risked leaving residue. That's why I decided on fixing the miniatures
(or better: their bases/plinths) to the carrier trays with screws. In order
not to have to carry a screwdriver with me, I decided on a combination of
<a href="https://amzn.eu/d/9Mivrlt" target="_blank">screw-in sleeves</a>,
<a href="https://amzn.eu/d/e2cHKPD" target="_blank">M4 set screws</a> and
<a href="https://amzn.eu/d/5cnmQ1g" target="_blank">knurled nuts</a> (links
as example). This means that the bases/plinths can be easily attached
without tools.</span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Since time was running short before the trip, I simply used a wooden board
and drilled holes (as you can see in the picture below). However, for going
to the Bembel Miniature Cup, I will upgrade that to a
<a href="https://amzn.eu/d/6WZDHPn" target="_blank">wooden pegboard</a>
(hole diameter 5mm, spacing 15mm). One screw per base/plinth is sufficient
for 28mm projects and busts. Multiple screws are only necessary for larger
or heavier projects. </span>
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<h4><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;">A note on drilling</div></span></h4><span style="font-family: arial;">
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The fact that I had to drill holes into the plinths of finished projects
for the trip to Monte made me a little uneasy. To avoid dust on the
miniatures, I drilled very carefully and vacuumed while drilling, which
worked very well.
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For future projects, in preparation for screw-in sleeves, I will make sure
to drill a hole in the base in advance if there is any chance that the
miniature is to be transported.
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</span><h4><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;">Conclusion</div></span></h4><span style="font-family: arial;">
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The security check at the airport was a breeze with very nice officials,
the miniatures survived the journey perfectly and fixing and releasing
them was very easy - all in all, the effort was worth it.
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Thanks for reading and your interest. Feel invited to comment in the
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Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04211660275456393971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-25826826500640227522024-01-10T07:00:00.009+01:002024-01-10T07:00:00.131+01:00A Happy New Year from the Massive Voodoo Crew<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<h2>Dear all,</h2>
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<p>
the Massive Voodoo family wishes all of you and your loved ones a happy,
healthy and colorful new year! May 2024 be full of positive energies,
inspiration and projects that bring you happiness and satisfaction!
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<p>
With the start of the new year, we thought to reflect a bit on what we would
wish 2024 to be, hobby-wise. So, in the following, we outline our goals they
relate to our beloved miniature-painting and modeling hobby.
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<h3>Andy</h3>
<p>New year, new opportunities ;)</p>
<p>
I stopped making nonsensical New Year's resolutions years ago. Plans make more
sense ;)
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I'm still in my non-creative post-Monte blues when it comes to miniatures. I
had finished a lot of things by then and the drive to start something new
wasn't there until the end of the year. The creative energies will definitely
come back soon and when the time comes, there will be a rough plan of things I
want to tackle this year. Among other things, the following points are
included:
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<li>Start and finish 1-2 scale models (a diorama and a civilian vehicle)</li>
<li>
Painting a hipster head that brought me a proud bronze in sculpting standard
in Monte
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<li>Tackle a small-large secret project with my MV brother David</li>
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<p>In addition, three shows are already firmly planned for this year:</p>
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<li>the new Bembel Cup near Frankfurt in March</li>
<li>Kulmbach in August, and the</li>
<li>Scale Model challenge in Eindhoven in October</li>
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<p>... maybe we'll see each other there, I'd be happy ;)</p>
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<h3>Hansrainer</h3>
<p>
Last year was busy with life and not so much Hobby - this year might be busier
with hobby, but before any ambitious painting project, we have a lot of work
ahead of us to get our new, German miniature show off the ground: The Bembel
Miniature Cup will take place on the weekend of March 9th and 10th in Rodgau
near Frankfurt (you can find some Info already here
<a href="https://bembelminiaturecup.com/">https://bembelminiaturecup.com/</a>,
more after the relaunch that will happen soon, alternatively find us on
Instagram or Facebook (<a
href="https://www.instagram.com/bembel_miniature_cup"
>https://www.instagram.com/bembel_miniature_cup</a
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and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bembelcup"
>https://www.facebook.com/bembelcup</a
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<br />After the show is over, I really hope to find more time for my painting
table and the energy to recover skill lost during the last 2 years of barely
touching a brush. I am mostly looking forward to a number of studies in
material, texture and lighting and maybe a class or two in the second half of
the year!
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<h3>Josua</h3>
<p>
Reflecting on the bustling year of 2023, my focus primarily centered around
tabletop-related projects easily storable and effortlessly resumed due to long
workdays. In 2024, I aim to shift towards more intentional painting with the
following goals:
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<li>
<b>Artistic Expression:</b> Explore diverse styles and mediums while
concentrating on painting more animals.
</li>
<li>
<b>Storytelling Through Art:</b> Inject emotions and narratives into my
pieces, placing a strong emphasis on crafting compelling stories.
</li>
<li>
<b>Community Engagement and Teaching:</b> Stay committed to attending local
paint meetings, sharing my passion, and exploring the possibility of hosting
workshops.
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My artistic aspirations for the upcoming year involve a return to focused
painting with a renewed commitment to experimentation, storytelling, and
community engagement.
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<br />
<h3>Kilian</h3>
<p>Hello jungle,</p>
<p>
you haven’t heard a lot from my side and I am afraid this will not change in
2024. There are a lot of private changes and challenges coming to me and my
family this year. So my Hobby goal for 2024 is really simple: just find time
to paint once a week. Even if it is just for an hour, paint a bit, relax a bit
and try to escape everything that is daily life and struggle.
</p>
<br />
<h3>Petra</h3>
<p>New year, new me?</p>
<p>
Nah, I'll be the same nagging person I was when the old year left the house
(and it did for good!). But: I still want to try out new things and change
things - because we all know: the only constant is change!
</p>
<p>
So, I actually want to get back to a topic that I followed for a bit a long
time ago: I started reading self care books (yeah, I am now in "that age"),
because I wanted to understand my brain better and why for the sake of it, am
not able to work through a project start to finish, but get side tracked all
the time. This always results in a huge pile of WIP miniatures (or
WIP-any-other-project), which I then only finish when a new Show is around.
But I finally also want to be able to have something finished *before* the
week prior of a show. And this is mildly driving me nuts - as I know I can
create decent art when I have time and enjoy; I also know I can cut it short
when time presses and I sometimes work better this way.
</p>
<p>
However - a couple of years ago, I stumbled over the book
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/287818.Refuse_to_Choose_"
>"Refuse to choose"</a
>
by Barbara Sher, which kind of described me in a nutshell: a multipurpose
dilletante who gets too easily interested and invested in a ton of hobbies for
a bit, but never really deep (or in her words: a "Scanner"). I really liked
the first chapters, but when it then came to the practical part, I was super
hyped but couldnt just get into the flow of following her advice on a regular
routine. Back when I followed the first couple of chapters of that book, I
even went all the way to creating and designing my daybook for her tips, my
ideas and the follow up examples; even filled a couple of pages, and then put
it away again - even though it helped!
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<p>
So, this is my new years resolution: doing all the things, everywhere, all at
once (and finally finishing stuff - a lot of it); but with more organisation
in my brain. ;-)
</p>
<p>Petrelka</p>
<br />
<h3>Roman</h3>
<p>
2023 was a good painting year for me. I was busy teaching, painting and
helping others to grow. I really enjoyed that. I also enjoyed to tackle some
bigger projects, like framed dioramas that I was able to finish. Creativity
and the muse was with me the last year with ups and downs of course, but I am
grateful. I am never able to call these resolutions "Hobby goals" as my work
is connected to my passion.
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<p>My plans for 2024 are:</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Finish some WIPs that I am really eager to finish as I think they can turn
out really cool
</li>
<li>
Less subconscious stress from social media. Working against it with clear
social media time and meditation.
</li>
<li>
Finishing the work on my homepage to have a smoother workflow, FAQs and
enrollment options for all my workshops, courses and coachings.
</li>
<li>
Enjoying and living happy painting while becoming a dad for the first time!
</li>
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<h3>David</h3>
<p>
Looking back, I was really happy with my hobby-year 2023. While I did not
touch brushes or colors for much of the first half of the year, I was
productive in the second half and the hours spent on my projects were filled
with joy, calm and relaxation. In the new year, I mainly plan to continue on
that trajectory - but also have a few concrete goals. So, in 2024, I plan
to:
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continue enjoying my hobby-time in the same relaxed way I did in (the
second half of) 2023
</li>
<li>work on setting up a new Massive Voodoo website</li>
<li>
make sure to meet my MV brothers and sisters at least once in person
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<li>finish at least one scale modeling project</li>
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<h3>How about you?</h3>
<p>
What are your hobby goals for this year? Did you make any New Year's
resolutions? Let us know via the comments.
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<h2>Best from the whole MV Team!</h2>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-49027911267176170662024-01-03T07:00:00.000+01:002024-01-03T07:00:00.681+01:00FIN: Deep One Pinup - 1/72<h2>Hey all,</h2>
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<p>
welcome back to another look at a recently finished mini. This is a special project for me - a slight diversion from my usual historical stuff. I painted it for a little <b>miniature exchange</b> with <a href="https://www.puttyandpaint.com/MaGie">Maartje "MaGie" Giesbers</a>. I have always been a great fan and admirer of Maartje's wonderfully lively, colorful and clean paintjobs, so I was super-happy when she agreed to do a little mini swap with me.
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At first, it took me a little to find the perfect miniature for the swap, but since her preference for painting <b>strong female miniatures</b> is well established (well, she even <a href="https://ak-interactive.com/product/girl-power-poder-femenino/">wrote a book chapter</a> on that...), it was clear to me that it needed to look for a nice - and ideally playful - female sculpt. Add in that Maartje is a PhD-carrying marine biologist, and voilá: the idea to build a little scene of a female Deep One (Lovecraftian humanoid dwellers of the seas) taking a leisurely walk at the beach was born. And, of course, it had to be done in my favorite small scale of 1/72nd!
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The <a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-nymphea-sunken-kingdoms-i-beauty-fantasy-pinup-187016">original miniature</a> is from the Fantasy Pin-up line by Artizan Guild and was slightly resculpted and printed by my jungle brother Andy (THANKS, man!). During painting I aimed to recreate the color scheme of white sharks and also emulate scaly, irregular skin. Pics were taken by Maartje - who, I am very happy to report - really liked the mini! :-)
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<p>The project is also on <a href="https://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/44110">Putty&Paint</a>, if you feel like leaving a vote.</p>
<p>Talk to you soon. All the best,</p>
<h2>D.</h2>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-17283899726246403082023-12-27T07:00:00.002+01:002023-12-27T07:00:00.136+01:00FIN: CADIA STANDS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t0YDLY2BH_oI0_1o9oem-ZcGH0V4ycM3qz5TtN-cp547RcTJP5jYS5BgN3B41v_CQGXRBVsdaNWByR5IgYjaL7sA1beJ2jwRcVIRC3zpCECpI6ZweKbL3r-ykKQkZ6QFlOmGjuAKaxK6_t7DWt7hCq1w4fXLTm7fNJV_QZJw709UoeLb7md2rTae/s2526/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t0YDLY2BH_oI0_1o9oem-ZcGH0V4ycM3qz5TtN-cp547RcTJP5jYS5BgN3B41v_CQGXRBVsdaNWByR5IgYjaL7sA1beJ2jwRcVIRC3zpCECpI6ZweKbL3r-ykKQkZ6QFlOmGjuAKaxK6_t7DWt7hCq1w4fXLTm7fNJV_QZJw709UoeLb7md2rTae/w640-h640/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2003.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Good Morning Jungle,</span><br /><br />it's been a while since I finished this framed miniature diorama, called "Cadia Stands!" and I just saw I completly forgot to show it here on Massive Voodoo. Here we go! It is a really intense diorama, filled with emotion. I created a video that gives insight and explains a lot about it. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNndPOlvhng&list=PL4bERkDtjLFPXv0VlZfJp6GhZu71oMnVN&index=2&t=116s&pp=gAQBiAQB">You can find it here.<br /><br /></a>Beside the words I explained in the video it does not need much more explanation. It is and was a painful project and was composed to transport this exact emotion. If you are interested in an in depth look of the build you can <a href="https://www.etsy.com/de-en/listing/1487627054/step-by-step-cadia-stands?click_key=829cc415fd4ae19e727a50b9f3e4fb5112aea36a%3A1487627054&click_sum=95d9bb7f&ref=shop_home_active_24">find a step by step tutorial here.</a><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cadia Stands!<br /></span>2023<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcO9D9FBXq9qIgwL4OCIybX6jnA30iaKsuVSaoRHM3g2RJZToH3YqbidPiAz_OtWSjxoIeSy68y4mohe5Wbn78p806lOlLPaweAXBTjYIlBVSvcuXaK7mw0JSDOOFk_griLGw56xR311VH6CdVEm-_pJSZvE2uqtI7EHXj7uRdoHt87izVQRBnlayO/s3378/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3378" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcO9D9FBXq9qIgwL4OCIybX6jnA30iaKsuVSaoRHM3g2RJZToH3YqbidPiAz_OtWSjxoIeSy68y4mohe5Wbn78p806lOlLPaweAXBTjYIlBVSvcuXaK7mw0JSDOOFk_griLGw56xR311VH6CdVEm-_pJSZvE2uqtI7EHXj7uRdoHt87izVQRBnlayO/w478-h640/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2011.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa6IgSCMnQsaIqQ__QaZ1OgfCRNjOjpmjKbsAdOfR4zX68DQ7GvG8LFCwU_ICp7_C9cjF07_xFQ0-Zaqx9dPv3UilZ4wu1lBdIVNXzYWASl0aNjcPXb1ouv2SEYWyKD2-VDKKr_m4vtH5Hvf3ONnaA0A-ijFReVHozkEK--EpioXyEegoZgJxvCvO/s3378/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2009.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3378" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa6IgSCMnQsaIqQ__QaZ1OgfCRNjOjpmjKbsAdOfR4zX68DQ7GvG8LFCwU_ICp7_C9cjF07_xFQ0-Zaqx9dPv3UilZ4wu1lBdIVNXzYWASl0aNjcPXb1ouv2SEYWyKD2-VDKKr_m4vtH5Hvf3ONnaA0A-ijFReVHozkEK--EpioXyEegoZgJxvCvO/w478-h640/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2009.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24_mmt71Dq6xZZiwCYKrTA59Popq7c_fyPdWu47XDciziN9bibYc047i4wNOIbH01YeOxDZz9PI1JyuHRhgxgL1FQ21WNpfw1_uMG43vUOKwaarwr0Zqrw93c9EcAPTTIceAYGjPjuVbx3mYPqbZNWhWMb3glr1ZwBonz9vZnKSkq2Adjr73A7nJK/s2526/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2008b.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24_mmt71Dq6xZZiwCYKrTA59Popq7c_fyPdWu47XDciziN9bibYc047i4wNOIbH01YeOxDZz9PI1JyuHRhgxgL1FQ21WNpfw1_uMG43vUOKwaarwr0Zqrw93c9EcAPTTIceAYGjPjuVbx3mYPqbZNWhWMb3glr1ZwBonz9vZnKSkq2Adjr73A7nJK/w640-h640/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2008b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTCoAiKs7t3sx2reg8eDcA92yiYQ-eNjD3lsAQcldr9nEThMDdRqeBFdvJsylpSZDrYu8uaeCqUoGkkvf10w2v0H5MCgTsEo8_YgtonQKtjIEcrfDlPcx7QFjAtbJ5W6Hyx74srdNywBUONaWIGjdbzkuxsbp6oezlkx6xn4I5M05zIY8hJ6Vc-ym/s3378/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2005.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3378" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTCoAiKs7t3sx2reg8eDcA92yiYQ-eNjD3lsAQcldr9nEThMDdRqeBFdvJsylpSZDrYu8uaeCqUoGkkvf10w2v0H5MCgTsEo8_YgtonQKtjIEcrfDlPcx7QFjAtbJ5W6Hyx74srdNywBUONaWIGjdbzkuxsbp6oezlkx6xn4I5M05zIY8hJ6Vc-ym/w478-h640/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2005.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmNocb_UBBGG0aAxd4IXFb_UBG2mWbiKA0UlSur5hUMQRv5RHq4bylszrz4mFW-f4_bpc3ZQGZwsDz8UoOcVjZEOMeCS0DZcfT_TlACggBFzrXVIIqD3Zysr-0jjzXFUZIkvNlVhgMrdsGXhc8uik3XoSPfEjI09pvBcuo2PvTeuxHIo0owk9gksk/s2526/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2004b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmNocb_UBBGG0aAxd4IXFb_UBG2mWbiKA0UlSur5hUMQRv5RHq4bylszrz4mFW-f4_bpc3ZQGZwsDz8UoOcVjZEOMeCS0DZcfT_TlACggBFzrXVIIqD3Zysr-0jjzXFUZIkvNlVhgMrdsGXhc8uik3XoSPfEjI09pvBcuo2PvTeuxHIo0owk9gksk/w400-h400/Cadia%20Stands%20diorama%2004b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Keep on happy painting!</span><br />Roman<br /><p></p>Roman aka jarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12620077720130753226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-49808966306599254802023-12-20T07:00:00.002+01:002023-12-24T18:50:20.565+01:00Project Diary: Bornhöved 1227 A.D. - Two older minis<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Hey all,
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<p>
welcome to the first part of my <b>project diary</b> in which I show an
actual miniature. If you're wondering what this is, please check the
<a
href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/08/wip-project-diary-bornhoved-1227-ad.html"
>prologue</a
>, in which I explain the idea and goals of the diary. At the bottom of
that post, you will find a link to all parts of this series (constantly
updated as soon as new parts are published).
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Today, I want to highlight <b>two figure</b>s that I have shown on the blog
before - and which I painted long before thinking about that whole
Bornhöved-themed project series. I will not go into much detail -
historical or related to the miniature, as I have shown them before. But I
thought they should be shown again to make sure that the project diary is
"complete".
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<h3>Knight of the City of Lübeck</h3>
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The first one is a knight bearing the arms of the <b>City of Lübeck</b>. I
painted that one a long while back some time in 2020... While the City of
Lübeck mostly deployed citizen troops, I read somewhere that some cities
also "hired" noblemen to fight on their side. I have no idea whether those
knights would actually have worn the colors of the cities, but I liked the idea
and wanted to practice my freehand skills a bit, so I decided to give this
knight a livery sporting the Lübeck coat of arms. If you want to read more on this mini, and
see some more pics, please follow
<a
href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/preview/2669705958656495659/4785353452632717756"
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>.
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<h3>Otto I, the Child</h3>
<p>The second mini is a portrait of one of the protagonists of the Battle of Bornhöved, <b>Otto I, nicknamed 'the Child'</b>, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was a nephew of King Valdemar II's and fought on the Danish side during the 1227 battle. You can actually see Otto's relationship to the Danish crown from his standard: blue lions on yellow ground with the red hearts were Valdemar's royal coat of arms. During the battle, Otto was captured and had to spend one and a half years in captivity of Heinrich, Count of Schwerin, before he was released in January 1229 for a hefty ransom. Again, please <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/preview/2669705958656495659/1362788284966199943">follow the link</a> if you want to learn a bit more on Otto and the mini project.</p>
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Both projects are also on Putty & Paint if you feel like leaving a vote:
<a href="https://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/34506">Lübeck Knight</a> and <a href="https://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/42715">Otto the Child</a>.
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<p>Thanks for your interest. Talk soon!</p>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-28420179593543309472023-12-13T07:00:00.000+01:002023-12-13T07:00:00.134+01:00FIN: Frazetta-styled Warrior<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Hey Jungle,<br /></span><br />to be frank: Frank Frazetta played a massive impact in my development on how to paint fantasy miniatures and I am continously learning from him.<br /><br />This project came out of a "Fraztta-styled" Painting Workshop that I thaught earlier this year and this was my excplanation piece. This was so much fun! This project is part of a private collector's collection. Thank you for your support!<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi714UVTmXgXqKCI3nm6TxmO5Xsq0MXajSeyembXtilqhqOk6d4JmqOf3H9iPB0Y-OXykdZAKQ6QVsvJbBPrwFDVZ7nsRVzpb1VpeAOeHcPoc-n7rg5JRzGgVavMwIrKftxeLstM5KaAuXbDWANnHproAPyS7AlEx7cmbMZEKXaCW6wqy_FQoqvjKbO9-o/s2526/Frazetta%20Miniature06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi714UVTmXgXqKCI3nm6TxmO5Xsq0MXajSeyembXtilqhqOk6d4JmqOf3H9iPB0Y-OXykdZAKQ6QVsvJbBPrwFDVZ7nsRVzpb1VpeAOeHcPoc-n7rg5JRzGgVavMwIrKftxeLstM5KaAuXbDWANnHproAPyS7AlEx7cmbMZEKXaCW6wqy_FQoqvjKbO9-o/w640-h640/Frazetta%20Miniature06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXMtxilMkCffKuN5k04_OCIlD22SHX9CIfahzbt2FrGgVBOtbuTfiu06vDPfLTznTkopDu1R2fEh5PKzfamS2Bazr9tPSzaKIRVYYsSGcLPuiqxk32PQYMJ5lblujCSDKIwZUxgAMVIMbnFUWE9XtH4t4OYN9DQJmbp22a-FUm7pX_HSVeBIDu2cKd8w/s2526/Frazetta%20Miniature05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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<br />
<p>
this is <b>David</b>, and today it is my great pleasure to share with you some
pics of my most recently finished miniature: <b>Bu, the Goblin</b>. The mini
is a wonderful little sculpt by <b>Tre Manor</b> (<a
href="http://red-box-games.com/"
>Red Box Games</a
>) - and it has been the first 28mm mini I have painted for some time...
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<p>
The project was a <b>quick and fun paint-job</b>, which I painted as a present
for a good friend's son. In terms of the color scheme, I definitely knew that
I wanted something else than the standard "green-skin" goblin. So, I went with
a nice, warm ochre-base tone. The <b>base</b> was an easy affair, as well:
just a gaming base, some cork, a little Milliput and a couple of grass tufts.
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<p>
BTW, if you're wondering: the name "Bu" is a little hommage to a RPG character
I played a long while back. :-) I am looking forward to painting
<b>another Red Box goblin</b> some time soon! As always, feel free to drop me
a line or two in the comments section, below, or through my email at
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<p>
<b><i>david [at] massivevoodoo [dot] com</i></b>
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<p>All the best, talk to you soon!</p>
<h3>D.</h3>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-48577038769424512492023-11-29T07:00:00.001+01:002023-11-29T07:00:00.133+01:00Project Diary: Bornhöved 1227 A.D. - A Little History Lesson<h2>Hey all,</h2>
<br />
<p>
welcome to this first article of my <b>project diary</b>. If you're wondering
what this is, please check the
<a
href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/08/wip-project-diary-bornhoved-1227-ad.html"
>prologue</a
>, in which I explain the idea and goals of the diary. At the bottom of that
post, you will find a link to all parts of this series (constantly updated as
soon as new parts are published).
</p>
<p>
In this post, I will kick off the actual project diary, trying to accomplish
two goals:
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I'll present a concise <b>historical primer</b> on the battle and its
context.
</li>
<li>
I will outline on how I envision the <b>miniature project</b> to unfold.
</li>
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<h3>1. Historical Primer</h3>
<p>
The Battle of Bornhöved in 1227 was a highly consequential battle that took
place near the town of Bornhöved, situated in what is now Schleswig-Holstein
in northern Germany. In this <b>historical primer</b>, I will briefly outline
the events leading up the battle, summarize what we know about how the battle
itself, and sketch out the implications of that encounter. There are not too
many primary sources available, and since I am not a trained historian (and
have a dayjob...), I will rely exclusively on secondary accounts and summaries
that I could find.
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Map of the Danish Kingdom under King Valdemar II<br />Source:
<a
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<h4>1.1 Prelude</h4>
<p>
In the mid-12th century, the Jutland peninsula was partitioned along the
<b>Eider river</b> between the <b>Kingdom of Denmark</b> to the North and the
Duchy of Saxony - as part as the <b>German Holy Roman Empire (HRE)</b> - to
the South. When Heinrich (Henry) "the Lion", Duke of Saxony, was deposed by
the German Emperor Friedrich I "Barbarossa" in 1180,
<b>Adolf III, Count of Schauenburg</b>, took control over the Holstein region.
However, Adolf's position was weak and, in 1201/2, the Danish Duke, and later
King, <b>Valdemar II</b> conquered the whole area between the
<b>Eider and Elbe rivers</b>, and gave it as a fiefdom to his nephew,
<b>Count Albrecht II of Orlamünde</b>, who continued to rule Holstein for the
next two decades.
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In May 1223, <b>Count Heinrich (Henry) "The Black" I of Schwerin</b>,
kidnapped King Valdemar and his eldest son, Prince Valdemar, during a hunting
trip. For their release, Heinrich demanded Denmark to give up the conquered
lands and pledge loyalty to the Holy Roman Emperor. Count Albrecht of
Orlamünde, who acted as regent in the Danish king's absence, rejected these
terms and declared war on Heinrich. The war concluded in a defeat for the
Danish forces in the
<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlacht_bei_M%C3%B6lln"
>Battle of Mölln in 1225</a
>. Consequently, to secure his release, King Valdemar had to acknowledge the
loss of his German territories, pay an astronomical ransom, and promise not to
seek retribution against Count Heinrich. Shortly after Valdemar's release,
however, Pope Honorius III exempted the king from his coerced pledge, and
Valdemar wasted no time in preparing to reclaim what he believed were
rightfully his lands and to enact revenge against Count Heinrich. Supported by
the troops of Valdemar's nephew, <b>Otto I, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg</b>,
called "the Child", in 1226 a Danish army marched south.
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Valdemar II<br />Source:
<a href="https://historiskerejser.dk/valdemark-ii-sejr-1202-41/"
>historiskerejser.dk</a
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<p>
After conquering the <b>"free peasants" of Dithmarschen</b> and pressing them
into military service, Valdemar turned his attention to Holstein and Schwerin.
To counter that threat, <b>Count Adolf IV</b>, who had inherited Holstein from
his father in 1225, and Heinrich built an alliance with powerful Northern
German nobles, including <b>Duke Albert of Saxony</b>, who pledged his support
in exchange for recognition as their liege lord. Additional reinforcements
came from the <b>princes of Mecklenburg</b>,
<b>Archbishop Gerhard II of Bremen</b>, the cities of <b>Hamburg</b> and
<b>Lübeck</b> as well as the smaller hosts of a number of
<b>Low German nobles</b>. According to some sources,
<b>HR Emperor Friedrich II</b> might also have sent a small contingent to
assist in the confrontation with the Danes - even though this is rather unlikely. In
any case, the various German factions assembled in and around Lübeck,
preparing to face the Danish army.
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<p>
At first, both sides were cautious, hesitant to engage in a decisive battle.
For several months, the conflict primarily saw skirmishes and minor battles
between different segments of the armies - until, in the summer of 1227, they
finlly met for a large battle on the <b>plains of Bornhöved</b>.
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Count Adolf IV at the Battle of Bornhöved<br />Source:
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<h4>1.2 The Battle</h4>
<p>
The battle took place on <b>July 22, 1227</b>, a day marked by the feast of
St. Mary Magdalene. We know relatively little for certain on how the battle
was fought, how large the armies were, and what exactly happened on that day.
Pretty much the only <b>knowledge that is certain</b> is that the battle took
place on that day - and that the Danish lost, with Duke Otto being captured. A
15th-century, Lübeck-based chronicler, Hermann Korner († 1438), provides the
most elaborate, colorful - and in many parts probably ficticious - account of
the battle. However, as it delivers so much nice detail - which of course, is
particularly relevant for my miniature rendition of the battle - I will
include his descriptions in the following summary.
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The Battlefield of Bornhöved 1227, painted by Julius Fürst (1895)<br />Source:
<a
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The exact <b>location where the armies clashed</b> is not known. The area
around Bornhöved was probably - as it is today - dominated by large open
fields broken up by small groves of trees and small rivers. As such, it was
very much suitable for a battlefield, especially for cavalry armies. According
to some local traditions the battle was fought close to a Stone Age burial
mound called
<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsbarg">Königsbarg</a>, which
is said to have served as a commander's hill for King Valdemar.
</p>
<p>
Korner, writing for his Lübeck audience, claims that the German coalition was
led by the city's mayor,
<b
><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Soltwedel"
>Alexander von Soltwedel</a
></b
>. However, this is most certainly legend, not least since Alexander was
probably only born in the 1230s and became member of the Lübeck City Council
only around 1256. Consequently, it is most likely that the
<b>coalition forces</b> were led by Count Adolf IV, and that his troops stood
at the center of the German army. Facing them were, most likely, King
Valdemar's II core <b>Danish forces</b>. Both leaders' respective allies stood
to the left and right of the commanders' main troops, with the Slavic princes
of Mecklenburg securing the rear of the German host, and the Dithmarscher levy
being positioned behind the Danish lines. We do not know how many and which
kinds of troops were present that day, but likely an assortment of some heavy
knights - mainly the princes and a number of local knights and lesser nobles
-, some lighter cavalry, and numerous contingents of infantry, including
spearman, archers and crossbowmen.
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The Battle of Bornhöved, 13th century painting<br />Source:
<a href="http://www.nomos-dk.dk/skraep/Bornhoved.jpg">Wikimedia</a
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<p>
The battle is reported to have been <b>bloody and exhaustingly long</b> with
neither armies making much success, and the men must have suffered greatly on
that hot, summer day. The tide only turned when the Dithmarscher levy defected
from King Valdemar and attacked the Danish rear. Now attacked from two sides,
the Danes suffered a heavy defeat, losing thousands of men as casualties and
prisoners. Among those taken hostage were <b>Bishop Tuve of Ribe</b> and Duke
Otto of Lüneburg. Valdemar himself only barely managed to escape the carnage,
having had his eye gouged out in combat.
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Illustration of the Battle of Bornhöved from Heinrich Rehbein's
<i>Lübecker Chronik</i> (1619).<br />Source:
<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:WP_Rehbein-Chronik_5.jpg"
>Wikimedia</a
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<h4>1.3 Aftermath</h4>
<p>
Following the <b>German coalition's victory</b>, Count Adolf IV successfully
reclaimed the County of Holstein, while Duke Albert I reaffirmed his position
as the liege-lord of the Counts of Schwerin and Holstein. Dithmarschen
remained an independent peasant republic formally under the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. Lübeck was recognized with all rights as a
Free Imperial City, while Hamburg returned under the rule of the Counts of
Holstein. Duke Otto remained in captivity until January 1229, when he was
released for a hefty ransom. In Denmark, King Valdemar II focused on domestic
politics and made peace with his former enemies, marrying his third son Abel
to Adolf IV's daughter Mechthild.
</p>
<p>
Beyond these personal and immediate effects on the warring parties, the Battle
of Bornhöved had a
<b>lasting impact on the political and territorial landscape</b> of the Baltic
Sea region. It solidified the loss of Denmark's northern German territories
and meant the end of Danish hegemony in the north. The border between Denmark
and the HRE was firmly established at the Eider River, aligning with the
southern border of the Danish Duchy of Schleswig. This border configuration
remained in place until 1806, when the HRE was dissolved. On the other hand,
the victory enabled the North German princes and cities to expand their sphere
of influence, trade, and power: it created the conditions for the rise of
Lübeck as the leading Hanseatic city, the formation of the German Order State,
and later the unification of Schleswig and Holstein under state law (1460).
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The borders after the Battle of Bornhöved 1227<br />Source:
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<h3>2. The Miniature Project</h3>
<p>
Over the coming months, my goal is to learn more about the history of Northern
Germany in the 13th century, and especially the people who participated in the
political and military events around the Battle of Bornhöved - and to
<b>visualize that history</b> through vignettes and small dioramas. These
scenes will include miniature versions of the main commanders and political
and military leaders such as Count Adolf, Archbishop Gerhard of Bremen, King
Valdemar II of Denmark, and Duke Otto of Braunschweig - but also attempts at
portraying less prominent participants such as local nobles and rural levies.
In that, I will try my best to be true to the historical sources as much as
possible, but will need to make educated guesses from time to time. When in
doubt, I will invoke the principle of artistic license :-)
</p>
<h4>2.1 Upcoming posts</h4>
<p>
I do not know yet how many <b>individual miniatures or vignettes</b> this
project will entail, nor how long it will go, or how often I will post on it.
My current guess is: as long as I remain interested in the topic, feel
motivated to do a bit of research on the characters, and feel challenged by
painting chainmail NMM and more or less elaborate coats of arms, I will
continue on. There might be weeks or months in which I do not do anything
related to the Bornhöved project, and there definitely will be other projects
in between that will keep me distracted... But for now, I am super-excited to
embark on that <b>multi-media deep-dive</b> into a fascinating period of
Northern European medieval history.
</p>
<p>Thanks for being a part of this. Talk to you soon!</p>
<h3>Best, D.</h3>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-5658004203100216112023-11-22T07:00:00.004+01:002023-11-23T09:23:30.868+01:00Retrospective Monte San Savino Show 2023 - MV was there!<p>Hello jungle people and welcome back to another show review - not only by me (Hansrainer):</p>
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This time: Monte San Savino Show 2023 - the f..in heart of the world of
miniature painting. This year, we managed to get there in FORCE! So it was not
only Roman, but also Petra, Johannes, David, Andy, Daniele and me who made it
there. And apart from eating lots of food, drinking smaller lots of wine,
trying to create the world record in Gelato eating, there was of course a lot
of talk about painting, sculpting and everything in between in the miniature
world.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIN1MdATJ4CgI7K0xVi-8SJBcfLdwfx07-MtD9z_PJxXx3OAQ2Z7yxJqAqy5_67_RnmvKXj4YtGnDKHoNT4xL1H5QzoAPG8_w7REcKW8wxF233ORIsENArWjY1LuW-qXiY0Vl_uWVcRIUGVCicWzJjaQngiqHsximbkjsP7E4iy5_mYLmMvy4PDUq_IfI/s320/20231110_151206.jpg" width="180" /></div><p></p>
<p>This retrospective is going to be a message of love to the show and the
organizers as well as a collection of individual impressions. I have been to a
nice selection of shows so far and plan to go to many more in the coming
year(s). MSS holds a very special place in my heart since I went there last
year for the first time ever.</p><p></p>
<p>
Monte itself is a small and quaint town in the Tuscany countryside - about an
hour by car from Florence and two from Rome. From many places in the world,
its in the middle of nowhere. And that's the beauty of it: During tourist
season, this in an area where many people go to enjoy their spring, summer and
fall vacations, but in November, nearly in winter, this is a place where few
of us would venture just on their own. And while its not too bad, compared to
other shows, which are often sited near large travel hubs and population
centres, it takes some effort to go there.
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<p>
And this is (apart from the amazing hosts - Hats off to G.A.s.t.-Art, Luca
Baldino and especially Francesco Farabi) part of what makes the show magical:
Everyone you meet there has a burning passion for miniature art. No matter if
its the big names, the traveling artists, the staples or an aspiring young / new
artist. If you are there, you are part of the community.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfGa40u-ZdKdx-CQu2VkvMBWkcT5h6lpcjy2MK8BaaQFoBd9jXufI8ficuStTUzQDnEIp2gAxuOIIvee38NyRThfQf4rOSznzcQKD9SfL9lxjSzuK9ijMkeROyzNXYQwP__XiA60MP7Aji4IvEUgIIYe6Q9b-Y_4kHaSgvLEMQXG7FZI9mjn1xrl8QGs/s4000/20231110_222212.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfGa40u-ZdKdx-CQu2VkvMBWkcT5h6lpcjy2MK8BaaQFoBd9jXufI8ficuStTUzQDnEIp2gAxuOIIvee38NyRThfQf4rOSznzcQKD9SfL9lxjSzuK9ijMkeROyzNXYQwP__XiA60MP7Aji4IvEUgIIYe6Q9b-Y_4kHaSgvLEMQXG7FZI9mjn1xrl8QGs/w347-h202/20231110_222212.jpg" width="347" /></a>And this community is
celebrated - from the ceremony that introduces first-timers into the "cult" on
Friday night with a tasty and special shot of Idromele - an Italian version of
mead - to the butcher on the town square that sells Tuscan delicacies during
lunchtime over the whole weekend. MSS has so many places to sit and chat and
make memories: The lovely little coffee shop where we all get our shots of
caffeine and beer every night, the amazing gelateria where you can get the
best gelato I ever had, the amazing restaurants, where you sit in large groups
with painters and sculptors you maybe never met before.</p>
<p>
The whole weekend seems to be floating between this places and the exhibition
and vendor area spread through the history-laden buildings of the town: The
old Fortress, a Church, an old Townhall-Building.
</p>
<p>
I could start mentioning all the old and new friends I met and got to make
there but that would definitely exceed the limits …
</p>
<p>So what were the special special things?</p>
<p>
Well, first of all we had the chance of a limited MV family gathering and it
was great to see the guys and girl live for the first time since summer.
Especially Daniele I hadn't met since Monte last year, so that was a great
reunion.
</p>
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<p>
There are some more new coming for the future of MV but thats a topic for
another day …
</p>
<p><br /></p><p><u>MV Most creative Award</u></p>The next big thing was the chance to give away the Massive Voodoo Most Creative Award again - something that we cherish to do at every show we manage to attend. While creativity is fostered more and more at shows in the last years, and there is growing emphasis on categories like storytelling and out of competition, we still think its worth to encourage and award creativity whenever it happens. We get the impression that painters are getting bolder, the projects get more expressive, emotional and at times intense. That makes it harder with every show to pick one artist or a single entry. It took us quite some deliberation this year, but we pulled it off - and so we proudly presented it to Anastasi Loukrezi - an amazing painter and photographer from Greece! Thank you for sharing you work - and thank you for sharing yourself. It has been touching to see so much emotion in a piece.<u><br /><br /></u>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Go and have a look at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_loukrezi/" style="text-align: left;">Anastasia's Instagram</a>!</div>
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<p><u>The Exhibition</u></p><p>There is a ton to be said about the exhibition, but especially in this case, a picture tells more than a thousand words. And as per usual, I only took a precious few because I was way to busy to look at all those pieces of art.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>The Ceremony</u></p><p></p>
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<p>Here you can get a first glimpse at the Crowd waiting outside. The awards are MCed by Francesco Farabi and includes short speeches of appreciation by local dignitaries - that's how welcome we all are in Monte!</p>
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<p>Monte always has this special ambience. No matter how often
you go there the village, the people, the passion and the weather will make it
an unique experience. It is welcoming and heartwarming. Intense an all
aspects: Food, miniatures, people, conversations and emotions.</p><p><br />
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<p><br /></p><p>It is hard to pick some special memories for this weekend that
is full of "special". I was really happy to see so many of the MV-Team
gathering up and also proud to see the number of painters from Germany rise. I
had so many good conversations and lovely moments that I can not sum them up
here. I love the joy of first timers being there, encountering it all and when
they win something. I was proud to have played a role in some of these
journeys. I really enjoyed to give feedback whereever I was able to and help
with my perspective. Icecream. Coffee. The Majesty of Florence that lifts you
up when you see the Cathedral. Sharing so many special moments with old and
new friends is just great.<br />
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Oh Monte!
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What can I say that was not already said?
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There is this subtle pleasant feeling of anticipation when you arrive in this area, seeing the big hill with those ancient houses for the first time after a year, which lets your heart jump with joy and excitement for the days to come.
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My first time Monte last year was a bit overshadowed by my Impostor trying to tell me that I don't belong in-between all those wonderful people - still they welcomed me with open arms and surely made this feeling vanish very soon. It felt like a gathering of a chosen family; no matter where you came from, at this long weekend, on this tiny hill somewhere in Tuscany, we all were just humans sharing the same belief of art and love, friendship and togetherness. No matter if you arrived in a group or alone or did not know anyone, you soon got sucked into this vivid, lively conglumerate of kindred souls that welcomed you ever so warmely.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiak06-P7TOHzk5CJIZwWvtOaFqse8fRI8YINdZHC--nmT2hP2Rp5gTLD1EBDZHFGmu8H8mKjWarOknsIK3iE6fUKR--WnEdziUlN5iIMKYCYfIsDDerjYAdcaORxn32g02kJA46_Iihn7Kvh1PXqGbVIKwCx3cvwgn_2cAx4sb8aiiqUigSQupu6AHsteS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiak06-P7TOHzk5CJIZwWvtOaFqse8fRI8YINdZHC--nmT2hP2Rp5gTLD1EBDZHFGmu8H8mKjWarOknsIK3iE6fUKR--WnEdziUlN5iIMKYCYfIsDDerjYAdcaORxn32g02kJA46_Iihn7Kvh1PXqGbVIKwCx3cvwgn_2cAx4sb8aiiqUigSQupu6AHsteS" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The view of the villa we shared with <br />14 fellow painters was soothing and wonderful.</div><p></p><p>
In my first year I stressed a lot about all those things a higher sensitivity and ever lingering Impostor Syndrome loaded on me. But this also means that I could prepare for my second time in this wonderful tiny town of radiating creativity, and I just planned: arrive and enjoy. I already knew my surroundings and could focus more on the people and the connections that bring us all here once a year. I took my time to dive into deep conversations about art and live with old friends and new ones. I got to know a lot of wonderful "Monte First timers" and their aspirations, creations and world views. I had the opportunity to enjoy all the art, the well thought through executions and exchange honest and great feedback. I enjoyed the food and gelato - and of course all the time spent with people. Being an introvert, who normally is easily drained by smalltalk and big groups of people, I managed to balance out the social interaction parts with quiet time and (wherever needed) earplugs! Honestly, if you are sound sensitive, here's my Pro tip: never forget your earplugs of choice (I am carrying around different brands for different situations for example), they helped me a lot to manage soundstress better this year and enjoy the shared passion. ;-)
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I am not a great Kudos taker (you know, compliments make my brain running in circles, crying "AAAahahahaaaAAAAaaAA!"), but also working on it; and this year at this show I could for the first time cherish those words of "this is yours? I love it!" (from total strangers, as well as friends), which makes my heart also jump with joy, and doesn't give me the urge to run away and hide anywere. I love Monte for what it radiates and gives us all: a feeling of belonging, a stage to show and be seen. The light in the eyes of people when they can admire those works "from the internet" in real life now. The amazing energies that explode into clapping and shouting and singing for the winners of the competition. The shared coffees and beers and food all over the tiny market place. The laughter of so many different languages, the atmosphere that even a tuscan november rain cannot break.
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Mille grazie, Monte, for all you give and all you share!</p><p></p></div><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u>David</u></p>
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So, Monte. After over a decade of painting under my belt, 2023 was to be my
first time visiting that famed place, of which I had heard lots of crazy and
inspiring things. However, when the day came to pack my stuff and head to
the airport to go to Rome, where I would meet with my jungle brother Andy
and two other wonderful travel companions, I was not really in the mood. Not
only was there lots of work at home, which would pile up in my absence. Also
my hobby-mind was on other things: most importantly my training routine, but
I was also eager to continue working on the next miniature for my Bornhöved
project and a few other miniature ideas. In fact, before the flight, I
seriously considered more than once whether I'd just cancel last minute and
stay home. However, I decided to go (or better: did not decide not to go),
most importantly because I had made plans with my friends who I did not want
to disappoint.
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Now, being back after four days in Tuscany, I am glad that I went. This was
less to do with the mini show itself, which was nice and all, and had, of
course, loads of incredible pieces of our beloved miniature art. I even got
two gym sessions in - one of which with my jungle brother Hansrainer! But
honestly, it was mainly because of the many invaluable moments with said
friends, both from within the Massive Voodoo Family and without. It was you
who made me go despite not being super-excited about it, and it was you who
made my Monte experience so wonderful. So: THANK YOU! You know who you are
;-)
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<p>Given that I already conveyed many of my feelings in the introductory part, I am not going to linger. Suffice it to say: if there is one show a year I want to go to - just one - at least for now that one show will be MSS. The town is small and at least since last year, there was considerable growth - the bigger it gets, the bigger the risk to lose at least some of the cozyness, however so far they (and the whole town) have done a marvelous job to prevent that from happening. I do have a standing reservation now in the villa we stayed in the last two times and I am optimistic it'll be filled with 14 crazy painters again...</p>
<p>The show had to many amazing entries to single out a few - and I know there are some, like my friend Richard, who took on the duty of preparing galleries of pictures for all the entries. You'll find them on Facebook most likely.</p>
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<div><u>Wrap-Up</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div>So, MSS 2023 is behind us - and MSS 2024 is on the horizons. Hopefully again during the second weekend of November. Maybe this article inspires some of you to join us there next year - I promise you won't regret it! Its the place where the ambitious, the aspiring and the best miniature painters in the world come together - maybe not all in every year - but many and often. Its the place to be inspired and motivated and where I fill up on motivation for the coming winter and painting season.</div><div><br /></div><div>See you in Monte - 2024. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78djpvEuUWeViGbwSDHnG9btPygIVeyvdGhmeKe01BeTjm6_ZIW3Vk1fmPlv6TuTn2WPOErchlt2gKsnOFm_dFol5K_fUvmDzTaURbEz7Sa8EuKAEkKqfZa7VyBEnwXz1tCQpsZ6OEdH4q-hDPMNu1VquCvNIzJqcbSLrMHgV61l8Zmenlja95k3Aayo/s4000/20231111_235011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78djpvEuUWeViGbwSDHnG9btPygIVeyvdGhmeKe01BeTjm6_ZIW3Vk1fmPlv6TuTn2WPOErchlt2gKsnOFm_dFol5K_fUvmDzTaURbEz7Sa8EuKAEkKqfZa7VyBEnwXz1tCQpsZ6OEdH4q-hDPMNu1VquCvNIzJqcbSLrMHgV61l8Zmenlja95k3Aayo/s320/20231111_235011.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div></div>
</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><!--more--></span>Hansrainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528182459658109064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-7895666730881904082023-11-15T07:39:00.000+01:002023-11-15T07:39:00.131+01:00FIN: CATS 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdlzbfjUtwnEMTnowcSUJt0N9CiAHwAOHT96WQXURqGLW90_yh1eKBaJeX8GP3NQwF0hS40qga-5NFj2lHgAuxhlC6NDPkOqkIgqrJXtMB5F-9wDicqnFfPQc2E4JojhL2TUJODeKoQZCE5kHZVrGesoXtWIKCmbcNMOp5-y4TCtLq5GbGiHedvid-kY/s2526/cats%20diorama2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdlzbfjUtwnEMTnowcSUJt0N9CiAHwAOHT96WQXURqGLW90_yh1eKBaJeX8GP3NQwF0hS40qga-5NFj2lHgAuxhlC6NDPkOqkIgqrJXtMB5F-9wDicqnFfPQc2E4JojhL2TUJODeKoQZCE5kHZVrGesoXtWIKCmbcNMOp5-y4TCtLq5GbGiHedvid-kY/w640-h640/cats%20diorama2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Jungle,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">earlier this year I finished a comission that was based on my client's wish to recreate a diorama that I have already done in the past. Cats was a super joyful diorama to create and I was looking forward to create a second, new and fresh version of it.<br /><br />I was really happy to know that this would be a surprise gift for a birthday and really enjoyed tackling it as working on a diorama with animals, especially cats is always great.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VI2L0AkKB0D0mxzFz9KU_px5ZVYJAoh7c62w_s2TQNJ7XRckpxnqozoLNrHuhsqnN8TVPUQc7fArqBcAyLevoedJY-QgezbHsLm3KlMNMT9LeiFqjtRI7aGhHpH69FTQOY-4FpUKN1f4ZsfVvQAXEZqDEvd--nSBYrg94K-YaFb0wUhH6XhBdZ8VY4s/s2526/cats%20diorama3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VI2L0AkKB0D0mxzFz9KU_px5ZVYJAoh7c62w_s2TQNJ7XRckpxnqozoLNrHuhsqnN8TVPUQc7fArqBcAyLevoedJY-QgezbHsLm3KlMNMT9LeiFqjtRI7aGhHpH69FTQOY-4FpUKN1f4ZsfVvQAXEZqDEvd--nSBYrg94K-YaFb0wUhH6XhBdZ8VY4s/w640-h640/cats%20diorama3.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After finishing the project I prepared it for a save journey to its new destination and was really excited to hear back from the birthday party. This photo made me superhappy and I thank you both for your trust and joy in my creations:</span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUp3aGbmo2OGGSy7JMYGoEeT-rhILHEAZogsbkBf-9w0KCBUI-VffmLwlGPhrSAxncwVqNWRIuB6dE9prJXqfQrGYgz0sEK73IfKsxHFxd9DmnLOf9qzB775RRdw3sP24T4-xpvD8e0DfrqXTDPwjV2c56bpa5cYINK_r3l7fM7UV-hUh83xbRaYTN6U/s2122/catsjoy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2122" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUp3aGbmo2OGGSy7JMYGoEeT-rhILHEAZogsbkBf-9w0KCBUI-VffmLwlGPhrSAxncwVqNWRIuB6dE9prJXqfQrGYgz0sEK73IfKsxHFxd9DmnLOf9qzB775RRdw3sP24T4-xpvD8e0DfrqXTDPwjV2c56bpa5cYINK_r3l7fM7UV-hUh83xbRaYTN6U/w400-h343/catsjoy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some more photos of the diorama:</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaDcracQbUzvzN8Gn3k8zqPYlVKpNrOmNjwErNnqfwrBa0PxdapGNvWHLkM1Lf-A_FPtpa5O8cNi0a5V9kYJCWxMi47TgWSq-na6nFMwvPPvbsHjsvznWupojNvsPT28RU_TB5TLdWPIH_LyRft3o4-8sBtyBPXvDN-joYLulbBGn3893G7tEE3BlKmo/s2526/cats%20diorama8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaDcracQbUzvzN8Gn3k8zqPYlVKpNrOmNjwErNnqfwrBa0PxdapGNvWHLkM1Lf-A_FPtpa5O8cNi0a5V9kYJCWxMi47TgWSq-na6nFMwvPPvbsHjsvznWupojNvsPT28RU_TB5TLdWPIH_LyRft3o4-8sBtyBPXvDN-joYLulbBGn3893G7tEE3BlKmo/w400-h400/cats%20diorama8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQSD52RVolSUIS5iDFZY_XKR2MgJIURo2z9z1fACV4AuK-BmbiFtE6ma6CQWvfMYWFXJD6tX5B-ohTxw48_X69DKMW1Fd3JARW0dbPTRkiHahegn7Ad3BWQls2JzBs8P_7unu8G0ZjiC5Hp-ig6XvFbVoI8XKDr88P1-14oTJDPBZogmIIrib7jjStSo/s2526/cats%20diorama7.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQSD52RVolSUIS5iDFZY_XKR2MgJIURo2z9z1fACV4AuK-BmbiFtE6ma6CQWvfMYWFXJD6tX5B-ohTxw48_X69DKMW1Fd3JARW0dbPTRkiHahegn7Ad3BWQls2JzBs8P_7unu8G0ZjiC5Hp-ig6XvFbVoI8XKDr88P1-14oTJDPBZogmIIrib7jjStSo/s320/cats%20diorama7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr1mFslAiMv8_oEJr9_qKWSUa-DGSPfymrgWKvVCrMPwjiOnFKqMEzngVsmQ9aE1PV877s_xOy-r9pyPv_Kckfdz-ANhCTOzKYodZggbeUHFtcP4ZL_XQO9NwmlDKdClOCzKXXdsz4l_R6zW3-M3h22K3hIRgwEKjjZzCh23yIJuS5yrtz7LDVnMBKXc/s2526/cats%20diorama5.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr1mFslAiMv8_oEJr9_qKWSUa-DGSPfymrgWKvVCrMPwjiOnFKqMEzngVsmQ9aE1PV877s_xOy-r9pyPv_Kckfdz-ANhCTOzKYodZggbeUHFtcP4ZL_XQO9NwmlDKdClOCzKXXdsz4l_R6zW3-M3h22K3hIRgwEKjjZzCh23yIJuS5yrtz7LDVnMBKXc/w400-h400/cats%20diorama5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijr9fQEvaOC-SWo4ScGPhrXaZFud8FVpyOwfMkzoTb-fqGGQAIUEHs7VCo8QGwR3NK5xRjpmOZJ7TMj9OUuc9ecIlQI2GN1GYAD7rzBGq0jCSQvbEkRW3LMI6ZMv35K19PLi6YwCXIVfxUvaXlP43jZQxC3jA_MrG9elI2FWFS8faPjgq8n_4vFFob6RA/s2526/cats%20diorama4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijr9fQEvaOC-SWo4ScGPhrXaZFud8FVpyOwfMkzoTb-fqGGQAIUEHs7VCo8QGwR3NK5xRjpmOZJ7TMj9OUuc9ecIlQI2GN1GYAD7rzBGq0jCSQvbEkRW3LMI6ZMv35K19PLi6YwCXIVfxUvaXlP43jZQxC3jA_MrG9elI2FWFS8faPjgq8n_4vFFob6RA/w640-h640/cats%20diorama4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />This is also really interesting - some words and thoughts on why working in green colors can be soul-healing:</span><br /><br /><p></p><p>
</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BpJUCWIFLHU" title="the HEALING POWER of green dioramas! - The Self Therapy Methods of Mini Painting - part 3" width="600"></iframe></p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Hope you like it! <br />Keep on happy painting!<br />Roman</span>Roman aka jarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12620077720130753226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-84489622347412742262023-11-10T07:00:00.001+01:002023-11-10T07:00:00.152+01:00The 2023 Massive Voodoo ORCtober is over<h2>Hey all,</h2>
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It's November - and with the days getting shorter, wetter and more grey, it
also is time to take a look back at the best month of the year:
<b>ORCtober</b>! A few weeks ago, we invited you to participate in a
<a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/10/2023-massive-voodoo-orctober-orc-grandma.html">small community activity</a>: paint an orc-related mini and send two pictures of that project our way.
And, what can we say: YOU DID! We received pictorial documentation of a total
of <b>27 amazingly orcish projects</b>, which you will be seeing in all their
(mostly green-skinned) glory below.
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However, before we let the orcish madness loose upon you, there is one last
bit of housekeeping to take care of: As part of our community project, we
promised to <b>raffle a few small goodies</b> among the participants of the
2023 MVOrctober. And here at the MV Jungle Headquarters we tend to keep our
promises! So here is the loot we're giving away - together with the lucky
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Bust by Ouroboros Miniatures (sponsored by Hansrainer)<br />Winner: minimatt_87<br /></td>
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Set of AK spaceship colors (sponsored by Hansrainer):<br />Winner: Nick Schweitzer<br /></td>
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Artprint of our Orc Mascot (sponsored by Roman)<br />Winner: Christoph Link<br />
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Figure by Scale 75 (sponsored by Sebastian)<br />Winner: Bram<br />
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A painted version of Momo's Orc Granny (sponsored by Andy)<br />Winner: Fabian Lanthaler
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A little set of assorted goodies (sponsored by Petra)<br />Winner:
Morten Albertsen<br />
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We will get in touch with the winners to ask for your addresses through the
email accounts with which you sent the pics. So, <b>check your mailboxes</b>!
But now, without any further ado, let's take a look at the 2023 MVOrctober
contributions!
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">The 2023 MVOrctober Gallery</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Angelo Zaccarin</h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Aragorn Weinberger </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Bodo Filter </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Bram </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Christoph Link </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Erick Villareal </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Ervin Havic </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Fabian Lanthaler </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Florian Berger </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Florian Kowalski </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Janos Rais </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Juan Pereña </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Katrin Maronn </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Kris Chung </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Marcus Neumann </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Mario Schmidt </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Michael Kube </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Minimatt_87 </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Miriam Kleijn </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Morten Albertsen </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Nick Schweitzer </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Richard Newing </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Sven Blocksdorf </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Thomas Heise </h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Thomas Kube </h3>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-71408971489886333402023-11-08T07:00:00.003+01:002023-11-08T07:00:00.155+01:00So I didn't win at SMC...<p> Hello jungle people!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwL8a3veW96JnOnx8CyEI5NSIWaXU_cQEbA_yCy0ni2feGwmyWn1llQ2m8i3LF6AHct-kcTAYpP6xE3mEJuH3p2t982OO9_zDq4FM_AmOAFW0rHibA4syT1sdkSsWtlCATV7wTDfl7nU6y9yQ8ROUQXsfyw1OM0xunDdmijBTO6zHPHuUIcgZR8Hy4V0/s3088/20231029_112233547_iOS.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwL8a3veW96JnOnx8CyEI5NSIWaXU_cQEbA_yCy0ni2feGwmyWn1llQ2m8i3LF6AHct-kcTAYpP6xE3mEJuH3p2t982OO9_zDq4FM_AmOAFW0rHibA4syT1sdkSsWtlCATV7wTDfl7nU6y9yQ8ROUQXsfyw1OM0xunDdmijBTO6zHPHuUIcgZR8Hy4V0/w480-h640/20231029_112233547_iOS.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>and welcome back to the conclusion of my introspective on shows. Last time I went through a bit of a diatribe about whats going on in my head before a big show like SMC. </p><p>Today is a bit of a reflection on the effect of the event as whole but also and especially on the emotional fallout of putting something in the contest - and not winning a medal. (Full disclosure: I DID receive a highly commended on the piece I entered merely as a novelty though - it was nice but really didn't satisfy the craving). </p><p>How did I deal with not winning anything and what did I take from it for the future?</p><p>The setting at the scalemodel challenge is pretty similar to most shows in so far as that the exhibition gets closed off sometime during saturday afternoon and then the judges start their grisly work. Depending on the number of exhibits, the work will always take several hours before its done and the usually there will be some kind of notification near the displays that have been awarded something - be it a medal or a "Highly Commended"-Pin. </p><p>However, for someone to win something - someone else needs to not win something - otherwise there is no distinction and the whole exercise would be somewhat pointless. This chance element ist what creates excitement, curiosity and to a certain extent emotional investment into a contest, thats perceived more than just an exhibition.</p><p>This year, regrettably for the first time, I took the time to really focus on myself - on my feelings and emotions when entering, during the judging period and especially when he exhibit opened on sunday and I went there to see if I got something.</p><p>My excitement peaked for the first time when I went near the exhibit hall. It was pretty crowded as a lot of people went straight to their pieces and I managed to convince myself to go to the shopping area first. After about ten minutes I swerved back thought and made a beeline to the bust I had submitted in standard fantasy painting. On the way I realized already that the system had changed from the last years - cards have been replaced with stickers. From several yards away, I could already see that there was no sticker on my piece. When I arrived, I craned my neck, trying to see against my better sense, if the judges for some reason had stuck it to the back - they did not. In the first few seconds I got the cold rush of realisation, that I didnt get a thing. My "best" piece failed - even though I knew it wasn't actually good.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWePI-zG8Ib9yzS8twMLEIjLX7BvPqGgUf7OJ6vd_0LV49nVQ_LHbPQWEGSzmlRF81XBMQa9DgytGoYQ9J7bO9CRarSlRi8o_USFT0OemigukHpj3lepJ_PCD91Y8rzQJ3s4fy_KYBfPSflw2Ix-GrgMh2cnozbT2wRG6vJ8Bq_PBveQ5ZRHUJxRGuu4/s1084/20231007_194615714_iOS.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="826" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWePI-zG8Ib9yzS8twMLEIjLX7BvPqGgUf7OJ6vd_0LV49nVQ_LHbPQWEGSzmlRF81XBMQa9DgytGoYQ9J7bO9CRarSlRi8o_USFT0OemigukHpj3lepJ_PCD91Y8rzQJ3s4fy_KYBfPSflw2Ix-GrgMh2cnozbT2wRG6vJ8Bq_PBveQ5ZRHUJxRGuu4/s320/20231007_194615714_iOS.heic" width="244" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Frustrated, with a hot face and sunken gut I moved on - saw that many of my friends got something, got a bit more sad and continued. I did not belong. Next I went to my second piece - aforementioned novelty. It is a pretty small piece, so enough space to stick anything to it.When I moved up to it I noticed something stuck to it! I rejoiced after all - Thats a medal! Well, its not great but obviously the novelty of tinyness paid off... When I walked close to see, I finally realized how cruelly the stickers for highly commended and medal looked very much alike. Another rush of embarrassement - this time for being so stupid not grasp the difference immediately and also for believing this little thing could be a medal.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWdi0mkn2lay2rbMYwHy8IaiI8ApGuX5sFK7btPM-kRXX9fQgB4kDBLYSXPqZzPKoe0qfDfdD436rmPjX5MtJquNLaDx_dJq7tWtO31szhccrd4Hm9LsRY8BkwnNoeRf3NWhzdqlvdZGLIYwvpWQUXf9faa3YG-sxkNFxdK32F6uxgcyV3qTCH8Pyk4U/s4032/20230618_203641490_iOS.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWdi0mkn2lay2rbMYwHy8IaiI8ApGuX5sFK7btPM-kRXX9fQgB4kDBLYSXPqZzPKoe0qfDfdD436rmPjX5MtJquNLaDx_dJq7tWtO31szhccrd4Hm9LsRY8BkwnNoeRf3NWhzdqlvdZGLIYwvpWQUXf9faa3YG-sxkNFxdK32F6uxgcyV3qTCH8Pyk4U/s320/20230618_203641490_iOS.heic" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYEtNWiGXttxG5-9xUQxDWCD-v4jTR2kMaPz7rbFLMCL5JdlP6Cbo6xynpjyFOHO6aYgXblscJkF8gcwOkwBdL2WUfrqYMl3Gg2xoo9rKlwbEOQekY6g8egC_aZaFJnLob4mbNONvJ1mghW7CeAEKUyLOsJhqLDcDchosfXe3v1WRZIdze38fABVHABY/s4032/20230618_203918175_iOS.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYEtNWiGXttxG5-9xUQxDWCD-v4jTR2kMaPz7rbFLMCL5JdlP6Cbo6xynpjyFOHO6aYgXblscJkF8gcwOkwBdL2WUfrqYMl3Gg2xoo9rKlwbEOQekY6g8egC_aZaFJnLob4mbNONvJ1mghW7CeAEKUyLOsJhqLDcDchosfXe3v1WRZIdze38fABVHABY/s320/20230618_203918175_iOS.heic" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><p>I walked through the exhibit and I felt like there where few prices in general - that must be it: They judged harshly this year - and maybe I even entered into the wrong categories. Probably, by entering the categories that better suite my pieces, a judge could get them and would award me something.</p><p>I wish I could say that it only took a few minutes to recover from this and get back to enjoy the show. But it didn't. It took at least an hour of meandering through the halls and feeling sad and lonely. </p><p>A bit later I walked into Tue, one of the judges and asked him if they didn't judge a bit harshly this year. He pointed out, that pretty much every second display was awarded a price. This was the point where I started to make it out of my loop. </p><p>Within the next hour or so, I ran into a bunch of other friends: Richard from Australia, Dave from the US, Petra from our MV-Team and many more. Throughout the day I had another bunch of great conversations: On creating things, on expectations for and from contests and also how important it is for some of us to get a medal. Sometimes because it is important for the livelyhood, sometimes because its important for our mental health and sometimes just because we are competetive and want to win.</p><p>In hindsight, I received precious feedback from the judges - thanks especially to Tue Kaa and Martje Giesbers for that!</p><p><b><u>Learnings</u></b>:</p><p>Especially the conversation with Dave also brought one major point to mind: When we envision things, we create perceptive realities. Our brain isn't really good at differentiating between things that we envision and reality. When the envisioned outcome (winning a prize) doesn't happen, we actually suffer real loss. When we put things in a competition, we tend to envision the success, the moment we see the medal notification etc. And if this doesn't happen, there is loss.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Losing at contests causes grief - there are multiple stages to it and in hindsight I can clearly identify the 5 stages according to Kübler-Ross:</li></ul><ol style="text-align: left;"><ol><li>Denial (Maybe its stuck to the back, maybe they picked the wrong sticker...)</li><li>Anger (My work was too shoddy, I was lazy, why did they award so few prices in general)</li><li>Bargaining (Wrong category..9</li><li>Depression (Wandering around sad)</li><li>Acceptance (Being happy for the winners and everythin else)</li></ol></ol><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Contests are stress, contests bring emotions. You can brace for them and try to observe and learn. Its Ok to be angry, sad, depressed. </li><li>The contest is one optional part of a show. Not participating (or putting stuff into out of competition) does not invalidate the rest.</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">And here are some ideas I will try to implement for the next show:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>If I am not in the emotional state to deal with the outcomes (due to stress in personal life, my work or anything else), I am not ready to compete. If I am not ready to compete - I won't!</li><li>I'll visualize not finding anything the next day and clapping for my friends from the audience. </li><li>I will converse with myself early on and be honest with myself on my hopes and expectations.</li><li>I'll express my thoughts and feelings to others - there is no point to be ashamed and no one to blame. Talking creates communion.</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;">By the time the awards ceremony came around, I was happy to be there and with great joy saw the medals that my friends and fellow artists reaped. This wouldn't work if everyone is on the stage. If everybody is outstanding, no one stands out. We can (and maybe) should argue about the need for and necessity of competition in something we consider not only artisanry but also art. But there is little point in arguing that in the framework of a competition there can not only be winners.</p><div>All in all, I was very happy with the SMC this year and also with the contest. I learned a lot for our upcoming show next year, I got to meet old and new friends and I know why I go there.</div><p><br /></p>Hansrainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528182459658109064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-67657037183662183392023-11-01T07:04:00.000+01:002023-11-01T07:04:00.231+01:00FIN: Connor<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Hey Jungle,<br /></span><br />I realized I really need to catch up with some long overdo posts here on the blog.<br />Time goes so fast these last couple of months and I have been very busy with many, many things.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Roman NEWS:</span><br />I decided to seperate my work "romanlappat.com" even more from this beloved Massive Voodoo blog. The MV blog should be a place for the MV-Team and not a mixture of my work and the Team's work.<br />Therefor, I will write all future posts about Workshop and Coaching Reviews via an area of my homepage <a href="http://www.romanlappat.com">www.romanlappat.com</a>.<br /><br />Also older ones will move there in a good overview of reviews. The organisational aspects for all my workshops will also move there. At the moment I am reconstructing, updating and doing a big overhaul on the page to get all this ready for 2024. Besides that I am also launching a Patreon soon (November 1st 2023) where you will have chance to support me as an artist in the form of a classical patronage.<br /> <br />I will do only my own hobby posts here and speak about miniatures that I have painted and just become a normal part of the MV-Team, not a main focus for this blog. All I can say is that it is lovely to see the Team so active lately. <br /><br />More about this all soon!<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbceysyopQlnkSg00Ng2ALuowslHcuEFwBUc5ODA9xWpUUF7qnsBPgVLQNZjoUPxo3-hT742ooazwSrb4C50c1yBATErqIcFxXk79INnU5JPmUmzT_UefzNNYDpij0O-R74ObCrtVsC2DbstzMgcCgI_h_VYAPEbVmqqE8qbc8A8lbNwhH-l7yQPD/s2526/Connor01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbceysyopQlnkSg00Ng2ALuowslHcuEFwBUc5ODA9xWpUUF7qnsBPgVLQNZjoUPxo3-hT742ooazwSrb4C50c1yBATErqIcFxXk79INnU5JPmUmzT_UefzNNYDpij0O-R74ObCrtVsC2DbstzMgcCgI_h_VYAPEbVmqqE8qbc8A8lbNwhH-l7yQPD/w400-h400/Connor01.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Here is my version of <b>Connor!</b><br />A great bust sculpted by Ivan Mata.<br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Guess what? Can you see the small scars? They are made from my beard hair and matte varnish, then painted. Yak!</span> This bust is sold and in private collection.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1B8-FEX2ThoSs7CwR_TSsnTjXx5os9A1d3cJTOnQW4ga3oTDMrCqFEvoA4oopxUd7wmnhv9diMvhvHJyoZCpEA18yWQRTJhDz6i9hAiS60CXQ4TjCzHYP6n2mKfvL4QRKZqBEqAxw7l_1kUQKin61u7EW8jA1H8ug-Oi-oZ5LOav67KSz-6lGh0W/s1200/Connor10pp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1B8-FEX2ThoSs7CwR_TSsnTjXx5os9A1d3cJTOnQW4ga3oTDMrCqFEvoA4oopxUd7wmnhv9diMvhvHJyoZCpEA18yWQRTJhDz6i9hAiS60CXQ4TjCzHYP6n2mKfvL4QRKZqBEqAxw7l_1kUQKin61u7EW8jA1H8ug-Oi-oZ5LOav67KSz-6lGh0W/w640-h640/Connor10pp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaYm_AhjRLQ5B3IIhE-TMKo8agoYsdZYhoCg0LONR3O-uiY8xja_9nu57eB5jq6qRX-Pb3UfGn4Q7ry2Bk8FN33O4Zec83DvAD0YGP5nRVrAWLxNhwuCuQBoHc-Wo310CSnRWvwshaCkK4JLfqcKIAJichZX0dknaxOdP9mqx9jwLKGdoN-RX9WCk/s2526/Connor00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaYm_AhjRLQ5B3IIhE-TMKo8agoYsdZYhoCg0LONR3O-uiY8xja_9nu57eB5jq6qRX-Pb3UfGn4Q7ry2Bk8FN33O4Zec83DvAD0YGP5nRVrAWLxNhwuCuQBoHc-Wo310CSnRWvwshaCkK4JLfqcKIAJichZX0dknaxOdP9mqx9jwLKGdoN-RX9WCk/w640-h640/Connor00.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br />More photos via: <a href="https://www.romanlappat.com/miniatures/connor">https://www.romanlappat.com/miniatures/connor</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Keep on happy painting!</span><br />Roman<br /><br /><br /><p></p>Roman aka jarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12620077720130753226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-71507931074488022152023-10-25T07:00:00.000+02:002023-10-25T07:00:00.165+02:00Review: The Rendezvous - 1/72 (Whitestork Miniatures)<table
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<h2>Hey all,</h2>
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this is <b>David</b> with another little review. This time, I'll be looking at
a small set of 1/72 miniatures by the Polish manufacturer
<a href="https://whitestorkminiatures.com/">Whitestork Miniatures</a>. Before
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<h3>Whitestork Miniatures</h3>
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Whitestork Miniatures is a Polish company run by Mariusz Bienczyk, who have
specialized on producing nicely sculpted historical miniatures. Their products
are available through well-stocked online model shops - or directly
<a href="https://whitestorkminiatures.com/">through their website</a>. They
also are regulars in the vendors' areas of large modeling shows such as the
<a href="scalemodelchallenge.com/">Scale Model Challenge</a>.
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Currently, the <b>company's portfolio</b> features civilian and
military-themed minis with a temporal focus on the period around World War II.
In addition, they also produce accessoires and equipment sets, ready-made
diorama bases, and a small selection of busts. In terms of scale, Whitestork
offer 1/48, 75 mm (1/24) - and, to my great joy, 1/72 minis. The figures are
3D-sculpted and cast in grey resin.
</p>
<h3>The Rendezvous</h3>
<p>
My review today will center on a nice little set of two civilian figures
called "The Rendezvous". As you can see from the <b>unboxing pic</b>, below,
the set includes two resin sprues, one containing the couple's bodies, and the
other the two figures' heads. The sprues came securely stowed in the blister
pack:
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<h3>The sculpts</h3>
<p>
The sculpting of both minis is superb: the
<b>proportions are nice and realistic</b>, depicting a couple that fits
perfectly into some European or Northern American city-scene in the period
between the 1920s to the 1950s. The folds of the clothing are falling
naturally and are perfectly to scale, and the sculptor has caught the
<b>movement</b> of the two people casually walking next to each other in a
very natural, convincing way.
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<p>
The same is true for the <b>heads and faces</b>: both appear very natural and
well-scaled, and in 1/72 the facial features and hair are very delicate. I
personally prefer painting my figures after completely assemblying them, but
especially for the male figure's head, which is wearing a hat, it might be an
added benefit for some painters that the head comes as an extra piece and thus
can be painted separately.
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<h3>The cast</h3>
<p>
The cast of the figures' bodies and their heads is <b>nice and clean</b>,
there are no mold lines to speak of; only between the legs there is a bit of
flash, which can be easily cut away with a sharp scalpel blade. However, the
sprues are a bit thick and sturdy, and it will require some careful work to
remove the figures from their sprues. I recommend using a resin saw for that
and to work <b>VERY carefully</b> as the legs and feet - especially of the
female figure - are very delicate.
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<h3>My conclusion</h3>
<p>
With "The Rendezvous", Whitestork Miniatures has produced a
<b>unique set of civilian miniatures</b> that will be a memorable eyecatcher
for any diorama, but would also work great as the center of a stand-alone
vignette showcasing one or both of the miniatures. The workmanship and
production value are excellent. And even though one needs to be very careful
when cutting the minis from the sprue, preparation for painting will be
minimal. I <b>highly recommend</b> checking this set out and creating some
wonderful pieces of miniature art with it - I already have a project in mind
for which I will make good use of the male figure. I can't wait to put him
onto some city streets and get some paint on him. Check this place for an
update on that project!
</p>
<p>
In te meantime, make sure to
<b>check out Whitestork Miniatures' exciting range of models</b> through their
website and contact Mariusz directly through the email address given on the
site if you want to order something. As always, feel free to drop me a line or
two in the comments section, below, or through my email at
</p>
<p>
<b><i>david [at] massivevoodoo [dot] com</i></b>
</p>
<p>All the best, talk to you soon!</p>
<h3>D.</h3>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-31273860863618502952023-10-18T07:00:00.007+02:002023-12-17T13:20:39.742+01:00Project Diary: Bornhöved 1227 A.D. - Prologue<h2>Hey all,</h2>
<br />
<p>
this is <b>David</b> with a small teaser for an upcoming, larger series of
individual but interconnected posts. I call this collection of posts a
<b>project diary</b>. Different than the
<a
href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2021/05/project-diary-1177-bc-prologue.html"
>diary on 1177 B.C.</a
>
I wrote a while back, this is not so much intended as a sequential series of
WIP-shots and explanations of how I created a single miniature. Instead, this
diary will mainly feature pictures of finished miniatures, together with some
accompanying thoughts and bits of information, that are part of a larger
project of multiple individual miniatures and multi-figure vignettes.
</p>
<h3>The project</h3>
<p>
The title of the larger project is <b>Bornhöved, 1227 A.D.</b>.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornh%C3%B6ved">Bornhöved</a> is the name
of a small town in the middle of nowhere in the northern German region of
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein">Holstein</a>. In 1227 A.D., a
battle took place there, in which the troops of German princes and cities fought
the invading army of King Valdemar II of Denmark and his German allies - and
which had great consequences for the further development of (Northwestern)
European history. The goal of the project is for me to learn more about this
period in medieval European history - by
<b>recreating (some of) the people who participated in that battle in 1/72 scale</b>.
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<h3>What lies ahead</h3>
<p>
Over the coming months, I will use the diary to document what I learn about
some of the people who (possibly...) participated in that medieval battle.
And, of course, to show off the miniatures I created while doing so. In the
first article in this series, however, I will start out with a little
<b>historical primer</b> about the Battle of Bornhöved. So, stay tuned for a
little history lesson dropping in next month!
</p>
<p>
I'd be happy if you followed along - let me know, in the comments or through
my email (david [at] massivevoodo [dot] com), if you have questions. Thanks so
far - and see you in a bit!
</p>
<h2>Best, D.</h2>
<br />
<p>
p.s.: <b>A big, chunky thank you! to my jungle-brother Roman</b> for creating the
wonderful header pic for my diary!
</p>
<br />
<h3>Links to all published diary entries</h3>
<br />
<ol>
<li><a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/09/wip-project-diary-bornhoved-1227-ad.html">Prologue</a></li>
<li><a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/11/project-diary-bornhoved-1227-ad-little.html">A Little History Lesson</a></li>
<li><a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/12/project-diary-bornhoved-1227-ad-two.html">Two Older Minis</a></li>
</ol>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-59480954955399937252023-10-11T07:00:00.003+02:002023-10-11T07:00:00.162+02:00FIN: Tokyo rain - NutsPlanet Agent Aida (1/35)<h2>Hello everyone,</h2>
<br />
<p>
It's <b>Andy</b>, again. Today, I want to show to you my finished project
“Tokyo rain”.
</p>
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<h3>First ideas - Street fashion</h3>
<p>
The miniature is from
<a
href="https://nutsplanet.com/product/t35012-agent-aida-135/2321/?cate_no=191&display_group=1"
target="_blank"
>NutsPlanet called Agent Aida (1/35)</a
>. As soon as I saw her, I had a scene of street fashion walking on the
pavement in mind. Of course, the pistol in her right hand was too much, so I
decided to cut it away and did a slight repositioning of the fingers of the
right hand.
</p>
<p>
I started the project with priming black and white and some Grisaille
underpainting. To get the first impression of my idea, I tinted the different
parts with GW Contrast paints.
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<h3>Refining the idea – Tokyo by night</h3>
<p>
The plan was to finish the lady at the
<a
href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-massive-massive-voodoo-family-weekend.html"
target="_blank"
>MV-Family-Meeting</a
>
from this point on in a cool comic style with bold black shadows.
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<p>
At some point during the Meeting, Roman came up with the idea of a strong
atmospheric light to create an additional punch and I really appreciated the
input. The idea of rainy Tokyo with all the neon lights arose. Just google
„Tokyo rain“ and you’ll see it :)
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<p>
To paint such strong athmospheric OSL effect, I usually start with a darker
tone and continuously define the effect with increasingly brighter tones the
closer I get to my imagined light source.
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<p>
The easiest way to do that is with an airbrush. Grab your color of choice,
dilute it to have more control about the opacity and shoot it from your
preferred angle, just as simple as that.
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<p>
With a brush it’s a bit more challenging but also doable – paint a small mark
at your base in the preferred angle to save the perspective and touch every
surface visible from this angle with the color of your choice.
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<h3>Tokyo Nights – in the rain</h3>
<p>
Working on the OSL and neon atmosphere I had another idea to make the project
a bit more interesting. How about adding rain to the scene? The effect of
raindrops was on my bucket list of things to try for years and this was the
perfect project for it. I painted some circles on the ground and used the
<a
href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-how-to-make-icicles.html"
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>icicles </a
>tutorial to create the water-drops.
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<h3>Final results</h3>
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Thanks for reading and your interest. Feel invited to comment in the section
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<h2>Andy</h2>
Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04211660275456393971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-30218588698374486032023-10-04T07:00:00.048+02:002023-10-04T08:02:29.329+02:00On the pressure and anxiety before shows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1pqoIRJpNY8RQQjE7iIkGX9WMkKwiDtucCvpV4pU8e94yN8DGRrWQC3etdFyyMsC3QJ7I5dRDfo4wxktI01v2G3Ors87MuO86TRRtTGJQL6q7-WITC-zBblXZLk5N01MVsp9Piv40XZ6p_OZp3aeecDJGYE2KkzFPoiHA8nN07dW-1IjWqBpeunlDq0/s4032/IMG_0268.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1pqoIRJpNY8RQQjE7iIkGX9WMkKwiDtucCvpV4pU8e94yN8DGRrWQC3etdFyyMsC3QJ7I5dRDfo4wxktI01v2G3Ors87MuO86TRRtTGJQL6q7-WITC-zBblXZLk5N01MVsp9Piv40XZ6p_OZp3aeecDJGYE2KkzFPoiHA8nN07dW-1IjWqBpeunlDq0/s320/IMG_0268.png" width="240" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Jungle folks,</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Todays article is in a way <a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-judge-diva-and-taskmaster-impact-of.html">a continuation of my last</a>, an application of the principles on one hand, but also an honest share of what‘s on my mind before a show. Mostly its probably a soul strip to help me find my own way through sharing and structuring my thoughts.</div><div><br /></div><div>I share this because a) writing it down helps me thinking it through and b) because it might resonate with some of you out there. Those of you that feel equally like beginners, mediocre and struggling and not sure if they belong. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LvHjsbwswgjTJRKys_4NY49Cyp73FKpNqhgkUZqTCKA2s8LDItf5zB3SHpizqFkoUodJYe7yZFgTSY6-dKdv1pasJ4ORgeoGUeFH6iCamxlnrm7K7_ECW5u8viIUeyH9CznckBSrEqnqiOoRTSjL9VV4lQW_5ldYMZMaTm40YbymhlbLciOsgyMjkJk/s4032/IMG_0269.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LvHjsbwswgjTJRKys_4NY49Cyp73FKpNqhgkUZqTCKA2s8LDItf5zB3SHpizqFkoUodJYe7yZFgTSY6-dKdv1pasJ4ORgeoGUeFH6iCamxlnrm7K7_ECW5u8viIUeyH9CznckBSrEqnqiOoRTSjL9VV4lQW_5ldYMZMaTm40YbymhlbLciOsgyMjkJk/w640-h480/IMG_0269.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It started as a short burst of thoughts and ideas that go through my head as I gear up for SMC in two weeks. Even monte is only about a month away and I have barely touched a brush for the last 3 months - mostly for family reasons and because lots of non-painting stuff had to be worked through - but there are always reasons, right? As I am looking at the pre-registration for SMC and what I would like to bring, I realize I have little to show for the last 12 months. Mostly some gaming pieces, certainly nothing worth bringing to a show. </div><div><br /></div><div>One of the pervasive elements of the last years was that I started to paint for shows, instead of painting for myself (at least when I don‘t just slap paint on gaming pieces). I really enjoy going to the bigger and smaller painting related shows like WME, SMC, the Duke of Bavaria back when it existed and since last year, Monte San Savino has become probably my favorite event to look forward to.</div><div><br /></div><div>But, still being in the lower standard ranks of painters (at least if the results of the contests can be trusted), it always feels like my theoretical knowledge and ambitions transcend my actual skill with the brush by far. I FEEL like I could be much better than I am - I see more, understand more and can read more in miniatures than I can feasibly create myself. And that puts me under a great pressure: I feel like I have to create better works in order to exhibit - and I feel that if I cannot show improvement, can get a better medal - deserve a better medal - that I have failed to validate my right to belong to the community. </div><div><br /></div><div>On average and in the top levels, the world of miniature painting has improved in bounds and leaps just within the last decade since I joined it. If we look back further, we can see that this holds true for a much longer time frame - arguable more than two decades now. New painters join the fray every year, gain recognition, become part of the crowd. And sometimes that feels like a threat - the community used to be smaller, it used to be easier to feel like belonging. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is still a world full of wonderful ( and with overwhelming majority extremely nice) people. However, like in every other community, fame plays a role - and fame is distributed in a meritocratic way - at least meritocracy is a big element. That can lead to a sometimes sad, sometimes exciting spiral, especially for the hobby painter who comes late to the game and can only devote a limited amount of time & energy (but a seemingly endless amount of passion) to the arts: On one hand, you want to belong - and you can - even just on a mediocre, passion-driven base - on the other hand, to earn a seat at the table you have to deliver. To deserve a seat at the table, you need to be a good painter, a great artist or have other redeeming qualities - and if you don‘t, if I don‘t - what am I doing here?
So far for the exposition of my situation - maybe you can relate, maybe you can‘t. But in light of my last article, this can be a starting point to work through things, sometimes it takes the push to write an article to do it myself: </div><div><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Obviously my inner Diva wants to be awesome - I want to be recognized for the brilliant mind I have, for the great ideas and personality I bring (or wish I brought) to the table. <br /><br /></div></blockquote></li><li><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">But at the same time, the Judge sees this for the hubris it probably is, tells me that nothing I can cobble together in the evenings of the remaining two weeks will amount to anything worthwhile. If I put it in exhibition, it‘ll likely not even suffice for a bronze in standard and in the end, what remains will be that my worst fears of mediocrity will be substantiated and revealed for all to see: That I can‘t really create a piece of art worthy of recognition. I‘ve been a failure for not pushing myself throughout the year and now I reap the reward. <br /><br /></div></blockquote></li><li><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The taskmaster tells me, that going there without exhibiting means I don‘t belong. If I don’t make it on the stage and get a medal I obviously don‘t belong.
I spent the evenings of the last two months doing all kinds of things to avoid working on my pieces, probably even this writeup - technically its 6:30 in the morning now, but yeah… On the plus side, my office/studio looks better than ever before and everything is sooooo ready for painting that next year I‘ll be ready to rock the world ;)</div></blockquote></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thinking these things through alone doesn‘t make me start painting, but confronting and analyzing my fears allows me to at least see what I am afraid of, instead of leaving me with the queasy, undefined churning in my gut when I think about SMC and Monte, while I feel I should be excited.
It allows me to be excited again to meet many friends, maybe make some new friends, enjoy the art others created and I‘ll bring to the table what I can. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If its a medal in the end, I‘ll be relieved. If not, I‘ll survive.
Some would probably write some encouragement like „you always belong“ - „It’s only fear“ - but fear is real and the worry of estrangement and rejection is too. If you go out there and present yourself, you can get hurt. If you enter a contest and don‘t get the medal, it hurts. If you post on insta and don‘t get a like - it hurts. And there is no way around it: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone who gets the recognition, gets the gold, gets the likes has put in the work and maybe also got a bit lucky. And they went out there and took the risk.
If you didn‘t put the work in, don‘t expect the results - but that doesn‘t mean you can’t enjoy the show and the company. That you can‘t belong to your friends and colleagues, relate to others, talk about the things we all enjoy: Paints, colors, techniques, emotions, styles and tiny busts and figurines. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you don’t expose yourself - you wont get hurt. But you also can’t get surprised and most certainly can’t be seen. I hope to see many of your works - see it in standard, beginner, master. I hope I am going to be touched by raw creativity and poor execution, amazing craft and perfection, a combination of both. Pieces that wow you from yards away and pieces of sublime and subtle beauty that take a while to discover. Please expose yourself and bring your stuff. Being there means you belong to the community - maybe not the top tables, but you’re there to be seen.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Talk to your inner parts, be honest with them and manage your expectations - the Diva has resigned now to the fact that we will just be valued on what we bring - and that has to suffice. The Judge is appeased as we don‘t expect the unexpectable and accept the verdict of realism and the Taskmaster tells me to stop procrastinating and get back to my brush - two weeks to go now…
Hope to see you in Eindhoven or Monte…</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">P.S.: Please let me know if this kind of introspective is of any use for you as a reader. <br />I would be happy to know if you can relate, be comforted that others feel the same or such. </div>Hansrainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528182459658109064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-13872179752959804802023-10-01T07:00:00.003+02:002023-10-01T07:00:00.144+02:002023 Massive Voodoo ORCtober - Orc Grandma<p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hey everyone and welcome to this year's Massive Voodoo Orctober Challenge! If you missed the announcement last month, I’m Momo, a digital sculptor and new member of the jungle family! <br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />I’m super excited to be part of the crew and as a little initiation treat, I brought you all something! For this year’s Orctober, I prepared a special orc figure! I hope you are all sick of big boobed beasts and axe swinging monsters, because this one will be a bit different. </span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>ORC GRANDMA - THE IDEA</b> <br /><br />I’m a big fan of miniatures that are expressive, evoke a certain emotion and are different from the classic tabletop minis you see all the time. <a href="https://www.spiramirabilisminiatures.com/home" target="_blank">Lucas Pina</a> and <a href="https://www.foundminiatures.com/home" target="_blank">Daniele Found</a> for example are brilliant at doing exactly that. Orcs are cool, but have you ever seen a miniature orc that is not wielding his weapon, looking grim, ready for battle? Don't they have anything else to do all day? I bet they do! And what happens when they retire from all that skull smashing, eyeball stabbing and blood bathing? Maybe, just maybe, they sit in a cozy chair, knitting away with their pet kitten snoozing behind them. And all the war worries are far away...</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn2.myminifactory.com/assets/object-assets/651432c53c3864.77169132/images/720X720-granny-5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://cdn2.myminifactory.com/assets/object-assets/651432c53c3864.77169132/images/720X720-granny-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn2.myminifactory.com/assets/object-assets/651432c53c3864.77169132/images/720X720-granny-4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://cdn2.myminifactory.com/assets/object-assets/651432c53c3864.77169132/images/720X720-granny-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This was the idea for my <a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-orc-grandma-orctober-2023-326908" target="_blank">‘Orc Grandma’</a>. Not that battling, angry orcs aren’t great! But once in a while a little change of scenery is a nice refresher. So if you’re looking to change it up a bit and you’re ready for a cozy fall painting session, this might be just the Orctober project for you!</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE<span></span></b>
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So how can you join the </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">#MVorctober</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> challenge 2023? Just follow these steps:</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Paint </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">ANY</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>ORC</b> miniature</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Send </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">TWO PHOTOS</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> of your finished project to </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">david@massivevoodoo.com</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">We will announce the winner of our </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">RAFFLE</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> in November</span></p></li></ol></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />Easy-peasy! You don’t have to paint my orc grandma to enter the challenge, any orc will do! We will raffle the winner among all entries, it’s not a contest! Anyone can join, whether you’re a beginner or a pro, it doesn’t matter. We want to encourage you to paint for the joy of painting’s sake (and of course for a chance to win a little prize ;) )</span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />Feel free to tag us in your Instagram posts under the hashtag </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">#MVorctober</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">! We would love to see all your creative entries! Have fun painting!!</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b> <br />WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?<span></span></b></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are raffling a little loot package among all entries, including an <b>original art print</b> from Roman Lappat! The other items will be a surprise! But I can say this much: It’s gonna be a collection of awesome trinkets and goodies, so it’s definitely worth taking part!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT ORC GRANDMA</b></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-07c8664e-7fff-a153-2ac8-34219cbfd563"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If you would like to get your own orc granny, you can download it from my <a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-orc-grandma-orctober-2023-326908" target="_blank">MyMiniFactory page</a>. The figure is already pre-supported, but an unsupported version is also included! It’s test printed on an Anycubic Photon Mono 4k, with standard resin. I also included the settings I used on my printer in the download, so you can use them if you’d like.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you for reading and happy Orctober painting!! Don’t forget to tag us in your orcish Instagram posts <b>@massivevoodoo</b> and use the hashtag <b>#MVorctober</b>! :)</span></p><br /></span><p></p><p></p><br /><br />momogojirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07393128283580647970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-29907391788088066142023-09-27T07:00:00.001+02:002023-09-27T07:00:00.158+02:00Kallax photo setup - the most handy photobox!?!<h3>Hello everyone,</h3>
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<p>It's <b>Andy</b>, again. Today, I want to give you an overview and “how to” tutorial of my current photo setup. The idea was to build an easy-to-use, quick set-up photo box suitable for fast WIP shots and final pictures.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To be honest, the main reason I didn’t use my “standard photo tent” that often in the past was the set-up time, the need to clean up my desk to have enough space and the inconsistent lighting.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have
been thinking back and forth about this topic over the last years and the solution was in front of my eyes all the time with the </span><a href="https://www.ikea.com/de/de/cat/kallax-serie-27534/"><span color="windowtext" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">IKEA "Kallax"</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> cupboard, which is probably one of – if not the - most-often sold cupboards in the world. The squares are perfect for a photo setup with fixed conditions, but the concept of the photo box should be possible to realize with any other cupboard and boxes as well, but I’m just an IKEA-addict when it comes to hobby furniture ;) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4>Things you need (links as example and not paid):</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/hgAoaud">Self-adhesive matt black foil</span> and scissors</li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/2HArxOa">Photo background</a> (color of your choice – for me its gray)</li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/eu5EJ2A">Ring light 12 inch with mobile phone clamp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/7n4GE6q">Clamp for ring light 10 inch</a></li>
</ul>
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<h4>Optional equipment</h4>
<ul>
<li>for videos: <a href="https://amzn.eu/d/9E3x26r">USB turntable</a></li>
<li>Samla boxes for storage</li>
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<p>My jungle brother <a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2019/05/mv-team-hansrainer.html">Hansrainer</a> came up with the idea of a ring light for quick pictures and I adapted it for the Kallax project. A 12-inch ring light is the largest suitable for one of the square spaces.</p>
<p>Samla boxes in general do not fit the Kallax well but for our project they are perfect because they create a nice little niche on top and to the side to store the ring light.</p>
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<p>This is how the whole setup looks like in the stored position. The whole assembly as seen in the picture above is very simple – clamp attached to light and shelf, nothing special here. The optional turntable can be stored on top of the box.</p>
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<p>The black foil is attached on each side and on the ceiling to avoid unwanted light reflection. I first measured the size of the walls, then cut the foil with a bit of extension to have a little room for failure. The installation of the adhesive foil is done step by step by taking away a small piece of the protection layer on the back, starting the attaching process by adjusting it to the wall as straight as possible on one edge (I recommend the back), pushing with a straight round-edge cardboard or plastic lid to get rid of air bubble and working the way to the end of your layer. The last step is cutting away the extension. There are plenty of YouTube tutorials of wrapping with foil if you want a detailed explanation ;)</p>
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<p>In the shooting position it’s super clean and easy to use. I recommend attaching the clamp in the middle of the shelf to have stiff hold for your mobile and lamp. Adjust the angle of the lamp and phone (or camera) to your preference – for me it’s a bit tilted from the top.</p>
<p> As a base, I use some black caps from spray cans or wooden sockets. Recommendation is black, white or gray to avoid tinted reflections from the bottom. Just play around which suits best for you.</p>
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<p>Now that you know how I built it – you will wonder whether the whole set-up actually can fulfil its goal: to reduce the time and hassle of setting up the photo equipment. So, here are the results of a little experiment: I stopped the time it took me to set-up and store the photo box.</p>
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<p>The pic to the left shows the time it took me to set up the photobox, the pic on the right shows the time to store it away. Both setting up and storing the stuff took me less than a minute! – I’d say: “mission accomplished”:D</p>
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<h4>The box in action</h4>
<p>Here are two examples of photos taken with the photo set-up and lightroom app.</p>
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<p>Both miniatures will be featured in detailed posts - stay tuned ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for reading and your interest and leave a comment below if you have any questions.</p>
<h3>Andy</h3>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04211660275456393971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-49730681723164401412023-09-20T07:00:00.001+02:002023-09-20T07:00:00.148+02:00Announcement: The 2023 Massive Voodoo ORCtober<h2>Hey all,</h2>
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<p>
it's that time of the year, again! Summer is gone and Fall is starting to
paint the leaves with its reddish-golden color scheme - and the Massive Voodoo
jungle is diving heads-first into <b>ORCtober!</b>
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<h3>And, boy, do we have a <b>special treat</b> for you this year!</h3>
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<p>
To celebrate her adoption by the pack, our newest Massive Voodoo family member
<a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/09/mv-team-momo.html"
>Momo</a
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has sculpted a <b>special, exclusive ORCtober figure</b>. We don't want to
spoiler too much just yet, but here's a little teaser pic:
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<h3>We want YOU for MV ORCtober</h3>
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<p>
Of course, there can't be a Massive Voodoo ORCtober without a little
<b>community challenge</b>. We will not say too much at this point, keeping
the suspense up for juuuust a little bit longer... But on
<b>ORCtober 1st, 2023</b> we will let the cat out of the bag and unveil Momo's
special, exclusive ORCtober figure - and tell you how YOU can join in the
madness.
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<p>
So, make sure to make time for some miniature painting over the next few
weeks, and stay tuned for the next update on the
<b>2023 Massive Voodoo ORCtober</b>! And of course, feel free to spread the
word and stoke the hype through your social media, using the hashtag
<b>#MVorctober</b>.
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<h2>The Massive Voodoo team</h2>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-10928309165500232052023-09-13T07:01:00.004+02:002023-09-13T07:01:00.143+02:00MV Team: Momo<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxZvm14Sxtz2DsNi0lN-RxZ_eG9Q_-8yzW73GBqHMAjpvC2ROk5V6-pPNw4nB-PG8jFlKNTEv0ifWhezPCooNRNa-X6n7AmP1YYESp1SFPqFhzAtu1W-H-v1NTzYQzOancwc0jCsRqDlBB5tAwwHbNSeV56KlBn3-B5Sh_wSvK49R9PTO_M_0zVmdd3ap/s1968/intro_pic_momo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="1528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxZvm14Sxtz2DsNi0lN-RxZ_eG9Q_-8yzW73GBqHMAjpvC2ROk5V6-pPNw4nB-PG8jFlKNTEv0ifWhezPCooNRNa-X6n7AmP1YYESp1SFPqFhzAtu1W-H-v1NTzYQzOancwc0jCsRqDlBB5tAwwHbNSeV56KlBn3-B5Sh_wSvK49R9PTO_M_0zVmdd3ap/s320/intro_pic_momo.jpg" width="248" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><b><br />Name:</b> Momo</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Job:</b> Digital Sculptor<b> </b></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Painting:</b> Painting since 2018ish</span><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Sculpting:</b> Sculpting since 2015</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Painting Media:</b> Acrylics</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>(Digital) Sculpting Media:</b> Zbrush, 3dsMax, Blender</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Brushes:</b> Whatever I can get my hands on</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Airbrush:</b> Harder & Steenbeck Infinity (still learning)</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Miniatures:</b> Animals, Dinosaurs, Fantasy</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Inspirational Miniature Painter:</b> Karol Rudyk, Roman Lappat, Josua Lai, Arnau Lazaro</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Inspirational Sculptors:</b> Simon Lee (aka Spiderzero), Beth Cavener, Tomek Radziewicz, Sean Cooper (Paleocraft), Nick Bibby, David Zhou</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Gallery: </b><a href="https://www.artstation.com/momogojira" target="_blank">Artstation</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/momogojira" target="_blank">Instagram</a></span></p></span><p></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6c72055-7fff-23fd-0930-41fa9f811868"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hi everyone! My name is Momo and I’m over the moon to have been adopted by the amazing Massive Voodoo family! I’m currently living in a small town in Bavaria, together with my dog and my two geckos :)</span></span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6c72055-7fff-23fd-0930-41fa9f811868"></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c09690ab-7fff-b1c7-5690-f30fd3fc3797"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6c72055-7fff-23fd-0930-41fa9f811868"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My sculpting journey began when I started studying Games Art in Munich and I was introduced to ZBrush in 2013. I wanna say I was immediately hooked, but truth is it took a little detour to fall back in love with sculpting...After my studies I started working at a media agency and noticed that something was missing. This time I made a point of really focussing on sculpting digitally and many hours of practice went in after work and on my weekends, because I knew that it was my real passion. I made the jump to working as a freelancer, and although there have been some hard times I never looked back. Now I’m grateful to be able to work with companies like Schleich and many lovely private customers. I also have my own little Etsy shop that I’m gradually growing. My favorite subject to sculpt is also my biggest love in life - animals! Reptiles, amphibians, dinosaurs and horses are the ones I probably love to create the most. Here are some examples of my sculpts: </span></p></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORKTt0V2KFKdeRGEatJ2Uz7_nzZZ7AxJI7KJhZ2N8Rvx3r5Awv7o5JFGAGQRN1QCiMaOQ-c15z5MG5vnwW92lJbGlnxYECdD8aH99rXRqKksluXmmNAvv49YlxMbtC-OkmZhG_qkUC5ujgx5QG8lKIre5_69agEAW6QwVFPp51_2Ri3uM5GUqYi2u3wZG/s910/edaphos_3_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="910" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORKTt0V2KFKdeRGEatJ2Uz7_nzZZ7AxJI7KJhZ2N8Rvx3r5Awv7o5JFGAGQRN1QCiMaOQ-c15z5MG5vnwW92lJbGlnxYECdD8aH99rXRqKksluXmmNAvv49YlxMbtC-OkmZhG_qkUC5ujgx5QG8lKIre5_69agEAW6QwVFPp51_2Ri3uM5GUqYi2u3wZG/w400-h400/edaphos_3_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhIhAc3C-wQDDB2Ddf2Hyj4RGKNp87HrBPDv8VjdCDOzrt_Omeei376pm-qZEC4FgHcI0OU64wD_1w_dONPDcg-KNqu9GbrfBrVKg21Y0N5TYH_LPMESY1daAYyG-WK0joWcntYioXz2FmELK2W4txY8vcz86QEY23DZKSESsIWIGFjqDAQ6mmxVxdSda/s2048/leo_render_5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhIhAc3C-wQDDB2Ddf2Hyj4RGKNp87HrBPDv8VjdCDOzrt_Omeei376pm-qZEC4FgHcI0OU64wD_1w_dONPDcg-KNqu9GbrfBrVKg21Y0N5TYH_LPMESY1daAYyG-WK0joWcntYioXz2FmELK2W4txY8vcz86QEY23DZKSESsIWIGFjqDAQ6mmxVxdSda/w400-h400/leo_render_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />
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how did I get in touch with Massive Voodoo? A few years ago, I saw
Josua's amazing art on Instagram and we got talking. A while later he
introduced me to Roman and we met for a painting session. That’s how I
discovered the wonderful world of miniature painting! Roman has taught
me a huge amount of useful things about painting and - if you know Roman
this will be no surprise - about life. Most of the time when I paint
miniatures, I will paint my own figures that I sculpted and 3D printed
at home. I usually try to paint them as realistically as possible, like this
burgundy snail I made a while ago:</span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLNh_HkgRBIjCmC0gXeAziZbyCiJuCnPnmQ8t0EgXGuogtWC4KiCxSpv1OMzFH1P6KOFU3KRR2BE4oO3CTc1WULoTzHX_Kdmjip7tBw-376PYRsFLQPzn7qIk5m7OvoO8BXdgvHDI6zQLjDJton8k5dYDOeniGc2GxuRQkg1KLVShuteDOf8Hah-ebolx/s3024/20230531_135348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A hand holding a realistic sculpture of a burgundy snail" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLNh_HkgRBIjCmC0gXeAziZbyCiJuCnPnmQ8t0EgXGuogtWC4KiCxSpv1OMzFH1P6KOFU3KRR2BE4oO3CTc1WULoTzHX_Kdmjip7tBw-376PYRsFLQPzn7qIk5m7OvoO8BXdgvHDI6zQLjDJton8k5dYDOeniGc2GxuRQkg1KLVShuteDOf8Hah-ebolx/w400-h400/20230531_135348.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkL6R6aW1MatScWg0hOE08wHVLDDJ6UyRzBuqFYE29vtGyUke5HH63kmaI7zYI4v8O1EEfzIwJtyJQGGKVagSPMlIw4RvKmJJTSW1yuxGSqU7kPZCjRwFCIqw0GUA-zIsvwhf8XR-1xW6wEKcHK6uNmbketS9cTxiqCh6It3jCIYFRydvru_16ZERopJP/s3024/20230531_135404(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkL6R6aW1MatScWg0hOE08wHVLDDJ6UyRzBuqFYE29vtGyUke5HH63kmaI7zYI4v8O1EEfzIwJtyJQGGKVagSPMlIw4RvKmJJTSW1yuxGSqU7kPZCjRwFCIqw0GUA-zIsvwhf8XR-1xW6wEKcHK6uNmbketS9cTxiqCh6It3jCIYFRydvru_16ZERopJP/w400-h400/20230531_135404(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It has been an amazing journey so far, and I’m looking forward to improving my painting skills and learn many a new thing from my wonderful jungle family! And maybe one of these days I will actually finish one of the miniatures that I have parked at Roman's studio! </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you so much for having me!</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>momogojirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07393128283580647970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-49137442703037764252023-09-06T07:01:00.001+02:002023-09-06T07:01:00.146+02:00The Judge, the Diva and the Taskmaster - the impact of inner conflict on creative work<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjIkU9Qr6-BV5POCwrq412O7ai5td0RKzA6uc05RcuWtiR1w7QUW1F4HPHzE8f0R5i0N3jnb047FMEuxEGXrbc1xWAHCbhs3WnF4aA8k3-vP1TCgNfk1yfwP5D1ErlL1FxJr0rlzBnrl9-lw2C5cMdkUbjoaPWu8xUIZG6x0AtIZQpK7K1KjF6j_RX8E/s1200/hansrainer01.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjIkU9Qr6-BV5POCwrq412O7ai5td0RKzA6uc05RcuWtiR1w7QUW1F4HPHzE8f0R5i0N3jnb047FMEuxEGXrbc1xWAHCbhs3WnF4aA8k3-vP1TCgNfk1yfwP5D1ErlL1FxJr0rlzBnrl9-lw2C5cMdkUbjoaPWu8xUIZG6x0AtIZQpK7K1KjF6j_RX8E/s600/hansrainer01.png"/></a></div><p>Hello jungle people,</p><p>this is Hansrainer with a little article on the inner conflicts that block us from doing what we think we actually want or think we should actually want to do. I have been struggling with <b>creating</b> in quite a while - and I know that this struggle is not uncommon. Creation and creativity take time and energy - and in a busy life balancing family, job, pet and the increasing need to take care of ones health as the years pass - those seem to become more and more sparse ressources.</p><p>Last year I realized, that I had really let my health slide in dramatic ways and that I needed to focus on that, because frankly the issues that came with being overweight and the complete lack of exercise started to catch up and affect pretty much every aspect of my life: Family, work and not the least: painting, writing etc. in other words: creating.</p><p>Now, I could just spew a few platitudes like "healthy mind - healthy body" or vice versa and so on, but that is common knowledge and stating the obvious is rarely helpful. Instead I will try to share some of the more detailed and intricate insights I gained during the last years, that helped me get at least on the way to this better place. One of the major reasons why I stopped creating more or less completely, unless I was partaking in a painting class or other event like the MV family gathering in June, is that I felt/feel like I don't have the time or energy to do so.</p><p>In the last year, I changed Jobs, worked on my eating habits and lost a considerable amount of weight. I also started to get into the habit of meditation and going to the gym quite regularly. In order to do so and keep it up (to a certain degree - we all fail again and again...) I had to learn a lot about creating, forming and maintaining habits as well as breaking others. I also had to learn to become more aware or conscious about how I feel in a given moment, in the beginning to just understand when and why I want to eat, but also to understand what I can do to stick with things, which thoughts allow me to slack off and which thoughts and situations make it easier to stick with the new routine and so on.</p><p>This gets me to the core of thoughts for today:</p><p>One of the very first things I put my mind to, was to understand why I find/make the time for certain activities and not others, to identify the factors:</p><p><b><u>1. Priorities:</u></b> I realized, that the usual "I don't have the time to..." argument is in and by itself rather pointless: Other people with jobs and children work out too, other people with busy lives find the time not only to paint but to actually thrive artistically and create wonderful pieces in amazing quality with impressive regularity. The reason why some people chose to spend their time one way and not another is conflicting priorities: It seems I'd much rather sit on my butt watching reels on FB instead of sitting at my laptop and write an article. I'd rather spend time with my son instead of painting my next bust.See what I did here? Putting a seemingly bad and an obvious good choice right next to each other? That lead me to</p><p><b><u>2. Choices:</u></b> and accepting the result: From dealing with my aging mom and raising my young son I learned: You always have a choice what to do. Common logic dictates that making the choice is hard. But it is not. The hard part is learning to accept the consequences of the choices we make and that wishes are most often the desire to get to the outcome of a choice without having to endure the consequences. Fighting the inner fight and enduring the struggle between the wishes you have and the acceptance of the price and inner negotiations to get around that can take up a lot of time and energy. And very easily we are prone to skipping lanes completely and jump into avoidance behaviours so we can ignore and suppress the open:</p><p><b><u>3. Inner conflict:</u></b> Once we understand and accept, that being unhappy is the result of an inner conflict, we can start working towards mediating and solving it. Because ultimately all these struggles are conflicts for ressources, two (or more) parts of yourself are struggling with each other for limited ressources: Time, Attention, Energy. If you can identify the parts of you that are conflicting and their goals, you can literally start to mediate and mollify them - but before that gets to abstract, let me try to give an example:</p><p><b>Situation:</b> Its sunday morning and I know I should be writing a blog post for MV. But...</p><p><b>Breakdown:</b></p><p>There are several reasons, why I <i>think</i> I should be doing this (Consider: Thoughts are just thoughts and neither facts nor the truth) :</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>One part of me likes to expose myself to the public and let the world partake in my insights (and a vain part of me hopes for acclamation and positive feedback to confirm my self-image of being smart and thoughtful). This is the same part that also drives me to publish pictures of my models on social media, where they are tied to my Name instead of just showing the anonymously at shows etc. Lets call it the <b>Diva</b>.</li><li>Another part of me thinks that writing down my thoughts on this subject will help me to structure and clarify them for myself and my own development. Thats the part that knows that applying my own intellect to my problems can help me overcome them and feel better tomorrow. Lets call it the <b>Analyst</b>.</li><li>Yet nother part of me thinks: Hey, these thoughts might be valuable to others, haven't read anything similar in this context, so lets share it and may it can help others on their way. That's the <b>Teacher</b> in me.</li><li>Yet another part remembers, that I promised to write an article for MV until next week and is committed to get it done. This is the part the exerts the most pressure overall to sit down NOW and do it. "don't be unreliable!", "stick with your commitments to others!" - lets call it the <b>Taskmaster</b>.</li></ul></ul><p>And now come the reasons why chose to sit another hour at my cell and watch FB-Reels instead of working on the article:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>There is a part in me that is afraid, that writing the article will take too much time and I will not be able to fullfil other at least equally important commitments and so its better if I don't even start. This guy is the <b>Hesitant</b>.</li><li>Another part of me is worried that no-one is in the least interested to read this and it is a big waste of time anyways. And also everyone else on the team has better articles and more reasons to publish than I do - given that I am a mediocre painter at best and have no credentials to make my other thoughts worth of attention. Lets call it the <b>Judge</b>.</li><li>And last but definitely not least is the part that doesn't want to be told what to do! After all its MY time and I don't want to clean up my room - err, do my homework, ahm I mean write that article. It's a rather petulant <b>Boy</b> - I guess he is around 9 years old.</li></ul></ul><p><b>Analysis</b>:</p><p>Well, at the first glimpse this looks like I could have a multiple personality disorder, but of course, that's not the case. The idea of an inner multitude is actually part of many schools of psychotherapy and is a common model used to explain and resolve inner conflicts (yeah, I had to read up on that ;) ). All in all, what we do have is quite a conflict thats raging in me and as it often happens, an ongoing conflict paralyses pretty much everyone involved: In my case thats my creative parts (Diva, Teacher, Taskmaster) as well as my analytical parts (Hesitant, Analyst and Judge) and even the more laid back Boy (which lets me enjoy Ice cream usually or just cuddling with my dog etc). BUT - now that I thought it through, I (the Adult-Me) can actually step in and start mediating the conflict:</p><p><b>Solution</b>:</p><p>I tell the <b>Hesitant</b>, that while this might be true, getting something done, even something less important but maybe more urgent frees up ressources later for the important stuff. Staying in the struggle only makes the overall situation worse.</p><p>The <b>Judge</b> can grudgingly accept, that after all I don't JUST do this for the <b>Diva</b> - and even if the <b>Diva</b> doesn't get, what the <b>Diva</b> wants, the <b>Analyst</b> and maybe the <b>Teacher</b> still get to profit. In other words: If I do it for me, its worth doing it.</p><p>I embrace the Boy and tell him that the Taskmaster doesn't just command him around for the sake of it. There will be benefits later - and hey, we might go and get some icecream when it's done.</p><p>Thusly I can restore balance between my inner critics and drivers. (By the way, the different actors take different roles in different contests and their individual strength seems to vary by the day). And that creates:</p><u><b>4. Resolution:</b></u><p>Today the resolution was, that this article has been written. On other days the resolution is that stuff is not being done. Sometimes the <b>Judge</b> wins and sometimes the <b>Boy</b> wants what he wants and the <b>Taskmaster</b> may be fine with it. The more important part is that the resolution restores my inner peace for the time being. I can be at ease and really accept the consequence of my choice. Because it has been deliberated and the conflict is transparent and resolved to me.</p><p>I think oftentimes the struggle to get going on a project or "just doing it" is a short, sometimes forced version of solving similar conflicts and when we try to "Discipline" or "Motivate" THROUGH it, it's like slogging through mud while the inner conflict rages in the background. For me solving it either way saves energy and makes it easier to do things - or to honestly enjoy the junk time if I take it. And of course, this is an ongoing development. Sometimes I succeed at visiualizing and resolving and sometimes I need my wife or my friends to point out that there is an inner conflict at all.</p><p>Soooo - what could you take home from this?</p><p><u><b>Information:</b></u></p><p>1. Blocks and Stagnation are often the results of unresolved inner conflicts of priority. If they were resolved there wouldn't be a block - we would just elect to not pursue the topic for now or just do it.</p><p>2. The causes and agency of inner conflicts are often not transparent on first sight. Sometimes we do not even realise the existence of the conflict.</p><p>3. Our personality can be (and is often) represented by a multitude of parts. Going into the details and specifica of this is unfortunately far beyond the scope of this article - I can provide some pointers into academic reading (or at least starting points) on the topic - but unfortunately solely in German - hit me at the mail adress given below. Suffice to say: Usually these aspects are a natural part of the psychological development of a human and usually serve to protect and guide us in unclear environments (much like biases, prejudices) or (more often) did so in the past. For example my <b>Judge</b> is a representation of how I perceived my mom when I was around the age 9-11. Its function was to avoid conflicts with her by preemptively anticipating conflict topics and preventing me from disappointment by lowering expectations. Naturally the attempt of a 9 year old trying to avoid negative feedback from his parents isn't necessarily a helpful way for a 45 year old professional to deal with the world... :D</p><p><b><u>Method:</u></b></p><p><i>Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist or mental health professional. The following is not recommended as method for self-therapy. If you know of or consider being affected by a mental health condition, please see a professional mental health specialist.</i></p><p>Next time you face a struggle of avoidance, try to take a quiet minute with yourself. Try to determine if you feel an inner conflict. Verbalize it (write it down, talk to yourself, whatever works for you). Sometimes this can already be enough to make it transparent and make a more conscious decision. Accept this choice and the consequences - it often helps to verbalize this as well:</p><p>e.g."I don't want to paint now, because I prefer the immediate positive feedback from playing a game. I am fine/happy with the fact that my project X is not moving forward/is delayed."</p><p>If this not sufficient to feel more at peace, you might try to feel the emotions tied to the struggle: Fear, Anger, Anxiety or whatever else. Imagine the parts of yourself that feel these emotions. Verbalize acknowledgement of the struggle and conflict and engage in a discussion solution. Sometimes you might just need to comfort your inner child...</p><p><b><u>Conclusion:</u></b></p><p>This is a tool I found and use. I hope it might be interesting to explore for some of you struggling with similar issues.</p><p>Initially I thought, this would be a one-off article on how I try to get back to create more (and I already changed other things) - but it seems this needs a bit more thinking and space to get through.</p><p>Here are some topics I'd like to adress in follow up articles:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Quality “me” time vs. junk time</li><li>Realistic expectations / time inventory</li><li>A little each day is lot better than a lot once a week</li></ul><p></p><p>In the meantime, please feel invited to share your thoughts. I would be happy to hear any and all feedback and will gladly answer questions. Please drop them in the comments below – or contact me directly via Facebook or Email (Apokalypsetest - at - gmail - com).</p>Hansrainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528182459658109064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-66153063678025463612023-08-30T07:01:00.001+02:002023-08-30T07:01:00.156+02:00MV Team: Petra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpicdxWtGm3Z40r3PWftDc3gJNQevNOxkegOUyBJLf5X_qnMkgFVav9rgavOZwgboP0c4tAVrlNodLp3UHl8YRsSZQr5yT4T5FmX4PmyKPeOG-IGdx9V6EhHk-LB5qsuWJXJSKo3VDgm4IJxvy1mZGNOJ6mpCCWMdAvQzBZB33RmREdpeMBz2ujAVFYxbV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="700" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpicdxWtGm3Z40r3PWftDc3gJNQevNOxkegOUyBJLf5X_qnMkgFVav9rgavOZwgboP0c4tAVrlNodLp3UHl8YRsSZQr5yT4T5FmX4PmyKPeOG-IGdx9V6EhHk-LB5qsuWJXJSKo3VDgm4IJxvy1mZGNOJ6mpCCWMdAvQzBZB33RmREdpeMBz2ujAVFYxbV" width="246" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><b>Name</b>: Petra aka. Petrelka (yes, I listen to both names)<p></p>
<p><b>Job</b>: Software developer & engineer (as well as a part-time Quality Assurance person, aka. "automated
bug-finder")</p>
<p><b>Painting</b>: first phase between 1997 and 2001, mainly D&D characters and a having a little look into
wargaming; after a longer pause I directly went into display painting around 2015 until now.</p>
<p><b>Media</b>: mainly acrylics (Scale artist, Kimera, a bit of Mr. Paint, P3, Schmincke and AK), inks by W&N and
Liquitex. I am also currently trying out other color mediums, like gouache and aquarelle and trying to figure out
how to incorporate them into my painting.</p>
<p><b>Brushes</b>: Still a Wamp brushes kickstarter and Broken Toad Mk. 2 fangirl, while currently looking for
alternatives (Rosemary, DaVinci, Isabey & Miniwarpaint brushes are currently on my table). I use a huge variety
of no-name brushes for going wild on bases and doing first sketches, where I don't need to worry a lot for wear
& tear of those tools.</p>
<p><b>Miniatures</b>: I like a lot of things, but it seems to concentrate mostly on fantasy and cyberpunk (looking at my
pile of opportunities), no matter if full-body or busts. I am neither an army painter, nor a big fan of
over-sexualized content (still waiting for the day when gravity again reigns over boob size gravitation ;)).</p>
<p><b>Scale models</b>: I don't like to paint and build huge models. So I never really got into the Revell model
building scene. But (!) I did build a couple of Star Trek ships (back in the Voyager time), and I fell in love with
the complete SeaQuest DSV model line from Monogram (back in the days). And, oh well, I am still looking for the Deep
Space Nine model with fiberglass lighting - but that most probably will stay a dream. :)</p>
<p><b>Sculpting</b>: Ohhh, I have loads of ideas in my head - but ... well ... getting them out is still a bit hard;
learning curve and such things are steep. I am dipping my toes into that field as well, but nothing to show yet.
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<p><b>Inspirational Miniature Painters</b>: You? Yes, definitely must be you! (I still find that most of us carry a load
of inspiration that just waits to be seen)</p>
<p><b>Other hobby shenanigans</b>: I occasionally write short stories. I play in a marching band. I actually also paint
on other things, like computers, laptops, fridges, brush boxes, entire walls … sometimes even on canvas.</p>
<p><b>Gallery</b>: <a href="https://www.puttyandpaint.com/Petrelka" target="_blank">putty&paint</a> – most times not
up-to_date, but I'm trying :)</p>
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<i>Wanna know my color management technique?<br />
It always starts out so well, but then: utter chaos!</i>
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<p><b>The tl;dr:</b><br />
Hey, my name is Petra and I like to put paint on minis. :)
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<p><b>The long version:</b><br />
So, who's here for the long introduction? Get something to drink, switch to your comfy pants and here we go! Welcome
to the jungle that is also called »my mind«.
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<p>
My name is <b>Petra</b>, I am located in NRW, Germany and started painting when I was around 15 - a time when I also first
encountered D&D with my local writers group (yep, also doing some creative writing every now and then).
Everyone of our newly formed D&D group wanted to paint their gaming mini, and this is how it all started.
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<i>Morgan le Fay by Thunderbolt Mountain Miniatures was <br />
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<p>Back then I just started with a couple of white metal minis, some Games Workshop stuff (but already found out that I never
will be an army painter) and some wonderfully huge LotR dragons by Mithril Miniatures. I really liked the Skaven
armies - and then Mordheim appeared; I was super excited because you did not need a whatever-many-points big army
and the small skirmish sets also looked like one could paint them in an evening. So, I bought a couple of sets,
painted them, but never really found a group to settle with - mainly because tabletop gaming groups were not much
sought after in my school days (at least when it came to girls). We did play a lot of Magic, tho. :) </p>
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<i>Back in the days when I didn’t know how to take proper pictures <br />
(must have been around 2010 during my painting hiatus); and still my favorite GW miniature: <br />
Aenur, Sword of Twilight (got my first one on the one and only White Dwarf I ever bought).</i>
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<p>Then Rackham's Confrontation crossed my way and Warmachine, and whatever my little comic book store could get hold
of. So I painted (and all without this thing called Internet) and wondered whether I am just a weird person for having
<b>weird hobbies that do not even comply with the "local (male) nerds"</b>: I went to creative writing courses for short
stories, and we also published a book. During this time I also started making music in a marching band; and never
was interested in going to the club or hanging out with other people on weekends. I painted miniatures, read books, and
wrote stories. By now I would say: a very regular introvert person (didn't know about that concept back then, though). So,
artistry is all over the place, and I choose to ... develop into software engineering. Sounds weird? It absolutely
is not - because there also lies a lot of creativity in writing code.</p>
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<i>My first one and a pulse check in 2017. There’s a 14-years pause in-between those two minis.</i>
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<p>During college, I completely stopped painting, mainly b/c it was too expensive and there were other things to focus
on. Fast forward to ~2015, when I rediscovered the hobby, dusted off my Citadel colors (at least some of them had not
been completely dried out at that point), took out some still unpainted Mordheim minis and ... uhm ... quickshade
(well, it gets the job done!). I found out that there are people on this so-called "Internet" who also like to paint
individual miniatures (and not hordes of similar looking marines). I stumbled over Painting Buddha and <b>found my first
painting community</b> with lots of chats, and some of these friendships still last until today. By that time, I
occasionally stumbled over tutorials by Massive Voodoo, and sometimes saw that they announced painting workshops. But every
time something was happening near my place, it was sold out in a flash. So I only watched (and admired) the MV team
from afar.</p>
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<i>Sometimes I also sculpt a bit.</i>
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<p>Let's talk about workshops! I had my first painting workshop ever with Meg Maples in Berlin at the end of 2015, and
she helped so wonderfully to reignite the fire for painting that this time I stayed in the hobby. Since then, I
also joined a lot of other workshops by a lot of very different and very talented people - because this is how I
learn best: seeing magic happen in real life. I aim for one workshop a year to leave my brain some time to digest
the information and incorporate it into my painting. It’s a journey with a pace that suits me, and I believe
everyone of you will find (or have found) their own best way of learning and speed.</p>
<p>And while we are at pace and speed: going to shows and conventions was also a very new thing for me. 2017 was my
first Scale Model Challenge (and since then I regularly join SMC), 2018 I joined Paint-O-Palooza (an event by the
former Painting Buddha crew) in Berlin. During the last Duke of Bavaria in 2019 I had the wonderful pleasure to meet
a <b>couple of lovingly weird human beings</b>, who not only shared the same nerdy hobby as me, but also kept Massive
Voodoo up and running - and by now I can call a lot of them friends. In 2022 I visited my first ever World Model Expo
(oh boy, that was huge and awesome!) and traveled to the Monte San Savino Show. And I am so looking forward to
finding all those little gems of shows over the next few years!</p>
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<i>And yes, I couldn’t be more proud with my little astronaut's entry<br />
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<p>Pace, speed, journeys ... what else is there? Imagination and creativity! Well, I must admit: I am a rather slow
painter - or better said: a very fast idea finder, but super slow in setting those ideas into practice; because
there are literally thousands of them that I have on a daily basis. By now I keep a journal to get them out of my
head, otherwise I would never even start, as the next crazy idea is around the corner and just a glimpse away. Some
of my friends also call me a "hobby butterfly", as I start things and then put them aside in favour of other
projects. I guess that's <b>just how I roll</b>, and having a clear vision from start to finish line ... is just not one
thing I normally follow. I don't just want to "paint it like the box art", but aiming for telling a story, to do a
crossover between two mostly unrelated topics maybe, or want to try out a new concept that I thought about.
Honestly, the thing never comes out the way I imagined it - but that's also the fun part: having a plan, throwing
the plan away in the middle of making, and after finishing then analyzing what I have learned. It takes super-long
in comparison to other ways of painting and planning a project, but then again I enjoy the process more than the
finished result. This is also why I have a ton of half painted miniatures in various degrees of progress sitting on
my shelf, but seldom finish them. But then again, maybe this is why I am also here? :)</p>
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<i>A favourite color!? ALL OF THEM!</i>
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<p>I also don't have a "favorite" color - it seems like I unconsciously try to use <b>all of them</b> in every piece I paint.
So, one of my "new years" resolutions for each mini actually sounds a bit like "but this time I try to reduce my
color palette for real!". Maybe one day I can make this come true, but today ... is not that day!</p>
<p>And with all of this said and written down, I hope you are still awake enough to be able to get some more colors onto
your gray army, because:</p>
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<i>You should be painting! (j/k)<br />
But honestly: no pressure! <br />
Foster that happy painting spirit. :-*</i>
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Petrelkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18011323272800811466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669705958656495659.post-54674329671781871302023-08-23T07:01:00.001+02:002023-08-23T07:01:00.139+02:00FIN: Moran<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbScVzL_IYO71MyvB7lDknwk-7chYjFoyoKbg_uBagrVihy3VJ4H3djIwhoOX6JvHcUaBzoBcTt4NKXCv-_gjGeqPunhWaaUe8ogrn40vL1yaEyhAlprJg0bxVh0hLaqWM0waNKCZTyaXle-KqqOyulzwBHYaLY8b61iX5SpVkS4oHL4zWlMJwr0A0ST0/s2526/David01.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbScVzL_IYO71MyvB7lDknwk-7chYjFoyoKbg_uBagrVihy3VJ4H3djIwhoOX6JvHcUaBzoBcTt4NKXCv-_gjGeqPunhWaaUe8ogrn40vL1yaEyhAlprJg0bxVh0hLaqWM0waNKCZTyaXle-KqqOyulzwBHYaLY8b61iX5SpVkS4oHL4zWlMJwr0A0ST0/s600/David01.jpg"/></a></div>
<h3>Hey all,</h3><br>
<b>David's</b> back again with another look back to an <b>older project</b> I finished a long time ago and only ever hit the blog in my <a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2019/01/mv-team-david.html" target="_blank">introduction post</a>. However, I decided I needed to show it here for two reasons. First, my jungle brother Roman took a few nice new pics during the Massive Voodoo family's recent stay at the studio (read all about that wonderful weekend in <a href="https://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-massive-massive-voodoo-family-weekend.html" target="_blank">this blogpost</a>). <br><br>
Second, this is one of my <b>dearest and most important projects</b>. I started it during Roman's <a href="https://www.romanlappat.com/workshops-1/curriculum" target="_blank">Advanced Class</a> in early 2016 (YES, it's been that long...). The workshop's goal was to learn how to paint atmosphere, and I wanted to challenge myself and aimed to portray the original dwarf maiden as a "Massai" warrioress called <i>Moran</i> (the Massai word for warrior). The conversion included making her a new weapon, cutting her mohawk, and - of course - creating the typical Massai necklace. <br><br>
After the workshop, as is usual for me, I did not immediately finish her, but put her into my cabinet. However, I still very much liked her and decided I would take her out again, start all over and prepare her for the <b>Herzog von Bayern</b> competition 2017. And that's what I did. <br><br>
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As I said, Moran has a special place in my heart as not only did I learn so much from her, and not only was it pure pleasure to paint and convert her - it was also the first time that I participated in the "masters" category in a competition. And because it is so special to me, I gave it to my <b>jungle brother Roman</b>, as a little "thank you" for the many years and moments of inspiration, learning and painting joy! It makes me proud to know that Moran has a special place in your cabinet! <br><br>
Thanks for your interest, talk to you soon. Best,<br><br>
<h3>D.</h3> <br><br>
<b>p.s.:</b> the project (with the old pics) is also on <a href="https://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/14042" target="_blank">Putty & Paint</a> if you feel like voting :-)Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698786386901203780noreply@blogger.com0