posted by Oli, HonourGuard, silver leaf
Painting Crusade 2011
Two weeks ago, was the Painting Crusade 8 in Brussel and I finally managed to say you some words to that event. I really like the event because you meet many new hobby friends from France, Belgium, Germany and other Countries.. and other friends you know from painting forums or other painting competitions. Every year they manage to ask three Pro's to make the jury and show some of their miniatures there. And you can also catch them for ask some questions and let them give you some tips.. :P
On Saturday evening the organizers managed to make a party at the home of one of them. Very cool and for sure not everybody would let 30 crazy painters in his home :D (Best regards to you at this point)
On Sunday the jury comes to work, it must have been hard, I think there was some really good entries.
Overall it was very funny and I met many friends or new people. I will try to be there next year again :)
Malerwartung Göppingen (interesting for painters near Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
The next Painter meeting in Göppingen is on the next Saturday (Sa.26.02.11)
the adress is: Kirchstraße 11, 73033 Göppingen.
Some friends of me Schiraga and Troll, managed to make this meeting and get a room for it (I hope it's no problem that I post ist here)
So if you live near Göppingen and always wanted to visit a painter meeting this will be the best choice. For more information check out their Blog: http://waaaghoftroll.blogspot.com/
So finally I want to show you some finished stuff, another great sculpt from Automaton.
And a little test display for my Airbrush set, these little guys have a size from 10 and 15mm and are sculpted from Vlad Junger.
Ben, I copied your eye from the ultimate Quentin miniature.
You might ask what a toilet does on a foreign planet, I don't know.. be creative :D
À bientôt Olivier
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I'm not sure why you made the pictures so gigantic, but I really like the Japanese guy. My favorite parts are the purple shadows on the tabard and the blue on the base. Crazy contrasts like that are always fun on fantasy minis.
Hi,
as usual your minis are awesome! Especially the bases are so realistic and always nice to look at.
Due to your japanese mini I would like to know what materials do you use if you want to realize such relief of stones. Is it real stone?
And how do you created the dried out ground on your space base?
I would be very thankful for some information. Keep up your perfect work!
Best regards,
Claas
@David: Thanks :) yea the pictures are really a bit too big, but I think they are good for seeing the rust and the freehand wood texture very good.
@Claas: thanks, Its easy, the ground on the space base, was done with *desert crackle paint*. That is a paste, which breaks in little parts after it is dried. And you get cool results in a very short time. Roman will write an article about this in the next days.
At the fantasy base I started gluing some cork on the wooden socket for getting a general form. After that I did milliput on all of that. After that I pressed parts of shists (stone) in the milliput.
You can cut/break this stone good with a side cutter. And at the end I checked that the outside surfaces are straight.
I hope this helps you a bit ;)
Hi Oli,
Thank you for your explanations. That helps a lot and understanding of how to create such bases becomes clearer! But where can I buy those parts of schists? I am searching for so long but haven't found any store... :( Any tips?
I am looking forward to read Roman's article as well and to see new minis from you also.
Best regards,
Claas
Hi Claas,
I found them in the aquarium area in Hornbach, a building center.
I also use rind for the stone effects very often. I can find that near my home, there is a forest, it often lays on the ground there.
Thank you ;)
regards Oli
Hi Oli,
I have to visit our Hornbach store ASAP and look more precise on the ground while our next sunday walk I guess! ;) Spring should roll in faster...
Thanks again for your help.
Best regards,
Claas