Dear ladies and gentlemen,
there is a new ape in the jungle: Erik, aka "Archer".
As you all know, the MassiveVoodoo blog is some kind of a chilled living room for a group of close friends, who share painting miniatures as a common passion. Erik was already a good friend for some years now and as he moved to Augsburg and found a seat in the MV studio we invited him to join us here on MV some weeks ago.
As we are all very busy with our daily life, it took some time to find the proper words for this moment, but now we want to give him the opportunity to introduce himself and music:
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Speed: Depends again on my mood and the project from slow to rather quick everthing is possible.
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Some years ago attending my first workshop with Roman and Raffa.
there is a new ape in the jungle: Erik, aka "Archer".
As you all know, the MassiveVoodoo blog is some kind of a chilled living room for a group of close friends, who share painting miniatures as a common passion. Erik was already a good friend for some years now and as he moved to Augsburg and found a seat in the MV studio we invited him to join us here on MV some weeks ago.
As we are all very busy with our daily life, it took some time to find the proper words for this moment, but now we want to give him the opportunity to introduce himself and music:
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Name:
Erik Lux
Nickname:
Archer
Job:
IT Specialist since 2005
Years
of Painting: uuh...not easy
to say, I started 1997 and took long break after 1999. I started
again 2004 with another break between 2008 and 2010, but since 2010
I'm painting constandly, so its almost 12 years of painting over the
years.
Media:
Mostly
acrylics, but I always like to give new things a try.
Brushes:
Winsor & Newton Series 7, Raphael Series 8402
Airbrush:
Yes, I use i for a lot of
different tasks. Sometimes it just depends on my mood.
Miniatures:
Fantasy, SciFi, Historical scales between 28mm and 75 mm, busts in
different sizes and somtimes also scale models.
Speed: Depends again on my mood and the project from slow to rather quick everthing is possible.
Average
Painting Hours per day:
I try to paint as much as my work and life allows me to do.
Sculpting:
Rarely, I just started to sculpt whole miniatures and busts and I'm
still on a beginners level.
Favorite
Painters and Sculptors:
There are so my people how are an inspiration, I can't count them,
even a beginner can kick you into a new direction for future
projects. Never underestimate a new mind.
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Cheers,
my name
is Erik.
Me and Akira who will always be in good memory.
Since
2015 I live in the wonderfull city of Augsburg, Germany, but I was
born and raised in a small region of Germany called, Saarland. A
really nice place to live, with a strange kind of german language.
Or more explanation if need be: DE Saarländer.
Or more explanation if need be: DE Saarländer.
I
started long time ago as a tabletop player, like probably most of the
people in this wonderfull community. In this time, the Internet just
was a almost undiscovered land (Yes I'm a bit older guy) and you had
to wait minutes to load a small page. The community was mostly a
locale one and it wasn't easy to find people to play or paint.
After a
Games Day visit, I wanted to paint such beautifull miniatures too and
here my painting voyage has realy begun.
I
started to learn more about colors, techniques, basing, sculpting and
lot more. I searched for people, who have the same passion as me
(much easier with this big and fast Internet). Well, I found „DasBemalforum“ and met some great, talented and crazy people.
Some years ago attending my first workshop with Roman and Raffa.
I
learned a lot, but I wanted more.
I visited some Workshops with Christian „Bestienmeister“ Reckerth, Ben „White Rabbit“ Komets and last but not least Roman and Raffa from Massive Voodoo. All this people showed me not only simply to paint a miniature.
I visited some Workshops with Christian „Bestienmeister“ Reckerth, Ben „White Rabbit“ Komets and last but not least Roman and Raffa from Massive Voodoo. All this people showed me not only simply to paint a miniature.
They
showed me, to create and bringing small storys with this
miniatures to life, coming from my heart, made with love and passion.
Erik & Raffa
I love
it to start a new project, or just build a base with no special
intention to finish it, just to let my creativity a way to become
alive. My cabinet is full with WIP's that probably never will be
finished. But from time to time I see one of this forgotten ones and
I with a new notion in mind, I finish it like a paint maniac.
Meanwhile,
I have found a good way to bring my kind of creativity to a useful
purpose. Well actually Roman found that purpose. Roman is a truly
paint maniac, but he doesn't like to do the preparation stuff all the time, so I
once in a while assamble a lot of his miniature he wants to paint and we both can do
wath we realy love.Of course I get something in return and this is not only Roman's bro love :)
That's
why Roman sometimes calls me „Master of Zammenbauen“!
(Master of Preparations!)
A base I one day have to finish with a miniature or Roman is getting angry with me:
I'm so happy to join the Massive Voodoo crew,
where I found more than just people who are painting miniatures, they are friends and brothers in mind.
(Master of Preparations!)
The Stare.
A base I one day have to finish with a miniature or Roman is getting angry with me:
I'm so happy to join the Massive Voodoo crew,
where I found more than just people who are painting miniatures, they are friends and brothers in mind.
Some of my work:
Hey jungle readers,
today it is time for another review on MV.
- if you are interested in getting to know more products we regularly use, check the overview on the Miniatures/Material Unpacked, in short MU.
Today Peter will look closer on a bust called "The Hermit".
The Hermit we are looking at is by Mr Lee's Minis and distributed directly via mrleesminis[at]gmail.com and soon via BrokenToad.
Some details:
- sculptor: Olivier Bouchet
- parts: 6
- height: 70mm (90mm with the coat)
- price: 25,00 GBP
The Hermit arrived in a small box and it was quite surprising to find so many big parts in it. Interesting point: if you want to put the parts back into the box, make sure to first remember their right positions. It will help a lot :-)
Let´s see what we find inside:
The kit consists of six parts:
- 1 head
- 2 horns
- 1 body
- 1 arm
- 1 medallion (--> chain between middle and ring finger)
Let´s have closer look:
The head is very detailed and has some kind of evil/crazy/amused looking face. The small beard and the third eye on the forehead are supporting the devilish appearance of the Hermit. With some colors you should be able to create an interesting focal point.
The body is quite simple. Not too much details, which makes it very comfortable for beginners to paint the bust, but still leaves a lot of space for freehands if you are an advanced painter. As you can see on the pictures, the casting quality is nice and there are only a few mold lines which you should remove before assembling the parts.
The arm is the third large part in the kit and it has some cool small details: a chain wandering around the hand, well-sculpted fingers and tiny lines of the hand. There could have been more details on the bracer, but this is only a minor point of critic.
After assembling (I forgot the medallion, which is the be placed between middle and ring finger), the bust shows its unique potential: an unnatural, skinny half-demon, which keeps a lot of secrets for himself, but is still looking for more of them. The only point which left some questions is the right position of the arm, but this leaves space for interpretations and new possibilites :-)
Summary:
The Hermit bust is a nice bust for beginners and advanced painters. The cast is good and the parts fit quite nice, but you will have to use Miliput in some places to cover appearing gaps: Filling gaps with Miliput.
Summarized: nicely done!
Cheers,
Peter
PS: Next review will now definatly start with a gift wrap.
Stay tuned!
Aloa Voodoo People,
this week's tutorial voting results look like this - winner was kinda obvious:
THIS IS SPARDDA!!
Thanks for voting.
Roman will now take care of the article.
Important notice:
This week Roman is heading out to his painting class in Sweden with 17 confirmed students and also adds some days of vacation time with his MV bro Peter to this trip. From early August on Roman is doing blogging-holiday. Estimated time to be back is end of August or early September as soon as he returns home from the NOVA OPEN 2016.
If you want to follow track of Roman's trip to Sweden, check this:
https://www.facebook.com/romanlappatpaintedminiatureart/
https://www.instagram.com/roman_lappat/
If you want to keep track with an overview on what has happened so far in MV's year of the painter 2
please check this link!
_______________________________________________________________________________
You want to support Massive Voodoo?
If you like to support or say thanks the monkeys of Massive Voodoo in what they do, please feel invited to drop a jungle donation in their direction via paypal or check their miniatures they got on sale here.
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Mkay.
Sparta.
This is a step by step concerning Roman's ideas and thoughts behind painting this bust.
The piece is a comission work and while writing these lines the project is not finished to 100% as Roman is still waiting on a small piece that is one the road due production lines.
You all might know that Roman is a big fan of the ancient world.
He likes to read ancient fantasy/historical novels and is always drawn back to this time period.
COMISSION?
Yes, Roman was approached with these kind words:
"I have had the great pleasure of researching artists in your arena for a particular "bust" project I would like to initiate. Your attention to detail and "eye" for the "warrior ethos" is best exemplified by your rendition of "Roman Legionarius 1st Century AD" in my opinion. That said I'm seeking your expertise to create a unique version of Pegaso's 1/9 Spartan Warrior Bust."
Well, just the right timing for it.
Roman these days was playing a full campaign of the computer game Rome II - Total War. A special campaign concerning the time after the Persian Invasions, Athens is big, Sparta is small and all Greece is some kind of madhouse. Roman played this campaign with Sparta and it was these days when the question for this comission dropped in:
Some game inspiration ...
The comission was easily accepted.
These days Roman is pretty full with work and is not able to accept every comission. This one was calling out to him. Just the right time for it.
To make the bust by Pegaso unique the comissioner asked for this:
"The primary colors in the "box art" are acceptable, but I would like to incorporate a partial Aspis (Shield), with the appropriate battle wear. And to complicate the bust a partial spear or sword hilt of a "Kopis". If I have made this project over complicated please advise. Again I've selected you because of your incredible skill creating a bust that depicts the man in the arena and not on "parade". Please advise if you would be willing to undertake the project, and the rest is details that we can work out."
The bust got ordered and as soon as it arrived Roman's mind was racing. Scale. Check.
Basic colors were applied. Basic plan made.
The face was painted without the helmet first, but well after the helmet was applied it somehow got lost. Roman was quite happy that the most important facial areas of the character were still in good view.
Such a powerful character.
Of course Roman was using inspirational resources.
Due several chats with his customer he knew where the direction should aim. Funny thing was that both had the same thing in mind already.
Both these examples Roman printed for his workbench are artwork from Total War. They both were very inspiring concerning metals and color choices.
Roman had a lot of fun playing color games with these metals. Here are the colors he used for his plays: Black, Necro Gold, Army Painter Wash (Soft Tone), Emerald Alchemy, Peridot Alchemy, Silver.
While the bust recieved more and more work on details Roman again had the funny and very inovative idea of holding a lid lighter to the model without burning it. A photo was taken.
Roman and his customer agreed not to do this,
but still were up for some minor changes. The helmets crest work did completly change to black and red while the checks in the crest were removed for another plan.
Roman played with the different varities of the metals by using a little more of this metal color here and a little less of this here. Playing. Let it dance.
In the meantime the shield in the right scale arrived. Roman comissioned Raffaele Picca for doing the shield and the kopsis part. Raffa's sculpting skills are awesome and Roman appreciated the help very much. The shield looked damn cool.
Roman decided to finish off the bust now. Still a good amount of work to do until his vision of this bust is in the paintjob.
Blood and Details.
SHHIIEEELLLDDSSS UP!!
The bust was finished with more and more contrast work and details to a final stage. It is not the final stage yet. Why? Well, the shield arrived, but the Kopsis is taking longer than expected from the 3D printer's and Roman decided to both together.
As soon as the kopsis and shield are done Roman will update you on this project. Plan is to have both pieces at hand and then paint them together to make them fit properly to the bust.
So well, why writing such a step by step?
About a comission? About a project not completly finished yet?
In fact this article is about two main aspects:
- Try to paint projects that call out for you. If you hear an inner voice saying "paint me" than this is a good sign. Listen to it and follow it. You will enjoy the project. If not, you can make yourself a hard time by pushing through a project you have no vision of. Be inspired and choose your projects by your inspiration.
- Do not worry about changing painting plans like with the crest. A complete color change happened, but it did not scare Roman. Just do it. No need to worry. All cool.
Keep on happy painting!
_______________________________________________________________________________
You want to support Massive Voodoo?
If you like to support or say thanks the monkeys of Massive Voodoo in what they do, please feel invited to drop a jungle donation in their direction via paypal or check their miniatures they got on sale here.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Important notice:
This week Roman is heading out to his painting class in Sweden with 17 confirmed students and also adds some days of vacation time with his MV bro Peter to this trip. From early August on Roman is doing blogging-holiday. Estimated time to be back is end of August or early September as soon as he returns home from the NOVA OPEN 2016.
If you want to follow track of Roman's trip to Sweden, check this:
https://www.facebook.com/romanlappatpaintedminiatureart/
https://www.instagram.com/roman_lappat/
this week's tutorial voting results look like this - winner was kinda obvious:
THIS IS SPARDDA!!
Thanks for voting.
Roman will now take care of the article.
Important notice:
This week Roman is heading out to his painting class in Sweden with 17 confirmed students and also adds some days of vacation time with his MV bro Peter to this trip. From early August on Roman is doing blogging-holiday. Estimated time to be back is end of August or early September as soon as he returns home from the NOVA OPEN 2016.
If you want to follow track of Roman's trip to Sweden, check this:
https://www.facebook.com/romanlappatpaintedminiatureart/
https://www.instagram.com/roman_lappat/
If you want to keep track with an overview on what has happened so far in MV's year of the painter 2
please check this link!
_______________________________________________________________________________
You want to support Massive Voodoo?
If you like to support or say thanks the monkeys of Massive Voodoo in what they do, please feel invited to drop a jungle donation in their direction via paypal or check their miniatures they got on sale here.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Mkay.
Sparta.
This is a step by step concerning Roman's ideas and thoughts behind painting this bust.
The piece is a comission work and while writing these lines the project is not finished to 100% as Roman is still waiting on a small piece that is one the road due production lines.
You all might know that Roman is a big fan of the ancient world.
He likes to read ancient fantasy/historical novels and is always drawn back to this time period.
COMISSION?
Yes, Roman was approached with these kind words:
"I have had the great pleasure of researching artists in your arena for a particular "bust" project I would like to initiate. Your attention to detail and "eye" for the "warrior ethos" is best exemplified by your rendition of "Roman Legionarius 1st Century AD" in my opinion. That said I'm seeking your expertise to create a unique version of Pegaso's 1/9 Spartan Warrior Bust."
Well, just the right timing for it.
Roman these days was playing a full campaign of the computer game Rome II - Total War. A special campaign concerning the time after the Persian Invasions, Athens is big, Sparta is small and all Greece is some kind of madhouse. Roman played this campaign with Sparta and it was these days when the question for this comission dropped in:
Some game inspiration ...
The comission was easily accepted.
These days Roman is pretty full with work and is not able to accept every comission. This one was calling out to him. Just the right time for it.
To make the bust by Pegaso unique the comissioner asked for this:
"The primary colors in the "box art" are acceptable, but I would like to incorporate a partial Aspis (Shield), with the appropriate battle wear. And to complicate the bust a partial spear or sword hilt of a "Kopis". If I have made this project over complicated please advise. Again I've selected you because of your incredible skill creating a bust that depicts the man in the arena and not on "parade". Please advise if you would be willing to undertake the project, and the rest is details that we can work out."
The bust got ordered and as soon as it arrived Roman's mind was racing. Scale. Check.
Plinth. Check. Preps. Check.
Basic colors were applied. Basic plan made.
The face was painted without the helmet first, but well after the helmet was applied it somehow got lost. Roman was quite happy that the most important facial areas of the character were still in good view.
Basic colors all around.
Such a powerful character.
Of course Roman was using inspirational resources.
Due several chats with his customer he knew where the direction should aim. Funny thing was that both had the same thing in mind already.
Both these examples Roman printed for his workbench are artwork from Total War. They both were very inspiring concerning metals and color choices.
Roman had a lot of fun playing color games with these metals. Here are the colors he used for his plays: Black, Necro Gold, Army Painter Wash (Soft Tone), Emerald Alchemy, Peridot Alchemy, Silver.
While the bust recieved more and more work on details Roman again had the funny and very inovative idea of holding a lid lighter to the model without burning it. A photo was taken.
Roman and his customer agreed not to do this,
but still were up for some minor changes. The helmets crest work did completly change to black and red while the checks in the crest were removed for another plan.
In the meantime the shield in the right scale arrived. Roman comissioned Raffaele Picca for doing the shield and the kopsis part. Raffa's sculpting skills are awesome and Roman appreciated the help very much. The shield looked damn cool.
Scale. Check.
Shield. Check.
Roman decided to finish off the bust now. Still a good amount of work to do until his vision of this bust is in the paintjob.
Blood and Details.
Now the shield was held in place and wow! So, so impressive.
SHHIIEEELLLDDSSS UP!!
The bust was finished with more and more contrast work and details to a final stage. It is not the final stage yet. Why? Well, the shield arrived, but the Kopsis is taking longer than expected from the 3D printer's and Roman decided to both together.
As soon as the kopsis and shield are done Roman will update you on this project. Plan is to have both pieces at hand and then paint them together to make them fit properly to the bust.
So well, why writing such a step by step?
About a comission? About a project not completly finished yet?
In fact this article is about two main aspects:
- Try to paint projects that call out for you. If you hear an inner voice saying "paint me" than this is a good sign. Listen to it and follow it. You will enjoy the project. If not, you can make yourself a hard time by pushing through a project you have no vision of. Be inspired and choose your projects by your inspiration.
- Do not worry about changing painting plans like with the crest. A complete color change happened, but it did not scare Roman. Just do it. No need to worry. All cool.
Keep on happy painting!
_______________________________________________________________________________
You want to support Massive Voodoo?
If you like to support or say thanks the monkeys of Massive Voodoo in what they do, please feel invited to drop a jungle donation in their direction via paypal or check their miniatures they got on sale here.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Important notice:
This week Roman is heading out to his painting class in Sweden with 17 confirmed students and also adds some days of vacation time with his MV bro Peter to this trip. From early August on Roman is doing blogging-holiday. Estimated time to be back is end of August or early September as soon as he returns home from the NOVA OPEN 2016.
If you want to follow track of Roman's trip to Sweden, check this:
https://www.facebook.com/romanlappatpaintedminiatureart/
https://www.instagram.com/roman_lappat/
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