Hey guys,

it took me long, but finally I was able to finish the Undead King. I´m very happy to have him off the table... time to get into new projects and hopefully I´ll find more time to oaint in the next weeks :-)

So, without a lot of words:



If you like him, feel free to vote: CLICK ME!


The next project is already on the way. The beautiful Medusa. I already invested a few hour here, but I see a lot more to come... The choice of colour is quite unusual for me, but I like the idea where it´s going to :-)







Best regards,
Peter

RJD2 - Smoke and Mirrors from - on Vimeo.

Hello,

during painting class after painting class I am also able to work on some demonettes from GW for explanations during the clas. I am collecting them, even they are not finished yet. I just glue them to a plinth, even they are incomplete, but the latest experience showed me that this is a good thing for the students during the class to check back for light situation or see what colour they might use and which colour fits to their bases. Welcome da eight ladies (one is beheaded):


Time to start a new plinth, isn't it?

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Another spotlight I want to point out is the recent Indigogo-Campaign from our friends on Wonderlands Projects. Seven days are left to that one and the figure is definatly pretty unique: A shark warrior! How cool is that?



As the campaign is running to its end there are already first sculpting photos available. The Great White one grows from putty. So this is your chance to get a copy of this one and not only the shark. The campaign also offers options to get hold of every sculpt available on Wonderlands Project, like Sgt. Corwinn or Archdemon Barbatos to just name some of my favourites ones from the team.


                                                                                         Copyright by Wonderlands Project

Well, you can make the difference and help that project to be realised - here is the link again to the Indigogo Campaign. Let's make it happen!



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And it is Article voting time again.
I told you of the "year of the painter" on MV where there are more painting articles to come. You decide the next one up to the blog again via comment. Choose wisely and see the voting end on Monday after my next painting class. One week to vote on this one! Would you like to see ...

My thoughts and progress behind some Zombicide Figures ...




or ...
A step by step article through the journey I made while finishing the Arkvenger from Pegaso Models, back in 2011 ...
                                                                                                                   For Arkvenger vote "Arkvenger" in the comments!












Please don't vote for "Arkvenger Zombies"! Your turn!

Keep on happy painting!
Best Wishes
Roman

Hidiho,

many people are still asking us where they can get our Figure-Art Artbook as they missed our 2012's Indigogo Campaign or would like to have an additional book. Here comes the answer.



A limited number of books is still left for sale and we did sent many to some distributors in Germany and France so far. Now follows a list of the resellers that got the book in stock. You choose your destination and I am sure in each of the stores you are able not only to get this community-praised Artbook, but even more material for your hobby joy.

Get your copy of the Figure-Art Artbook at:

PK-Pro (Germany, ships worldwide)

Frank-Miniatures (Germany, ships worldwide)

Battlefield-Berlin (Germany, ships worldwide)

Minisocles (France, ships worldwide)

Cool Mini or Not (USA, ships worldwide)



If you are a distibutor too and want to get some copies of the book to sell in your store please contact: "jarhead---at---massivevoodoo---dot---com" for further information.

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Oppinions: 

"Received my book today. I just chime in saying you’ve done a tremendous work. Thank you."

Peter Fulop

"Got mine yesterday (Poland). Fantastic work, the artbook is filled with wonderful pictures of your fantastic works, it looks very professional and what’s more, it feels very personal with your descriptions of the works presented in it. Congratulations again and keep up the great work your’re doing, thanks to people like you this hobby is becoming more popular and makes more people happy." Wojciech Tekielski

"Hands down the best damn art book I own period. You will thumb through this for hours. If you read the Massive Voodoo blog almost everyday, as I do, and do not have a copy of this gorgeous tome, you are denying yourself a real treat. Many of you are thinking "I can see the images on the blog, or I can see them on another website..." Clear your mind of this nonsense. If you study the pages in this book, which are beautiful - you will learn something new about art, miniatures, color, light, Roman, Raffa, or maybe more about yourself (I cannot guaranty the last one). If you do not buy one now, fine, maybe I will sell you mine for $500 on ebay when they are all gone. (Ha ha) Seriously, order one before they're gone." Trevor Thomas
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Reviews:



Review on PinsofWar
Review on Independet Painters
Review on WildChevy Designs
Review on MR Lee's Painting Emporium
Review on Filou's blog - Book of the Week
Review on Alea Iacta est
Review on Dampf's Modelling Page

You already own one of our Figure-Art Artbooks?
Let us know your oppinion of it via comment or link up your review!

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Content describtion:

In this book, Raffaele Picca and Roman Lappat showcase a selection of 144 figure projects covering a wide variety of themes . Ranging from wild, fantasy creatures and detailed dioramas to captivating busts and dark science fiction scenes, all kinds of fantastic ideas are captured in a small scale. Come with us on a journey to places where only an imagination can take you...

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Goooood day to everyone!

For some time now, as you may know, we have a trainee in our studio, the charming and talented Sanne. At least once a week (usually on tuesday) she is with us in the studio and she works on her figure projects. Her first project was painting a zombie figure and her second project was sculpting a bust. She is very accurate when doing stuff and really tries to do her best to learn and improve.

As we really want to show her as many facettes of the industry and the hobby we decided to take her bust sculpting project a bit further.


So what is the usual process of a sculpt when you don't do it just for yourself or as a hobby?

She finished sculpting the bust a while ago and I showed her how to prepare it for casting.
Next step is sending it to a caster (we won't do this ourselfes as we want high quality casts) who does a specific number of casts. The casts get sent back to us and we need to find a painter for the promotional paintjob (shouldn't be a big deal ;-) and then you could theoretically advertise and sell the bust.

So, as she doesn't own a "real" company (by now) we will do a little experiment.

But before writing the next senteces I want to show you some photos I took of the bust:




So, this is Jason! Yes, I know.... a very unusual bust, not the typical fantasy barbarian chick with big breasts and tiny armor.... but I think it is something very interesting to paint and it's for sure pretty well sculpted!

So, the experiment is that we will ask here on the blog who is interested in a "preorder" of this bust so casting will be "self payed" and Sanne can have a resin copy to really see the whole progress of such a project.

TL;DR
You can preorder this bust (size is around 4cm width, 5cm height so he's pretty big) for the price of just 12 € + shipping (2,40 € Germany / 3,45 € international).

If you want to preorder, write a mail to:
PICSTER (at) MASSIVEVOODOO (dot) COM
with the subject "JASON preorder" including your adress and PayPal adress.

The preorder time window will be two weeks from now... you can order until the 23-february-2014
Whe will notify all people who preordered at the end of the time window with information about the delivery date and will send out invoices for payment.

If you have any further questions, feel free to put them in the comment section of this post!

I hope you take part in this little experiment and show Sanne that not only typical big titted fantasy girl busts can have a little success ;)

Best wishes,
Raffa

Hey everyone,

ok, so the post title may confuse you, but I tell you everything will be fine in the end :)

Some days ago, Roman and I started playing a "new" game. It's called DayZ and it's a zombie survival game on the PC. It's very hard to describe this game. It's about zombies, survival, finding gear, food and water, more survival, hiking through vast landscapes, searching cities for supplied, fighting more zombies, watching out for other people and so on and so on.
Even when not very much happens in this game sometimes, it's always thrilling!

So... this gave me a lot of inspiration and so I just had to do a little project to somehow process this.

I also, for the first time, did a complete project, including the base, with non-metallic-metal, a technique that many know, the project was painted without using metallic colors. I am not a really big fan of this technique, but mainly because most people use it in a very comic-like way that I personally don't like so much. I tried to step out of my comfort zone and use it in a way that I personally imagine as nmm.

I really hope you like it!


Let me know what you think of the project, really interested if you like this nmm style.

The figure is sold by Statuesque Miniatures, it has been slightly converted with a AK-47 to give it a bit more realistic touch.

Best wishes,
Raffa