Friday, May 29, 2015

Ludwig Scwarshelm

We participated in a 40K Charity Apocalypse game and offered a certificate to be auctioned off to have a single miniature of your choice painted by us. This is the mini for that certificate painted to high tabletop standard.

Ludwig Scwarshelm from Warhammer Fantasy








Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Adepticon/Crystal Brush 2015

A bit late posting my exciting results from my first Adepticon convention to participate in the Crystal Brush painting competition. I entered several pieces that were all uncharted territory for me. Everything from making bases from scratch, to attempting water effects. Overall I am very pleased with the results. Most proud of winning Gold Manufacturers Award from Dark Age for my single figure entry called "Crimson Mother". Here are a few shots of my entries.

First is Ashan-tyr by Rackham. This piece was a total experiment in basing for me and I learned so much. The aluminium foil bricks seem to capture the ancient rustic ruin effect I was going for. Next time I may either place a larger figure on this size base or try to make it a bit smaller. I can't wait to try it again soon. I've put together a little basing tutorial that is up on the WGC at: http://www.wgconsortium.com/index.cfm/stories/view/1194/creating_rustic_bricks_from_aluminum_foil/

 Go check it out and let me know what you think. :)






























 Here is another entry which is my tribute to M*A*S*H named "Goodbye Ferret Face". Base was completely scratch-built :)
28mm Heroric scale by Kromlech

This is the link on the Crystal Brush site: http://crystalbrush.coolminiornot.com/cbartwork/index/id/812




My first Crystal Brush award-Gold in Dark Age                   named "Crimson Mother"



















Las Vegas Open and the Draconic Awards

Back in February I attended a great gaming convention and participated in the first year to offer support for the hobby side of wargaming. The WGC organized hobby classes and a painting contest as part of the Draconic Awards where I was awarded Best in Catagory for Diorama. This is a great convention that is growing leaps and bounds. Well worth attending if you are into wargaming or just want to take some great hobby classes. Plus, its Vegas baby!
Heres a link to the Draconic Awards Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/draconicawards

Here are a few minis I took along for LVO in my new Tablewar case . Several were just for show since they had been previously entered into other contest.

Here is my winning entry "Slice and Dice" along side the gorgeous resin trophies from the Draconic Awards. :-D

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Orc Raid Diorama

A bit of exciting news for me. I wish I could have gotten to spend more time at ReaperCon this past weekend but I'm grateful to have had the chance to enter the painting competition and bring home 3 golds. In open category for "Goodbye Ferret Face" by Kromlech.eu, in painters category for "Crimson Mother" by Dark Age and in diorama for "Orc Raid" by Fire and Ice Miniatures
Included are some WIP pictures as well.