Showcase: Snake Mystic, Spirit Warrior, and More!
I'm showing off another batch of Freeblades minis this week, and is it ever an A-Team of mixed talent. The group of four includes a summoned bandit Spirit Warrior, bandit Thug, Urdaggar Snake Mystic,...
View ArticleShowcase: Questing Knight of Barek Conversion and Falkaaran Witchcat
I've got two cool minis to show to you this week. One of them I'm especially excited for because it's a conversion done for an unreleased model, the Questing Knight of Barek.Questing Knight of...
View ArticlePaint Your Minis for Dirt Cheap! (at least what I consider dirt cheap)
Hobby-gaming is time consuming stuff. You have to put models together, construct their bases, clean mold lines, fill gaps and defects, prime, paint, wash, paint... Great hobby is an investment, and...
View ArticlePaints with Attitude (and something unexpected)
KantCon is only one more week away! This is an event that is near and dear to me for a couple of reasons. First, it's local. Some of the best events in hobby are miles away, and between travel...
View ArticleLive from KantCon 2013 (no really we're live, right now)
As of 8am this morning KantCon 2013 has been underway! The gaming and hobby goodness continues until 11pm tonight at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Overland Park, KS just off of I-35 and 95th street. So...
View ArticlePeople You Ought to Meet and the Games and Art They Create
KantCon 2013 is a week behind us, but I want to take one last look back at what I believe really made the convention special. For me, it was the vendors, local artists and visionaries with passion for...
View ArticleBandit Job Posting: Those Who Wish to Keep Their Left Eye Need Not Apply
Raiding and pillaging is hard work, and those who are on the front lines take the brunt of the abuse. Throughout the ages an army's expendables have gone by a plethora of names: cannon-fodder, grunt,...
View ArticleThe Glue that Holds it all Together
In most peoples' hobby kits there's knives, files, green stuff, paint, brushes, pliers... but one of the most important hobby "tools" that I can't find in my tackle box, and one which I use every...
View ArticleShowcase: Falkaaran Adventurers
It's new release Tuesday! The Falkaaran adventurers have surpassed their Kickstarter goal, hit a stretch goal, and are on their way out to backers and retail stores! I just finished painting the...
View ArticleMy 2013 GenCon Miniature Painting Competition Entries
This month has been a blur; late nights working on projects getting them ready for GenCon, and then an eight hour trip to Indianapolis and the hobby gaming nirvanna that followed. It was awesome, and...
View ArticleAttack of the Owlbears!
GenCon 2013 has come and gone and now it's time to get back to the commissions waiting on my desk. I've got a wait list until mid-September, so I've got a lot of great projects to show you in the...
View ArticleShowcase: Pathfinder Elf Pyromancer
I'm back this week to show you a quick five-hour paint done for one of my role-playing clients. This is a Pathfinder Elf Pyromancer with requested lava basing and flamekin familiar.The basing is a...
View ArticleWhat's on My Desk: Fimir "Counts-As" Conversions
I'm back this week with a look at a work-in-progress commission for a returning customer Michael P. Michael has come to rely on my modeling skills to add a special twist to his models, and this time...
View ArticleUpdate: Fimir Helmet and Tail Conversions
We're back with an update to last week's project, converting helmets and bladed tails onto Forgeworld Fimir. Last time, the helmets were finished, but there was still work to be done on their...
View ArticleWhat's on My Desk: A New Airbrush Studio
I've finally had time to put aside the sculpting tools and get out my new airbrush! At this year's GenCon I purchased a Sotar, Partriot, Badger tank/compressor, and full line of paints for under $450....
View ArticleShowcase: Abaddon the Despoiler
One of the most feared denizens of the Eye of Terror has emerged this week for a brand new paint job! This was a 15-hour piece commissioned by Dave the "Aegman" for his chaos army. Dave wanted a...
View ArticleWhat's on My Desk: Dragon Chariot Base!
I've got an exciting project on my desk this week, a custom sculpted dragon base! The client who commissioned this piece requested a 50mm x 100mm chariot base that featured a dragon's nest with a few...
View ArticleShowcase: Sorcerer of Tzeentch
I'm wrapping up a conversion project this week and it's not quite ready for pictures just yet. I'm excited to show you the completed project using Darklands Miniatures next week! Until then, let's...
View ArticleElder Horrors for the Warhammer Universe
There's the faintest foul hint on the fell north wind. A thrum, a pulse, the suggestion of alien voices chanting in unison. The strangeness of the sound is abhorrent, but in it lies a truth begetting...
View ArticleShowcase: X-Wing Miniatures, Millennium Falcon and Slave 1 Alters
This week I have something a little different than what I usually show off here on the blog, X-Wing minis! The X-Wing miniatures game has taken a lot of game stores by storm, its popularity due to its...
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