Reaper has a section on their website that I really like taking a look at from time to time, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in sculpting. Go here to see the latest greens that will be going into production for their various lines. I really like this guy, and I will have to keep and eye out for him on release day.
This was sculpted by Tim Prow. I remember that name from White Dwarf back in the days of yore. It is cool to see that he is still slinging putty.
I went to Gencon again this year, and as I usually do, I had a blast. While I didn’t have any scheduled events, and failed to do most of the demos that I wanted, I still had a great time cruising the convention, meeting people, talking shop (smack), and hanging out with friends who I attend the convention with every year that I go. I was able to try out several of new games this year including Samurai, and Tannhauser, both of which are a lot of fun, and I recommend them highly. Other than some purchases and feelings of painting inadequacy checking out company’s display minis (Privateer Press has some of the most amazing samples of painting skill that I have ever seen), this con was fairly light on miniature related activities for me.
Some of the amazing minis in the Privateer Press display booth.
I played a both frustrating, and fun of Hordes with Felix, my Trollbloods taking on his Circle of Oroboros puppies. The game was very good, and challenging. The only downside was that I was hounded by some awful dice rolling that was a bit of downer. It was good to hang out a lot with both my Chicago crew, as well as my old group from Michigan over the weekend.
Felix trying out Anima Tactics.
I spent the rest of my time helping out at the Gamer Concepts booth slinging t-shirts, which is always an adventure! Sadly I missed the miniature painting competition this year, and wasn’t able to make it to the sculpting gathering to visit with Sandra Garrity and company. I am still in a mode of hyper inspiration that I tend to have after Gencon, and if I can get things squared away with an apartment move at the end of the month, I will try to tap it to get some work done on some of my miniature projects. All in all the time went by way too fast, but it was time well spent.
I’ve posted a working article about a character that I had started working on when I was intending on creating a chaos army for Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Click here to check it out.
I had posted this article online a while ago when the project ground to a halt due to some other events in my life. I have been itching to complete it, and I am going to try to use this blog as an inspiration to do just that. The army project mentioned below is no longer going to happen, but this character is pretty sweet so I will definitely complete him in the future.
I’ve posted an article about my process for painting German DAK vehicles for Flames of War. Click here to check it out. I will be adding more articles to this page as I complete more of this project.
I have been dedicating more time to gaming, miniatures, and sculpting over the last several years after a long break from the hobby. This page will be dedicated to showing some of my painting and sculpting projects as they happen. I have some painting articles that I am looking forward to posting online, including a step by step guide to how I have been painting my Flames of War miniatures, advanced conversion projects, and some thoughts on making terrain for gaming. I have several new projects that will be kicking into gear as well over the next several months that I am looking forward to talking about once I can find the time!
I have been a fan of creating my own little worlds. This hobby is one way of experiencing that I think. I also like sharing that with other people, and while creating things for a game system, you kind of get to add to a collective creation with others. I think thats the main reason why I want to start a blog on what I am doing, to add my part to this collective in a more substatial way. The internet has become a major tool since the time that I first became interested in little metal soldiers, and I have been inspired by, and learned a ton from some amazing articles that other artists have posted. I would like to contribute to that.
Sadly, this meager introduction will have to be it until I get back from Gencon. The con will probably give me a good bit of inspiration to post here more often however. Until then…
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