Thursday, December 10, 2009
A Guard Hellhound a la Dave Taylor
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
It's a Dwarf Bear Rider! Part 2

In my post about an old Grenadier Dwarf Bear rider, I was mentioning that an unknown company had bought the ancient molds and then forgot about them. Well, I was wrong! One of our readers, Andrew Szigeti, found the newly recast models on an Italian website called Mirliton Miniatures, click here for that link.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Space Wolf Fenris Wolf Riders from MaxMini


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Sunday, December 6, 2009
It's a Dwarf Bear Rider!

Having become slightly exhausted by the painting work on the Manticore and the Valkyrie, I decided to paint a Dwarf. John passed me a few ancient models from his collection: Dwarf Bear Riders, cast in 1990 by a company called Grenadier.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Simple Vostroyan Rough Rider, Finished
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Simple Vostroyan Rough Rider
I recently got a good deal on a nice Vostroyan force and I thought the ancient look of these miniatures would lend themselves well to cavalry.

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Friday, November 27, 2009
The Bishkek 2nd Valkyrie: Part 6: I am done with this!

Just letting you know right away: I am done with working on large models like the Valk for a while. With the Manticore and the Valkyrie I have had great fun and I have learned a lot, especially using the ForgeWorld modeling book. But in order to be a great modeler, you have to have lots of stamina, stick with it, do the best all the time, the whole way and never letting your guard down. And in that I failed. I had the same with the Manticore, in the end I just finished it as quickly as I could. Same thing happened this time. I worked so hard on the camo and the weathering and when that was done, I kind of wanted to stop. I didn't but now the end result feels like a letdown. Don't want to make anyone sad, but you all know what I am talking about, the fatigue that the likes of Dave Taylor don't seem to suffer from.
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Labels: Bishkek 2nd, Dragon Forge, forgeworld modeling book, Imperial Guard, modeling tips, Valkyrie
Monday, November 23, 2009
Finished Maxmini Giant Wolf Mount!
We have been following the progress of these giant wolves from our friends at MaxMini, and here are the photos of the finished product.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
The Bishkek 2nd Valkyrie, Part 5: finishing the engines

OK, I am finally done with the engines. After the gloss coat I grabbed a palette and started using the oil paints, just like in the Forgeworld Modeling Book. I filled one spot with a mix of Black and Burnt Umber, the other Burnt Sienna. The browns and the oranges work well separate or together and with a little spirit I started working the wear on the engines. When I was done, I overcoated with Testors Dull Coat.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
MaxMini Wolf Mounts Photos!
Well The folks at MaxMini are wasting no time on the giant wolf. We had lots of interest after or rumor confirmation post, and here are the first photos.
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