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2012: A Year in Review
Hard to believe it's been a year since I started this blog. And what a year it's been: I painted 132 models, built 3 commissioned game tables, made a new work table, and took on a handful of modeling...
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Wild West Exodus Terrain
Outlaw Miniatures has been putting up some great previews of models and concept art on their website wildwestexodus.com and the Wild West Exodus Facebook page. They'll be launching a Kickstarter...
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WWX Terrain: A Look Inside, Part 1
There are only 16 days until the Wild West Exodus Kickstarter goes live. Definitely looking forward to this game!I'm in the process of adding new pictures of the table and buildings to my terrain...
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WWX Terrain: A look Inside, Part 2
Building ConstructionAfter nailing down the concept art, all of the buildings were blocked out with foam core. You can see that the smaller houses on the outskirts were originally much taller. After...
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Drippy Brushes? Try This!
I've been painting so much terrain recently, I figured I would take a moment to talk about some of the tools I use and a few solutions I've found to make life easier.My painting technique consists of...
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Wrath of Kings Displays
I've been working for the past month or so on a set of small display tables for Cool Mini Or Not'sWrath of Kings game. Many of you will remember the diorama that I made last year. That was a Goritsi...
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Wrath of Kings: Concept to Completion
Creating a piece of terrain is like raising a child– You pour all of your knowledge and love into it and, when it's all grown up, send it off into the world. There's a bit of anxiety and some empty...
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Transporting the Untransportable
Some of GW's new plastic kits (the ones for the Vampire Counts in particular) have been pretty spectacular. The dynamic splendor of the models makes them perfect centerpieces for an army but proves...
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Making Crates
Here's a quick tutorial on how I build crates using a block of foam, with basswood texture glued overtop. The solid construction ensures that the crates don't run the risk of collapsing during...
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Terrain Tutorial: Desert Mesas
Given the time crunch I'm usually under for the terrain commissions, I don't know if I'll get to post another start-to-finish project journal like I did for the Wrath of Kings diorama. The idea of...
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Painting The Desert Mesas
Last week, I showed you how to model desert mesas. This time I'll cover painting and adding vegetation to finish off the terrain.PaintingThe mesas are painted fairly simply using three main colors and...
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Wild West Exodus Demo Tables
The mesas were part of a larger project– one of two 2' x 2' demo tables for Outlaw Miniatures. For the full range of detail shots, check out the Wild West Exodus Terrain gallery. Here are a couple of...
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Iron Kingdoms RPG Conversions (Gobbers)
No Quarter Magazine #47 has been on the shelves for a few weeks, and it features part three in the IK RPG conversion series. This one shows how to convert Warmachine and Hordes models into a variety of...
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Modeling the Terrorgheist's Base: Part 1
Finishing this Terrorgheist is going to be one of my side projects in between freelance and commission work. I'll be focusing on it over the the next few posts, and hopefully I'll have some significant...
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Modeling the Terrorgheist's Base: Part 2
Magnetizing MardukThe rare earth magnets I used are 1/8" diameter by 3/36" thick, the perfect height to fit under a 20mm GW base. I began by drilling into the center of the recess on the Terrorgheist's...
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Modeling the Terrorgheist's Base: Part 3
This project has been moving at a fairly decent pace. As of writing this, the model is sitting on my table, waiting to be painted. This week, I'll go over the final details that were added to finish...
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Terrain Tutorial: Pipes
Here's a quick and easy way to make piping for your buildings, useful whether it's a sci-fi or steampunk setting.What you will need:A selection of styrene rod and tubesHeat gunHobby knifeThin super...
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Necromunda Building
One of the commissions I've been working on is this piece of Necromunda Terrain. The client wanted an open building with a few floors and working lights. I designed it with a landing pad on top, like a...
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Skaven Pirate Ship
The Terrorgheist is primed and waiting patiently, as are all of my other personal projects while I focus on freelance and commission work, none of which can be shown off yet. In the meantime...Someone...
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One of the most frequent questions I'm emailed is how I determine what to charge for terrain projects. So for those readers, and anyone else who's curious, I'll shed some light on the subject:I'm sure...
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