I Hate Painting Yellow
Yellow – the bane of nearly every mini painters existence. I wanted a few panels in yellow as it a great accent color for all the reds and whites across this model. So I started where I always start –…
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The Whale Back on the Bench
So this whale is back on the bench Now it’s down to the details; pick one, knock it out and move on to the next one. Pretty soon I should be done. The metallics took for ever and it’s not…
He’s Big, Mean, and Green! … and not an ork.
Boom! We’ll see how long this lasts 😉 A long time ago in a house about 5 miles away, I started a green project, but of a different kind. It’s a Bride of Frankenstein and The Monster kit that my…
More Blasta Bommer Work – Gunna Get It Dome Someday!
So I’m back in the saddle for a time, we’ll see how long it goes 😉 I’ve actually been working on and off on this monster for about three weeks and the only thing I’ve accomplished has been the metallic…
Round Four: Top 10 Music Finds for 2014
Each year I do this looking back thing regarding my musical exploration/revelations, I anticipate this list to really short. Maybe it’s the compression of time and how well my memory serves me at the end of a collective year, maybe…
Stenciling the Blasta Bommer
So, I’ve been chipping away (hehe) at the paint job on the blasta bommer. I was almost finished with the initial outlining of the metallics when I realized I hadn’t added any larger painting details like the checks or glyphs…
Round Three: Top Ten Music Finds for 2013
2013 was not quite what I expected it to be when I reviewed my audio lists compared to my memories. I spent (what I thought) much of it in study for classes and class prep for classes I was teaching.…
Why Should I Base Metallics? A Tutorial.
Why Base Metallics? That’s a good question! Some may not even know the technique exists but it’s a very easy thing to do to make your metallics “pop” better – and it’s based on science! The stuff in paint that…
Slow Work on Ork Blasta Bomma
Just proving I’m not sittin’ on my haunches this break… Blocking out the metals by going over them with Badab black first – always base your metals with black, there’s a very good and scientific/optical reason why they look better…
Dakkajet Pilots and Blasta Bommer Paint
Wrapped up the pilots for each of my three dakkajets last night, presented here 🙂 And he doesn’t look too bad nestled in the cockpit. Just need to finish the widscreen and base it. In other news, the blasta bomma,…