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Harlequin Solitaire

Aug

7

2020

Here is a Harlequin Solitaire that I got to paint up. I’m always very fond of the freehand patterns I get to use on Harlequins, and the colors create interesting challenges.I’m still hoping that we get to see a Great Harlequin (or Avatar of the Laughing God) next time they get updated.

Dungeons and Dragons Heroes

Aug

3

2020

There are so many terrific miniatures designed to be represent fantasy RPG player characters. It is always interesting when someone sends me groups of characters to paint as individuals.The instructions vary quite a lot, from giving me complete creative freedom to very specific instructions, and I’ve been able to paint them at various quality levels.Here ...

The Wide Range of Wedding Cake Toppers

Jul

23

2020

Every one of the wedding cake toppers that I make are custom designs. In the end, this means that the cake toppers can be as varied as the people for whom I make them.Here are a few of the crazy different ones that I’ve made for very different couples- even if you don’t consider how ...

Arena Rex Miniatures Gallery

Jul

16

2020

When people ask the question “what current game has the best miniatures” it is really hard not to give the title to Arena Rex.The resin miniatures from Red Republic Games have some of the finest sculpting in the industry- both in terms of fine detail and dynamism.Here are some of my past attempts at doing ...

Optimus Prime

Jun

26

2020

This is a neat minis from Wiz Kids of Optimus Prime. I really think a lot of our tabletop miniatures games draw inspiration from some of those old cartoons from the ’80s. But it seems like only recently we’ve started taking the natural step and to gaming with miniatures of those old cartoon heroes (with ...

Chaos Space Marines

Jun

24

2020

Here are a few minis from some of the varies Chaos Space Marine armies that I’ve painted for Warhammer 40,000.I’ve always loved chaos for the variety of themes that they use, which can suggest a lot of great paintjobs and conversions. These are from a Nurgle force that I painted. For these minis, I went ...

Hover Tank

May

19

2020

This is a vehicle that I painted up for Seedy Tea Publishing. I rather liked working with it and within their setting- everything is pretty dirty and damaged, and the bases can have wreckage and detritus spread around.I created this base for the tank using a number of different pieces bits and a little bit ...

Combat Ready Wedding Cake Toppers

May

12

2020

The first wedding cake toppers that I made featured the bride and groom as zombies. But since then, most of my clients prefered to be on the living side of the zombie apocalypse, and eventually they started branching out in genres a little.Here are a few cake toppers that feature brides and grooms that are ...

Happy Star Wars Day!

May

4

2020

It is May the Forth, and we all know that that means!Star Wars Day (yay).This is a repost of a diorama I did a few years ago. One of the best compliments I got on it back then was “Can you please post a pic of this in normal lighting conditions?” (these pictures were taken ...

Keeper of Secrets

Apr

10

2020

The Greater Daemons have always been some of the very best minis that Games Workshop produces.While the other greater demons have mostly gone just scaled up and modernized their look, the Keeper of Secrets has really changed form over the years.I find the current concept to be the best that they’ve made yet by a ...