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Has there been any update on the ceramics situation, weety?

Aye up weets , loving the Goliath Juve and the Stealer hybrid..

as for your ceramics ...
Well for the record i still love my prototype Inq mug its sits on my painting table these days as my paint brush holder and occasional water holder . and I still love it :-)

Looking forward to seeing your work on infinity...

Nothing doing yet on that front - the equipment is in storage and I'm waiting for better circumstances. I'll just have to concentrate on making things that don't require thousand degree heat to finish. Next time I have a studio I'm going to make things from stoneware as this is much more hardwearing (I've had a lot of my mugs chip in the wash). Stoneware needs a 1300C heat and is actually vitrified (turned to stone) by the heat.

I'm trying to make a start on some more models today, another juve and an old imperial agent. Having some trouble with the agent, he appears to have had a base coat of something black and hard that won't come off easy.

Problems with buying an infinity miniature are solved - I went with wayland games in the end because they let you pay by debit instead of bloody paypal. Apparently paypal will only do instant transfer now if you have a credit card. I try and avoid the things. Debt is very bad for peace of mind.

Thanks for the advice weets! It's a struggle but I'll likely throw up a thread and vent my frustration while I try and find a compromise that doesn't make me hate what I'm doing.

I hope you do get your stoneware on, I really liked the mugs you did and would be interested in something like that. I'm looking forward to more minis and eventually seeing your Infinity entry after the competition!

For some reason I failed to look back through your blog when I first found it. So I've just caught up on the 139 pages that I missed out on. So much awesomeness.
Nice to see you develop your painting style from when you started.

I wonder if there's other blogs I've subscribed to and have failed to look through...

Probably - the blog view thing helps!

Thanks yeah I had a very different style when I began. Very bright colours and also I used to take my photos without a lightbox so they tended to be very brightly lit and have odd colour casts to them

More juves in da house. I don't know if it shows but I've been spending a lot of effort on skin tones with these to get their junior weight lifter muscles looking ripply. I thought I would thow in another photo of the previous juve because one photo is never enough.

It does show weety. Your skin techniques have really advanced as of late.

Yeah, really liking your skin tones Weety.

Well I will let you into one of my new ideas - I've been mixing a light grey into my skin washes as this stops the shadows from being to harsh and abrupt. And I have been watering down my flesh paint and applying in layers like you are supposed to instead of slapping it on in spades.

GOOD NEWS! Infinity competition model has arrived today and my holiday starts tomorrow so I've got a whole week. I bet I get artists block and procrastinate. The model is so tiny its got me worried.

I agree, the skin work is clearly brilliant! I really like these juves, you could keep this going for a nice little gothic Goliath gang.

Glad you're getting your Infinity on now. I swear the scale will become addictive too, it's hard to put down those tiny, little details!

Anyone know anything about water effects?


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What I am hoping is that there is some product I can pick up from the local hardware store for cheap?

PVA?

Its a shame I can't do a photo update of my infinity entry - having a lot of fun with the scenic base today. Its all coming together nicely.

I think I'm going to use the vallejo varnish I have kicking about for a water effect - it doesn't need to be deep water so this should be adequate.

The leaves graven send me are fun - but brass is hard to cut! The only thing that will go through it is the stanley knife.

Can't wait to see it, weets!

I use a set of heavy duty flush cutters, although proper jewelery snips work well, too, if that helps?

I wonder what happened to my jewellery snips? I probably put them somewhere safe and now I have no idea where that is.

Anyway - having a lot of fun - its like making a tiny diorama and is good practice for when I do a proper size one - been looking at all the different etched brass you can get - giving me ideas.

This no update thing is killing me, so if you'll excuse me a I will waffle on without pictures for a bit.

The whole competition thing is going well and I was eyeing up the prizes. I like contemplating the infinity voucher - I hadn't really thought of collecting infinity before but presented with the possibility of a free hand I'm beginning to like a few of them.

I have absolutely no idea what I would do with the zariart voucher - there don't seem to be any pics of models on the site and I had never considered wearing airbrushed clothes b4 and I have never even pretended to skateboard.

Of course that's assuming I win something, there's some heavy dudes entering the competition.

The base of my infinity model is totally finished and I am pleased, All my minute plans came together and it is looking verdant. Vallejo Varnish does make good water effects!

The model remains primed and ready - I have put aside the whole of tomorrow if necessary.

There will be pretty colours.

Really looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Sooooooooooooo Much...

It is very nearly done - but of course you will have to wait till monday to see pics. I would have taken more time over it but our local town's pagan festival/carnival starts tomorrow and there is outdoor street drinking to be done. It is traditional to get blind drunk and watch a big procession of giant paper mache objects, last year there was a shark, several pirate ships, a giant and a leopard amongst others. And they close all the streets so you won't get run over. Tens of thousands of hippies will descend from across Cornwall and the police turn a very blind eye to the ensuing fun. I will not be able to hold a brush steady for several days after this.

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It is very nearly done - but of course you will have to wait till monday to see pics.

Mondaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! But that's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages away!

and there is outdoor street drinking to be done.

Go to it Have fun.

It is traditional to get blind drunk

a big procession

And they close all the streets so you won't get run over.

and the police turn a very blind eye to the ensuing fun.

Until someone gets run over by a giant shark...

*evillaugh*
Everyone falls for Infinity eventually!

I'm glad your enjoying this weets! And it's always fun to figure out what you'd do with a prize if you win, like the lottery. Zariart will airbrush pretty much anything he can get paint to stick to so there is a lot of scope, he'll work on canvas too. I imagine most stuff would require some additional funds but I'm sure he can work with the winners to come up with prizes that work within the voucher.

Enjoy your Gala Day type thing and finishing your mini!

Taking photos now with a Fujifilm Finepix HS20 EXR

My other half is such an ass when I use his camera - He pretty much took over halfway through. Its like his baby. Very expensive camera.

Haha, people are so protective of cameras, what do they think is going to happen?

Excitedly waiting for my phone to tell me I have mail...

I have a bit of post production to do yet - also he has gone out to watch the fireworks so I'm getting more pics... Sneaky style.


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That phone should be beeping. I'm off to hit the bottle.

Beep! Awesome work weets, I love it. I won't say anymore until after the judging is over since I'm one of the judges.

Wow this is awesome! Very cool

Well thankyou Color Sgt. Anything in particular or all 150 pages? I find that thread view thing invaluable nowadays.

Returning to the oldschool to try and redeem an old figure, this is an imperial agent from the RT space adventurers range. He suffers slightly from stupid clown shoe syndrome. If I knew what I was doing I might have tried to shave them down to size but I'm afraid of lead poisoning. Something to be aware of when cutting old miniatures.

Here tis

A great tool is to simply glue some sandpaper to a piece of wood or thick plasticard, and then rub the offending pieces (in this case, the bottom of the mini's feet) along the sandpaper. Then, dispose of the sandpaper. You really have to lick up the residue to worry about lead poisoning.

--B.

Ah well I think I can generally avoid licking the table...