Showing posts with label painted miniatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painted miniatures. Show all posts

Thursday, September 24, 2015

So much armor...

Today marked an important day in any commission, the day you ship it back to the client.  This commission was a big one to be sure.  Thirty-nine 28mm vehicles and two guns for use in Bolt Action.  It took quite some time to complete due to a relocation across the country but it is all done.  Over the next few posts I will be going over the various parts of this commission, showing off the completed miniatures.  These posts will indeed be image intensive. 

Let's start off with the American forces that were part of this commission.  'MERICA!

LVT-4 Buffalo (Warlord)

LVT-4 Buffalo (Warlord)

M16 AA Halftrack (Warlord)

M26 Pershing (Warlord)

M3 Lee (Warlord)

M4A3 Sherman 105mm (Rubicon)

M4 Sherman (Warlord Plastic)

M4 Sherman (Warlord Plastic)

M4 Sherman (Warlord Plastic)

M3 Halftrack (Warlord)

M18 Hellcat (Warlord)

.50 Cal Jeeps (Warlord)

M5 3in AT Gun (Warlord)

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Kuromorimine would be proud!

Sorry for the delay in posts but I have been quite busy with commissions and events.  Today will be a short update on the massive armor commission currently on my desk.  This update features a might Maus, a prototype German super heavy tank.  This beauty is painted to match the colors of the Maus used by Kuromomine in the anime Girls Und Panzer.  Only thing the beast is missing is a schoolgirl occupying the top hatch.  There are a few minor details remaining but aside from that it is done.

You might notice some other miniatures in the background.  This will be featured in future commissions so stay tuned.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Ariadna...'nuff said

While work on the large vehicle commission continues, I had the opportunity one weekend to work on some of my personal miniatures.  I have been a fan of Corvus Belli's Infinity game and with my USAriadna box shipping soon it was about time to put some paint on my vanilla Ariadna.  So I decided to knock out all of my Ariadna in one weekend.  My plan almost succeeded but life came up so sadly six miniatures await completion.  That said it was still impressive how many actually were completed in that short span of time.  Now these are painted in my own color scheme featuring camouflage uniforms, green armor, and leather packs.  The basing you will see here is merely temporary till I find a basing scheme I like.  Without further rambling, here are my completed Ariadna.  I apologize for the dark pictures as the bulb blew out on my lamp as I was preparing to snap the pictures.
Tank Hunters and Veteran Kazaks

Tank Hunters and Veteran Kazaks (back)

Line Kazaks and Kazak Doktor

Line Kazaks and Kazak Doktor (back)

Uxia McNeil and SAS

Uxia McNeil and SAS (back)

Spec Ops

Spec Ops (back)

Foxtrot, Van Zant, and Minuteman

Foxtrot, Van Zant, and Minuteman

Paracommando

Paracommando

Now I am particularly proud of how my Chasseur turned out.  Now the goggles need some touching up the rest is exactly what I was aiming for. 
Chasseur

Chasseur (back)

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Panzers on the march...

Last post I showed off some recently completed American tanks for Bolt Action, but they were not all that commission contained.  Part of this rather large commission were a good number of German vehicles.  These are not yet done being painted but I felt a few work in progress pictures would be cool.  I usually do not take many WIP pictures as I work on commissions.  I am usually too invested to take the time to snap a few pictures.  While it makes the clients happy as I am able to knock out the commissions faster it is quite boring to my readers.  So why not give it a shot today. 


Well you have Panthers, Tigers, and Opels...Oh My.  Yeah it is not the standard phrase but if you were an Allied tanker then "Oh My" would be the tamest thing you would say.  The Panthers here are in Ambush camouflage and merely await final touches.  The Halftracks and trucks are almost complete and feature a camo scheme matching some past German vehicles I have done.  The Panzer IVs will also feature Ambush once I get to them.  The other tanks will feature schemes chosen by my client.  That Maus will indeed be one of my favorites to work on as it gets the Girls Und Panzer treatment.  So much German armor but I must admit I quite enjoy painting German vehicles.

Monday, July 27, 2015

Armored Fury...again

I really need to update more often...  I will admit I do forget as I get quite involved in my commissions.  Lately I have completed several large commissions ranging from Ariadna from Infinity to large numbers of tanks for the game Bolt Action.  Todays update features some pictures from my recent batch of American vehicles.  This batch is part of a rather large commission featuring over 41 28mm vehicles for Bolt Action.  The commission ranges from the humble jeep to the massive German Maus.  The vehicles I completed recently were some of the most fun to paint vehicles in a while.  While the US primarily used the same color scheme on all its vehicles, I still had fun with all the variations I was able to achieve. 

Featured in the picture were three of the newer M4 Sherman plastic kits from Warlord Games which were a pleasure to work with.  Warlord is offering some great new kits in plastic and I very much enjoy working with them.  Also shown is an M4A3 Sherman 105 from Rubicon.  That kit is also plastic and includes quite a few options for variants.  The client wanted the 105mm variant and who could say no to a Sherman with a big gun.  The rest of the vehicles included an M3 Halftrack, an M16 AA Halftrack, the mighty M26 Pershing, an M3 Lee, two little Jeeps, and M18 Hellcat, and finally two workhorse LVTs.  The LVTs and Lee were where I decided to vary the usual scheme.  I decided to go with a more appropriate faded color scheme as those saw action is particularly tough areas.  Not much remains to be done on them, just some weathering pigments and some details on the crew. 

Stay tuned for my next update where I show off the recently completed Ariadna force for Infinity.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Green is good

As promised more updates from the various commissions I have been working on.  This one was a small Southern army from Heavy Gear Blitz.   This one was delayed from being posted as the commission was a gift and the recipient was a follower of this blog.  Now that the person in question has received them I can post pictures here. 

The client wanted a simple green, white, and black scheme so I got right to work.  I decided subtle highlights as I find those bright hard edge highlights look silly anf a tad distracting.   I also did a platoon of infantry using the studio scheme.  Enjoy these few pictures.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

More Protectors of Ulthuan

It has been quite a while since my last post... too long in fact.  Between Gencon and several commissions I have neglected to post an update so over the next few days expect quite a few updates.

One of my larger commissions to come across my desk lately has been a large High Elf force.  It has been broken down into more manageable commissions but this last batch was quite hefty.  Included in this batch of elves were 53, yes I said 53, Lothern Seaguard,  30 Swordmasters of Hoeth, and a Flamespyre Phoenix with rider options.  It was a daunting task to say the least as I personally think the new plastic Seaguard are very busy and unnecessarily so.  Personal feelings aside they turned out pretty well. 

The Swordmasters went very smoothly and I also converted the standard bearer to carry the Banner of the World Dragon. 

The Phoenix was my favorite of this commission and also the quickest miniature to paint.  After assembly I believe it took my around two and a half hours to paint.  It is a nice plastic kit and one I wouldn't mind painting again. 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

The Dark Lion of Abel

Continuing the post I started yesterday here are some more Anima Tactics miniatures I recently completed.  This one is the dreaded Samiel, the Black Lion from the Empire faction.  He is a beast in the game and features some very interesting background.  The miniature is quite dynamic and features his spectral beast to add to his base.  I decided to paint him like the art with his black armor and stark white hair.  In the art he wears all black which can be difficult to pull off without looking boring.  I decided to go with some grey to weather his cloak and give it some subtle difference from the armor.  I went with a lush green base to match the rest of my Empire and also give a dark model some color and life. 



Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Everyone has their favorites...

So like the title says everyone has their favorite miniature game and one of my favorites just happens to be Anima Tactics.  For me it really came down to the aesthetics and the gameplay.  It is something of a hidden gem and not what I would call a mainstream game by any means.  The game originated, like many out there, as an RPG.  The world is a vivid and detailed one blending Asian and Western cultural themes, long lost high technology with magic, and a rich, detailed personalities.  The game features some fun mechanics and many unique characters.  Why do I mention all this on a blog about my painting?  Well because I painted some recently and wanted to show them off.  These are my demo sets and feature some really nice miniatures.  These are the Light and Dark starters available through Cipher Studios and each feature two highly detailed miniatures as well as rules, dice, tokens, and cards.  The Dark Starter features two figures from the Samael faction, Dark Chesire and Bael.  Both were single piece miniatures yet featured some truly detailed features.  the Light Starter on the other hand contains figures from two separate factions, Kronen of the Sacred Holy Empire of Abel and Saint Evangeline of the Church.  These figures however were two part miniatures but assembly was a breeze with the parts fitting perfectly.  I painted these up to match the gorgeous art and gave them simple bases that contrasted nicely with the paint schemes.  Enjoy these pictures of the two boxes.

Saint Evangeline and Kronen

Dark Chesire and Bael

Monday, January 21, 2013

Bolt Action weekend

This past weekend I travelled to Austin for some gaming with a good friend.  We played some Bolt Action which if you haven't checked the game out then you should have a peek.  I'll include a link to the website for more information on Bolt Action.  The game featured my Americans against the Germans at a 1000pts which is standard for Bolt Action.  This was my first game using my painted Americans which I decided to knock out one Sunday.  Not bad for one days worth of painting.  Sadly I could not overcome the German onslaught but I will get my revenge.  Here are a few random pictures from our game. 

Deployment and table setup
Turn 2 reserves showed up
The German squad that refused to die...
Tomorrow I'll post pictures of what is on my painting desk right now.
Link for Bolt Action information http://www.warlordgames.com/us-store/bolt-action.html
Here is a good website for more information from the folks at WWPD  http://www.boltaction.net/