painting miniatures Archive

  • The days of painting Salamanders for Adepticon have waned. In the immortal words of Alice C., “School’s out for Summer!” And, for the moment, I’m still unemployed. Throw in a much-appreciated invitation to participate in an Apocalyptic reprisal of the 3rd Battle for Armageddon, and it’s time to do some...

    Team Snake Eyes: New Recruits: Black Templars

    The days of painting Salamanders for Adepticon have waned. In the immortal words of Alice C., “School’s out for Summer!” And, for the moment, I’m still unemployed. Throw in a much-appreciated invitation to participate in an Apocalyptic reprisal of the 3rd Battle for Armageddon, and it’s time to do some...

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  • Well, maybe a LITTLE bit. If by “new” you mean “purchased mostly when the army was released in Spring of 2011 and just now getting some love with the build and brush”, that is. Last year at Adepticon my long months of artistic guidance over the Salamander project was rewarded...

    Team Snake Eyes: Aerion’s New Army

    Well, maybe a LITTLE bit. If by “new” you mean “purchased mostly when the army was released in Spring of 2011 and just now getting some love with the build and brush”, that is. Last year at Adepticon my long months of artistic guidance over the Salamander project was rewarded...

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  • “Land Dragon w/ Lancer” by Ral Partha, ca. 1978  The dragon’s eyes bored into mine. They were yellow, slitted vertically with a black line. They glistened with illusory wetness, glaring above an open pink maw which was filled with ivory fangs. Ropey strands of saliva hung perpetually from those savage...

    Team Snake Eyes: Lead Poisoning: How Painting Miniatures Became a Passion.

    “Land Dragon w/ Lancer” by Ral Partha, ca. 1978  The dragon’s eyes bored into mine. They were yellow, slitted vertically with a black line. They glistened with illusory wetness, glaring above an open pink maw which was filled with ivory fangs. Ropey strands of saliva hung perpetually from those savage...

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  • The assignment for my Advanced Composition class was titled “Your Journey to Literacy”. Since half of the two-part assignment was to be a visual component, I opted to chronicle my development as a painter of all things fantastically small. I offer my efforts here for your perusal and, hopefully, enjoyment....

    Team Snake Eyes: And now for something completely different…

    The assignment for my Advanced Composition class was titled “Your Journey to Literacy”. Since half of the two-part assignment was to be a visual component, I opted to chronicle my development as a painter of all things fantastically small. I offer my efforts here for your perusal and, hopefully, enjoyment....

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  • This past weekend I attended Cape Comic Con in my home town of Cape Girardeau, MO. As this was a work weekend for the lion’s share of Team Snake Eyes (and also the celebration of our own Chosen1′s arrival upon the Earth), there wasn’t much point in organizing one of...

    Team Snake Eyes: Speed Painting- TSE Style

    This past weekend I attended Cape Comic Con in my home town of Cape Girardeau, MO. As this was a work weekend for the lion’s share of Team Snake Eyes (and also the celebration of our own Chosen1′s arrival upon the Earth), there wasn’t much point in organizing one of...

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  • So, you’ve got a head you need to paint, and you want to do an extra good job (say for a competition model or and independant character). You can either glue it to the body, prime it, and paint it along with everything else, OR…. You can use this little...

    Team Snake Eyes: How to do a Headstand.

    So, you’ve got a head you need to paint, and you want to do an extra good job (say for a competition model or and independant character). You can either glue it to the body, prime it, and paint it along with everything else, OR…. You can use this little...

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  • What does it mean?! We here at TSE are constantly striving to take our painting to the next level. Well, okay, to be fair we’re constantly striving to take our GAME to the next level, but personally I know the only factor I have any realistic chance of improving is...

    Team Snake Eyes: DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!

    What does it mean?! We here at TSE are constantly striving to take our painting to the next level. Well, okay, to be fair we’re constantly striving to take our GAME to the next level, but personally I know the only factor I have any realistic chance of improving is...

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