Painting with Sponges

Now that I've got the trees built and gel textured for my Tin Can Tree project it's time to paint them.Plan A was for Airbrush. heh. Well, that was a bust. Few reasons:My airbrush has a small, gravity fed reservoir. Great for fine detail, tedious in large...

[Community Support] Blood of Kittens vs Battlefoam

Seems to be a week for this kind of stuff... Honestly, I'm not trying to turn into a news site, just a matter of bloggers supporting bloggers.Apparently Blood of Kittens is tied up in some legal issues with Battlefoam, prompted by opinions and rumours shared by...

Texturing with Gel

I work with gels ALL the time as they're really useful. They're relatively cheap and can be found in art supply / hobby stores. Some previous examples of where I've used gel are in my posts on Advanced Fire Effects and Making an Earthy Wall.In this step of my Tin Can...

Yes, Bell of Lost Souls and others are down…

...and my traffic is up. Because I'm writing again, or because people are hobbying instead of reading news? Guess we'll never know... I'm not a news site, but there seems to be a lot of rumours circulating at the moment, so I thought I'd do my part to put some of them...

Building Tin Cans into Trees

This is the base for the Tin Can Tree project.. over the next few weeks you'll see how to turn this into a beautiful forest scene with tall trees, a waterfall and clear waters. This part was provided by the store / our local press ganger.To begin, all you need is some...