Jenova Revival

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T21:21:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone. Sorry about the lack of updates. Unfortunately I have an immune system condition that can sometimes be a pain in the butt. I experienced a flare up a couple of months ago, and I don't tolerate the medication very well :(

Fortunately I'm feeling much better now. I'm planning on unpacking my painting stuff in the very beginning of 2010, and I have a lot of minis to photograph as well :)

Greylord

2009-09-04T14:08:00.002+02:00

Love this sculpt! The details are just so crisp and well defined. It was a joy to paint.

More pics:

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/greylord1.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/greylord2.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/greylord3.jpg

Another old-style deamonette

2009-08-30T14:00:00.003+02:00

Still working my way through all those old, prepped minis. Today it's another old deamonette. I'd been looking at the Reaper Master Serie Bright Skin Triad for a while and decided to try it out. It sure is bright! The effect is quite interesting. It has a lot more contrast than when shows on the picture. I'm not sure what I'd use it for other than deamons and maybe 80's clothing...

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/brightdeamonette1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/brightdeamonette2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/brightdeamonette3.jpg

Volkov, Great Bear

2009-08-24T19:30:00.002+02:00

Yeah, ugly sculpt. What has happened to me? I will actually paint a figure because of it's rules in a game. Oh snap!

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/volkov1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/volkov2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/volkov3.jpg

Autumn Deamonette

2009-08-21T20:19:00.003+02:00

Another one of those minis that was prepped and primed way back when I started painting (around 2000, I think it was). I decided to go for an autumn theme. I used the Skullcraft kit for the base: Texture paste, autumn leaves, and the reindeer moss. Great stuff!

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/autumndeamonette1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/autumndeamonette2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/autumndeamonette3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/autumndeamonette4.jpg

Emli

2009-08-18T18:55:00.004+02:00

Another OOP (sadly) Spyglass sculpt. I'm enjoying painting drow skintones, but I hate trying to photograph the minis. It's almost impossible.

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/spyglass/emli7.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/spyglass/emli6.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/spyglass/emli4.jpg

Widowmaker Captain

2009-08-13T13:08:00.003+02:00

Yep, another green/grey one. I'm leaving for the tournament today, so I won't have my whole army painted (haha, who was expecting that anyway?). Not sure if I'm going to take a break from painting Warmachine when I get back. We shall see.

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/widowmaker1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/widowmaker2.jpg

Review - Skullcrafts Autumn Basing Kit

2009-08-10T14:37:00.001+02:00

Posted a new review on the website: http://www.jenova.dk/skullcraft.htm

Kodiak

2009-08-09T23:20:00.003+02:00

I really like the sculpt of this warjack. He's very cool. There was a piece of fluff somewhere that described him like being a bear, so I painted his "hands" and feet brown to symbolize that.

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak4.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak5.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak6.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/kodiak7.jpg

Fighting those bad habits!

2009-08-08T21:37:00.003+02:00

Back when I painted for publication work, I had the terrible habit of painting only the part of the mini that would be photographed. For example this poor elf for the Celtos Sidhe army book (which was never published btw.... booooo!).

Front: Not too bad, eh? Nice nail polish too.

Back: Not so great.... though the nice nail polish saves the day

I have 3 or 4 other minis like this, and I've decided that they will be painted. Completely! It will be a challenge because these "paintjobs" are old, and I don't have the same paints now, but it will be done! Stay tuned for the finished Irdril.

Manhunter

2009-08-06T22:18:00.003+02:00

The silly sculpt with the naked belly, sigh...

More/better pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/manhunter1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/manhunter2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/manhunter3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/manhunter4.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/manhunter5.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/manhunter6.jpg

WIP Kodiak

2009-08-04T14:40:00.004+02:00

Yep, still working on the warmachine stuff. I think I'm getting faster. A couple of WIP pics of my Kodiak warjack:

Liralith Redux

2009-08-02T18:04:00.002+02:00

After all that grey and green army painting I needed some color. When I want to relax painting something, I often choose a Hasslefree mini since those tend to have simple, clean lines and good definition. I always loved the original Liralith mini, and the redux version is even better. I wanted to do a really dramatic red. The highlights on her lower legs look a little strange because her legs have edges (?).

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/hasslefree/liralithredux1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/hasslefree/liralithredux2.jpg

WIP terrain and manhunter

2009-08-01T16:19:00.004+02:00

I was browsing the Armorcast website and found a basin they made with Hirst Arts blocks. I thought that was an idea worth stealing, so I convinced my boy friend that we had to make a copy. We did 6 or 7 casts of the two Hirst Art molds with the pipes. In the end we had enough blocks to make another piece of terrain. The two are part of a water treatment plant. I imagine the basin is a sediment basin and the other piece is a filtration system. After the basin is painted; I'm going to pour some resin in there to make it look like water.

I'm also working on a manhunter for my Warmachine army. This sculpt is so dumb. If the male manhunter was running around wearing fur and a naked belly, it wouldn't be considered cool, but for the female it's expected....

Destroyer

2009-07-30T14:11:00.002+02:00

Finally finished my robot. He took a while, but it was easier than I had expected.

More pics:

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/destroyer1.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/destroyer2.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/destroyer3.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/destroyer4.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/destroyer5.jpg

Don't mess with the cook

2009-07-26T21:12:00.003+02:00

Behold Freebooter's rendition of Gordon Ramsey:

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/cook1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/cook2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/cook3.jpg

WIP Destroyer

2009-07-24T20:30:00.001+02:00

I'm painting as fast as I can to get an army ready for a tournament in August. Unfortunately "as fast as I can" isn't very fast...

K-k-k-koldun Lord

2009-07-23T13:47:00.004+02:00

Another one for the Warmachine army. I'm really enjoying painting these. Nice sculpts and the game is pretty fun.

More pics: http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/koldunlord1.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/koldunlord2.jpg

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/koldunlord3.jpg

World Heavyweight Champion!

2009-07-18T20:09:00.001+02:00

He does look like a boxer, doesn't he? Or a wrestler maybe. I'm pretty happy with the paintjob. For miniatures of this size, I don't like too extreme shading/highlighting. The skin is already a little too contrasty when I look at it in real life.

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/shadowhorn1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/shadowhorn2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/shadowhorn3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/shadowhorn4.jpg

Dragonfly

2009-07-11T13:38:00.004+02:00

The dragonfly flies to war wearing the traditional.... erm..... warrior g-string....

More pics:

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/urbanmammoth/dragonfly1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/urbanmammoth/dragonfly2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/urbanmammoth/dragonfly3.jpg

Kommander Sorscha

2009-07-08T21:29:00.004+02:00

I love this figure. Her outfit is what I want to wear when I grow up. I'm very concerned about gaming with her though. Even though her weapon is pinned, I'm not sure how well it'll hold up.

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sorscha1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sorscha2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sorscha3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sorscha4.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sorscha5.jpg

WIPs

2009-07-05T12:47:00.003+02:00

Evil Hasslefree Elf (I'm making her a drow:

Very large Privateer Press goat:
Here in a fight with an angry Freeboter lady armed with a frying pan:

Clergy Ann

2009-07-03T14:54:00.002+02:00

One of the best sculpts in the Dark Age range. She is simply beautiful (though her gloves hand is a little large).

More piccies:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/clergyann1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/clergyann2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/clergyann3.jpg

Dark Age Sawblade

2009-06-28T21:20:00.004+02:00

I'm loving the Dark Age Brood minis. I think they're very unique and fun to paint. I get to play with lots of different effects.

On this guy I experimented with shading metallics. I used GW washes, Vallejo smoke, Vallejo Brown Glaze and Reaper Master Series Rush Brown and Chestnut for the rust effects.

I'm really looking forward to being able to field a fully painted Dark Age army!

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sawblade1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sawblade2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sawblade3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sawblade4.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/sawblade5.jpg

Melisande

2009-06-25T21:06:00.003+02:00

My little pirate! I'm quite happy with the pants and coat and the NMM, not quite as happy with her hands (not enough definition), the hat (same) and the hair (sloppy). The base is moderately ugly.

More pics:
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/reaper/Melisande1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/reaper/Melisande2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/reaper/Melisande3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/reaper/Melisande4.jpg

Chick Challenge Mini

2009-06-21T21:53:00.003+02:00

The finished version. I'm really happy with this paintjob.

More here:

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/easternfrontspring1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/easternfrontspring2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/easternfrontspring3.jpg

My photography is definitely getting better. The only huge issues I still have is skintones. Comparering these pictures with the WIP one taken with flash, the skintones on the WIP have way more depth. Not sure how to fix that though.

More WIP

2009-06-20T22:02:00.002+02:00

This is one the figures sculpted for the Chick Challenge. I don't know if that "contest" is still going. I hope it is. It was great fun.

The figure was sculpted by Steve Buddle, and he did an amazing job. I love this mini so much. I hope I can do it justice.

I painted the skin using Reaper's Olive Skin triad. I'm really liking it so far.

WIPs

2009-06-18T09:37:00.000+02:00

Melisande (Reaper):

awblade (Dark Age):

Stripper Jade

2009-06-17T14:34:00.000+02:00

This, ladies and gents, is not what matte varnish is supposed to do.

Jade is going in the stripper cup.

Yes, I'm angry!

Taryn di la Rovissi

2009-06-16T21:23:00.001+02:00

I'm sure you're all dying to see this one again!

More pics:

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/taryn1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/taryn2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/taryn3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/taryn4.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/taryn5.jpg

Look! It's Pudsie!

2009-06-13T22:28:00.004+02:00

He's a pud thrower from Dark Age. I painted him for my own army.

More pics here:

http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/pudthrower1.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/pudthrower2.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/pudthrower3.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/imgs/gallery/pudthrower4.jpg

I have a ton of finish minis I need to photograph. I think I finally got the hang of the camera.

Mr. Pudsie, still WIP

2009-06-08T22:30:00.002+02:00

Mr. Pudsie here is quite a pain. I'm not happy with how the skin turned out. When I paint the next one, I'll switch the order of the highlights and the glazes. I'm having a hard time getting used to the new GW washes. The pigmentation is just weird. It makes it hard to decide if they should be dilluted or not.

I also managed to place a couple of red fingerprints courtesy of Vallejo Red glaze on this little jerk. Good news is that I managed to control my temper and I did not go into a nerd rage because of it. I really must be getting older and wiser.

I'm going to try really, really hard to finish this one up by tomorrow. I have to go on a business trip Wednesday, and I want him to be done by then!

WIP Pud Thrower

2009-06-04T23:10:00.003+02:00

Playing around with the GW washes. This guys desperately needs a coat of matte varnish on the skin. I thought the new washes were supposed to be matte : /

A varnish incident

2009-06-03T21:29:00.003+02:00

I finished Jade last night. She was actually quite fun to paint and I got to play with my new GW washes a lot. Today was matte varnish day. I used my W&N brush on matte varnish and made sure to shake it for a loooooong time. I tested it a little on her base, and it looked fine. When I applied it to the mini it resulted in a minor disaster. The varnish seemed to dissolve the thin layers of inks and paint and it started peeling off. I was able to save the paintjob with the help of Vallejo red glaze, but she is still shiny :(

Reaper WIPs

2009-06-01T21:33:00.003+02:00

The skin looks terrible on this one. I'm not sure I'm going to bother with fixing it. Might just finish it and see how she looks.
I'm more happy with this one. I need to fix her eye and I had some trouble with blending her pants (stupid old paints), but I like the coat.

Hello Kalee

2009-05-30T21:28:00.002+02:00

Say hello to Kalee:
Special thanks to Klute for helping me out with my pictures :)

Almost not WIP anymore!

2009-05-29T21:53:00.002+02:00

Just need a bit of basework and some pictures that aren't taken using flash :)

WIP Kalee

2009-05-27T21:49:00.003+02:00

Phew, finished that horrid dragonfly girl. Not my greatest paintjob of all time, but I think it turned out decent. Pics to come. For now, here is a picture of the WIP Kalee. I think the flash is washing out her skin big time. I'm playing around with some SE-NMM. Not sure I'm convinced.

Ahhhh WIPs

2009-05-25T17:03:00.012+02:00

FRUSTRATING. I will never be friends with this gal. I want her out of my life. I had another grainy paint incident while doing the shading on the blue. Not fun.

Boobian Warrior (Hasslefree)

2009-05-23T19:04:00.003+02:00

Managed to finish the little Nubian (or Boobian) warrior from Hasslefree. Lovely little sculpt

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Reaper Nymph and the new photosetup

2009-05-23T10:55:00.004+02:00

Apparently I am the only one who can tell these two pics apart : / (one is sharpened, one is not). I'm going to go find a blue background today. That seems to work the best.

Taryn

2009-05-22T16:15:00.002+02:00

And here is Taryn. This picture isn't working for me. I think I need to reposition the lights!

Deamonette + new photo setup

2009-05-22T15:43:00.004+02:00

Hmmm, not sure the background color is working. I tried to edit the photo a little to make the colors more true, but it's not easy. What do you think?

WIP Daemonette

2009-05-21T10:49:00.002+02:00

Yesterday I finally managed to convince the prep elf to prep something new. I chose a pretty lady from Hasslefree. Looking forward to painting her. Until then here is another WIP of something that had been prepped and ready to paint forever. One of the old deamonette sculpts that I'd stated paintinging years ago.

Ratchet

2009-05-21T08:27:00.001+02:00

Pretty cool sculpt. I didn't like the light colors of the studio paintjob, so I went for something more dark and gritty.

Painting table

2009-05-20T20:11:00.003+02:00

Just a pic from the painting table. I sorted my Reaper paints by number since it was getting impossible for me to find stuff.

Pudsies

2009-05-20T07:54:00.000+02:00

These little guys are for my Dark Age Brood army. NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!

Look what the postie brought!

2009-05-19T18:16:00.005+02:00

Ooooooh, a box!

What is inside?
GW brushes! Now I can finally learn how to paint!

Hasslefree Concubine

2009-05-19T08:46:00.000+02:00

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Early WIPs

2009-05-18T15:29:00.006+02:00

Meh. I've painted most of the fun stuff (read: nekkid chicks) that was prepped and primed before my hiatus. Now it's mostly the impossible pieces that are left. That basically means boring figures, very large figures, and figures with way too much detail. The prepping elf does not want to prep any more figures before I finish some of these. The one over to the left is a dragonfly for the Urban War game. She also has a set of huge wings in addition to her huge swords. Do not want to paint.

Then we have my Dark Age Brood army. I actually really like these sculpts, but they are quite big. I get very easily discouraged when painting large stuff.

I do have some good news! I finished Taryn! I actually really like the finished paintjob and the base. I can't wait to get an awesome picture and share it with you guys!

The package from GW didn't arrive today either :( It's more than a week since I ordered it. I want my crappy brushes, dammit!

Celtos Fomorian Siren

2009-05-18T08:35:00.000+02:00

Another crappy picture :( The new photo equipment should be arriving Friday. I can't wait!

So this kroot....

2009-05-17T11:06:00.005+02:00

Horrible picture :( I'll be redoing this when I get the new camera setup. I decided to go with Tooshy's suggestion and slap some snow on the base. It's not as elaborate and pretty as her version, but it'll do. The prepping elf and I actually wanted to start a Tau army at some point. This is the first finished miniatures, so I'm hoping we'll be done by the time we retire. It'll be nice to have some armies to play around with at that point.

WIP status

2009-05-17T11:00:00.004+02:00

Ok, the Hasslefree girl and the Celtos siren are finished now. I need to take pictures, but the light is bad today. I ordered some photo stuff which should arrive next week. I hope I'll be able to take good pics using that. Current WIPs are the warmachine girl (almost done with her) and some puds for my Dark Age Brood army. Love these little guys.

The paintjobs that time forgot

2009-05-16T14:03:00.004+02:00

I found some pictures of minis that had never reached the website. I remember I painted some of these at ReaperCon 2005 while experimenting with the (then) new Reaper Master Series paints. I particularly love the Nymph. She is a beautiful sculpt.

New tutorial: Painting skintones

2009-05-16T10:15:00.002+02:00

Since people still visit my website to read the skintone tutorial, I have done a step by step expansion. It deals with painting light skintones in a moderately fast way. You can read it here.

<--- Final result

WIP update

2009-05-15T22:21:00.003+02:00

I have all the pictures for creating another skintone tutorial (this time using Reaper paints on the figure to the left), but blogger is such a pain to use so I will be posting on the website instead. I'll post a link to it tomorrow.

New WIP pics - Celtos, Hasslefree, Taryn the evil ho

2009-05-15T13:05:00.006+02:00

Celtos Fomorian Siren (aka Boobasaurus 1) - almost done, just needs a base and maybe one or two more highligths if I feel like it:

Hasslefree Nekkid Chick (aka Boobasaurus 2) - working on skintones:

Taryn the evil ho (aka Taryn the evil ho) - I finished her cloak, I'm working on sleeves and hands now. Sorry about the blurry pic. The camera wanted to focus on the boobs in the background:

OMG I need this and website woes

2009-05-15T09:45:00.000+02:00

Ok, so I've been browsing around on different manufacturer websites to see what new stuff they've released in the last couple of years. I haven't really found anything that I "desperately needed" until I found this one the Hasslefree Website (hope Kev and Sally are ok with me stealing their pic):

Just how amazing is this sculpt? I love it! I think this is going to be my first miniature purchase after I manage to paint up some of the minis I have.

In other news, I still don't know what to do about the website. I want to do some php stuff with a gallery etc. so it's easy to update, but I know nothing about php and MySQL and stuff like that. Can anyone recommend an application framework for me? Bonus points if it has tutorials that covers installing it. Thanks :)

WIP Celtos Siren

2009-05-14T15:54:00.002+02:00

That evil skank Taryn is pissing me off. Blending her cloak is a good dose of anti-fun, so I grabbed another mini that was primed and ready to paint. Not the hottest sculpt in the world. She is a little manly and some of the details are quite rough, but I like the simplicity and the boobies.

In other news, I didn't recieve my GW order today. Hurry up, GW. I need ze ztuff!

WIP Taryn di la Rovissi, Llaelese Gun Mage

2009-05-14T09:01:00.005+02:00

Thank you , Pete, for providing her with a name. What was I thinking buying a mini with a name that long? I guess I'll give her a red cloak. It seems to fit the name.

Also, she's an annoying, evil mini to paint so progress is rather slow. She's one of those minis with what seems like details for the sake of details. Who needs all those belt buckles, buttons, tiny little skulls? Personally, I'm pretty badass, and I get buy with just one belt buckle, a minimum of buttons an no exposed miniature skulls.

In other news, if I buy this, do you think they will include the dude to take pictures for me?

Liberty (Hasslefree Miniatures)

2009-05-13T16:45:00.001+02:00

Libby for president!

Sigh, tried to take a picture of Libby. Pretty much epic fail. My camera is fine (I think), I just don't have enough light. I guess this means spending more $$$$ :( I'll get better pictures of her when I get my camera setup sorted.

I do love how the face turned out. I tried to add some blush on her cheekbones, and I think it gives her a lovely flush.

Oh, in case you are wondering, the background was built from a box of nail polish and a shirt from H&M. It's actually a really nice shirt. I recommend it!

WIP Warmachine babe

2009-05-13T11:04:00.000+02:00

Another WIP. I don't remember what her name is (if you do, please leave a comment and tell me <3).>

Sneak Peak: One Happy Family and some snot

2009-05-12T23:03:00.001+02:00

A picture of my "Finished Miniature Happy Family. It was taken with flash which is why it's sort of washed out.

I can't believe I stayed up painting this late. I have a nasty cold and I think I might be drowing in snot. Maybe I got sick from licking brushes with 5 years old paint on them. I guess that would rule out piggy flu.

Anyway, as you can see in the picture Krooty boy is finished. I sort of want to do something cool with the base but I dunno. Libby is still hella shiny in places. Going to have to slap another coat of matte varnish on her. Little melty frosty needs a snow base.

WIP Kroot

2009-05-12T16:20:00.000+02:00

It's only taken me 6 years to get this far.....

First finished paintjob (no pics) and Reaper

2009-05-12T13:07:00.000+02:00

I finished the Libby mini last night. I'm pretty happy with most of her. I haven't found a good picture setup yet, but I hope to have some good pics this weekend.

I think I know why my glazes were turning out grainy. I changed my mixing water, and now it seems fine so it was either mixing medium or dust in the water container. In any case I'm glad I solved that issue since it was pissing me off!

I decided to finish off my Reaper paint collection so I ordered the last part of the set. It was pretty pricy, but I really love these paints. Amazing quality!

I also picked up an extra bottle of the brown Liner and Linen white. Both of those colors are incredible.

Since I was paying shipping (and probably evil custom fees) I grabbed some minis and brushes too. Mostly Werner Klocke sculpts.

I think my next finished paintjob will be the kroot warrior. He's super annoying to paint. It will be a pleasure to be finish with him.

WIP Libby

2009-05-11T22:25:00.001+02:00

Love this sculpt!

Ugh, she is so shiny. Gotta see if I can dig out some matte medium.

Ze tools:

Day 2: Mini painting is torture

2009-05-11T11:23:00.000+02:00

Holy shit my neck and shoulders hurt!

I do remember getting a little sore but not like this! Getting old is evil. I think I probably need a better chair. Maybe I'll try moving my computer chair down to my new painting station.

I did some more painting last night and it was quite entertaining. I ended up cutting a bit of the Vallejo brush with a pair of scissors, and it works better now. The eyeliner brush is surprisingly good! I almost finished my Libby from Hasslefree. I'll try to take a picture when I get home.

My blending seems a little rough. I don't know if it's the water around here, but my glazes seem to get a little grainy with heavy dillution. It might be that they are old. I had forgotten how friggin amazing the reaper paints are. The fleshtones are to die for. I need more browns though. Reaper seems to have released more colors so I might order those. And some minis even though I have approx 5 million Reaper miniatures from ReaperCon 2005.

Check out this WIP pic from 2005.

Libby and the kroot and that evil Rackham mini are still WIP four years later!

Søren went online and ordered some stuff from GW. I don't know why I bother with them really, but I wanted to order from somewhere where I knew I'd get my stuff resonably fast. I got some brushes (don't ask why, I honestly don't know) and a few paints (again, don't ask). I wanted to order some minis, but it looks like they've redesigned stuff to make it more ugly. Did they make new deamonettes? I really liked the old elegant ones. Not the old-old ones. The ones from 2003 or so.

Day 1: Picking up the brushes again

2009-05-10T14:39:00.000+02:00

Well, it's been a couple of years and a lot of health issues since I last touched a miniature painting brush. For some reason I decided that I wanted to paint miniatures today. I started digging out my miniature stuff. All my Reaper and Vallejo paints looked good. I even had some prepped and half painted minis ready. Woot!

After tearing everything apart; I discovered that I didn't have any brushes. Well shit. I managed to find two tiny Vallejo detail brushes that I'd never used. They were tiny though so not really fit for basecoating. After bitching for a while I decided that I was going to paint today no matter what. Fortunately I own a lot of makeup crap so I found a rarely used eyeliner brush and went to work.

The eyeliner brush was surprisingly good! My blending skills are sort of rusty, and the Vallejo brushes have hairs that are slightly to long for what I prefer for detail work, but I'm happy with the result. I managed to finish a tiny (and hideous) snowman I sculpted myself. I still need to do the base.

I also need to figure out a way to take photographs. My expensive lamps and photo boxes were given away ages ago. Oh well, where there is a will there is a way.

My newly set up painting station: