Reaver by Baelor Miniatures

I'm happy to say that I've been hired to paint some models for Baelor miniatures (http://www.baelor.com/). I exchanged a few E-mails with Clint and he sent me two models he sculpted. A Vulkan and a Reaver. Both are nice models. I've already started painting the Reaver and I have to appreciate the attention to detail. Clint has a unique style. I'd compare some of his pieces to John Blanche artwork. 

The picture above is of the Reaver. Here's a little step by step of how I created the base.

It starts with a foundation of filler material. Cork is very useful for this. 

Next I started building a small catwalk to attach to the top.

Just some plasticard and weaving material.

Once the catwalk was attached it was ready for some dried soil.

And of course the centerpiece. The model itself.  

The idea with the base was to add to the prowling nature of the model. It couldn't be too elevated for practical purposes but the negative space below gives it sense of height. 

Now I had it assembled and with Brother John keeping me company I began to paint. This is just the foundation layer composed of wet blending and quick highlights. I'll go over it 2 more times before it's done, every time using the transparencies of the paint to build upon the previous layer.

Wintertime paining

Brother John has some time off work due to the holiday and we got together to get some painting done.

I set up with some colors I'd be using to finish off some E-bay pieces while brother John carefully selected which figures would get the paint. He also had some Gamezone knights to prep.

With flannels and entertainment all set, we got to work.

I'll have some nice photos of these two up before Sunday night. I also started prepping some miniatures I've received from Baelor (http://www.baelor.com/)but more on that tomorrow.

Orc Shaman Complete

As promised I'm starting to dig through all the photos I took of the completed Christmas projects. This one was for my Dad.

He's also over on Coolminiornot:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/294702

He's kind of a busy model but I think it works for Orks. A cluttered mini reflects a cluttered mind :)

Happy Holidays to all

I hope you have all enjoyed the company of your loved ones. I did and it was a very special feeling to present the miniatures I had painted for my family. I'll have separate collages of all the miniatures in the future but for now enjoy this family photo.

Here's another version of miniature painting. More of a literal translation :)

This was also presented as a gift to my girlfriend.

"God bless us, every one of us"

Orc Shaman in progress

More Christmas minis on the way. This one is for my Dad. I'm about four hours in on this one. He has much more work to be done but it's a decent start. You never expect the setbacks when they come. 

Among many things to be finished I'm planning a freehand of the Evil Suns logo from second edition. I may jazz it up with some shaman type qualities ;)

Sigurt the Slash Complete

Here's one of my Christmas gifts all wrapped in pigments and spices.

Rock the Vote!

http://www.coolminiornot.com/294445

I've also made much progress on the other mini's. Here's the mermaid I plan on giving to my sister. The first shot is off the model just after it was airbrushed.

and here with some brushwork.

One more sit-down with her and some touches here and there and viola. 

Tomorrow I'll start on the Orc Shaman I'm painting for my dad. I'll also be putting the final touches on Kirai, the geisha model from a few posts ago. My work is almost done and Christmas is nearly upon us :) 

WIP Madness

Here's where I left off on our portly friend yesterday at 1:30 in the morning. You may notice I've changed the color of his hair. After examining the model I realized that I could cut the red out of the equation and the paintjob would look much more unified. There is a compositional value to keeping your color choices low. You can see the original hair color in my last post. 

I'm happy to say he should be complete by the end of tonight. The next project on the slate is a lovely mermaid for my sister.

I still have some modelling to do on the pottery and I'd like to add an anchor touching down on the front corner. My plan for the overall color scheme is of course aquamarine colors but with pink accents like the coral and parts of the figure. 

More on her later, Cheers!