Sharki and other little works!

Hello everyone!

It has been quite a long time i didnt post anything, sorry for that. After the last Monte i experienced a lack of painting motivation, but it's coming back! This year i finished three pieces at this point, a Sharki from Black Sailors, the Random Encounter dwarf from Ferminiatures and the classical Airtis from Enigma Miniatures.

Let's begin with the Sharki, that i've painted for a miniatures exchange with a friend who is painting the exact same model. As my motivation was quite low, i painted him at snail speed but finally, i finished it ;) . It has been a cool piece for practicing water effects like waves as i never tried it before.

I'm pretty happy with his ugly face, what do you think?

The next one is the Random Encounter dwarf. It's a model that i painted during our workshop in Lyon with Matthieu, to show my techniques to the students. I quickly finished it when i came back home, painted an easy base and done ;) .

And finally the last one is Airtis the gnome, another classical from Enigma Miniatures. It's a piece i always wanted to paint and i used it as a training for lateral lighting. It was also painted to write a tutorial in the 4th issue of the WIP Magazine.

These two last models are for sale, check the "for sale" section if you are interested.

Cheers! ;)

Saxon Toison Studio

Back with a paintjob started in...2013! Wow ... it was time to finish it. This is a 54mm's Saxon warrior sculpted by Raul Garcia Latorre for his own range. It was a complete pleasure to paint, from beginning to end,without pressure and without constraints...just fun! 

And some pictures of the WIP process...foot in a giant chewing gum giant ...

I still have a lot of current stuff on my workbench and hope to finish them in the coming weeks - months - years...

Cheers! 

Viking sculpt WIP V

To summarize my article of the day ... I am very happy and a little depressed. Contradictory ... yes, probably a little. Very happy because I completed most of my project and I can go to the stage of cooking....a bit depressed...because of the cooking precisely! Not really a disaster, but not what I expected. Notes for later ...first of all...do not forget to clean the oven before cooking a miniature. 

Secondly...sealing cracks (small but cracks anyway) will take me a little longer...and the "green" will not be as pretty as I wanted because of alterations...well...I learn!

I took these first pictures just before cooking...the sculpture is finished. It remains for me to do hands, shield and the sleeve...

The problems occurred when cooking are probably coming from the time taken to sculpt the figure...even with an adequate preservation ( with a glass jar) the putty was probably a bit old...there are cracks. All cracks were repaired with Milliput juices and nothing will be visible when painting or casting. 

Some pictures of the current state...still a bit of work and it will be finished.

Hope you like it. See you soon!

-Matthieu-

Viking sculpt WIP IV

Slowly...but it takes shape. Today I wish to present the progress of my viking sculpt. Yes...it is still in WIP...but closer to the end...and that's a good thing! Well...this time I had a few problems in making choices. Indeed, I first dressed arms with long sleeves ... which was quite suitable for a Viking who goes to bed ... all looking very much like a pretty pajamas! So I changed lanes again and all for a more consistent result. Bare forearms and short sleeves seem more interesting to me in view of painting and provide more interesting volumes. 

Overall, I am satisfied with all that takes shape...even if everything is not at the level of what I wanted. I still have to do some little things and clean some parts...but the principal is in place.

I hope you like it ... and that I would soon be back for the next step.

Cheers