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365 minis painted in 2018!
I am super excited to be able to say I completed my goal of averaging a mini/day in 2018! It\’s been a fairly absorbing task and has left me largely unable to paint for competitions, it has however hammered into the mountain of unpainted minis (particularly for boardgames).So to keep moving forward, I have a…
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How to talk about colo(u)r
Over the last couple of years, I have gotten much more serious about painting. This blog really charts my progress and some of the revelations I\’ve had along the way. much of my focus has been around technique and tools (helloooo Airbrush!). Having some moments of introspection of the last couple of weeks however I…
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Raggy joins the CK Studio team!
In the main, I am far to English to go around tooting my own horn, but I feel this occasion warrants some yelling from the rooftops. I am now Community Coordinator for CK Studios! Regular readers of the blog will have seen the various posts I have made in the past following classes I have…
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The Descent!
Hey Folks!It\’s been a while, but this hobbyist has not been idle.Coming off the warm-fuzzies of knowing that I\’d worked through all the Mansions of Madness minis I have. I wanted to keep up the momentum. Slightly hindered by some business travel, I have still had an amazingly productive 2 weeks. 62 minis worth of…
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Piracy in our hobby.
Scale75 have just put out a post on their facebook page calling an end to piracy in the miniature hobby. 3D printing is here to stay. The last few years have seen quality improve, equipment and running costs fall as the technology evolves. Unfortunately it has also lead to an increase in piracy in our hobby. I…
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Urban construction
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on nature based scenery / basing. One of the responses was that I should do a series of these articles looking at differing terrain types. I\’m not sure how far I\’ll take this but for the next post I thought I would look at more Urban environments……
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Horror Unleashed
I\’ve been working hard to catch up on my mini/day target having slipped some 40 days behind schedule. Things aren\’t as bleak as that may initially indicate however as I\’ve already done a lot of prep work on both my Mansions of Madness minis and Descent minis ahead of my trip to Ireland. Now that…
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Oi Nutter! Painting up some Worms minis
If you use Instagram please follow me: https://www.instagram.com/raggypaints/ I will be posting one pic/day so you\’re feed won\’t get overloaded! I have been sitting on a set of rules for a \’Worms\’ style wargame for years now… more than a decade in fact now I think about it… oh gods I\’m old… sigh. Anyway… in all…
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GenCan\'t Painting Contest: Sketch Style
Sooo 2018, it\’s all about a mini/day… and I\’m falling behind… my solution? Spend 4 days painting a mini for a contest… I have problems with my decision making. I am considering seeking help. Stay Tuned on how that turns out. Buuuut back to the topic at hand. After hearing Suzanne of The Dice Tower…
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Ahriman
So Ahriman… the last of the Burning of Prospero box to get painted up. I have been working on him for a while. I had a very clear idea in my mind to paint him up in a \’Candy Apple Red\’ colour with the kind of glossy metallic finish. It was a bit of an…
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