Raggy Paints

Welcome to another blog post!This time around I wanted to give you some of my thoughts on composing a great scene in miniature. A lot of this is influenced by the teachings of Seth Amsden (CMoN page, Instagram) who puts together some excellent compositions. Of course Oli \’Honorguard\’ Späth and his class from a few…

There have been a few conversations with friends recently about how much I\’ve improved over the last couple of years and what I\’ve learnt and changed to improve and up my game. Of course being me, I figured this would make a great blog post! Sooo… what have I done that\’s helped me get better?…

It\’s always a good weekend when I spend it in a class learning new painting techniques. A couple of months ago it was CK Studios and stepping up my airbrushing game. This weekend just gone, it was basing with Oliver Späth of HonorGuard Painting. This is one of a series of UK classes being organized…

Almost half way into the year now and I wanted to talk about my personal project for this year. Namely averaging one fully painted miniature/day over the year. That\’s 365 painted pieces in 2018. I am adding a few further restrictions for myself: It must go from primed to varnished in 2018 (finishing models from…

A recent post on a Facebook Group I follow called Paint All the Minis challenged painters to attempt a colour they\’ve struggled with in the past. This was really perfect timing for me as one of the figures that had been sat in my lead mountain was Warrior Monk Masahiro from this Test of Honour…

For a while now, I have considered taking on commissions and doing paid painting jobs. I often find myself wanting to paint models that I have no desire to own or figures for games that I know I will never play (such as hundreds of Wargames Factory Samurai). Of course commission painting is the end…

Well folks… it\’s happened. After well over a year of being pretty pumped and motivated – feeling like I\’m getting a ton of painting done and really stepping up my talent. After all that, I feel like I\’ve hit a wall. *BAM* I know why, a few things combined that really shouldn\’t have so much…

A little over a year ago, I painted up a Contemptor Dreadnought under the instruction of Kat Jackson and Caleb Wissenback of CK Studios. Prior to this, I had only done very basic things with an airbrush… which generally resulted in damaging the airbrush. That weekend my painting game stepped up more than any other…

I am known for my dislike of TMM. I hate working with metallics. I end up with sparkles on everything as I struggle to properly clean off the things I\’ve used. One day I intend to have completely distinct setups for my metallics but I\’m not at the point yet where I can really justify…

Still grinding through the Burning of Prospero box and making some headway, slow as it may be. With these chaps, and the Custodes (post coming soon so stay tuned!) – prep took a LONG time mostly due to the need to magnetize all the things to allow for weapons combinations. One of the things I…