Hallo...

Here are the two entries I posted for the WYRD Rotten Harvest Contest....not good enough to place or anything, but I got several nice comments...

You can click on them for bigger pics....The top ones are some maniacs called the Twins, produced by The Wargames Foundry. I tried to make the base look like they were in a junkyard. The lower fella is called 'The Cutter'. Very unusual miniature from Jim Bowen. I liked the creepy feel it had to it.

Still working on various minis, but not getting the time I need or want to do that. I kind of gave up on the novel contest, I got 3000 words done, but soon got bored....Oh well.

Ready for Winter....

I figured there won't be to many days left to go outside and prime minis, so I best get a bunch done while I can.The humans are all Alpha Forge crewmembers. There is a big half assembled Alpha Forge Demo bot in the back (waiting for some more conversion work I am doing) and two SuperFigs! minis. The cool looking robot to the left should be fun to paint. Haven't decided on schemes for any of them.

I did manage to finish and upload two entries to the WYRD Rotten Harvest 2 Contest. They pale in comparision to what else is there, but its fun to compete nonetheless. I can't identify which are mine, per contest rules, until after the judging is complete.

I also finished one of the CRYPTO Critters from Crunch Waffle, the Jack-a-lope. Cute little bugger....I'll take photos when I am finished with the rest of them.

I also decided to enter a crazy 'writers' contest. The month of November is designated National Novel Writers Month. The contest is simply to come up with a 50,000 word novel in 1 month. Doesn't matter what the topic is, if its good, or anything. The goal is to FINISH the novel. I doubt anyone will ever read it, but I am writing one...

So, who knows? By the end of this month, I could be a novelist....

Long time no post!!

I did manage to finish the Alpha Forge Goodies, and I believe more are on my way...

Here is a quick look at the Asteroid Prefect...Unfortuantely, it lookes more boring that it did in real life....

I also did 4 of the miners....here is a shot of those...sorry these pics are bad, Rod, over at Alpha Forge will do some better ones...


I think you can see the little red solidarity fist I used as the units icon, in the 2nd pic.

Anyhow, I am now working on some terribly strange Crunch Waffle minis, including a Jack-a-lope, A hoop snake, and a flying pig. Part of CW's Crypto critters line.

I also have finished a few minis for the World Of Minis Competetion, I'm not crazy about these as they were rushed, but at least I finished them...

The Thing: Repainted Hero clix and a sci fi warrior called Kurgan, sculpted by my friend Mark Kraggs (klute).



I also have various half realized projects that I would like to move on with...

and hopefully, more frequent updates!!! Thanks for looking!!

Next up...

Marching on with my next projects....I was going to paint up some random stuff I have, but I have a chance to work on the very cool (and bizarre) Asteroid Miners from Alpha Forge.

They look like this....
I have 4 variations of these that were sent, and I need to get them back to Alpha Forge in 3 weeks or so. PLUS, I have one much bigger fellow, called the Prefect as well.



I just got them, and have started the prelimainary work, cleaning, assembly....Hopefully I can knock one or two of them down during this long holiday weekend.

Appearances on the Web...

The 'hawaiian Ogre' I referred to below is now on the Crunch Waffle site, in their ON LINE store. Looks like they took a new picture of it too...

Here is the link....
http://www.crunch-waffle.com/gallery/old_magi.htm

Kind of cool to see my little painted version next to Jason Weibe's original sculpt. He has been one of my favorite sculptors for some time, so it really feels like an honor to me.

Here is the picture as well:

Also, the fellow over at Superfigs noticed my 'almost Wolverine' mini I made out of one of their sculpts. I just added some bobby pin claws and gave him a 'x-man-ish' paint job. But he asked for a pic of it and I noticed it was in their gallery now.

Here is that link and pic....http://www.fourcolorfigs.com/gallery.html



Lastly....The nice lady at Queen of Credits
Has me listed in her "FAVORITE ARTISTS" Category. Very cool honor indeed, especially when you look at the caliber of artists she has there. She commissioned a couple of things from me, the first being the Shark-at-law recreation I did for her. I had made this same conversion once before, but send it off to an attorney friend of mine. Queen of Credits, who is also an attorney, wanted a recreation and so she got it. She uses it to intimidate the opposing council!! Good to see my work has some positive effect in the real world. I did another commissioned item but she has told me to keep quiet about it until she posts it on her website...

Here is my page over there!

Thanks for reading (and listening to me brag and prattle on)!!

The Results are In!

I'd like to happily announce that the results for the Alpha Forge SALVAGE RUN contest are in...

I was selected as the Overall winner! I'm very excited about this, as it was a long project that really paid off nicely in the end. Win or no, I had tremendous amount of fun painting, planning and converting the project.

Here is a pic of the trophy...

I will also recieve a never released model of a spaceship, and 50 dollars in credit on the Alpha Forge on line store...

Very cool. The competition was tough because of the other great entries, and everyone was able to grab some sort of prize. I'm already looking forward to the next contest.

My latest...

No word on the Alpha Forge Contest winners yet......Hopefully soon.

Here is the latest project I've been working on . It is a mini from Crunch Waffle Enterprises. I was contacted about painting this thing up very quickly so the owner could take a painted version along to the GenCon (a gaming convention). It was really fun to do and I hope the owner likes it. I mailed it off today.

I've Met the Deadline!

Sorry about not having many updates, but I was feverishly trying to finish this crew up for the Alpha Forge Salvage Run Contest. Here are the pics. First up is the shot of the entire crew, The Desert Rose Salvage Company. I believe all the pics are clickable if you want a bigger view.

Here is the Salvage Dog gun truck. I scratchbuilt a little plow for the front from cardboard and bits of plastic. I made it removeable as well....I also added a bed cover and an exhaust pipe I got from a matchbox car.



Here is the big Demo Bot...This was probably my favorite of the bunch to work on. I really wanted his coloring to be reminisant of a construction vehicle. His hands were like big digger claws, so I mae them rusty and scratched up. I also was attempting to make the light in his eye look like it was bleeping back and forth...
Here is a closeup of the scratchbuilt trailer I made. Its made of some plastic lid I found, and some spare parts from the models. I also made this removeable. All the 'gear' in the back of both the truck and trailer are removeable as well.
Lastly, here is a few shots of the truck and trailer steaming thier way to a salvage find...

I have had these done for a while, but didn't get a chance to get the pics onto the computer...

These are the 'crew' for the AlphaForge Games contest.










You can click on the pics to get a closer look....

The final stretch is coming now, I have some major painting to do to get those going...

The big robot I showed earlier will need paint, as will a truck with an armed crew...as well as some accessories, like a cutting torch tank and so forth...

Yeesh!

Time flies when you are having fun, I guess....Ok, we returned from our Northern Minnesota vacation, sunburned and full of fish.

I even managed to finish 2 more of the crew of 5 that has to be done before the 30th. So, in all I have 4/5ths completed and am again pushing the deadline to the max.

The house renovations are taking up my free time...I am either painting walls, or staining wood, instead of painting minis.

I have taken some pics of the minis, but I'll wait until a bit later to publish them. Sorry, no pics again!

Update...but no pics!

Ok...here it is the 12th of June and I am making some progress. I now have 2 of the 4 "Salvage crew" finished and painted. I finished up 'Oliver Duboise and JR Tannenbaum'. I like how they turned out, but I am sure I will hate them once I photograph them. I'll try and squeeze some time in to get the pics. And just to add to my pressure...Rod over at AlphaForge sent me another crew member as a gift. I had thought I was missing a few pieces of one of the vehicles, and Rod not only sent me the missing pieces, but sent me another crew member...It turns out I was NOT missing the pieces after all, but they just got stuck to the bottom of the box. I apologized and offered to pay, but he would have none of that! What a class act.

Anyhow, here is the 'new' addition to the crew (from the AlphaForge site)I think the one I have has a bit of a different head though...



I'll have to get busy on that one soon. June 30th is bearing down quickly.

In the meantime, the clock is ticking down to our vacation. Also, we have decided to do some remodeling in our house, so I will lose some valuable painting time to that...Maybe I work better under pressure...Or possibly my head will explode...We'll see I guess.

Slow but steady Progress...

I have got some painting done on one of the crew members this weekend. Not enough progress, considering I really only have 2 weeks to get them done. The Deadline is June 30, but we are leaving on a family vaction June 17th, so I really gotta get moving.

I did get a decent base made for the Demolition-Bot, and got the Bot itself more or less assembled.

Here's the base:Its just primered grey here, but its layers of cork, some sand, and a little coffee stirer that will work as a exposed pipe. I plan on painting it like cement.

Here is the almost assembled Demo-Bot (now with Roboty hands!!) on the base. I have not primered him yet as I have some gap filling to do. Plus I will paint the base seperately before attaching him on.


Hopefully, with the upcoming week I will see at least one of the crew completed.

Humble Beginnings...

I don't normally get to work on my hobby stuff everyday, too much going on in real life, but this weekend, I did squeeze a bit here and there.

First, is the very cool Demo-bot for the Alpha Forge game...only partially assembled here, but the cleaning of each part (moldlines, filing) does take a while...

He is missing his head, the other arm, some great big roboty hands, and some shielding that goes by each shoulder...He'll get them soon.



Also, and this doesn't look like much, I decided to scratchbuild a "dropship" for the little motley crew I am assembling. Basically, the picture below is just the humble beginnings. Just two pieces of styrofoam inserts, one from a computer box, the other from a printer maintenence kit.
I stuck these together with some 'gorilla glue'. My goal is to build this strictly with junk and things I find, or already have. So far the money total is zero. Let's see if I can keep it that way.

Clutter....

Of course, I may be a bit more productive if I didn't work in such clutter.... Sometimes it takes me a minute just to find the right paint, or a different brush....Although it does look like a complete shambles, there is a bit of organized chaos...I won't even point out the fact that this is just the work table, you should see the rest of the room....eeek!!

Some Progress....

I have gotten the next four minis prepped and based. They are now primered too, but the pics don't show that.

I added a bit of green stuff to the muzzle of the big guys gun, to represent a blast. The characters are as follows....Oliver Deboise, the overly nervous technical guru. He has began to learn his craft at an alarming rate. The Wardroid (not named yet). With the addition of Oliver's new AI program, this refurbished droid is becoming quite the project. JR Tannenbaum, the biker like expert salvager. Very mysterious past, this very gruff fellow does get the job done. And the heavy hitting do gooder, Rocky Leskow equipped in the HADES battle armor.

Alpha Forge Salvage Run contest.

Alpha Forge (www.alphaforge.com) has sponsored a painting contest designed to get a fighting force of miniatures painted and ready for battle.

The contest is broken into three seperate entries, each highlighting a certain aspect of the skirmish game Star Mogul. The game is a futuristic battle game within the backdrop of forces fighting for salvaged items left by long gone civilizations. Each player owns a company, and the company comprises of your fighting force.

The first installment of the contest was for the 'Boss and Shareholder' characters of your force.

I entered these two...












The first is Maddie Sanchez, my "boss" the strange lizard like guy to the right is the Hydrissian 'Deeno'. He is the company shareholder and enforcer. The painting was fun, but so far the most enjoyable part has been creating the 'stats' and back story for each character.

The next installment is due by June 30th, and comprises of the companies 'Infantry' forces. I have already started mine, I'll have some WIP shots soon.

Hello...

I thought I'd start a bit of a Blog, just to keep track of my hobby projects.