Something other than Alpha Forge

Don't get me wrong, I really dig Alpha Forge minis, but I felt like painting something different for a change. I had just picked up a bunch of these SPINESPUR miniatures recently. They are a bit demented (chainsaw wielding maniac, clown faced thong wearing brutalists, but it makes for fun painting.

Here is HACK, the first I have painted up.

I placed him on a base made by King and Kerr.
A UK based company that makes some pretty cool resin scenery. The pic is clickable to make it bigger. I also have a Pig mask wearing butcher and the above mention Clown Sadist that I am working on. Like I said, demented stuff.

Also, I plan on attending GENCON
Which, from what I understand is the countries biggest 'gaming' convention. The folks from WYRD Minatures and Alpha Forge, among many others, should be there, so it will be nice to put faces to online pseudonyms.

Painting a few.

Here's a few zombified crew members and a 'death mask'...which is the item that reanimates the fallen crew members. These are being sent out to Alpha Forge, I've got a variety of things to paint up next....I'll just choose whatever strikes my interest the most.

More sculptin'

Well, just like all my projects, I start with a ton of enthusiasm, but as the ugly truth becomes revealed, I quickly sour on it.

I think I'll plod through just for the practice, however.
I'm not sure what to make of the guy...I kind of like it, but also kind of cringe because parts are so bad....Well, no harm in keeping at it!

Happy Independence Day!

Hi there everyone! Here is my 'sculpt' I've been working on...it's shaping up more now, and doesn't look so x-rated any longer. The pic is clickable for a better look-see.

The metal armature arms and neck, are much longer than necessary, but I'll cut those off as I go. Better too long than too short! This creature I am working on is meant to be very bulky, and hunched over, much like the guy with the green sword and purple skin from my earlier posts...only bigger and beefier!

I'm also working on some more ALPHA FORGE stuff...always my favorite! No pics though, since I'm inherently lazy.

Blast from the Past.

Just got a new camera for my birthday/Fathers day, so I thought I'd try a quick shot of my Demobot....The big guy was painted just about a year ago...and helped me win the ALPHA FORGE Paint Contest (oh, past glories...sigh) Anyhow, the pic shows off some of the detail much better than my old camera.

Click on him for a better shot!!

Also, I am again trying my hand at sculpting. I 'd love to spend more time at this, as it is very exciting to build your own figure out of just some putty. This is the beginnings of a monstrous creature I am making. Hopefully, I can make it into something presentable. So far, its just two legs and a strange growth...It is made from a 2 part epoxy putty called Kneadatite, affectionately know as GREEN STUFF (us mini-people are a clever lot). I think I've got some good muscle definition so far.

AH...it just occurred to me that the 'growth' could easily be mistaken for something torrid. First, get your minds out of the gutter, and second, that is the beginnings of the spine...REALLY!! LOL

Another update!

Maybe its a swing of productivity...Maybe its because this Hydrissian Salvager (see pic below) is the last of my commission work, but I seem to be finding more time in the paint room. All the pictures are clickable to make them a bit bigger.


The Salvager is just a bizarre model all together...Its mechanical, yet strangely buglike. This one got sent off to Alpha Forge this morning.

I've been working with making a few more bases for miniatures. First up is a little sculpt I made from milliput to protray a alien world..The bloody tentacles are breaking through the surface...are they plant or animal?

Today I finished painting up a 'display' base. It was made out milliput and some bits I had for some time. The little wall is something I have had since I was into World War Two models way back in 7th grade (thats 25 years or so!) Anyhow, the base part is just a lid from a jar of peanut butter...You can still see part of the SKIPPY in the bottom pic. The idea is that you could remove the mini for gaming (which I really don't do) and still have a large display base on which to show it off. The mini, obviously isn't painted yet.Well, thanks for looking! I really appreciate the comments I get. For the longest time, I only assumed my Mom or wife were the only ones reading (and I have to force them to...LOL) Until next time.

Is it June Already?

It's amazing how fast the time seems to go by. June is here already, and already 2007 is at its halfway point.

Still trudging on with some painting: Here is a Mephalian. A very bizarre, almost blind creature, from Alpha Forge:


Also, A Work IN Progress of Sorts. This is the 'Dartwing Attack Bike'...Its missing its rider and the handlebars, but the main body is done. It's a very cool design.


The Mephalian will go towards my Paint Splosh (today is the deadline)...But there is some very steep competition. Witchhunter, one of my favorite painters, has really done some incredible work. Also, another strong contentder, Matakishi puts out his normal high quality, incredible production. Even the Hydrissian Kid pumped out some stellar stuff...And Lots of it! I think I am too damn slow to keep up with those folks...but at least I can say I tried.

Paint Splosh...

Here are a few minis I finished for the Paint Splosh contest: All Alpha Forge Stuff...as that seems to be all I paint any more!!

Again, sorry for the lackluster pics...I've all but given up on taking good pictures. The top one is called an Asteroid Miner. Poor guy doomed to mine asteroids all day...The other two are part of a Salvage crew...I like how the camo pants came out.

Hello!!

Hiya....Moving right along, here are 4 of the 'Survivors' of the Zombie Nightmare range. These are urban survivors. I made a mini newspaper for the bum...the Headline reads THE DEAD WALK. I also sculpted a disposed Slurpee drink for the shopper, and have the Gangbanger with some police tape:


Click on it for a better look!

Also, here is a closeup of one of the zombies faces....I wish I could get a better pic. Maybe i need a better camera??

EEK! His eyeball plopped out.

Ok, until next time!!

A few more...

Hi all! Got a few minis painted over the weekend. I wish I could pick up the pace, but I'm so damn slow.

Anyhow, these are part of the commission I have for Alpha Forge: Zombie goodness! Two of them are 'floating', one is called Stitch-head. Click on the pic for a closer look!


The next one is a work in progess. Its a Hydrissian Scavenger, I am really trying to give it a 'irridescent' look. Still a bit more work to do on it. Its a fiddly model.

Hopefully, I won't get too burnt out of these to start working on my PAINT SPLOSH minis, but at the rate I paint, my outlook is bleak.

Paint Splosh...

Alpha Forge Games is running a 'Paint Splosh' contest designed to get the minis up and painted, so I have started assembling and priming a bunch.



The contest only runs through May, so I have my work cut out for me.

Also, I still have some commission work to finish up, but it was too nice to stay indoors today, so I worked on the above minis out on the patio. I've tried painting outside, but it just doesn't work.

Check out the others on this thread:

SPRING PAINT SPLOSH

In a hurry...

In an attempt to get these zombies out the door, I hurriedly took pics...which aren't the best. Sorry. First up are the Rural Survivors...I had fun making the base with the steps, and giving them an all around 'white trashiness'. How can you not love a granny with a chainsaw?

Here's a quickie of the zombies....
I'm working on yet more zombies now, a 'Hydrissian Scavenger Drone' (very squidlike robot) and some Urban Survivors.

PLUS: Rod over at Alpha Forge is having a Spring PAINT SPLOSH contest...the person deemed to spend the most time painting and converting Alpha Forge minis will win 50 bucks in prizes. I figure it's not fair that I count my 'commissioned' paint jobs, so I got to figure a way to paint up some of my own pile o lead.

Check the 'contest' out here http://alphaforgeforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2303&sid=2f61169249b39568f4ca06d2bd6d37b2#2303

Ok, back to painting now!!

Works in Progress...

I noticed I haven't really been using this site as a work in progress log of my hobby projects...just one that shows them once I have finished....So, here are a few works in progress..

I've been having zombies on the brain lately...Reading zombie novels (currently World War Z), watching movies with zombies, so naturally, Its time to do some zombie minis!

Firstly, I wanted a 'zombie horde'. When the miniatures are each put on a base, the base itself takes up lots of space...so to make it more claustrophobic, I got the idea of putting several of these plastic minis on one base.



Obviously, there is plenty of work to do on these yet. I probably should have painted them first, but that is such a hassle to try and glue them on after painting. But, I managed to squeeze in 16 zombies on just 5 plastic bases....I think that helps with the HORDE look.

Also, I've been working on Alpha Forge's zombie line. Rod has come out with some really cool and unusual zombies, and a few zombie survivors as well...Here is a WIP of a few of them.

I've got lots of work to do with these yet too...but a few of them are nearing completion. I really like the looks of the farmer with his shovel...and the mutated guy I adorned with a high school lettermans jacket.

I even tried my hand at writing a serialized zombie story. I add a new installment every so often. It's at the Alpha Forge site if you'd care to take a gander. (its on the forum so, you can also see the responses I've had. It's bad enough I subject those folks to my ham-fisted painting, but now I make them read my hackneyed fiction as well....

Click on it to read it....LINK REDACTED BY NSA

I'll try and keep this more up to date from now on....

Notice I said try.

More Roboty goodness.

Here's yet another Alpha Forge...this one a big tank like fella called the Cyclops. I worked on this guy in between power outages caused by a big ice storm that rolled through. He also marks the last of my 'commission' stuff for now...so maybe I can work on some of my own ever growing pile of pewter..

Yay, new stuff!

My hand is well on its way to recooperating, so I got busy with some painting here in the last week or so.

I needed to get these done for Rod over at Alpha Forge Games:


First some 'Asteroid Security Drones'. I tried to give them a military look.

Next we have the Asteroid Miner Chief. He is the boss of the 'Asteroid Miner faction' so I decided to give him a bit brighter scheme. Its a very cool mini, and I will have to get one of my own. I also have a much bigger mini, called the Asteroid Mining Cyclops, but didn't quite get him done. I wanted to get these off to Rod, as he needs them for a convention later in the week, I figured 4 were better than none.

Hopefully, I can start working on my own minis again soon...it takes me so long to paint them...mostly because I am the worlds biggest procrastinator. I'll tell you more about that later.

Temporarily out of the game....

Having surgery on my right hand to hopefully repair carpal tunnel syndrome has kind of put a crimp in my painting plans.

Although at first my hand felt pretty good, I have found myself using it more and more, but now that is really catching up with me. It hasn't even been a week yet since the surgery, and it hurts worse now that at any time since. Maybe that is a sign its healing....maybe thats a sign I need to stop using it. The Doctor has said to not use it for about a month...which is a hard feat to do, especially when I was back to work in less than 4 days. Oh well...I'll try to not use it and see whats what.

I did get some new Asteroid Miners from Alpha Forge and need to get them done for the owner there, but they will have to wait just a bit.

Moving right along...

Here is a sniper from Alpha Forge....It's a bit boring paint job wise, but I couldn't see a sniper wearing gaudy colors...Anyhow, the second pic looks a bit more harsh, maybe because I left off the photoshopped background. The photoshop kept washing out the fence, which was probably my favorite part of the whole mini....

Next up, I better get done with those Crunch Waffle minis...I kind of let them go onto the back burner. The owner wants them back...eek! Anyhow, I have three of them done, just can't get inspired on the last one...an assassin with a crossbow. I'll have to work up some inspiration quick like....Until next time!

Hmm...

Well, I had planned on keeping this a bit more up to date, but real life gets in the way.

Here are a couple of the minis that I just finished (they are all from the 'primered' selection below.



The big fella is a Superfigs miniature. The other three are Alpha Forge Minis, although I hadn't noticed it until I took the picture...they have a three stooges quality to them...Larry, Moe, and Curly Nyuk nyuk!

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....