Recent content by CrookedEye

I am reorganizing and have some books for sale. Euro Moldelismo "Painting Overhead Lighting", both I and II. $10 each Creating Historical Miniatures "Color Theory and Application". $5 Games Workshop "How to Make Wargames Terrain". $10 Games Workshop "Collecting and Painting Wargames Armies". $5...

Hello all, I have a NIB Tarascus. Please PM me if interested, $125. Zach www.crookedeye.net

This may be the best reference for flesh tones I've ever seen. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/world/gallery/angelica-dass-pantone-skin-tone/index.html With her tumbler link: http://humanae.tumblr.com/ Zach

Hello again, I love the look of the Retribution of Scyrah from Privateer Press. It's a cleaner look than most of the other lines and I love the blue/green and white color scheme. I removed the bird from the original model and made the banner out of brass rod, aluminum, paper clips and some...

Hello everyone, I have posted an article on types of brushes and selecting which one works for you on my site. I have seen a lot of general brand recommendations but nobody really has details what the different numbers mean in each line. I spent a little money and got a few of each type and...

Hello everyone! Hope your summer has been as enjoyable as mine so far. We've had some hot sunny weather and it's been a lot of fun hanging out with the kids. I did take a little mini-vacation of my own to head out to Gen-Con. It's always a good time but this year was especially nice as all...

Hello all, I'll be back in London next week for work, and may have a little time to shop. Are there any suggestions for retail stores and/or mini-related things to do? Too bad Atenocities isn't in London, I could easily drop a lot there. Actually, maybe that's a good thing. :) Zach...

Hello All, It took me forever but I finally have pictures of my entry from Baltimore, 2010. It was a very tough competition but I was lucky enough to come away with the gold. This piece pushed a lot of boundaries for me. I've always done conversions for entries but freehand other than...

I posted a mini-tutorial in the "tips" section of my website with a quick description of zenithal priming and some rather large pics as examples. Probably won't be much use for the advanced painters on here, but someone who hasn't tried that yet and may be curious to see it might find it...

Hello! Finally getting around to taking and posting some pics of the August competitions, GenCon and Baltimore. First up is Gil-Galad. I liked the pose a lot and it had some nice flat spaces for freehand while keeping enough detail to be visually interesting. I looked at a lot of pics of the...

Gen Con Indy 2010 - Miniatures Painting Competition <><><><><><><><> Trophies! Cash Awards! Great Additional Prizes! Best in Show Award Given to a first place category winner that best represents the hobby and art of miniature painting. Awards in each Category: 1st Place - 2nd Place - 3rd...

Hi all/mods, Looks like a mistake here, multiple submissions (from different users) with the exact same picture. Credit was given so it's nothing nefarious, but doesn't seem to make much sense to have both. http://coolminiornot.com/248176 http://coolminiornot.com/248169 and...

I was looking at a new airbrush and thinking about the Grafo from Harder and Steenbeck. It says it's specifically for fine and micro-fine work and does have a .15mm nozzle. Does anyone have any experience with one of these? Thanks, Zach www.crookedeye.net

Ok, so I haven't posted any actual minis in a while, but I have been doing something mini-related. :) I have posted pics of my hand=made paint rack and brushwasher in the "tips" section of my website I made the paint cabinet because I generally paint in the nicer living room and needed...

This was 2 weeks ago, I finally have some pics up. Some from the show, some from the dealer hall. Link is last news update on the front page. www.crookedeye.net Zach