Recent content by MPJ

As the title states I am wondering if matt (or for that matter gloss, semigloss, etc...) sprayed or brushed on a finished figure makes an effective varnish. For some reason I am having a heck of a time finding brushable or airbrushable varnish locally but lots of matt medium. Being winter and...

I've never used an airbrush on a mini before but now I'm thinking I should give it a try at least when painting units. Question is should I bother priming the minis first or just airbrush away then paint from there?

These were painted sometime back in the '80s I think. Hopefully by my little brother (even if I did ever paint that bad I'd hope my sense of colour was better then that). Anyway I found them in the basement and thought it might be fun to bring them to a more modern army standard. This is what...

It's been so long since I've painted a mini (and been on here) that I doubt anyone remembers me and my 1100+ pointless posts but I dusted the cobwebs off the 'ol paintbrushes (literally) just the other day and am back in action. Working on a few bits of scenery while my fingers recall their old...

OK, so I'm on a short break from minis since I've become inspired to assemble and paint a 1/570 scale model of the Titanic I've had sitting around since 1976. Normally when I airbrush a model I don't prime first and this has always worked just fine with the Tamiya acrylic paints I mostly use...

Hello indeed, OK, I might be a dad currently bursting with pride, but dang my kid is cool. Today my mother had thrown a private party, she had playing for said party Thane Dunn & The Cadillac Kings (one of the top Elvis impersonators in the world). I had arranged a couple months ago that my...

Painting the griffon mini that came with the newest WFB game box (this mini is the main reason I bought the box). I got it in my head that I'd do the hind quarters like a white lion, started with a nice smooth basecoat, then for some experimentation I did a few wash coats then some blending in...

Please pick this submission at http://www.coolminiornot.com/283719 apart. You don't need to say anything nice, my skin is pretty thick. I thought the mini looked pretty good in my hands and was initially a bit disappointed in the voting results (on the bottom end of my usual submissions), but...

A little shameless son promotion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jsRMEWaMok Not as flashy, but with singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZQ_zBSFnI When I figure out how to rip the DVD with his first actual concert I'll post more. :)

So the other day I made a post about looking for reliable one stop mini shops. I was telling the wife about the post and she started to laugh at me, with perhaps a bit of anger rolled in. Apparently I don't need to find shops, she informed me that I am a mini shop so she made me do some...

I haven't painted a mini in over 2 years now and decided to jump back into the saddle with a big one. I figured I spent big bucks on this Forge World thingie I better start putting paint to it. I'm pleased with the mouth and teeth I've done so far and I've blocked in the base colors I have...

Anyone have any good online one-stop-shops for minis and mini accessories? I mostly order from a number of individual manufacturers but it would be so much easier to get a bunch of things from one place. Preferably something in North America or that ships reasonably to Canada. CMoN shop...

It\'s official, my wife is in surgery this very minute and I\'m boss of the house for the next few weeks (she comes home tomorrow but will be laid up a while). I\'m either going mad with power or losing my marbles at the thought of taking care of a house, 3 kids, and a wife. I must confess to...

Was listening to some Christmas music just now with the kids and I noticed one song with an unusually high play count so I did a sort by \'Play Count\' of all my music and came up a list of the top 10 songs played on my iTunes. I thought I might share it and see if others can come up with...

I entered the Financial Services industry at quite possibly the worst time since the depression and now I find that I will likely be unemployed come the end of the week. It\'s possible that I can push it back a few more weeks but it\'s pretty darn slim that I\'ll have a job come the new year...