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Pinned models I hold on a pin vice.
Others I blue tack and hold on two glued-together GW paint pots or a bottle cap, when painting army-type stuff.

Please check my video on the subject, it shows...

I think this is because the Legacy Miniatures were never meant for gaming, but rather for collectors and painters.

And of course they want us to buy their new figures :)

Square bases also keeps the door open for a possible refurbished "Ragnarok" expansion which was regiment based.

An old-time Confrontation fanatic like me, I'm really looking forward to the...

What's the purpose of those expensive boxed sets? I mean, I'm very interested in a Drac Mac Syro, or one of the undead Gargoyles, but I don't want to spend a lot of money on other miniatures I don't...

I'm happy this first competition went well, with some room for improvement of course, which is normal. I'm sure the future for Crystal Brush is very bright! Now already a lot of people were talking...

You're already using a primer: good. Too high or low temperatures when spraying usually result in a bad finish of the primer: grainy, glossy. Another important thing about primers it so shake them...

Almost all pictures are over-exposed, looks like the camera is left on automatic and is having trouble with the black background.

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Still haven't made the time to submit my entry for the CMON Annual 2009. Anyone knows what the deadline is? Thanks!

read it on my blog: http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-coolminiornot-annual-2008.html

Peter!!! Good to see you're still painting.

Both miniatures are great, but Kara's bandana is my favorite bit: the colors you used there are really very well done.

Take care!

-Gerrie

I recently reviewed these figures on my blog: http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/review-red-box-games.html

I think these are great miniatures and want to know what you think of the...

Well mine wasn't wrapped in bubble wrap or anything else... It was bare in the cardboard box apart from some foam cubes to fill up the remaining height of the box.

I received mine last week. Didn't really have the time to browse through it entirely but it looks great so far, well worth the money.

I'm not really happy about the packaging: the simple cardboard...

looks very good, nice price too, congratulations

silly question: why is this the 2008 edition? Are there any plans for a 2009 edition soon or do we have to wait until 2011? :)

Thanks for putting me on track for this everyone.

I don't know the exact name, but I hope you understand what I mean. I'm looking for one of those revolving desktop storage things for paint bottles, typically for Vallejo.

Anyone knows where I can...

The best free e-zine on miniature painting ever.

looks nice and clean, great job!

Finally finished them :)

http://corvus.darklined.com/albums/userpics/10002/mantic_elves_unitcollage.jpg

Bigger pictures on my blog:...

Finished the faces... please note I\'m going for good gaming quality instead of showcase for this project.

http://corvus.darklined.com/albums/userpics/10002/mantic-elves_wip_2.jpg

I think something similar to the concept art, silver and gold armor, with green shields and red details.

Well the blog post I mentioned has more details as well as pictures of the sprues: http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.com/2009/08/preview-mantic-games-elves.html

And like I said in the post above: 7...

If you don\'t know Mantic Games: check out my blog post here.

In this thread I will log all painting projects which are related to Mantic Games.

Since their first release will be Elves (being...

In the past 2 years I didn\'t really painted anything up to showcase level: mainly did gaming and medium quality stuff, so this is really getting used to again :)

Some areas can be improved: the...

I just had the same experience with a Rackham mini. But you know what\'s so strange about this? The last remaining work in which you usually loose your enthusiasm takes only a few hours to complete....

This looks very nice, great idea, good colorscheme.

This army will look amazing when finished.

Voted.

I think the hair is very well done.

A lovely army, very well done.

How did you make the mushrooms? With green stuff?

great article

but I wonder: how long does it take to make 20 cm of this?

NMM hardly needs any shading... just some blacklining along the edges where it meets other surfaces.

Thanks again for all the tips. I noticed Dragon Forge before and yes, they are cheap.

What about casting your own plinths? I tried to google it, but didn\'t get any useful results.

Anyone tried...

Great work, I know how small he is :)

My only point of critique is the inside of the hat lacks some shading IMO, it\'s a just the dark brown basecoat that seems to be showing.

Bigger pictures will certainly help, but from what I can see it\'s too dark (a common mistake which I also made in my first attempt). The basecoat has to be A LOT lighter.

Also your highlights are...

Hmm haven\'t thought of that.

Other alternatives are also welcome.

GW got me into the scifi-fantasy side of scale modelling, I did historical before that.

But I think the biggest impact was caused by a combination of the beautiful Rackham miniatures and being...

I want to buy a batch of display plinths to base all my showcase minis on. This shouldn\'t be too expensive, the plinths shouldn\'t be painted. I think resin is the cheapest material? A basic shape...

Looks like you are aiming for exactly the right quality level for a batch of figures like this.

What I find interesting is that you didn\'t attach them to the bases yet, something I usually do...

I was also thinking about pigments, thanks for the help guys.

Irregular magazine is amazing, keep up the good work ;)

I\'m curious about this Cadian commission you are tweeting about.

Check out this entry: http://www.coolminiornot.com/224667.

I want to know how the ground cover has been done. It looks like some scatter material, but I think it is painted.

What is it?

When I want to create a glaze, do I have to add only glaze medium to my paint or do I have to add both water and medium?

I\'ve starting using Twitter a while ago and it\'s real fun! At first I thought it wasn\'t really necessary to have a blog and Twitter, but it\'s really a good platform to share short status updates...

fantastic stuff

can you please tell me how you did the dirt effect on the Valkyries?

It looks more like an orange red to me. Check out Vallejo Model Color\'s line, I\'m sure they have something similar.

I have two limited edition figures for sale.

If you\'re interested in one of the two figures, send me an offer by PM. All offers in EURos please. Minimum offer for each figure is 15 EUR (I will...

ok thanks a lot!

So you choose the type of save before rolling to save or what?

Just played my first game of 40k in 5 years (a few games of 3rd edition back then), and it\'s amazing how fast someone can forget about the rules! :) But in general I think the new edition of 40k is...

Painted this warband for a customer. He wanted to have some jade color incorporated into the warband, for the rest of the colours I was free to choose. So I decided on this mix of the original studio...

When I was still doing scale modelling and I had to paint deser camo I always painted on something like the first image of those google images results. Easy as hell and looks great.

Good to hear a lot of big companies are interested.

And that Lily looks amazing :o

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well done guys
I bet I\'m too tired, and it\'s too dark here too... better try another time :)

here: http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77

My score was 42 (lower=better). I had some trouble around the blue area.

I\'ll try to keep it short, here\'s what I use and why:

Vallejo Model Color: huge color range, good consistency, lots of colors seem to match (earthtones). Metallics are very poor.
GW: superior...

Yeah Tarantula\'s are now produced by Forge World so you will find the rules in one of their books.

OP is so cool
don\'t know why I owned so many silly transformers as a kid but never Optimus ???


http://artflutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/optimus_prime__powermaster_.jpg

I have someone to buy the brushes for me today. They\'re probably not suitable for miniature work, but I can always use low-quality brushes for terrain stuff or to apply glue etc.

Let\'s hope...

Cool they\'re selling them in Belgium too ATM :) Thanks for the tip.

I don\'t really understand what you mean by \'Shapers\'. Are these brushes or some kind of sculpting tools?

yes that\'s it: too much paint on your brush.

Great painting, you\'ve obviously put a lot of time in this.

The base is great too, but I think it\'s a bit too good. What I mean by that is that the entire setting isn\'t really balanced. Your...

95% of the time I use a 1, otherwise a 00 for detailing work such as eyes, etc.

I had some of my pictures posted by somebody else twice (on other forums).

Both times I contacted the administrator to straighten up things and eventually kick the user.

After a small hiatus I\'m once again returning to the hobby in full force. My previous online activity, in the shape of Pendragon Studios, has come to an end (basically lost interest in the concept...

haha cool

paintjob look ok btw

sold!

This miniature was exclusively available at Mini Art Con 2008 in Germany. The figure comes in its original packaging and is untouched.
If you want to buy this miniature from me, please send me a PM...

yes it seems that several colors have been used for the drybrushing as well as the shading

I think this won\'t qualify as a duel in a Golden Demon competition, simply because the two miniatures aren\'t fighting each other. I remember that story from a guy who got disqualified for that. His...

these look awesome and very well priced

what\'s the shipping cost for these to Belgium?

I agree. Celestine has some pretty small details, which are invisible in the small picture.

Having seen those miniatures IRL last weekend, I must say Masquerade has improved a lot over the past few years. This stuff can easily compete with the new French releases such as Hell Dorado

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the rust effect looks awesome

what about that chaos guy? is he supposed to be unconscious? Then it seems there\'s still life in his neck, because his head is positioned like he\'s standing...

some of the stuff that helps me to keep painting:

I switch between gaming quality and showcase miniatures every now and then. Right now I painted some 40k gaming stuff for the past few months and...

fluff-wise I\'d say every warrior is responsible for his own warpaint, so there might be some variation, although I\'d stick to the same color for the entire unit.

what is this? some kind of cleaning product?

The overall painting (and especially the blending) is very well done and the base is good, so this mini is surely worth an 8. But I would vote a 7 (or even a 6 if I didn\'t take much time to study...

yeah Eldar armour is usually painted in a very bright color and looks very smooth, but your approach really works!

You also asked for feedback on your photography. I think it\'s very good! Maybe...

I also like the overall, dark atmosphere of this miniature. It suits the 40k universe very well.

My only point of critique is are the metallics on the sword and the rifle on his back. This looks...

a lot of effort has been put into the bases, and it was worth it

about the colors: green and brown always work :)

good job

I agree with everything that has being said, but I want t o add one more thing. Try to create some kind of \'brand\' from your painting service. Of course this has to do with name recognition, but it...

probably because relying on a painting service is so expensive :)

What I find very interesting is the amount of people who say they rely on a painting service to get their miniatures painted. In my direct environment (local gaming stores etc) this is still...

I don\'t know about the W&N brand, but I\'ve seen people use acrylic paints from a tube for miniature painting. From what I\'ve heard those paints are fine enough for miniature painting and are...

Good painting, but still a lot of room for improvement. As said before the areas need to be defined in a better way.

Another point for improvement is the picture quality. Overall the lighting is...

very good idea and well executed

my only point of critique is that some of the sculpted areas (like the \"shoulders\") could be a bit smoother

great work again

if you bring this one to GD Germany, it won\'t fit in any of the display cabinets :D

yeah, prime it is the only thing you should do, really...

only be sure the bark is completely dry before you start to incorporate it into your bases

I switched the title and the URL
fixed now :)

Although not active in the CMON community the last couple of months, I\'m more than every busy with the hobby! After visiting such great sites as weetoysoldiers.com and tabletop-terrain.com, I came...

- Cynwall Akhamials new in blister
- Hell Dorado 3 demons + cards new
- Tau Fire warriors 8 new on sprue + bases
- Tau Gun drones 4 new on sprue + bases
- Painted Necron Immortal
- World of...

Cleaned out my closet last weekend, and decided to put everything which will never be painted on eBay.

Here\'s the list with a short description. Full details can be seen on the eBay item page...

good job on the pics

and it\'s nice to see a closeup of the mini I entered :)

better luck next time with your entries :)

Hey! :mad:

;)

Thanks to everyone who has visited the gallery, there are more than 1000 views now already, I am really amazed by this amount, but then again I spent the better part of that same...

Yeah I remember some names, but rather want to wait for the official results before I put up something that might be wrong.

Don\'t know about that Forgeworld Pilot, haven\'t noticed it in the...

I\'ve tried to create a complete overview of all the Demon winning entries for each category. I haven\'t managed to get decent pictures of all the winners, so for those I have included a shot I took...

check

and I am pleased to announce that Sascha Buczek (aka Goatman) has won the sword this year with a fantastic entry

overall the competition was quite good, with some weaker categories (fantasy unit,...

thanks for the comments so far, I\'ll keep you guys updated on this project

@freakinacage: yes I\'m still around :) I\'m posting on a lot of forums, but the CMON forum hasn\'t got a lot of my...

Started working on a Shelob diorama.

The scenery is made up out of plaster, together with some polyfilla and sand.

Shelob rests on two pins, Sam and Frodo are pinned on the base too.

Just...

I\'ll be there, looking forward to meet you guys

I thought the white studio paintjob didn\'t really suit this demon, so I did it in black. Please tell me what you think! :D

http://www.coolminiornot.com/162067

Hello,

A new version of Pendragon Studios online is online since today. Besides the new looks, the site has become bigger and better, with more interactive content such as a forum and a...

well done m8 :D

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That date in June wasn\'t the best for us both: I was on holiday and Jasper was having exams. Hopefully it will be in May again next year so we can be there again :D

I added some scratches on the orange/brown regions, but not on the rest of the armour :~(

If you have any good tips on how to paint on scratches on white armour I would like to hear them. I...

wow that white mask makes this mini look very cool :cool:

I don\'t really like the way you highlighted the robe: from black to red and then to orange, but it looks very good from a distance.
...

yeah I use Vallejo Model Color and that white is indeed quite difficult to keep at a good consistency. I always have to keep adding more water, and a bit slow-dry too keep it thin enough.

But the...

Hi Michael! :)

Good work on the miniature, nice choice of colors, and the armour and cloak really look amazing. But the metallics look a bit rough to me...

Need some constructive comments on this one: http://www.coolminiornot.com/125535

Read description for more details.

Thanks :)

Need votes and comments: http://www.coolminiornot.com/117208

Thanks :)

thanks for the votes & comments so far

since this is only some kind of practice mini, i\'m very happy with the current score of 8.5 :D

First Drune miniature after a short break... basically this is somewhat of a test miniature to check out some new recipes I had in mind. Check out the description on the page for more info:
...

got contacted by a french guy who was surfing those forums together with one of his friends. That friend said he saw the pictures before so they went to the electricocean galleries and found my...

the original post really doesn\'t say that much, basically that he likes confrontation figures and that he used photoshop to edit the pics...

I think the evidence says it all: http://www.warmaniaforum.com/index.php?showtopic=15077

He has been using old pics of me without copyright or watermark. If you scroll down you can see my reply...

If you need some Dutch stuff checked or re-checked: count me in! :D

you it would cool to have your email address :)
just to keep in touch you know :D

and yes, I\'ve already started that miniature I bought from Cindy
but didn\'t have too much time to paint lately...

24 hours to go!

Currently for sale on eBay:

Ashan\'Tyr: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8732733471&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

more stuff @ $0.99:...

good job, my only criticism is that the skin color is too dark,but that\'s a personal opinion

voted 9

After lots of commissions and competition pieces it\'s time to switch to a lower gear again and do some fun-painting for my private collection :)
I tried out some new color-schemes on this one, let...

hehe :) I agree with Cindy, you were very fast on this one :D

aaah, the blessing of being a student :P

anyway, I\'ve already commented through mail: this paintjob looks incredible, I voted a 9...

voted and commented

great work, as always

btw I\'m almost ready to start painting that mini I bought from you two weeks ago :D

the NMM on this model looks very good, the rest of the miniature looks a tiny bit rushed, and doesn\'t really suit the super-smooth sword

but nonetheless this is a great paintjob

voted 8

hehe so this thread is still active or what? :)

well, here\'s a pic of me, took in May of this year, giving a painting demo at the Miniaturansichten event in Germany :D
...

My latest work: a rather colorful unit of Eldar.

overview: http://www.coolminiornot.com/105488

detailed shot: http://www.coolminiornot.com/105490

comments are welcome!

-Gerrie.

oh okay

I thought I asked a question in that email regarding Ming-Hua\'s email address, so I thought you didn\'t get it because you didn\'t reply...

or did I forget to ask that? :~(

you are entirely correct :)

btw did you get my email Cindy?

these are the categories:

single historical
single sf/fantasy
historical unit
sf/fantasy unit
dioramas
busts, flats, etc
vehicles
toy soldiers

There will be a complete coverage soon on electricocean.com, I\'ll keep you guys updated!

As usual the show was great and everyone who won a prize was very happy. I met lots of people this year, and here\'s a shot of some CMON members.

top row, left to right: Jasper (Mordred),...

ooh, sorry to hear that Michael :(

I also didn\'t finish what I wanted to (it\'s always like this :)), so I\'ll be entering only one piece especially made for this comp, for the rest I will be...

at the end of the E313/E34 highway, when you are about to turn on the ring around Antwerp, head north, direction Breda. Then take the exit called \"Merksem\". Then you\'re almost there :)

If you...

well one positive point is that the major roadworks around Antwerp are over :)

@Tooshy: okay that\'s cool, I\'ll be waiting for your mail :), and be sending one myself with the weather forecast, as promised :D

@minimaker: I\'m not sure when I will come, but I\'ll try to be...

Heya,

next week it\'s the time again to put Belgium on the mini-painting world map again :) it\'s time for Crisis 2005.

Last year Jasper (Mordred), Filip (Tuubje) and myself met some very nice...

Exactly one year ago Gerrie and Jasper started Pendragon Studios. To celebrate this, the boys are going to have some very special auctions up in the next few weeks. To kick things off, Gerrie is...

One of my all-time favorite minis, painted in a new version:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/102165

Comments are welcome

We also have something similar to spellenspektakel in Belgium, it\'s called Games World. THe first few times I went it was pretty much okay, but last year it was crap and too expensive. One of my...

I will probably do the base again... this one was started two days before I had to enter the piece in a competition :) so it\'s really rushed...

lol I know what you mean minimaker: this type of event where you just enter your minis in the painting comp and then hang out at the bar the rest of the day because there\'s nothing else to see...

A while ago I had a discussion about miniature painting events in neighboring countries. France has got a GD, UK has got GD, Salute, and a couple of others probably, Germany also has a GD, together...

hmm, I don\'t know what happened. A few hours after submitting the pic, it simply disappeared from my account :(

anyway it\'s working now :)

So: any comments? :D

Due to several reasons, it\'s been quite a while since I finished a miniature. Anyway this is my latest piece of work:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/100285

Comments are welcome!

much to my surprise I got a mail from Borg today: my work will be showcased in the Annual :bouncy:

Thanks Borg!

@marineboy

you could get up really high, all the way in the abbey on top, except the tower

the inside is basically a medieval city, with chapels, a post office, graveyard, garden, and loads of...

just got back from a holiday in Bretagne, France

here are some pictures of only a few of the amazing location I\'ve visited:

a house in the medieval city of Dinan
...

I agree with what has been said before: the gold needs to be shiny with more highlights.

where can I buy this one?


http://www.coolminiornot.com/pics/pics7/img4264be19e0a12.jpg

6 at the moment...

I can also recommend it, and that you don\'t know french isn\'t really a problem, since the focus of this mag is on the pictures.

a raclette isn\'t the same as gourmet

raclette is heating cheese, and then scraping off the molted cheese and puttint this on a piece of bread, with salad, etc
like in this picture:
...

Okay Cindy no problem :D
But have you already decided to go to Crisis in Antwerp? And if so, have you informed your family about this? :)

deal! :)

i really like to compete against you :D

I\'ve looked it up, and Amsterdam-Witten is about the same distance as Antwerp-Witten, so if we\'re going, she should be there too :)

So no excuses :D

No, I\'ve never been there before. But last year I met Holger and Michael (Holzapfel), and they talked us into going :) Shortly after that I got an email from holger to invite us to give painting...

Who\'s going to Miniaturansichten next weekend, in Witten Germany? It\'s a painting event organized by Holger Schmidt.

here\'s the site: http://www.hdj-witten.de/miniaturansichtenenglish.htm
...

The CMON banners aren\'t appearing on my site... anyone else experiencing problems?

a small selection of belgian beers:

Maes
Ambiorix
Palm
Hoegaarden
Ciney
Chimay
De Koninck
Primus

yeah, it\'s called Gourmet, and it\'s very often done on new year\'s eve parties

@Tracy: did you practice a bit more on pronouncing my name correctly? ;)

It was a pleasure meeting such great people as Tracy and Peter, we really need to get together again very soon :)

Allright cool :)

Don\'t be surprised if you have to wait a couple of weeks before your banner gets approved...

I don\'t think there\'s such a thing as cheating in the mini painting hobby :)

okay thanks for the info guys

I\'m pretty happy with PayPal, and I thought it would be good to also offer Western Union, if that is cheaper for me of course :)

But from what I read here, it...

signup is free, just go to coolminiornot.com/bannerex and upload your banner :)

Has anyone got any experience with sending money using Western Union?

We got a leaflet at home that basically said that our post office is offering the Western Union money service, but it\'s...

Cadmium Maroon is one of my personal favorites. It\'s the perfect basecoat for , red brown, leather and red, and I also use it to shade skin :)

I like it! A real Rackham-quality paintjbo. I think the only point of improvement is your photography :)

Wow Sophia, that\'s a big chunk of Green Stuff :o

Anyway good luck with the eBay store and the new house :)

i asked a storekeeper here about the availability of the Menoth miniature
he was going to contact the distributor about that
so I hope to have more news about this soon

If you ever visit a painting comp in Belgium you\'ll see a mix of styles there :D

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of course, I love you all! :D

thanks vince, i\'ve updated the article with this additional information :)

New mini-tutorial on my site:

http://www.pendragonstudios.be/articles/tutorial_vallejobottleagitator.htm

for your own good: i\'m not posting a bigger version of that pic :D

my new avatar :D

http://www.chestofcolors.com/cofc-postnuke/modules/PNphpBB2/images/avatars/upload/946244711427fb9d7239d3.gif

hmmm Lust, sounds good

something along the lines of Hasslefree\'s Harem girls? :)

I thought there was a thread here somewhere that discussed that mix of primers. I believe one of the french guys (Cyril I think) used that technique.

No problem :)

Could you maybe tell us what you\'re working on ATM, what we can expect in the future from UltraForge? I really would like to paint up some of your minis, but I\'m not a real Nurgle...

I absolutely agree with this.

At first I didn\'t want to respond to this thread (because it has been held before and actually isn\'t really a discussion because everyone has his own preference),...

faster ???

when basecoating flesh I use two layers of skintone on a white primed mini, and four on a black, so you make the calculation :)

or maybe I\'m doing something wrong :D

Sophia,

you\'re one of those very rare talented people that both master sculpting and painting.

Good luck with the shop!

@Stef: those skintones look very neat. I really need to get that model sooner or later :D

brokenblade, that looks really cool :D

Cindy, fantastic stuff :bouncy:

I\'ve commented and voted. Since I\'m not really into sculpting, I can\'t really give you input on that aspect. The only comment maybe is that she doesn\'t look...

I especially like the white armour, but the picture quality disappoints me a bit.

I\'ve recently used black, but I try to avoid it as much as possible. Things like painting fleshtones over black is a real nightmare IMO. Even after 3 layers it still doesn\'t look smooth :(

But...

in antwerp there was one in the wild 3 days ago
another one 4 weeks ago (might be lost then I guess)

I was just surfing that site a bit, and i\'t huge I must say (though only 5 books in antwerp :)). Anyway did all of you notice that there are almost 2 million books registered? wow!

A 1/144 scale Stealth fighter kit by German scale model company Revell. I think I was about 11 years old at that time :)

The funny thing about this kit was that the plastic was already black, so I...

I think the story behind Grumb\'s look is more like: \"After having spent a year working on a super-detailed, 100+ miniature tyranids vs. space marines diorama, Scott hears that he can\'t enter the...

good thing the server is getting an upgrade and stuff like that, but why isn\'t CA posting this news on the site or here on the forum? He does have an account here, doesn\'t he? :)

@Finn: did he...