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Hey all, a friend of mine, Thor, just put together this great tutorial on painting and weathering the yellow armor on the new Orruk Megaboss. It's a really interested read. You can check out the whole tutorial here...

Tartan patterns can be very intimidating. However, they can also really add to the look of historical figures, fantasy barbarians, or those trollbloods you've got! The good news is, if you break the pattern down into its individual parts and then slowly build it up, painting a tartan really...

Seems fitting to do a review of a Frankenstein figure on Halloween. Here's one of the latest releases from Terrible Kids Stuff. It's a 75mm re-imagining of Frankenstein in the world of DUST. You can read the full review here...

Terrible Kids Stuff has returned with the recent release of 5 new figures. I'll be reviewing two of them. Here's the first, Einan, a 75mm dwarf boar rider. It's a fantastic kit sculpted by Joaquin Palacios and inspired by the art of Paul Bonner. The kit is limited edition, so get one while...

I just wrote up an article detailing my approach to painting eyes. It describes how I paint the eyes for a larger figure like a bust or 90mm. But, I use a slimmed down version of the same approach for smaller figures (like 54mm and 28mm ones). So there are some tips in there for those as...

I was curious what do people think are the 'big' awards in the mini-painting hobby? For years winning a Golden Demon or a slayer sword was a huge deal. Now that those shows have essentially vanished from all over except England, what has filled its place? Or has anything filled its place...

They just posted a preview of the seminar topics available at Adepticon 2016: http://www.adepticon.org/?page_id=9967 There are a lot of fantastic classes and a wide range of topics. If you haven't been to Adepticon, I highly recommend checking it out. Aside from the great seminars, you've got...

As the title suggests, I'm looking for some recommendations on people to lead a painting workshop or seminar. A local painting group I'm part of would like to have someone come out to teach a one day or perhaps weekend long painting course. This would be open to anyone in the area (not just...

BloodFather of Kharnath started this discussion over on my WIP thread, but it seemed like a good general topic for the community. So... 1) What are your hobby (painting, sculpting, competition, gaming, etc) goals for the next year? 2) If there are any goals from the past year that you...

I've been wanting to do a steampunk project for a while now. I recently picked up one of the Scale75 SteamWars figures (Jessica Thunderhawk) at Adepticon and I'm really excited to get started on it. Turns out several other forum members have either recently received or ordered the same figure...

We're fast approaching AdeptiCon and the Crystal Brush painting competition, so I wanted to find out who from the CMON forums will be there? As far as I'm aware Bailey03 (me) BloodASmedium Sionid Khonner Fluisterwoud will be in attendance. Anyone else? I'm looking forward to finally meeting...

I wanted to bring a really neat project to everyone's attention. Big Child Creatives along with Minx Miniatures has been doing a Kickstarter to release a range of 54mm scale orc pirate figures (actual figures are around 75mm tall). The sculpts are incredible with lots of character and a...

Okay, so maybe I missed it with all the goodies that came in the box... but where is the flamethrower card? From a cursory internet search it looks like it comes with Toxic City Mall. Does one come with Prison Outbreak too? I ask because I only got Prison Outbreak however, through the...

Michael Kontraros is starting up a new company to make fantasy figures in a variety of scales for collectors, painters and sculptors. If you're not familiar with Michael Kontraros, he's a phenomenal sculptor. His figures, painted by Chris Panagiotou, have won awards at numerous...

Just curious if anyone has tried either of the Scale75 non metallic metal paint sets. I'm tempted to pick one up to see what I think... but I'd love to hear from someone who has tried it before I order one. Has it been useful or just a waste of money? I've searched around online for some...

I'm looking for etched brass scenery for sci-fi bases and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on where to find it. What I'd really like is something that looks like plating for a space ships deck or floor from a futuristic building. I'm looking for parts to use in a number of display...

Just saw this project posted on MassiveVoodoo and I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention over here at CoolMiniOrNot. Roman and Raffa from MassiveVoodoo are creating an art book. They are funding the project through indiegogo (think kickstarter). This looks to be a great (and successful)...

I've been poking around CMON for a while now and have been incredibly impressed and inspired by all the great work. I decided I wanted to get more involved in the community and hopefully benefit from all the knowledge and experience out there. So I'm creating this work in progress thread to...

For those of you who haven't checked this out yet, take a look at the Dreamforge Kickstarter. There are a variety of cool figures and titans to choose from. They've hit plenty of their stretch goals so you've got all kinds of neat accessories and perks available to you. The offer ends...

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