Verzani Miniatures

2010-12-04T21:07:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I have done any complicated freehand designs on a miniature, so I decided to really throw some on this Fallen Angel that I painted for Dark Sword Miniatures. I really liked the very dark color scheme of the miniature. I think the contrast from the black wings and cloak and the light skin tone really makes this miniature pop out at you.

2010-12-04T21:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a Dark Sword High Elf Warrior miniature recently painted for Dark Sword Miniatures. For the clothing I was shooting for a military uniform look, so all of it was painted in different shades of blue. I thought it turned out very nice.

2010-10-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I last update my blog, so I thought I better get some new minis up. Here is an "Urmuth" miniature from Andrea that I just about have finished. He is a 54mm miniature from Andrea's Warlord series. It is definitely a superbly sculpted miniature, and has been a lot of fun to paint.

I really like how the axe blade turned out. It was painted in the non-metallic metal style. The blood on the axe was done by picking out the blood splatter design with liquitex titanium white. I then went over the white with thinned down red ink. Once that was complete, I washed over the blood streaks with a very diluted mix of red ink and Vallejo bright red.

This miniature is being painted for a private collector.

2010-04-15T12:23:00.000-07:00

I've placed "Captain Falco" up for auction on ebay. Check it our here: Blood Angel Captain Auction

2010-04-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

Here is a converted Captain Shrike miniature I painted for fun. I thought he would look good painted in red and gold, so I converted him into a Blood Angel, and made the base out of greenstuff and some 40K scenery. I had to wiegh the base down by gluing a large metal washer under the base, so it would be stable enough to support the miniature. I thought he turned out pretty cool.

Regards,

Matt

2010-04-10T13:51:00.000-07:00

Here is a Theon Greyjoy miniature from Dark Sword Miniatures George R.R. Martin Masterworks Song of Ice and Fire line. It is another amazing sculpt from Jeff Grace, and is currently up on Ebay: Theon Auction

2010-04-10T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a converted Dark Elf from Reaper miniatures. I think she was originally an Elf Pirate. But I went a little darker with her. She is up on ebay now:Dark Elf Auction

2010-04-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

This was a fun little project using some Classic Games Workshop miniatures. Both these minis are long out of production. It was kind of strange working on some miniatures 15 years after I paid for them. It is up on ebay: orc auction

2010-04-10T13:37:00.000-07:00

Here is the Young Hedge Knight from Dark Sword Miniatures George R. R. Martin Masterworks Song of Ice and Fire line. He is probably my favorite Dark Sword Miniature right now. But Jeff Grace has just sculpted a great new batch of minis for Dark Sword. I am excited to get a chance to paint several of these new masters for Dark Sword. If you haven't checked out the new Euron Greyjoy posted at Dark Sword, go there right now.

The hedge knight is now up on ebay: Young Hedge Knight Auction

2010-04-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

Here is an Arya Stark miniature from Dark Sword's George R.R. Martin Masterworks Song of Ice and Fire line. She was a lot of fun to paint. She is incredibly small, as she is supposed to represent a 9 year old girl. She isn't much bigger than a penny. She is up on ebay starting saturday. Arya Auction link

A few of my favorite miniatures I've painted over the last few years.

2010-02-16T20:26:00.001-08:00

Space Hulk

2010-02-12T15:39:00.000-08:00

I've been Working on these Space Hulk miniatures for one of my best customers. I've done a lot of work for him, but these minis were a real treat to work on. In my opinion, these are some of the best 40K minis GW has done. There are a few issues with the casting, but most of them can be cleaned up pretty easily.

New painted miniatures

2010-02-12T09:18:00.001-08:00

A Dark Sword Diorama and some NMM techniques

2009-12-22T23:01:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of a diorama I did in early 2008. It is based off of a Larry Elmore painting. I think the axe blade is a good example of how to paint NMM (non metallic metal).

The most important thing to remember when trying the NMM technique is the transition from light to dark colors. This can be a very sharp transition based on the shape of the object. For instance, on this axe blade there is a sharp light to dark contrast between the flat of the blade, and the edged portion. While the flat portion of the blade itself has a gradual transition from light to dark. The play between the light and dark is really what gives it the metallic look. It doesn't matter what the actual colors are you choose to work with. If you can get the transition from light to dark right, it will look like metal.

Recent Commission Work

2009-12-22T22:54:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of some Warhammer 40K Orks that I painted on commission during the past year. This is pretty typical of the standard I strive for when taking on commission work.

2009-12-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my new blog. I will try to post on here much more frequently than I did with my website. I plan on getting a few tutorials up soon. I will also try and add pictures of several projects I've completed over the last few months. Here are some pics of my latest minis for Dark Sword Miniatures. They were sculpted by Tom Meier who always does amazing work, but these were truly exceptional.