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

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

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.

Space Hulk

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

A Dark Sword Diorama and some NMM techniques

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.