The art of figure sculpting, modeling and painting.
Built this Atlantis (ex-Aurora) American Bison model for a good friend’s Christmas present.
Nothing out of the ordinary when building it, but it was great fun!
Brian Riedel
Since I was 5 and got a book on dinosaurs which also mentioned the La Brea Tarpits in LA, CA. Since then Megafauna of the Ice Age have fascinated me. This is a resin 1/10 scale Cave Bear produced by Paleocraft and stands about 17 inches [...]
This is a little more from the Fantasy side than the Historical. Still figuring out how to treat that kind of subject matter from a stylistic standpoint.
Lately, I’ve been painting several figures at once. As I paint with oils, and due to the slower drying time, I rotate work on them so I’m able to keep busy.
Minormous Models has a line of really high quality resin figures that are just wonderfully executed and which I highly recommend. You can buy the STL files online or the printed figures from El Greco Miniatures. They have one figure of [...]
Greetings to you all from the Czech Republic!
After a long time I managed to finish another figure, this time I reached for a figure from Alpine Miniatures in 1/16 scale. Everything is painted with Andrea Color acrylic paints, I only used [...]
More armor . . .
Some of you may recall the Bud Light TV commercial in the 70's with the mystery writer, Mickey Spillane, the punchline of which was "practice, practice, practice."
For my transatlantic friends, Bud Light is a [...]
This is a work in progress. It was inspired by the amazing work of Magnus Fagerberg. Lately, I've been painting the same pieces as those of people whose work I admire in order to better understand their approach -- to sort of 'walk in [...]
I'm practicing armor . . .