I’m back from Tacticon. The surgery went well and I’m still alive. However due to post surgery restriction (bed rest and stay in reclined position), I wasn’t able to paint any miniatures, which was a bummer. So I ended up watching painting videos and Netflix. A little bit of review on Marike Reimer’s new painting […]
Read MoreLess than a week for Tacticon and my doctor scheduled me for an outpatient surgery smack right down on Thursday – the first day of the convention. It’s inevitable that my “Troubleshooting” class has to be canceled and I have yet to find a substitute for my 1-on-1 class. I’ll be at the hotel room, […]
Read More Denver, gaming convention, TacticonWell, not really If you’re wondering why I haven’t been updating the site, it’s not because I neglected it. It’s because I’ve been busy working on getting an online store up. Kirk, Torin and I have been busy with our new venture: Hangar 18 Miniatures. It’s an online boutique shop for miniature painters and fine […]
Read MoreWell that is it. Rhonda Bender (Wren) releases me from Iron Painter torture – beating me by 2 points. The interesting part is that we both did OSL projects in a creepy way. Looking at the scores, I won for Theme but I lost in Difficulty and Overall. I have to say that I disagree […]
Read More ip8, iron painter, wyrdWow I can’t believe I made it before the deadline again. This new airbrush-fu really saved my life. However, the challenge is to take photos of my entry. The glossiness of water effect, mixed with 2 contrasting color of OSLs made a hell of confusion for my camera. I couldn’t take a decent picture. Anyhoo, […]
Read More ip8, iron painter, wyrdHere we go again. I made it to round 4. Killed the competition with the highest score in round 3. The competition for this quarter final round is getting tougher for sure with whole bunch of reputable painters. I am actually grateful for iron painter. It gave me plenty of chances to play around with […]
Read More ip8, iron painter, wyrdFirst, I want to apologize for neglecting the blog to write my Iron Painter progress. I’ve been occupied by the airbrush workshop last weekend. It was an awesome workshop and we were able to overcome our fear with airbrush. So the bright side: I had fun. The dark side: Iron Painter entry was neglected. To […]
Read More ip8, iron painter, wyrdDay 5 of Round 3 and I have not made any progress. I still have sculpting to do, base to build, composition to arrange and many other things. I won’t do much this weekend either. My friend, Aaron is coming from San Diego. He is teaching airbrush painting on both Saturday and Sunday to our […]
Read More ip8, iron painter, wyrdThe result for round 2 has been posted. Congrats and good luck to all who are advancing to the next round! http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?30329-IP8-round-2-RESULTS! I made it to round 3 myself and I am nervous to wait for the next pairing and theme. Thank you Terri for donating the stag figure! Without that I would be in […]
Read More ip8, iron painter, wyrdYes, with three days to spare, my entry for iron painter round 2 is done. It was a challenge to match the skin tone with the surrounding, but I think I manage to capture the ambience. Here are the pictures:
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