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Apoxie Sculpt
What Is It? In a nutshell, Apoxie Sculpt is an epoxy clay. It sounds weird, but it’s true. It is a 2 part clay that hardens at room temperature with no shrinkage and is nearly as hard as dental plaster. Sound like a godsend? Well… in some ways. Keep in mind I’m simply sharing my …
Creating a Paint Scheme
« Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 67. View All » Laying the Foundations It’s not always as easy as it looks, but usually you can set up a few basic rules that will cover most circumstances. “Rules?” you say? Yes… rules. Well, they’re more like guidelines than hard and fast rules. All of the …
Devout Bodyguard
Introduction This week we decided to join forces again and all do a Devout to show the variety of these new more posable ‘jacks. The Devouts typical role is that of a bodyguard for a warcaster, so I decided to pose mine in that vein. Let’s look at the pieces. All of these parts might …
Man-O-War Assembly
« Page 1Page 23. View All »The Man-O-War “Lean” Anyone who has ever assembled a Man-O-War can tell you about the “lean” the model has, especially the Kovnik. When assembled they appear to be weighted heavily in the back and not quite standing upright. After playing around with my units for a while I devised …
Review: Dragon Forge Resin Bases
Have you ever wondered whether resin scenic bases are worth the investment? I’ve seen some pretty shoddy castings out there myself so I’m usually on the skeptical side. Today I’m going to review the new Wasteland II series of scenic bases from Dragon Forge Designs , sculpted and produced by Jeff Wilhelm. Purchasing First off, …
Terminus Walkthrough
How to Paint a Monster-sized Warcaster in Just 14 Days??? That’s right, 14 days from box to sealer. Eeek! Not to mention I lost several days due to family obligations like my brother’s wedding, but that’s life. All in all, I ended up spending 20~25 hours on this guy. He needed many more, but I …
Water Products Showdown
To test some different water products, I decided to do a side by side showdown. I got out some spare 50 mm bases and flipped them upside down. I filled the bottoms of each with different products to see how they react. This also told me if there will be any sort of heat problem …
Working With Glaze Medium
« Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 45. View All »Author’s Note: This article was originally published on BrushThralls.com under the title “Glaze Medium”. I’m reposting it here for sake of completeness and to clean up a few issues the original had. New comments and additions will be in italics. Glaze Medium – What Is It? I …
About Me
Dan Smith is: a Cancer survivor. Miniature artist. Devoted husband & father. Lethally sarcastic (but trying to improve). Happy to be alive. Enjoying each day as it comes. Firm believer in God and miracles, big and small. Proud father-in-law with three grandcats and a grandpuppy. Now providing a home to his widowed mother-in-law. Halfway to his Bachelor's of Science degree in Management Information Systems. Burned out on school.