Frostgrave/Confrontation Skeletons (Thug and Infantrymen)

    I´m still alive, i swear. Mostly. For now. But this year is not a total waste in the painted miniatures section, there you can see two little fellas that were in my Ever Growing Pile of Miniatures (TM) since forever. Now, they are a proud Thug and a proud Infantrymen for Frostgrave. Hope you like them!

Blood Bowl Conversions: Humans

                 This has been a year of green stuff mostly, it seems. Why do I say this? because apart from the Infinity stuff  you´ve already seen I have done and/or finished at least other two conversions. Funny thing, they all have been human blood bowl miniatures, that goes along another two conversions i did long time ago. Since i didn´t post them yet here, now is the time to show them in all their glory.

                First two where made a long time ago, the other two, this year:

Blitzer

No moridos: Setekh y perro no muerto

                   Don´t believe for a second that I don´t paint anymore: It´s just that i´m usually busy with other stuff so i don´t upload pictures. Proof? here there are, two minis on the same entry!:


                   Setekh: Blood Bowl Star Player

                   This one was a gift for my friend Von_Drake. I modelled him a mask because... well, the original face was hideous. And after a probably-too-long waiting (for my friend), here it was the result!

2015 Showdown: Rules and preparations ;)

             Don´t ask me why, but this year I have this blog nearly abandoned, and not because I don´t have enought things to post, trust me. Well, I guess you cannot spent enought time in all your interests if you have a bazillion of them so... enjoy this entry. Last year, Mr. Von_Drake and me enjoyed (sort of) a duel who´s main interest was to "force" us to pain our armies of infinity.

               I won by two miniatures to zero.

               Even when the success was.... well, almost no success at all, we still tried (at least me XD) so it had it´s utility. And this year we decided to match again our wills in another painting duel.

Hope ours ends better

                Our main goal?: to paint, along this year, a dreadball team to use in our annual showdown on December. Being 8 miniatures (usually) a normal team, this is far from complicated for most of the painters along the web, but we know each other... so there it goes!.

                   People say the one who hits first hits twice, and i don´t like free punches: I jumped in and built some minis in... quite a while actually :P. Here they are!:

                     

2014 Showdown Aftermath: Finished Combi Morat and Review

               Well, i was expecting to show you this mini before New Year´s Eve and do a proper review about my Showdown with Mr. Von Drake but holidays are holidays so... here it is, all in one! :P

                First, Green Lanter Corps Combi Morat

Let´s play a game 2015: Third and last Voting

                     I´m late again, but i guess we have enought time for voting so... here it is the final voting (and maybe the last "Game" in a few years) that we´re gonna have on this blog. The original idea for the previous one was to choose a "way of representation" for the miniature i´m gonna sculpt, and the winner was....: Diorama!.

Ok, maybe mine would be a little... smaller XD

                And about the second voting between both characters selected.... again a tie. Seems that Roy Batty and Ten are gonna fight to the last, so on our third and last voting you will have (again) to vote-select two things:

1. Choose (again) between Blade Runner´s favourite robot and Nearly everyone´s favorite Dokta.
2. Describe the diorama you want for them, in detail. Some of you had described what you want for the diorama already so... do it again XD. Remember, i´m gonna work with your suggestions! :D. Oh, and if someone´s description is of your liking you can vote for it too!!

                Once December is gone the most voted option will be chosen. And i must say, that if AGAIN both characters are in a tie i´m gonna do a Mashup and go along with it. They both deserve a miniature if they tie three times, don´t you think?

                 Ok, you can start now, it´s already mid-December but looking at previous votings you will have time enought.... see you soon!!!

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                 Bueno gente, tarde y mal pero aquí llego para esta última votación (si bien es cierto que viendo el éxito de las anteriores creo que sobra el tiempo XD. En la previa mis amables seguidores escogieron el diorama como el sistema deseado para la figura a esculpir, así que ahora sólo quedan por escoger dos cosas:

1. Roy Batty o el Décimo Doctor? Sí, seguimos con esto XD.
2. Descripcion lo más precisa posible del diorama. Algunos ya lo habéis hecho así que... toca hacerlo de nuevo :P. Eso sí, si alguna sugerencia ya dicha os mola podéis votar por esa ;).

              Y pa finalizar aviso: si vuelve a salir empate entre ambos tipos voy a hacer un mashup y tirar palante, que digo yo que si tres veces tienen los mismos votos se merecen ambos el premio de una mini no? :P

                  Sea como sea tenéis hasta final de año, pasado ese plazo ya no habrá vuelta atrás!

                  Nos vemos! :D

2014 Showdown: Combi Morat (WIP I)

                  Year is coming to an end! And with it, the showdowns too are also reaching their climax(es?), so it´s time to show you a little more of what i have been painting recently. Now, a Morat in the colors of the Green Lantern Corps:

                    Because i can :P

First, black

That booty

Y una rapidita....

                   Dos actualizaciones? el mismo día? Locuraaaaaa!!!! 

                   Pero en este caso, el motivo es bien sencillo, concretamente este.

                Xacto, con orgullo y satisfacción pueden ver (o se lo digo directamente a los muy vagos para mirar el link... sabéis quiénes sois...) que he ganado uno de los premios de pintura de BanduaWargames con mi pequeñuelo Caróntida!. Gracias a la fantástica organización, ya me puede el intríngulis de saber qué me ha tocado!! (aunque la placa conmemorativa sin duda será a lo que más cariño tenga ;)). 

              

                      Hasta el próximo año, donde pienso estar también! ;)

A Game of Models 2014: Sculpting (V)

              Weeeeeeell well well, let´s not forget I still have previous year(s) unfinished (technically, unpublished XD) "Game of Models" around, so let´s have a new update!. Enjoy our favorite caped crusader:

               No, it´s not Batman.

Both pieces joined together!

Start of the cape

                     The technique with the cape was simple: A thin (sort of) layer of green stuff, a bit of superglue to strenghten it, and then another thin (i tried!) layer over that one for an smooth result. And shape :P

Let´s play a game 2015: Second Voting

               Well, October (and the first week of November...) came and was gone before we could even realize it, so let´s start the second voting soon so aaaaaall people interested on this can say what they want. After the first voting, two topics where chosen:

• Roy Batty, from Blade Runner

  

  "All this moments will be lost... like tears on the rain..."

• The 10th Doctor. 

"You tell, bro"

              Quite some interesting ideas, indeed! Well, on the second voting you have to do two things: first, choose wich one of the two topics are more interesting. And second, choose the ""technique"" you want me to use on it. Here there are the options:

1. 28 mm miniature
   
2. 75 mm miniature

   

   
   

3. Bust.

   

   
   

4. Battle Scene (Number of fighters might vary, two minimun XD. Also, 28mm ones)

   

   Ok, technically this is a diorama but... they are fighting ok??

5. Diorama (Differs from the previous one in that you can have a diorama with only one miniature, or several without them fighting :P. Again, 28 mm miniatures)

   

   Like this easy one :P

6. Drawing. (Ok, it´s not a miniature, but if you´re interested on it... why not?)

Ok, maybe someting more simple...

       
            And if you want to suggest other option, just say!. When November goes into oblivion whe will choose the two more popular answers for both questions and we will jump into the last voting.

                Ok, hope you like this, see you soon!.

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                 Bien, Octubre pasó y se fue por donde vino, y llegó de repente Noviembre con sus ganas de bronca y su mal tiempo. Y acabó la primera votación del concurso pa 2015, los nominados, Roy Batty the Blade Runner y Diez, uno de nuestros Doctores favoritos.

                    Ahora toca la segunda votación, y esta vez tendréis que elegir no una sino dos cosas: primero, cual de los dos temas anteriores es vuestro favorito (los replicantes o el Dokta) y segundo qué sistema de, llamémoslo, representación preferís para el "trabajo": 28 mm (los retos hasta ahora), 75 mm, busto, escena de batalla, diorama, o dibujo (en caso de que estéis hasta los huevos de minis XDDD).

                    Llegado Diciembre las opciones preferidas pasarán a la tercera votación en la que... bueno, ya veremos qué hay que escoger XDDD

                     Esperando vuestras respuestas, nos vemos!

Let´s play a Game 2015

                 Yes, ladies and gentleman, here we are again on this time of the year when voting for the next year´s project must start. And yet again you haven´t seen anything completely done... I could say that the Dark Angel is finished minus details, but you had hear that before, so... believe me or not, can´t blame you XD. Anyway, I must start again if i want a new edition done, but this year´s game, like any sequel, comes with new rules and possibilities, hope you like them (or not! :P).

Isn´t beautiful to meet again?

                   The first one is a change: Remember when i said that the idea was finishing the miniature along next year. Well, i had done it more or less, but it simply takes just too much time and next year i´m planning on launching a crusade against my Gigantic Mountain of Unfinished Minis (TM) so... I need time. Resume?: I will START this project next year, but i don´t promise to finish it next year. Yes, i know, i barely do it anyways, but this way at least i don´t feel guilty about it XD.

                   Second, an special rule this year!. Usually I picked up the books or the topics, this edition will be completely your chosing. Had a wish, this is the time!: 

Any wish?

A Game of Models 2014: Sculpting (IV)

                 Sorry for the delay, the Marines are almost ready but they still needs some minor fixes. Anyway, here they are more pictures of the second one! Time to start working on chainmail clothes and power legs! :P

             The arms where a pain in the ass. Pinning got a bit loose so when i was working on them they where always moving. Plus, i had to be sure they where in a good position because they had to hold a sword in the end so...

A Game of Models 2014: Sculpting (III)

              Here we are again folks!. This time, a revelation!: Remember when I said that because I didn´t finish my vow last year, I had decided to "compensate" that fact doing something extra this year?. Not as part of the vow for 2014 (or i would again not finish it) but just as an "extra" thingie for you to enjoy. Well, here it is the extra: Not only one Dark Angel Veteran from the picture am i sculpting, but two!. And of course, here are the pictures of the beginning...

Marine from Black Reach

             This one required a lot more work on the legs. I´m afraid the straight one came too long, but hope it will be barely noticeable when ended.

A Game of Models 2014: Sculpting (II)

                 Just a short update of this fellah, this time mostly showing up my work on the legs

Spiky elbows!

Start of the tunic

2014 Showdown: Finished Charontid

                     Well, as i promised here it is the finished Charontid from Infinity the Game, my second miniature on my showdown with Mr. Doyle and the first one in the Von Drake´s one. You didn´t believe i will have it finished that soon uh? XD.
                       
                        Ok, let´s go to the main interest, the pictures!!: 

With an also scary name!!

A Game of Models 2014: Sculpting (I)

              Hello, everyone! After summer time I come back with new energy and, better still, pictures of this year´s Game of Models!.

                Yes, i promise to finish this one in time.

               Truth be told, since the other one is technically not fully finished, this year I had the idea of compensate my "failure" somehow, and that idea was fully supported when people where not very convinced of which miniature i should sculpt. So... well, you´ll have to wait a litte longer :P. Ok, everything starts here then...

                And no, there will be no forever updates. Just four, five tops. Hope you enjoy them:

Preparation:
               
                Trying to save time (and having a bazillion one-piece marines who probably will never be painted) i decided to use one of them as my base model for sculpting. Here there is the chosen one, with his future self under him: a Pre-Heresy Dark Angel.

From Dark Vengeance

2014 Showdown: Sneak Peek (II)

             This one is taking me forever. But at least is going well!

               Next update (i hope) it will be finished! :D

2014 Showdown: Sneak Peek

             I had another post ready, but last minute i decided that you would enjoy more this update of the 2014 Showdown. Here it is the WIP of an Infinity miniature (first one i´m expecting to finish, since, well, ever XD), a Combined Army´s Charontid. Pictures coming!

  

LED´s Pants!

 

                  The "pants", except for little retouching here and there are done, in a few weeks i hope to be able to show you the finished miniature (and see if it looks like a  menacing creature or a 70´s techno ball). Oh, i nearly forgot, it´s painted in the Red Lanters colour scheme, which comprises, surprisingly, a lot of red.
 
                   Hope you like it, see you soon!

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                   Entrada sencilla: trabajo en proceso (o WIP, a decir verdad la mayoría ya hablamos así...) de mi pequeña banda de felices alienígenas genocidas: la IE de Infinity. Los pantacas están prácticamente hechos salvo detalles nimios, espero en breve tenerlo acabado. Pintado en el esquema de los Red Lanters porque, siendo sinceros, tranquilo y relajado no tiene pinta de serlo un animalico que va por el mundo adelante con un fusil de plasma XD.


                   Espero que os guste, nos vemos!!!