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Arbalest

11/2007

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The Arbalest is one of the nicer Dark Sculpts for Classic BattleTech. Interesting mini and a lot of fun to paint.

Looking at the picture I probably should have taken the highlights up a notch, especially on the canopy, but it looks good under my painting light …

I originally painted the miniature in November 2006 but revised it in November 2007 Continue reading Arbalest »

Scavenger

07/2007

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An awesome sculpt by the talented Edgar Ramos for his own line Mad Puppet Miniatures.

I think this is one of my best miniatures so far. Also the base is one of the more elaborate I have done. The water effect was done using Still Water from Vallejo Continue reading Scavenger »

Pixie Trickster

01/2007

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This is probably my favorite of Rackham’s Pixie Tricksters.

The scheme is very similar to the studio scheme but I think it is a good fit. Again I used purple in a lot of colors. To create contrast and interest I used a lot of green too. The head was the most time consuming part, but as it is the main focal point Continue reading Pixie Trickster »