Oils step 1 - shopping:D

I just pulled my act together and went shopping for oils. I decided to literally go to the shop (Atlantis), not buy online, because I had no idea what to buy and I was hoping that someone will help me to choose the right stuff.
But apparently I've choose the wrong store, because no one even paid any atention to the lost girl between the shelves. Well, maybe they've just assumed I'm an artist in a different state of mind or something... it's an art store after all:)

Anyway after a short struggle I managed to buy:

• Daler - Rowney Georgian oil paints - starter pack and few additional colours
• Winsor & Newton Drying Poppy oil - bright colours doesn't yellow when using poppy oil
• White spirit
• Few cheap brushes
• and 3 not oil related dry pigments:)
  

Colours I bought should give me quite a lot options when it comes to mixing, at least at the beginning:

• Some 'primary' colours: white, black, yellow, red, blue, green
• And few fleshy, reddish, brownish.

And now I'm just staring at this stuff and have no idea what to do next....;p


Here is a handful of  links about oil painting, to make this post at least a bit useful:

Oils with apes
Painting oils (thx Rob)
Painting horses part 1 (thx Phill)
Painting horses part 2

cheers

'eM

JMD Succube - review

In my first review I decided to describe one of my new minis: Succube from JMD.

Beautiful piece of resin I must say.
You can check what I have to say about her on Chest of Color website, in their article section.
http://chestofcolors.com/jmd-miniatures-succube-review

cheers
'eM

Every girl loves shopping!! part 1

And I'm no different:P

But in my case it's not only shoe shopping, but also mini shopping that makes me extremely happy.
And during last few weeks I bought so many minis, that it should keep me happy till the end of the year.

So without further delay, that's my new Treasures (at least the first bunch):

Hell baby (Maow) - so sweet I couldn't resist

Shark boy (Maow)

 Succube (JMD)

Menhom Dark Shadow (Andrea)

Volgor the Skull Hunter (Andrea)

Hopefully, soon I should be able to post short reviews and some photos of unpacked minis.


cheers
'eM

Anton and Yrsa

Final photos of my two latest minis:
Both entered on Hussar 2011, Anton is the lucky one:)

Anton the Infected

JMD miniatures

CMON

And Yrsa the Accursed

Red Box Games

CMON

cheers

'eM

Hussar 2K!! :D

I guess everything was allready said about that event so I'm just gonna post here links to galleries and reports:
Official page
Official gallery  -  my Anton isn't that green in rl (as you can see below)
Official report
Maru's photos  - I'm that redhead btw;p
Slawol's photos 1 - award ceremony
Slawol's photos 2

From me I can only add that I had a lovely time and it was a real pleasure to meet all those people, I know from CofC, in flesh. Social side of the event (which is the most important to me) was trully awesome:)

And I was lucky enough to bring one of the beautiful golden Hussarettes home.
My Anton won gold in Large Model category, and I'm really proud of him:)

The second mini, Yrsa the Accursed wasn't  lucky enough to even get the first cut, but to be fair, she didn't really deserved it anyway.

And don't forget that next Hussar 2012 will be next October!! So make a note in you diary, and  reseve some time for that event already:)

cheers

'eM

It's been a long time:)

It's been a really long time since I posted anything here. But there is a good reason for that.

First I was on holiday in Poland (combined with Hussar 2K!!).
You know the drill while wisiting friends and family... not much time for internet activities (but plenty of time to be hangover);p

And then, after safe return home, I found out that my graphic cardwas boiling slowly for quite a long time, and I can see 'Things' on my screen that shouldn't be there.... So no processing pictures, not even using my computer for a longer period of time;/

But now everything is working again so I can post some news and photos:)


cheers

'eM

WIP - Anton the Infected is almost ready

Hi,
Just a quick post to keep you up to date with my works:)

As the title says, JMD bust is almost ready for a competition.
There are still few minor things I need to finish, but I guess, I need to focus on something else for a few days, to get a fresh look.

 And here you can see base for Yrsa. again, more or less ready.

I'm still not sure about the snow, but I definitelly need to do something with the hue of the moss. It's too warm for my liking, but on the other hand it goes well with tundra feel I'm trying to achieve.

cheers

'eM