Updated pictures of the zoanthrop. After my wife brought the camera  back from China most of the setingsa were messed up (or shall we say adjusted to suite the purpose of my wife rather then mine :)))

Anyway after coaxing this camera for couple of hours I think I restored everything to pre-China level. So here is the picture of my updated zoanthrop. Posibbly I am deluding myself but it seems to be better then what I took before

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For the last week I was painting this guy. Comments are, as usually, very much appreciated. My personal issue here is the metallic on his armor and the color of dead heads on his back. In hindsight I should've painted him all red the same way I painted gauntlets but it is somewhat too late now. As for the heads… not sure, probably one or two purple wash with rehighlighting with something white…

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I hate this time of the year... having 3 people in the family who are either go to school or teach makes one very stressful end of summer... I was always wondering who come up with this briliant idea that all schools and colleges have to start on different days.... and why two different schools in the same city require different set of papers, forms and medical requirements.... Oh well, I am supposed I am just whining and trying to find an excuse to why I am not painting anything at the moment. One more week and life will be back to normal, one would hope.
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Just added new WIP album with pictures of a large fortress that I am slowly building. Comments are more then welcome. I got to admit this is my first project on THAT scale and I am building it slower then I would want to but it is getting there.

you can see it here 

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Time to continue my pseudo-scientific pseudo-humor category.

Scientists are (usually) very polite people. So, it is not uncommon to find in the end of most scientific papers the section with acknowledgements. In this section people:...