I finally finished this guy. I have almost no time lately. May be after they fire me I will start painting full time but it hasn't happen yet.

 

Anyway, I still have issues with taking pictures of red minies, but thanks to Dragonsreach and Spacemunkie I think I am getting better. I made some changes compared to my previous space hulk guy. For example, I ditched all white heraldry in favor of NMM gold and I replaced purple gems by blue. Since this guy is a renowned sharpshooter I figured that his bolter will have special brass casing instead of regular red one. Personally I like him better that my first space marine :)...

is real. Spotted in Washington DC

 

 and so is Shelob... also found nearby

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From time to time I do various computer assisted designs an collages. Nothing too professional but occasionally it comes out pretty dissent. Here is a logo that I concocted for a certain gaming club, that could be easily converted to a banner. In fact I am working on a renegade version of this. This was done in Corel Draw and exists in a variety of vector formats, if anybody is interested -yell, I see what I can do :)

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This is my first time participating in this particular event and first time ever participating in Show and competition that involved mainly historic miniature painters.

In the end I have mixed feelings about this event but first thing first.

The event took place in the Freeport community centers on the Long Island, which is about 30 minutes drive from my house… anywhere closer and it would be in my living room; so this was a big plus. The two main parts of the event – vendors show and Miniature Show/competition  were separated into dedicated rooms. ...

I finally finished everything I wanted to finish on this mini. The bad thing about commission is that you actually have to paint them :), the good thing about commissions is that you can experiment and paint things that you wouldn't normally paint. This particular "mini" by the nature of request involved doing substantial amount of coherent freehand that I have never done before. Well, as a confidence building measure it was very useful. ...