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Monday, October 28, 2024
Bottle and Cappy
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Straight Outta Vault 33
Here's the protagonist of the Fallout TV show, Lucy MacLean. As with many Fallout miniatures, Lucy is covered in tiny, tiny details that I find a real bear to paint. The most I can say is that she looks okay from a distance.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Agatha Plumb
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Betrayer of Humanity
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Ragtag Fugitive Fleet Leader
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
The Sinister Scheme of Hugo Drax
Monday, October 21, 2024
An Eye to the Inner Ear
I'd like to ask my doctor the next time I see her, but we have a new one and I'm afraid of the impression the question might leave.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Saturday, October 19, 2024
A Head in the Game
Friday, October 18, 2024
Floria the Courtesan
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Ambush at Sunset Cliff
Monday, October 14, 2024
Needs Work
- Paint spill on right foot
- Paint spill on flask
- Skullcap should be brighter
- Fix drybrushed buttons
- Paint underbite white
- Paint spill on skull
- Drybrush shoes
- Ink pants
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Interstate 10 Back Cover Copy
Years ago, Jeff wrote about the time his Uncle Thad mailed him a copy of the hard-to-find pulp novel Interstate 10. The book's cover art is as madcap as the novel itself is purported to be, and at the time I wondered if the back cover blurb might be as crazy as the ones found on the works of Howard Rheingold. Alas, Jeff's blog post didn't include a photo of the back cover, so I took it upon myself to write my own version. Jeff never told me how close I came to matching the real copy for Interstate 10, so I figure enough years have passed that he won't mind if I share it here.
First came BILLY JACK...!
Then DIRTY HARRY...!
Now comes the toughest, slickest urban vigilante with or without a badge…`
JAKE CALIFORNIA…! In his first bloody-knuckled road rampage of hot wheels and hard justice.
Once he rode supercycles through flaming hoops and leapt from crashing cars for Hollywood’s big-budget spectaculars. But then came that mysterious note in the Classifieds: “WANTED – TEST DRIVER. Daytona Beach to New York via Interstate 10 in one-of-a-kind set of wheels. Serious inquiries only.”
With stunt work drying up and his stash of dough drying up even faster, Jake takes the job and sets out on the most blistering, red-hot romantic road trip ever, juggling the washed-up love for his old flame with the chance of all-new, all-intriguing encounters with an exotic Oriental flower who’s as quick with a blade as Jake is behind a steering wheel. And this time the steering wheel belongs to OS-CAR*, a souped-up VW Beetle with a lust for the road and street justice rivaling Jake’s own lusty passions. Herbie has nothing on OS-CAR!
Lose yourself in Jake California’s world – a world of simmering blacktop mirages, sudden death meted out by gorillas with guns, kinky action between the sheets and in back seats – and where every mile offers new thrills…and new dangers.
*OPerating System--CAR
Saturday, October 12, 2024
The Ghoul
Friday, October 11, 2024
Octopussy and Hugo Drax
What about the paint jobs? Well . . . I'm still having trouble with skin, as you can see. But for the first time I managed to apply eye makeup to a figure, and she also has pretty good hair and eyebrows. Too much lipstick, but it's less evident to the naked eye.
Drax, well, I was going for Earth tones and I guess I achieved that, but his outfit looks rather muddy.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Xenia Onatopp
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Occult Science Squad Sacrificial Lamb
Monday, October 07, 2024
Ape Officers
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Some More Visitors
Saturday, October 05, 2024
The Inevitable Compleat Star Trek Do-Over
- Human civilization is likely to reach a level of technological maturity such that creative individuals will be capable of using generative AI and other software tools to create brand new episodes of Star Trek independently.
- Given the number of Star Trek fans obsessed with canon, some number of Star Trek fans will re-create selected episodes of the show(s), changing them only to correct continuity errors.
- A subset of these creative, technologically savvy Star Trek fans will be obsessed enough with visual continuity that they will redo visual effects and create virtual sets, costumes, props, and actors such that shows originally produced during different decades of the 20th and 21st centuries will be completely recreated so that shows produced decades apart but set within the same fictional time period (for example, Star Trek and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) will be remade to be completely visually consistent, from exterior starship shots to costume designs to actor appearances.
- Given the rate of advances in computing power and generative AI capabilities, we can expect to see a Compleat Star Trek free of continuity errors before the end of the 21st century, extending from prequel Star Trek: Enterprise to the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and all the shows in between (and forthcoming).
Friday, October 04, 2024
Manta Ray 5 Submarine
My whites are getting better, but producing even coats remains a challenge. Overall, however, I think this little minisub looks pretty good.
Thursday, October 03, 2024
Guardians of the Grid
I used tape to mask off the bases, which allowed me to paint perfectly straight lines to evoke the neon grid lines of Tron.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Head Thing
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Vecna
Monday, September 30, 2024
A Miniature Team
Sunday, September 29, 2024
A Man and His KITT KARR
I painted KITT some time ago, but now, at last, he has a pal and partner.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
A Pair of Zayces
Friday, September 27, 2024
Rod Roebuck Leads the Charge
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Creepy Critters
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Chucky and Lydia
This is the first time I've attempted to paint a flesh-toned minifigure using Jeff's most recent tips. I underpainted the hands and face with the thinnest coat of light red I could, then added very thin layers of flesh tone. The result is certainly better than typical for me; I shot the figure in two different places to try it out under different lighting conditions.
Note, however, that I did not add an ink wash to Chucky's flesh. This becomes relevant below.
Here are two photos of Lydia, Diana's conniving rival in the television series V. I painted this model the same way I painted Chucky, with one exception: I added an ink wash, typically recommended for miniatures to make small details like the shadows between fingers distinct.
Lydia still looks better than a lot of my human figures, but the ink wash has given her a ruddy look; I was hoping for something paler to better approximate Lydia's actor, June Chadwick.
I'm using Reikland Fleshshade for ink wash, but I wonder if perhaps there's a lighter shade I could use to avoid this muddy/ruddy effect. Or I could forego a wash altogether; Chucky seems fine without it.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
A Slice of Humour
What do you call a pizza large enough to feed a rebellion?
The pizza de la resistance.
Monday, September 23, 2024
McGinty
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Maisy the Maid
I have not figured out how to convincingly highlight Black skin. Poor Maisy's features are indistinguishable in this photo thanks that that very problem, although she looks okay on the table.
I'm pretty happy with my attempt to add some colourful flowers to her apron.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Mrs Pike
And bird, and floor . . .