Seriously these are some fantastic paint jobs. Very nice work (I love the Mind Flayer you have - I got the same one! Course mine is still in Primer White )
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Seriously these are some fantastic paint jobs. Very nice work (I love the Mind Flayer you have - I got the same one! Course mine is still in Primer White )
Yeah, he comes over to my house, knows I haven't touched a brush in years, looks at the bare metal all over my game room, pulls out these amazing figures, and asks when I'm going to start painting again.
Sheesh!
Talk about something that robs me of all interest in painting - comparing my pathetic efforts to Pogre's (me comparing them, not him - he's too nice a guy to do something that would so easily crush my spirits).
Hank Woolsey
(Gerhard, the only survivor of Pogre's New Story Hour)
Seriously these are some fantastic paint jobs. Very nice work (I love the Mind Flayer you have - I got the same one! Course mine is still in Primer White )
Thank you for the compliment. You know everything looks better painted no matter how far you go. Making time for it can be tough - for instance I should be painting right now.
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Talk about something that robs me of all interest in painting - comparing my pathetic efforts to Pogre's (me comparing them, not him - he's too nice a guy to do something that would so easily crush my spirits).
Thanks for the compliments Hank. As Hank knows though, I am striving to catch up with another good friend of ours. His work is unbelievable, and the sad part is I am the one that got him into the hobby
Now you two go grab your brushes and put some color to the pewter!
Interesting. I've tried some blending techiniques that worked well on large terrain, but never could get it to work like I liked on minis... the paint either got thinned too much or dried/stiffenned too quickly and was completely frustrating. I've done OK with it a couple times but most of the time it was such a pain in the *** that I stopped trying. But that was before I started using Vallejo too. So you've had good results with vallejo extender?
I look forward to seeing your article.
Remember that article? It is finally posted over at
Thanks for the reminder. A very good article, I've used similar techniques doing washes and glazes, they would work better using an extender I bet.
On the flip side of that, have you (or anyone else) here ever used alchohol in your washes to do the opposite (get them to dry faster, allowing you to make a thinner wash that wont 'bleed out' as it drys on a fig)? It's a trick I learned from a railroad modeler that works pretty cool sometimes.
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Thanks for the reminder. A very good article, I've used similar techniques doing washes and glazes, they would work better using an extender I bet.
On the flip side of that, have you (or anyone else) here ever used alchohol in your washes to do the opposite (get them to dry faster, allowing you to make a thinner wash that wont 'bleed out' as it drys on a fig)? It's a trick I learned from a railroad modeler that works pretty cool sometimes.
No, but you have me intrigued. I could foresee some interesting multi-glazing applications using that technique. hmmm...
Hey, a couple of pics to show you I’m still working on minis. I snapped these at my workbench – I’ll post better pictures later. I’m also painting a bunch of Grendel dungeon and tavern furniture. Very cool stuff – I’ll post some of it later as well.
Very cool! I've got the Hackmaster Beholder at home that I can't bring myself to paint yet, I don't want to ruin it. Your beholder makes me want to paint it even more. Thats the Reaper Beholder, isn't it?
wow, Pogre, great work on that Beholder. I've got the Hackmaster beholder painted at our game place; yours puts mine to shame
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Very cool! I've got the Hackmaster Beholder at home that I can't bring myself to paint yet, I don't want to ruin it. Your beholder makes me want to paint it even more. Thats the Reaper Beholder, isn't it?
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wow, Pogre, great work on that Beholder. I've got the Hackmaster beholder painted at our game place; yours puts mine to shame
Thanks for the compliments - I appreciate it very much.
Can one of you fellows tell me if the Hackmaster Beholder is the "Lewd Eye Tyrant"?
Hey pogre, you've probably answered this before, but what method/equipment do you use when photographing your figs? I'm amazed at how sharp the close-up of that beholder is.
I have a digital camera that's 2-3 years old now and has no macro-mode (the closest focus is like 11 in.). It can take 2.3 megapixels, but I can't get a decent shot of my figs to save my life.
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Thanks for the compliments - I appreciate it very much.
Can one of you fellows tell me if the Hackmaster Beholder is the "Lewd Eye Tyrant"?
Yep, at least that's one of the 2 that Hackmaster makes. It's not the one I have, but he was still fun to paint. I'll grab a pic with my new camera next time we play if you want.
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Yep, at least that's one of the 2 that Hackmaster makes. It's not the one I have, but he was still fun to paint. I'll grab a pic with my new camera next time we play if you want.
The "regular" HM beholder mini is OOP, btw. I picked one up a few months back and had a lot of fun painting it. (Lots of eyeballs!)
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The "regular" HM beholder mini is OOP, btw. I picked one up a few months back and had a lot of fun painting it. (Lots of eyeballs!)
Yeah, I had heard that. Loved painting him, and being able to glue-in and customize the eyestalks was a lot of fun for me.
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Hey pogre, you've probably answered this before, but what method/equipment do you use when photographing your figs? I'm amazed at how sharp the close-up of that beholder is.
I have a digital camera that's 2-3 years old now and has no macro-mode (the closest focus is like 11 in.). It can take 2.3 megapixels, but I can't get a decent shot of my figs to save my life.
LOL - If you read the whole thread you will notice I have really struggled with my photography. Early on in the thread a poster directed me to coolminiornot articles on how to take digital photography. It was a big help.
I am getting ready to take some mini pics for an auction. I bought a new Sony CDMavica a couple of months ago. I like the mini cds for convenience although you can certainly buy a better camera. It does do macros pretty well though.
I use cheap garage lights with full spectrum bulbs. It's not very fancy and I too continue to experiment with improving my photographs.
I'll tell you what - I'll post a pic of my set-up later today.
Your purchase helps pay for numerous Grendel pieces to decorate my dungeons. You would not want me to have bare dungeons would you?
Some of us might not want you to decorate your dungeons
Does Grendal sell cute and fuzzy dungeon peices? Like kidnapped princess, extravagant bedroom, traveling weaponsmith? I'd be all for those pieces
That beholder is some nice work by Pogre, and I can personally vouch for his talent. Having had 3 minis painted by him, they're so well done I make sure I use them all the time. My group's getting tired of seeing the lich everywhere
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