Four & Five Tutorials

In the past I have been hesitate about throwing painting tutorials out there. Most of the tutorials I see are from top notch painter teaching you how they do their tricks. BTW I think they are absolutely awesome the ones that I have seen. I believe you have to be to a certain level to […]

For Sale or For Trade Forum Section…

For various reasons I created a forum section ‘For Sale or For Trade’. There are people who have been on the forum who would like to trade and sell stuff. I am also one of those people. I thought I would create a section for those who participate on the forum to sell or trade […]

Warlord on Saturday…

I have decided to go ahead and throw the pictures up from the huge battle we had on Saturday. I would like to touch on a few things. We had the Dwarves, Reptus and Nefsokar at 2,000 points each. I was the Nefsokar. The first of the game my first battle came when a giant […]

Hunting Cats from Reaper Mini’s

I just finished some Hunting Cats for Warlord. These figs are for a friend that we did trade. These were really fun to paint. I did most of the painting with a series of washes.
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Gatormen Basing Tutorial

By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
 
Date: October 3, 2008
 

This is yet another quick tutorial on basing a miniature. Why not take some pictures and go into some minor detail on basing a fig. Most of the time, if not all of the time I attach my figure to the base and paint it before finishing the basing […]

Centurion Base Tutorial

By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
9-16-08
 

I have had some request to take pictures of whenever I do a base. I am trying to paint more and a little faster which means I have to let go of some of my quirks. I don’t want to spend tons of time on this type of figure anymore for my […]

Figure Basing - Sand

Figure Basing - Sand
By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
Date: 5/16/2008

Material
White Glue
Sand
Building Rubble
Paint Brush
Paint – Pig Skin
Paint – Iron Oxide
Paint – Sand Stone
Rag
Water
Tooth Pick
This is a fairly simple base that does not take to much effort to accomplish. After I have completed the painting of the figure is when I do my basing. This is true for about […]

Basing Miniatures Tutorial

Basing Miniatures
By John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
Finished: July 24, 2007

Terrain Methods
Dirt
Water
Snow
Grass
Well this all started with some request from local gamers. Most of these ideas have been around since the beginning of painting figs in one form or another. I like to figure things out on my own because I believe that is half the fun so this […]

Light’s Out (Gencon Diorama Entry)

2007 Indy Gencon Entry Privateer Press Diorama Category - Light’s Out
By John Salmond
I have been gaming and making terrain off and on for a little while now. For whatever reason I had never been to Gencon or any formal competition. A couple of months before Gencon Indy 2007 I decided I wanted to compete in […]