Frankenfigures can fight too!

Another color test figure for you!  The first of the lowly (but mean as snakes) conscripts.  Sure, most of them don't have armor.  Or helmets.  They can't shoot straight, either.  But what do they care!

As long as they have a pointy stick and some woad, they are good to go.

This is yet another part of the army story playing itself out.  They represent the lowest rung of this particular society... in which the Sororitas are the top.

There are a variety of bitz at use here.  Some GW pieces (Ork Stikbomb and lasgun) with a Victoria miniatures backpack.

I can never remember the name of the manufacturer of the Ancient Celt figures!  Wish I could...

Anyway, lots more of these guys on the way!!!

Breaker one nine...

OK, my bad on the previous figure.  THAT one was Tania.  THIS gal is Mimi.  Again, incredible details!  Wonderful to paint.

The next fun figure from Raging Heroes

I didn't even notice the teddy bear until I started painting more specifically in that area.  It's great that all the pieces have great definition.  That makes all my techniques work soooo much easier.

Thanks also to Mr. Justin for providing some very neat bases, from their Flight Deck series.

Together!  Sisters...

We can do it!!! Raging Heroes Toughest Girls of the Galaxy!

OK everyone!  With the update official from Raging Heroes, it is time to meet Tania, one of the Toughest Girls in the Galaxy!!!

You don't want to mess with any of these girls.  Get out of line around Mimi, and she will put you in your place.

There are some fun details that you won't see in the classic war poster :-)  The robotic arm is a very nice touch!  

What's very nice about this is the solid nature of the pieces, even though it is a dynamic pose, and not heavy looking at all.  Raging Heroes' design team works very hard to make sure that joints are easy to adhere, and strong.

Next up... Mimi.

Striding along...

This was always a fun miniature to paint.  Lots of opportunities for subtle color changes, as usual.

If I can locate any old images of the last time I painted him (that would be over 10 years ago), I would be very curious to see the comparison between then and now.

He is also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321347286263?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Working hard

Here are a few quick shots that I took as I was working on the recent Victoria miniatures.  You have seen the finished results, but not the more interesting tandem techniques of Shaded Basecoat and Glazing.

Those of you familiar with the Shaded Basecoat know that the idea is to apply the first layers as rapidly as possible, working from the middle tones up to the highlights.

I don't pay much attention to 'staying in the lines', as you can see :-)

It's all about setting the stage for those eventual glazes.

It goes for freehand as well, such as the plaid.

Yes, for the bases as well.  At this point, I am starting to add those glazes.  I may put 3-8 layers of glaze on a given area.  That's not always just to darken it... that can be for tinting as well.

The tinting in the glazing stage is what makes those simpler, lighter colors work in the Shaded Basecoat stage.

More glazing... more tinting.

Just about finished.  You have already seen the completed pics.  I added a few Secret Weapon weathering powders to the bases and to the figures themselves.

Pieces and parts!

As you have already heard... lots going on for Adepticon!  Lots of Victoria Miniatures and Secret Weapon products.  You can see the bike bases and the barrels.  I have some fun posts coming your way on those barrels!!

The tin above had enough parts in it to make almost 40 Highland Moss Guard.

A box of Sisters.  Not all of this will be used.  Quite a bit less of it in fact.  Way less than I had anticipated.

Some of the painted Secret Weapon bases just waiting for minis!

Hoping to have 4 ten man squads... gonna be interesting!!

Another squad nearly assembled.

Painting en mass!!

Psst... don't tell anyone, but these will be posted in a few posts next week.  It's a secret, just between us. Be veeeeery quiet.

Uniform code

Last week the shirts came in, courtesy of Off World Designs!  Wage commandeered one for himself right away, of course.

I have mentioned a few times that creating the inserts for the various jewel cases has been more of a challenge than I thought.  Originally, I was planning on two different case sizes.

Instead, there are five, and one more might be needed.  The selection was much broader than I thought, which is better in the end.

I was trying to avoid sending dozens of individual cases to the same person, since I don't necessarily like fooling around with that many myself. :-)  Since the larger capacity ten and twelve cases require a larger paper format, that created extra hassle on the design and printing end.

They are quite helpful, though, when it comes to organizing the disks into a tidy space!

It was suggested that some kind of material be used to cushion and stabilize the disks into these cases for shipping.  This has been tested out in shipping, and it does the trick nicely.

Most of the boxes going out will not be quite as massive as this!  I learned that all 53 titles amounts to over 3 pounds of disks (even more with the jewel cases)!

This Row of Knowledge looks a lot like the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Shirts!  Many different sizes.  It's very fun to see the designs so large, after the tiny format of the Dice!

So, work continues.