Thursday, August 30, 2012

A Kickstarter project by Eastern Front Studios--- great concept art

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Well, when I was approached by Eastern Front Studios about painting some miniatures for their Kickstarter program, I was not sure how it would all work.  Looking at the images that I was shown... some fantastic concept art by the very talented Andy Hopp, I was immediately persuaded to say "Yes, I want to paint those!!"

Who wouldn't?  Look at these amazing ideas.  To me, they are completely unique.  Hard to say in this day and age. :-)

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I cannot tell you which ones might be made right off the bat, but I have tried to set up these pictures according to the increasing levels of support.

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These are going to be sculpted by Jason Wiebe, who has done so many great sculpts for Reaper.  I know that Cathy and I have painted many figures sculpted by Jason.

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Obviously, more details are forthcoming.  This is more of an introduction.  I believe that early 2013 is the time frame for this project.  All of the painting that I do will be featured on the blog, as I prep them and paint them.  I think it will be a very fun journey!!!

Should things go well with the Kickstarter, you could ultimately be seeing such whimsical and different gribblies like these!!
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Converted Vostroyan Astropath

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OK, one more for the command squad!  This time it's the Astropath.

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I was able to give the flow improver an even bigger test here, and it worked like a charm on all the freehand.  That was great, since there seemed to be no end to all the scrolls and seals! :-)

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Here is a picture set of the conversion itself:

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Don't lose your head...Vostroyan Commissar

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Here is the next Command Squad member.  I had always been fascinated with the Vostroyan figures, wondering what they would be like to paint.  These have lived up to expectations, despite the relative age of the sculpts.

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The WIP images of this can be seen in a post from yesterday...

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The flow improver was very helpful once again.  Surprisingly, it was very helpful in rough textured areas such as the hat.

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