tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35376175481794611382012-01-18T13:24:33.075+11:00... for the discerning miniatures artist ...Daniel de Lafoixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895582267723325812noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537617548179461138.post-48074348724580718172010-01-29T16:19:00.005+11:002010-01-29T17:00:01.334+11:00

It's been a while since we last posted, but we're back on board with some new interviews and posts on everything from terrain building to painting techniques.We've lined up another company profile and interview this week and we were lucky enough to chat with Lynn Mitchell from Woodland Scenics about her company and their new in-roads with the gaming community.Many of you would already be familiar

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We've finally got the interviews put together after a long hiatus! This mfxposé featured artist is Menic Rüttimann, from the menix miniatures blog. He's done some beautiful work, particularly with ancient and historical periods. So surf on over to his blog for some in-depth info. INTERVIEWDaniel: Give us a little bit of background on yourself and where you started.Menic: Well, I was born 1970

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Those of you looking to try your hand at a bit of sculpting are in for a treat once again. This week we're featuring Barnes Products in our mfxposé. We had a chat to people there and have included for you some of their tutorials on using patina's and Pinkysil.SOME BACKGROUNDBarnes Products was founded in 1986 by Kevin and Maria Barnes. Kevin had a vision to introduce the latest technologies in

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We've had too many requests to profile a miniatures company to ignore. So get ready for our mega-article, this week in mfxposé we're featuring Dark Sword Miniatures. After getting in touch with Jim Ludwig, he was more than willing to send us endless pics of their jaw-dropping work.Dark Sword Miniatures, Inc. is Jim's company and is located in Minnesota, USA. DARK SWORD MINIATURESDark Sword

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This week we're being treated to an interview with Gerry Webb of Castaway Arts. I contacted Gerry after reading a great interview with him in Broadsword magazine dating back a few years. Gerry is a superb miniatures sculptor based in Cairns in the tropical North of Australia and tells us:"... My wife Carolyn and I are in the midst of a long (endless?) renovation of a traditional ‘Queenslander’

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There's so many different ways you can build terrain - and we're talking everything from trees and landscapes to water effects, mountains, buildings and general set design. As you read and saw back in mfxposé #1 with Giuseppe Borzone, terrain and buildings can be constructed using almost anything.But with this post we're going to look at some of the more basic materials you'll need for this sort

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Yep, I've got to get out of this habit of blogging "Materials #½" posts, but this one is a little side-step to the Terrain Basics post soon to be published.DAYLIGHT SIMULATION BULBSI've been meaning to post about this for a while, and my two new bulbs arrived today in the mail (one's a BC bulb, the other is an ES screw-in).I only ordered them from Scrap Dragon (Condong, NSW) about 2 days ago!

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Our featured artist this week is Nicolaas Smit. He's a 21 year old Sydney-based digital artist who spent most of his younger years, in the late 90's through to the early 21st century, painting Warhammer and "... creating terrains to entice my young imagination". He's ventured through a variety of sets including Orcs, Chaos, Ultramarines and LotR. INTERVIEWDaniel: What was your inspiration to

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As a follow-up to our previous post on some unknown figurines, we've tracked down the boardgame, thanks to our readers.DUNGEONQUESTDeveloped in Sweden in 1985, it was released by Games Workshop in 1987 and is currently out of production. Check out this Wikipedia article on the fantasy boardgame. Expansion sets and more figurines were created to extend gameplay, BoardGameGeek has a great listing

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As a little side-step from our usual blogging, occasionally I'll be putting up "Wanted" posts like this one for various odds and ends.TSR LJN AD&D TERRIBLE TROLLProduced by TSR, this LJN Advanced Dungeons & Dragons figurine was part of the "Terrible Troll & Goblin" figure set.I've found a bunch on eBay in the States, but I'm looking for someone in Australia.Does anyone have this and want to swap

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Now time to return to our Materials series for a look at brushes and equipment. A few people have emailed me about this so I think it's time to blog about brushes ...BRUSHESWith the brushes it depends on what sort of quality and longevity you're after.Sable hair BrushesPaint brushes are available in many shapes and sizes, and are made from animal hair or synthetic fibres. There's so many

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Starting today we're treating you to the first in a series of exposé interviews with miniatures artists from all over the world.Our featured artist this week is Giuseppe Borzone. Born in Genova, Italy on 14th May 1969, he graduated from the Brera Academy in Milan '93-'94 in Set Design.I've been in contact with Giuseppe for some time now and have looked forward to posting his interview on this

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No exotic trips to junk-troves on the weekend, but I'd like say hi to Mitch from the Games Workshop over in Hornsby. I was over that way last week and thought I'd pop by Westfield's to check out GW. We chatted about Citadel's new washes, varnishing and undercoats.Talking about undercoats...PAINT SPRAYSYep, say goodbye to the last Chaos Black undercoat spray bottle I'll ever use ...That's right,

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Materials 1½ ?Well, just before we move onto other materials and cover "wet palettes" in the next post, I wanted to elaborate on containers.REVERSE GARBAGE (SYDNEY)This weekend my fiancée and I visited Reverse Garbage in Marrickville.It's literally a treasure trove for miniature fx artists and really, anyone who's creative. View Larger MapYou could practically lose yourself in this massive shed

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Okay, down to business.PAINTSThose of you who are experienced (at any level) with painting miniatures would have already decided on their preferred materials. I've included a small poll in this blog (scroll down below our Flickr feed) asking after your favourite brand of paints.For the past 6 or 7 years I've been using Games Workshop and Citadel paints and am really keen to start switching over

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Welcome to MiniatureFX.com! We've been kicking around the idea for this blog for quite some time. Finally it's here and we're looking forward to sharing our experiences with you. We'll experiment, test-run techniques and materials, plus review products and miniatures in general.I've been inspired by the blogging success of a friend and colleague in the digital media industry to kick-start

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