engiGear Minis

When I first started painting miniatures, I knew right the way that terrain was something that I wanted to try out. I wanted to make a piece that required me to sculpt with clay and a statue would suit perfectly for this. I took some inspiration from Lord of the Rings and decided on a fallen statue head. To sculpt the head I used Super Sculpey. My toolbox was fairly limited, all I used was a rubber modelling tool from FIMO and some steal wire that I twisted to make a pointy end that I could scratch and carve with. I did order a couple of dental tools to create finer details with. However the delivery was super slow and by the time I had them at my doorstep the sculpture was already done. To make the face smooth as a baby's bottom I used, well... baby oil actually. The clay is oil based, so lightly rubbing some baby oil over it smooths it up. To build up the terrain I used expandable foam as a base. It's fairly cheap and easy to get by if you live in a large c...

For my previous projects I've always been buying paints specific to the model that I'm currently painting. There's nothing wrong with this of course. In fact, this is probably the most common way to build up your paint selection. But having to research what paints you need every time you pick up a new model can be tiring and when you finally made your purchase you're kind of stuck with the colors that you bought. If you don't want to head down to the store and spend some extra cash that is. So this time, in stead of picking out colors one buy one, I decided to pull the trigger on a paint set. Up until now I've been using citadel paints, and although I'm generally not disappointed with their paints they don't really have a paint set that would cover my needs. So a brand change was needed. After scouting around for a while, I went with this basic color set from Vallejo containing 72 paints (although that includes a couple of varnishes, a...

This is my second set of models that I've manage to finish and i must say that I really enjoyed painting these guys! First of all, the models look amazing and there are almost no tricky spots to paint. Secondly, the size of the warband   is just perfect. With my previous project I often had the feeling of being overwhelmed, this did not happen with these four lads. Sure.. the closer you get to the finish line the more eager you become to just wrap it up and continue with your life, no matter the size of the project. I for example got a bit lazy with the bases on these models, and I did not paint eyes as they were very small and after a several tries I decided to skip it. But besides that, the small size of the warband allowed me to always have a clear sight on the end goal and I didn't have to paint for too long sessions to achieve progression. For the paint scheme I pretty much went with what they list in the tutorial on warhammer Tv, but with a few exceptions. I wanted a...

I've always wanted to dipp my toes into the hobby of painting miniatures, and once upon a time I actually had a go at it. I think I was like 13-14 years old when I bought some Skinks from the Lizardmen army and I totally drowned them in paint. Me being young and not much money over for this kind of hobbies I only bought two paints and yeah... the results was just not really presentable... at all. So now, 12-13 years later I wanted to do another attempt at painting up some sick looking minis. Did I succeed? Well.. mistakes was made here for sure. My first and biggest mistake was my choice of miniatures. After browsing around on the games workshops page for hours and hours I decided to go with the Start Collecting Bestclaw Raiders pack. The looks of these miniatures is just awesome. Lots of details and the winter theme was very appealing to me. But they are big and since the goal was sick looking minis - painting was slow. This ended up with me painting for three months ...