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Here's a better view of this guy

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Hi friends! Here's the second shoota from my Mordheim warband, painted further up to display quality.

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Hello friends! Here is another of my previously speed-painted models that I've now spent more time on. I'm really happy with how I've been able to paint the eyes on these guys, which I previously thought would be impossible. Also, I'm adding a specular highlight on the nose which I quite like.

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Hi friends! This is one of the models I speed-painted last year for the Mordheim anniversary competition, now given the attention it needs. It's mostly the same scheme I've been using for a while, but now I'm always painting the eyes, making the entire nose red and switched the hood highlight color to a skin color instead of ice yellow (not convinced yet). Happy painting, everyone!

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Goblins at Cotopaxi! I love Warhammer and landscape painting so here you go! I've never seen Cotopaxi in person but I hope to get there soon.

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Aaand painted! I'm so thrilled with how this turned out. It's actually my fourth or fifth print as I kept seeing things I wanted to change before painting.

Not really sure what's next. I'm thinking of doing a video about the whole process. I tried to film some of the final stages of painting, but most of the time my head is in the way or the model is off camera!

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Here's my Olden Demon 2025 entry! I was actually going to paint something else, but got distracted with sculpting for the whole month of May. Anyway, the entries are amazing this year from what I've seen so far. Can't wait to see them all!

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Friends, this has been an exciting (and tiring) journey of learning. My thoughts below.

1. Hand sculpt in Fimo polymer clay.

2. Raw 3D scan by photogrammetry.

3. Refined model (using Blender).

4. Resin print.

First of all, sculpting in polymer clay is such a great experience compared to epoxy putties. There is no prep time because the material is ready to go and I can stop anytime because the working time is infinite. Wonderful! I had hoped to get much closer to a finished model on the physical sculpt, but I just lack the skill at this point. Also, knowing I would scan it, I didn't worry too much about things that I could easily fix digitally. I would like to try and sculpt at 2x scale. 

3D scanning with photogrammetry sucks. There are many steps you have to get right and many pictures to take. Processing the images also takes a few hours and if you get something wrong, you might need to start over. My scan is very rough but it was good enough.

I 3D sculpted in Blender. It's open source and I love that. I didn't think I was going to do so many changes, but once I started it was hard to stop tweaking it. I wanted to make it as good as a model done by pros and that is very hard. This is my fourth print and there are still things I want to change, but I want to paint this one first. The screen is very deceiving: it's so much easier to spot problems when I hold the model in my hand. That was frustrating, because I don't really like the process of resin printing. Anyway, I think painting will reveal what else needs changing.

Will I sell it? Probably yes. If so, it will be STLs at this point. But I did try to keep the undercuts to a minimum just to see if I could make something that could be cast in 1-2 pieces.

Will I do more? I hope so, but it has been exhausting and I want a break. I really want to see it painted at this point.

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Ready for printing!

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I love that face!

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Hey friends, I’m so happy to share my first fully finished model!

I sculpted it with polymer clay, and I loved the freedom it gave me compared to epoxy putties (though I still used GS for some details).

Next up, it's 3d scanning so I can refine it digitally. Can’t wait to paint!

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it's the fleamarket heroquest goblin!

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Here's the converted Heroquest goblin, finally painted

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Found this guy at the flea market a couple of years ago and wanted to practice sculpting some more. The tabard didn't come out that great but I think I can save it with paint. The head is from the old multipart kit. Those are some of the best gobbo heads IMO, though they are a bit oversized. The blade is from the current night goblin kit, but I reshaped it with sprue goo and sanding.

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Painted up this necromancer from the latest Scibor kickstarter. While I love much of the official Warhammer stuff, I want to start showing off more non-GW minis. There are a lot of small companies making great stuff that doesn’t get enough attention.

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It's my warboss again! There were a few details I rushed for the competition so I went back in and fixed them.

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Meet my crew for Infernal Brush's Critter Challenge 2024! The entries I've seen so far are fantastic! Good luck everyone!