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Page 1: Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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WAMP AWARD RESULTS bull EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS CLA

IN THIS ISSUE

raquo Details o the Prizes orWAMPEDII contest

raquo WAMP AwardsAnnounced

raquo

Brilliant KingdomDeath contest gallery

raquo Another great tutorialplus reviews news andthe best o this monthsminiature releases

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This model was one o a ew choices that I had sitting in the b

go but I knew that she would most likely be quite popular or entries too so she needed something more than a decent pa

make her stand out a bit more In the grey pile I also have the Mother who has a massive pair o wings that I had an inkling w

the 54mm model as much as the 35mm model that it was scuand ater a quick test t I ound that this was very much true sabout converting the kit to suit mostly getting the wings to t a

altering the cloak and hood to make it t somehow over the towings Fortunately the hair on the model looks windswept so

up and rebuilt the cloak to ollow the same direction and so mconversion was done The sword hilt broke while I was cleanin

model and I accidentally chopped o the little pommel piece couldnrsquot salvage so I drilled a wire through it and into the han(later on) tted a chain which I could wrap around the hilt and

(which helped to mask the join with the arm too)

The painting was a challenge to mysel to go all out on a ldquohigh

scheme I have seen the likes o Seb Archerrsquos work and wondejust how they get so many strong colours to work together Soa bit o discussion I came up with an ldquoaccented analogicrdquo sc

which is essentially taking a colour on the colour wheel then pldquoanalogousrdquo colours (- in this case a sort o blue was the main

green and purple as the analogics -) and lastly the complimenor the blue is orange It sounds a bit complicated but essent

look at a colour wheel it makes a kind o ldquoban the bombrdquo sign join the lines up

Colours chosen I started painting The cloak came rst and d

complex texture I painted it in monochrome tones to begin wittempted to leave it like that but it looked too fat so I added t

with blue undertones and I stumbled upon a nish that I was

The wings were done by glazing lots o strong colours over th

the wings rather than paintingas such I placed the green ldquohthen added blues next to that onto purples and nishing o w

magenta The nal eect was really quite striking and just whahoped or

Once I did the straps belts bikini and armour in teals and gre

worked the metals out relying on orange and blue inks to helpmatch the rest o the scheme (this was shamelessly lited as a

rom my mate Chris Octive aka ApaMonkeyman7x)

Last o all was the skin and hair I like the pale look o the hair

art so I did a similar colour incorporating blue and purple ton

The skin was the make or break part o the whole model and anything needed to be strongly ldquoorangerdquo to tie everything toge

a alse start because I had used the Andrea skin set which I non smaller models without incident but I just couldnrsquot get righ

picked out some GW skin tones mixing dark and bronzed fesalong with some P3 Khaki to get abase colour that I was hap

that it was a case o highlighting and shading individual areasmore khaki then VMC Deck Tan or highlights and mostly moto shade but therersquos dwar fesh tanned fesh and some blue

dark brown too) Because o her size shersquos BIG I needed to mthat the blends were smooth and brought attention to the right

model which involved a air bit o correcting glazing and re-ebut in the end it was my avourite part o the whole model

The base was made rom a BNS plinth with a Kerr amp King scebase attached I put a stony base colour down then used varrom the rest o the model in the various parts o the base tha

all together even more add reinorcing the otherworldly antas

And thatrsquos it in a nutshell I was absolutely bowled over to pick

win as I think that there were some incredibly strong entries acompetition itsel was really well supported by the members A

minis draw some pretty polarised discussion but they also brsome really great paint jobs which is largely down to the imagKingdom Death world now has I personally canrsquot wait to see w

coming along in the uture - not least the next 12 months beccompetition prize lol

Cheers and thanks or the votes and support

Scott

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Material herein does not necessarilyrefect the opinions o Portal Magazinesta who are not liable or said opinionsAll textual copy has been taken romthe Wargames and Miniatures Forumwebsite Artwork has also been eithertaken rom Wargames and Miniatures

Forum or rom company websitespertaining to the image and may not bereproduced (except or personal use)without prior written permission romthe said author artist Most productnames are trademarks owned by thecompanies that publish those products

CREDITS

Follow us on

welcome to issue

WAMP Founder OGL and Co-Editor Brett Johnson

Layout amp Co-Editor

Shane Rozzell

Cover ImageTwilight Knight Pinupby Iacton

Proo Reader Martyn Dorey

Ian PurseyReview Team

NeatPeteCregan TurCaptain SproutNathanSHinton

Darklordshanerozzell

Contributors WAMPERS o the World

united)Find us at wwwwamp-orumcom

wwwwamp-orumcomportalContact Portal at portalwamp-orumcom

Itrsquos Christmas

Well almost and itrsquos amanic time o year oro us that celebrate it abeen pretty manic hWamp too I have beenalising details oryearrsquos contest sponsoI have some excitinones or you Itrsquos a

demonstration o Wgrowing appeal that we are attracting the biggest names in the hobby to partwith us We have just had the nal two contests o the year nished The KiDeath one you can see the results o in this very issue Also the Red Box Gcontest has just closed and voting is currently underway on that so i yoursquoreyou could go and vote or your avourites in that one

Therersquos yet more contest goodness in the orm o Wamped II our big end ocontest thatrsquos open to any mini rom any manuacturer (even scenery amp terraa chance) I have some prize details or that in this issue to urther tempt yoentering

I have been able to breathe a big sigh o relie as one o Wamprsquos biggesprojects has nally come to realisation Itrsquos taken over 6 months (and been

pipeline even longer) but our new gallery is up and running Over the yearsWampers have asked or such a gallery and I nally took the plunge and inin one Itrsquos pretty much a custom build and it aims to take the rating conceptpopular by CMON but put Wamprsquos own slant on it with the ocus on havingand impartial voting system Itrsquos much more than just a voting gallery thougitrsquos open to people wanting to show o their work but donrsquot want rating (yochoose which (i any) o your submissions get voted on) I hope it can build ubecome a useul resource o both painted work and sculpts (sculpts eventheir own separate section) Itrsquos only been open a couple o days but itrsquos astarting to ll up nicely and I invite you all to pop a ew pictures o some owork up ndash doesnrsquot have to be new work show us your classic stu too

So all in all itrsquos been a busy month but also an exciting one I want to wish

a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I hope next year bringprosperity

Finally on a personal note I would like to pay tribute to my Father In Lawpassed away recently RIP Denis Wood you will be sorely missed

Hope you enjoy our nal issue o 2011

Until next year

Brett

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in this issue

News

Contest

Review

View rom the hill

Meet the WAMPER

Tutorial

WAMP Awards

Latest Releases

Spotlight on WAMP

Chris ClaytonInterview

Wiki

Thread-o-mancy

Gallery

Social Groups

CONTENT

TUTORIALS

REVIEWS

ARTICLES

The Wamp Review group take an in-depth look at Dark Sword MiniaturesCersi Lannister Is it any good and is it worth buying To nd out click here

We have another great tutorial rom those kind people at ManorhouseWorkshop In this issue they show us how to make realistic looking bushesor our display models or gaming boards Click here to jump to page 16

The results are in or this yearsWAMP awards To nd out who

got what click here

As a special git to you this estiveseason we have an exclusive

interview with one o the hobbiesbig hitters Click here or more

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Welcome to this the nal issue o or 2011 It hasbeen a pretty up and down year or me and at times myonly solace has been my hobby and the riends I havemade on so I would like to thank you all or making

2011 bearable and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year Anyway enough o the gushy stu andonto business In this issue we have a great insight into themind o one o the best in the hobby An exclusive interview

with none other than Chris Clayton aka GiganticDark

We also have details o the antastic prizes on oer oWampII painting contest and great Kingdom Death ga

You want More How about the results rom this yWAMP Awards as well as another very interesting arom Tim Fitch Anyway I hope you enjoy it )

Model Display Productshave been very busyo late Their range oMiniatures (War GrionMiniatures) is steadilygrowing and have somevery nice releasesplanned or the new

year MDPrsquos range ogaming bases is alsobeing increase this month with the release o several newsets The rst is a set o 30 40 and 50mm round lip baseswith a dockquayside theme and are a mix o paving andwooden bases ideal or popular skirmish and wargames onthe market making them ideal or Mercenaries Freebootersor Pirates or they can be used in conjunction with ourpopular range o display plinths and discs The second setis or our Fantasy range and are in 20 25 40 and 50mmsquare and 25 x 50mm square with a rocky theme thesecan also be painted up to represent cooling lava The third isa range o round Sci- bases with the release o 1 x 25mmset 2 x 40mm sets and a 60mm round base with a tech starship deck theme ideal or many o the popular skirmishand wargames on the market Further details and prices canbe ound atwwwmodeldisplayproductscouk

Manor House Workshop have added over thirty pre-paterrain pieces to their catalogue and several new sectiincluding small accessories dungeon walls and medieurniture These are purchase and play so no painting

building required For details and purchase inormationtheir websitemanorhouseworkshopmindstalkerswordpresscom

Forge World have annothat Imperial Armour VoluThe Doom o Mymeara available to order

This 224-page ull hardback book writte

Talima Fox is packedvehicle and inantry pthree Apocalypse datashcampaign section and anCorsair army list In additbook also contains a dbackground and tesection covering the eForge World Eldar range

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

Tabletop Nation hellip And yoursquore invited

Beasts o War and Wayland Games are proud to announce

an exciting new direction that will combine their resources

or the benet o the wargaming hobby

Tabletop Nation will bring together gamers local st

manuacturers and developers to deliver the best prodthe most exciting games the most current news and rev

and a multitude o events all interacting both on-line

through local gaming stores

Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

the loyal support o gamers stores manuacturers

suppliers We wouldnrsquot be where we are without yo

we canrsquot get where we want to be on our own With tmind Tabletop Nation is seeking out partners who sha

vision o an inclusive network o wargamers and those

uel their passion

So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

orwards both Beasts o War and Wayland Games w

making a signicant investment to create the rameand inrastructure but itrsquos the other participants ndash

partners in this new world ndash who will help turn the visio

a substantive reality

Village accessories

Thomarillion is a German company that makes modelaccessories or gaming and display miniatures They have just released this village accessory set and theyrsquore suitableor 32mm miniatures There are plenty o other nice things ontheir website so check them out here

httpwwwthomarillionde

Mantic Games makes Christmas Shopping extra eaChristmas wersquore oering Free Shipping on all o theideals and miniature kits over pound25euro35$75

Furthermore wersquove also lowered our UK and EuShipping rates Pay only pound1 or shipping i yoursquore livingUK and pay in Pound Sterling ndash Oer ends 21st Decem

Pay only euro3 or shipping i yoursquore living in Europe andEuropes ndash Oer ends 16th December

With postal services already struggling and our greagoing quickly check out Orcyrsquos Christmas Ghetto ostocking busting deal and take advantage o our DecShipping beore the deadlines

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Newest MeMbers

wamp ladder

Quite simply itrsquos a un painting league You challengeanother painter on the ladder to a lsquopaint orsquo Choose a themeand have up to 6 weeks to complete your mini - both yourentries are then judged by ellow members - the winnergains points and moves up the ladder Itrsquos ree to use andyou can challenge people to suit your ability

The ladder can be ound here

Vern vs Specral Dragon

Squad MaGie vs ScottRadom

RBG Entry

Piratemama vs Vegascat

Fantasy Miniatures

Vegascat vs Waghorn41

Animal

Endor vs Vegascat

Machine in motion

Nameless vs Synthet

40K Squad

Darklord vs skippen

Dwar

stats Box

Portal downloads 44439

Memberships 1471

New members this month 59

WAMP posts 155879

Wiki Pages 165

Blogs 44

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RankingsUsername ELO Streak

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DeaDliNe

The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

There will also be a Best In Show winner

Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

categories and entries will now be split into genr

specific categories giving even more range for yo

bag some prizes

Prizes

Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

Guild o Harmony Set Phonecia Vanys Blagrut and DorothyThe ollowing categories each have a prize pool 1st place will get frstchoice o a prize then 2nd and so on

Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

raquo Relic Knights lsquoKiss amp Scratchrsquo

raquo pound50 worth o Das Schwarze Auge

raquo Guild o Harmony Set Nagrot Jian Nai Eilwyn amp Qing Long

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) Ironwind Metals

Sci-Fi

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo Relic Knights lsquoOne Shot amp Fritzrsquo

raquo Gaspez Arts Tatjana

raquo $100 git voucher Ironwind Metals

raquo 3x battletech New Releases

Historical

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Hatasu

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Aria Bust

raquo MDP Oblong Display Plinth

raquo MDP 33mm Display Plinth

Scenery amp Terrain

raquo Foundations o War Village House

raquo Foundations o War Barrels Set

raquo

MDP 35mm PlinthlsquoEverything Elsersquo

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Sybil

raquo Gaspez Arts Sophie

raquo $40 git voucher Ironwind Metals

lsquoOOPSrsquo Themed Category

raquo pound30 Tor Gaming lsquoRelicsrsquo goodies

raquo Super Dungeon Explore Limited Edition lsquoCandy amp Colarsquo

raquo pound50 Demonworld goodies

Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

raquo MDP 41mm Display Base (awarded to 1 random voter)

Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

concept to Wamped Itrsquos one we have used in our contest the Wamp Monthly and it always brings up soentries

thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

lsquoOOPSrsquo

What you do with that theme is entirely up to you but be looking or originality and clever use o theme as wthe technical skill o the entry

Rules

Entries must be placed in the appropriate categoryWamped II Gallery

For a Full copy o the rules click here

raquo Fantasy

raquo Sci-Fi

raquo Historical

raquo SceneryTerrain

raquo Everything Else

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Review If you have a product you would like us to review then contact us at portalwamp-forumcom

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Portal Magazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

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Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Late

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Survivor (male

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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This model was one o a ew choices that I had sitting in the b

go but I knew that she would most likely be quite popular or entries too so she needed something more than a decent pa

make her stand out a bit more In the grey pile I also have the Mother who has a massive pair o wings that I had an inkling w

the 54mm model as much as the 35mm model that it was scuand ater a quick test t I ound that this was very much true sabout converting the kit to suit mostly getting the wings to t a

altering the cloak and hood to make it t somehow over the towings Fortunately the hair on the model looks windswept so

up and rebuilt the cloak to ollow the same direction and so mconversion was done The sword hilt broke while I was cleanin

model and I accidentally chopped o the little pommel piece couldnrsquot salvage so I drilled a wire through it and into the han(later on) tted a chain which I could wrap around the hilt and

(which helped to mask the join with the arm too)

The painting was a challenge to mysel to go all out on a ldquohigh

scheme I have seen the likes o Seb Archerrsquos work and wondejust how they get so many strong colours to work together Soa bit o discussion I came up with an ldquoaccented analogicrdquo sc

which is essentially taking a colour on the colour wheel then pldquoanalogousrdquo colours (- in this case a sort o blue was the main

green and purple as the analogics -) and lastly the complimenor the blue is orange It sounds a bit complicated but essent

look at a colour wheel it makes a kind o ldquoban the bombrdquo sign join the lines up

Colours chosen I started painting The cloak came rst and d

complex texture I painted it in monochrome tones to begin wittempted to leave it like that but it looked too fat so I added t

with blue undertones and I stumbled upon a nish that I was

The wings were done by glazing lots o strong colours over th

the wings rather than paintingas such I placed the green ldquohthen added blues next to that onto purples and nishing o w

magenta The nal eect was really quite striking and just whahoped or

Once I did the straps belts bikini and armour in teals and gre

worked the metals out relying on orange and blue inks to helpmatch the rest o the scheme (this was shamelessly lited as a

rom my mate Chris Octive aka ApaMonkeyman7x)

Last o all was the skin and hair I like the pale look o the hair

art so I did a similar colour incorporating blue and purple ton

The skin was the make or break part o the whole model and anything needed to be strongly ldquoorangerdquo to tie everything toge

a alse start because I had used the Andrea skin set which I non smaller models without incident but I just couldnrsquot get righ

picked out some GW skin tones mixing dark and bronzed fesalong with some P3 Khaki to get abase colour that I was hap

that it was a case o highlighting and shading individual areasmore khaki then VMC Deck Tan or highlights and mostly moto shade but therersquos dwar fesh tanned fesh and some blue

dark brown too) Because o her size shersquos BIG I needed to mthat the blends were smooth and brought attention to the right

model which involved a air bit o correcting glazing and re-ebut in the end it was my avourite part o the whole model

The base was made rom a BNS plinth with a Kerr amp King scebase attached I put a stony base colour down then used varrom the rest o the model in the various parts o the base tha

all together even more add reinorcing the otherworldly antas

And thatrsquos it in a nutshell I was absolutely bowled over to pick

win as I think that there were some incredibly strong entries acompetition itsel was really well supported by the members A

minis draw some pretty polarised discussion but they also brsome really great paint jobs which is largely down to the imagKingdom Death world now has I personally canrsquot wait to see w

coming along in the uture - not least the next 12 months beccompetition prize lol

Cheers and thanks or the votes and support

Scott

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Material herein does not necessarilyrefect the opinions o Portal Magazinesta who are not liable or said opinionsAll textual copy has been taken romthe Wargames and Miniatures Forumwebsite Artwork has also been eithertaken rom Wargames and Miniatures

Forum or rom company websitespertaining to the image and may not bereproduced (except or personal use)without prior written permission romthe said author artist Most productnames are trademarks owned by thecompanies that publish those products

CREDITS

Follow us on

welcome to issue

WAMP Founder OGL and Co-Editor Brett Johnson

Layout amp Co-Editor

Shane Rozzell

Cover ImageTwilight Knight Pinupby Iacton

Proo Reader Martyn Dorey

Ian PurseyReview Team

NeatPeteCregan TurCaptain SproutNathanSHinton

Darklordshanerozzell

Contributors WAMPERS o the World

united)Find us at wwwwamp-orumcom

wwwwamp-orumcomportalContact Portal at portalwamp-orumcom

Itrsquos Christmas

Well almost and itrsquos amanic time o year oro us that celebrate it abeen pretty manic hWamp too I have beenalising details oryearrsquos contest sponsoI have some excitinones or you Itrsquos a

demonstration o Wgrowing appeal that we are attracting the biggest names in the hobby to partwith us We have just had the nal two contests o the year nished The KiDeath one you can see the results o in this very issue Also the Red Box Gcontest has just closed and voting is currently underway on that so i yoursquoreyou could go and vote or your avourites in that one

Therersquos yet more contest goodness in the orm o Wamped II our big end ocontest thatrsquos open to any mini rom any manuacturer (even scenery amp terraa chance) I have some prize details or that in this issue to urther tempt yoentering

I have been able to breathe a big sigh o relie as one o Wamprsquos biggesprojects has nally come to realisation Itrsquos taken over 6 months (and been

pipeline even longer) but our new gallery is up and running Over the yearsWampers have asked or such a gallery and I nally took the plunge and inin one Itrsquos pretty much a custom build and it aims to take the rating conceptpopular by CMON but put Wamprsquos own slant on it with the ocus on havingand impartial voting system Itrsquos much more than just a voting gallery thougitrsquos open to people wanting to show o their work but donrsquot want rating (yochoose which (i any) o your submissions get voted on) I hope it can build ubecome a useul resource o both painted work and sculpts (sculpts eventheir own separate section) Itrsquos only been open a couple o days but itrsquos astarting to ll up nicely and I invite you all to pop a ew pictures o some owork up ndash doesnrsquot have to be new work show us your classic stu too

So all in all itrsquos been a busy month but also an exciting one I want to wish

a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I hope next year bringprosperity

Finally on a personal note I would like to pay tribute to my Father In Lawpassed away recently RIP Denis Wood you will be sorely missed

Hope you enjoy our nal issue o 2011

Until next year

Brett

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News

Contest

Review

View rom the hill

Meet the WAMPER

Tutorial

WAMP Awards

Latest Releases

Spotlight on WAMP

Chris ClaytonInterview

Wiki

Thread-o-mancy

Gallery

Social Groups

CONTENT

TUTORIALS

REVIEWS

ARTICLES

The Wamp Review group take an in-depth look at Dark Sword MiniaturesCersi Lannister Is it any good and is it worth buying To nd out click here

We have another great tutorial rom those kind people at ManorhouseWorkshop In this issue they show us how to make realistic looking bushesor our display models or gaming boards Click here to jump to page 16

The results are in or this yearsWAMP awards To nd out who

got what click here

As a special git to you this estiveseason we have an exclusive

interview with one o the hobbiesbig hitters Click here or more

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Welcome to this the nal issue o or 2011 It hasbeen a pretty up and down year or me and at times myonly solace has been my hobby and the riends I havemade on so I would like to thank you all or making

2011 bearable and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year Anyway enough o the gushy stu andonto business In this issue we have a great insight into themind o one o the best in the hobby An exclusive interview

with none other than Chris Clayton aka GiganticDark

We also have details o the antastic prizes on oer oWampII painting contest and great Kingdom Death ga

You want More How about the results rom this yWAMP Awards as well as another very interesting arom Tim Fitch Anyway I hope you enjoy it )

Model Display Productshave been very busyo late Their range oMiniatures (War GrionMiniatures) is steadilygrowing and have somevery nice releasesplanned or the new

year MDPrsquos range ogaming bases is alsobeing increase this month with the release o several newsets The rst is a set o 30 40 and 50mm round lip baseswith a dockquayside theme and are a mix o paving andwooden bases ideal or popular skirmish and wargames onthe market making them ideal or Mercenaries Freebootersor Pirates or they can be used in conjunction with ourpopular range o display plinths and discs The second setis or our Fantasy range and are in 20 25 40 and 50mmsquare and 25 x 50mm square with a rocky theme thesecan also be painted up to represent cooling lava The third isa range o round Sci- bases with the release o 1 x 25mmset 2 x 40mm sets and a 60mm round base with a tech starship deck theme ideal or many o the popular skirmishand wargames on the market Further details and prices canbe ound atwwwmodeldisplayproductscouk

Manor House Workshop have added over thirty pre-paterrain pieces to their catalogue and several new sectiincluding small accessories dungeon walls and medieurniture These are purchase and play so no painting

building required For details and purchase inormationtheir websitemanorhouseworkshopmindstalkerswordpresscom

Forge World have annothat Imperial Armour VoluThe Doom o Mymeara available to order

This 224-page ull hardback book writte

Talima Fox is packedvehicle and inantry pthree Apocalypse datashcampaign section and anCorsair army list In additbook also contains a dbackground and tesection covering the eForge World Eldar range

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

Tabletop Nation hellip And yoursquore invited

Beasts o War and Wayland Games are proud to announce

an exciting new direction that will combine their resources

or the benet o the wargaming hobby

Tabletop Nation will bring together gamers local st

manuacturers and developers to deliver the best prodthe most exciting games the most current news and rev

and a multitude o events all interacting both on-line

through local gaming stores

Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

the loyal support o gamers stores manuacturers

suppliers We wouldnrsquot be where we are without yo

we canrsquot get where we want to be on our own With tmind Tabletop Nation is seeking out partners who sha

vision o an inclusive network o wargamers and those

uel their passion

So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

orwards both Beasts o War and Wayland Games w

making a signicant investment to create the rameand inrastructure but itrsquos the other participants ndash

partners in this new world ndash who will help turn the visio

a substantive reality

Village accessories

Thomarillion is a German company that makes modelaccessories or gaming and display miniatures They have just released this village accessory set and theyrsquore suitableor 32mm miniatures There are plenty o other nice things ontheir website so check them out here

httpwwwthomarillionde

Mantic Games makes Christmas Shopping extra eaChristmas wersquore oering Free Shipping on all o theideals and miniature kits over pound25euro35$75

Furthermore wersquove also lowered our UK and EuShipping rates Pay only pound1 or shipping i yoursquore livingUK and pay in Pound Sterling ndash Oer ends 21st Decem

Pay only euro3 or shipping i yoursquore living in Europe andEuropes ndash Oer ends 16th December

With postal services already struggling and our greagoing quickly check out Orcyrsquos Christmas Ghetto ostocking busting deal and take advantage o our DecShipping beore the deadlines

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The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

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Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

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bag some prizes

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Best In Show

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raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

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Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

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Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

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Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

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thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Meet the

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

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4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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This model was one o a ew choices that I had sitting in the b

go but I knew that she would most likely be quite popular or entries too so she needed something more than a decent pa

make her stand out a bit more In the grey pile I also have the Mother who has a massive pair o wings that I had an inkling w

the 54mm model as much as the 35mm model that it was scuand ater a quick test t I ound that this was very much true sabout converting the kit to suit mostly getting the wings to t a

altering the cloak and hood to make it t somehow over the towings Fortunately the hair on the model looks windswept so

up and rebuilt the cloak to ollow the same direction and so mconversion was done The sword hilt broke while I was cleanin

model and I accidentally chopped o the little pommel piece couldnrsquot salvage so I drilled a wire through it and into the han(later on) tted a chain which I could wrap around the hilt and

(which helped to mask the join with the arm too)

The painting was a challenge to mysel to go all out on a ldquohigh

scheme I have seen the likes o Seb Archerrsquos work and wondejust how they get so many strong colours to work together Soa bit o discussion I came up with an ldquoaccented analogicrdquo sc

which is essentially taking a colour on the colour wheel then pldquoanalogousrdquo colours (- in this case a sort o blue was the main

green and purple as the analogics -) and lastly the complimenor the blue is orange It sounds a bit complicated but essent

look at a colour wheel it makes a kind o ldquoban the bombrdquo sign join the lines up

Colours chosen I started painting The cloak came rst and d

complex texture I painted it in monochrome tones to begin wittempted to leave it like that but it looked too fat so I added t

with blue undertones and I stumbled upon a nish that I was

The wings were done by glazing lots o strong colours over th

the wings rather than paintingas such I placed the green ldquohthen added blues next to that onto purples and nishing o w

magenta The nal eect was really quite striking and just whahoped or

Once I did the straps belts bikini and armour in teals and gre

worked the metals out relying on orange and blue inks to helpmatch the rest o the scheme (this was shamelessly lited as a

rom my mate Chris Octive aka ApaMonkeyman7x)

Last o all was the skin and hair I like the pale look o the hair

art so I did a similar colour incorporating blue and purple ton

The skin was the make or break part o the whole model and anything needed to be strongly ldquoorangerdquo to tie everything toge

a alse start because I had used the Andrea skin set which I non smaller models without incident but I just couldnrsquot get righ

picked out some GW skin tones mixing dark and bronzed fesalong with some P3 Khaki to get abase colour that I was hap

that it was a case o highlighting and shading individual areasmore khaki then VMC Deck Tan or highlights and mostly moto shade but therersquos dwar fesh tanned fesh and some blue

dark brown too) Because o her size shersquos BIG I needed to mthat the blends were smooth and brought attention to the right

model which involved a air bit o correcting glazing and re-ebut in the end it was my avourite part o the whole model

The base was made rom a BNS plinth with a Kerr amp King scebase attached I put a stony base colour down then used varrom the rest o the model in the various parts o the base tha

all together even more add reinorcing the otherworldly antas

And thatrsquos it in a nutshell I was absolutely bowled over to pick

win as I think that there were some incredibly strong entries acompetition itsel was really well supported by the members A

minis draw some pretty polarised discussion but they also brsome really great paint jobs which is largely down to the imagKingdom Death world now has I personally canrsquot wait to see w

coming along in the uture - not least the next 12 months beccompetition prize lol

Cheers and thanks or the votes and support

Scott

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Material herein does not necessarilyrefect the opinions o Portal Magazinesta who are not liable or said opinionsAll textual copy has been taken romthe Wargames and Miniatures Forumwebsite Artwork has also been eithertaken rom Wargames and Miniatures

Forum or rom company websitespertaining to the image and may not bereproduced (except or personal use)without prior written permission romthe said author artist Most productnames are trademarks owned by thecompanies that publish those products

CREDITS

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welcome to issue

WAMP Founder OGL and Co-Editor Brett Johnson

Layout amp Co-Editor

Shane Rozzell

Cover ImageTwilight Knight Pinupby Iacton

Proo Reader Martyn Dorey

Ian PurseyReview Team

NeatPeteCregan TurCaptain SproutNathanSHinton

Darklordshanerozzell

Contributors WAMPERS o the World

united)Find us at wwwwamp-orumcom

wwwwamp-orumcomportalContact Portal at portalwamp-orumcom

Itrsquos Christmas

Well almost and itrsquos amanic time o year oro us that celebrate it abeen pretty manic hWamp too I have beenalising details oryearrsquos contest sponsoI have some excitinones or you Itrsquos a

demonstration o Wgrowing appeal that we are attracting the biggest names in the hobby to partwith us We have just had the nal two contests o the year nished The KiDeath one you can see the results o in this very issue Also the Red Box Gcontest has just closed and voting is currently underway on that so i yoursquoreyou could go and vote or your avourites in that one

Therersquos yet more contest goodness in the orm o Wamped II our big end ocontest thatrsquos open to any mini rom any manuacturer (even scenery amp terraa chance) I have some prize details or that in this issue to urther tempt yoentering

I have been able to breathe a big sigh o relie as one o Wamprsquos biggesprojects has nally come to realisation Itrsquos taken over 6 months (and been

pipeline even longer) but our new gallery is up and running Over the yearsWampers have asked or such a gallery and I nally took the plunge and inin one Itrsquos pretty much a custom build and it aims to take the rating conceptpopular by CMON but put Wamprsquos own slant on it with the ocus on havingand impartial voting system Itrsquos much more than just a voting gallery thougitrsquos open to people wanting to show o their work but donrsquot want rating (yochoose which (i any) o your submissions get voted on) I hope it can build ubecome a useul resource o both painted work and sculpts (sculpts eventheir own separate section) Itrsquos only been open a couple o days but itrsquos astarting to ll up nicely and I invite you all to pop a ew pictures o some owork up ndash doesnrsquot have to be new work show us your classic stu too

So all in all itrsquos been a busy month but also an exciting one I want to wish

a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I hope next year bringprosperity

Finally on a personal note I would like to pay tribute to my Father In Lawpassed away recently RIP Denis Wood you will be sorely missed

Hope you enjoy our nal issue o 2011

Until next year

Brett

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in this issue

News

Contest

Review

View rom the hill

Meet the WAMPER

Tutorial

WAMP Awards

Latest Releases

Spotlight on WAMP

Chris ClaytonInterview

Wiki

Thread-o-mancy

Gallery

Social Groups

CONTENT

TUTORIALS

REVIEWS

ARTICLES

The Wamp Review group take an in-depth look at Dark Sword MiniaturesCersi Lannister Is it any good and is it worth buying To nd out click here

We have another great tutorial rom those kind people at ManorhouseWorkshop In this issue they show us how to make realistic looking bushesor our display models or gaming boards Click here to jump to page 16

The results are in or this yearsWAMP awards To nd out who

got what click here

As a special git to you this estiveseason we have an exclusive

interview with one o the hobbiesbig hitters Click here or more

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News

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Welcome to this the nal issue o or 2011 It hasbeen a pretty up and down year or me and at times myonly solace has been my hobby and the riends I havemade on so I would like to thank you all or making

2011 bearable and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year Anyway enough o the gushy stu andonto business In this issue we have a great insight into themind o one o the best in the hobby An exclusive interview

with none other than Chris Clayton aka GiganticDark

We also have details o the antastic prizes on oer oWampII painting contest and great Kingdom Death ga

You want More How about the results rom this yWAMP Awards as well as another very interesting arom Tim Fitch Anyway I hope you enjoy it )

Model Display Productshave been very busyo late Their range oMiniatures (War GrionMiniatures) is steadilygrowing and have somevery nice releasesplanned or the new

year MDPrsquos range ogaming bases is alsobeing increase this month with the release o several newsets The rst is a set o 30 40 and 50mm round lip baseswith a dockquayside theme and are a mix o paving andwooden bases ideal or popular skirmish and wargames onthe market making them ideal or Mercenaries Freebootersor Pirates or they can be used in conjunction with ourpopular range o display plinths and discs The second setis or our Fantasy range and are in 20 25 40 and 50mmsquare and 25 x 50mm square with a rocky theme thesecan also be painted up to represent cooling lava The third isa range o round Sci- bases with the release o 1 x 25mmset 2 x 40mm sets and a 60mm round base with a tech starship deck theme ideal or many o the popular skirmishand wargames on the market Further details and prices canbe ound atwwwmodeldisplayproductscouk

Manor House Workshop have added over thirty pre-paterrain pieces to their catalogue and several new sectiincluding small accessories dungeon walls and medieurniture These are purchase and play so no painting

building required For details and purchase inormationtheir websitemanorhouseworkshopmindstalkerswordpresscom

Forge World have annothat Imperial Armour VoluThe Doom o Mymeara available to order

This 224-page ull hardback book writte

Talima Fox is packedvehicle and inantry pthree Apocalypse datashcampaign section and anCorsair army list In additbook also contains a dbackground and tesection covering the eForge World Eldar range

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

Tabletop Nation hellip And yoursquore invited

Beasts o War and Wayland Games are proud to announce

an exciting new direction that will combine their resources

or the benet o the wargaming hobby

Tabletop Nation will bring together gamers local st

manuacturers and developers to deliver the best prodthe most exciting games the most current news and rev

and a multitude o events all interacting both on-line

through local gaming stores

Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

the loyal support o gamers stores manuacturers

suppliers We wouldnrsquot be where we are without yo

we canrsquot get where we want to be on our own With tmind Tabletop Nation is seeking out partners who sha

vision o an inclusive network o wargamers and those

uel their passion

So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

orwards both Beasts o War and Wayland Games w

making a signicant investment to create the rameand inrastructure but itrsquos the other participants ndash

partners in this new world ndash who will help turn the visio

a substantive reality

Village accessories

Thomarillion is a German company that makes modelaccessories or gaming and display miniatures They have just released this village accessory set and theyrsquore suitableor 32mm miniatures There are plenty o other nice things ontheir website so check them out here

httpwwwthomarillionde

Mantic Games makes Christmas Shopping extra eaChristmas wersquore oering Free Shipping on all o theideals and miniature kits over pound25euro35$75

Furthermore wersquove also lowered our UK and EuShipping rates Pay only pound1 or shipping i yoursquore livingUK and pay in Pound Sterling ndash Oer ends 21st Decem

Pay only euro3 or shipping i yoursquore living in Europe andEuropes ndash Oer ends 16th December

With postal services already struggling and our greagoing quickly check out Orcyrsquos Christmas Ghetto ostocking busting deal and take advantage o our DecShipping beore the deadlines

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Newest MeMbers

wamp ladder

Quite simply itrsquos a un painting league You challengeanother painter on the ladder to a lsquopaint orsquo Choose a themeand have up to 6 weeks to complete your mini - both yourentries are then judged by ellow members - the winnergains points and moves up the ladder Itrsquos ree to use andyou can challenge people to suit your ability

The ladder can be ound here

Vern vs Specral Dragon

Squad MaGie vs ScottRadom

RBG Entry

Piratemama vs Vegascat

Fantasy Miniatures

Vegascat vs Waghorn41

Animal

Endor vs Vegascat

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DeaDliNe

The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

There will also be a Best In Show winner

Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

categories and entries will now be split into genr

specific categories giving even more range for yo

bag some prizes

Prizes

Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

Guild o Harmony Set Phonecia Vanys Blagrut and DorothyThe ollowing categories each have a prize pool 1st place will get frstchoice o a prize then 2nd and so on

Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

raquo Relic Knights lsquoKiss amp Scratchrsquo

raquo pound50 worth o Das Schwarze Auge

raquo Guild o Harmony Set Nagrot Jian Nai Eilwyn amp Qing Long

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) Ironwind Metals

Sci-Fi

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo Relic Knights lsquoOne Shot amp Fritzrsquo

raquo Gaspez Arts Tatjana

raquo $100 git voucher Ironwind Metals

raquo 3x battletech New Releases

Historical

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Hatasu

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Aria Bust

raquo MDP Oblong Display Plinth

raquo MDP 33mm Display Plinth

Scenery amp Terrain

raquo Foundations o War Village House

raquo Foundations o War Barrels Set

raquo

MDP 35mm PlinthlsquoEverything Elsersquo

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Sybil

raquo Gaspez Arts Sophie

raquo $40 git voucher Ironwind Metals

lsquoOOPSrsquo Themed Category

raquo pound30 Tor Gaming lsquoRelicsrsquo goodies

raquo Super Dungeon Explore Limited Edition lsquoCandy amp Colarsquo

raquo pound50 Demonworld goodies

Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

raquo MDP 41mm Display Base (awarded to 1 random voter)

Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

concept to Wamped Itrsquos one we have used in our contest the Wamp Monthly and it always brings up soentries

thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

lsquoOOPSrsquo

What you do with that theme is entirely up to you but be looking or originality and clever use o theme as wthe technical skill o the entry

Rules

Entries must be placed in the appropriate categoryWamped II Gallery

For a Full copy o the rules click here

raquo Fantasy

raquo Sci-Fi

raquo Historical

raquo SceneryTerrain

raquo Everything Else

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Fruit di Mare - Muhani

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belle o tortugagurine -Marc Chicard (Tatoo)

WAMP AWARD NOMINATIONS bull LOTS OF SPECIAL OFFERS bull WAM

IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

Silver Irregular Ma

(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

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A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

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For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

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to see

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Forum or rom company websitespertaining to the image and may not bereproduced (except or personal use)without prior written permission romthe said author artist Most productnames are trademarks owned by thecompanies that publish those products

CREDITS

Follow us on

welcome to issue

WAMP Founder OGL and Co-Editor Brett Johnson

Layout amp Co-Editor

Shane Rozzell

Cover ImageTwilight Knight Pinupby Iacton

Proo Reader Martyn Dorey

Ian PurseyReview Team

NeatPeteCregan TurCaptain SproutNathanSHinton

Darklordshanerozzell

Contributors WAMPERS o the World

united)Find us at wwwwamp-orumcom

wwwwamp-orumcomportalContact Portal at portalwamp-orumcom

Itrsquos Christmas

Well almost and itrsquos amanic time o year oro us that celebrate it abeen pretty manic hWamp too I have beenalising details oryearrsquos contest sponsoI have some excitinones or you Itrsquos a

demonstration o Wgrowing appeal that we are attracting the biggest names in the hobby to partwith us We have just had the nal two contests o the year nished The KiDeath one you can see the results o in this very issue Also the Red Box Gcontest has just closed and voting is currently underway on that so i yoursquoreyou could go and vote or your avourites in that one

Therersquos yet more contest goodness in the orm o Wamped II our big end ocontest thatrsquos open to any mini rom any manuacturer (even scenery amp terraa chance) I have some prize details or that in this issue to urther tempt yoentering

I have been able to breathe a big sigh o relie as one o Wamprsquos biggesprojects has nally come to realisation Itrsquos taken over 6 months (and been

pipeline even longer) but our new gallery is up and running Over the yearsWampers have asked or such a gallery and I nally took the plunge and inin one Itrsquos pretty much a custom build and it aims to take the rating conceptpopular by CMON but put Wamprsquos own slant on it with the ocus on havingand impartial voting system Itrsquos much more than just a voting gallery thougitrsquos open to people wanting to show o their work but donrsquot want rating (yochoose which (i any) o your submissions get voted on) I hope it can build ubecome a useul resource o both painted work and sculpts (sculpts eventheir own separate section) Itrsquos only been open a couple o days but itrsquos astarting to ll up nicely and I invite you all to pop a ew pictures o some owork up ndash doesnrsquot have to be new work show us your classic stu too

So all in all itrsquos been a busy month but also an exciting one I want to wish

a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I hope next year bringprosperity

Finally on a personal note I would like to pay tribute to my Father In Lawpassed away recently RIP Denis Wood you will be sorely missed

Hope you enjoy our nal issue o 2011

Until next year

Brett

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in this issue

News

Contest

Review

View rom the hill

Meet the WAMPER

Tutorial

WAMP Awards

Latest Releases

Spotlight on WAMP

Chris ClaytonInterview

Wiki

Thread-o-mancy

Gallery

Social Groups

CONTENT

TUTORIALS

REVIEWS

ARTICLES

The Wamp Review group take an in-depth look at Dark Sword MiniaturesCersi Lannister Is it any good and is it worth buying To nd out click here

We have another great tutorial rom those kind people at ManorhouseWorkshop In this issue they show us how to make realistic looking bushesor our display models or gaming boards Click here to jump to page 16

The results are in or this yearsWAMP awards To nd out who

got what click here

As a special git to you this estiveseason we have an exclusive

interview with one o the hobbiesbig hitters Click here or more

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Welcome to this the nal issue o or 2011 It hasbeen a pretty up and down year or me and at times myonly solace has been my hobby and the riends I havemade on so I would like to thank you all or making

2011 bearable and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year Anyway enough o the gushy stu andonto business In this issue we have a great insight into themind o one o the best in the hobby An exclusive interview

with none other than Chris Clayton aka GiganticDark

We also have details o the antastic prizes on oer oWampII painting contest and great Kingdom Death ga

You want More How about the results rom this yWAMP Awards as well as another very interesting arom Tim Fitch Anyway I hope you enjoy it )

Model Display Productshave been very busyo late Their range oMiniatures (War GrionMiniatures) is steadilygrowing and have somevery nice releasesplanned or the new

year MDPrsquos range ogaming bases is alsobeing increase this month with the release o several newsets The rst is a set o 30 40 and 50mm round lip baseswith a dockquayside theme and are a mix o paving andwooden bases ideal or popular skirmish and wargames onthe market making them ideal or Mercenaries Freebootersor Pirates or they can be used in conjunction with ourpopular range o display plinths and discs The second setis or our Fantasy range and are in 20 25 40 and 50mmsquare and 25 x 50mm square with a rocky theme thesecan also be painted up to represent cooling lava The third isa range o round Sci- bases with the release o 1 x 25mmset 2 x 40mm sets and a 60mm round base with a tech starship deck theme ideal or many o the popular skirmishand wargames on the market Further details and prices canbe ound atwwwmodeldisplayproductscouk

Manor House Workshop have added over thirty pre-paterrain pieces to their catalogue and several new sectiincluding small accessories dungeon walls and medieurniture These are purchase and play so no painting

building required For details and purchase inormationtheir websitemanorhouseworkshopmindstalkerswordpresscom

Forge World have annothat Imperial Armour VoluThe Doom o Mymeara available to order

This 224-page ull hardback book writte

Talima Fox is packedvehicle and inantry pthree Apocalypse datashcampaign section and anCorsair army list In additbook also contains a dbackground and tesection covering the eForge World Eldar range

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

Tabletop Nation hellip And yoursquore invited

Beasts o War and Wayland Games are proud to announce

an exciting new direction that will combine their resources

or the benet o the wargaming hobby

Tabletop Nation will bring together gamers local st

manuacturers and developers to deliver the best prodthe most exciting games the most current news and rev

and a multitude o events all interacting both on-line

through local gaming stores

Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

the loyal support o gamers stores manuacturers

suppliers We wouldnrsquot be where we are without yo

we canrsquot get where we want to be on our own With tmind Tabletop Nation is seeking out partners who sha

vision o an inclusive network o wargamers and those

uel their passion

So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

orwards both Beasts o War and Wayland Games w

making a signicant investment to create the rameand inrastructure but itrsquos the other participants ndash

partners in this new world ndash who will help turn the visio

a substantive reality

Village accessories

Thomarillion is a German company that makes modelaccessories or gaming and display miniatures They have just released this village accessory set and theyrsquore suitableor 32mm miniatures There are plenty o other nice things ontheir website so check them out here

httpwwwthomarillionde

Mantic Games makes Christmas Shopping extra eaChristmas wersquore oering Free Shipping on all o theideals and miniature kits over pound25euro35$75

Furthermore wersquove also lowered our UK and EuShipping rates Pay only pound1 or shipping i yoursquore livingUK and pay in Pound Sterling ndash Oer ends 21st Decem

Pay only euro3 or shipping i yoursquore living in Europe andEuropes ndash Oer ends 16th December

With postal services already struggling and our greagoing quickly check out Orcyrsquos Christmas Ghetto ostocking busting deal and take advantage o our DecShipping beore the deadlines

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Newest MeMbers

wamp ladder

Quite simply itrsquos a un painting league You challengeanother painter on the ladder to a lsquopaint orsquo Choose a themeand have up to 6 weeks to complete your mini - both yourentries are then judged by ellow members - the winnergains points and moves up the ladder Itrsquos ree to use andyou can challenge people to suit your ability

The ladder can be ound here

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DeaDliNe

The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

There will also be a Best In Show winner

Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

categories and entries will now be split into genr

specific categories giving even more range for yo

bag some prizes

Prizes

Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

Guild o Harmony Set Phonecia Vanys Blagrut and DorothyThe ollowing categories each have a prize pool 1st place will get frstchoice o a prize then 2nd and so on

Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

raquo Relic Knights lsquoKiss amp Scratchrsquo

raquo pound50 worth o Das Schwarze Auge

raquo Guild o Harmony Set Nagrot Jian Nai Eilwyn amp Qing Long

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) Ironwind Metals

Sci-Fi

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo Relic Knights lsquoOne Shot amp Fritzrsquo

raquo Gaspez Arts Tatjana

raquo $100 git voucher Ironwind Metals

raquo 3x battletech New Releases

Historical

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Hatasu

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Aria Bust

raquo MDP Oblong Display Plinth

raquo MDP 33mm Display Plinth

Scenery amp Terrain

raquo Foundations o War Village House

raquo Foundations o War Barrels Set

raquo

MDP 35mm PlinthlsquoEverything Elsersquo

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Sybil

raquo Gaspez Arts Sophie

raquo $40 git voucher Ironwind Metals

lsquoOOPSrsquo Themed Category

raquo pound30 Tor Gaming lsquoRelicsrsquo goodies

raquo Super Dungeon Explore Limited Edition lsquoCandy amp Colarsquo

raquo pound50 Demonworld goodies

Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

raquo MDP 41mm Display Base (awarded to 1 random voter)

Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

concept to Wamped Itrsquos one we have used in our contest the Wamp Monthly and it always brings up soentries

thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

lsquoOOPSrsquo

What you do with that theme is entirely up to you but be looking or originality and clever use o theme as wthe technical skill o the entry

Rules

Entries must be placed in the appropriate categoryWamped II Gallery

For a Full copy o the rules click here

raquo Fantasy

raquo Sci-Fi

raquo Historical

raquo SceneryTerrain

raquo Everything Else

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Trancheur

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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in this issue

News

Contest

Review

View rom the hill

Meet the WAMPER

Tutorial

WAMP Awards

Latest Releases

Spotlight on WAMP

Chris ClaytonInterview

Wiki

Thread-o-mancy

Gallery

Social Groups

CONTENT

TUTORIALS

REVIEWS

ARTICLES

The Wamp Review group take an in-depth look at Dark Sword MiniaturesCersi Lannister Is it any good and is it worth buying To nd out click here

We have another great tutorial rom those kind people at ManorhouseWorkshop In this issue they show us how to make realistic looking bushesor our display models or gaming boards Click here to jump to page 16

The results are in or this yearsWAMP awards To nd out who

got what click here

As a special git to you this estiveseason we have an exclusive

interview with one o the hobbiesbig hitters Click here or more

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Welcome to this the nal issue o or 2011 It hasbeen a pretty up and down year or me and at times myonly solace has been my hobby and the riends I havemade on so I would like to thank you all or making

2011 bearable and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year Anyway enough o the gushy stu andonto business In this issue we have a great insight into themind o one o the best in the hobby An exclusive interview

with none other than Chris Clayton aka GiganticDark

We also have details o the antastic prizes on oer oWampII painting contest and great Kingdom Death ga

You want More How about the results rom this yWAMP Awards as well as another very interesting arom Tim Fitch Anyway I hope you enjoy it )

Model Display Productshave been very busyo late Their range oMiniatures (War GrionMiniatures) is steadilygrowing and have somevery nice releasesplanned or the new

year MDPrsquos range ogaming bases is alsobeing increase this month with the release o several newsets The rst is a set o 30 40 and 50mm round lip baseswith a dockquayside theme and are a mix o paving andwooden bases ideal or popular skirmish and wargames onthe market making them ideal or Mercenaries Freebootersor Pirates or they can be used in conjunction with ourpopular range o display plinths and discs The second setis or our Fantasy range and are in 20 25 40 and 50mmsquare and 25 x 50mm square with a rocky theme thesecan also be painted up to represent cooling lava The third isa range o round Sci- bases with the release o 1 x 25mmset 2 x 40mm sets and a 60mm round base with a tech starship deck theme ideal or many o the popular skirmishand wargames on the market Further details and prices canbe ound atwwwmodeldisplayproductscouk

Manor House Workshop have added over thirty pre-paterrain pieces to their catalogue and several new sectiincluding small accessories dungeon walls and medieurniture These are purchase and play so no painting

building required For details and purchase inormationtheir websitemanorhouseworkshopmindstalkerswordpresscom

Forge World have annothat Imperial Armour VoluThe Doom o Mymeara available to order

This 224-page ull hardback book writte

Talima Fox is packedvehicle and inantry pthree Apocalypse datashcampaign section and anCorsair army list In additbook also contains a dbackground and tesection covering the eForge World Eldar range

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

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Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

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So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

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The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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Tutorial

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Fruit di Mare - Muhani

Silver Welcometo the Jungle -Paul Valenx

belle o tortugagurine -Marc Chicard (Tatoo)

WAMP AWARD NOMINATIONS bull LOTS OF SPECIAL OFFERS bull WAM

IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

Silver Irregular Ma

(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

Silver Red Box G

Bronze (Tied) Sodapop Miniatand Privateer Press

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Latest Releases

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Gyrmn Walker Cockpit Closed

Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Latest Releases

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

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BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

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4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Welcome to this the nal issue o or 2011 It hasbeen a pretty up and down year or me and at times myonly solace has been my hobby and the riends I havemade on so I would like to thank you all or making

2011 bearable and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year Anyway enough o the gushy stu andonto business In this issue we have a great insight into themind o one o the best in the hobby An exclusive interview

with none other than Chris Clayton aka GiganticDark

We also have details o the antastic prizes on oer oWampII painting contest and great Kingdom Death ga

You want More How about the results rom this yWAMP Awards as well as another very interesting arom Tim Fitch Anyway I hope you enjoy it )

Model Display Productshave been very busyo late Their range oMiniatures (War GrionMiniatures) is steadilygrowing and have somevery nice releasesplanned or the new

year MDPrsquos range ogaming bases is alsobeing increase this month with the release o several newsets The rst is a set o 30 40 and 50mm round lip baseswith a dockquayside theme and are a mix o paving andwooden bases ideal or popular skirmish and wargames onthe market making them ideal or Mercenaries Freebootersor Pirates or they can be used in conjunction with ourpopular range o display plinths and discs The second setis or our Fantasy range and are in 20 25 40 and 50mmsquare and 25 x 50mm square with a rocky theme thesecan also be painted up to represent cooling lava The third isa range o round Sci- bases with the release o 1 x 25mmset 2 x 40mm sets and a 60mm round base with a tech starship deck theme ideal or many o the popular skirmishand wargames on the market Further details and prices canbe ound atwwwmodeldisplayproductscouk

Manor House Workshop have added over thirty pre-paterrain pieces to their catalogue and several new sectiincluding small accessories dungeon walls and medieurniture These are purchase and play so no painting

building required For details and purchase inormationtheir websitemanorhouseworkshopmindstalkerswordpresscom

Forge World have annothat Imperial Armour VoluThe Doom o Mymeara available to order

This 224-page ull hardback book writte

Talima Fox is packedvehicle and inantry pthree Apocalypse datashcampaign section and anCorsair army list In additbook also contains a dbackground and tesection covering the eForge World Eldar range

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

Tabletop Nation hellip And yoursquore invited

Beasts o War and Wayland Games are proud to announce

an exciting new direction that will combine their resources

or the benet o the wargaming hobby

Tabletop Nation will bring together gamers local st

manuacturers and developers to deliver the best prodthe most exciting games the most current news and rev

and a multitude o events all interacting both on-line

through local gaming stores

Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

the loyal support o gamers stores manuacturers

suppliers We wouldnrsquot be where we are without yo

we canrsquot get where we want to be on our own With tmind Tabletop Nation is seeking out partners who sha

vision o an inclusive network o wargamers and those

uel their passion

So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

orwards both Beasts o War and Wayland Games w

making a signicant investment to create the rameand inrastructure but itrsquos the other participants ndash

partners in this new world ndash who will help turn the visio

a substantive reality

Village accessories

Thomarillion is a German company that makes modelaccessories or gaming and display miniatures They have just released this village accessory set and theyrsquore suitableor 32mm miniatures There are plenty o other nice things ontheir website so check them out here

httpwwwthomarillionde

Mantic Games makes Christmas Shopping extra eaChristmas wersquore oering Free Shipping on all o theideals and miniature kits over pound25euro35$75

Furthermore wersquove also lowered our UK and EuShipping rates Pay only pound1 or shipping i yoursquore livingUK and pay in Pound Sterling ndash Oer ends 21st Decem

Pay only euro3 or shipping i yoursquore living in Europe andEuropes ndash Oer ends 16th December

With postal services already struggling and our greagoing quickly check out Orcyrsquos Christmas Ghetto ostocking busting deal and take advantage o our DecShipping beore the deadlines

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Newest MeMbers

wamp ladder

Quite simply itrsquos a un painting league You challengeanother painter on the ladder to a lsquopaint orsquo Choose a themeand have up to 6 weeks to complete your mini - both yourentries are then judged by ellow members - the winnergains points and moves up the ladder Itrsquos ree to use andyou can challenge people to suit your ability

The ladder can be ound here

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DeaDliNe

The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

There will also be a Best In Show winner

Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

categories and entries will now be split into genr

specific categories giving even more range for yo

bag some prizes

Prizes

Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

Guild o Harmony Set Phonecia Vanys Blagrut and DorothyThe ollowing categories each have a prize pool 1st place will get frstchoice o a prize then 2nd and so on

Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

raquo Relic Knights lsquoKiss amp Scratchrsquo

raquo pound50 worth o Das Schwarze Auge

raquo Guild o Harmony Set Nagrot Jian Nai Eilwyn amp Qing Long

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) Ironwind Metals

Sci-Fi

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo Relic Knights lsquoOne Shot amp Fritzrsquo

raquo Gaspez Arts Tatjana

raquo $100 git voucher Ironwind Metals

raquo 3x battletech New Releases

Historical

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Hatasu

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Aria Bust

raquo MDP Oblong Display Plinth

raquo MDP 33mm Display Plinth

Scenery amp Terrain

raquo Foundations o War Village House

raquo Foundations o War Barrels Set

raquo

MDP 35mm PlinthlsquoEverything Elsersquo

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Sybil

raquo Gaspez Arts Sophie

raquo $40 git voucher Ironwind Metals

lsquoOOPSrsquo Themed Category

raquo pound30 Tor Gaming lsquoRelicsrsquo goodies

raquo Super Dungeon Explore Limited Edition lsquoCandy amp Colarsquo

raquo pound50 Demonworld goodies

Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

raquo MDP 41mm Display Base (awarded to 1 random voter)

Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

concept to Wamped Itrsquos one we have used in our contest the Wamp Monthly and it always brings up soentries

thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

lsquoOOPSrsquo

What you do with that theme is entirely up to you but be looking or originality and clever use o theme as wthe technical skill o the entry

Rules

Entries must be placed in the appropriate categoryWamped II Gallery

For a Full copy o the rules click here

raquo Fantasy

raquo Sci-Fi

raquo Historical

raquo SceneryTerrain

raquo Everything Else

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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View from the Hill

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

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Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

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So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Salute 2011

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Trancheur

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Beasts o War and Wayland Games Join Forces to create a

Tabletop Nation hellip And yoursquore invited

Beasts o War and Wayland Games are proud to announce

an exciting new direction that will combine their resources

or the benet o the wargaming hobby

Tabletop Nation will bring together gamers local st

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and a multitude o events all interacting both on-line

through local gaming stores

Both Beasts o War and Wayland Games are grate

the loyal support o gamers stores manuacturers

suppliers We wouldnrsquot be where we are without yo

we canrsquot get where we want to be on our own With tmind Tabletop Nation is seeking out partners who sha

vision o an inclusive network o wargamers and those

uel their passion

So what might Tabletop Nation mean to you Well lo

orwards both Beasts o War and Wayland Games w

making a signicant investment to create the rameand inrastructure but itrsquos the other participants ndash

partners in this new world ndash who will help turn the visio

a substantive reality

Village accessories

Thomarillion is a German company that makes modelaccessories or gaming and display miniatures They have just released this village accessory set and theyrsquore suitableor 32mm miniatures There are plenty o other nice things ontheir website so check them out here

httpwwwthomarillionde

Mantic Games makes Christmas Shopping extra eaChristmas wersquore oering Free Shipping on all o theideals and miniature kits over pound25euro35$75

Furthermore wersquove also lowered our UK and EuShipping rates Pay only pound1 or shipping i yoursquore livingUK and pay in Pound Sterling ndash Oer ends 21st Decem

Pay only euro3 or shipping i yoursquore living in Europe andEuropes ndash Oer ends 16th December

With postal services already struggling and our greagoing quickly check out Orcyrsquos Christmas Ghetto ostocking busting deal and take advantage o our DecShipping beore the deadlines

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Newest MeMbers

wamp ladder

Quite simply itrsquos a un painting league You challengeanother painter on the ladder to a lsquopaint orsquo Choose a themeand have up to 6 weeks to complete your mini - both yourentries are then judged by ellow members - the winnergains points and moves up the ladder Itrsquos ree to use andyou can challenge people to suit your ability

The ladder can be ound here

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Darklord 1119 4

pae 1065 3

Cregan Tur 1063 1

MamaGeek 1052 2

Sparks 1051 2

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DeaDliNe

The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

There will also be a Best In Show winner

Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

categories and entries will now be split into genr

specific categories giving even more range for yo

bag some prizes

Prizes

Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

Guild o Harmony Set Phonecia Vanys Blagrut and DorothyThe ollowing categories each have a prize pool 1st place will get frstchoice o a prize then 2nd and so on

Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

raquo Relic Knights lsquoKiss amp Scratchrsquo

raquo pound50 worth o Das Schwarze Auge

raquo Guild o Harmony Set Nagrot Jian Nai Eilwyn amp Qing Long

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) Ironwind Metals

Sci-Fi

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo Relic Knights lsquoOne Shot amp Fritzrsquo

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raquo $100 git voucher Ironwind Metals

raquo 3x battletech New Releases

Historical

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Hatasu

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raquo MDP Oblong Display Plinth

raquo MDP 33mm Display Plinth

Scenery amp Terrain

raquo Foundations o War Village House

raquo Foundations o War Barrels Set

raquo

MDP 35mm PlinthlsquoEverything Elsersquo

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Sybil

raquo Gaspez Arts Sophie

raquo $40 git voucher Ironwind Metals

lsquoOOPSrsquo Themed Category

raquo pound30 Tor Gaming lsquoRelicsrsquo goodies

raquo Super Dungeon Explore Limited Edition lsquoCandy amp Colarsquo

raquo pound50 Demonworld goodies

Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

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Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

concept to Wamped Itrsquos one we have used in our contest the Wamp Monthly and it always brings up soentries

thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

lsquoOOPSrsquo

What you do with that theme is entirely up to you but be looking or originality and clever use o theme as wthe technical skill o the entry

Rules

Entries must be placed in the appropriate categoryWamped II Gallery

For a Full copy o the rules click here

raquo Fantasy

raquo Sci-Fi

raquo Historical

raquo SceneryTerrain

raquo Everything Else

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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Tutorial

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Portal Magazine

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(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

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Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

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bag some prizes

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Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

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raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

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raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

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The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Trancheur

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

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DeaDliNe

The closing date or entries is 6pm Wednesday 26th January2012 Supporter deadline will be 5 days later 6pm Monday31st January 2012

Times quoted are GMT

what caN i eNter

Anything It can be any scale genre manuacturer It canbe terrain duel dioramaa ull blown army even BUT Takenote it must be new work That means it must not havebeen shown completed anywhere I you have shown WIPelsewhere thatrsquos ne but not completed photos

categories

There will also be a Best In Show winner

Wamped has returned for its second year and

its hard makeover Gone are the manufacturer

categories and entries will now be split into genr

specific categories giving even more range for yo

bag some prizes

Prizes

Best In Show

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo La Meridiana Pyros (75mm)

raquo Model Display Products Anastacia (54mm)

raquo

Guild o Harmony Set Phonecia Vanys Blagrut and DorothyThe ollowing categories each have a prize pool 1st place will get frstchoice o a prize then 2nd and so on

Fantasy

raquo Imbrian Arts Set Gnoll Wraith Necromancer and Dragon Teeth

raquo Morland Studios 54mm Shar The Traveller

raquo Relic Knights lsquoKiss amp Scratchrsquo

raquo pound50 worth o Das Schwarze Auge

raquo Guild o Harmony Set Nagrot Jian Nai Eilwyn amp Qing Long

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) Ironwind Metals

Sci-Fi

raquo euro150 Credit at Kabuki Models

raquo Relic Knights lsquoOne Shot amp Fritzrsquo

raquo Gaspez Arts Tatjana

raquo $100 git voucher Ironwind Metals

raquo 3x battletech New Releases

Historical

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Hatasu

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Aria Bust

raquo MDP Oblong Display Plinth

raquo MDP 33mm Display Plinth

Scenery amp Terrain

raquo Foundations o War Village House

raquo Foundations o War Barrels Set

raquo

MDP 35mm PlinthlsquoEverything Elsersquo

raquo Morland Studios 32mm Sybil

raquo Gaspez Arts Sophie

raquo $40 git voucher Ironwind Metals

lsquoOOPSrsquo Themed Category

raquo pound30 Tor Gaming lsquoRelicsrsquo goodies

raquo Super Dungeon Explore Limited Edition lsquoCandy amp Colarsquo

raquo pound50 Demonworld goodies

Random Prizes

raquo Foundation o War Round Inested Bases (awarded to 1 randomthat hasnrsquot already won a prize)

raquo 3 x prizes o 1 Battletech new release

raquo 1 x prize o $40 git voucher Ironwind metals or most entries

raquo 1 antasy blister (TBC) rom Ironwind Metals - random voter

raquo MDP 41mm Display Base (awarded to 1 random voter)

Some o these prizes are unavailable or not yet released and Theremore prizes to be conrmed

Total Prize Pot pound1000 worth o Prizes

In addition this year will see the introduction o a bran

concept to Wamped Itrsquos one we have used in our contest the Wamp Monthly and it always brings up soentries

thetheMeD category

The Themed Category add a theme element to entriesa prize awarded in addition to the others The theme year is

lsquoOOPSrsquo

What you do with that theme is entirely up to you but be looking or originality and clever use o theme as wthe technical skill o the entry

Rules

Entries must be placed in the appropriate categoryWamped II Gallery

For a Full copy o the rules click here

raquo Fantasy

raquo Sci-Fi

raquo Historical

raquo SceneryTerrain

raquo Everything Else

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Review If you have a product you would like us to review then contact us at portalwamp-forumcom

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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View from the Hill

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

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for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

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Trancheur

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Group Review

Manuacturer

Dark Sword Miniatures

Material Metal

Price $999

Contact

wwwdarkswordminiaturescom

Other Inormation

Sculpted by Sculpted by Tom Meier

Ratings

Q u a l i t y

95Exceptionalsculpting ampcasting

A s s e m b l y

975Single piecegure with next tono preparation

V a l u e

975 Typical DarkSword excellentvalue or money

Overall Score 96

dark swordrsquos cersi lannister

cregaNtur

I guess it would be wrong to slamthis miniature simply because itrsquos o aLannister Cersei the worst o themall to be precise but that would notgive any accurate inormation on theminiature itsel So put your swordsdown and eelings aside my ellow Starksupporters and indulge me in a airreview o Cerseirsquos attributes

This is a 2 piece white-metal kit that

eatures Cersei Lannister as a singlepiece and a white metal base Irsquoll tacklethe base rst since therersquos the least tosay about it Itrsquos simply a stonework daiswith some mossplant growth peekingout among a ew o the stones Itrsquos wellsculpted to look like shale or a similarlayered stone with a cutout where herdress can neatly t in so the abric sitsnicely on the ground Itrsquos a nice lookingand simple design but it only servesas something to put the miniature on Itdoesnrsquot add anything to the composition

This is a mini that screams or a goodbase so yoursquore going to have to makeone o your own

Irsquom not sure how one obtains arcanemastery over Lead but Irsquom pretty sureDark Sword has a Lead-o-mancer intheir employ as itrsquos the only reasonableexplanation or how they can get suchhigh quality casts Cersei has curlyhair that alls in strands rom her headleaving realistic gaps between some othe strands and they are all cast perectly

The amount o work required to prep thisgure is so negligible that it doesnrsquot meritmentioning

This gure is perect or a painter whowants to experiment with translucentabrics The dress is modeled to appearas i it were made rom very sheer

materialwhichmeans it is very orm tting but thea very delicate sotening o the cove

anatomical details that lends realismthe idea o a body covered by thin This is a very suggestive piece butthere is nothing overt about it The alls into a multitude o tight olds wrefects a thin abric quite well

There are many tiny details on herthat will require careul brush workSpecically all o her jewellery is tindelicate looking which ts the sculpwell Therersquos also a thin circlet in hewith a lot o tiny details The ace is

striking but I have to admit that I catell i shersquos supposed to have big oeyes or i they are lidded The lattersupport the pose better- this will justo be the painterrsquos judgment call

I you want a sensual elegant lookilady then I doubt you could nd a b

Painted by J

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

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Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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representation than this Therersquos notmuch action in the pose whichis ne but it means that shersquosnot going to be a good choiceor much outside o competitionwork or as a git I would besurprised to see her used aspart o someonersquos wargamingarmy

Irsquove never said this about a gurebeore but I really eel like sheis or experienced paintersonly The details are so neand precise that people newto the hobby may nd herrustrating to paint well

NeatPete

ldquoTo all the ladies in theplace with style andgracerdquo -yoursquove got somecompetition rom Dark

Swordrsquos Cersei LannisterThis miniature is fat outgorgeous

Her curly hair is sculptedbrilliantly and a tiny tiarapeaks through the crowno her head The curls alldown a beautiul ace that issculpted in a day dreamingstate o bliss The hair hangs to rest ongentle shoulders and a neck ordainedwith a tiny but detailed necklace Her

breasts all wide across her chest intoa thin dress that is draped wonderullyThe dress could be a nightgown o somehigh quality silk that only the Lannisterscould aord The dress twists down to theground giving the mini a slight sense omovement and urther emphasizing theday dreamy state

The detail on my miniature was reallyreally good Irsquom again impressed withthe detail Dark Sword achieves and thequality control they maintain There wasonly a tiny little spot where I would have

to le a mould line on her wrist and thatwould just take a second while the rest isliterally perect out o the box The curlyhair and draped abric are the majorstrong points o this mini or me

There are a couple really nice

opportunities or painters to workwith on this mini mainly abricsSheer eects or reehand are

understandably great choiceson this beaut The stance o thismini almost looking into the skyalso oers a nice OSL pose asshe could look into the morningsun or bask in the moonlight

shaNe rozzell

Winter is coming or so thesaying goes but in Kings

Landing itrsquos obviously stillpretty warm by looking atthe skimpy dress Cersi iswearing I love the GeorgeRR Martin books and I alsoreally enjoyed the TV serieso Game o Thrones so I wasvery pleased when we cameto review one o the stories

most infuential charactersimmortalised in miniature byDark Sword Miniatures

Now I get to look at a LOTo miniatures probably morethan most due to editingPortal so I have seen some

very nice versions o this miniaround the various orums One

thing that I have learnt over the yearsis that when painters produce thoseexceptional paint renditions a hugeamount o work goes into preparing the

miniature and this is what I expected inthis case I was very surprised that whenI picked up the Cersi miniature that it wasalmost perect and by ar the best DSmini I have had the pleasure to review soar As ar as I can tell there is only theslightest mouldline on her right hip and Ihad to really look hard to nd that one

The casting quality o this miniature isantastic and every part o her is verysmooth and all the detail is lovely andsharp Her hair closed eyes and jewellery

is ever so ne itrsquos hard to believe whatTom Meier has achieved in this sculpt

Unlike most other DS miniatures Cersicomes with a separate base and thatrsquos abig plus or anyone who wants to maketheir own diorama or display base Irsquomgoing to look orward to painting her

the ratiNgs

Cregan Tur

Quality 9 10 excellent castUnbelievable level o detabase is a real disappointmepart o the design

Assembly 10 10 Not just bshersquos a 1 piece gure- the qso great that you will barelto do anything beore yopainting

Value 9 10 very reasonabor such a good miniature much o a steal as some other ranges but I imagilicensing ups the price a bit

Overall 93 10 an excelleo a great sculpt You would pressed to nd another mwith such meticulous deatals

NeatPete

Quality 95 Great detail chand cloths

Assembly 95 Little to noready right out the box

Value 85 Decent price or th

Overall 92 Beautiul scucast

Shane Rozzell

Quality 97510 the quaminiature is exceptionally goby a long way the best DS mI have seen so ar

Assembly 1010 the act thais separate rom the base any assembly as easy as any

Value or Money 1010 a(pound640) a little more expensimany o the other DS miniatuthe casting quality really mworth while

Overall1010 Cersi Lann

a beautiul miniature in eveand one that every miniaturewould be pleased to have a c

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Meet the

wwwwamp-orumcom

Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Portal Magazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

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View from the Hill

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It all seems ancient history now but

back in 1984 itrsquos difficult to overstate

the influence Advanced Dungeons and

Dragons (ADampD) had on the fantasy

world as a whole Though perhaps notthe best RPG it was certainly the most

widespread and widely played Making

miniatures to suit it made good financial

sense

ADampD had character classes such as ghters wizardsclerics and thieves so Citadel produced ranges o ghterswizards clerics and thieves Their clerics never carriededged weapons thieves never wore heavy armour and anawul lot o their character miniatures carried backpacks

thus indicating an adventuring background ADampD hadmonsters that were well described in the Monster Manual othe day and these too translated into some o what Citadelproduced Ogres were tribal and primitive trolls brutishand ugly True the orcs never had the pig snouts o themonster manual illustrations but that might have been an IPinringement too ar even then

Yet also the Citadel miniatures o 1984 showed an initial

start to stray away rom the guiding ideas o ADampD Yestill produced the core character classes and races buthe companyrsquos own ideas started to peep through

Code CO5 was a range o Oriental Heroes a good whbeore ADampD released their Oriental Adventurers sourbook They were good miniatures too done by a new

sculptor called Aly Morrison CO11 Halfings was anotslight departure These owed more to Tolkien and comlicence than a anything yoursquod actually go adventuringwith The new generation o trolls became more comiappearance too The rst range had been very realisticdesign brutal weapons bestial aces and a thoroughunpleasant manner These newer oerings though ugllook less rightening

ADampD had made great use o the Drow their name oDark Elves in a series o adventure modules They wepopular versatile and had caught the gaming imaginaCitadel thereore produced an initial boxed set back in

ndash 83 called the Night El Patrol Clearly modelled on thDrow they were properly el sized slight well equippelead by a emale In 1984 they released another batchthese were bigger human sized oerings Females eaprominently as both troops and leaders too another Dtrait However it was the C21 range o Cold Ones and that marked a bit o original thinking Dark Elves ridinglizards This was new

Citadel had used the word Chaos to mean evil rom its

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Trancheur

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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earliest ranges Quite why it chose to do so is a mysterycertainly other miniature companies used the word evil todescribe certain characters and didnrsquot seem to suer anybacklash However its now in 1984 that Chaos starts tobecome a genre type in itsel within the Citadel miniaturesworld Chaos warrior boxed sets and some single miniatureshad been released in 1982-83 Three Chaos monsters werealso described at the back o the rst compendium Nowin 1984 there were C27 Chaos Monsters Chaos Goblin

Mutants and Chaos Beastmen along with a new range oC35 Knights o Chaos It is here in these early ranges thatthe seed o using Chaos or evil rst started Now Chaos isa major part o the Warhammer world with whole actionsdeities abilities and histories in its canon

Goblin anatics rst appeared with their ball and chainweaponry though one was bizarrely armed with agiant boomerang The Slann also made their rst massappearance too Modelled with a strong infuence o pre-conquest South America they were certainly dierent i notentirely useul or most adventures

The second compendium also oicially includes Nick Lundrsquos

Chronicle miniatures line This is worthy o its own articlebut to suice to say it was a smart move on Citadelrsquos part

However despite the new miniatures company acquisitionsand general increase in prole there were still problems

The rst one came about through the diering styles oAmerican and Uk miniature sculptors Citadel commissionedTom Meier o Ral Partha ame to produce a range oHigh Elves or them He had already done a boxed seto troglodytes and lizard warriors all highly detailed andsuitably realistic so their condence wasnrsquot misplacedTom indeed came up with the goods a range o perectlysculpted high elves some mounted but most on oot The

problem was they were also perect 25mm scale and didnrsquott with anything else Citadel sold They were never oiciallysold in the US either so I suspect Tom may have been ableto sell them with his existing Ral Partha ranges too as parto the deal Regardless it let Citadel with a problem theylooked out o place Aly Morrision to the rescue and a partpage squeaked into the back o the Chronicle miniaturessection towards the end o the compendium

Another change was rather more undamental the cametal was altered Citadel had always cast in an alloy was mainly lead The results were usually pretty goodgrey miniatures that rom my own experience seem towell From the time o the second compendium thoughthis changed to a dark almost black alloy with even mworrying long term results

(Early Dwar against a later Slann )

The darker metal clearly has a higher lead content thaalloy it replaced I can only assume it was or cost reasreducing the price per unit at a time when the UK wasa recession What I do know is that it produced a rangminiatures more suspectable to lead rot than most othAgain lead rot deserves its own article but or those wmight not have seen its aects have a look at the pictbelow

This aside these are a great range o miniatures and worth collecting But what do you need to look out or

Well as with the earlier oerings the base is key For sreason Citadel really got their act together in 1984 andproduced a stamp to date all their gures It appearedversions square ramed ( pictured below ) and diamo

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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Tutorial

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

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Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Late

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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ramed both impressed and stating Games Workshop 1984

You can also sometimes nd GW 1984 scratched into thebase on some miniatures Perhaps they were nishedbeore the stamp was produced

One oddity to this were some o the White DwarPersonalities boxed set which though stamped GamesWorkshop 1984 was a raised mark as apposed to animpressed one

Sculptors initials disappeared apartrom a tiny AM that you may ndon the side edge o some o AlyMorrisonrsquos work Itrsquos not commonand very tiny He also seems tohave used only two base stylessquare and rounded sometimesboth in the same range

Probably the most dierent thing

though was the titling o miniatures on top o their basNot every range was done and not all to the same degDwarves and Halfings were just labelled such

Ranges sculpted by Mr Morrision provided the charactclass that the miniature was supposed to represent Agdonrsquot know why but it does once again show just how ADampD dominated the industry back then

So that just about concludes the collecting pre-slottaoverview There are o course many other things to mebut thatrsquos or another article Next time I want to take arom Citadel and explore the subject o lead rot in greadetail

Thanks or reading

Tim

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Meet the

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Why Advertise with WAMPWith over 1400 members and a 15 month on month increase as weas over 7000 page impressions daily not to mention Portal the No1 remonthly mini painting magazine that averages over 3000 downloads pemonth Wamp is a growing vibrant web based community with memberbased all over the world many o whom are regular contributors to othehobby based orums This means that advertising with WAMP will beone o the most positive things you can do to make your business grow

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Meet the

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Name Donna McConnell

Alias Wiccanpony also known as Wheelie Witch arothe house

Website None

Wamp member since 26 11 2008

Bio - Irsquom a Vintage Navy brathellip me and AARP are dahellip I did commission horse paintings which helped whswitched over to minis Now a days besides minis andhobbies I just about live on the internet Irsquom very snoopwant to know whatrsquos going on in the world

When I pick a mini to paint I like to do something dierwith it something that tells a story and i possible a towhimsy and humour

Today Lizcam and I live together plus RogerB (in timegoing to wed the air Liz) Wersquore a blended amily now think we all met over the ldquowebrdquo

Paint sculpt or game Played Din the 70s but now Irsquom into the psidehellip As or playing curse you Wo Warcrat

Favourite mini company Gam

because I love their horses they so lie like I can almost smell the apples

Favourite sculpt I have a sot sor Hassleree Kev Whitersquos work(honest Sally wersquore just good rieinnocent blink blink

How long have you been in thehobby Letrsquos just say the 70rsquos anleave it at that )

How oten do you visit WAMPEveryday I donrsquot trust you people

burn the place down

Best thing about WAMP First ame the best are the people groueveryone

Tell us something interesting ayou Looks let looks right I likice my brownies with butter

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Tutorial

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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I you have products relevant to Miniature Painting Wargaming o

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Apart rom classied ads which ar

black and white only all adverts areull colour I need be we can evendesign it or you ree o charge will include your company logo andany images or text you require pludirect weblinks to your companyrsquowebsite

For more inormation go to

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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WAMP A

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Gold Fruit di Mare - Muhani

Silver Welcometo the Jungle -Paul Valenx

belle o tortugagurine -Marc Chicard (Tatoo)

WAMP AWARD NOMINATIONS bull LOTS OF SPECIAL OFFERS bull WAM

IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

Silver Irregular Ma

(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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WAMP A

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

Silver Red Box G

Bronze (Tied) Sodapop Miniatand Privateer Press

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Latest Releases

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Gyrmn Walker Cockpit Closed

Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Late

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Late

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

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4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Tutorial

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how to realize real-looking Bushes

Letrsquos rst have an overview o the

diorama ully completed withthe previous grass step just beore thework with the bushes

Tools o the trade needed

Like or the grass bushes do notrequire a lot o material You need

least 2 dierent types o green poone very thin and o clear colourthe other more thick and darker Tpowders rom Noch (used or tradiorama) are a perect choice

Then you need some lichens Yond them too into the same modeshops you can nd the powder balso in foriculture centres (where

After showing you how to

realise real-looking grass Iwill explain how to do the

same with bushes

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

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Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

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Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Morgenstern

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Trancheur

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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usually cheaper and in bigger quantity)

Yoursquoll need o course the vinalil (glue or wood) and a hal-ull glass o water

Add some latex gloves and tweezers

Now letrsquos get to work mix the two powders inside acardboard box Mix everything well until you get anhomogeneous result

Then add the vinavil to the water until you see the level othe liquid reaching 23 o the glass Mix the two togetherThe nal result should be something very fuid still mostlywater-like

Now dividecut the lichens into small pieces o no morethan 7-8cm The bigger they are the more complex it is towork with them Anyway once treated the bushes can stillbe divided into smaller pieces as needed to better makethem t ollowing your needs into the diorama The idealdimension is the one seen in the picture

Take then one lichen with the tweezers and immerge it intothe glass (vinavilwater) and then squeeze it with your hand(in the latex glove) to let the excess liquid drop and put it ona sheet o newspaper

Repeat the operation until you have some 5-6 lichens

Immediately start then to put the lichens ull o glue ithe powder mix beore they start drying

It is important to note that you canrsquot really prepare mor5-6 lichens at a time due to the glue drying (and you wto happen on the diorama not on the newspaper) 5-6good number to still not have a painstakingly slow prowhile not risking to waste lichens

How to place your bush on the diorama

First use a brush o medium size to put some vinavil w

you want your bush to be For this process do not usediluted solution o water and vinavil but straight vinavi

Then put the bush (which is still wet with the watervinsolution) in place You will see that the vinavil in placedense will more or less x the bush there

Do not worry about the bush losing part o the powdeor about it being somewhat fattened due to you pressin place

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Tutorial

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Why Advertise with WAMPWith over 1400 members and a 15 month on month increase as weas over 7000 page impressions daily not to mention Portal the No1 remonthly mini painting magazine that averages over 3000 downloads pemonth Wamp is a growing vibrant web based community with memberbased all over the world many o whom are regular contributors to othehobby based orums This means that advertising with WAMP will beone o the most positive things you can do to make your business grow

I you have products relevant to Miniature Painting Wargaming o

Roleplaying then WAMP members are your targeted market I notour audience are also interested in related products such as FantasyScience Fiction Historical and Military related media as well as Arand Photography so it is still a good idea to advertise with us becausWAMP is a vast community and or a lot o its members the rst placeto seek advice on books video games movies and much much more

Apart rom classied ads which ar

black and white only all adverts areull colour I need be we can evendesign it or you ree o charge will include your company logo andany images or text you require pludirect weblinks to your companyrsquowebsite

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Fruit di Mare - Muhani

Silver Welcometo the Jungle -Paul Valenx

belle o tortugagurine -Marc Chicard (Tatoo)

WAMP AWARD NOMINATIONS bull LOTS OF SPECIAL OFFERS bull WAM

IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

Silver Irregular Ma

(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

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Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

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Forge Priest

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

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A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

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For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

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Remember that bushes can grow vertically on suracestoo so i you wish to obtain that eect just use one or twodrops o cyanoacrylic glue (superglue) on the wall or verticalsurace you want the bush to ldquogrowrdquo and connect the bushwith it

It will immediately stick to it strongly due to the humidity olichen reacting to the superglue

With this kind o superglue be very attentive to your eyesand ngers while using it And be also careul i some othe superglue touch your gloves as not make it touch thebushes

Usually I do use the tweezers to manipulate the lichen bothin the watervinavil solution and when placing them on thediorama The tweezers are also easier to wash and cleanaterwards (any strong glue can be taken away with somecutter once dry)

Once the bush is placed take the bottle o ne and clearpowder and let some o it rain on your vegetation Donrsquotdrop too much o it you just need to cover the zones wherethe bush lost its color due to your positioning it in placeDue to the still wet nature o the lichen with the watervinavilmixture the powder will stick to it easily and permanently

Now repeat the process with another bush and thenanother one etc up until all bushes are placed on yourwork

You might have guessed that i you do not work a ewbushes at a time those will get dry And bushes once canrsquot be really manipulated and worked on easily makthe ldquoreal-lookingrdquo process much more diicult

When all bushes are placed and ully dried use a xintransparent opaque spray to x better the powder whicdidnrsquot stick ully to the lichen

Donrsquot spray too much else you will make the bushes ltoo dense and compact

To dispose o the excess powder still around turn upsdown the diorama and hit lightly with your hand its bathe powder to all naturally

For a multi-panel diorama o course proceed one pantime allowing you to get the nal result shown in thosepictures

Unlike grass which is in the end quite simple to realizerecreating a rich and realistic overall green area ull obushes is quite another matter both due to the necesdrying time o your bushes both due to the merging aplacing o the bushes to reach a good result which tsheighten the beauty o) your diorama

The example shown in those picture is a typical greenor gaming purposes complex but not as to compromplayability

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Ocourseyou can pushthe process even moreand getting even more realisticresults hellip but this will be the subject oanother articlehellip

hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

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for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

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hellip I will however tell you that you can get some interestingnew vegetation with ennel tuts and oregano

Until next time Lorenzo-Maniachouse-Marchetto

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Why Advertise with WAMPWith over 1400 members and a 15 month on month increase as weas over 7000 page impressions daily not to mention Portal the No1 remonthly mini painting magazine that averages over 3000 downloads pemonth Wamp is a growing vibrant web based community with memberbased all over the world many o whom are regular contributors to othehobby based orums This means that advertising with WAMP will beone o the most positive things you can do to make your business grow

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Fruit di Mare - Muhani

Silver Welcometo the Jungle -Paul Valenx

belle o tortugagurine -Marc Chicard (Tatoo)

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IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

Silver Irregular Ma

(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

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Silver Red Box G

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Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

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Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

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Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

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What big teeth you have by Sister_

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speakthis by TheProdigalG

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

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5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

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I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

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What you get

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Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

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For an example page visit

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

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Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

list was then opened up

for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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Gold Fruit di Mare - Muhani

Silver Welcometo the Jungle -Paul Valenx

belle o tortugagurine -Marc Chicard (Tatoo)

WAMP AWARD NOMINATIONS bull LOTS OF SPECIAL OFFERS bull WAM

IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

Gold Portal Magazine

Silver Irregular Ma

(Tied) White Dwar WargamesIllustrated and Games ForcesMagazine

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

Silver Red Box G

Bronze (Tied) Sodapop Miniatand Privateer Press

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Latest Releases

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Gyrmn Walker Cockpit Closed

Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Late

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

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Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

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Itrsquos a great pleasure toannounce the results of

the Wamp Awards 2011

We started with initial

nominations for several

categories and from those

nominations we came to

a final short-list of 10 for

each category Each short-

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for voting and after weeks

of voting we now have our

winners

Gold Visions O Hatred - Raa (Picster)

Silver Zorabeth- Arsies

Bronze Masques- Rusto

So here they are and a worthy bunchthey are too The competition has beenmore erce this year and to even makethe short-list in a category shows anominee has something special to oerA massive congratulations to all thewinners and nominees and thank you toeveryone that took the time to nominate

and vote on the entries The resultsshow a nice range o genres romour hobby and its nice to see up andcoming companies and artists makingthe short lists

Until next year

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Gallery

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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IN THIS ISSUE raquo Portal Article Contestresults raquo Details of this yearsWampedII contest raquo 2 Great Reviews raquo Tutorials News and aGreat Gallery and thebest of this monthsLatest Releases

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

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Bronze (Tied) Sodapop Miniatand Privateer Press

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Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Late

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

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bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Gold Salute 2011

Silver (tied) Wamp2011 andFigureWorld 2011

Gold (Tied) Series 33 Brushes - Rosemary

amp Co and Silor Tuts - miniNatur

Bronze (Tied) The CompleteGuide to Miniature Painting D- Miniature Mentor and LiquidGreenstu - Games Worksho

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Gold Banelegions - Maelstom G

Silver Smog 1888 - Smart Max

Bronze (Tied) George RRMartinrsquos Masterworkrsquos -

Darksword Miniatures and - Tor Gaming

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

Silver Red Box G

Bronze (Tied) Sodapop Miniatand Privateer Press

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Latest Releases

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Gyrmn Walker Cockpit Closed

Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

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For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

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the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Gallery

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

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Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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WAMP Awards 2011

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Gold Cang The Implacable - Coolminiornot

Silver (Tied) Bunny Girl -Poupee Canope and EmilylsquoFoxyrsquo Foxwell - StatuesqueMiniatures

Gold Studio M

Silver Red Box G

Bronze (Tied) Sodapop Miniatand Privateer Press

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Latest Releases

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Gyrmn Walker Cockpit Closed

Azumi

Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

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BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wwwwamp-orumcom

wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Barbarian Chietain in Wol-skin cloak

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Morgenstern

Jabba The Hutt

Trancheur

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

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Group Maintained By Undave

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For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

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Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Gallery

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

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Best in Show at IMP2009

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Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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Latest Releases

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Anastasia the Bride Old Gnome

El Embajador Mo

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Interview

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

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Flower Knight

Survivor (male

Survivor (emale

Pinup-Savior

Forge Priest

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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Spoltlight on WAMP

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

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award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

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bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

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Latest Releases

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BNB-020 - TalosColossus o Bronze

BNL-019 - Drast theHunched Hound o DunDurn

BNL-020 - Kraan Tain o Baalor (oot and mounted)

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Lady NyvenneRobert o Carlisle

Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

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5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

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What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

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Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Tinker Belle Tilly Tumbleworth

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

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Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

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the new wamp galleryWe have great pleasure in announcing the new Wamp Galleryopen Ater many months o blood sweat and tears the nextevolution o Wamp is here Our current gallery has served us wellbut has lacked a user riendly experience and this coupled withthe many requests I receive or a rating gallery led me to make thedecision to create a new one more suited to our needs

So I give you the new custom built gallery with no expense spared

So whatrsquos so good about the new gallery I hear you ask Well the

major change is the easy to use rating system To make the systemas air as anything like this can be a ew things were put into place

The rst is only registered members o Wamp can vote in thegallery anyone can browse it but you must be logged in to vote

You cannot vote or your own work and you can only vote on eachimage once These key eatures will help eliminate a lot o votingirregularities

To urther make voting airer an images current score is notshown on the rating page so will not infuence your vote Alsothe submitters identity is not in plain site on the voting pageEach image has a link to the artists prole so you can nd outwhorsquos work it is i you wish (also by hovering over the image willshow their name) this helps shield your voting mind rom undue

infuences i you like to work that way but still lets you nd out moreabout an artist whose work you admire

but i DoNrsquot waNt My work rateD

Not a problem I was aware some people didnrsquot want to be a parto the voting culture so I took this into account Every user has theability to decide which o their images can be voted on by othersYou can speciy this on an individual basis or each image or withone click make every image in your gallery rateable or unrateableas you see t

Sounds good so ar

Well therersquos more

You can arrange all your work into albums as you see t You can

even make these albums private and decide which users (i any)you allow access

You can see stats o your rankings prole views average rating -even how many votes you have received

Each image can be tagged on certain eatures such as whether ithas NMM or OSL or maybe that its a gaming piece This meansvoters get more inormation than just a description and it meansyou can lter search results withthese things - only want to seewizards with OSL well thatyou can do Therersquos a lot morebesides but you probably wantto jump in and get started

To Celebrate the launch o the new gallery wersquore running a pdraw to give you the chance to win either a Daemon Champrom Avatars o War or a $15 Wyrd Git Voucher

2 winners will be chosen at random with the rst name out ohat getting rst choice o the prizes

To get your name in the hat simple upload a valid image to tgallery during the next 5 days For every image you upload yname will be enetred into the draw once so the more imagesupload the more chances you have to win

The new gallery can be ound here Wamp Gallery

RulesYou must be registered on Wamp to upload an imageAny image uploaded must meet the gallery guidelines (Mustyour own work and must not be a WIP shot) unpainted sculppermittedImages can be o any genre subject or manuacturerSeparate images o the same miniature are not permittedOnly Images approved by the moderators or submission areeligibleEach valid image uploaded will result in your name been eninto the draw onceI you upload ten images you get your name entered ten timClosing date or entr ies is 12 noon 21st December 2011 (GM

You may only win 1 prize The rst name drawn will be oerechoice o either prize The second name drawn will receive tprize let overYou may upload a maximum o 31 images to your gallery (thincludes any images you already have in your gallery)

Entries posted rom this moment are valid

Good Luck I hope you like what I have tried to do with this makes your time on Wamp even more enjoyable

You all have your own personal gallery url too like so

wwwwamp-orumcomgalleryusersyourwampusername

Features

raquo Herersquos a run down o the main eatures o the new galler

raquo A user can choose to allow or disallow rating on their imeither on a per image basis or all their photos can be optogether (This option can be changed whenever they like

raquo You must be logged in to rate a photograph and you mayrate each photograph once

raquo You cannot rate your own work

raquo You can choose whether to rate just sculpts or painted m

PLEASE NOTE This gallery is designed or completed workWIP shots so please bear that in mind

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Award Winning Sculptor Painter andthe brains behind Giganticdark Miniatures Chris Clayton

what Do you Prefer PaiNtiNg or sculPtiNg

Painting and sculpting or me are very dierent sides o thelsquosame coinrsquo When sculpting a gure I always try to imaginehow it will look when it is nally displayed and try to makethe piece as easy and pleasurable to paint as possible Irsquovenever considered mysel a particularly great painter and ndit very diicult at times usually making judgements basedon intuition rather than prescribed techniques Irsquom generallyitching to sculpt when Irsquom painting and nearly always wish I

were painting what Irsquom only halway through sculptingwhere Do you like to get your iNsPiratioN

Inspiration can come rom many dierent and disparatesources I generally avoid looking at other modellers workor inspiration relying instead on more abstract elementsto kick-start an idea Scenes in movies passages romnovels and pieces o music walks in orests ragmentso memories or dreams and even birdsong can all beconsidered inspiring I not in the literal sense then more inthe initiation o the creative process

what three tiPs woulD you give the buDDiNg sculPtor or

PaiNterThe most important three tips I would give the buddingsculptor or painter would be to practice practice andpractice Seriously though practice is invaluable howevermuch experience you have Just because you havemastered a new technique donrsquot expect to be able to cast itover your gures like a magic wand or instant perection Itis essential to keep all o your skills up to date and not to bearaid o trying new methods or ear o ailure

Furthermore only paint or sculpt what you enjoy Beingtrue to yoursel and your interests will show through in yourwork I see excellent painters and sculptors talents subdued

because they are painting or sculpting what they think theyshould rather than letting go and having un

Lastly get up and go out There is nothing like a good strolland a ew gulps o resh air to get the brain working andthe creative juices fowing Spending all o your time atyour desk or your computer diminishes your lsquoworldrsquo I not alengthy hike then just a walk round the block every now andthen will give you a well earned break so you can return toyour modelling with a resh eye

This month we get inside the brain of

currently one of the best in the businessand find out what makes him tick

aPart froM your owN stuff what other MiNis Do yo

like

There are so many antastic miniatures and gures avthese days it would be impossible or me to pick a avoI donrsquot buy that many miniatures as I generally donrsquot ha great deal o time to give them the attention I think thdeserve and paint everything I liked I do however havreal sot spot or vintage miniatures by the likes o Gre(John Dennet and Andrew Chernak sculpts) Ral ParthCitadel (anything beore 1990) I also have a large colo Japanese garage kits by Fewture Falchion Max Fa

and Billiken

who is your favourite PaiNter aND sculPtor

There are so many incredible talented artists in themodelling community it would be unair to single outavourites as Irsquom sure I would omit as many importantpeople as I would include However there has been oconstant and driving inspiration and infuence or me great Japanese model maker Takayuki Takeya

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Takeya is one o the most original creative minds o ourgeneration I you are ortunate enough to spend time witha copy o his two-volume book o works Ryoshi no Kakudo(Angles o Hunters) contained within are not only Takeyarsquosincredible commercial pieces but also a rich antastic story

illustrated with amazing lielike dioramas For me Takeyachanged the way I perceived model making and encouragedme to think and try to work outside the conventions otraditional sculpting and painting

DiD you have aNy forMal traiNiNg as a sculPtor or is it

all self taught

Irsquove never had any ormal training as a sculptor I have adegree in illustration and during my nal year I produced anumber o lsquothree dimensional illustrationsrsquo I had been modelmaking or a number o years beore then but this was myrst real oray into ull sculpting and scratch building Atergetting a taste or sculpting I continued trying dierent

techniques and experimenting with newmaterials and tools

what Do you thiNk will be the Next big

thiNg as iN techNique to set the hobby

alight

Zenithal lighting seamless blending objectsource lighting and non-metallic metaletc etc These are techniques we haveall become amiliar with Each one has itsplace and in the hands o the right paintercan be used to great eect However or

me they are all just techniques or tools orthe painter to use as part o their arsenalI personally donrsquot believe a modelsrsquo worthshould be determined by how well alsquoglowing eyersquo eect or NMM armour hasbeen executed but rather by how well thepainter has incorporated those techniquesinto the piece and contribute to the overallsuccess o the piece

I have noticed recently that there now seems to be areaction against the pristine nishes everyone spent smuch eort trying to master Dirtier weathered painteexpressive paint jobs may be considered lsquoone to watchemulating the works o artists such as John Blancheand evoking an lsquoold schoolrsquo atmosphere Techniquesas ashions come and go and on their own stand todemonstrate the painters ability to master said techniqbut or me the lsquonext big thingrsquo will always be a beautiu

realised and engaging model regardless o the techniqemployed in its execution

i have NoticeD you DoNrsquot use NMM oN your Pieces

Regarding my previous answer non-metallic metal is atechnique and in the hands o a good painter can dispa huge amount o patience and skill For me howevernon-metallic metal has never really appealed to me orsuits the way that I tend to work It is sae to say that I increasingly obsessed with the reproduction o convinrealistic metallic suraces and will go to great lengthspolishing burnishing and painstakingly applying gold ltry to achieve the right look I like to be able to view a

rom all angles and let natural light play upon suracestextures In my opinion non-metallic metal can reduce eld in which the gure can successully be viewed

roughly how loNg DiD it take to coMPlete

DragoNslayer

The production o Dragonslayer along with most o mother display pieces was spread over several monthsalongside other projects I usually like to space out theconceptualising sculpting and painting to give mysel to properly evaluate my progress There is probably ab150 hours o work in Dragonslayer

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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wheN aND how DiD you start iN the hobby

It is diicult to pinpoint an exact start point as there areprobably a combination o elements that rst initiated myinterest and passion or the hobby One o my earliestrecollections o exposure to miniature gures as a boy wason a trip to the city centre with my dad There was a storein a small shopping arcade with a window crammed withall manner o miniature gurines Mostly historical subjectsGreeks Egyptians and Carthaginians (I remember the

elephants) with other such gems o antiquity I think I wasprobably old enough to know that these were not toys butsomething dierent more precious

Later I stumbled upon a store called Games WorkshopThis was at a time when GW was an independent retailerand stocked everything rom Dungeons and Dragons toplaying cards and jigsaw puzzles Therewas a small cabinet within crammedwith miniatures Somewhat crude bytodayrsquos standards they seemed seriousand exotic adult dark coloured metalgures languishing in blister packs

on a bed o oam (ahh the nostalgia)Ater buying a ew gures I was hookedand soon I attended my rst GamesDay in 1986 It was there I discoveredminiatures rom many dierentcompanies Grenadier Dixon Essex andRal Partha some o which I still ownand have recently been painting someo the old avourites Over the ollowingyears my thirsts or model making leadme to explore beyond the realms ominiatures and into other areas o thehobby and the rest is history

Do you sketch out your iDeas for a

figure before you start

Beore I start a model be it eithersculpting or painting I usually spendan unhealthy amount o time thinking about it rst Irsquollthen very quickly make several thumbnail sketches andnotes to coagulate the various elements o my ideas andinspirations When sculpting Irsquoll work these thumbnails intoresolved conceptual images and diagrams to help map theidea and the orm o the piece I never used to use sketchesand ound that I would abruptly come to a rustrating halthalway through a piece not knowing what to sculpt next

because I hadnrsquot properly planned the gure Because othis I am now astidious in my preparation o any new pieceo work

what MaDe you choose aN ultraMariNe for your faMous

120MM re-sculPt aND have you ever coNsiDereD DoiNg

aNother sPace MariNe Maybe froM aNother chaPter

Ever since I rst saw the Forgeworld Large Space Marine

I wanted to do some kind o conversion on it I ound itdisappointing that Forgeworld had basically scaled-upSpace Marine miniature rather than using such a largegure to really explore the marine design Irsquod had one kits or a ew years and periodically made some notesthe conversion None o the notes had ever been chapspecic but I had always been drawn to the iconograpo the Dark Angels and Black Templar chapters as theleaned towards a very medieval styling with their robe

swords something that appealed to me However I reearly on in the project that I would really like to use themarine to try out some new techniques and that it woube prudent to choose a less ussy and complex stylingUltramarine was eventually decided upon as they are a lsquovanillarsquo and iconic chapter requently used to encapsthe idea o the Space Marine

The Ultramarine was such a huge project and i I did hthe luxury to revisit the idea o another Marine I wouldto do something completely dierent with the kit one oTraitor chapters or a pre-heresy suit perhaps

what Piece of yours are you Most ProuD of aND wh

I never really sit around and admire my pieces as I amalways striving to improve and learn rom my worksAlthough I have won awards or some o my pieces owhich I am immensely honoured I donrsquot linger on thosgures as Irsquom always looking towards the next sculpt TUltramarine was in retrospect a huge undertaking intowhich I put an incredible amount o time recording theprocess The Dragonslayer too was a real labour o lovsomething o an emotional roller coaster Winning BesShow brought closure to such a diicult piece

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Interview

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I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Gallery

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Interview

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

I think however that i I were to single out a piece to whichI measure all my continuing work it would have to beGiantkiller This piece was a real turning point or me in bothpainting sculpting and building a narrative into a piece It isone o the ew pieces I eel airly satised with

hwhat Does the future holD for gigaNtic MiNiatures

Gigantic Miniatures has been an incredible learningexperience and great un so ar Partly setup to satisy mythirst or knowledge and experience about all areas o thehobby and partly to exorcise some ideas Irsquove had gnawingaway at me about producing large scale gures

When I initially launched GM it was a very hectic timeor me having just won Best o Show at EuromilitaireObviously I didnrsquot oresee this and in hindsight this probablywasnrsquot the best time or me to do this as there was a hugeexpectation or me to create the same type o gures that Ihad done or my display and competition pieces

I chose 120mm gures as I was used to sculpting in thisscale and it was a size I had become lsquoknownrsquo or However

my uture plans or the range included some huge piecand at 115 scale the gures would have been massivand very expensive to produce In addition I was doingeverything mysel rom the conceptualising and sculptto the casting web design and marketing Once the lagure was released the range came to a natural end amark this I produced a lsquoshow onlyrsquo limited edition gureFigureworld 2011 which completely sold out in about tminutes

Gigantic Miniatures is ar rom over though I am curreworking incredibly hard sculpting a brand new rangeo antasy gures They will continue my passion or

classic antasy lsquostandardsrsquo with human and demi-humaadventurers accompanied by all manner o enemies amonsters Stylistically I want to give them an old-schoowith a contemporary twist classic dungeon crawl charealised or a modern audience

Irsquom creating the gures at true 135 scale too so an avhuman gure will be about 50 mm tall This is a challeor me and Irsquom very pleased with my progress so ar W

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

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Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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wwwwamp-orumcom

Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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wwwwamp-orumcom

White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Gallery

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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wwwwamp-orumcom

Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Gallery

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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135 Primarily the reason or this scale decision is or meto expand the range to include some truly gigantic beastsand terrain pieces without them being ridiculously hugeor expensive Furthermore I think rom the comments I

received over the previous range that they will be morecomortable to build and paint Not too large or a miniaturepainter to eel intimidated by and have to change theirtechniques or and not too small that people rom otherareas o the hobby would eel that they were exclusivelylsquogamingrsquo gures Lastly they will be easier or me to produceand will give me a chance to really push the boundaries othe mould making and casting process to deliver very highquality aordable gures Irsquom very excited about the newrange and really looking orward to release sometime in thenew year

what was it like to wiN best of show at euroMilitaire

aND DiD you thiNk that you woulD wiN

Winning Best o Show at Euromilitaire has to be one o thehighlights o my modelling career so ar I really like the Euroshow and or the past ew years it has become the ocus omy working year I never intend to sculpt a piece specicallyor competition it just turns out that Irsquoll produce a coupleo display pieces during the year and usually get themnished in time or the competitions held in the autumn

Dragonslayer was no exception only a little more thougwas put into the engineering o the piece as it had to btransported in a couple o pieces and assembled in thhotel the aternoon beore the competition

Irsquove never created or entered a piece o work into Eurowith the intention o winning anything I see it as a waydisplaying pieces Irsquove been working on over the last 12months and what is more important than to get a chanto see some truly astounding work by many many taleartists The competitive element always makes me eeslightly nervous on the morning the results are displayand this time or no good reason I elt particularly agiSo much in act that I had to send my wie to the comproom while I stayed in the trade hall She came back la little shaken and told me I had been awarded Best oShow I remember standing there with tears rolling dow

my ace in utter disbelie The rest o the day was a bita blur and it took a ew weeks or it to properly sink in never imagined a antasy piece would ever be awardeBest o Show at Euromilitaire let alone mine It was a day not just or me but antasy modelling had nally brecognised accepted and awarded at what is considea predominantly military and historical internationalcompetition

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Wiki

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

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Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

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Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Wiki

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Minipainting Wiki is a community project set up to create a plinormation on all aspects o miniature painting and itrsquos related asThe content is entirely driven by you the users Each month in Po

will highlight some o the inormation people are adding to the wik

The more inormation we can gather the better anything rom detpainting contests tools painting and sculpting techniques clubs and even amous painters sculptors and miniature companies Yoadd as little or as much as you like rom a single sentence to entireo useul content its all welcomed rom everyone

Herersquos just a ew o the things added over the months

Legend

Link to page

Page doesnrsquot exist

taNk brush

A tank brush is a paintbrush designed or applying paintquickly to large surace areas (or example on vehicles) Itholds a large than normal quantity o bristles allowing ora larger volume o paint to be held and thus reducing thenumber o times the brush needs relling with paint

asseMbly

Assembly is a term used to describe the process oconstructing a miniature ready or painting and otenoverlaps with the term lsquopreppingrsquo Many miniatures come inmultiple parts or ease o casting or to oer various posesor equipment options It usually comprises o removing theparts rom the sprue (i plastic) removing any fash or moldlines then gluing and pinning (I necessary) Some painters

will attach the miniature to the base prior to painting whilstothers may do this once the miniature is done

scieNce fictioN

Science Fiction (or Sci-Fi to give it its common name)is a genre o ction dealing with the impact o imaginedinnovations in science or technology oten in a uturisticsetting It diers rom antasy in that within the context othe story its imaginary elements are largely possible withinscientically established or scientically postulated laws onature (though some elements in a story might still be pureimaginative speculation)

It is a very popular genre o miniature painting with manydedicated game systems devoted to it such as Games Workshoprsquos Warhammer 40000 or Epic and Rackhamrsquos AT-43

Many people dene Steampunk as a sub-genre o Sci-

waMP

Wamp is a miniature painting website that has been in various orms since 2005

History

It was originally known as lsquoA modellers Paradisersquo anset up by Brett Johnson as an ebay group In its originait was very basic with little orum structure and the activities were limited It was in these early days hothat one o Wamprsquos most amous eatures was estabthe Wamp Monthly painting contests It was later on ion eBay that the group changed name to WargameMiniaturersquos Paradise to create a more descriptive title

On the 26th November the group ound a new homrelocated to a dedicated orum based site at www

orumcom which also signalled the rst use o the acronym that has since become its more popular namnew site created much more unctionality and it gasite the basis o its current layout The main area worum but there was also a gallery and ront page Theto a dedicated site saw Wamp grow in popularity and become amiliar to the general miniature painting publsite had gradually moved away rom the gaming sidbecome a much more painting ocussed group The nealso saw the beginning o the well known Wamp Spainting contests

The 3rd March 2010 saw a major update to the site wintroduction o a much improved orum and Gallery anthe addition o Blogs articles and much more and same layout as you see today

Features

Reviews - One o Wamprsquos most visible eatures camein spring 2010 with the launch o its review systemseveral sites already did miniature related reviews movariable criteria and didnrsquot award a quantiable value ollowed the mode made popular within more here

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4356

Thre

wwwwamp-orumcom

Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

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Gallery

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

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Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

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Play by KittenCeleste

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White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Gallery

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Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

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Gallery

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Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

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Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Thre

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Threadomancy is where we look at some o the mostinteresting and helpul post rom the recent past I you

wish to contribute to the thread click on the title

is our hoBBy shrinking

shanerozzell

A ew weeks ago TGN was bought by

CMoN and I had a ew conversationswhere people were concerned thatopportunity or independent newsand the ability to get news out into thewider hobby was diminishing At thetime I did think the TGN would become just another means or advertising orcool mini but so ar these misgivingshave not been realised

More here

Spectral DragonI donrsquot believe so shane i anything I think the act thesecompanies are able to get bigger is a sign that a lot osmaller companies are coming out o the woodwork Call

it a hunch

I see more and more people on WAMP alone who aretrying to make a living on the mini business all the time Idonrsquot think we are going the megacorporate direction justyet (save or GW obviously)

kdlynchWell bigger companies are known or doing just thatldquoSurvival o the ttestrdquo and all that brujah However Irsquom notso sure the detrimental eect will be as large as one wouldexpect in a d ierent market Our hobby at least the gamingside o it requires more than 1 person to play and usuallyyoursquoll want a who le little group to keep your battles lsquoreshrsquoAs a result one o the players having discovered ldquothe nextgreat gamerdquo will try to pull the others in their circle intothe same game Word o mouth advert ising basically thatbypasses the main news networks

rogimusOn one side itrsquos good that the independent boutiqucompanies are using larger distribution channels Mconcern on that ront is that they might bow to the p

o ldquomarketingrdquo instead o making minirsquos they are pasabout Creativity is best driven by that voice in yourinstead o ldquobusiness partnersrdquo

The removal o independent news and review sites the other hand really sucks eggs TGNrsquos coverage oindustry is (to me) no longer valid and has been remas a bookmark

DarklordHopeully the TGN move and other actors will helppush olks to publishing news on Wamp Itrsquos somethencourage though I suppose to many we are not sebig enough or indeed lsquotrendyrsquo enough

FaVourite artist and artwork

sublimebrushwork Herersquos one tomull over Do you have a particularavourite artist or piece o artworkrom the miniature industry Somepiece o concept art that sets your juices fowing Promo art that makesyou go lsquoooh Irsquom gonna try andreplicate that on a miniaturersquo Or isthere somebody that yoursquod just liketo shout about Irsquom going to get theball rolling by shouting out about DesHanley Hersquos a brilliant concept artistand illustrator who has done sterlingwork or GW AOW more here

shanerozzellNot really a concept artist but a antasy artist FrankFrazetta and his Deathdealer character

UndaveOne o my avourite artists is Les Edwards Hersquos not reallyanything to do with minis he mainly did covers or horrornovels and mags but there were a ew o his works in the

colour section o an old Cthulhu rpg rulebook and theyrsquovestuck with me

LOBOThere are to many to just name one Check out theSpectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art seriesbooks they are well worth the investment or inspiration Ihave a ew o them The early ones will cost you though

IactonJust typing in the words ldquoconcept artrdquo into a google imagesearch is enough to get me dissolving into a happy poolo ideas Irsquom rather partial to Matt Dixonrsquos work He did a

air bit o stu or Privateer Press I believe He doesldquocurvyrdquo women robots and antasy stu but all havhumour about them

sublimebrushworkDenately with you both on Frazetta Edwards and I saw an exhibition many years ago in Brighton o Millerrsquos and Roger Deanrsquos art Two more distinctly o

styles you could not imagine being put together Whstruck me was the size o Millerrsquos work Many o thewe have seen on book covers etc are printed abousize His amous cover or Death on the Reik was (aas I remember) roughly 10rdquo high Certainly small ento t comortably on a sheet o A3 paper i not A4 Iremember slavishly copying his Nurgle swords romRealm o Chaos books back in around 1989 Brillian

tripod is it worth it

Spectral Dragon

I have gotten much better at takinggood photographs but Well assome o you may have noticed I amnot quite there yet

I have a Panasonic Digital Cameraand I was thinking o buying a tripodor it to help stabilize it I plan to sell aheck o a lot on ebay in the next yearand need to take the absolute best

pics that I can That said I donrsquot wantto break the bank and buy somethinguber expensive

thetang22All the tripod is going to do is keep your camera still whilegiving you a variety o angles I have a cheap-o tiny tripodthat came with my camera All you have to do is set thedelay to 2 seconds on the tripod click the button and let go

I canrsquot imagine there are any signicant advantages thatwould justiy the cost o a ancy tripod over somethingcheap but having any tripod will provide advantages

rogimusI have a small one rom WalMart that has the fexible legsand also use the tall tripod rom my astronomers telescope(yeah its the same mount) As Tang said you just want 2seconds o stability while you camerarsquos timer does its job

jcichon

Tripods are great but learn to use your camera properlyUse the custom white balance settings and go rom thereGood lighting is essential or pro quality shots Think ocamera equipment like buying paints and minirsquos Buy thegood stu

warhammergrimaceA tripod is essential or shooting close up work likeeveryone has stated it will allow to photograph a steshot I also use a quick release cable so I donrsquot toutripod Though I generally cant be bothered to set ulot when Irsquom photographing my minis I mainly use imacro work

Spectral DragonNabbed a cheap but durable tripod at Target or arobucks I played around with it and ater trying severout realized I could use the extreme zoom eature othe correct distance when I couldnrsquot do so beore Ntaking better pics every time and loving it

Nabbing a Tripod was denitely the next step I needorder to take better pictures Now I just go tta gure to set up the light correctly around my cheap homephotobox Beore and ater results can be seen in mchallenge with wag with the ater pic being the nathe gallery

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4456

Gallery

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4556

wwwwamp-orumcom

Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

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Gallery

6 wwwwamp-orumcom

54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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wwwwamp-orumcom

White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

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Gallery

8 wwwwamp-orumcom

Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4956

wwwwamp-orumcom

Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Gallery

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5156

wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5256

Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5356

wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5456

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5556

wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Gallery

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

Twilight Knight Pinup by Iacton Monster Hunter by Lan

KD- Great Game Hunter by CrookedEye

Kings Men by Century

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4556

wwwwamp-orumcom

Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4656

Gallery

6 wwwwamp-orumcom

54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4756

wwwwamp-orumcom

White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4856

Gallery

8 wwwwamp-orumcom

Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4956

wwwwamp-orumcom

Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5056

Gallery

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5156

wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5256

Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5356

wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5456

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5556

wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

Page 45: Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4556

wwwwamp-orumcom

Candy Game Hunter by noxGame Hunter by monkeyboy2769

White Speaker by boyzie

Preacher Pinup by Xenon_Wul

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4656

Gallery

6 wwwwamp-orumcom

54mm Kingdom Death by DerSkuggan Who me by vegel

Play by KittenCeleste

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4756

wwwwamp-orumcom

White Speaker by Greene The Hunter by Neolis

Harlequin by jester

Great Game Hunterby Robert Facepalmer

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4856

Gallery

8 wwwwamp-orumcom

Inquisitor Lord (Lady) by JTastic

The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 4956

wwwwamp-orumcom

Gr e a t G am eH un t er b y I n q ui s i t i on

Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5056

Gallery

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5156

wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5256

Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5356

wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5456

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5556

wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

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In Issue 18 wersquoll

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to see

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Demon UK

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Best in Show at IMP2009

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Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

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5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

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Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Professional Miniature

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bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

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4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

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Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

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The Preacher by Carb

Game Huntress by Necron_99Twilight Knight by mattimao

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wwwwamp-orumcom

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Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Gallery

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

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Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

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Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

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wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

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2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Memories by MA5X

Introducing the new skull light

by maxstyles417

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5056

Gallery

0 wwwwamp-orumcom

Savoir by waghorn41

Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5156

wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5256

Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5356

wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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4 wwwwamp-orumcom

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Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Kingrsquos Men by StampedingVManhunter by Nameless

Pinup Great Game Hunter by Chameleon

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5156

wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5256

Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5356

wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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4 wwwwamp-orumcom

WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5556

wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Kingdom_death_2 by aphorys

Kingdom Death Manhunter by Sparks

Big Game Hunter by Nomad

Man Hunter in the Graveyard by astolus

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5256

Gallery

2 wwwwamp-orumcom

Kingdom Death Preacher Pinup 35mm

by sublimebrushwork

What big teeth you have by Sister_

Hammer Time by slidedog

54mm Twilight Knight

by slidedog

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5356

wwwwamp-orumcom

Preacher Pinup by Stubbs

speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5456

4 wwwwamp-orumcom

WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5556

wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

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Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

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the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

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bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

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Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

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While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

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speakthis by TheProdigalG

The big black woods - Twilight Knight by Canuma

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4 wwwwamp-orumcom

WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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WAMPs Social GroupsWAMPs Social Groups

Wamps social groups are a eature where you can join like-mellow WAMPERS and shoot the breeze about the things that maktick This link will take you to the social group area where you cawhat other groups are currently up and give the choice to join iconversation I you have an idea or a social group you can alwaysyou own Below is a small selection o the current crop

Skyrim Players Guild

A group in which to share your Elder Scrolls experiences

Group Maintained By Undave

Members 4

Group Pictures 0

Group Discussions 5

Parentz United

For all wampers with (real) ewoks goblins and terrimpacting the time and opportunities or hobby actiWant to share a good charming or unny story to about too little ree time and get sympathyothers in the same situation This is the group or yo

Group Maintained By Endor

Members 19Group Discussions 5

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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wwwwamp-orumcom

While everyone can read thecontent on Wamp to theirhearts desire there are evenmore benets to registeringon the riendliest mini-paintingsite around Registration issimple and FREE

1 You can enter and vote onall contests

2 You can post in theorums including the Work InProgress and display cabinetsections - great places to geteedback

3 You get your own personalgallery on the site wherepeople can comment andrate your work i you wish

4 You can join the WLadder - a challenge branking system or painters

5 Have your own perblog space thats customisable

6 Join or create persocial groups with theimini site

7 Create articles revietutorials to help out oththe hobby

8 Get access to excmember only oers

I so and you would likea cheap and easy wayto get your ino out therewithout the hassle and costo creating a ull site thenwe may have the answermaybe you have your ownsite but want another way toadvertise

Wamp is now oering lsquominisitesrsquo or just pound10 a year

What you get

Full setup o your own pagewithin Wamp

Your own url at Wamp(yournameherewamp-orumcom) or link to it rom yourown domain name o yourchoice

Each page can include textphotos live cmon rankinglive eBay listings as well aslinks to your gallery emailand blogs and more

Pages will be linked via aprominent link visible acrossthe whole o Wamp

Member PagesAre you a commission painter or

sculptor

For an example page visit

wwwdarklordminiaturescom

In Issue 18 wersquoll

look orward towhat 2012 will brinor the hobby o

miniature paintingand start o with

the frst o theyears new releaseAlso well have theusual news viewsand interviews andlots o great Minirsquos

to see

822019 Portal Issue 17 Nov-Dec11

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullportal-issue-17-nov-dec11 5656

Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT

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Professional Miniature

Painting Service by

award winning painter

Brett Johnson

bull 5x Finalist at Golden

Demon UK

bull Winner of Silver Monster Gold Single Fig and

Best in Show at IMP2009

bull

Winner of Avatars of War and Westwindcontests at wwwwamp-forumcom

bull Winner of numerous GW Durham and

GW Regional contests

bull Finalist Iron Painter 6

For more

ADVERTISEMENT