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If you hear a voice within you say
"you cannot paint,"
then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh
A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished
- Rembrandt
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
-- J R R Tolkien
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
- Henri Rousseau
Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing.
- Winston Churchill
It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.
- Henri Matisse
Rules of Painting
"See the great in the small" and "see the small in the perspective of the great"
"Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.
Some aim to be deft, others to be laboriously careful. Neither dexterity nor conscientiousness is enough.
Some set great value on method, while others pride themselves on dispensing with method. To be without method is deplorable, but to depend entirely on method is worse.
You must learn first to observe the rules faithfully; afterwards, modify them according to your intelligence and capacity. The end of all method is to seem to have no method."
Lu Ch'ai(Wang Kai), Master of Ch'ing Tsai T'ang, XVII-century
"You don't play with art..."
Putting a figure on a display base gives an enthusiast/judge a chance to easily pick it up and appreciate/examine it, without fear of scuffing-up the paint or breaking something.
Chick Challenge V
Shep Paine's Toronto Appearance(s)
and Hornet Hobbies new hobby "hive". Gallery's of local modellers award-wining stuff.
If you can find it, I'd highly recommend Building and Painting Scale Figures. One of my oldest "1st editions".
One of North America's premier figure shows (click on photos)
2004 Chicago Show
Home of the "International Judging Criteria" and the "Open System" articles.
North America's longest running miniature show
Miniature Figure Collectors of America Show
MFCA
My 2004 MFCA display
April 30th - May 1st, 2004,
Valley Forge, Pennslyvania
A MFCA 2003 show report can be found in Historical Miniature Magazine, Issue #41.
A pic of my 28mm Perry Miniatures
London Trained Band Ensign made it.
An earlierWIP Ensign page.
My 2003 display
Past MFCA Exhibitions
MFCA 2003
61 pics
MFCA 2002
110 pics
MFCA 2002 #2
95 pics
MFCA 2001
Other Galleries
OMSS 2001
World Expo 98
WOW!!!
Another mad mini-painter
Raul Garcia Latorre's
flights in
fantasy!
...a condition suffered by miniaturists:
Figmentia
Mario Feuntes' excellent primer on
Painting with Vallejo's
Lilliput's Citadel/Vallejo Equivalency charts
Citadel/Vallejo Equivalencies
Theory behind the brush
Painting in Neutrals
Acrylic Paint Blending Charts
Wargames
Foundry and Games
Workshop.
An introduction to complimentary shading
Miniatures photographed with a Kodak DC290
and a TRIPOD!
IMPORTANT UPDATE from Yahoo/Geocities!
Effective August 21, 2003 in order to see the larger images you need to be a member of Yahoo (it's FREE) Groups'Guild of Miniature FIGURE enthusiasts
and TMWOJV. Where I store most of my .jpgs.
TEMPORARY
BACK UP SITE
when Yahoo-Geocities is not allowing access.
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Historical Miniatures - errr....
Historical Mini's ...and a dab of fantasy
SIZE MATTERS ....nah, but historical accuracy and a "sense of realism" does!
Set your "Text Size" (View Menu) to "smallest" for optimal viewing
little steps
Giants, from an earlier age
Foundry metal vs Perry plastics
...its metal for me!!!
Alban miniatures limited edition Sharpe and Harper
will be replacing Sharpe's sword with an "inscale" blade.
Pleasantly surprised with the new Alban miniatures
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Asterix "Pirates/Vikings"
Pery Plastic ACW Cavalry
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WIP
Jean d'arc - WIP
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Perry Plastics - hard convertable plastic
Latest reading materials
Cartacci's book rocks!!! It makes my top 10 list of "best" miniature "how-to" books. Dallimore illustrates excellent time-saving tabletop quality in a "GW" kinda way. Wilcox's "new" book has been expanded and is well worth the price in any dollar.
Picked up a bunch of Reaper "flesh" tones, within a week Reaper announced Pro Series paints. Don't understand all the hype for the GW Foundation paints and stocking up on some of my favourite GW inks (purple and green) before they get reformulated. Overall though, IMO, fluid acrylic "hobby" paints are all very similiar. Wonder how well Procreate mixes with A&B?
My view....
My photography setup
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Citadel Norse/Barbarian/Tribesmen
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OOP Citadel
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Citadel Historicals Bretonians Empire
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FOR SALE page
Workin' out the terms and conditions.....
Ebay Terms
2007 STUFF!
OLD STUFF!
OLDER STUFF!
40mm Perry, 1/48th scale Bandai, Reaper Heroic scale female, GW Mordheim fighter, Grenaider/Copplestone HYW, Foundry Mountain Man, GW Empire artillerist, Perry 28mm Woodland Indian, Ral Partha 25mm Greek, Zveda 1/72nd scale barbarian.
Scale and Size.
Late 70's Superior 25mm King Arthur; Mid 80s' Foundry 28mm French Nap; Mid 80's, Essex? 28mm WotR; Late 80's, Mithril Aragorn
28mm; Early 90s' Hecker & Goros 1/48th scale Viking; 2003 40mm Perry Miniatures British Nap.; Early 90's, Foundry 40mm ACW
(sculpted by the Perrys); Late 90's, 54mm Elite Celt; Early 80's, 70mm Poste Militaire.
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Interested in historical "mini's" - start at Mike Siggins' Mike Siggins for a comprehensive online overview.
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TO Hobby Shops
Extensive listings for locations/phone numbers/website details, etc. A local enthusiasts' collection of 48 public-transit, accessible, hobby-related shops.
ps, I normally just wisk over the comment part.
IPMS Toronto
Participation in my first "real" model show was an IPMS event in 1979!
Wanna get more feedback on your figures, expand the eyes that see them. Support your local "figure/model/hobby/game/art shows" that provide a category(s) for miniature figures.
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Regular excursions about Toronto
more to follow....
Online retailers
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My Historical Library
ever expanding.
Never mind a "Codex", I'd rather use all of human history as a painting guide!
...the difference between fantasy and historic is in fact!
The web makes research a bit more cost-effective and at times "inspirational"!
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Not sure what my site looks like on your monitor, but this is what I see on my Mac! (Reduced
version)
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Support YOUR local 'Figure' Retailer(s) who attend/support YOUR miniature figure shows -
there's more to this
hobby than finding a "cheap" online pricetag.
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