Category:Blog
Whew… BIG Catchup
Very late 2020 in review
Happy New Year
My friends, it’s now 2020. The last time I posted in this blog was a year ago. I know I wrote on how tough the previous year or two was and how many changes were coming for me in 2019. I just didn’t have the exact details on how the year would play out. Well, …
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January Update
I meant to post something mid month… but it’s been a crazy and busy one. In my last blog post, I mentioned something about learning new skills this year. I was (and still am, to a lesser degree), studying to get my drone pilot’s license. Since I am part of Zendigity Productions that does drone …
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The Year in Review: 2018
Warning: Long post, somewhat pic heavy I’ve been kicking around writing a recap of this last year but haven’t sat to do it until now. It’s been a really challenging year…..and I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m at that age where challenges have become greater and more frequent. It’s how I react that will …
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Painting Wildlife
I’m going to stick this under the blog section because this will be an ongoing project with unknown minis and toys coming my way. Many years ago, I was approached by a man that runs A Silver Lining in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He asked if I could paint some toys and cast pewter for his …
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Changes
Every so often I get it in my head to update my website and it’s usually more of a struggle than I expected. I’ve pared down my old posts and am no longer accepting large army commissions. There are so many other companies that are good for that and I’m far more interested in creating …
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Catch Up… Again…..
The last thing I posted was all about my Twitch channel and all sorts of projects I was excited about. Of course, life has a way of kicking me in the shins and running away giggling while I scramble to sort everything out. While I was figuring out the Twitch stuff ( I still haven’t …
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Twitch Channel!!
I very suddenly decided that I want to try to stream my painting. I’ve been asked about video tutorials and I’m not set up for that type of production and really don’t have the skills or time to edit. I’ve been watching Twitch streams while I paint for quite some time now and thought it …
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Starting Some New Projects
I promised some WIP pics and other stuff and finally have a few minutes to put it together. I managed to prepare a few projects for myself while I’m waiting for my next two commissions to show up. I have a Sorcerer from Nocturna Models, Sail Away bust from Broken Toad, Ragnar Lothbrok from Scale …
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Fun with Photography
Disclaimer: This is NOT a photography tutorial. I’ll put some links of tutorials on the bottom of this post in case that’s what you’re looking for. This is merely a write up of my struggles behind the camera. Artists of all sorts have to wear many hats. Since I’ve started doing commission painting so long …
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A Word on Scale
Over the course of the time I’ve had my website, I’ve had a few people ask “how big are these minis?”. I try and remember to post the scale on the gallery pictures but I forget that not everyone knows what the difference between 25mm and 80mm scale is. I’m not well versed on what …
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Angie’s Progress
These are a few rough pictures of where I’m going with this one. I tried to make the pictures as true to color as possible with out running them through photoshop. I still have a bit to go on her as well as my other projects, but I’m getting there. Â Â Â
Welcome
Welcome to the new site of Still Life Miniatures. Â I will keep posting pictures of new works, works in progress, tips, and articles as they come. Â The picture above is a Beastman from Warhammer. I have a handful of these guys to do and am enjoying painting them. Â I will post the pictures as I …
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