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Just completed and set up display (less name label) for this double bust from Ignis Art. The back drop is the amin lobby of the Wisteriahurst Museum in Holyoke MA edited in Lightroom.

FeR Miniatures’ Navajo, (circa 1923) is complete. I had looked at this kit several times over the years but was intimidated by the box art blanket pattern. I finally decided to get it and looked for a simpler pattern. Pendleton has one with more of a sunset theme and I used that as inspiration, choosing orange palette as a complementary color to the shirt. I did not relish doing a beaded pattern on the hat bad so decided to give him a hairpipe hat band. I made this using four strips of .5mm Evergreen rod glued side by side. This was cut to 3mm sections in a jig I made of sheet stock. The separators were additional piece of the same rod added in long sections to make it easier.

Gunze Sangyo Charlie Kemp Cobra II (based on the Mustang II from 1976) IMSA GTX Monogram Miller Mustang IMSA GT Group 5, 1989

FeR Dracula 1/12 posed in front of a photo of West Boylston's Old Stone Church edited in Lightroom to change it from daylight to nighttime.

Very nice job on a challenging musician's uniform!

My 1/10 scale bust of Frankenstein's Creature and his bride from Insomnia Miniatures. These are based on the 1931 an2 32 movies more that the original source. (The movie we all know bears very little resemblance to Mary Shelley's book.) Painted in black and white to give homage to the movies, they are displayed in photo frame in front of a photo I took of the stonework at a Springfield MA church. Like Comment Send

Great job, sculpting and painting.

Final completed subject MFCA 2025 this weekend. Hawkeye and Magua from the 1992 "The Last of the Mohicans" from Mitches Military Miniatures in 1/9 scale. Hair painting style from Vince Venturella's You Tube channel. Paints are mostly AK Interactive. Like Comment Send

Boudica was a warrior queen of the Icene tribe of Britons who fought the Romans circa 40 CE. Thiis is FeR's excellent 1/10 bust. She is painted mostly in AK Gen3 paints. The red hair is based on a YouTube video by Vince Venturella.

Imagine, if you will, the Grimm Brothers telling the tale of Snow White with 9 dwarves, one of whom is Creepy Sleazy. He’s got to go, even in their minds. That left eight dwarves, but eight is not a power number, so one more had to go. Drawing lots, Fishy lost. I present for your consideration, Fishy, the 8th Dwarf. The kit is Grigor Ebbingtide from Big Child Miniatures in ostensibly 75mm. I modifies a Scale 75 white metal scorpion at his big toe.

Nice job...for whites I use the Vallejo "Black and White "color set. It has very good instructions (six steps, well five since the last one is spattering di dirt) The white works very well,; the black not so much. .

The legend of St. George and the Dragon originated in the middle east and North Africa in ancient times. Versions also were known in other mythologies including Greek mythologies. It typically tells the tale of a dragon harassing a village or city demanding tribute up to human sacrifice. Along come a righteous man (or group) who slay yhe dragon. In some versions the one who slays the dragon gets the process. The tale was heard by the crusaders and made its way back to western Europe where the knight errant was renamed George and became a symbol of England. Here is KilgoreHD’s interpretation as a bust with St. George, his horse, Bayard, and, of course, the dragon in 1/16 (120mm) . He is posed lancing the dragon while the horse seems to be rearing and is somewhat scared. The kit come well packed in a sturdy flip top box with thick foam protection. The is closed magnetically. Parts are in multiple zip lock bags the horse is comprised of neck/head, bit and three reins. St. George consists arms in one piece, torso, lance shaft ft in two parts (either side of the hands), and both a bare head and a great helm. The dragon (a wyvern in this case) is made up of three body parts, two arms, wing tongue, lower jaw and lance head. There are no real fit issues, but I learned that to get the best fit, the lance shaft should be in place before joining the dragon to George. I chose the very well sculpted face over the helm. One of the smaller, but interesting details, is that the dragon’s right hand is hooked into St. George’s tunic, pulling creases down the front. The dragon was airbrushed Tamiya red and AK Lightstone. I wanted its tongue to suggest flames, so I used 3 of 4 colors from the AK Gen 3 basic red set. The reins are Scale 75 leather set, the rest is a combination of Vallejo and AK paints. The horse and rider each have their own brass rod support. Initially the dragon had one, too. But in joining it to the rest, it would no longer match to the holes I’d drilled into the bases. I bought the kit from Sabot Miniatures at MFCA. The base is from Birch Tree Enterprises (Long Island) and the name plat from Dinn Bros. Holyoke MA.

Again, going back to the Calvin Tan presentation at MFCA...he uses very thin applications of paint, a glaze. The color below still shows, but it has been tinted by the color above. Here's a link to Calvin's YouTube page. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1tCPuHA5oobFlFeCdcPZg/videos