Secret Weapon is very happy to announce that this year we will be one of the on-site sponsors for Adepticon. The first 1,500 people through the doors will find one of the Secret Weapon Washes and a resin base in their swag bag. We are also sponsoring some of the individual events and are one of the main sponsors of the Crystal Brush painting competition -- featuring a $10,000 cash prize for Best of Show!
But wait, there's more!
Secret Weapon founder Justin "misterjustin" McCoy will also be teaching two hobby seminars on weathering with pigments!
Saturday night from 10 PM to midnight
http://cart.adepticon.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=27&products_id=484
Sunday morning from 9 AM to 11 AM
http://cart.adepticon.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=538
You'll find members of Team Secret Weapon scattered around the event - and we'll be on the lookout for other folks in their Secret Weapon t-shirts. If you're wearing a Secret Weapon t-shirt and get a photo with Mister Justin at the event and you'll find a gift voucher waiting for you when you get home!
Adepticon 2012 - we'll see you there!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Masterclass Workshop: Santa Cruz 18-March
There will be a one hour Q&A following the class to allow students time to get 1:1 feedback on their models and projects.
Students should bring paints, brushes, and a lamp but will be provided access to pigments and a model for the workshop.
The cost is only $20 if you pre-register, or $25 at the door, but the class is limited to the first twenty students so sign up early!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Team Secret Weapon: Painting Marble
posted by Les
Before I start I'd like to give credit to Ana of Chest of Colors for the marble technique shown here.
Here we go!
Start with a light base such as white or Buff.
With a 2:1 mix of Water (2 parts) and Secret Weapon Dark Sepia (1 part) we start to make the design. Nothing special, just making lines and sploches here and there. If you went on a little thick be quick and use water to blend it out on one side. Just on side, we want a semi-hard edge on one side.
Once all is dry we go in with the second color, Secret Weapon Baby Poop Wash this time with a 3 part water dilution since it's a heavier mix.
That's pretty much it. One of the many uses Secret Weapon Washes can help you with your presentation.
posted by Les
Before I start I'd like to give credit to Ana of Chest of Colors for the marble technique shown here.
Here we go!
Start with a light base such as white or Buff.
With a 2:1 mix of Water (2 parts) and Secret Weapon Dark Sepia (1 part) we start to make the design. Nothing special, just making lines and sploches here and there. If you went on a little thick be quick and use water to blend it out on one side. Just on side, we want a semi-hard edge on one side.
Once all is dry we go in with the second color, Secret Weapon Baby Poop Wash this time with a 3 part water dilution since it's a heavier mix.
That's pretty much it. One of the many uses Secret Weapon Washes can help you with your presentation.
posted by Les
Monday, February 13, 2012
Team Secret Weapon: Brant
posted by Brant
I've been painting miniatures for 27 years, and started with RPG models back in 1985, when the industry was in its infancy. I struggled with bad brushes, and Testor's enamel model paints for close to 7 years before happening upon Ral Partha acrylic miniature paints.
After my decade long stint with RPG's my interest in miniatures began to flourish as I started playing tabletop Wargames. I've always been fond of giant robots, and naturally I gravitated towards Battletech. I went through several different types of wargame, including Epic, Warhammer Quest, Mordheim, Gangs of Mega-City One, Infinity, Dark Age, Hell Dorado, Malifaux, and Warmachine/Hordes. I have since settled on two systems which I enjoy the most; Warmachine/Hordes, and Hell Dorado.
I'm a Press Ganger for Privateer Press, and run several events every month at my local store; The Sentry Box. I run the official Leagues, Tournaments, and a painting/terrain demo once per month.
I've made many improvements in my painting since the advent of the internet, and having a large community of painters and tutorials available at your fingertips has been nothing but a blessing. I've been sharing my experience in miniature painting for over a year now
via Hand Cannon Online, where my painting tutorials and product reviews are featured.
I hope that's not too long!
After my decade long stint with RPG's my interest in miniatures began to flourish as I started playing tabletop Wargames. I've always been fond of giant robots, and naturally I gravitated towards Battletech. I went through several different types of wargame, including Epic, Warhammer Quest, Mordheim, Gangs of Mega-City One, Infinity, Dark Age, Hell Dorado, Malifaux, and Warmachine/Hordes. I have since settled on two systems which I enjoy the most; Warmachine/Hordes, and Hell Dorado.
I'm a Press Ganger for Privateer Press, and run several events every month at my local store; The Sentry Box. I run the official Leagues, Tournaments, and a painting/terrain demo once per month.
I've made many improvements in my painting since the advent of the internet, and having a large community of painters and tutorials available at your fingertips has been nothing but a blessing. I've been sharing my experience in miniature painting for over a year now
via Hand Cannon Online, where my painting tutorials and product reviews are featured.
I hope that's not too long!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
March Teaser
We have a LOT of new releases hitting in March - including a new terrain piece, a new round lip base theme and six new 95x120mm beveled edge bases.
But you don't get to see those yet. Instead I'm bringing you a sneak peek at three new scenic products.
As a hobbyist one of the things I have spent a long time looking for is a reliable source for the elusive birch pods that make such excellent leaves. They're not cheap but there's nothing like them for adding leaves to a base or diorama. Of course the moment I found a source I had to make sure they could sell in bulk -- and now we have kilos of them!
Next up is our "Leaf Litter: Dark Green" which is made from natural materials and gives you a varied, realistic dark green leaf litter... just like the product name would suggest. This is an excellent choice for deep forest and late summer leaf litter.
And this is our "Leaf Litter: Light Green" which gives you an excellent contrast for early summer and spring settings.
Each bag holds approximately 60ml of product by volume and will have an MSRP of $4.99 -- and will be available on Thursday 1-March.
But you don't get to see those yet. Instead I'm bringing you a sneak peek at three new scenic products.
Next up is our "Leaf Litter: Dark Green" which is made from natural materials and gives you a varied, realistic dark green leaf litter... just like the product name would suggest. This is an excellent choice for deep forest and late summer leaf litter.
And this is our "Leaf Litter: Light Green" which gives you an excellent contrast for early summer and spring settings.
Each bag holds approximately 60ml of product by volume and will have an MSRP of $4.99 -- and will be available on Thursday 1-March.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Product Preview: Pre-Finished Wood Display Cubes
We're finalizing the production process to bring these pre-finished wood display cubes to the Secret Weapon catalog by summer of 2012. In the interim we'd love to hear from our community before we finalize the product line.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Team Secret Weapon: Wash Me In Baby Poop!
posted by Sirus
What a busy month! You would think January would be very sedate, with everyone exhausted after all the holiday insanity - not the case at all! Finding the time to do something as simple as paint something, take a picture, and make a blog post about it has been deceptively elusive...
This is what I've been working on:
Mangler Squigs! I've always loved squigs, and when a friend asked if I would paint some for him I jumped at the chance. This is a work in progress; I started with a yellow brown and hit it with a wash of Baby Poop - the wash, not the other stuff. Grow up! (Ok, I admit I snickered a little too.)
I've also been working on some armor for my Lamenters. This is a detail shot of a drop pod in progress, showing about 50% complete with the base coats and some minor detailing. I'm really proud of the wear and tear, I first learned about this technique during one of the Secret Weapon weathering classes at GEG (Justin has a tutorial posted here). Since my basecoat is yellow, I use a combination of Hull Red, Charadon Granite, and Vallejo German Grey. I tried red rust but it didn't look so hot; I found a darker color looked better and looked like wear and tear rather than rust. Small patches of whitish-grey with just a sliver of silver to represent bare metal finishes it off! I could still use some work to perfect the look but I'm happy with it so far and will keep experimenting.
My next tournament will be the Bay Area Open in March, I'll be taking my Lamenters to war and embedding my own personal correspondent to take pictures.
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