Secret Weapon Miniatures

Sack O' Skulls -- RESIN TIME!

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:38:00 +0000

That's right... the best deal on skulls just got better. As of today every "Sack O' Skulls" that ships will include 2.5 grams of RESIN skulls.

Available now at the Secret Weapon store!

Military Service Discount

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:34:00 +0000

For those few that don't already know, we offer a 10% lifetime discount to current and former US military service personnel.

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=14

This Memorial Day weekend, as I consider the friends, family, and unknown soldiers that have given their lives for my country I am doubling our discount to 20%. In the face of their noble sacrifice it's nothing -- but it's the least I can do for the men and women of our armed services that enjoy a few hours time on the tabletop.

And to those of you serving in the armed forces around the world -- my thanks.

Justin "misterjustin" McCoy

25% OFF Flying Bases!

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

In anticipation of the new wave of flyers about to hit the market we've listed all of our 95x120mm flight bases - and our popular flight stand - at 25% OFF through 4-June!

This 25% off sale includes the base and stand bundle -- so you can get your flight base pre-drilled, with a flight stand and widget, for only $11.25 USD!

The special will run through Monday 4-June so get to shopping while you can.

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=specials

6x6 RAV - NEW & IMPROVED!

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000

We've made some improvements on the "6x6 Rapid Assault Vehicle"

And posted a complete un-boxing and assembly video as well:

You can purchase the 6x6 RAV as a complete kit, or get the hull and turret separately, exclusively at Secret Weapon Miniatures.

The Secret Weapon Trade-In Program

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Every time we launch a new line of bases I hear someone say, "I wish I'd seen these before I bought..."

And now there's a cure for that - the Secret Weapon Trade-In Program!

You can now trade-in your unwanted resin bases for store credit!

But wait, there's more!

You can trade in resin bases from OTHER MANUFACTURERS for store credit. That's right, we'll even take the unwanted bases from our competition and give you store credit to spend on ANY Secret Weapon product.

Wait, what? YES! You can use your store credit to purchase ANYTHING in the Secret Weapon catalog.

Check out the program today and start looking around for those bags of unwanted bases you stuffed into a box and forgot about...

User Gallery: FROZEN Corpse Fields!

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:17:00 +0000

I've seen a lot of amazing miniatures over the past couple of decades, and some very impressive bases, but nothing like this incredible take on our new Corpse Fields bases. This was combined with the Crushed Glass Bundle to make this incredible set of FROZEN Corpse Fields bases.

These come to us courtesy of Tutofigs.com -- along with a glowing review of several of our products.

What a great way to finish the week!

Product Highlight: Secret Weapon Washes

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:55:00 +0000

This is a quick look at the Secret Weapon Washes and how they work over paint or primer.

I had so much fun making this video that I'm actually going to do it again as a start-to-finish piece on another Mantic ghoul.

If you have a question about the washes, or one you'd like to see in action, leave a comment or drop an email to misterjustin at Secret Weapon Miniatures.

May Releases!

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:59:00 +0000

The May releases have hit the store a day early - and we have a LOT of new goodies for you!

As of today we now have the largest selection of 50mm round lip bases on the planet -- giving the Warmachine, Hordes, and Malifaux players out there more options when putting together those heavy hitting lists!

But wait, there's more!

We also launched 120mm round lip bases today -- with only Cobblestone and Iron Deck waiting on the masters to be finished.

And we're not finished yet...

CORPSE FIELDS is the new base theme this month -- available in round lip and beveled options this themed hollow set includes dessicated corpses and creeping rot that will let you put your models ankle deep in viscera!

Of course we also have our new 1/48 scale baked ceramic bricks in three colour combinations, a set of 16 resin tree stumps, 20 bits of broken Doric Column, fall and summer leaf mixes and...

The Realistic Water is finally available as a stand-alone product in a 0.5 ounce dropper bottle!

Head to the Secret Weapon store now....

Preview: Corpse Fields

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:22:00 +0000

Secret Weapon is leading the way in themed hollow bases -- as "Corpse Fields" join the lineup on 1-May-2012.

Master sculptor Pedro Nevarro has brought us a full line of bases in both the round lip and beveled edge style -- including 120mm round lip and 95x120mm beveled bases! -- that allow you to use them as-is, or fill them with the blood effect of your choice to leave your models ankle deep in viscera.

Nobody does bases like Secret Weapon!

This is NOT an April Fools' joke....

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:57:00 +0000

May 2012 -- Secret Weapon will have the largest selection of 50mm and 120mm round lip bases on the market as we add 120mm bases to all of the existing themes, and expand the 50mm offering to FOUR per theme.

And just wait until you see the NEW theme....

Team Secret Weapon: Frontliners!

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:31:00 +0000

Are you an active part of your local community? Do you have a finished army that you play regularly? Are you constantly telling your friends about the great products from Secret Weapon?

If you answered YES! to these three questions we want YOU to apply for the Secret Weapon Frontliners program!

This is an exciting new affiliate program that will reward your love of Secret Weapon products with loot and early access to new products. Check it out and apply today!

Review: Secret Weapon Washes

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Romain at Beasts of War has posted a review of the Secret Weapon Washes. He tests several of the colours over a white primer coat -- and talks about the results while providing a clear example of the product in action.

Team Secret Weapon: Bay Area Open, Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (Disaffected Libertine) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:29:00 +0000

posted by Sirus

Sunday morning at 9am came wayyyy too early. Why doesnt anyone want to start a tournament at noon?

Round 5 - Here come the Grey Knights, played by Mike Oade from Reno. Hes a regular at our tournaments in Sacramento and I like him even though hes a filthy traitor for switching from Blood Angels to Grey Knights. Our game started off slow, with Mike and I trading long range shots and jockeying for position. Since the center of the board was dominated by a big LOS-blocking terrain piece, I decided to focus on one half and execute a hard right hook. I had the range advantage and he was relying on Rhinos, plus I was able to tie up 2 of his Psyfleman dreads with my Furiosos. My Flamestorm Predator made a late drive across the back table edge after outflanking on the wrong side, and my Furiosos were fairly ineffectual but served to occupy Mike long enough for me to hold position on the objectives. Mephiston sold himself dearly, falling to a squad of paladins but only after killing off a Strike squad and Coteaz and holding up the center of the board. The game ended and I got another win to move to 4-0-1.

Round 6 - ChristianA and his undefeated IG. It was a brutal list and a very bad matchup for me. Christian had been on table 1 for 3 rounds by this point and by all accounts was on a serious roll; he had already beaten some tough lists and great players. We started off in opposite corners and I had most of my army in reserve - I knew my Razorbacks wouldnt last long against the hail of Hydra fire. His Vendettas worked over my autolas predators, and I sent my Furiosos down to hopefully break up his parking lot, but as is often the case with IG they have tons of expendable guns so the damage I was doing wasnt really having an effect, and I cant afford to play the attrition game. My outflanking TLAC Baal Predator had a moment of glory when it came on in outflank with a 12" ram that destroyed a Hydra and simultaneously shot another in the rear, blowing one of the weapons off. It wasnt a bad game, nor is Christian a bad opponent, hes actually a good guy and a smart player - there just wasnt much maneuver or tactical wizardry going on. His Hydras threw buckets of dice at me, his Vendettas kinda shifted around to get their shots off, and I did my best to break up his formations and do damage but my army was outclassed. Oh well, can't win em all!

Round 7 - Josh Sellers and more Grey Knights. Stormraven with Purifiers and Coteaz (that guy was pulling double duty at BAO), two Psyflemen (one venerable), two Dreadknights, and some Razorbacks - not the usual but still dangerous. My opponent was Josh Sellers, and we were both mentally exhausted by this point so Im sure we made a ton of mistakes but who cares! We both pushed our models around, rolled some dice, and had a ton of fun. I started by moving up to midfield behind cover and getting in position - I had the advantage of weight of fire. He countered by moving his two Dreadknighs up, but lost one to shooting and one to Mephiston. The remainder of his army was clustered behind cover so I started laying into him without actually doing much. His Stormraven weathered 3 full turns of shooting and still managed to kill an Autolas Predator, immobilize another, and dump off the Purifiers and Coteaz in Mephiston's face. Fortunately I survived and eventually killed them all off, just in time to double back and take out Buddy Cop - Josh had a 2 man henchman squad with no gear walk on from reserve and almost manage to take a midfield objective. My drop pods were blazing away at him but I couldnt kill them! Those 2 models huddled in a crater for like 3 turns with bullets flying overhead, so I had to send Mephiston to kill them. Things had gotten exceedingly silly by that time, and we were both delirious. the game ended in a draw, which was fine by me. Josh, we need a rematch!

So ends my Bay Area Open adventure. My final record was 4 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws. I ended up taking 14th place out of 92 and received the 'Best Blood Angels' award, and even though my army wasnt painted (booo) I got some good feedback and compliments. If I could change anything about my army.....I dont know. The Baal Predators die almost every game and don't do a ton of damage, but theyre such a huge threat and I am kinda rough on them. In more than one game I had a Baal Predator alive and in a position to threaten homefield objectives.

All in all I had a really good time - Reece, Will, and Frankie did an excellent job running everything, and I'll be heading back next year!

Team Secret Weapon: Bay Area Open, Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Disaffected Libertine) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:44:00 +0000

posted by Sirus

I attended the Bay Area Open in Antioch, CA this weekend. I had a fantastic time, from hanging out with a horde of other tournament goers at the local FLGS Gamers Guild to the tournament itself. It was my first major tournament since TSHFT in Seattle last year; I was a little rusty but 40K is like riding a bike, right?

My Blood Angels list is 3 Autolas Predators, 2 Baal Predators (1 TL Assault Cannon, 1 Flamestorm), 2 naked 5 man squads in TL Assault Cannon Razorbacks, a 10 man assault squad in Drop Pod with 2 meltaguns and a powerfist, and 2 Blood Talon Furioso Dreadnoughts in Drop Pods. Oh yeah, and Mephiston. Can't forget him. I tend to play aggressively, with the Furiosos coming down first turn in your face with AV13 saturation. The Autolas predators are without question the MVPs, and usually the Baal Predators die but do a good deal of damage. Mephiston is my insurance policy, he tends to hang back and protect my base of fire until about mid game when the enemy squads are weakened and then he's really a wrecking ball. My record with the Furioso dreads was 21 kills in one turn, against a 30 strong Ork boy squad that whiffed with their Powerklaw and ended up getting run down. Brilliant!

My first game was against Brian Merino and his Dark Eldar. Brian is a good guy and it was nice to be able to start the day against someone who was able to laugh and didnt take things too seriously. I'm never all the way awake for the first round of a tournament, and I tend to not be at 100% yet.

Brian had a fully mechanized army, with 3 Ravagers and a handful of blasters in Venoms and Wych Raider squads. I wasn't really scared of any one part, but all together it was pretty daunting to sit across from. He started off the first turn with a bang and I was playing defensively from the start, hugging the back table edge and trying to avoid the world's biggest multi-charge. However, Dark Eldar are notoriously fragile and over the course of the game I managed to retain a slim lead in Kill Points. Mephiston really shined late and took out some critical targets, and the Autolas Predators were all-stars, managing to put down enough of Brian's AV10 to keep me in the game. After having held no objectives over the course of the game, I clawed back and managed to get a draw - not a bad way to start the tourney! Brian was on the table next to me for most of the tournament, so he ended up doing well and damn if he didnt deserve it. Totally nice guy and a pleasure to play!

Round 2, John Johnston from Sacramento and his Godzilla Orks. I predicted this matchup before the round, and we had a good laugh when pairings were announced. John and I go wayyyy back from the Contest of Champions at Great Escape Games, and over the 6 or 7 years I have been playing against him I have really noticed his improvement both in playing ability and in painting/modelling skills. If you get a chance, check out his amazing custom built Godzilla Deff Dreds - they are beautiful.

I had the first turn in this game and started off with an aggressive scout move from the Baal Predators. I moved them right up in front of his two 30 man Ork Boy squads, daring him to take the bait. I sent my Furiosos and Mephiston up to mid table to support, and then played the long shooting game. John uses Ghazghkull and Snikrot in a mob of Kommandos, (which I always give him a hard time about), so I knew I had to space out and not let him get a big multi charge off plus force him to call his Waaaagh to get a charge off. Once Ghaz lost his 2++ save, I doubled Mephiston back to finish him off. A good game against a great guy, who I am happy to play against any time - a total class act and a perfect example of someone who hobbies and games the right way. I got a win in this one, and promised John and his wife Christine dinner on me - maybe in typical cunning Orky fashion he let me win on purpose? :)

Round 3 - Paul McKelvey and his Tau. Paul and I finished 1-2 at a minor tournament in Stockton a few months back, and I had been interested in playing his Tau since then. Not only is Paul a really nice guy with a great attitude, he's a smart player who makes the most of an army I tend to view as weak and ineffectual. Paul uses a Positional Relay to manipulate the reserves rules early on and then brings his remaining units on late in the game, capping objectives and getting late kill points.

My game with Paul was cat and mouse, with his commander and some minor units hiding in one corner while I used LOS blocking terrain to hide from a Broadside team - not much happened in the first 4 turns but when he moved the bulk of his army on in turn 5 it was pretty devastating - he gained a lead in kill points, contested my Capture and Control objective, and was in position to not only sweep me off the Seize Ground objectives but do serious damage to my army that I wouldnt be able to recover from that late in the game. As fate or luck would have it, in the bottom of 5 I managed to even the score on kill points with some very efficient firepower and get his Crisis suits off my Cap and Control objective. I had 4 marines from my 10 man squad rally and move back into position to regain a lead in Seize Ground and rolled a 1 to end the game. To be perfectly honest I doubt I would have been able to win had the game continued but the dice worked against him, and his strategy somewhat backfired.

OK, so Im 3-0-1 at this point and heading to table 6. In my head I'm thinking I am going to be facing top lists and players, and round 4 didn't disappoint - I faced off against Dave Fay and his Black Templars. 3 squads of 3 Typhoon speeders, 3 units of 5 Terminators with Cyclones and Tank Hunters, an Emperor's Champion, and 2 five man Crusader squads - that's a nasty list.

Dave has been at the top of other large tournaments and was ranked very highly nationally at one point or another, so he knows what hes doing. He plays very methodically, and knows his rules inside and out - all in all a really strong opponent and a good guy to boot. The game started off poorly for me as Mephiston charged a squad of Terminators turn 1 (Dawn of War deployment) - you would think they'd be easy pickings for Meph with no storm shields, right? You'd be wrong, cause Dave made 5 invul saves and beat Mephiston down in return. Thats a bad start to a game.

Dave went on the offensive, laying down 30 krak missiles a turn and doing some serious damage. At the end of turns 5 and 6, we were looking at a draw or a loss for me but he couldnt get the game to end and I stuck it out, pulling out a lead in Kill Points when the last Terminator bit it and I finally peeled the Land Speeder off my Cap and Control objective. Dave looked surprised when we totaled up the final score, I really think he had it in the bag - his exceptionally methodical and exacting play slacked off somewhat in the middle of the game and let me stay within striking distance. The game going 7 full turns helped me, as did Dave's bizarre dice - he could make 5 invul saves or a long range shot at my Flamestorm Baal Predator but missed easy rolls like Terminator armor saves and a critical Break check on a 9. Overall an excellent tactical player and I can appreciate his by the book approach to the game.

Ending the day 3-0-1 was pretty sweet - I didnt expect to do as well as I was doing, not having played competitively in about a year and up against 4 strong opponents. The mission structure at BAO works very well, it lets you focus on what you can win and what you cant win, and gives you the flexibility to use your army in different ways depending on how the game is going and who your opponent is.

Highlights from Day 2 coming soon!

Team Secret Weapon: Tournament Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Disaffected Libertine) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:35:00 +0000

posted by Sirus

Pre-tournament insanity! I've been working on my army to the exclusion of all else, getting it ready for the Bay Area Open this weekend. It's driving me a little crazy (more than usual), and I loathe working on a deadline but that's why we make the big bucks here at Team Secret Weapon. (We do make big bucks, right?)

This is the army, displayed in all its glory. I'll be taking part in the 40K Championships, which is just a fancy way of saying its a Singles tournament. I've been making extensive use of the Secret Weapon weathering techniques, along with little details like Brass Etch Roman Numerals and Super Secret Objective Markers.

We'll see how things go. I still have some work to do so unfortunately I won't be 100% for the tournament, but with the salt chipping technique, weathering powder on tank tracks, and a few other tricks I picked up off the Secret Weapon blog I'm much more pleased with how the army is turning out. Pics + videos from the tournament coming soon!

Adepticon 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:44:00 +0000

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
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Sunday morning from 9 AM to 11 AM
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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!

Masterclass Workshop: Santa Cruz 18-March

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:26:00 +0000

Secret Weapon founder Justin "misterjustin" McCoy will be at Mythic Games in Santa Cruz for a hands-on weathering workshop. This class will cover pigment basics and the creation of rust, dust, mud, muck and other popular, realistic weathering effects.

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!

Team Secret Weapon: Painting Marble

noreply@blogger.com (LBursley) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:46:00 +0000

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

Team Secret Weapon: Brant

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:12:00 +0000

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!

March Teaser

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:29:00 +0000

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.

Product Preview: Pre-Finished Wood Display Cubes

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:08:00 +0000

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.

Team Secret Weapon: Wash Me In Baby Poop!

noreply@blogger.com (Disaffected Libertine) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:31:00 +0000

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.

Mathieu Fontaine - Masterclass Sacramento - March 31

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:00 +0000

Secret Weapon Miniatures and Great Escape Games are binging Mathieu Fontaine back to Sacramento to teach his masterclass workshop. If you're one of the few that don't already know Mathieu's work here's a quick intro:

18 golden demons including 7 golds including 2 in France and 1 in UK
2 Best of Show Forgeworld
Gold medals in advance/master at Chicago MMSI, Atlanta MFCA, Long Island LIHMCS and Paris Mix Open
BOS Fantasy at Atlanta MFCA

His work has been published in numerous WD both US and UK or France, as well as independent publications.

He has taught this Masterclass more than a dozen times across the United States and Canada and has been teaching fully booked classes at Adepticon (2 years) and GENCON (3 years).

I have personally attended the Masterclass I twice now and was impressed enough that I'm already bringing him out again.

But now - on to the class description:

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MASTERCLASS I
This is an intensive class on painting figurines over 2 days. Every techniques and theoretical concepts are covered from the undercoat to perfect blending passing by zenithal lighting.

The figurine will allow every student to have plenty of time to explore the principal areas of painting: clothing, skin, the face and metallics. In terms of theory, zenithal lighting, composition, color theory and base conception will be explored giving every students a complete understanding of the theoretical concepts to maximize the impact of his or her miniature.

The class is over 2 intensive days, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday starts at 9 am and last until 9 pm and Sunday goes from 9am to 6 pm.

The class is open to every level of painters. Whether you are holding a brush for the first time or you have painted hundreds of models for your armies everyone will benefit from this class. Each students will receive the same technical and theoretical information but the follow up is totally personalized and 1 on 1. Every student will be pushed to the maximum of his or her abilities in order to make sure that everyone get the maximum out of this experience. So whether you are an army painter that want to know how to have better results on its favorite model or you are the painter that dream about a Golden Demon this class is for you.

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The class has an ANTICIPATED cost of $100 to $120 per person.

Why do I say "anticipated"? Because the more people we have the lower the cost per person will be. We'll cut off the registration at the end of February or as soon as each class has 20 people registered. The cost covers Mathieu's fee and the flight.

Each student that registers for the workshop will also receive a Raphael 8404 #0 brush compliments of Secret Weapon Miniatures -- the brush that Mathieu recommends and will be demonstrating with during the workshops.

If you would like to register for the workshop please drop an email to misterjustin at secretweaponminiatures -- com

Weathering Workshop - Sacramento, CA 12-Feb

noreply@blogger.com (Justin McCoy) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000

Our own Justin "misterjustin" McCoy will be teaching a half-day hands-on weathering workshop at:

Great Escape Games
1250 Howe Avenue, suite 3A
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 927-0810

The class will cover rust, dust, mud, grime, and urban rubble. Pigments and a practice model will be provided. Attendees should bring their own paints, brushes and a lamp. Time will be allotted for 1:1 discussion of attendee models if one is brought.

The cost is only $10.00!

Time to Roll!

noreply@blogger.com (Mathieu Fontaine "akaranseth") — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000

posted by Mathieu Fontaine

Well it is now January, actually half of January has passed by, and it is now to get back in shape. At least paint wise. Most of the month has been spent in rearranging my apartment and workspace but a lot of planning as also been done on a project I intend to present at GD Chicago.

I haven't picked up my brushes yet but the order of priorities has been set and it should be any days now.

#1 Finish this elfish warrior on horse

Crappy picture indeed but I have to tease you a bit. More pics as the work progress on my site.

#2 Give some love to this wonderful rhino!

Some of you might recognize the influence. In fact it looks a lot like Kifaro from Studio McVey. It is in fact from the same sculptor, Allan Carrasco. It will be painted for Crystal Brush at Adepticon, which also reminds me that I have to paint the ship for Dreadfleet for the Celebrity Dreadfleet project.

#3 Project for GD Chicago involving a lot of dead people.

I'll really be a tease on this one for the moment. I promise you will see all the wip shots as it progresses though. Let just say that I intent to rectify a certain lack in my cabinet.

On the Masterclasses front there are a few places available still for the Vancouver Masterclass I at the end of February and the Masterclass II of March. There are talks for a return in Sacramento as well, likely at the end of March. More details to come.

There are also talks for Masterclasses in Nashville, New Jersey area, Boston and the Netherlands. Yes you read correctly. There should be a Masterclass I in Utrecht, Netherlands, on the first weekend of November. Still far away but I'm personally excited to head to the Netherlands.

If you have any questions or requests regarding the Masterclasses do not hesitate to send me an email: akaranseth@gmail.com

So this will conclude this post for the month. Time to get back to work.