Tom Schadle, winner of 25 Golden Demons and the Slayer Sword, will demonstrate his style of highlighting, shading, and blending. No wet blending here, but expert tips and tricks to get a smooth transition of color using layered highlights through paint mixing, thinning, glazing and varnishing. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own current WIPs for practice and critique in class, as well as their own brushes.
Tom Schadle, winner of 25 Golden Demons and the Slayer Sword, will demonstrate his style of highlighting, shading, and blending. No wet blending here, but expert tips and tricks to get a smooth transition of color using layered highlights through paint mixing, thinning, glazing and varnishing. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own current WIPs for practice and critique in class, as well as their own brushes.
This class will teach you how to get deep shadows and bright highlights on your minis, to make them stand out either on a gaming table or in your display case. You will also learn how to make your color look smoothly blended from shadow to highlight. Having a smooth looking model with high contrast is the key to becoming a better painter. Supplied in the class will be a Green Witch from Dark Sword miniatures and a handout to help you remember.
A class in color theory for choosing colors at all levels. This will help with army color schemes, as well as painting models to a very high standard. Learn tips and tricks with color from Amy Brehm, National award winning miniature painter, and college art student to boot. A handout is included for reference.
Miniature conversion is changing an existing mini with bits and pieces from another, and possibly sculpting new stuff. Like the head of one mini and the body on another? Need an axe on your character mini, but it has a longsword? This class will discuss the tools and methods of basic conversions: head, limbs, weapon swaps, as well as some sculpting basics like hair, fur, fire, etc. Some tools/materials provided.
Miniature conversion is changing an existing mini with bits and pieces from another, and possibly sculpting new stuff. Like the head of one mini and the body on another? Need an axe on your character mini, but it has a longsword? This class will discuss the tools and methods of basic conversions: head, limbs, weapon swaps, as well as some sculpting basics like hair, fur, fire, etc. Some tools/materials provided.
Miniature conversion is changing an existing mini with bits and pieces from another, and possibly sculpting new stuff. Like the head of one mini and the body on another? Need an axe on your character mini, but it has a longsword? This class will discuss the tools and methods of basic conversions: head, limbs, weapon swaps, as well as some sculpting basics like hair, fur, fire, etc. Some tools/materials provided.
Noel Meyer, winner of multiple awards including Golden Demon, demonstrates how to turn your diorama concepts into composition, from designing the story to the practical aspects of putting all the pieces together.
Bring your lunch and letâs start painting a mini. This class will explore the undercoat, basecoat, highlight and shadow with proper blending in a time frame allowing us to have the time to do it! Using a one on one approach each participant will be personally guided for proper understanding and application of the various techniques.
Bring your snack and letâs start painting a mini. This class will explore the undercoat, basecoat, highlight and shadow with proper blending in a time frame allowing us to have the time to do it! Using a one on one approach each participant will be personally guided for proper understanding and application of the various techniques.