Hey Folks, here is the next chapter for Hank, Sergeant of the Anti Robot Squad... discover how the details complete the back side and enjoy some micro texturing!
Thanks for your support, and have fun!
EDIT: I have updated the video link with the missing material
Hey Guys and Girls,
Back from Chicago where "Hank" our Anti Robot Squad Sergeant won a Gold medal in Fantasy Painter advanced , i went straight back to the desk..
so here is the long awaited chapter of how to paint heavily rusted surfaces!
I hope you enjoy it!
Hey Folks,
back at the desk after the fantastic world model expo in Chicago last weekend.
The show was great fun and it was awesome to meet so many of you there!
I also taught the biggest seminar i ever had the chance to for round about a hundred people, what an experience! I was speaking about how i approach Skin tones. The handout is a rather short sum-up, as I was painting the Winston Churchill Bust from Life Miniatures live with a lot of explanations.
Check out the Handout for t...
Hey Folks,
sorry that its been so quite in the last couple of days!
I have been painting like a mad men to get everything ready for the world model expo in Chicago.. tomorrow I am leaving!
And with my wedding preparations and the preps for the seminar on the expo there is so much go that I didn't even find time to answer my messages.. I will work of the pile once i am home
I will return on the 11th and .. i will be back at the desk to show you the rest of our anti robot squad ser...
Hey Folks,
we have reached the incredible amount of 666 Patreons!
I want to take this opportunity to tell you how grateful I am to have the possibility to do what I love as a full time job.
The cosmos of the art of miniature painting is vast and beautiful, and I am happy that we explore it together... and I hope you enjoy the ride!
As words can not express what all this means to me... I will stop here .. and dance like one of those jolly skeletons :D..
I hope to see ma...
Hey Guys and Girls,
here is the brand new chapter ..covering a very interesting topic "black cloth".
This video shows you how to use layers and glazes to achieve a nice mat looking material. discover how the combination of cool and warm tones can help you to boost the contrast.
Have fun and thanks so much for being here!
Hey Guys & Girls,
here is what a lot of had been waiting for-- Weathering :D !!
Hope you enjoy it and keep your brushes pointy!
Hey Hey Folks,
So before the Weathering and Camo Video will go online tomorrow ..Wonderfull news..
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Hey Folks,
Here is the 1st Video for "Hank" the anti robot squad sergeant.
I am using just layers and glazes to create the shirt.
Hope you have fun and thanks for your support.
Hey Guys and Girls,
here is the WIP guide for the face of our upcoming Project.. the wonderful " Anti Robot Squad Sergeant "from Nutsplanet.
As mentioned ..before I didn't film the face but I hope this guide will give you an detailed insight of the ideas behind the painting process and the colors i have used.
Hey Folks,
the last color guide chapter of the Lord of Change!
BTW a lot of you asked me about the Staedtler press-molds.
here is a Link with the full very german name "StaedtlerStrukturform" :D
https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=y10dWa3wDJOV8Qf7jIGYBQ#q=staedtler%2Bstrukturformen&tbm=shop
But also make sure to check out your local hobby stores for nice Stamp...
...yes.. this Guy :D!
Some of you asked about the upcoming project, We will focus on the Armour parts ,Weathering,Cloth etc. I didn't record the Face of this guy as we had so much "organic/natural" stuff in the last months.
If you want we could do something on Tattoos and Skin in the near future.
Best Regards
Ben Komets
The final Part of the Lord of Change aka the giant magic Turkey is here!
In this Video I will show Step by Step how I proceed on larger showcase base and finally some drybrushing!:D
hope you have fun!
All the best
Ben
Hey Folks, here is the Video of how I have created the Showbase for the giant magic Turkey.
Hope you enjoy it!
Hey Guys, Sorry for the little delay..
here´s the Color Guide of the head of the beast!
Hope you enjoy it!
Hey folks and friends,
first of all .. a BIG THANK YOU all of you and a very warm welcome to all the new supporters! Welcome to the Gang :D
In this Chapter I will guide you through the progress of the Head.. it marks the end of a long journey: the creation of the giant magic turkey..well almost ..
The Base will follow as a little extra very soon, also the colorguide will follow shortly.. but no worries its all the same colors that we have used before.. the usual suspects ;)
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Hey Guys and Girls,
here is the long awaited part of the Wings of our giant magic turkey!!
hope you enjoy it and keep your sanity :D
Happy Easter aswell!!
Thanks for everthing!
Hey Folks,
here is the short Chapter of the Staff.
The wings will follow next week, and as those to don't really fit together, I have decided to publish it separately.
Hope you enjoy it!!
and have a nice Weekend!
Hey Folks,
here is the long awaited Video for the NMM parts of the Lord.
The other parts will follow much faster! sorry for that..
I have painted like a mad men to get everything ready for the crystalbrush,
and as mentioned before ..i catched some nasty con germs which forced me to rest the last couple of days.
Now back to the desk ;)
thanks for your support!!
Hey Guys and Girls,
Sorry for being so quiet after the Crystalbrush, the day after i got home.. a heavy stomach flue hit me..But I am starting to feel better now .
well better late than never .. a massive thank you for the support on the crystalbrush .. it was sooo nice to meet so many of you in person!!
and I managed to get a Gold in the Monster Category.
It was an awesome show!
The Rest of the giant magic turkey will follow very soon!
All the best
Ben
Hey Folks,
Some of you might know that i went to the crystalbrush in Chicago.
I will do a little sum up of my trip once I am back in berlin...Also there is tones of material waiting to be edited.
I would be happy if some of you would vote on coolminiornot.com for their favs.
Please vote your personal top mini, you can make a difference as 50% of the final decision is made through the public vote.
There are truly amazing pieces and great artists b...
2017-03-26 07:29:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks annd Friends,
here is the second chapter of the lord of change model right in time for some weekend entertainment :D
Have fun and enjoy the weekend ..maybe paint a bit :)
Hey Guys and Girls!
what a busy month, I had started the wonderful new Lord of Change from Games Workshop .
Then i had a small pause, to do the Private coaching with the awesome Iain Gonzales from London , who had won this during the "500-supporter raffle" here on Patreon.
we had an awesome and very intense 2 day coaching , where we managed to paint the cool 54mm dwarf model "radwulf".
Sadly i catched a flue and past out for almost 9 days (total manflue ;D ).
So.. sorry if i...
Hey folks and friends,
here is the video of "Uther the last Light" focusing on the topic of how I work on large surface metallic surfaces.
In the colorguide you will also find some Infos on how to separate the face in more detailed color zones to boost the impact of large scale faces .
hope you enjoy it!
Hey Folks, Here is the Colorguide for the wonderful Uther - the last Light from Black Crow Miniatures.
I hope you enjoy it!
Hey Guys,
I have uploaded the Video of the streaming session on Youtube for you.
I am working on moving things to a patreon exclusive streaming session...
Hope you had fun..
Ben Komets
2017-01-14 06:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Folks and friends,
Sorry about the Notification email Issues that might have occurred..Hopefully Patreon got things under control now..
I know quite a few of you have missed the last live painting stream, but no worries.. there will be loads of them :D .. I really had fun and I think its priceless to have the chance to answer your questions directly!
So .. here for those who have missed it..
(please skip the first minutes- I had some audio issues ;) )
a...
Hey Guys and Girls,
Happy new year folks, hope you had a great start in to 2017!
I had an amazing holiday season, including an engagement :D
I also had time to think about new features for my Channel.
I guess sometimes it gets a little to quite here, because I am hiding in my cave doing a video editing etc... so I wanted to have something to fill the silence :D
Starting from next Saturday I will be doing Live-Streamings on Twitch!
I think this is a great opp...
Hey Folks and Friends,
first of all merry Christmas to you!
Before having some quality time with our familys and friends, I would like to thank you all for being who you are, a wonderful crowd of miniature enthusiasts.. brought together from all over the globe by the passion of painting miniatures !! I love this Community!And I am very happy for the friends that I have made over the years!
The Last year has been quite extremly busy, with...
Hi Guys and Girls,
here is the long awaited video for the magical "Wizard of Agni".
I think its the most indepth video I have created so far, but I didnt do it all alone .. I want to take this oportunity to thank my good friend Matt Cexwish for helping me with doing the editing! And a even bigger thank you goes out to you guys..thank you all for your amazing support!! It´s hard for me to find words but.. You make all this possible!! And it means a LOT to me..