Tuesday, July 18, 2006




I was just mucking about with a spare piece of brown stuff last night and I whipped this head up in about 30 minutes. I don't think it looks too bad considering it's only 6mm high. I quite often practice making faces which I think are the most important part of a miniature and I have several of these lying around. I will probably use it in a figure at a later date.



The Easterlings and Sicarius are coming along quite nicely. Easterlings have had their armour, boots and swords painted and need their clothing and details finishing. With Sicarius I am half way through the highlights on his armour and some of the detailing has been added.

Sunday, July 09, 2006



A little late with this wip post than I intended but here he is after a couple days on an evening sculpting. hopefully he is recongnisable as the character that he is intended to be, and that is Blacksad the private detective. Written by Juan Diaz Canales and illustrated by Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad is a beautifully realised graphic novel. The characters are all portrayed as various animals but what makes it especially nice is the facial expressions that the artist uses. Highly recommended if your not familiar with the character, check it out at all good comic book stores.




On the painting table for this week are Games Workshop's new limited edition Ulramarine Captain Sicarius and a box of Easterlings for the Lord of the Rings battle game. Updates for progression will be posted throughout the week.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006




Here is some pics of the green that I sculpted of the Skinnie leader of Slaves for Mongoose publishing. He was sculpted in Kneadatite greenstuff over a 1mm wire frame. The Leader of Slaves is available to buy from Mongoose now. The height of this figure is 32mm from foot to eye.




At last I have got around to starting a new bust last night. I am going to show this one step by step and hopefully on a daily basis, work permitting. I am sculpting this out of Super Sculpey firm, which comes in a nice grey instead of the flesh of regular Super Sculpey, I find it easier to see the detail and smoothness of the sculpt which is a problem with the regular Sculpey. The putty is smoothed over a bolt wrapped in wire and thickened with tin foil which aids in the baking process later on. Next I need to concentrate on blocking out the major muscle groups to give the bust a nice bulk and definition.

Can you tell what it is yet?

See you in twenty four.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

With just under two weeks left to go of my full time employment I am finding it difficult to juggle any time to devote to sculpting. I have still managed to find the time to push ahead and I am now on the closing stages of completing my next batch of figures for Mongoose publishing. The Skinnie Brutes and Tawn riders are a new adition to their Skinnie army list. The figures are brutal savages from a feral world where only the strongest survive. I have enjoyed making these and in particular the Tawn, a large lizard like mount, has been very challenging but fun to boot. I can't post any pictures of the greens for these until they have been approved and previewed by Mongoose but as soon as I am able I will post some pics on here.
T minus 9 working days and counting.....

Saturday, June 24, 2006



Welcome to my blog where I will show you upcoming work and past models.
I intend to show stage by stage pictures of models and figures that I am currently building where possible and licensing permitting.
All figures are sculpted by myself using green stuff kneadatite or super sculpey.
I have been sculpting for around eight years now and over this time I have sculpted figures for several companies including Gripping Beast, Curteys Miniatures, Eastern Front studios and Mongoose publishing.
Having made the decision this year to go freelance I am hoping to make it as a professional sculptor with a range of figures for sale myself.
Comments are much appreciated but please keep them constructive, I don't mind if you don't like what I do but at least let me know what it is that you don't like.