Basing Workshop Review

Hey there,

after some days of fighting off study projects and Chill out time here is finally a quick review of the first official CoC Workshop focusing on showcase bases. Since I only focused on the local gamer and hobby community it was a pretty small workshop. But hey it was fun anyway and I hope everybody learned something and had a little fun on this day.

Without further blabla here are the pics:

Now I will prepare the last few things to attend to a workshop myself. Gonna meet the innovative mastermind Jarhead tomorrow for a happy painting weekend. :P Cant wait to focus on the hobby for a weekend between all the recent study projects.

Will be back on sunday evening and hopefully get a quick review up here next week,

so far, so long,

Simon aka Katan

Paint It 2010 Entry no up on CMON

Hey there,

PaintIt deadline is up and here are the pics of my entry. The Greater Deamon of Nurgle manufactured by Forgeworld painted with Games Workshop and Vallejo Colours.

Happy voting:

CoC made it into the CMON Annual 2009

Hey there,

I am proud to say that one of my projects made it into the CoolMiniOrNot Annual 2009. One of my Giger Style Eldar Tanks is featured on Site 89 of the Book.
The Book is available from the CMON shop. make shure to check it out. ;)

http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/magazines/coolminiornot-annual-2008-7494.html

cheers, Simon aka Katan

20 Termis of 40

Here are the first 20 termis of my painting job.(have lost the pics where they are 100% finished. there are missing some details in this pics)

H.R. Giger Style Eldar on ebay

hey there,

I just put my Giger Style Eldar on ebay. A very well painted Army. Unfortunately I rarely find time to play it so you can take advantage and own a very good looking army.

:P

Have Fun, Simon aka Katan

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Hey there,

Has been a while since I last posted some news around our beloved hobby. But now I am proud to announce the first Cradle of Colours Workshop. In this Workshop we wont focus on painting. There are many very skilled persons out there which do painting classes you can learn from ( And sooner or later there will be some CoC Painting Classes) but this time I wanted to foucs on a particular part of the hobby - The Base and/or socket.

In my opinion a Base makes or breaks a miniature. A solid and well thought of base can elevate your Miniature and add certain positive things like Atmosphere and Meaning. So lets get to the important informations:

WHEN: 09 April 2011 11am to 7pm
WHERE: Trier Germany Spielbar (www.spielbar-trier.de)
HOW MUCH: 30 EUR

For more informations feel free to email me: simon.elsen@gmx.de

best Regards,

Simon aka Katan

spooky scary skeletons

I've hardle posted anything during the last 1 1/2 months. This , however, does not mean that I have been lazy, oh no, the opposite is true. I've been painting my Vampire-Counts army and are very close to the finishing brush-strokes.
The theme of the Army is a mix of "Army of Darkness" with a bit of "Sleepy Hollow" and "Nosferatu" thrown in.
Pictures of the Army will be online, as soon as it is completely finished.
To give you an idea what it all will be about, some pictures and a Video:

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Selling one army on e-bay !

HI there, we are selling one nicely painted army on ebay.
We hope that you are interested and check it out =]

( The link is right next to the picture )

Link:
Dark Elves


greetz, negative one

update on 40 Termis

just a work in progress pic of the armor
the metallics are only boltgun for basic colour



major schocker, bene

Fuck global boring!

Here I present to you a short clip of a interesting project called " fuck global boring". Its a campain created by some fellow students who want to flood the world with nonsense to fight mainstream and everything boring ;P



If you wanna participate in the campaign please check out the site:

http://www.snab.me/snab-community

Simon aka Katan

PS: Greetings to my favourite seal out there :P

Inspirational Music

This time from the one and only, the voice, Frank Sinatra



Hope you enjoy,

Simon aka Katan

Prayers's CMON Gallery Online!

Another CoC Member has linked his CMON Gallery to show his projects. Pictures will be reshooted in the next weeks since the pictures doesnt do it justice. Stay tuned for more pictures of Prayers work.

Prayer is also the Keeper of the Store called "Spielbar" in Trier Germany. Come along if your are around and check out the Site or this Blog for news, painting contests and painting classes.

The Spielbar had his first painting class in 2009 held by Ben Komets. It was a very funny weekend with a dozen informations, tricks and a lot of input regarding TMM, Wet in Wet Technique, Basing, Weathering, detail work and much more.

We will see what 2011 brings along so stay tuned ;)

Simon aka Katan

First Paintjob in 2011 will be......

40 of this...

Yeah Really... 40 Space Marine Terminators. I would have never expected to paint 40 Spacemarine Termis for a Paintjob... but here we go.

This will be a duo project for me and Katan.

Major. Schocker, Bene

Happy New Year !!!

So I take this moment to wish everybody a happy new year. May your wishes come true and your minds full of ideas and inspiration to come up with amazing works and projects.

I just found that picture. It may be a little bit older but nonetheless I wanted to share it with you. If the whispered words are true you see the new Blood Angels Raven Gunship.



Simon aka Katan

Music Inspiration late at night...

Just found this. Totally my kind of stuff :



Simon aka Katan

Demon Prince Job finished

Hi

A little bit late, i know. But here is the paint job for one of my clients. A 40k Demon Prince.





Major.Schocker

Merry Christmas

So i found a really good Chirstmascard for you and the story behind it, is this:

A Girl was asked by her mom to make a holiday card she could email to their relatives... and she nailed it :D

http://www.pic-upload.de/view-8253905/alGF7.jpg.html

Merry Christmas Bitches, Major.Schocker ;D

Mordheim Gang: Marienburg [Work in Progress]

My reinforcements have arrived last week and now I can proudly present them with 3 finished colours: red, yellow and white ( the trousers & some of the sleeves).The fat one in the middle is one of my favourites and represents the captain of my warband.Note that I drilled and cut chunks out of the Orc-head which usually lies at the feet of the top right swordsman to make it look like a stone, since I did not want to let any green spoil the colour-composition of my warband .I hope that I get to finish them this weekend, so that I can return to my last 50 Skaven Miniatures (30 Clanrats and 20 or so giant rats ...  X,x)

greetz, negative one

Dark Eldar Jetbike Finished!

Hey there,

Finally I found some time to take some photos of my finished Dark Eldar Jetbike. Its not my cleanest job ever but I am pleased with the overall look. I tried some new ideas and got very nice input for upcomming projects during the process.

Here are the pictures:



Simon aka Katan

Inspiration...

I found the song I loved so much in Clive Barkers Jericho:



thought about sharing this great piece with you...

Simon aka Simon

Greater Deamon of Nurgle

Hey there,

This is a quick introduction into my new project: The Greater Deamon of Nurgle from Forgeworld. I am off to switzerland for the weekend to take advantage of the snow for some boarding action. Before I move out I wanted to share the first pictures with you.

I always wanted to paint this big ugly thing since I love the way its sculpted and the wicked smile on his face is brilliant. Back in the day I was fascinated with Matts Great Unclean One and so I decided to aim my project in this direction when in comes to colours.

When the snow storm was raging outside I decided the time has come to take the airbrush and start the project. I wanted to to a step by step but at one point the painting deamons inside of me took control and i totally forgot about it.

But anyways....here are the pictures I have taken:














Pictures of the finished Jetbike are comming too in the next days..

Simon aka Katan

Mordheim Gang Marienburg [Work in Progress]

I`ve always had a crush on some of the cool Mordheim-miniatures, so when a friend approached me last week and said "I`ve made myself a Pirate-gang for Mordheim", I quickly gathered the 4 Marienburg Gangers I still had lying about and ordered some of the cool GW "collector´s"Empire-miniatures. Since they have not arrived yet, I started painting on the first 4 ones.

I paint these miniatures for gaming purposes, so I am not going to put too much effort into the. I just want them to look nice on the battlefield. This is them with the most of the basic colours and washes applied, highlights and fine details are still to be done.

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Snow Inspiration

hey there,

The Place I live is covered under more snow then it has seen since over a decade! Since Snow is one of my purest Inspiration I took my Cam and my tripod and went outside to take some photos.

The top three I wanted to share with you here:







I hope these pictures can bring you as much joy as they brought me ;P

Simon aka Katan

Sockelshop Package Arrived!

Hey there,

I just arrived at home after studies and found a new package from Sockelshop in the doorway, containing Vallejo Still Water Effect, AK Interactive Rust and Streaks and Slimy Grime Dark and a bottle of micro krystal clear to try out the nice lense Tutorial from my favourite blog : www.massivevoodoo.com



And here are the first results. Sry for the lightning, its just a photo taken with my smartphone cam and my desk lamp :




In the upper are you can see the tested out Rust Streak effect. As it is based on white spirit you cannot thin it with water. I think basicly it turns out like thinned down oil paint which is a little bit more controllable. ( you can say this is either good or bad, I like the effect of thinned oil paint since it flows around the rivets adn details pretty good- not so with this effect)

In the lower area you can see the Slimy grime effect. It can be used for ships to show moss, algae or other effects. same here as with the rust effect- its a little bit like working with thinned down oil paints.

Thats it for now...time to try the lense tutorial with the micro krystal clear ;)

Simon Aka Katan

Bestienmeisters Blog Online!

I want to take the time to say that the Blog of Bestienmeister os now online and we are looking forward to the exciting projects coming up from this site. ;) Thank you for mentioning us in the recommendations ;D

Please use this link: http://bestienmeister.blogspot.com/ or check out our "Friends Area" on the right.

Simon aka Katan

Hi,

Im just starting to show some of my models.
I will add a Demon Prince who is a remittance work in the next 2 weeks.
But first i show you a model which is painted in realistic style.
So keep watching.






Bene, Major.Schocker

Pegaso Models Kuvar Reaper Unpacked

Hey there,

I received some cool Stuff yesterday and with the package came the Kuvar Reaper from Pegaso Models. One of my favourite Models ever. Finally I got my hands on it here is the unpacked mini for everyone interested.

Box Contains:
- Base
- Wings with Robe
- Body
- 2 Feed
- Left lower Arm
- Right Lower Arm
- Sword
- beak
- hood

The Model is a pure piece of beauty. It looks like it just came out of a nightmare. When I saw the model painted up it immediatly became up of my favourites. The beak, the eye balls around his necks, the ancient looking hood. It reminded me of a tale from the author E.T.A Hoffmann called "Der Sandmann"

Its about a young man called Nathanael who suffers from a deep trauma because of a story heard from his grandmother when he was a child. She told him that the Sandman is a wicked creature who takes out the eyeballs of children to feed them to his breed, living on the half-circled moon.
The Sandman's Breed is discribed as having long curved beaks and so the Kuvar Reaper assembles a perfect Sandman for me.

I think this picture shows the atmosphere pretty good. Even if the sandman isnt shown as having a beak himself. The picture is from the artist called "fresh4you" from deviant art:



I'm really looking forward to paint this beast, since E.T.A Hoffmann's Sandmann was one of my favourite novels ever. I hope I can catch the feelings I had during the reading process. The dark and unconfortable atmosphere Hoffmann creates will hopefully turn out in my painting. We will see in the future....

After all here are the pictures of the Kuvar Reaper:






Simon aka Katan

Deamon Prince of Khorne Comission Finished!

I just finished this Comission work a few days ago. I wanna present you the result here.
Model Basis was from Warmachine Hordes. Added the Axe with Plastic Card and Forgeworld Etched Brass Chaos Symbols.
I dunno about the wings but I think they're from a Reaper Model. Gladiator Arm build from Green Stuff, Mig rivets and the GW Lizardmen Lord Kroak Mask.
Horns on the Back from the Greater Deamon of Nurgle from Forgeworld and one from scratch. After all I really like how it turned out in the end. I made many changes during the process and finally you can see the result.



Here is the CMON Link if you wanna vote or leave a comment:

New CoC Member

Hey there painters, gamers and fellow brush lickers. I am happy to announce a new Member of the Cradle of Colours Studio. A good friend of mine joined our ranks and will take one tabletop standard comissions in the future. Here is a short introduction:


Negative One, Hackebeil or "DasDingausdemWald" is a fellow painter I know for a couple of years now. He is known for his relentless will to convert. He started out with Warhammer Fantasy over a decade ago and joined the ranks of the ferocious Skaven. But as we all know one army and one system isnt enough and so he expanded his collection with a Chaos Army for Warhammer Fantasy and also Warhammer 40.000.
His plans are now pointing in the direction of an Imperial Fist Space Marine Army with multiple weathering techniques on which he focuses at the moment. Make shure to check out his CoolMiniOrNot Gallery to see his recent works and projects.


Thats it for now, see you in the future,

Simon aka Katan