Paint to Power – The Lord of the Rings by James Griffin
September 22, 2011 – 11:04 pm | No Comment

So, it seems like a good time to take some time to do some altering to a theme close to my heart, Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’.

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Sculptalong 6 – Face Facts.
February 12, 2010 – 1:53 am | 3 Comments
Sculptalong 6 – Face Facts.

Hey, welcome to the next post in the Sculptalong saga. I hope that the week off lasy week was handy, I certainly enjoyed it, sculpting a 54mm miniature that a prominent company have shown interest …

Seven and the Queen of Hearts
January 28, 2010 – 10:31 pm | One Comment
Seven and the Queen of Hearts

Hey,
Here’s my progress with the Queen of Hearts’ Bodyguard, ‘Seven’, one of her private army.  Now she has an rpg launcher, and more frills down her apron.  I hope you like her, I’m really happy …

Sculptalong 5 – The Lab Coat
January 28, 2010 – 9:16 pm | One Comment
Sculptalong 5 – The Lab Coat

Hey,
Welcome to the next part of the sculptalong, the fifth part of our little saga, and hopefully the most exciting so far.  I am really pleased about how this project is coming along, and every …

Sculpt Along 4 – Sculpting the torso
January 21, 2010 – 11:37 pm | 2 Comments
Sculpt Along 4 – Sculpting the torso

Hey,
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Sculpt Along
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then it’s not too late to get in on the action, but you’ve got some reading …

Sculpt Along 3 – Trousers
January 15, 2010 – 12:01 am | One Comment
Sculpt Along 3 – Trousers

Hey,
Welcome to the third week of our project sculptalongers! (can I use that word?  well I just did!)  If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then it’s not too late to get in …

Harlequin Sculpt
January 13, 2010 – 11:18 pm | One Comment
Harlequin Sculpt

Hey,
So then, it was snowing this last week, and I had some time off work unexpectedly.  I’ve been working on Malice so hard recently, that I really needed a break.  As such, I pulled out …

Sculptalong – Fleshing Out the Armature
January 7, 2010 – 12:00 am | 4 Comments
Sculptalong – Fleshing Out the Armature

Hey,
If you’re new to this, it’s not too late to get in on the action, but you’ve got some reading and some work to do to catch up – go on, this is only going …

Sculpt along – building the armature
January 1, 2010 – 12:01 am | 8 Comments
Sculpt along – building the armature

Hey,
Happy new year!
Here’s what we’ll be doing this week:

Now we’re cooking…on to the actual proper real life sculpting part of the project rather than just thinking about it.  Happy days!  So then, today I’ll be …

Tweedledum – getting AHead
December 29, 2009 – 1:34 am | One Comment
Tweedledum – getting AHead

Hey,
As you can see with Tweedledum, I have the head done, and he’s now got both his feet and arms (at least sort of both arms, at least they are at the bulked out armature …

Malice flavour text – Building the World
December 28, 2009 – 6:59 pm | 2 Comments
Malice flavour text – Building the World

Hey,
I always wanted this project to bring the three parts of my hobby together, my love for sculpting, painting and writing fantasy fiction.  As such, now the sculpting is on it’s way, it’s time to …

The Sculptalong is Almost Upon Us!
December 28, 2009 – 12:44 pm | One Comment
The Sculptalong is Almost Upon Us!

Hey,
It’s a mere few days before the start of the new year, and more importantly the start of the Griffin Guides Sculpt Along!
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then it’s not too …

CMON Gives Sculpt Along it’s Own Forum!
December 23, 2009 – 9:56 pm | One Comment
CMON Gives Sculpt Along it’s Own Forum!

Hey,
Great news!  I’ve got us a way to freely and easily upload and share work in progress stuff during the course of the Sculpt along.  Wonderful!  Coolminiornot.com have set up a dedicated area on their …

Tweedledum/Tweedledee – The oafs of doom!
December 22, 2009 – 7:46 pm | 7 Comments
Tweedledum/Tweedledee – The oafs of doom!

Hey,
Before I get to showing you shiny wip pics of tweedledum and tweedledee, I thought I should let you know the concept.  They’re two overgrown stupid, child like oafs.  No one knows their background, but …

Queen of hearts – Hair Raising
December 22, 2009 – 5:10 pm | One Comment
Queen of hearts – Hair Raising

Hey,
It’s about time I updated her, and here you have it, the addition of some hair, a sash type thing, some jewellry, and some detail to her leg, which I fully intend to completely remove …

Sculpt Along – Getting the Concept
December 20, 2009 – 10:00 pm | 4 Comments
Sculpt Along – Getting the Concept

Hey,
This sculpt along thing, it’s taking off! many participants, reports on a number of websites, and all, it’s quite exciting.  Well now it’s gotten even bigger, I’ve been asked to appear on Sanitorium, a radio …