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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Queen of Hearts – Putting a Face to a Name
December 10, 2009 – 5:05 pm | One Comment
Queen of Hearts – Putting a Face to a Name

Hey,
Here are some latest pics of my Queen of Hearts project.  Now the lil dame has more of a face, eyes, brow, lips and neck.  Getting there!
James

Henchman 1 – Weapons of Mass Frustration
December 10, 2009 – 12:25 pm | One Comment
Henchman 1 – Weapons of Mass Frustration

 
Hey,
I hope you like his weapons   I personally hate making weapons, but I’m really pleased with this one.  I carved it out of plasticard, attached a handle and a plasticard tsuba (pommel), and …

Henchwoman – Pleating the apron
December 10, 2009 – 1:29 am | 2 Comments
Henchwoman – Pleating the apron

Hey,
I’ve needed to make some progress with the henchwoman for some time.  Here it is,  I’ve done the pinny pleats, and the standing leg down to the rough shape of the foot.  Woo! progress!

Henchman 1 – I’ve Been Dreading This…
December 10, 2009 – 1:14 am | 2 Comments
Henchman 1 – I’ve Been Dreading This…

Hey,
May I present to you both the culmination of a lot of work, and the worst pun anywhere in the blog so far.  As you can see, my henchman, or playing card, has dreads.  A …

Alice – Amendments
December 10, 2009 – 1:01 am | One Comment
Alice – Amendments

Hey,
Here are a couple of little progress pics with Alice – she now has a pretty little bow in her hair, and redone hand, cat, skirt, forehead and mouth.  Looking odd because she’s already been …

Alice – Why didn’t I think of this before?
December 6, 2009 – 10:12 am | 3 Comments
Alice – Why didn’t I think of this before?

Hey,

Allow me to introduce Alice. She’s actually the first miniature I sculpted for the range, but I didn’t know it at the time, and I’ve only just figured out where she fits. It …