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Hope this is OK to post here MiniPainters bring you the first in a new line of 30mm figures. The aim of the project is to release some really cool looking miniatures for display or your games. The first in the line is "Havard the Half Seen", a human ranger. More background and "fluff" can be found on our website. It is being released as a special limited edition of 300, along with the miniature you'll get a numbered certificate. We're taking pre-orders right now, miniature will be released on the 1st November 2007. http://www.minipaintersminiatures.com/

It is time to announce our 3rd Contest! Below you will find all the information you will need. After the success of our last contest we're excited about this one. There have been a number of changes to the rules this time around, mainly to mix things up a little bit and to see how things go. Please make sure you understand these guidelines before entering. Fantasy 2006 The Theme The theme for the 3rd contest, essentially mirroring the last - Fantasy. This covers anything with a fantastical "feel" or "atmosphere". This, like last time, gives lots of scope and we'd like to think it will encourage imagination in contestants entries - You are not limited other than the fantasy theme so you can let you're creative juices run wild! The only limitations we're giving are the following: - You entry may include 1 or more miniatures – it is totally up to you. - You may only enter once. - Your entry must be a recent paint job - this is at MP staff's discretion. The Time Frame The competition will be open for entries from September 2nd. The deadline for submissions is Saturday October 8th 2006 - 5 weeks after the entry date. We have decided to extend the entry period by one week giving entrants that little bit extra time to get their entry complete. How to Enter The entry procedure for this contest will differ slightly from the last. On September 2nd you will find a "Contests" menu tab across the top of the site (alongside Home, Tutorials and Forum). Clicking this tab will take you to a new "Contests" section, where you'll be able to submit your entry. You must be a registered member of MiniPainters in order to take part. Entries will appear in this new section of the website anonymously. In previous contests entries were posted publicly and we'd like to see how the contest will run in an anonymous fashion. With each photo you will be able to comment on entries and contestants are free to upload revisions to their entries if they so wish anytime before the entries close. Please keep any comments constructive. The Write Up Keeping in the spirit of learning and sharing knowledge, we ask that you post some sort of write up about your piece. It may be a full guide with step by step shots or your thinking process or how you painted a particular part you are proud of for example. The Judging All entries will go to a public vote on October 9th 2006. MiniPainters staff will also have a private vote. These votes will make up 50% of the final vote each. Voting will last for 1 week and then the final results will be announced! The Prizes & Sponsors The following companies have kindly offered to sponsor Contest 3. An announcement with final prizes and sponsor list will be made when everything has been finalised. If you are interested in sponsoring the contest in some way, please get in touch with us here. Winners Showcase Winners will also have their entries showcased on the front page of the MiniPainers.com website, along with being showcased in the new Contests section. I think that is all, if you have any questions etc visit the contests section on our site Good luck all and lots of fun!

It is time to announce our 2nd Contest! Below you will find all the information. Please make sure you understand these guidelines before entering. Sci-Fi 2006 The Theme The theme for the 2nd contest, broader than the last, Sci-Fi. This covers anything with a futuristic "feel" or "atmosphere". As you can probably imagine this gives lots of scope! You are not limited other than the sci-fi theme so you can let you're creative juices run wild! The only limitations we're giving are the following: You entry may include 1 or more miniatures – it is totally up to you. You may only enter once.The Time Frame The competition is open to entries as of now. The deadline for submissions is Saturday July 1st 2006. This gives plenty of time to work on your entry. How to Enter A new forum has been created in the “Competitions and Polls” section on MiniPainters named “The Second MiniPainters Contest – Entries”. This is the place to post your finished entry. Entry Discussion All entries posted in the Entries Forum can be replied to. Please keep any comments constructive. The Write Up Keeping in the spirit of helping other painters out and such, we ask that you post some sort of write up about your piece. It may be a full guide with step by step shots or your thinking process or how you painted a particular part you are proud of for example. The Judging All entries will go to a public vote on July 2nd 2006. MiniPainters staff will also have a private vote. These votes will make up 50% of the final vote each. Voting will last for 1 week and then the final results will be announced! The Prizes There will be a first, second and third place, each winning a prize as noted below. 1st Place - $50 2nd Place - $25 3rd Place - $10 Competition Sponsor There will also be prize(s) thrown in from Dark Age games who are sponsoring this event (thanks to pr0fane). Pr0fane will be on the "MP Staff" judging comittee for this contest because of this. At the moment exact prizes from Dark Age are still to be confirmed, and will be announced at a later date. Winners will also have their entries showcased on the front page of the MiniPainers.com website once it has launched. Find out more about the contest and enter here

2 of my lamps are currently at my mates house so I'm having to do with 1 stip lamp close up to try and compensate until I get them back, which explains the brightness of the face etc. anyway, more progress tonight: Looking at this picture, a couple of things need tidying up, the bracers need a bit more shading and his eyes could do with a repaint (they've not even come out on the photo, there are pupils there - honest!). Other than that he's pretty close to completion I think. Unsure about what colour to paint his hair (open to suggestions) and I want to try some rusty NMM on the beastman's armour...

Glad you like it We thought it'd be a helpful addition to the painting & modelling community as (to my knowledge) it hasn't been done before.

MiniPainters.com has launched a brand new feature for hobbyists worldwide. The new tutorial directory is the place to go if you are looking for a tutorial or article about the hobby! Features include a huge database of searchable tutorials, ratings plus the ability to submit your own tutorials. If you're looking to learn about a particular technique this is the place to find it - why search through hundreds of websites hoping to find what you're after? If you have written a tutorial on your website you can submit it to the directory absolutely free - bringing traffic to you're site and providing more people with the advice you have written about. This is just the first of many new features being added to MiniPainters.com over the coming months. Currently a quickly growing forum and tutorial directory, plans include galleries, articles, blog hosting and competitions. MP is the best and most fun place to learn and showcase you're painting and modelling. MiniPainters.com Tutorial Directory

Very very nice I love those sculpts!

Sorted out loads of stuff yesterday (most of which is going on ebay!) but found loads of figures I started at some point and want to get painted, so I've been working on my valten figure which I posted up on my site a while back. Back then it looked like this and was really just an experiment in NMM (3rd time lucky) And now here's how it stands: