Thryth

I'm voting for Ramos, Steampunk Sorcerer.

re: the picture... That's a memory that I will keep for a long time.

Did you take Jeremie's "Critique and Comments" class? There was one other person in it with me. Perhaps I met you at GenCon and didn't realize it.

Welcome and congratulations.

I am so sorry to hear that Michelle. I hope that you get them back, I know how bad I would feel if that happened to me.

HEY! How'd I miss this?! Grrr!!!!!

The two post requirement has pretty-much kept me out of the arcade. Probably a good thing, too. I really should spend that time painting. I have a less-than-stellar Gencon miniature entry, it could have used the time I spent in the arcade.

Because they don't need to be reloaded?

I like the paint on these. The second one almost looks like a high-quality cartoon.

Obviously, the choice is to go with a not horrible, but not great painter. Someone like, oh, I don't know... me! Seriously though, I can't pretend to speak for anyone, so my ranting here is just my current feeling. A badly painted miniature is going to steer me away these days (back in the day not so much, but that is why I have some much lead that I have no interest in painting now). If the company's painted version of the miniatures looks less than great, I wouldn't expect mine to turn-out great. I want a miniature with sufficiently sculpted detail that I have a chance of turning-out a decent looking miniature. I don't want to attempt to freehand that. On the other hand, if there are a few really great painted versions of the miniature out there, I would be less inclined to use it for a contest. I don't want to be compared to Ana/Anders/Cindy/EricJ/etc. (EDIT: just for clarification: since they are so ridiculously much better at this than I am) Just my ranting. Maybe I'll change my mind tomorrow.

Truly incredible work.

Amazing work!

The goggles, they do nothing!

Thrythling! That's awesome! Thanks Duende, that made me smile. I would like to get together with everyone if some such is happening. Looking forward to seeing everyone (who's going)!

I like them. Very first edition AD&D Monster Manual.

Thanks for the answer. Mmmm. Maybe the region is everything outside of the US (NY?)? If you use the term "Maths" around here, you are going to get some funny looks. Just plain "Math" is the term I've always heard around here. Thanks again.

Totally unrelated, but... Is everyone being funny with the word "Maths," or is there a regional dialect thing going on here? Thanks!

Hey! That's a great looking lamp!

Wow! I like this.

dictionary.com seems to think that it is : http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hallo

:You_Rock_

I thought that this might have been you or [name withheld]. I guess that rules you out.

@Frustrated Father: I aspire to paint rusty metallics like that. Brillant work! Thanks for the help. -------------- @DrEvilmonki : As far as a rusty metallic base, I like the way that these are painted: http://ginfritter.coolbusiness.org/store/product_info.php?cPath=52&products_id=230 Although, if I were to drift into an non-completely rusted base, Ritual has some great work: http://www.coolminiornot.com/141138 (subtle, but perfect with that miniature) http://www.coolminiornot.com/128869 (again subtle, but very nice!) As far as stone, I kind of like the way that these are painted, but I assume that there is some technique to get the mottling (which is why I started this thread ): http://www.kerrandking.co.uk/25mm_scale/kk118.html -------------- @green stuff: Thank you very much for the advice. I asked about stone (as seen in the last URL above), but also was asking about rusty, metallic bases. Thanks for all of the links. Cyril's article (though I don't understand the text very well, even after having Google translate it) looks very interesting. The steps that most interest me are: 21: How do they get the orange spots? Layering? Airbrush? 27: What does this say? How did they get the rust peeking-through? Thank you very much for taking all that time to reply, and for the recipes. I will have to translate them to RMS paints, and give them a try when I get a chance! This is a really nice forum to have so many people offer so much help!

:congrats::congrats::congrats: :clap::clap::clap: Great story!

Hello Everyone!, Thanks for all of the replies. @lauth81 Thanks for the suggestion. I am not really referring to a marble effect. I'll explain more below. @Jabberwocky, Wren Thanks for the link and information. Not what I intended, but cool and something that I would like to try. @Skya Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe that is the answer, or at least part of it. See below. Thanks again for all of the help. While I asked for a technique specifically for stone, I also thought that it would work well for rust, so perhaps I am asking the wrong question? My quest for a technique starts with the miniature that I painted for the Mechanical Mayham contest: http://www.stanscorner.com/Miniatures/2007/slides/00549-urban-mammoth-13316-achilles-class-biomech.html As you can see from that (and one of my FFII entries: http://wyrd-games.net/photopost/data/512/medium/00312-GW-4002-imperial-guard-21.jpg), I am incapable of painting rusty/weathered metallic bases. I think that I have a problem with (choosing the correct colors and) making a mottled appearance for the rust. I also want to work on a base with stones on it, and thought that a mottled appearance would work well for that, so: 1) Can anyone help me with my technique for painting rusty bases? Please? 2) Um, actually I guess that was already answered in this thread. Thanks again!