Skullcrafts

For the holidays... Link to contest :snow:

Skullcrafts has conducted a massive overhaul of the website, pictures and information on products. New basing kits have been released and all items in those kits have been made available individually. New basing materials have also been released. The normal basing kits have all gone up by $5 but you also get nearly double the amount of materials from the previous basing kits. Link: http://www.skullcrafts.com

Base Build Off (starts September 20th, 2010 and ends October 20th, 2010). This competition tests your abilities of creativity on how to "build a base".

It would cost an arm and a leg to sell them separately. Not entirely sure I want to do that. This will be explained further in this reply. I think it's great that you can find such outstanding deals on so many things. I have not been as fortunate. I agree, if you can get them for cheaper please let me know. I too have purchased several thousand pocket watches, mechanical watches and clocks. I don't go for gears and the like because it would be insanely expensive. Movements can easily be bought on Ebay or at local clock/watch repair stores. Crafts stores charge too much for a single movement that yields little useful items when disassembled...in my experiences. How do I get the parts? I buy a load of watches and start disassembling them piece by piece. That's right, all by hand and all non-destructively. I've got it down now to approximately 35 minutes per watch from start to finish. This yields about .2 ounces of useful materials per watch. If you care to do the math, you'll find that mass production of this sort of thing is just not possible for me. That's why I offer a smaller amount for far less money. I would love nothing more than to offer these types of materials separately, but it's just not economically possible right now...besides, I don't think anyone wants to pay $50 for a little bag of gears. I wouldn't. Anyway, that's my take. :thumb:

New release from Skullcrafts: Steampunk Basing Kit :congrats:

Skullcrafts [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDKod6KYG0g]Autumn Basing Kit[/ame] video review by Les at AewsomePaintJob.com :coolpics:

Wow! thanks for all the positive feedback. It's been a long build and the end of it is getting closer. I am very pleased with how it's turning out. Thanks much guys. :five:

I see how it is, I post my WIp and then you have to trump it with this. Psh! Whatever. Heh seriously though, this is an amazing piece. I think I actually feel a chill. Well done! :hypnotize

This actually began over at the Skullcrafts Forum but I figured I'd share it here as well. Let me know what you think. Some alternate pics can be found HERE

Thanks guys for all the comments. Just wanted to announce that I am not done with the dio just yet. I still have a ways to go. Need to put the finishing touches on the minis, a few things like highlights, eyes, some blending, etc. Plus I am thinking of adding Zoraida, The Hag to the dio before it's done. I also have to finish painting the majority of the dio with highlights and what not. Yes it's about 75% done and won't look much different when it is, but I have to make it to my own standards and it's not quite there yet. But again, thanks for the comments.

Latest update:

Here's another update. Below is a picture of the final dimensions. It fits nicely on the 1:18 scale car display case. I went ahead and added static grass all around the edges...which now pretty much shows up in every picture until I decide to clean it off. But anyway, it gives you an idea of how big (or rather small) the entire piece is. This pic shows that I have added another gremlin to the base. A closer look. This one shows the colors a bit more clearly, as well as the static grass that's everywhere on the dio now. One more close up of the walkways. I'll be updating with more pics soon.

Yes, I will have to go out and buy some rope colored thread but I'll be connecting them together with it for sure. Thanks for the comments.

Update: More pics, sorry they are dark and/or fuzzy.

I based it green because I'm going to be tinting the water either blue or a mucky brown...haven't decided yet. It gives an interesting affect once cured. Yes, I will be adding vegetation and more painting as it develops.