Minis & Modeling Monday - D&D, All Natural Arts, & Teri Litorco

Over on merricb.com, as part of his Meric's Musing reviews, Merric Blackman gives us a look and his impressions of "The latest set of WizKids Icons of the Realms miniatures for D&D" here.  Always a treat to read his thought on pre-painted plastic minis as he's been at this quite a long time.

Also, on the All Natural Arts Facebook page (also has a website here), sculptor Sue Beatrice mentioned some tiny weapons she was preparing for a custom order.  She said, "These 18 tiny knives and swords were created using antique and vintage watch parts. The red gems you see are watch rubies. These will all go into a custom piece belonging to a young knife collector on his 18th birthday. Each blade was honed to a sharp edge (can you find the little slice one made on my palm?)"  She also mention that she would unveil that project on Monday, April 25th on the Facebook page here.

Finally, on the Teri Litorco YouTube channel, she has an nifty video showing an "Easy X-Wing Repaint Tutorial: Poe Dameron's T-70."  Of the various Star Wars games that have come out lately, including Armada, X-Wing, and most recently, Rebellion, I've enjoyed them all but X-Wing definitely seems to be that one that crops up on convention and gameday schedules for tourneys.  Enjoy!

Minis & Modeling Monday on MFWARS.com 

A look at prepping and painting Miniatures,
crafting buildings and paper Models,
and other non-terrain stuff for the tabletop.

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Terrain Tuesday - TerranScapes Updates

It's been a while since Terrain Tuesday has checked in with TerranScapes so let's have three videos from Mike starting with "TerranScapes - What's Coming Up?"  Enjoy!

Also, enjoy one of Mike's Rapid Fire Critiques of a patron's terrain project.  Tons of good advice in these!

Finally, check out his "TerranScapes - Ocean Board Wrap Up."  This was a huge project!

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Terrain Tuesday - Bag End, Vampirburg, & DM Scotty

Over on instructables.com, they crafted the smial at the end of Bagshot Row in Hobbiton known as Bag End here.

Also, on gidian-gelaende.de, there is a great pictorial tutorial (albeit it in German) that shows a build of a little place called "Vampirburg" here.

Finally, on the terrainaholic YouTube channel, check out the Gen Con 2015 interview of the legendary DM Scotty of DM's Craft Videos fame.  Enjoy!

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Minis & Modeling Monday - Textured Plasticard, Shriekers, & Questing Pics

Three from the excellent Lost and the Damned blog today starting with "Using Textured Plasticard On Your Bases" here.

Also, Mortis teaches us how to "Make Your Own Shrieker Mushrooms" here.

Finally, check out the many figures in the images from his "MortiS Quest highlights - 2012-14 (lots of dungeon pictures)" here.

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crafting buildings and paper Models,
and other non-terrain stuff for the tabletop..

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Minis & Modeling Monday - Footsore, Dark Sword, & Storm the Castle

Over on Fencing Frog, they take a look at "Dark Age Reinforcements Footsore Miniatures" here.

Also, on the thedungeondelver YouTube channel, a recent video shows "Episode 4 - Dark Sword & Studio Miniatures review!"  Enjoy.

Finally, on the epicfantasy YouTube channel, Storm the Castle shows "How to Sculpt a Miniature."  Watch and learn.

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crafting buildings and paper Models,
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Terrain Tuesday - Fae Stones, Cork Rocks, & Putty Reviews

Over on The Lost and The Damned under "Miniatures" in the "Fantasy Painting and Modeling" section, check out the work Mortis has done on Fae Stones here.

Also, the Terrain Tutor has uploaded a video on his YouTube channel showing "How to make cork bark rock faces for your wargaming scenery."  Very cool!

Finally, late last year and early this year, on the Terranscapes YouTube channel, a couple of videos take a closer look at "Milliput, GreenStuff, & Procreate" sculpting putties.  Watch and learn.

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Terrain Tuesday - Caves: Comfy, Carved & Crafted

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Terrain Tuesday - Massive Giveaway from TerranScapes & Starter Set Maps from Mike Schley

If you haven't checked it out and thrown your hat in the ring yet, don't miss your chance to be part of the TerranScapes Massive Giveaway.  Mike has accumulated a large pile of items from making his videos, promo products and experimental pieces, and he wants to clear them out of the workshop.  To get in on the action, watch his video here.

Furthermore, Mike Schley, cartographer extraordinaire, has made the maps from the 5E Starter Set available as high res images for sale at a very reasonable price.  No need to buy them all, unless you want to do so, just get the ones you want.  See them here.

And one more thing.  There is an artist named Greg Klassen who is doing some extraordinary work producing table with built in terrain, as furniture and works of art, not specifically for gaming.  Though
I dare say they would make a fine addition to any gamer's home.  See more here!

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Cthulhu Secret IDOL Kickstarter

There is less than a week to go in the already well funded Cthulhu Secret IDOL Kickstarter. See more here!

Imaginary Cities Carved Out of Wood

Over on FastCodesign.com there is a  recent article titled "Awesome, Imaginary Cities Carved Out Of Wood." See more here!

Foam Terrain from JST3P.com

Jason Stevens of JST3P.com has uploaded a new video to his YouTube channel showing some of the terrain work that can be done with recycled found foam packaging pieces.  Enjoy!

Sculpting a Monster. Time Lapse

Over on the ClonedAliens YouTube channel, there is a recently uploaded video titled "Sculpting a monster. Time lapse: 19 hours to 3 minutes." A bit big for the game table though such an effort would certainly make a decent prop. Enjoy!

Found Foam and the Shape of Things to Come

Over on the JST3P.com blog, Jason has shown particularly visionary engineering in taking a piece of Styrofoam from the packaging of a Hibachi Grill and sculpted it into an excellent bit of terrain.  See more here!

Eagle's Nest on Terrain Project

There's some mighty fine blase work and sculpting featured on the Eagle's Nest video on the Terrain Project YouTube channel.  Enjoy!

Goblin Aid for Sculptor Kev Adams

Many will probably have heard by now of the difficulties miniatures sculptor Kev Adams has been having since being a victim of a home invasion and assault.  A number of other sculptors and concerned individuals are pulling together to help.  Read more here!

New Stairwell Design from Dungeon Master Mark

Over on DungeonMasterMark's YouTube channel, he has uploaded a new video on a spiral stairwell that looks very useful.  Enjoy!

Yury Serebryakov's Sculpting Blog

You will be amazed at the level of detail that goes into the sculpting of miniature figures in the many pictures on Yury Serebryakov's Sculpting Blog.  See more here!

Rock Giant on Chuck's Plog

On Chuck's Plog ( chuckbret.blogspot.com ) is a pictorial article on his latest miniature creation, a rocky giant with dual-basing so that it can be used in multiple systems.  See more here!

Kraftmark ProCreate Putty

I hear good things about Kraftmark ProCreate Putty and, though I haven't tried it out myself just yet, I thought I would mention it for others to consider.  Read more here!

The TerranScapes Castle Project Continues

Over on the TerranScapes YouTube channel is a new video showing the work in progress castle project.  Enjoy!