tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21844194099984424312024-02-19T16:55:01.975+01:00Corvus' Miniatures - painted sf and fantasy miniatures by Gerrie SchenckCorvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-43677672854512445372015-10-16T20:07:00.000+02:002015-10-16T20:08:03.691+02:00The new website is here: corvusminiatures.comToday I am very happy and proud to announce my new website: <a href="http://www.corvusminiatures.com/">corvusminiatures.com</a>!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><u>Important</u></span>: this will mark the end of my activities on Blogspot. Please update your bookmarks to <a href="http://www.corvusminiatures.com/">corvusminiatures.com</a>, and keep in mind that an RSS feed is also available at <a href="http://www.corvusminiatures.com/feed/">http://www.corvusminiatures.com/feed/</a>.</b><br />
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For the last 1-2 years I have been a bit unhappy about my little site hosted here at blogspot. Although perfect for blogging, it still required some manual HTML editing here and there to add content (for example the gallery). Also, the shift to social media is still going strong, so I really should have put more time into sharing/following widgets etc. This actually kept me from blogging and instead resorting to other platforms such as Facebook to get my content out.<br />
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So instead of retrofitting the blog I decided I wanted to go for something entirely new.I decided to go for a hosted WordPress site, and also bought the corvusminiatures.com domain name. After working on the design on and off for about 6 weeks this is the result.<br />
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I migrated part of my gallery over, some of my older work can still be seen on CoolMiniOrNot. The links page still needs work, and I am looking at migrating some of the tutorials and articles over as well, but that will be done over the next few weeks, together with some tweaking here and there.<br />
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Together with the new site I have also made the decision to put more content on social media platforms. Apart from the usual Facebook and Twitter accounts, which also have quite some followers, I will also venture into new realms such as Instagram and Pinterest. Please check the icons in the top right corner or check the links page.<br />
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I am very happy that you are here with me at the start of the next chapter in the Corvus Miniatures saga, which will undoubtily be a very exciting one! Thanks again and by all means let me know what you think :)<br />
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Gerrie aka Corvus<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-24979590322174928602015-10-11T22:15:00.002+02:002015-10-11T22:15:37.415+02:00Back from Scale Model Challenge 2015Back from Scale Model Challenge! I didn't take part in the competition this year and due to circumstances I only visited briefly in the afternoon, so it was a bit less intense for me. But nonetheless I enjoyed the event, took loads of pictures and videos and did some shopping. Obviously there was too little time to talk with everyone so a big apology for all of you to which I have only spoken very shortly or missed entirely. See you next year :)<br />
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Report coming soon.<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-18975687673452408482015-10-02T22:08:00.000+02:002015-10-02T22:08:12.161+02:00Vampires WIPTwo vampires I'm currently working on: Konrad von Carstein and Mannfred (mounted version).<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-64126457471753072182015-09-11T22:45:00.001+02:002015-09-11T22:46:11.259+02:00Belial WIP 2Waiting for his new sword, a plastic one, to replace the wobbly finecast one.<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-16119139961089847392015-09-07T22:40:00.001+02:002015-09-07T22:40:05.465+02:00Belial WIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-50161493529316010252015-09-04T23:23:00.002+02:002015-09-04T23:23:35.370+02:00Post summer holiday news overload<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hello everyone, Corvus again. Yes I know I should be posting more here, looks like I saved up a lot stuff again for another big post.</div>
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But I have a good reason this time :) I just got back from my summer holiday. First my family and I spent a nice 10 days in Italy, then we went home for a couple of days and then spent another two weeks at the seaside in The Netherlands (like we do every year).</div>
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As you can expect after my previous post the Age of Sigmar box has taken up all of my hobby time last month.</div>
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I took the sprues with me to Italy together with a knife, cutters, glue and some other assembly gear. I managed to assemble all Sigmar models and three of the Chaos models. As usual with the more recent GW plastics assembly was a breeze and fun to do.</div>
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Then in the last two weeks I spend a couple of nights painting the basic rank & file Sigmarites. Progress seemed slow (only the armour is finished now), but I guess the hardest work has been done already.</div>
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Here's what I have so far:</div>
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The partially painted Sigmarites, the blue has only been basecoated.</div>
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The Chaos characters assembled:<br />
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Other Sigmar models, assembled and primed:<br />
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This little sheet displays my color choices. So the turqoise is going to be my main color for the shields, shoulder pads etc, while the violet is going to be the secondary color.<br />
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But the rest of the project will have to wait a bit since this guy is now waiting to be painted: Belial of the Dark Angels, which is a commission job.</div>
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And in between I'm still doing quite some behind the scenes work. The plan is to create a new website and overall look for Corvus Miniatures at some point.<br />
The new logo looks like this, I hope you like it :)<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-46724585794673999122015-07-30T22:47:00.000+02:002015-07-30T22:47:18.146+02:00Age of Sigmar has arrivedA big new project has arrived on my workbench: Age of Sigmar.<br />
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A game like Warhammer Fantasy always intrigued me in a way, but I never really found an army I liked enough to start painting up several ranks of miniatures, let alone start learning the rules. But with Age of Sigmar it's different (at least for this starter box).<br />
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I really like the miniatures in this starter set, both sides (Sigmar and Chaos). What also appeals to me is the new set of rules: it's only 4 pages! And the fact that this is the very beginning of something new and (hopefully) very big makes it the perfect time to jump in.<br />
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The box is filled with sprues which are packed with parts. In total there are 47 figures in the box. Added to that are dice, rulers, decals, manuals and a load of bases.<br />
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The book from the starter: it doesn't show in this picture but it's almost 100 pages. The new artwork looks badass.<br />
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I understand I have a lot of work in front of me and it's totally different from what I have been doing the last 2-3 years, but I am very motivated to jump into Age of Sigmar.Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-59002065819474257962015-07-20T22:47:00.002+02:002015-07-20T22:47:43.897+02:00Operation Icestorm: finishing up the NomadsI'm on the final stretch with the Nomads.<br />
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Mobile Brigade is done except for the base:<br />
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And then this guy which I am painting up entirely on camera and if all goes well I will make a tutorial video about:<br />
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Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-27380312758829103172015-07-17T22:04:00.001+02:002015-07-17T22:04:47.738+02:00Operation Icestorm PanOceania finished + Nomads WIPHello everyone. The plan is to start posting on this blog more regularly again soon, in the meantime here are some work in progress shots of the Nomads faction of Operation Icestorm.<br />
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The PanOceania guys are finished, here is a quick picture of the figures:<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-59251569732839956372015-05-25T11:25:00.002+02:002015-05-25T11:25:54.367+02:00Desktop update May 2015 - Operation IcestormHello everyone. Yes I know, updates have been lacking so far this year. It's almost June and only one post so far (<a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2015/03/painting-crusade-xii-2015-picture-report.html" target="_blank">Painting Crusade report</a>). But it's not the first time this blog has gone quiet for a few months, it usually goes hand in hand with painting motivation, which comes and goes.<br />
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After finishing the TGCM Miniatures commission (work in progress <a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2014/12/holiday-update-2014.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but I did another batch of figures after that), I didn't really feel like immediately starting another project. The motivation would return after Painting Crusade I thought. But the fact that I did not take part in that event's painting competition made it feel a bit different. No inspirational boost which usually comes after winning (and even loosing) at a competition. So that proves that competing is much more important than winning I know now :)<br />
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Anyway a few months back I bought the Infinity starter box Operation Icestorm, on which I am now slowly working.<br />
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More pictures to follow soon :)Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-46058963278066568742015-03-14T21:19:00.001+01:002015-03-14T21:19:13.145+01:00Painting Crusade XII (2015) picture reportLast weekend the 2015 edition of Painting Crusade was held in Namur, Belgium. This year I did not compete in the competition, but I spent the entire Sunday afternoon at the show, looking at the miniatures on display and taking pictures. Here is the result:<br />
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The last couple of weeks I've mainly been working on a big commission consisting of a batch of figures for the 52mm skirmish game Briskars by <a href="http://www.tgcmcreation.com/" target="_blank">TGCM Creations</a>. The casting quality isn't the greatest, but it has been fun painting these figures so far.<br />
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Here are four figures from the Quintors faction, as good as finished:<br />
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Another batch I finished are these dodo's, which are in fact objective markers.<br />
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After this there are 4 figures for the monkey faction left.<br />
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See you next year! :)Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-83181884259821768022014-11-04T22:14:00.000+01:002014-11-04T22:15:24.675+01:00Desktop update November 2014Hey everyone, quick roundup of what's been on my desk lately.<br />
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These are some Infinity Morats I finished a while ago, I haven't shown them on the blog I think. Good pictures incoming :)<br />
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Stephen Rao is also finished, except for the base.<br />
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And this is the figure I am currently painting, a Malifaux Flesh Construct.<br />
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I'm also testing out a new photo setup, black backdrop and more room for armies etc. Results of the first test will be shown here soon :)<br />
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Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-38713542293542148552014-10-25T21:49:00.001+02:002014-10-25T21:49:12.886+02:00Infinity Stephen Rao WIPTaking "gaming quality" a step too far yet again :)<br />
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This year's edition was a very crowded one, it looks like SMC just keeps on growing! The layout of the main hall was improved and offered more space for clubs, there was a separate expo zone and an incorporated game zone. Last year's game zone was replaced by even more traders. Scale Model Factory, the organizing club, did another flawless job, everything was just perfect.<br />
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Just like the last editions, my friends Maartje, Gert, Pascal and myself occupied a table in the club area. We decided to put all of our models on one side of the table, which offered a more impressive showcase. But we also noticed that there were a lot less people inclined to start a chat with us, as opposed to the previous years where we displayed our miniatures right in front of us. But we also spent less time behind the table, there was simply too much to see!<br />
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The expo zone was dominated by Massive Voodoo, again with some nice models on display:<br />
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Also good to see some of my friends from Paint Your Imagination also had a nice display set up:<br />
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Also on their table, a very nostalgic figure and paintjob, the Rackham Dirz bust by Dirk Stiller, fantastic to see this one again!<br />
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But the eye catcher of the main hall was probably the huge diorama displaying the Clervaux (Luxembourg) castle during the heavy fighting of World War II. This was the final show where it was put on display, it will now be moved to a museum. The entire thing is 25 square meters!<br />
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Just behind the corner the trade area started. The nicest booth there was probably the one from Painting Buddha. I also managed to have a talk with owner and fellow blogger Michael Bartels, what a friendly guy, with a lot of devotion to the hobby.<br />
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The painting competition was also bigger this year, with more than 800 entries. The downside to this was that especially the fantasy & sf figure categories where really full, so there were a lot of figures in a small area, making it hard to quietly have a look at the figures and take pictures.<br />
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And then it was time for the super-long prize ceremony with me winning silver in the standard sf & fantasy figure category :D<br />
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All pictures are available on both Facebook and Google+, and please check below for a compilation of clips I filmed at the show. See you all next year!<br />
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Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-28676306887498351272014-10-12T21:55:00.000+02:002014-10-12T21:55:48.429+02:00Back from SMC 2014When last year's Scale Model Challenge was over, I thought it was hard to do any better. But it seems this event is still growing more popular! A huge show overall, with tens of clubs and traders, and a painting competition with nearly 800 entries. And now the rumour goes that this event might cover an entire weekend next year. We'll see, but it's good to see this is still growing.<br />
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It's been a fantatic day overall, I met a lot of new people and others which I haven't seen for years. The day was definitely too short :)<br />
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The painting competition went pretty well for me. It hasn't been a very productive year for me competition-pieces wise, but nonetheless one of my two entries managed to win something. My Haqqislam Remote won me a silver medal in the SF & Fantasy figures advanced category.<br />
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I planned on buying some new Infinity, or something else 28mm gaming related, but alas most traders were geared towards military modeling and larger scale figure painting. But last week I removed all my useless paints from my collection, so I had to replace some of them. I also bought a couple of plinths.<br />
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I now have more than 200 pictures and more than 50 video clips to go through, so I hope to put a picture gallery online in the next few days and a video by next weekend.Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-27120167669974371902014-10-10T16:04:00.000+02:002014-10-10T16:04:24.873+02:00Infinity Morats on the desk and SMC coming up!It's that time of year again (yes time flies): Scale Model Challenge is upon us! Just like the last two years I will have a table at the club area together with my regular partners in crime: Maartje, Pascal and Geert. Please don't be shy and stop by for a chat!<br />
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In case you missed it, check out my <a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2013/10/scale-model-challenge-2013-event.html" target="_blank">2013 </a>and <a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2012/10/scale-model-challenge-2012-coverage.html" target="_blank">2012 </a>reports and <a href="http://scalemodelfactory.nl/smc2014.html" target="_blank">the SMC website</a>.<br />
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And did I mention Infinity? Yes! Lately this fantastic line of figures seems to have gotten even better, so I could resist picking up some of the more recent sculpts. These guys are called the Morate Vanguard Infantry. Going for a good gaming quality paintjob here, with the emphasis on contrast. I hope you like them!<br />
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This made me think: what does limited edition really mean? Well, as a consumer, I'd say <u>nothing</u>. It might seem that smaller companies and indie studios benefit from limited releases (more on that later), but in what way does a behemoth like GW benefit from this? Maybe they want to limit the risk when releasing a stand-alone game like that, but on the other shouldn't this game be that good to earn a permanent spot in stores everywhere?<br />
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Another question I ask myself is: is this fair towards your customers? Call something limited and then releasing the same product again later on, with only small alterations? I'll give you another example further on.<br />
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On the other hand one can say that everything is limited. Everything will go out of production at some point. Take for example the GW starter sets (like Dark Vengeance for 40k). Of course they are bound to a version of the game, but the models in there will not be produced any more when a new version comes out. So why aren't they marked as limited edition? You could say, this is made to get people into the game. Well doesn't the same thing count for Space Hulk?<br />
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It's a bit of a mystery to me. Of course there's an entire market that thrives on the sales of out-of-print items. When the first news of the fourth edition Space Hulk came out I went to eBay and found loads of third editions on sale, like this:<br />
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Imagine buying a third edition set for twice the normal price last week :) But of course this isn't GW's problem.<br />
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I already mentioned indie manufacturers and smaller companies. They often offer limited edition miniatures as well, but this is indeed to minimize the risk, simply because they want to invest one time in the creation of a sculpt, master and mold. Molds wear out over time, so that's usually related to the number of miniatures which will eventually be cast.<br />
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I mentioned a second example. Remember The Barbarian Dude by Raining Frog Studios? It took the miniature community by storm and sold out in a very short amount of time. But what happens a few months later? A slightly altered version is offered, again in limited quantities. It looks a bit similar to what happened to Space Hulk but on the other hand I can understand this a lot better since it's probably just a guy who ordered a sculpt to be cast and selling it from his garage (hence the name of the company :). Can you blame him? No. Is it fair towards people? Maybe. Should a fantastic miniature like this be available in larger quantities? Absolutely!<br />
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Another company who did this quite often was Rackham. In their Confrontation line they had a number of limited edition minis, ranging from 1000 to 5000 copies. For example one of my all time favorite miniatures: Shanys L'Ombre (Shanys the Shadow). I got hold of two copies of the French version. But what happened the year after? The Confrontation game was released in German, and Shanys got another 5000 copies, this time with a German stats card :)<br />
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Luckily there seems to be one kind of limited edition figure that seems to hold true to its spirit: the exclusive miniature. Although technically not limited in copies, it still has the largest chance of never being produced again. For example the Confrontation model Phidias De Basarac, only available at the 2003 Monde Du Jeu show in Paris, France, with 1000 copies made. Below you can find my paintjob, dating from the same year. Ahhh the good old Confrontation days :)<br />
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Another good example are the Games Day exclusive figures, some very good sculpts among those as well.<br />
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That's all for this opinion article. I would really like to hear your thoughts on this subject, so please put them in the comments!<br />
<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-6793708855963931842014-09-14T12:34:00.003+02:002014-09-14T12:34:15.948+02:00Video Tutorial: easy paint chipping effect<div style="text-align: left;">
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There was also a small painting competition there, which I didn't really plan on entering. But since all the other painters were entering something I decided to take on the challenge and to enter something. To my surprise my <a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2014/05/showcase-project-pc-mmix.html" target="_blank">Project PC-MMIX</a> won first prize in the regiment/diorama category! And on top of that I was also awarded a very nice trophee by Scale Model Factory, for the most creative entry.<br />
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Below you can find a picture of that trophee and then some pictures from the show. For the full gallery go <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/116590846375624085262/photos/+CorvusMiniatures/albums/6018200427324095585" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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A youth house on the hillside of the small town of Champion near Namur was the place to be for the eleventh Painting Crusade. For the first time the urban scenery of downtown Brussels was traded for a more rural location at the forefront of the Belgian Ardennes.<br />
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Last year's edition was fantastic, the best so far (read my report <a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2013/02/painting-crusade-x-event-coverage.html" target="_blank">here</a>). When I heard the location was about to change my expectations were that it was to grow even further. But on the contrary, the youth house was much more cosy. The entire event was held in one big room, with the usual big painting table, a couple of second-hand tables, an "indie shop", a bar, and then in the back the painting competition, together with some display cabinets with work from this year's jury.<br />
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This year the jury consisted out of last year's overall winner Benoit Menard, sculptor Patrick Masson, and Denmark's number one painter: Jakob Rune Nielsen. Pretty big names if you ask me!<br />
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Here they are in the process of judging the Masters category:<br />
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Some of Patrick's sculpts on display:<br />
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What's so about Painting Crusade is that every year I get to see several legendary figures, like the Centaur by Jakob Rune Nielsen:<br />
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Other figures were on display as well:<br />
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And finally Benoit's amazing work.<br />
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I arrived just in time for Patrick's sculpting demo, which was held in a separate room. I'm not really into sculpting, but it was very interesting to see a pro at work. Patrick is also very good at explaining what he doest. Kudos to the Painting Crusade team for the camera and beamer setup.</div>
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After that I went back to the painting competition to check out the figures. Overall there were a lot less entires than last year, but the masters category was again filled with top-notch paintjobs.<br />
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Like every year there was a special edition category, with entries containing last year's event-only figure. I was very happy winning gold in this category with my project I finished the night before the competition. The hard work paid off :) Apart from that I also won bronze in the confirmed category with my <a href="http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2013/10/showcase-brood-master.html" target="_blank">Brood Master</a>.<br />
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The other figure that won gold in the category.<br />
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A very cool turtle by this year's overall winner: Maxime Corbeil.<br />
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Another legendary piece: War for Macragge by Julien Casses.<br />
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Remember you can see much more pictures in <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/116590846375624085262/albums/5991861387003368337" target="_blank">the Painting Crusade XI gallery</a>. Finally here's a short "mood-video" I compiled from a bunch of clips shot during the day.<br />
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I went home with some mixed feelings after this Painting Crusade. As usual it was very fun, the overall level of the pieces on display was insanely high, but I was a bit surprised by the smaller size of this year's event. This all has to do with last year's edition I suppose, which was so awesomely good that it's very hard to do better. Personally I don't think this will be the start of a downfall for Painting Crusade, but rather a new start. All in all the organization has done a terrific job once again. Several big names in the painting scene still visit this event, proving this isn't your regular painting competition organized by a small painting store or club.<br />
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There is no doubt I will be there again next year!<br />
<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-26228365474832791892014-03-16T21:34:00.000+01:002014-03-16T21:34:20.001+01:00Back from Painting Crusade 2014Just got home from Painting Crusade 2014 with two trophies! Bronze for my Brood Master and gold for my PC-IX figure which I finished yesterday evening and which was entered in the special edition category. You can see a quick smartphone snap of the figure below, expect good pictures soon, as well as a full report on Painting Crusade later this week.<br />
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<br />Corvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600117824130934708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184419409998442431.post-26877181887147714392014-03-08T22:39:00.000+01:002014-03-08T22:39:12.549+01:00Project PC-XI WIP 2One week to go until <a href="http://www.paintingcrusade.be/" target="_blank">Painting Crusade IX</a>!<br />
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