GIMNIR'S BRUSH

It seems like an eternity but the Teutogen guard is finally done! It is incredible that this joint project took 2 years to see the light. The genesis of the project can be seen HERE . If you want to see more work in progress process you can see it HERE . How the project started: The project started as a way of sharing the love for the hobby with a very good friend. I started the concept, came about with a colour scheme, painted a couple of models with him to coach him into improving his miniature painting and in the meantime having an awesome time. In the picture below you will see arrows pointing at the figures I painted for him to act as a reference.  The standard bearer, the high priest of Ulric Emil Valgeir and one rank and file teutogen guard were fully painted by me as they were the most complex pieces and would be the miniatures drawing the most attention. As a get together painting day, I showed him how I paint faces -you can see the sample face at the right of the picture....

Long-time no see. I have been thinking long and hard about the future of this blog. As you may have noticed I haven’t posted anything in these pages for almost 2 years. So, the question that inevitably raises is …why? And even more important…am I finally closing the blog? The answer to the first question is that a lot has been happening in my personal life: changing jobs, changing cities, then changing jobs again, then go back to London … keeping the blog active was a challenge on top of all that. The changing landscape of social media: Then another one of the reasons is that I lost sight of the blog's purpose. Why keeping a blog alive instead of just posting my work in the likes of Instagram, Facebook or YouTube? This is a difficult question to answer as this blog was born to be a personal happy diary of my progress and a vehicle to allow me to express myself personally and artistically while at the same time connecting with other hobbyists. The raise of social media has revolutio...