Perdita Ortega

Perdita on a display base for a clie...

P3 Bronze winner - Croak Hunter

Went to GenCon and entered my croak hunter. I think I did an amazing job and the judges agreed. I agree with the assessment that the browns were a little close and I should have taken the yellows and blues markings up over the neck. Thanks to Privateer Press and everyone for the award! ...

Orange Crush is complete

As you know, we have submitted 2 Models (actually 1 Model and 3 Solos) to Project Orange Crush and FoodMachine. The Galvanizer and the Attunement Servitors have shipped. We at 13th Hour Miniature are honored to be able to support the Project even in this small way. Please please please, find a local gaming group doing Foodmachine and support this worthy cause....

Rate Change Jan 1st, 2014

The complication of doing miniatures based on sizes has become too much of a burden for us. So, instead of trying to figure out that a land raider is a large model plus assembly plus a squad... We are switching to an hourly rate. Want a squad of space marines fast just too get them on the table? 1 hour. Want a display piece to sit in your cabinet? Ask for 5 hours. Just like auto repair, estimates on time will be made and held to. If you want 5 hours and it takes 3 to get it to te level you want then you only are charged 3 hours. If after 5 hours you want a little more then every hour over is extra cost. Now, saying this, I can paint fast. I will never ever lie to anyone saying it took 4 hours when it took 3. As always I will be as...

News

I might be working on a model for the OrangeCrush Food Machine army! I submitted my info. Lets see what they say. This week is picture week! Pics of the Rhulic army is coming up as well as the Bronze P3 Grandmaster entry. Work begins on my entries into the Crystal Brush next week. I will be taking pictures along the way so everyone can see the progress. I will win a gold this year.&nb...

In the name of the (Persian) king!

I was given a little less than a week to paint up this Persian King for a client to give to a family member as a birthday gift. Lots of freehand and lots of blending. Also, was asked to do something special with the base without taking away from the model. I think he turned out very well. ...

French & Indian War Commission

I was given the opportunity to paint up something that I normally don't do: Historicals. French and Indian war French troops. I was given a rough color pallet on a figure and told go. It is so odd not being able to just go with what feels right and stay historically accurate....

Another table top commission

 The new Malifaux Gremlins are a blast to paint. You just get to experiment with colors and combinations and it can't turn out wrong. Was also able to paint some more puppets. ...

Gun Vic and some Puppets before heading to Adepticon

Client asked for tabletop quality for Gun Victoria. Painting Crystal Brush entries for over 8 hours made me go a little over tabletop....

Charity Army work

We have been working a little on the charity army between commissions and preparing our own miniatures for the upcoming Crystal Brush. Here is just a peek at two of them: Brun Cragback and Lug. ...

Quick Easy Zombie Flesh

I need to knock out 10 quick Axis Zombies for a 300 point tournament later this week. So, here is a quick and easy way to quickly do good looking zombie flesh. Dust Warfare miniatures come pre-primed in a dark grey color. First, thinly cover the flesh with P3 Midlund Flesh. Since we want old and newer zombies this should be done slapdash. Everything should be covered but the grey should be peaking through in some places. Don't worry. These are not going to be healthy looking for long. Wash the skin with GW Baal Red wash. Once again in a slap dash way. Newer zombies should have more red than older zombies. Here is poor...

Intercessor Kreoss Walkthrough

Walkthrough of how I painted Intercessor Kreoss First I cleaned and primed the model white with Dupli-Color car primer. I find it to be thinner and more accepting to paint especially on these above table top quality models. I then painted the horse P3 Hammerfall Khaki as a base. Slowly adding P3 Rucksack Tan, I highlighted in a stripe pattern to give the illusion of hair. Adding some GW Bleached Bone I finished the final highlights in the same stripe pattern. I got the idea from watching The Painting Clinic's YouTube video. I started the white portions of the armor by doing a preshade of P3 Thornwood Green mixed with P3 Menoth White...