Tiny People Studio

02/07/2017

I am working towards monthly videos. These are taking a lot longer than planned but I think it is for the best...

In the meantime, unlike throwing out a Patreon page from the start, I'll take my chances with some good old fashioned hopes in generosity :p

Any assistance in helping me continue to provide, and improve, content is greatly appreciated :D

My thanks to you all and as always: Happy Hobby to you all!

http://tinypeoplestudio.wixsite.com/miniatureservices

01/07/2017

Ok we have been away for far too long...
However it has all been in a good cause :) Our future is brightening and I am, I must say, a very happy man :D

We are back onto some projects specifically for our own ranges of models: dwarfs and orcs are on the way! Amidst all this we are finishing off the final commissions we have recently taken on and should have everything finished and shipped by the end of this month!

In the meantime: a sneak peak of how the next lot of minis' are strating out (really early days :p )

Happy Hobby to you all!!!

28/05/2017

[ title quoted from D. Stamey]

I started this piece some months ago as part of a demo' for a store that had just starting stocking AK Interactive products and wanted to showcase them.

The actual vehicle is a Matchbox London taxi that I wrecked and rebuilt to give it a post apocalyptic / Mad Max vibe. The hardest pat was getting the plastic windows and windscreen out to replace with wire mesh...

Extra metal bits were added with plasticard of various profiles.

The lurid front bumper happened because I needed to test some buffing paints and couldn't find any other surface, though I think the colours oddly suit it...

Once again: great fun!

Comments and Criticisms are always welcomed :)

Happy Hobby to you all!

27/05/2017

I'm going to start off by saying that I am not happy with myself on this one. I feel that I should have achieved better, although I did convert and paint the whole thing in one night... But to manage that I had to take shortcuts I would never allow myself in normal circumstances and my blending is sub-par nearly everywhere...

I feel that the personnification of the magazine I've been buying for half of its' life deserved better... That said I am very happy with the overall effect and I do think that adding the actual flames to the candles is about the one really good idea I had this time (last minute decision on that one so I had to do them when everything else was already painted...). Possibly not a bad idea regarding the icing, possibly...

I tried using only inks on the title to see how that came out. I have mixed feelings but reckon there is someting in the idea that will need further development...

So: Happy B-day "White Dwarf" (or Grombrindal depending on how friendly you are feeling)

As a final note: I f*****g HAAAAATE finecast and I'm never touching the stuff ever ever again! :p

Comments and criticisms always welcome :)

Happy Hobby to one and all!

25/05/2017

Still cleaning up oldies and re-editing pics :)

This time the oily grot from the megan nobz box (the only reason I bought the bos was for this guy, later I used the orks...)

This was to be a quick project in between commissions to let of steam.
A quick search in the botz box to come up with a few items for a simple base and then off it went! :)

C&Cs (and shares ;) ) always welcome :)

Happy Hobby to you all! :D

25/05/2017

A very stimulating commission!

I was asked to completely rework the Forgeworld Guilliman model. New dynamic/heroic pose; a helmet and collar reminiscent of the version done by Matt Kane; opening up the gauntlet hand and resculpting the scabbard and all the articulations involved and of course reworking the sword arm to completely change the stance and attitude of the model. This obviously required resculpting his cloak as well: I love sculpting cloaks! :p

A custom gaming base completed the work :)

Comments and Criticisms always welcome!

Happy Hobby to you all :D

[ edit: the new and improved helmet and scabbard have been uploaded. I'll leave the older version for comparisons sake :) ]

23/05/2017

I'm going to put my foot in it:

Why the drama over game changes? Seriously?
I've tried to understand it, and failed. Now I am not a gamer, never have and probably never will be, so I admit to being quite impervious to the potential dilemnas such changes may cause in the gaming communities.

However: these games are created and supported by businesses. A business that does not evolve its' products and overall business model is doomed to disappear. You cannot begrudge a company doing what it believes the best to continue providing its' products and services whatever domain they work in.

Now specifically to little people games. Disregarding completely those people who seem to have the gift of foresight and have decreed that X or Y edition is "the end of" whatever game involved: what is to stop any one from playing whatever version of the game they want? Yes the mother company might not support the older versions but does that make them unplayable? Of course not! If anything the change of version denotes that the previous version(s) has reached its maximum potential and is therefore as complete a game as possible: so you should have all that is necessary to stick to that edition on hand. Add to that the mass of information available on the interwebs and I'm sure that, if you wanted to, you could start playing an older version of any game if that took your fancy.

Ah but I see you coming with the argument "but the company is forsaking its customer basis, it is betraying us!". Put plainly: no it is not: like any other business it is trying to survive to continue providing, the real betrayal would be if they gave up and shut down.

So your gaming systems are accessible and the community is vast enough and diverse enough to find players. So what are you complaining about?

"But now I can't get the models I wanted!!!"... Well boo-hoo, I'm sorry but if you cannot fathom the shallow depths of proxy models and e-bay then you might want to put your brain cells to a better use than complaining in vain about soemthing you can't do anything about...
New games, and new versions of games, mean new models! Any hobbyist should be excited at the possibility of seeing new things being put at his or her disposal, even if that mean that other models might be removed from their grasp. Let's face it models are not removed from a range two months after they have been released and most of them have a shelf life of approximately ten years. So if in ten years they have not grabbed your fancy chances are they never will. So once again what are you complaining about?

So to conclude: I do feel sorry for those who feel lost because of changes, I feel sorry for those who are not sure how they are going to keep up their hobby and in what conditions in the future. But folks these are little plastic people, they are not the alpha and omega of your life. So get your priorities right: enjoy what you have accumulated and what it permits you to do, and look forward to what i to come because you have no clue what it will permit other than it will be new.

Ego habeo dixi, now return to painting your stuff :)

23/05/2017

Swiftly moving along the corridor of the medical facility, the abominable creature kept its gaze riveted on the trail of blood that its latest victim was leaving... Pleasure was an unknown sentiment for this creature, but the anticipation of violence was the closest comparable sentiment; and it was feeling a great deal of anticipation...

23/05/2017

A happy pupil :)
Un stagiaire heureux :)

Prométhé, Résistant et chef des Survivants de l’Apocalypse Ceci est la version exclusive de la campagne de financement de Stygmata J’ai participé ce week-end à un stage de Peinture orga…

23/05/2017

Gregauryc est venu nous faire un petit coucou pour le stage de peinture du week end :)
Allez voir de quoi il parle le monsieur: y a plein d'aspect différent du jeux et de la figo' ;)

https://www.facebook.com/gregauryc/

Passionné de figurine depuis plus25 ans, j'aime tout l'univers de la figurine, jeu, peinture & décors
Peintre pro, prof de peinture et patron de boutique de jeux !

22/05/2017

An excellent week end organised by a very nice little association called D'Rôles de Jeux.
I had the pleasure of demonstrating and helping participants create NMMs', realsitic blood, introducing enamel paints, perfecting their OSL works, the ins and outs of various textures such as leather and skin, perfecting their colour transition techniques, and much much more...
A great way to spend the week end :)

Un excellent week end organisé par une charmante asso' D'Rôles de Jeux. J'ai eu le plaisir d'illustrer et d'aider les participants à réaliser des NMMs, du sang réaliste, présenter les peintures enamels, perfectionné leurs travaux d'OSL, les spécificités de certaines textures tel que le cuir et la peau, perfectionné leur techniques de dégradé et beaucoup plus encore...
Une très chouette façon de passer le week end :)