Showcase: The Artist

It's a little shocking, I admit, but this is already the second model I've finished this year! Recently Wamp ran their annual painting contest, Wamped, of which this year was number 6. You can enter multiple times and there are categories for both general miniatures from any supplier, and models produced by Wamp. Having already entered Bonnie, Father Griffmas and St Peter thanks to the rules stating that any model can be entered as long as it isn't shown online in a completed condition prior to the contest starting, I felt I should have a go at entering something into the Wamp category.

Enter, The Artist.

The Collection - A Tale of Resin, Metal and "Ooh, Shiny"

I've gained a reputation in some forums for having what some call "an addiction". I just like to think of it as I collect miniatures. I was recently challenged to take pictures of everything I've acquired. To narrow this down, I've gone just for the pictures of things that are either Work In Progress, Built or Still Boxed - Nothing finished at all.

The Wamp Workshop - A Great Experience

Over the August Bank Holiday, I was able to go to the Wamp Workshop, hosted at 4TK Gaming in Colchester. The Workshop was a 2 day event organised as part of my Wamp Paint Brush Kickstarter pledge.

The first day was run by Scott Hockley, AKA Iacton or The Black Hand and was focused on his techniques for working on flesh and faces, while day two was run by John Keys, AKA Megazord Man and looked at his blending from light to dark across areas of a mini.

Wamp Brushes Kickstarter (And Extras!) Unboxing

A few months back, I helped out with the production and running of a Kickstarter project with Brett over at Wamp. His idea was to get a set of brushes developed specifically for miniature painters from the best materials. Fast forward a few weeks from that and we exceeded our wildest expectations by hitting over £42k and over 6000 brushes, which were only slightly larger figures than the £850 and 160 Brushes we needed to produce to hit the minimum.

Add in a little time for pledge management, production and shipping, which brings me up to Saturday morning, when a large box arrived for me.

Yes, there is other stuff in the box, but that's secret and will be revealed over the coming weeks ;)

Rainbow Brush Painting Contest at Gencon/Wamp

Earlier today, I found out about an awesome little competition that will be taking place soon called The Rainbow Brush. In fact, there will actually be two Rainbow Brush contests - One at Gencon 2015, and one that runs parallel online over at Wamp for everyone else who can't make it, such as us Brits. 

Instead of repeating myself at all, here is the description of the event straight from the horses's mouth, Marike Reimer on her site Destroyer Minis.

7 Hours left on the Wamp Select Series Kickstarter

Hi guys, just a quick note to say that the Wamp Select Series Kickstarter ends in just over 7 hours. It's been an exhausting 2 weeks for me and Brett, and safe to say that the fact the total is now over £40,000 is mind blowing, as we worked out our target to be £850 - the cost of getting the minimum number of sets of brushes produced. Now we have Brushes, a mini, lovely art books from Figone and Massive Voodoo, the Black Hand Special set and access to all of the Wamp minis.

So, if you had a look at the beginning of the campaign and decided you didn't fancy brushes, there are plenty of other things there that might tempt you if you take a second look.

It closes at midnight tonight GMT, so get your skates on!

The Artist from Wamp - Available on Kickstarter Now

As part of the Wamp Select Series Paintbrushes Kickstarter, Wamp have added a brand new miniature to the mix for people to pick up - The Artist.

Wamp Select Series Kickstarter Is LIVE!

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, Wamp have launched a set of 8 Kolinsky Sable brushes for use by miniature painters.  This is now LIVE on Kickstarter :D

I also mentioned that I was part of the production team for the first time. I'll tell you one thing for free - it's exhausting! This post was supposed to be written and out for 8pm, its currently 9.45 and I'm only just getting to it. This is mostly down to the project flying along and being funded within an hour!

Wamp: Select Range Paintbrushes go live on Kickstarter Tomorrow!

The Select Range of Paintbrushes from The Wamp Store go live on Kickstarter tomorrow evening!

There will be 8 brushes up for grabs along with some brush soap, a brush case and a brush roll. There are also limited tickets to the Wamp Workshop, which is a 2 day painting event/course happening later in the year.