tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169764122564440192024-02-19T16:35:07.839+00:00Mike's BlogA blog for random pictures and thoughts about my attempts at sculpting or anything else that crosses my mindMike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-18851842499407943942008-12-13T18:40:00.002+00:002008-12-13T18:55:13.204+00:00Once again I'm doing a good job at posting regularly on my Blog - it's been only 9 months since I last posted.<br /><br />But anyway.<br /><br />I've recently been focussed on working on Twilight. Over on the <a href="http://forum-of-doom.com/">Forum of Doom</a>, Sally (the very lovely Matriarch of the <a href="http://hasslefreeminiatures.com/">Hasslefree</a> family) has been hinting at a new range that they are going to sell, and has now mentioned my name a couple of times... I guess it is safe to admit that Twilight has now found a home, and the range will be released next year, hopefully in time for Salute at the end of March.<br /><br />I've not quite figured out what information I'm going to be giving out when, but I will start showing off finished sculpts in the near future - I've finished the Baruk and the Derakeer, along with some Fubarnii Militia (the spear guy) and a few other figures that I've thus far kept to myself!<br /><br />Watch this space... hopefully I'll be back in slightly less than 9 months this time!Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-70146088040605676612008-03-16T19:22:00.009+00:002008-03-16T19:41:46.548+00:00My Circle PaintingMy sculpting has been a bit distracted recently as I have been having fun painting my slowly expanding Circle of Orboros army for the Privateer Press game, Hordes (<a href="http://privateerpress.com/">http://privateerpress.com/</a>). It's been slow progress but I've got a few units that I am finally happy with.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Tharn Bloodtrackers:</strong><br />These lovely models really inspired me to try and improve on my painting, and now tend to be included in most armies I field...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178422945785628306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcw7VkMpy39e4qKLX2bQ4znTakL9xtvSLn0qlh0RVgYMJoZBOO9_2BnfHbjr1b3KqTR77r6IbcX0_E_2nPJygyJy_wyt2pjta2AGxLozHe5dZxcJtlS_clYtyn3TPeEf5n1N_6Ti2frc/s400/March2008+018.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong>Tharn Ravagers:</strong><br />Having painted the Bloodtrackers, I felt compulsed to revamp my rather poorly painted Ravagers. I've painted a full unit of six, but for some reason only included three in this photo...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178423151944058530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dDgDC4WzVyx8yEXB0eyx3cRFEwrb9zbE4lGBW75l4kIO71VQD2MLrjCQv9xo5deMq-62z0jpk4FaFdZoQPDu8aDiiV6ecAWmbv0lprAfxaU5OGaLStNYrDlEAIAaibQ2Jkiznv-T_Yo/s320/March2008+025.JPG" border="0" /><br /><strong>Druids:</strong><br />These are my most recent unit, and it was quite a challenge to offset the darkness of all those black robes.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178423328037717682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KMQjOz2AIM3QpOKPyOIhfWNHssS3XN-xpYlmjTlucrwB_YCPUGx1zDOBaF3d9lm6CBPkAFhIFYHsA_OOGmkxNobfnvQDJ3SewS5AyeVfbU6OCLQXafOtRzXGdJL2vWoo6awhgl79eAw/s400/March2008+020.JPG" border="0" /><br /><strong>Warlocks: Morvhanna and Kaya:</strong><br />I do of course need a couple of Warlocks to lead my troops. I'm still working on Kromac, but these two girls are almost there. Morvhanna does admittedly need a bit more work to finally finish her.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178425011664897762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiw9hkyo1PelhiGf96eo2YBuI_7o_7-hoiZ8SjUj1eltcuz4EXph8ec0UUaTMD4PsWtNT0Me33zKrRUeHoEbRA17d60HB-aHntcJpzwiOWEgV5lmdwaz9WWxmQ-VRnHMyZ1O40DzSlWs/s200/March2008+036.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178424848456140498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeZX_Xp1-SNeX8v0LeSrMBWiLVSkKFxeDlXmVrjVs_O0fmjw8MZfleOc_M5EWa0a5np56GhgoWQxEqOfcxjmyT3n5cY_FYipLV2xPiQP3wbewLg00KEFIGuKhKBEvOGeEkIw26sd9UhQ/s200/March2008+034.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><strong>Drakhun:</strong></p><p>This is admittedly nothing to do with Circle, but I painted this guy a few months ago, and have finally got around to taking a photo...</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178423581440788162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIMQ541uEZ88m9qSzFG3WDEGO_MFyWbn6_lHEM2OhRaYh1ts4bwW_ySOUBrOvVkb6YEQbN_ZZKXt_bjyLOqfxRkCibMuuAfLm37u90XLiY8znhjJQrZJ36vvuq2SnS6mAQgN-slIqXiY/s200/March2008+026.JPG" border="0" /></p>Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-64742089847427831672008-03-16T19:00:00.007+00:002008-03-16T19:21:39.438+00:00Breaking the silenceAs expected, I haven't been terribly regular with my blog posting... but I thought I would share some of the stuff I've been working on over the last four or five months.<br /><br /><strong>The Travelling Court of the Brownie King:</strong><br />On the sculpting front I put a lot of work into my entry for the Frothers 2007 sculpting competition. My entry got an honourable mention, which I'm proud of, especially given the general quality of the other entries. I'm currently hopeful that he'll be getting produced some time in the not-too-distant future.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178418195551798866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadZ8_y6EMr70YHefGsuRnfKrTwBZ1a79zZoQySjIFNsatqUSP9vSWF6or8Xom3_4mSm-S2HRCbcEJUEqvY4BT3Eol_BIj6MW_W6pAxpD-qzU0nxxIZKnIZe9gmJgZ39H3P_2HiYUDdcI/s320/Travelling+Court.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Twilight: Fubarnii Derakeer</strong><br />As for Twilight, progress has been sporadic. I've done a bit of work on the priest and a spearman, but did start a new character: Derakeer.<br />A Derak is a simple 'gun' carried by the Engineers who build them. The sculpt is far from finished and needs a lot of detailing, but I think he's coming along well so far. Sadly there is a little bit of scale creep with this guy, so he is obviously a slightly larger breed than his compatriots...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178419986553161330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2-aKAWfuDODNVOl2G71ioeLHjqlWRKK0OJ7ekon88brGSVfg2aVcwdT7GN1VbLIBZVwMRp_OW8DSqnlf8SLk2UmEhC27HlQNcZ9wyQGYvDU-LGrhJExPWhiElqFH6gok6t284x1f1Gw/s200/March2008+031.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p>That'll do for the moment, although I did take a few photos of my painted Warmachine Khador and Hordes Circle units that might do for another post... </p>Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-75584288060127836812007-10-13T19:36:00.000+01:002007-10-13T19:44:29.577+01:00Baruk!I've been rather quiet for a while as I've not really been doing much sculpting - I've been rather distracted painting Tharn for my Hordes army...<br /><br />However, last week I abandoned my half-painted wolf riders in order to do some more work on my pack-beast. After sculpting lots of bags on his back, I decided the poor fella needed a name. Baruk sounded about right.<br /><br />So, here he is - a heavily laden Fubarnii Baruk pack-beast. I still need to neaten up some bits, but I'm kinda pleased with how he's turned out.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120893009831452498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyAXEbA2FqRd2qU4O29Ob2DBlo-kcYYBNgKqT5RcBXvsDFbi9Se97EKq1NdSsFLv3gNSx0qwYfEGYmU-HGEyX4dMBP9A5fU9RzGxJRILWjXfLjRkZETTJJ42bQmrUW-D5Cv_nMh9_p2E/s320/Baruk1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120893100025765730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgVQKAZkUMipPlCuEqIT7muwibB8GsfDzrIALfQQyvjhfE2bDX2oVaJ8l4Kpps74WknDjfpd5e9Nowjw-ObN3rOT7SZvqcCxX0bsZ3KF0AxPondW41iqUDsvI5bDo51KrvU2NnX2EFnI/s320/Baruk2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-62755881031117018502007-08-17T17:17:00.000+01:002007-08-17T17:31:27.862+01:00More Twilight Bits and Pieces<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I appear to be being about</span> as diligent with updating this as I thought I would be! Anyway, here are a few random pictures of Twilight critters.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Fubarnii beast of burden:</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I've done lots of sketches of different beasts for Twilight, and I figured it would be fun to sculpt one as something to defend in the game.</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099706830002816450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBZQ3garxgwcQTzsovIL_8-MTYmecUDdrP2sxKVn5uOh_6GwarY-Z9zsaPJCbsXQL_qSk_vRqix7zk7iwLBpmMlrMFSrkf9FG3pAlFn_0E01XkdMKO7FJImWWIAaPeurL6gXlEJvaz6M/s320/Critter02.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Random Twilight Critter</strong><br />I sculpted this guy <em>ages</em> ago. He was originally intended as a mount for priests. Not sure if it will be now, but I still like him.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099707332513990098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguo3Bs-zA0lhqXBPyhJLryg7IcHz2hECNnzWFg7H8OTfxiL0gxZfu-kJ5OzNAApBdlEOrkUjH_ti17_9NPAs1PotcIM-xCudfW6B7mn1J-HXL8HpzwNpJ_RKTqdK7djPnOg-xJxoAqrfU/s320/Critter1.jpg" border="0" />Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-84390721134009986282007-08-09T18:49:00.000+01:002007-08-09T18:58:13.484+01:00On the Corks - Twilight<span style="font-family:verdana;">I've been working on one project for a very long time now, and that is 'Twilight'. I originally started to create it as an unusual, non-magical fantasy setting, and just kept on from there. Thus were born the diminutive Fubarnii and the Belog who some treat as their gods. I've got a few models that I am working on for Twilight, and here are a couple of those.</span> <div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Fubarnii:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've got a few Fubarnii that I'm working on - some day I'll get them finished!</span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096760399994706530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPh24Xvq8FpNoVI8CmQ0dKxj4Y1X7O4Xwl12jMhYzLjBTDfSGVPKS_D-3i5XZJMAiS3NhwruvYxZhpb-6aEu64w0R7tY4ZKCDP4_zM7X5or4RVNYhQKbJ-rytMWWZOzMVTXLqqMs45Ew/s320/Fubarnii01.jpg" border="0" /> <div><strong>Fubarnii Priest:</strong></div><div>I need to do a lot more on this guy, especially with his robes...</div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096760700642417266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaLvAXoj8JohtrnmAj2xC5SBUycY5VaaGy7wDrZI_Xyex5Qdb5FpkOYKzVbQ91JveckVf0ZO5j6oh1cxBKtkmPQGNgRS5SjPB9bl-IogkTBstZ7QZnpHvDcdAwU-QSm2n1kHUMJYXGAI/s320/Priest01.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Belog:</strong></div><div>I'm kinda pleased with how this guy is coming along... I want to add lots more detail to his armour, and at some point I'll have to figure out what he is equipped with!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096761121549212290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a2Ub-EOMRssorGBZRh0906PbTiYTzmv7664DDcjF0lnvas6U8qQyB3YDt-b-tfDrQZbd53aZGkATj9Rb-JbI6SUqHp7Ynhajbc4Eurm2PCkMxaCXqSmVeMbSuJYkAeCABJeVx45q3sc/s320/Belog01.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div></div>Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-27119448043539321082007-08-09T18:37:00.000+01:002007-08-09T18:42:41.195+01:00Painted Deadling<span style="font-family:verdana;">I sculpted this little fella a long time ago, and got him cast up when I sent some other models to the casters. I finally convinced my friend, Tony, to paint him for me and here he is! I haven't got a purpose for him, but I like how he's turned out :-)</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj3TDDkTlQfp0Ge58bLOZamgYFzIDE16PHq5KEQse0iqLm6LMJDbjbV41UVtMcCSpky-rBWuE-6GuESj5mEz5WZjL3mut8sDlyrwYs45grW2pYeNZi3hMPFtEd7bv5quJtiBiqUSu8SM/s1600-h/Deadling01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096756641898322514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj3TDDkTlQfp0Ge58bLOZamgYFzIDE16PHq5KEQse0iqLm6LMJDbjbV41UVtMcCSpky-rBWuE-6GuESj5mEz5WZjL3mut8sDlyrwYs45grW2pYeNZi3hMPFtEd7bv5quJtiBiqUSu8SM/s320/Deadling01.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616976412256444019.post-75008349506315823012007-08-09T09:01:00.000+01:002007-08-09T09:03:34.956+01:00New Blog<span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, I've just set up a Blog for myself, and I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to end up doing with it.<br />I'll probably end up posting photos of a few of the sculpts I'm working on, and maybe some of my painted models. Or (more likely) I'll fail to make any use of it at all.<br /></span>Mike Thorphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05377704314128491341noreply@blogger.com0