During the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace frenzy Kellogg's, in conjunction with Lucasfilm Ltd and Logistix Ltd, put small bronze coloured plastic busts of the main characters into packets of cereal in Britain (I'm not sure if these were available in other countries). Well, being a collector at heart I decided I must get a complete set. As always, with these kinds of collections, I began to notice that I was getting more than my fair share of Darth Sidious' and no Darth Mauls or Boss Nass'. But, unperturbed, I started eating more cereal and had my friends looking out for the ones that I needed, so in the end I finished up with two complete sets and several spares that I gave away. I delighted in having a full set but wondered what I could do with the second set - being a keen model maker and painter I suppose the obvious thing was to find some source material from the film and paint them. Here, if you are interested, are what they turned out like and also a short description of the method I used for painting Darth Maul. The figures are about two and a half inches high, click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture.
Click here for the Darth Maul painting guide
On the 25th January 2001 a friend gave me a Plaster-of-Paris Tyrannosaurus Rex model that her daughter had made. It's the type of model that is made by pouring Plaster-of-Paris into a small mould, letting it set and then carefully peeling back the mould to reveal the dinosaur ready to paint. Well, this particular one had suffered from a few air bubbles and had a damaged face but knowing my fondness for modelling she wondered if I could do anything with it. I'm not a great painter and have never tried to sculpt or re-mould anything before, but I decided to have a go at repairing the damage. It turned out fairly okay so I painted it and then gave it back as a finished product. Click on the picture below to see how it turned out and then look at the painting guide below to see how it started life and what steps I took.
Click here for the Tyrannosaurus painting guide
On a holiday to the East coast of Britain I bought a small (about 4cm across) resin pencil top in the shape of a Dragon. I have a fondness for Dragons and so it was only natural that I would buy it, however I didn't like how it was painted so I re-painted it more to my liking and used this website to display a Work In Progress report of it. I actually gave it away as a present after finishing it but if you'd like to see the dragon click on the pictures below and if you'd like to see the stages involved in painting then click on the link below.
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A Christmas present for Holly, a friend's daughter. See the steps involved in painting the model by clicking on the link below the picture (click on the picture for a bigger version).
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Anthony, a friend, recently gave me a Citadel Miniature of an Elder Wraithlord (a robot from a game called Warhammer 40000) to paint for him. I've only just started the project but you can see a work in progress by clicking on the link below. (Clicking on the picture will give you a view of the unmade model pieces)
Click here for the Work in Progress
Click on the picture for a slightly larger version. All of these models were painted by me between one and ten years ago. (I will retake the pictures with better backgrounds as soon as I get the time)
Babylon 5 Starfury
Pantha
A selection of Citadel models
Space Santa
