Adepticon 2013

Registration for Adepticon 2013 is live - and this year I will be on site teaching nine classes covering three separate topics:

Hands-on With Pigments
Weathering Demo (primer to display)
Airbrushing for Figurines and Vehicles

Be one of the first 1,000 to register for your weekend badge if you want to get your hands on the premium swag bags.

And remember, if you get a photo with me while you're sporting your Secret Weapon t-shirt we'll send you a $10 gift voucher!

157 days and counting....

German Command Train

While I'm not going to post photos of the entry itself, this is the base for one of my upcoming IPMS competition entries.

The text is German for "Water stop" and the scene includes a water marker, the water cans, and a discarded water barrel. From the front view the train car will sit at the right edge of the scene, leaving a small section of the track exposed.

The foliage is thickly layered to give the scene a more wild feel, with paths trampled out at the front where an officer will be standing.

I'll post finished photos following the competition -- wish me luck!

Friday Night Jukebox

Mathieu Fontaine introduced me to this song. It has been haunting me ever since.

Friday Night Jukebox

Acapella thunder? Beat boxing? Rock cover? Yeah, this has it all. I'm not in love with the song, or the rendition, but the first two minutes are super awesome.

In the queue....

Once upon a time there was a simple, black HO scale 8k gallon rolling stock car -- and I just couldn't have that. You see, my father in-law collects large scale trains, and Christmas is coming. But since the large scale trains are far more expensive than their smaller cousins I decided to do a test model.

But for the next "ask misterjustin" segment I'm going to start in on the big boy!

Tune in on Monday 5-November at 4 PM Pacific time (GMT-8) at http://blog.secretweaponminiatures.com/ to catch me live -- or look for the YouTube archive on Friday.