Just wrapped up this one yesterday. This is Petyr Baelish, from Dark Sword Miniatures George R.R. Martin Masterworks line. The request was made to give him rich, vibrant clothing with a damask fabric effect and mockingbird motif. If you’re a fan of Mr. Martin’s books, you know that a silver mockingbird is Littlefinger’s sigil.

A tiny little pair of English Mastiffs painted on commission. They were a cute change of pace for me.

My latest piece – Severus, Battle Wizard from Enigma Miniatures. The owner of this piece wanted simple basing, so I just rubbled up a 25mm square and added some field grass. The freehand along his cloak is inspired by alchemists circles, as is the freehand in his magic tome.

I’ve been plenty busy since GenCon, hence the lack of updates (a regular occurrence here at my blog). Below are photos of a few commissions that I’ve finished up.

The first is King Philip II – I’ve been catching a lot of criticism over this sculpt. I would like to reiterate that I don’t sculpt these – I just paint them. This piece is a 54mm blow-molded plastic mini that came out of a coffee can – think Cracker Jacks prizes, only in french coffee, not delicious carameled popcorn. I went all out with the freehand (which I’m pretty darned proud of).

Next up is Rickon Stark. This is a Dark Sword Miniature from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire line. Impeccable sculpt from Tom Meier that was a pleasure to paint. The base was sculpted from scratch, and is meant to reflect the cold stones of Winterfell.

This piece is from Morland Studios. Sebastian Archer is really a wonderful sculptor who has mastered the art of soft draping fabrics in 32mm. The miniature is Queen Medb of the Sidhe. A lovely woman who, as legend tells, was killed by a piece of cheese. Not all deaths are glorious and honorable.

After my win of this year’s Iron Painter (see how I snuck that announcement in this post?!), I noticed that my blog was getting a few hits off of WAMP. As it turns out, my devoted fan Pete Blum (NetePete or Peterdita depending on the forum you visit) had posted a picture of a model I had forgotten about. The Sister of Mercy was commissioned by Pete in 2010, and I’m sad to say that I forgot to put her up on my website. Well, here she is – this one’s for you Pete! The juicy back shot is in the Klockenbooty portion of the gallery.

I’m currently messing around with my CSS and have to keep stepping away from it. Please excuse the mess in the interim – the gallery is still up and I will not be taking down any posts – just a few kinks in colors and such for me to debug. Thanks!

I have been participating in an online painting contest called “Iron Painter”. The competition started out with over 100 participants who were then randomly paired up. Each round consists of a theme ingredient (much like the secret ingredient in Iron Chef) and a random pairing up of participants – the entrants are given 2 weeks to come up with a scene/miniature/diorama that they feel best fits the theme. We are then scored on our use of the theme, technique, and overall quality of the piece.

After a grueling 5 rounds, I made it to the finals, paired up against Iron Painter legend “Bexley” – he’s a 2 time champion. In previous years my best positioning in the contest was 4th place. The theme this round was “The Last One Standing” – appropriate for the finals of a contest I think.

My entry depicts a scene of a victorious Dragon Slayer, standing beside her fallen foe. Both models are from Dark Sword Miniatures. The left arm of our heroine was chopped off and repositioned to rest on her hip in a “take that you bastard!” pose. The dragon had his head removed and placed lower on hill. His wings were also repositioned where they meet his body body and then shaped into more of a rested pose. He won’t be taking flight any time soon without his head!

The base was largely scratch sculpted using cork as a base, then copious amounts of milliput and pumice paste. The foliage on the trees was a custom blend of ground up leaf litter placed on dried flower stems to give the appearance of small leafed branches. The slayer is standing next to a resin lake – while that part didn’t really photograph well due to glare, there are hints of briny layers in a smoke-tinted resin.

Ok – enough chatter – here’s the pics!

I’ve updated the Dark Sword miniatures portion of the gallery with 16 new pics! All of these models are available for purchase (unpainted bare metal of course) at darkswordminiatures.com!


There’s still plenty more to come – around 40 or so models – so stay tuned for more eye candy.

I wanted to take a moment to pimp my husband’s blog “WeirdFlix”. He will be your tour guide for strange and relatively unknown films (for which we both have a passion). Other blog highlights include celeb birthday shoutouts and drinking game rules with play by play breakdowns for movies he reviews. We play test all rules before publications. Check it out and show some love!

A smattering of some Dark Sword Miniatures I’ve painted lately! I’d like to take some time in the next couple weeks to update my site & galleries, but I know that if I promise to do so, I won’t. In the mean time, enjoy the photos below!