News.

The Guild of Harmony Steampunk range is here!

So-named for her famed combination of mechanical know-how and feminine charm, Tinker Belle can often be found soaring through the skies in her efforts to repair the airships of the Confederate Fleet, or sharing a risque joke in one of the Empire's bawdier steam-taverns.

Steampunk Tinker Belle is now finally available in the Online Store, as a limited edition resin figure.

The resin run is strictly limited to 350 casts, and each cast is sold with a hand-signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

A metal version of the figure is also planned for the future.

More steampunk figures are coming soon!

I am home again from my trip to Italy, as a guest judge at the Monte San Savino show. This was the first time I had been to MSS, and all I can say is that it was FANTASTIC...really incredible - the best show I have been to, the atmosphere was amazing. Mostly due to the unequalled hospitality of the Italian painting community: they created such a special feeling of friendship that outsiders like me or Roman and Raffa (jarhead and picster) were quite shocked and emotional all weekend! Whether it was drinking from the huge 20 litre bottle of 'medieval mead' being passed around late at night in the freezing cold in the centre of the ancient town; the packed-to-breaking-point restaurant of Legio Pictorum members at the 'Legionnaires' dinner; or just the way we guests were so kindly looked after day to day and treated like international VIPs, the event was something I will never forget, and I'll hold the memories of my first Monte San Savino very dear forever, I think.

The competition itself was said to be the best of the year, in terms of quality and quantity...the standard of the figures was so high that many people were stunned. Judging was a very difficult and time-consuming task: my judging team took such a long time with one particular category (historical master painting) that we delayed everyone else for hours, and eventually we were all kicked out of the museum and had to return the following morning to complete the job! haha :)

The venue itself is quite unlike any other contest I have attended. The contest is held inside a historical museum, converted from a 13th century keep/armoury (if you can believe it!). So the miniatures are surrounded by ancient stonework, narrow passages, steep staircases, and a very medieval feel that creates an incredible sense of atmosphere.

I want to say a huge THANK YOU to the organisers of Monte San Savino, and to all of the Italian community for creating such a memorable and beautiful event. I will never forget it - long live Monte San Savino! :D

The MSS2011 videos posted by Roman on Massive Voodoo sum up the feeling of the event perfectly, so I will just add a few extra little photos of my trip:

Raffa and Roman painting with coffee:

Me sculpting in the streets of Monte San Savino:

Eating pasta!

Me and Francesco (franciuus) in front of Saint Mark's Cathedral in Venice:

The crazy sloping stairs in our hotel in Venice!

-sebastian

I've added photos of the banshee I painted for Oz Golden Demon 2011 to the painting gallery.
-sebastian

I'm back home again from a trip to World Expo, held in Montreux, Switzerland. I was on the judging panel for the even this yeart, although judges were able to enter categories for which they were not responsible, so I threw in a few entires - I was fortunate enough to win another gold medal in the 'master painting' category, a real honour :)

I then had a great time travelling through southern Germany with Weisern and his sister, doing some sightseeing round Bavaria at Neuschwanstein Castle, the Alps near Garmisch-Partenkirchen (we went to the top of the 'Zugspitze') and then Munich, Rothenburg and finally Berlin (very briefly!).

One of the highlights of the trip was meeting the crazy gorilla guys from MASSIVE VOODOO, when we stayed with Raffa (picster) in Augsburg, and had some crazp painting nights with Roman (jarhead), Peter and Christian.

The other news is that a new steampunk figure is coming very soon...some company for Steampunk Dorothy. The new one is called 'Steampunk Tinker Belle'...stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks! :) -sebastian

Happy 4th of July to our American friends! :)

Steampunk Dorothy

is now finally available in the Online Store!

June 27 2011:

Phoenicia, Vanys and Blagrut are now available in the Online Store!

The metal Dorothy casts should be ready very shortly, so 'stay tuned'. Apologies for the delay; there have been a lot of 'behind the scenes' type problems getting the figure ready for metal production, but everything has been solved now, so not long to wait :)
-sebastian

Two more minis in the sculpting category: Ki-Adi-Mundi and Shaak Ti for the Knight Models Star Wars 30mm range.

I have also changed the shipping rates for the store - they are now even cheaper :) It is now $3.50 for orders up to $49.99, $5.00 for orders $50-100 and orders over $100 are shipped free.
-sebastian

Another figure in the sculpting gallery - this time a ghoul for Imbrian Arts. It's the first ghoul of 4 planned.
-sebastian

Photos of my main entry in the painting competition at Auscon 2011 - Severus: 'Renewal' - are finally in the gallery: a big thank you to Bistra Atanassova for the fantastic photos. :)
-sebastian

I've added a few more sculpts to the gallery: Phoenicia, Arcane Spellcaster, Vanys, Dark Elf Blood Priestess, and Blagrut, Goblin Shaman.

These figures will be available from the Guild of Harmony store in about two weeks.

The metal version of steampunk Dorothy is also coming: it will be available with the other new releases, very soon.
-sebastian

A bit of exciting news for me this week: last weekend at AUSCON, I was thrilled an honoured to win the Best of Show award in the 'Wizards of Oz' painting competition, which means I'll be attending next year's Crystal Brush competition in Chicago courtesy of the prize: a plane ticket to the USA :D I'm very excited because I've never actually won a real prize before, haha - and the chance to travel to Chicago for Adepticon and the Crystal Brush is amazing.

If you're not familiar with the Crystal Brush competition, here's a link: Crystal Brush competition

I had two painted entries in the competition: I've added one, Al-Vianna, to the gallery, and I'll have the photos up for the other, Severus from Enigma, as soon as I can.
-sebastian

Another couple of bits of news, extending a couple of the things from the last news post.

First of all, the 'Charlie's Angels' charity project (officially it's called the "Frothers' Charity Thingy 2010") has raised 5,900 pounds so far, with more to come, which I think is absolutely fantastic - what a great result!

There is also a special set of purple resin masters of the Charlie's Angels figures up for sale on ebay currently, with the proceeds of the auction going to the MS society. If you're interested here's the link: Charity Auction

The second piece of news is about the AUSCON figure - it's been unveiled at last: Steampunk Dorothy!

You can read about her and see more pics in the sculpting gallery, here: Dorothy

And you can see what the guys at AUSCON have to say about it, and find out more about the AUSCON event, at the AUSCON website:

-sebastian

I've added a mini to the sculpting category - something I sculpted last year for a charity project. It's one of 'Charlie's Angels' from the 70s TV show.

Apart from that, over the last few months I've been working on some sculpting for an upcoming German figure range called 'Troll Outpost', but the figures need to stay under wraps for now, until they are ready for release.

I was also thrilled to be approached to sculpt the figure for the upcoming AUSCON event in Brisbane: AUSCON is a big new gaming convention starting this year, over the long weekend April 30 - May 2, and also includes a new painting competition called the 'Wizards of Oz'. Lots of Australian painters and gamers will be attending, (including me!), and in addition to the frenzy of gaming, there will also be many seminars/workshops being run by some well known Australian personalities, focussed on painting and sculpting techniques. I'm leading a couple of seminars myself: one practical class on blending technique, and a short talk about the importance of colour and composition in figure painting. You can find out all about AUSCON on the official website, here: AUSCON website

Anyway, I was honoured to be given the task of sculpting a special figure to mark the event, which will be sold as a limited edition resin at AUSCON. It needs to stay secret for now, but it will be revealed soon, and then I'll be able to tell you all about it ;)

-sebastian

We've just had our big Golden Demon finals day, yesterday, and there are two big bits of news: first of all, congratulations to Simon Hooker for winning the sword, his ultramarine scout squad was incredibly detailed, so much work - definately a very deserving winner! And the other big bit of news is that we are finally getting a Gamesday again here in Australia - woohoo! It will be great to have Golden Demon as part of a big event again, rather than holding it in isolation.

My 'Goffik Rok' ork did his guitar jammin' job though, because I was lucky enough to win the 'Lost Demon category :) I have added pics to the gallery, so you can check it out here: Goffik Rok
-sebastian

Happy Halloween, everyone! Our supermarket had run out of whole pumpkins, so we had to make do with a jack-o-lantern cut out of a quarter of a pumpkin, haha...not quite the same, but still effective :)

A small painting update: I've painted a version of Eilwyn, Enchantress, from the Guild of Harmony range. Pics are in the gallery now - and the figure is available from the Guild of Harmony Store.

It's Golden Demon time here in Australia, too...we have entered our figures, and the 'finals day' is on November 13th. I didn't have time to make anything serious this year, but I managed to find a moment or two to paint something for our special 'lost demon' category we have this year - only old GW figures from 1977-1999 allowed, no new releases! So it's been fun to see all the old minis emerging. I painted one of the 'Goffik Rok' miniatures, an ork bustin' out a solo on an electric guitar, haha...pics will come in time!
-sebastian

Just a little update to the sculpting gallery - the 'black rose' vampire noblewoman I sculpted as a private commission back in July.

I also added a painted version of Jian Nai to the painting gallery, from the Guild of Harmony range - you might have seen him already, because the pics have been there for a few weeks, but I forgot to update this news page ;)

I'm sorry I have not had many updates lately, but I have been very unwell and in hospital for a few weeks. But I'm back home again now, so hopefully things will get going at a faster pace over the next few months. Many thanks to those who have given me support and kind words over the last month or two, I really appreciate it.
-sebastian

Another two new releases for Guild of Harmony this week: Eilwyn, Enchantress, has now been added to the Guild of Harmony Store. Eilwyn is a magic user, ready to summon the arcane force with her staff, and blast her enemies with her wand. Eilwyn is a 30mm metal figure, sculpted by me.

Eilwyn

We've also got another release: Jin Shi, Golden Lion. Another Asian-inspired figure, this time a heavily armoured warlord for your armies. Jin Shi is a 30mm metal mini, sculpted by me, and now available at the Guild of Harmony Store.

Jin Shi

-sebastian

I've added a couple more figures to the painting gallery: the Orc from Métal Modèles I painted as a commission job, and also A dwarf, Bjorti Trollsbane, which I painted last month as a little gift for Tre Manor, at Red Box Games.

Tre is a fantastic sculptor and also a really great person, really nice guy. And his range of figures is fantastic - really nice sculpting. So check out his site if you haven't already.

Here's a link to Tre's site: Red Box Games

I've also added another figure to the sculpting gallery - Chiang Shi, the Chinese Hopping Ghost, another commission job.
-sebastian

There is another new release for Guild of Harmony this week: Snorri, dwarf traveller, has now been added to the Guild of Harmony Store. Snorri, complete with teapot, soup ladle, sleeping mat and other trinkets, has just come in from a long journey and grabbed a hard-earned flagon of ale. Snorri is 23mm, and sculpted by me. -sebastian

Snorri

Finally a new release for the Guild of Harmony figure range! Qing Long, Cyan Dragon has now been added to the Guild of Harmony Store. He is another Chinese-themed warrior for your collection. A 30mm metal figure, sculpted by me. I'm going to have some new releases over the next weeks, so stay tuned! -sebastian

Qing Long

A mammoth 8 more figures added to the sculpting gallery! A mixture of all sorts...some for Harwood Hobbies, some for an upcoming German range called Fester und Fischer, and some more for my own Guild of Harmony range, to be released soon. I really should update the site more often - I get so tied up in working that I forget (or am too lazy!). Please forgive me ;)
- sebastian

A couple more minis added to the painted gallery: Grakkha and Gwahyr, two Rackham oldies!
- sebastian

More updates to the gallery, Liche King, White Speaker and Old Death from me, and Grace Spinster, Beelphegor from Mark.
-weisern

Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings everyone! I've got an early Christmas present for you - a new article :) It is called 'Telcharion: painting the flesh, robes, textured apron, and constructing the base', and you can see it in the 'tutorials' section, here: tutorials
-sebastian

I finally added some photos of my Golden Demon entry from this year, OZ GD 09. The mini I chose was Galadriel from Lord of the Rings; I was absolutely shocked by the result at GD! I weas hoping to win some sort of trophy; somehow, to my great surprise and honour, the judges decided to award me the slayer sword. WOW!
-sebastian

Another couple of figures in the gallery: in the painting gallery, Yi Ling from Guild of Harmony range, as Weisern mentioned, and also a Cadwë militiaman from Rackham.

In the sculpting gallery, I've added 3 more figures for the Harwood Hobbies range: a Kali cultist, a Kali deathdealer, and the Siren.
-sebastian

I have added some large pics for my shadow warrior, chaos lord and liche king. Also check out Seb's paintjob of YiLing.
-weisern

I have added a couple of new figures to the painting gallery - Asheara and Nagrot from the Guild of Harmony range, 2 of the new releases from last month. I hope the painted versions give you a better idea of the minis!
-sebastian

The new figures are now available in the online shop! There are 5 new figures for the Guild of Harmony range: Yi Ling, Asheara, Shin Kyi, Jian Nai and Nogrot Crook-Eye. You can visit the Guild of Harmony store here: Guild of Harmony Store
The 4 Germani Dark Elf figures I sculpted for Myrmidon Studio are also now available through this site, for Australian and NZ customers. You can view the new 'antipodean' Myrmidon store here: Myrmidon Store
I have also jsut finished another sculpt for Harwood Hobbies - the dervish. I added some photos to the sculpting gallery, so you can check him out there.
-sebastian

I've added some more figures to the sculpting gallery: 2 more figures I've sculpted for Harwood Hobbies, an upcoming Canadian company that will soon be releasing a 'Sinbad style fantasy' range, as well as a 'near-future horror' range. It is the same company for which I sculpted the 'undying girls' a few months back.
I have also added 5 new sculpts for my own Guild of Harmony range. These figures will be available in the in about a week from now, so stay tuned! When these new figures are released, the 'Germani Dark Elves' I sculpted for Myrmidon Studio will also be available in my store, for Australian and New Zealand customers.
-sebastian

Hello again everyone, I have put another new figure in the painting gallery - Telcharion from Enigma. Another great, fairly simple sculpt by Raul Latorre.
I have also added 4 new figures to the sculpting gallery. These are figures I sculpted earlier this year for a new fantasy range from Myrmidon Studio.
They will be available soon in Australia, through the Guild of Harmony store: Online Store
They are also available of course from the Myrmidon temporary online store based in the UK: Myrmidon store
I will also have some new figures ready for the Guild of Harmony range, hopefully in about a month. So stay tuned and I'll let you know! :) -sebastian

I painted a version of the 'toxic girl', sculpted by Emanuele Giovagnoni, back in January, and I have finally added it to the gallery. It was kept secret as an entry for the Chick Challenge 09! -sebastian

I added Sylphie, the benevolent drow priestess, to the painted figures gallery. -sebastian

I was asked to do an interiew for a painting/modelling forum called WAMP earlier this year. I finally ended up responding to the interview questions last week - you can check it out here, if you're interested. interview
I've also added some more figures to the sculpting gallery - a vampire girl in two states of transformation. -sebastian

Another new figure added to the painted gallery. This time a GW Nurgle champion, which I painted for my friend Sven :) -sebastian

I have added a new figure to the painting gallery - Ujahu from Enigma. I wrote 2 little articles about the process of creating his base, and painting the figure, which you can see here: tutorials -sebastian

Because I think I have too many minis lying around the place, I have decided to add a new 'For Sale' section to the site, showing some of my painted figures that are available to buy. I will update this now and then.
Also, if you haven't noticed yet, the 5 new sculpts are now available in the 'Guild of Harmony' range of figures - Tarika, Torphaal, Meliarra, Zargun and Karick-Dar. Have a look in the Shop if you're interested! -sebastian

Hello, March already! The year is going far too quickly for my taste.
I've added a new figure to the painting gallery - the Sulfur Chevalier, another chevalier des baronnies from Ilyad. And I also added a GW figure last week, Grimgor Ironhide. Both of these were commission works. -sebastian

Happy New year everyone! :)
I've added a new mini to the painting gallery - Garlan de Brall from Alkemy. -sebastian

Another new mini for the gallery - Morphus from Enigma.
I also decided to re-organise my painting gallery slightly. Previously I had the figures organised by manufacturer, but I don't think this was completely logical. So I have now put the figures in chronological order, from the most recently painted, to the oldest. And split them into years. I think it's more interesting this way, because it shows the way the painting has changed with time. -sebastian

I added the photos of my two GD entries to the GW gallery. I was very lucky to win silver with the Squig Hopper, and gold with the Sentinel.
Once again we had a fantastic GD weekend, and made it a great social event. We also took photos of a lot of the entries and winners, that can be seen here: OZ GD 08 photos -sebastian

I have added a few new things to the gallery. First of all, there are the pictures of Urmuth - I have written an article using this figure, about painting flesh and using colour. You can see the article here: Urmuth article
Also, I have added photos of the 'sniper girl' from the Chick Challenge 2008 to the gallery.
Before Urmuth, at the start of October, I was very busy getting a couple of fun entries ready for our Australian GD 08. This competition is in progress right now, so after the finals day - November 15 - I should have a few more new things to show. -sebastian

Many thanks to Kirk (Torm3nt) for helping out with some of the PHP coding for the Shop pages. I really appreciate it! Check out Torm3nt's website, My Model Case:a voting/ranking resource for miniature artists, and an artistic environment for all miniature painters and sculptors to seek good constructive criticism or showcase their projects. -sebastian

The new online store is up and running - see the link to 'shop' on the left menu. Through this shop, you can purchase casts of some of the figures I have sculpted this year, for my own little line of miniatures. -sebastian

I am home again from my trip to World Expo, and a short tour around Spain and Italy. World Expo was the most fantastic event...the best figurines event I have attended by a long way. And I was very honoured and excited to receive a gold medal in the 'master painting' category for my dispaly of miniatures. :) I will add a little report of the event with some photos in the coming week.
I have added the photos to the gallery of a new miniature I made especially for World Expo - Lathiem from Enigma. - sebastian

I added the write-up for the chevalier finally - not exactly the promised 'day or two', I know, sorry about that! I became distracted with other projects...sculpting more figures for my little mini line, which will be released soon - the figures will be available from late July, hopefully.
In other news, I am heading overseas to Spain for World Expo on July 3-6 In Girona. I leave home on June 30th, and will arrive home on June 22nd - I am stopping off in Italy for a week or so before coming back to Australia. - sebastian

I have added another mini to the gallery page - a chevalier des baronnies, from Ilyad Games. I will add the write-up with a little description of the colours and techniques in the next day or two. :) - sebastian

Finally another update. I have been doing some sculpting recently, and over the coming weeks I am hoping to introduce my own little mini range, with some sculpts of my own being cast and available to buy. I've had the first on cast already, in white metal, and the casting quality looks great - so now I just need to get my act together, get the next minis cast, and start to put things into motion!
I'll put up some updates here as things progress, to let you know what is happening, what will be available, and how you can get hold of it. So stay tuned! :) - sebastian

Hello everyone, I'm finally settled in my new house, and I've been keeping busy with minis, of course ;) I've added new minis to the gallery: A gamesday orc from GW, an aurlok thunder-warrior from Alkemy, Brom from Enigma and a rock chick hehe :)
I'll try to update the sculpting section soon, because I have a few things to show - I've been doing lots of sculpting recently, and I am hoping to have a couple of minis cast and ready to sell over the next few months. - sebastian

Two more minis added to the gallery: a marauder barbarian mini I sculpted back in May as training before starting work on the skaven, and which I finished off and painted as a last minute entry for OZ GD 07; and another Rackham mini, Kelian Durak, painted this week for a little article \ I wanted to write about painting metallics. You can see the article here: metallics article
I would also like to apologise for the delay in me adding the write-ups for the recent minis. I am moving house at the moment, and it has been very chaotic at home recently - all my spare time has gone towards finishing off a commission mini, and writing that metallics article. So I am sorry, but please be a little patient, and hopefully I will get around to it eventually! - sebastian

I've added the photos of the Ilyad Orc (sculpted by allan c hehe) to the gallery. It was the last mini I painted for my Europe trip, and I painted it for the Ravage Mix Open as a tribute to Allan, my hero! :P - sebastian

Hi friends, I am finally back from my amazing trip through Europe! It was so incredible...the best trip! I will be posting a report soon with photos of all my travels, and the great people I met on the way. Right now, I have posted the photos of the 3 new minis I made for UK GD: a Nurgle marine mutant, Gandalf, and a skaven mini. You can see them in the gallery section. I will add the write-ups with some explanation of the painting etc. soon, please forgive the delay but I have been EXTREMELY busy since I returned home...a million things that need doing! But it's good to be back :) - sebastian

Hello everyone, I am very sorry for the lack of updates recently! Some of you might know that I am going on a big trip to Europe soon, and I will be attending the UK GD, the Ravage Mix Open in Paris at Salon du jeu, and the Italy GD - and of course, I have been incredibly busy preparing for my trip and furiously painting to try to get some entries ready for the competitions. So I am afraid that it will be a little while longer before I have anything new to show you...not until I return. But I promise lots of new minis and a full report on all the events that I attend, when I get back home :) I am leaving soon, in about 3 weeks, and I will be gone for 2 months - I will be back in late October. So I apologise if you mail me and I don't reply during that time. I'm leaving so soon because I am going on a tour trip around Egypt before heading to Europe hehe, but it means that my time is severely running out! I still have 2 more minis that I want to paint before I go, argh...oh well, at least I should be able to sleep on the plane, eh? haha. - sebastian

I have added 3 more minis to the gallery - a beastman and an Iron Warriors marine in the GW section, and a special addition to the 'other' category: a mini I painted for Enigma Miniatures, for the new 'Massive Darkness' 30mm range. - sebastian

I finally got around to doing the write-up for virago...curse my lazy ways! hehe, well it has been added to virago in the gallery section now, if you are interested. - sebastian

I have just finished painting Virago, from Ilyad Games - I love that mini. It is such a shame that Ilyad has disappeared. I added the pics to the gallery, in the 'other' section. Also, I forgot to mention before: a week or two ago I added a link in the 'tutorials' section to another small article on blending I wrote on the 'Oz Painters' forum. - sebastian

I've added another Rackham mini to the gallery: Varghar, a commission work. - sebastian

I've added my aqua marine to the gallery, from our little painting challenge we held between some friends recently. - sebastian

Hello everyone - I have added another new mini to my gallery, a female dwarf from Reaper. It was a gift for my friend in Italy :) -sebastian

After mentioning her in the news post in September, the time has finally come for me to add Viraë to the gallery. So, I hope you enjoy the pics, even though I painted the mini some months ago haha :) -sebastian

Happy new year everyone! :) Hope you all have a great 2007.
I just finished a new miniature, it's an orc from a new Spanish mini line, called Zenit Miniatures. The photos have been added to the gallery. -sebastian

I have just added Mark's minis to the gallery section. Check out our new artisan's contributions. Hope you all had a merry Christmas. Best wishes for the new year. -weisern

Well, I'm finally finished my uni work, and GD is also over - so as I promised, I finally have some pics to show! First we have an armoured skeleton, a bit of fun I had to celebrate - some practice at sculpting, and some fun with the painting with more metallics. Then, my three GD entries from this year - Aragorn from LOTR single category, an ork nob from 40k single, and a dark elf from the fantasy single category. I was fortunate enough to win the gold with aragorn and the ork, but the dark elf missed out altogether I'm afraid, haha! But oh well, I still like him :) I hope you like the minis, and once again thank you to everyone at GD this year for the great day, so much fun to see you all again - and meet some new people as well. See you next year! -sebastian

Check out my recently finished mercenary assassin in the gallery. -weisern

Finished my bestigor for the Australian Golden Demon competition. We find out results 11 November. -weisern

It's been a while since any news, so just a quick update - I'm still madly working on my university thesis, but I'm getting there! Anyway, back in August I was asked by 'Gameforces' - a Spanish miniature magazine - to write a painting article: a step-by-step article about the painting of a whole miniature. I can't reveal the photos until after the magazine comes out - in November I think- so you will have to wait until then to see the result I'm afraid, sorry! The miniature I chose to paint was Viraë, the queen of the Fiannas, of the Kelt Sessairs, from Rackham. -sebastian

Another mini added to my GW gallery: death guard mk. II! -sebastian

Check out August's Australian White Dwarf #320, for an article by Sebastian on shading metallics. It has lots of step by step pics and a lengthly description of the techniques used. Here is the online version. -weisern

I've finished my Sentinel of Danakil. -weisern

-sebastian

Finished my first commission mini, hurrah! Check out my gallery for Kaya the Wildborne. ;-) -weisern

-sebastian

Sebastian's Kaïn is finished, along with 6 pics and write up.

I've decided to put Wandyr up in my gallery eventhough he's not amazing. We each get 1 rack mini with metallics to show, hehehe ;-) -weisern

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