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Samhain or (sa:win) is an old Gaelic festival to celebrate the end of summer, now known as Halloween. As a child this was my favorite holiday, I just loved making a costume and heading out for my yearly sugar rush. Now I head out with my niece and nephews and enjoy their expressions. Leviathan update: We are close to production! I am working on the last of the weapon arms... After that I need to make masters of all the molds and then complete the instructions and box art. best guess of release date stands mid to late November. Why has it taken so long? I think we will top out at 30 to 32 molds, using about seven to seven and a half gallons of mold rubber. It has been a LOT of work and I'm looking forward to moving on to the next set of Leviathan in the series. Thought I would share some AMAZING pumpkin carving!

I just saw on Miniature Review that Jon over at Khurasan  is releasing the heavy tank I worked on a few months back. I have to say, I think it looks great painted up in desert tan. I missed this one as well.... Here is a pic of a missile AFV I worked on just before the Siler tank. SpaceJacker at Tinysoldier painted up the AFV. It sure is nice to see Jon busy releasing these and I just love to see them painted. With my head buried so far into the Leviathan mold process, I'm lucky to catch any of these ;)

When John at Moddler contacted me about working with JBR on a commercial gig, I was very excited about the opportunity and jumped at the chance. My Leviathan molds would need to take a back seat for a bit. This was a CAD model that JBR and I worked on for a Land Rover commercial. Moddler printed the CAD model and sent it off to an ad agency in NY, Hornet Inc.  to have the physical model painted and ultimately used in a stop motion commercial. Here are a couple of links to the final product.... Land Rover :30sec Behind the Scenes This was my first bit of work as a small cog in a big commercial deal. Very exciting and very tight deadlines. I am amazed to see the end results.   The Model needed to be 100% with all details of the real world vehicle captured, all the way down to working headlights. You cannot see it in this render but even the interior headlight bezels needed to be created. Here are some shots of the modeling work in progress. A couple of pics of just some of th...

The wonderful and talented Pat over at Senji Studios made a stunning vignette for the Leviathan box art based on a crude sketch I sent to him. Please pop over to his site to see his process and more photos. I can only hope my painting skills on the Leviathans can do justice to his stunning work. The Diorama and box art will display the first two Leviathan models. The Eisenkern Leviathan Mortis and the Commonwealth Leviathan Crusader locked in battle on an Eisenkern held planet. The architecture is of Eisenkern origin with a decidedly gothic feel. The buildings are slab construction, cast off world and shipped to a planet for a “colony in a box” method of quick assembly while retaining the architectural interest and distinct retro-gothic feel of the Eisenkern society.

It has been quite some time since my last update... So, where have I been and what am I working on? Among other projects, I have been working on the molds. So far all the body components are complete and I'm starting on the molds for the legs and arms. Molds are like the foundation of a house, you need to get it right or the house will not come together right. All my molds are two part, requiring two pours and a lot of pre-prep clay work to get the parting lines of the two mold halves set correctly. Until this week I only had one adjustable mold box, I now have two so things should move a little faster.. fingers crossed. To be honest I hate this part of the process but it has to be done, so back to work I go ;)

When Adam contacted me about being interviewed for his Podcast “ Chance of Gaming ” I had two immediate questions. 1) What the hell is a podcast? 2) What the hell do I have to talk about? I am decidedly un- hip, I do not tweet and I refuse to buy an I-phone. I took some time out to listen to the Chance of Gaming Podcasts and found their style to be an R rated entertaining and irreverent look at all things gaming, from board to miniature to computer games. I agreed to the interview but I wasn’t even sure I would be able to fill twenty minutes with anything interesting. Turns out once you get me started you won’t be able to shut me up. If you have some time on your hands and you want to learn a bit more about me and the way I create my models, give a listen to Chance of Gaming Episode 10 . I do recommend that you try out the other episodes as well… I found them entertaining and even learned a thing or two. So sit back in your favorite chair, relax and enjoy!

I just noticed that John over at Moddler is using the Dictator model I made for Khurasan  on his splash page. I let myself get a little tickled over this because John has some real talent from other artist, ala-Zbrush, in his portfolio pictures and I'm pleased I made the cut.  Jon over at Khurasan should have this monster available soon, so keep your eyes on his web page. Just a bit about, the man who makes my 3D models into real world objects: John Vegher does all my 3D prints, he offers great service at a great price.... I know because I have shopped around. In John's last career, he ran a Emmy winning visual effects house and was a founding member of Giant Killer Robots and Pixel Liberation Front. If you ever need a 3d model made into a real world object, I recommend you put Moddler on your short list of service providers.