Tag Archives: Sculpting

Shaolin Style – Sculpting a Tree Frog Monk

Hi-Yah! I mentioned it last week in a comment: not only did I sculpt a toad grunt, no dear frog aficionados, I also work on a tree frog monk. This time we won’t go over the basics again, instead I focus on attaching limbs and the importance of knowing what pose you want from the start.

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Buff Bufos – Sculpting a toadman from scratch

As you know I dabbled in converting and sculpting for a few years now, but I never took the plunge and sculpted my very own miniature from scratch. Until now: I present my first serious foray into sculpting a toadman. Come along to learn from my mistakes.

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The right tool for the job – Recommended tools for making terrain

You just started making your own terrain or you intend to make your first piece. Excellent! Looking at a gaming table full of your hand crafted terrain is a grand feeling indeed. But which tools should you get before you start or which tools should you get down the road when you gained some experience with this important aspect of our beloved hobby?

Fear not, as I will show you a selection of tools that will come in very handy for pretty much any terrain project. I will keep it simple and recommend a number of tools for cutting and measuring; painting, sculpting and engraving; and tools that are nice to have, but not essential.

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