Monday, October 24, 2011

Knights of the 28mm Miniatures

Knights are some of the most clever creations in the 28 miniature world. To create the armor and plates needed for this level of realism is astonishing. Here is fine examples which was sculpted by artist Oliver James using Procreate epoxy putty from the Kraftmark company:

 

The countless hours spent in creating these miniature figures are amazing.

One of the more impressive sculptors in this field is Tom Mason, who I was able to meet at GenCon and sit in on one of his classes. Here is one of his works:

I'm surprised that the sculptors don’t use video microscope projectors to show the detail to the assembled students as a way to highlight the incredible detail going into each of their productions. Many of these sculptors construct their own tools.

Here is a 28mm miniatures which was created for a proposed

Game of Thrones campaign by artist Tom Meier:

Note the fine detail which has gone into this figure. I had the privilege of watching this gentleman work at his GenCon booth years ago. I was transfixed to watch his hands create such small highlights from epoxy putty. It is truly magic to watch these artists at work.

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