I`m still alive, but...

I´m burying myself in commission works at the moment.

So, don`t think I`m inactive ;)

First, a picture of my workbench with two very different miniatures, I`m working on, at the moment. Both in early stages...

and some impressions of my latest work, called "Candyshop" or "Lasagne^^"

Miniature holder, 2G

Hello creative friends

The new holders will be available in the shop below. 

Sale starts on monday. 

www.pk-pro.de

The second version of my miniature holder is available in the next days... monday, I think.

With this holder it is possible to minimize the tremor while painting or sculpting. At first glance, the holder looks a bit strange 

and you don`t know how and if the thing might help. But the enlightenment comes when you have worked with it.

In the second version I changed the base a bit:

-The cork is now removable

- You don`t need to stick the pins of your workpiece into the cork any more. Pins will clamped between two    cork halves, because the hole in the base and the cork is conical.

-Comfortable handling
-Precise painting and sculpting without to tremble, by resting your brush holding fingers on the wire bar.
-The wire bar is rotatable around the workpiece (360 degrees)
-Without contact: The workpiece must never be touched with the fingers

-Suitable for painting and sculpting miniatures
-Suitable for single miniatures 28-54mm, small busts, etc.
-Suitable for right-and left-hander
-miniatures on custom bases can also be fixed on the ceramic base   with bluetac or Patafix
-Every single miniatures-holder was made by me by hand and checked for function.
-Wire bar can be disassembled for priming your miniature and to remove the finished work
-For baking sculpts in the oven, remove the small skull
-Available in two versions, small for 28-32mm mini's and large for 54mm miniatures

Pinselwut, miniature painting by Solmar: Ask the Pros: Derwish

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Miniature holder update

The sale of the new miniature holder  

2 Generation, 

will begin in late January. 

In the new version, the cork will be renewable, the cork is also conical, so pined miniatures or sculpting wires must not be plugged in anymore, but are wedged between the two cork halves.

The holders will be available exclusively in the following hobby shop of a friend ...

Hobbyshop : pk-pro

ready for pre order

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Reviev workshop Aachen

Dear painterfamily,

a further workshop is over. This time I passed on my knowledge and skills in Eschweiler (Aachen).
Already on Friday, as I was on my way to Aachen, I received positive signs for the upcoming weekend workshop because I was very punctual with the train on the way and could reach any connecting train well. And that's rather the rarity with "Deutsche Bahn" (german rail) ;)

The workshop itself, I can only say ... During the teaching, speaking and demonstrating, I felt very well what I have to thank the lovely and patient participants. I hope you enjoyed the weekend as well as I do, and could understand my ways of painting and discover them for yourselves.

I want to thank again all the participants, and would like to highlight some of you. 
First of all I thank the organizers, Roman and Uli, who have supported me over the weekend and also long in advance. The process was smoothly and it lacked nothing.


Special thanks to Uwe (De), who celebrated his birthday on Friday, and invited all of us to a pizza.
And last but not least, Maartje (MaGie - miniature painting) and Kyle (Mr. Lee's Painting Emporium)
, who had traveled from abroad and had some hurdles during their trip to Aachen. Also thanks for your detailed reports.

And now I wish you happy painting and end this review with some visual impressions...




In Eschweiler the air is not too clean...

...but on the other hand, the painting lamps shine much brighter :))

Bye, bye in Aachen... have a nice Halloween... your Stephan `derwish` Rath.

Painting revolution november 14th

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Bring ALL your friends. 

The more you are, the better for you. Trust us.

Bringe alle Deine Freunde!

Je mehr ihr seid, desto besser für euch. Vertraut uns.

Initial trials at home with sculpey - 4

Hiho dear followers,

Today I practiced again to sculpt. This time, the human head, which for me is always the most difficult part. I think the results of today are not sooo bad ... another two or three heads and it looks really human ;)

The head is designed for a 54mm miniature and about 8mm high.

In the third picture you can see how my first and second attempt looked like, from March this year.

I am very grateful for your comments and always open for criticism.

...and sorry for the bad "smartphone macro pictures"

Regards, Your Stephan

Music backround while painting

This music works best for me, as backround while painting:

Radio Final Fantasy ;)

And that is worth a look too...

http://radiohyrule.com/

Timeline

Hello friends,

Many of my workshop participants have been asking to show my first minis. Here you can see very well what happens when you practice a lot. I hope I can motivate one or another hereby again.
I thought it was a good idea to establish a timeline of some of my miniatures. So you can now track my beginnings and the qualitative improvements of my paintworks.

Thanks for watching, Stephan :) 

2005 - first half

2005 - second half

review - "derwish academy 2012"

REVIEW

Last weekend I held my first intensive workshop, the "derwish academy". For me it was a very enriching experience to work with 6 interested participants to dine and swim (we had about 36 degrees the whole weekend)

Games Day Germany 2012

Collected links for GD Germany 2012 can be found here:

Workshop Aachen

Hey there,

The doors for registration are open...