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I will be at Gamers Sanctuary on July 13-14th teaching six different mini-workshops.

••• SATURDAY •••
10am - 12pm "Intro to Airbrushing" (No Attendance Cap), $10

1pm - 4pm "Weathering Demo" (No Attendance Cap), $10

4:30pm – 7:30pm "Bring Your Model" (8 student cap), $10

 

••• SUNDAY •••
10am - 1pm "Basing For Gaming" (20 student cap), $10  

2pm – 5pm "Hands-on With Pigments" (20 student cap), $10 

5:30pm – 8:30pm "Bring Your Model" (8 student cap), $10 

 

I also plan on bringing my X-Wing models with me, and maybe even a few points of Warmachine, to help fill in the Friday night.

 

Come out and say hello! 

Registration for Adepticon 2013 is live - and this year I will be on site teaching nine classes covering three separate topics:

Hands-on With Pigments
Weathering Demo (primer to display)
Airbrushing for Figurines and Vehicles

Be one of the first 1,000 to register for your weekend badge if you want to get your hands on the premium swag bags.

And remember, if you get a photo with me while you're sporting your Secret Weapon t-shirt we'll send you a $10 gift voucher!

157 days and counting....

This was the test broadcast for the monthly "ask misterjustin" segment that I will be doing with Secret Weapon Miniatures. We've made a lot of technical improvements in advance of the second episode -- and you'll find me live on the first Monday of every month at 4:00 PM Pacific (GMT-8) answering questions from the viewers.

You can also submit questions in advance -- which is especially useful for those of you on the other side of the planet that might miss the live broadcast -- via misterjustin AT secretweaponminiatures.

I won't be able to get to every question, every month but I'll certainly give it my best go!

I will also embed the live stream on this blog for those of you that can join us.

This summer is starting to fill up with mini-workshop... and I think I like it!

I will be teaching two hour classes at these events:

Gen Con Indy -- August 16 - 19
I will be at the Cool Mini Or Not booth running product demos for Secret Weapon all weekend. This is going to be done cooking show style with a camera and big screen TV.

NOVA Open -- August 30 - September 2
I will be teaching 2 hour classes all weekend. We're working out the schedule now but I will be teaching my hands-on with pigments class, basing, and intro to airbrushing. There might be other topics including my two hour "everything weathering" demo.

Rio Grande Wars --  October 19 - 21
Another weekend filled with two hour mini-workshops.

I'm still waiting on the details for actual class times but these events are on the calendar and I'll be there.

If you have a Secret Weapon t-shirt remember to get your photo taken with me -- it's good for a $10 gift voucher!

Just a quick note to let folks know that I will be teaching two hobby seminars on weathering with pigments at Adepticon this year!

Saturday night from 10 PM to midnight
http://cart.adepticon.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=27&products_id=484

Sunday morning from 9 AM to 11 AM
http://cart.adepticon.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=538

I will also have my 1,000 point Blood Angels and 35 point Khador armies with me. Just sayin'.

Secret Weapon is also running a promotion -- If you're wearing a Secret Weapon t-shirt and get a photo with me at the event and you'll find a gift voucher waiting for you when you get home. Pretty sweet!

I will be at Mythic Games in Santa Cruz for a hands-on weathering workshop. This class will cover pigment basics and the creation of rust, dust, mud, muck and other popular, realistic weathering effects.

There will be a one hour Q&A following the class to allow students time to get 1:1 feedback on their models and projects.

Students should bring paints, brushes, and a lamp but will be provided access to pigments and a model for the workshop.

The cost is only $20 if you pre-register, or $25 at the door, but the class is limited to the first twenty students so sign up early!

I will be teaching a half-day hands-on weathering workshop at

Great Escape Games
1250 Howe Avenue, suite 3A
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 927-0810

The class will cover rust, dust, mud, grime, and urban rubble. Pigments and a practice model will be provided. Attendees should bring their own paints, brushes and a lamp. Time will be allotted for 1:1 discussion of attendee models if one is brought.

The cost is $10.00

I will be doing one of my half day vehicle weathering workshops at Seattle Wargaming on Saturday, 16-July from 11 AM - 4 PM.

You can get information on the event, and sign up, on their Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244409815575655

I look forward to meeting the hobby dorks of Seattle.

This sentinel was painted from primer to finish in just over three hours for one of my Masterclass Vehicle Weathering Workshop events in Sacramento, CA. It is weathered very heavily so that the techniques could be clearly demonstrated but of course you could easily tone it down.

Now that I've had a chance to take photos it will go back to Great Escape Games and live in their display case.

My thanks to everyone that came out!

EDIT: Here are some close-up shots of the weathering.

1: shows the weathered decal and the small amount of accumulated dirt in the door and on some details.

2: Variations in rust vs. primer in the undercoat.

3: Salt chipping on the autocannon.

4: Heavy pitted rust on the back of the exhaust and engine.

The GW Leman Russ in the pic above was painted over four hours for one of my Masterclass Vehicle Weathering Workshops. Unfortunately because tanks are larger models I never have enough time to demonstrate masking and decals - and so I'm switching to a smaller model.


I'm hoping that the GW Sentinel will be the perfect workshop model. It's still a GW model, which will interest more of my audience, and it's small enough that I should be able to paint it and still have time to demonstrate masking and decals.

I would like to place it on a mud and water scene but it would take too long to dry - and so I'm going to try using one of the 95x120mm Steel Plating bases from Secret Weapon. This will let me demonstrate environmental weathering on the tarp and leaves plenty of room for rust which ties with mud for the most requested effect to demo.

However putting this first workshop Sentinel model together set my mind on creating scenes - specifically a Sentinel in dock and waiting for maintenance. The base sets the scene almost perfectly, with the tarp, tools and cable, but I wanted to up the game a bit. And so...


I decided to open the door! This is a second model and I'm holding the cockpit together at this point. I will paint the cockpit in pieces and then tape off all of the openings before I glue it together. This will protect the interior while I'm painting the model during the workshop. When the workshop is over I'll add a utility ladder to the scene and, with just four hours of painting, have a display ready model for my case.

This also lays the groundwork for me to come back and talk about setting scenes and what to consider when you're trying to display a model.