Join award winning painter Rhonda âWrenâ Bender to study methods for painting flesh and faces. Topics will include where to place highlights and shading, differences in painting males and females, detailing (eyes, lips, fingernails, etc.), and using skin tones as part of your overall colour scheme. Practice minis and paints will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring a good brush and minis youâve painted for critique.
Donât starve your main character. Donât force your villain to drink the wrong vintage of wine with his macaroni and cheese. Little details like food help make your fiction real and add depth to your characters. In fantasy and science fiction, it can also reveal important information about climate and culture. Panelists: Daniel Myers, Chris Pierson, Elizabeth Vaughan, Brad Beaulieu
Try your hand at painting minis! We have everything you need, including basic instruction, to help you release your inner artist. We make it easy! Maybe youâve always wanted to try a certain color? Sign up for a seat onsite only! The hardest part is choosing from the dozens of manufacturers who contribute to this popular event! Use your masterpiece in your next RPG or show it off to your friends and and tell them â I did it at the Paint & Take!
Freehand is not nearly as hard as it looks, if you know how to do it. Learn how to make a pattern and how to make it look shaded. Also, learn how to make naturalistic freehand, like leaves or butterflies. This class includes a handout covering the course material with step-by-step instructions.
Freehand is not nearly as hard as it looks, if you know how to do it. Learn how to make a pattern and how to make it look shaded. Also, learn how to make naturalistic freehand, like leaves or butterflies. This class includes a handout covering the course material with step-by-step instructions.
Interested in submitting art or articles to the Kobold Quarterly RPG magazine? Come to this seminar, meet the editor, and learn who, what, when, where and how! Periodicals are a great way to break into the game design world, and Kobold Quarterly is the leading magazine for gamers.
Are you a GM who hates when the system rules inhibit the story that your group is weaving together? Come learn about the Fudge RPG system, and how one GM uses it to keep the focus of his games on the characters and the events that unfold around them. Fudge uses adjectives instead of numbers, so you determine how a dice roll enhances the game instead of crunching numbers behind a GM's screen. Best of all, with Fudge you design the game yourself!
Learn the theory behind what makes great paintjobs and techniques that make them possible. There are many methods to obtain smooth color transitionsâblending, layering, feathering and more. I will demonstrate all of these to help you decide what might work best for you. Please bring examples of your recent work.
Learn the theory behind what makes great paintjobs and techniques that make them possible. There are many methods to obtain smooth color transitionsâblending, layering, feathering and more. I will demonstrate all of these to help you decide what might work best for you. Please bring examples of your recent work.
Join veteran painter, Dave Pauwels, for this introduction to basic miniature painting. From miniature preparation and priming, to fundamental painting techniques like dry-brushing, shading and blending, this seminar is perfect for the beginner, novice or even the painter who needs a refresher. Improve your painting skills or take the first steps into a new hobby.