Lo-pan signed my Lo-pan!

Yesterday I went to the Portland Comic Con for one reason: to have James Hong sign my Lo-pan Mighty Mugg. 

It was interesting being a con goer instead of vending or working a con. I think I prefer working one vs attending one. 

The highlights were meeting James Hong, Lou Ferrigno and having him rub my head (no one can resist the pink mohawk not even the Hulk), and saying goodnight to Dean Cain as he was leaving for the night.   The part that sucked is that pictures of them weren't allowed unless you paid $$.  So I have no cool pictures of the day. I really wanted to get a picture of James with my little Lo-pan but I didn't have an extra $35 lying around. 

 

Other projects I've been working on

I know it's been a while since I've updated and I haven't been working on my except my business. This is my busy time and I've been busting my ass to pay the bills and such. 
I've been working on smaller projects since last year and they aren't miniatures but dolls and action figures. I've basically been repainting their faces.  Sounds easy but it's not. There is a whole science to it I never thought existed.  Mainly I've been repainting 1/6 scale dolls but just started in on some 1/18 Gi Joe figures. Lady Jaye here took about 20 minutes to complete and the larger dolls take about 2-3 hours.
I swear i've been working on a miniatures as well but i'm usually dead at the end of the day.  These pictures show about 3 months worth of projects.

Lady Jaye Repaint 1/18 scale

Vampire Creeper 1/6 scale

Monster High Draculaura Repaint 1/6 scale

Monster High Punk Gargoyle with Porcupine Quill Mohawk 1/6 Scale

Punk Dragon Girl 1/6 scale

Sneak peek of large project

So here is the start of a very large project that will take many moons to complete.   Since i'm finally on my winter vacation (all 7 days of it)  I'm going to start painting one of the figures. I'm not sure which one yet. It may be the dog. ;) 

Missing from the picture is the wall and door between the step and bar. Table, Chairs, Drunk robot and probably a bunch of odds and ends.   This piece is going to be my tribute to Post Apocalyptic movies and there will be a lot of little do-dads from those movies in it.  Got an idea for something you think I should add well now is your chance! Post it in the comments and I may just use it! ;)

Lion Knight 2 & Court by Kingdom Death - Finished

Well he didn't turn out as dark as I had planned and I never truly got a good flow with the court women but over all I'm mildly happy with them. I probably could have spent another 5 hours on their flesh tones just to get it right.  There are still a few shiny spots so it looks like I may need to go over them again with the matte sealer as well as clean up and adjust a few spots here and there.

Anyways enough with kicking myself on this guy I hope you enjoy.  This set is really enjoyable to paint.   

Also if you haven't seen it yet Kingdom Death is running a Kickstarter for his game MONSTER. 

Please check it out!! 
*edit : updated pictures

KD - Lion Knight 2 - WIP update

Here is a little update on my Lion Knight.  I've also been working on his women which is why there doesn't seem to be very much done to him since last time.  No picture of them yet as they have a long way to go. Skin tones seem to take forever to paint. I've also put a coat of paint on his base as well (not pictured) So I totally have a plan now! :D
I also still have a long way to go with this guy, I need to add a dark orange glaze to his darker hair and clean up the gold trim on his cape and i'm sure a bunch of other fiddly stuff.  I'm saving his claws for last since they seem to get a lot of contact from my hand when I'm painting and i don't want my hard work to rub off.