04/04/2018

The last Tiger in Berlin, Konigsplatz at the Brandenburg Gate - the 28th April - 1st May 1945 The Battle for Berlin is coming to a close after only 2weeks ; a rush for the city and the 'Citadel falls after 10 days. A single Tiger 1 remains operational next to the Reichstag until the last battle on the last night! Read on in my blog for the full story and the model build.

03/11/2018

Hello again, i wanted to let you know of another project I am working on at the same time as the Military topics . They have a similar theme texture wise as they explore the realm of rusty vehicles. The series of art pieces will be under the name Oxide Ride  and will deal with old classics as well as muscle cars and even the odd truck.  I will be creating these when an idea 'grabs my Fancy' so to speak and they should be a lot of fun. The first one is called The Beast in the Forest and is a

11/29/2017

My last installment had us at this point where I had begun the digital detail and color using my WACOM  Cintique. The CANVAS was expanded to the right for additional new ground work and to add another FW 190 .  One of the first things I need to do before adding more color and detail, is use my textured blending brush to soften and 'blend in ' the canvas texture marks into the actual color . On scanning the oil painting at 600 DPI, the high resolution shows up the canvas texture more than the