To relax a bit, I'm working on this classic Kenner Storm Trooper :



The sculpt is nice and clean, and once the articulations are freezed in place and the details are added over them, it maked a very pleasing mini. I slightly reworked the main gun by shortening it to make the pose more realistic.

A little addition to my Shapeways shop :



Shapeways link

Back from GD FR. My general impression was that although there were some pretty excellent entries (maybe better than last year), the number of participants was a lot lower. Squads and LotR were almost deserted. Recession, procastination, less interest in miniatures ... ? Time will only tell.

I need to do some touch up work on my entry before showing pics of it.

But in the mean time, here's my first miniature oriented article :

Things to have in mind for miniature contests

Here's my latest addition to my Shapeways shop :



Checkout the YouTube animation here:

YouTube

Squishy is available here in all of Shapways materials :

Squishy

Yay, it arrived :



I got it here (prices often change, so look out for interesting deals) :

Aerographe Evolution silverline

The gaming convention "Place aux Jeux" will be held in Grenoble from April 11th to April 17th :

Place aux Jeux

The event section now has photo albums of different conventions I assisted recently (the Lugdunum Open being the latest one).

I've been trying to finish this Rackham mini since 2007 for my good friend Anders :