WorkYard by Trevis 06-03

And after a long commission of 35 points Army by Hordes..
tonight my work bench looks like this

A messy as usual.
The Dwarf bust is still on open water, maybe worse..but at least he is smiling

and with two new projects, a commission and "wild wild west" style work

I finally receive in my hands the Mid-Nor Demon Tower by Rackham.
I already set ,with a little saw, the slope of the 5x5 cm plint and I create a small ravine.
Before to primer it I have to add others details with milliput on the ground and a bit of grass.
in theory I'm not far to take brushes, but knowing me, you never know.

As for the job in style wild wild west, I could not resist the charm of Willie the Demolitionist of Malifaux series by Wird Miniature.
A plastic kit by 3D prototyping, probably due to the new decrees for the toy regulation.
By the first check the model is really same alike the 3D digital master.
There are not many details about the character, but the wheelbarrow full of explosives and extremely dynamic position of Willie made ​​me fall in love at first sight and I thought immediately to FarWest mine, T.N.T and KABOOOM!

I already had few bits to add at the scene like barrels and bottles, but I enjoyed with the dremmel and toothpicks to prepare the mine lamps and the shovel in scale..the pickaxe that you see on the pic is only a failed test.

In the meantime, I show you one of the works finally finished:
Bishop of Ahkanar

and below here the link to go to vote and comment on CMON (thanks in advance)
BISHOP OF AHKANAR on CMON

and with that is all for this night, see ya at the next post!
Stai tuned.

Cesare "Trevis_11" Trevisiol

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Ebay Auction: Qui Li Quin "No Justice"

Hello Guys,

starting to make order in my display I decided to sell some pieces a few years ago.

Let's start with the little and gorgeous Qui Li Quin by Figone.

"No Justice"
tiny piece converted into a chained poor justice.

Click here to go directly to the auction on Ebay

Happy bidding to everybody.

Cesare "Trevis_11" Trevisiol

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Event: Un mondo in miniatura 2013 - Faenza (ITA)

Hi Guy

We want to remeber that on weekend of 23rd and 24th March there will be the 12th competition "Un mondo in miniatura".

This event takes place in the pleasant town of Faenza (RA) in the north of Romagna, at the foot of the first Subapennine hills, at the end location and evocative agrarian surroundings: vineyards in the hills, cultivated land with traces of the ancient Roman land-division system.

This is a small town really full of history, starting from the first Atttic colonization , through development and fall of the Roman Empire, the barbarian invasions, the low and high Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Napoleonic era, the unit 's Italy and ending with the second World War.

It's famous for ceramics also, we can't fail to mention the cuisine and typical dishes from Romagna that we can find.

The hysteia Yard team will be present with Trevis and Amon, supported by friends of the Legio Pictorum will try once again to make a detailed report with and interesting photos.

Below you will find the regulations, the program of the event, a list of the places to sleep and the registration form (also the italian leaflet), if you are interested to join it and come to meet us. 

Translated by the official regulations of the event:

12th INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF FIGURES

"UN MONDO IN MINIATURA"

The Historical and Cultural Association 

"Rione Bianco di Faenza" organize on

23-24 March 2013

the 12th International Competition of figures from the ancient to the present day & fantasy

"UN MONDO IN MINIATURA"

("A WORLD IN MINIATURE")

The exhibition and the competition will be staged the local of Rione Bianco, a cloister of the XVI century, an ancient seat of the Jerusalemites Knights .

The competition will also provide the local museum room where 

Renaissance costumes and armor are exposed .

The models will be judged in six categories:

- STANDARD OPEN

- STANDARD PAINTING

- MASTER OPEN 

- MASTER PAINTING

- FANTASY

- JUNIORS

and the special prizes awarded will be:

- BEST OF SHOW

- BEST OF PAINTER

- BEST OF OPEN

- BEST SCENE

- BEST HORSE

- BEST SUBJECT OF AN  RELIGIOUS ORDER (KNIGHT OF MALTA, TEMPLAR, JERUSALEM,

SANTIAGO, ETC.)

- BEST FLAG

- MEMORIAL AWARD CAVINA

- PRIZE WORK IN PROGRESS

- AWARDS 700 YEARS OF MANFREDI (subjects by 1313 year)

The prize assignment will be at the discretion of the jury.

Participants will benefit of the the display solution.

Registration fee for the competition is 15 EURO per person, it's free for children up to 16 years.

The pieces can be submitted on:

Thursday and Friday from 21.00 to 24.00 

Saturday from 9.00 to 13.00 

and on other days by prior telephone arrangement

Claudio Cavina 0546/662613 (9:30-12:30 / 16:00-20:00)

Davide Lanzoni 339/2227907  (evening)

Ivan Isola 339/3541122

The competition will open:

Saturday, 23rd March from 15.00 until 19.30.

Sunday, 24th March from 9.00 to 15.30, time at which the awards will take place;

at the end it will be possible to pick up the pieces.

Sunday there is the possibility to participate in the luncheon held at the hall 

(cost 18 euro)  Typical Romagna cuisine

On Sunday morning you can participate to the painting stage that will be held at the premises of the Rione.

Special guest of the event will be Francesco "Franciuus" Farabi and Mike Blank.

It's apreciated a enrollment by e-mail and any confirmation for the lunch

   to davide.lanzoni @ libero.it

or fabifaenza1@libero.it

The figures shown by the associated  of Cultural Historical Association "Rione Bianco" 

will be considered out of competition.

The association will do shuttle service to the competition by the previous contest:

"Frammenti di Storia" Calenzano - 9th and 10th March

"La società dei Balzani - Bologna Model Festival" Bologna - 16th and 17th March

ADDRESSES:

RIONE BIANCO

PIAZZA FRA' SABBA 5

48018 Faenza (RA)

E-mail: davide.lanzoni @ libero.it

E-mail: fabifaenza1@libero.it

WHERE TO SLEEP:

1 - AGRITURISMO LA CURBASTRA

     VIA CESAROLO,157

     48018 FAENZA Cell.+39338/6102275

     www.agriturismolacurbastra.it

2 - LOCANDA PARADISO

     VIA GALLO MARCUCCI

     48018 FAENZA TEL.+390546/23400

     www.locandaparadiso.it

3 - HOTEL CAVALLINO

     VIA FORLIVESE 185

     48018 FAENZA TEL.+390546/634411

     www.cavallinohotel.it

4 - CLASS HOTEL

     VIA SAN SILVESTRO 171

     48018 FAENZA TEL.+390546/46662

     www.classhotel.com

5 - HOTEL VITTORIA

     CORSO GARIBALDI 23

     48018 FAENZA TEL.+390546/21508

     www.hotel-vittoria.com

HOW TO REACH FAENZA:

By car:

from Bologna or Rimini: the SS 9 "Emilia" or from the A14 highway - exit Faenza;

from Florence or Ravenna: SS 302;

By train:

from Bologna or Rimini: the  Milan - Lecce line;

from Florence: the Florence - Faenza line;

from Ravenna: the Ravenna - Faenza line;

By plane:

Airport "G. Marconi" - Bologna (051/647915)

Airport of Rimini Miramare (Tel, 0541/373132)

Airport "L. Ridolfi" - Forli (tel. 0543/780049)

Here below if you are interested you can find the Italian Leaflet (LD) and the form for registration

For any further information or if you need the previous file in HD definition don't hesitate to CONTACT US

We hope to see you there.

Stay always tuned!

Hysteria Yard Team

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Review: "Miniature Painting" with Jeremie Bonamant Teboul Vol. 2

Hello fellow readers
today I will talk you about the latest DVD by Jeremie Bonamant Teboul.
"Miniature Painting" with Jeremie Bonamant Teboul
Volume 2: Wet blending and freehand

I bought this on my trip to Lugdunum 2013 and tried to watch everything whenever I had 20 minutes free.
For those who does not already know what wet blending is, let me briefly explain: you mix two or more colors directly on the miniatures blending the two with your brush while they are still wet so that theoretically you can make a perfect blend in a short time.

Technical infos: around 240 minutes (4 hours),
Format: Multizone (PAL, SECAM)
Languages: French (voice of Jeremie Bonamant), English (other)
Subtitles: French, Italian, Spanish, English, German
The video quality is good but not HD quality. I watched my copy on a 21" screen and while the colors were right (I saw the originals miniatures) the definition was not exceptional. So I tried to watch it on my laptop (15") and it was allright.
Remember, we are talking about HD quality versus normal.

Contents and Review
The DVD is the second in a series of DVD's about painting (maybe more DVD in the future?) called Miniature Painting.
This one focuses on Wet blending and has a chapter for freehand.
The dvd is divided in:
1- Introduction (5'13'')
2- Miniatures and Materials (1'27'')
3- Minotaur (2h15')
4- Rhymaiss (34'08'')
5- Athena (55'50'')
6- Bonus (3'58'')

Tha introduction is Bonamant that makes a few presentations and explains his ideas about the DVD.

The second is the list of the necessary supplies to apply the technique to your pieces.

The real meat is in chapter 3 to 5.

The Minotaur chapter is the main event, it is the main piece used for explaining the technique and the philosophy behind it. It's very long and well articulated in many steps.
Beware that the order presented is the same of the painting so you will not see things already painted while doing something else (for example a painted face while the trousers are still unpainted). This way of working can be difficult to follow if you are not prepared and can cause a few problems if your painting is schematic and rigid (I had a few problems following the dynamic since I am very strict and rigid in my works) since Jeremie's method can be described as "free as you wish".
The chapter is, thank God, divided in subchapter so that you can break the view and cogitate every phase.
Ah, yes, the painting covers the axe and the shield too.
Some of you may dislike the result (eh?!) or the colours chosen but it's just to show you the technique.

The chapter of Rhymaiss is incredible if you are interested in painting wet clothes (preferably on girls) because of water or other substances. One note of demerit is that the piece is not completed on the DVD so you have to do it yourseld. Beware of the mess you can create using this technique.

The Athena Chapter is about "quick" freehand on shields (obviously It can be adapted on every surface) but still realizing catchy and pleasant decorations that can really make stand up your piece.

The Bonus is about a guy, maybe too crazy (I'd never have the courage or more precisely, I would enjoy the view instead of painting since you can fall down and die....;) )

For those of you who doesn't speak English or French, or those who prefers reading while listening, the DVD offers you 5 different languages to choose from.
The subtitles are quite good, with few errors. The timing is almost always right and they have a good dimension. One problem is the colour of the subtitles. Since they are white sometimes they go over light parts of the video and you stop reading.
Apart from that the translations ( I am sure about the Italian, French and English version) are very well done. They are clear, intellegible and only in a few instances there could have been a terminology problem.
If any of you that speak and read german and spanish can comment, I'd really like to know how are these translations.

I would also like to point out a thing I have already heard people talking about on the Internet and in person: the references throught this video of the previous DVD.
You who are going to buy this DVD are NOT required to buy the previous volume. Obviously few of the fundamentals used in this one are required and explained in the first one but the truth is this work could be a stand alone.
Infact I believe that this video is not intended for the newbies or the GWkiddie. You have to know how to handle a brush, you have to know a few terminology and you must have the desire of improving.
Yes, you buy this kind of products if you want to improve your painting and not to learn how to paint 4,000pt army in one week.
Yes, sure, you can use this technique for painting armies in a fast way ( I myself used this to quickly paint some units) but the main reason I bought this DVD was the idea of improving my way of painting big surfaces in a different way.
So, don't fret of things whenever Jeremie refers to the other DVD. You can easily deduce them for yourself.

I recommend buying this DVD. You can find it on Figone.
Here u are the teaser directly by Figone website:

I can say that it's a nice deal and a good addition to your references, manuals, books, dvds...

Good viewing!

Andrea "Kraan" Buratta

Article and Pics by: Andrea "Kraan" Buratta 

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Tutorial: How to build a wicker basket

Hi Guy!

Today I will show you how to build a wicker basket for miniatures and scenes up to 45mm scale.

There you go!

What you need:

- a mosquito net ( you can find it in most hardware stores)

- steel thread 0,8 mm 

- tweezers 

- a pair of scissors 

- superglue

Step 1: Preparation

First we figure out the dimensions of the wicker chest we are going to build. 

Then we cut the mosquito net.

Leave some margin in the upper side.

the one in this picture is 3,5 cm width, 2,3 cm height

Then we cut the mosquito net. 

We cut the thread as needed.

My chest was meant to be 1 cm in height, so I cut seven pieces 5cm long.

This let me handle the thread easily while I pass it through the threads in the net.

Step 2: Knitting

We start inserting the thread alterning one hole with another, just like knitting.

As you progrees to the fifth hole it will be much harder to pull the thread. You risk to sting your fingers.

The solution is this: we bend the net so that the thread can easily be inserted, alterning the bending, just like a wave.

It's simple, isn't it?

Once you do it this way you will quickly complete one row.

That being said, we start the other row, but this time we start in the opposite side of the net, so to make a criss-cross pattern. Pictureeeeee!!!

We will repeat the process bending the net to let easily pass the thread.

Don't worry to bend the net with the threads already in position.

Net are really resistent, more than what u could image.

Keep repeating the process.

This is how it looks on the fourth thread.

And this is on the seventh and last thread.

And now the side of the wicker chest is complete.

Step 3: Shaping the basket

Now we cut the excesses leaving the end as long as possible.

We bend the side so t ogive shape to the basket using tweezers to help yourself.

The nice thing about using steel thread is that intertwining the ends will give more resistance to the structure.

Step 4: the bottom 

Every respectable basket has a bottom..

So now, we take the basket and measure the bottom circumference.

Cut the net using scissor and make a circle slightly larger.

Put the bottom net on top of the basket and with a pen o some other object push it gently to the bottom, making sure that it fits with the plastic ends to drops in our basket.

We take a toothpick and with some superglue, put a drop or two so we will strengthen areas of joint between the basket and the bottom part.

Let it set for 5 minutes. That is the result.

Now we are almost at the end.

Step 5: Cover

Now that the bottom is done we shall make the cover.

So take my follow one just as example and feel free to experiment.

Cut a square in the net slightly larger than the circumference.

We use the thread and repeat the knitting process like in Step 2.

After that we cut the square in a circle in the same circumference of the basket and the cover is done.

I used some chiropractor needles to make the handle but you can really use other things to simulate it.

AND THE WICKER BASKET IS DONE AND READY TO BE USED!

Remember, I show how I make wicker basket but feel free to fit it how you prefer. 

Please! TRY THIS AT HOME AND ENJOY!

Thank you for reading and see you soon with new tutorials.

Cheers!

Cesare "Trevis_11" Trevisiol

Article and Pics by: Cesare "Trevis_11" Trevisiol

Translation by: Andrea "Kraan" Buratta

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