This year at Huzzah! (huzzahcon.com) a we will feature a Painting Workshop on the Sunday of the the con. (May 15th-17th) The presenters will be Tim Richter and Ken Eckhardt, two commission painters who have 50+ years of experience in miniature painting.
The Sunday session at Huzzah is a seven hour session, so we will have plenty of time to get a relaxed painting session in. We will cover the basics of miniature painting at the start, and this will be hands on. 28mm American War of Independence miniatures will be provided for anyone who wants to start from the ground up; or if you have a miniature of your own that you need help with, or something your willing to try new techniques with, this is your opportunity.
Since we have such a long session available, if you can't stay the whole time, or maybe want to come in later that's fine. Ken and Tim want this to be an relaxed collaborative experience, we are certainly not saying we know everything about painting, or that our way is the best way; Huzzah attendee's have asked for this sort of event in post con surveys. Ask and ye shall receive – if its in our power.
We are also going to have something a bit different for this workshop as well. We have put the call out to commission painters far and wide to paint sample figures so that we can show multiple interpretations and techniques to the participants. The commission artists who participate will also get their services posted onto the Huzzah! website, with a photo of their completed miniature. These sample miniatures will be given to lucky youth attendees of Huzzah!
So what will we cover? Well everything, from the very basics of Figure Prep, (Priming, mounting, flash removal, etc.) to where to start on a figure and basic and advanced techniques, to how to do faces, and the various methods of highlighting. If time permits and people want to cover it, we can talk other things too – Horses, Flags, how to handle colors in different scales; and Ken and I will try to answer any question a participant has. And if either Ken or Tim have painted something for you before, and you're in the neighborhood, come on by and say hello.
More details to follow – we hope to see you there. If you want to see the work of Ken or Tim you can find it as follows: Ken – bluemoosearts.com Tim – colourguardminiatures.com
journeys to and from the Australian national convention - and tells us what he thinks of panicking tank hordes and flat terrain!
