Thistle & Shrub Studios

Sophia Ilima

I spent a day taking a model from blister to an decent finish in one day, which is very unusual for me. The thumbnail is just the palette at the end of the day.

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February 23rd, 2010 Posted by shrub34 | Gallery | no comments

Miniature Live Tweet

Besides doing laundry and watching the Winter X Games, I have decided to assemble and paint a model from scratch today.

Better yet, I plan to tweet about as I work. Follow me live @shrub34.

1/31/2010 20:00: All done with the live tweet. Proper post for gallery latter.

January 31st, 2010 Posted by shrub34 | News | no comments

Talk like a Pirate Day

Arrr! Ahoy voy! and Yea vast!

Okay, that is about all I can handle of that that. What I really wanted to do was link over to Gnome Stew and their very good article on piracy. Enjoy.

In other news Central Illinois Blood Bowl continues, with the Chaos Cup just finishing and the Premier Tournament of Champions currently going on. Also the Clinton F1 Racing League just finished its 7th race of the inaugural season as it continues driving through Italy.

September 19th, 2009 Posted by shrub34 | News | no comments

Miniature Mentor

I just found out about and purchased painting tutorials by Miniature Mentor with Golden Demon winner Laurent Esposito Mas.

The videos are just amazing and well worth the money if your looking to raise your painting to the next level. The video is very well focused and zoomed into the actual painting. If you’ve ever been in a painting class and wished you could get a good look at the technique used, these videos are for you.

Not only does the company have painting videos, but they also have sculpting videos for those looking to improve their conversions or to bring an idea of their own to light.

June 21st, 2009 Posted by shrub34 | News, Tutorials | no comments

last.fm

I finally joined part of the Web 2.0/Social website kick. I won’t do Facebook or MySpace, due to personal information concerns, but music is always good for painting so I have joined last.fm.

I have added my personal recently played list to the right hand side of the site. Overall, I’m happy with the service, it’s very much like our local 97.9 BOB FM radio, but I get to pick the artists and no ads.

So what will you see and hear on my radio? Nerdcore, folk-rock, and 80’s alternative.

Enjoy!

May 25th, 2009 Posted by shrub34 | News | no comments

Tony Ork Boom Boom Huck Tour Starts Rolling In

Long time no post, I know, I know. Studio is still closed for commissions but I have new model done.

The first of a about 6 Ork Trukks for my Extreme Ork army that I started this year, hope to finish in 2010 sometime.

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May 14th, 2009 Posted by shrub34 | Gallery | no comments

3 Harlequins

A set of 3 harlequin models done up for a commission.

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February 24th, 2008 Posted by shrub34 | Gallery | no comments

Site is back

Sorry about the extended downtime. There were some issues when the site was migrated.

I’m working on getting the order of the migrated site corrected still, but all of our content is up and working.

Update: Post order is now working correctly. Thistle & Shrub Studios apologizes for the down time.

February 22nd, 2008 Posted by shrub34 | News | no comments

Site Migration Feb 16, 2008

Our hosting provider is migrating Thistle & Shrub Studios on Feb. 16, 2008

Part of this migration is a change in the DNS system which may take a couple of days to propagate across the internet.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause for you.

February 11th, 2008 Posted by shrub34 | News | no comments