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Mad Paint

War Horse

So close!

I've got the the French Chronicles up but I am still working on getting enough strips ready for the site.  You can go and check it out!

Here is a sneak peek at the comic!

 

  And here is cinematic pick of Cheval the star horse in my comic.

Look! An Appaloosa!

Here is a photo that I played with in Photoshop. Its my younger brother's toy. He made me say this. Anyway... trying to improve my art.


This guy was in my driveway and I had to carry him into the house... talk about lazy. My Mother made me Mississippi Mud, so I've got a major sugar buzz! Maybe that's why I'm babbling on and on here.

Character studies for the French Chronicles

Below are a few character studies and designs for my upcoming comic.

My Sword and my Life!

This weekend I bought a new video game called Mount and Blade War-band. However there were some blood sprites in it. "I DON'T LIKE GAMES WITH BLOOD!" So I was able to swap them out for dust sprites. It is one of the coolest games I have played with endless scenarios! I would have gotten further along in my quest if my brother wouldn't have been on it till 12:42 am!

Here is a drawing I did while my brother played the game!

New pens = (!)

My brother gave me a pen set for my un-birthday and I love it!

Here are the French 5th infantry unit holding their own against the Prussian Cuirassiers.


I have always enjoyed drawing climactic battles. I don't know why I haven't done more in the past! History is more fun with battle pictures to go with it!

Coming soon...

The French Chronicles is almost ready and the site is coming along nicely!

And below, my friends, is a glimpse of our exhausted heroes after the long and desperate Battle of Waterloo. Unfortunately for them they were French.

Napoleonic miniatures

Collecting miniature soldiers and playing 25mm war games has been my latest hobby. I have been painting them for about two years. All the ones that I have painted have been 25mm.



But this weekend I decided to try my luck at the 54mm dragoon.


The 24mm right and the 54mm on the left

Horse Close ups...

I added dirt and miniature flowers to the base...

The French Chronicles update!

With my free time I have been working on my comic. I am planning on starting another blog for it as soon as I get enough strips under my belt.

Here are some sketches of the main characters.

Keeping Priorities Straight

Work is really crazy and has kept me away from the important things, like my Blog ,my War-game miniatures , and my Comics. Anyway I have finally finished the horse portrait I was working on.

Horse Portrait

My relative and friend, Patty (aka Retro Patty) told me some sad news the other day. Her son's horse, Brandy, passed away this year. She was almost 30 years old and had been a loyal and good friend to him for a long time. So I decided to do a portrait of Brandy for him. This is a quick sketch to work out my composition.

The Latest...

From the sketchbook. A few drawings of my characters done with an HB mechanical pencil.

(The Glory of the French)

(The Russian Front "Napoleon!" )

("Put him down! He is only a drummer boy!")

(The Spoils of war!)

Historical Revamp!

I have been working on my comic lately, and have noticed that my characters were changing into something other than what they were intended to be.


I decided that the best way to fix this was to look back in history and find out what they really looked like.

Here is the rough for my next painting. I can't wait to get started on the final.

Final painting

Here's the completed painting. I am currently working on a collection of similar pieces.

Taking up the brush

This is a color rough for a painting I am working on.