Display Painting Blog

So 2025 has been a crazy year of cons- hopefully I will get some brief recaps of each and an overall perspectives piece pulled together for the end of year! But with the madness of the end of year coming up, I did manage to get one more con squeezed in – PAX Unplugged 2025! […]

So long ago I backed the Infinity TAG Raid boxed set, which I was pretty excited about having enjoyed working through Infinity Defiance, which was a bright spot of gaming I did during the pandemic with my bud James. We both had copies, so we could play remote and still see the action, or play […]

So I continued to play around a bit with the oil painting project, letting it start to set, and finishing up the base! I added a bit of wood stain to the base to give it some depth, just some Varathane I had lying around, and cleaned up the ground, adding a small water effect. […]

So, if its not immediately apparent somehow, I have no particular background in painting and art, and I’m really just mucking about and might as well be fingerpainting my toy dollies. But, I find painting sort of endlessly and intrinsically fascinating so I always like diving into new areas. Over the last few years, I’ve […]

As I’ve gotten more into painting display models, I’ve also got more into bases, plinths and diorama building. These serve a critical role to either frame the piece (in the case of a simple plinth) or complete the story (in the case of a scenic base or diorama). These days, there are endless products, manufacturers […]

Here is a quick little scene I painted for the Badger Games Rob Baker Memorial Painting Contest. We all painted the same little Viking duo this lovely sculptor had put together for them. I’ve been painting a lot of vikings over the last few years, and it was fun to play around with the fire […]