Hannibal Lecter was also an iconic figure known long before I could see “The Silence of the Lambs” for myself. At the same time, it is one of the few films that was devalued for me afterwards by reading the book. It is often the case that one reads a book first, then sees the …
“All good things to those who wait. I’ve waited, Clarice.” Read More »
Continuing in the horror month with Leatherface. I bought the remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre from 2003 on DVD right after its release unseen and I really liked it, I think it’s great and densely staged. I only knew the original from hearsay, in Germany there was no official way to see it. I made …
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Since I never played Orcs I prefer the “Zomtober” over the “Orctober”, so it’s time for some bloody stuff now. October is for me clearly the month of autumn, horror movies and Halloween. Besides watching some classic and new horror movies (otherwise I’m not that much of a genre fan and like to put it …
A somewhat more unusual painting project is Marv from the film/comic Sin City. At least among my readers presumably all of them know the film and know that it, like the original, is staged in black and white. Only a few color accents are set (blood, a red dress, lipstick). With the embodiment of Marv, …
“Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything.” Read More »
The first task in the “Heerschau” was to paint one point of veterans. As mentioned, Moorish veterans are always mounted and I had already decided to use the plastic models “Arab Heavy Cavalry” from Gripping Beast. I also wanted to try painting the rider and mount separately and so I first cleaned, glued and based …
Yes, okay, the idea was completely insane, right from the start. Nevertheless, I wanted to go through with it.When I started again with this wonderful hobby two years ago and decided to first collect various miniatures from film and television and present them here, it was clear that I would need props for a little …
Half a year ago I wrote about the fact that I wanted to play again and decided to go for Saga. Since this year 2020 is like no other before, nothing has come of the plan so far. To the rescue came recently Fabian from the german podcast “Krauthorn“. We know each other from the …
Okay, today there are new photos of old models. I had never taken real photos of my Ghostbusters and my fan heart couldn’t really stand it. So today there’s actually only a small correction. The figures are painted a year and a half ago. Of course I’m a little itchy to correct them or to …
The evenings are getting shorter, it is already mid-September, autumn is approaching. Time to retreat comfortably and unpack scary movies. While I personally don’t need Halloween, which is now firmly established in Germany, I love everything about the media spectacle in the USA. Horror movies, special episodes in TV shows, elaborate costumes and strange stories. …
After a long time I finished a few buildings for my backdrops. Four building elements representing residential buildings in the style of New York. They all consist of the set “Brownstone A” by TT Combat, which actually contains a complete house. Instead I took all four sides as independent elements, reinforced the back with balsa …
