September 30, 2009 – 10:47 am
Today we bring you Sallust de la Iglesia’s (Rishkith) organization overview video for the Church. Check it out, he has some good pointers for both beginners considering playing the Church and for hardened Inquisitors.
September 21, 2009 – 5:34 pm
Many of you are hard at work on entries for the Anima Painting Contest, Leg 2 (see: http://cipher-studios.com/2009/08/anima-painting-contest-leg-2-wissenschaft-agent/), and speaking for the rest of us, we can’t wait to see the results! In order for your figures to look their absolute best for the contest, I’ve written this tutorial. These are the techniques I use to [...]
September 15, 2009 – 11:41 am
Ahriman, Lord of Darkness is a menacing character. A great deal of his visual impact comes from the way his dark colors smolder and suddenly burst into vivid ones. Rather than being a complete walk-through of the figure, this tutorial focuses on how to achieve this effect.
Wen-M’s illustration I started with.
My essential tools for the [...]
Here are some tips from Ryder Gaddis, one of our very excellent painters, about how he pulled off the flames on the Fire Demon. I have put up the images with both the black and the white background he sent to us when he was finished. I think each background shows off the model in [...]