Ben Komets

Monstrous Bat 1

Hi Folks,

here is the first chapter of our bat! This video shows how I approach a larger monster model. This first chapter covers the textured ears and the little glossy snout.

Shortly after starting with the fur something terrible happened.....
I was using a blow-dryer to dry the wash and suddenly the model fall from the base.
Hello concrete floor, let me introduce you to my 3d printed bat ..

2021-02-16 10:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Last Chapter of the Goblin Scout Rider

Hey Folks,
here is the last chapter in which we will finish the Goblin rider,
We are covering two main elements of the armor
the spiky shoulder pads

and also his shiny metal shoes...

Hope you enjoy this step-by-step.... can´t wait to share the process of the bat with you!
And as always thanks for your support!

NMM Breast plate

Hi Folks,
here is a little Video on our Goblins chest armor.
I wanted to go for a rather cartoony look, so we are painting the chest plate using a little more saturated colors then often. We are even adding a bit of green to simulate the environment reflection. This little addition of green helps to tie the vibrant green skin on and the reflective colorful nmm parts.
Have fun watching and thanks for your support!

Color Guide Goblin Scout Part 1

Hey Folks,
I hope you are enjoying the step-by-step here on the goblin scout.
Today I wanted to share the first part of the PDF Guide with you.
It features the green goblin skin and also the faded NMM with the faded check pattern!
I hope you enjoy it... thanks for your support

Green Skin

Hey Folks,

here is the latest video here straight from the desk!

Today we will discover what it takes to get a green skin tone painted, that is full of life and would make every goblin shroom mother proud.

Every skin tone needs color variation to come to life, if you work with a strongly saturated base color for your goblin or monster skin it can be hard to have a smooth color transition especially when it comes to complementary colors, like here in our case where we want to have a color transition from green to red. <...

What a year!

Hi Folks,
Just a little thank you video from Me, Pelle the pug and Kristin at the end of a crazy year..
Man, it´s hard to find words at the end of this year. Nobody as been going trough this year unaffected by the whole covid situation.
I hope we will have a brighter and better new year with loads of awesome miniatures projects, friends and less things to worry about.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you folks,
and as always... thanks for your support!!
Stay save and healthy.. we will see each other for the nex...

Whats next?

Hey Folks,
Just before Christmas a little outlook on what´s next!
Okay .. the poster says it all :D, so we will dive deeper into our goblin scout and tackle his green skin and his nmm armor!
Cant wait to share this one with you!

Faded Check pattern NMM

Hey Folks,
here we go again.. painting a large monster.
This time we are painting a fantastic scout goblin on a giant bat together!
The Model is from a Kickstarter that is currently running in it´s last days and I was asked to paint 2 of the large stretchgoals models and I wanted to share it with you.
the kickstarter is called Greenskull Castle Miniatures and features a huge clan of funny goblins.

2020-12-21 13:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Nurgle Bust WIP Guide

Hey Folks,
here is the WIP guide on the nurgle bust! It covers not only the colors I have used to create our little nurgle bust, it also sums up the conversion, the magic tea stain weathering and also the recipes for great nurgle effects.
I hope you like this pdf brochure and have a good and healthy pre-christmas time.
Last month was kind of rough with all kinds of things keeping me busy,sorry that it´s been a little quite, I am currently working on the next episode for straight from the desk and hope to deliver it before xmas . 2020-12-14 10:09:34 +0000 UTC View Post

How to do Nurgle Effects

Hey Folks,
here is the final chapter of our Nurgle Bust.
I had a lot of fun with a corrupted sd card this month.. so I had to find a little work-around to be able to share the last bits that create the final nurgle touches.
As it's a little like the cherry on top it is not something you want to miss out..
Luckily I had a couple of Nurgle skin sample cubes that I had sculpted for my Nurgle Skin care class for this years canceled Adepticon..
I am sorry I was not able to show the effects on the bust itself, but the cubes are a s...

Tea Stain Weathering

Hi Folks,
I hope you sit there with a nice cup of tea and enjoy this episode of straight from the desk!
This video shows the whole detailed process of the tea stain weathering but there
are a few details to add:

If you try out the tea stain weathering I would love to see the results here or on social media! Hope you like this video and thanks for your Support!  

Ps: the cautious listener can hear Pelle the pug sn...

How to paint nurgle skin - or the magic of wet-blending

Hey Folks,
here is the latest episode of straight from the desk!
If you ever asked yourself how to get a smooth wet-blending done, this is a video you want to check out!
I love Nurgle and the possibility to play with the contrast of gore and beauty.
All my Nurgle projects follow the same principles or idea...

Light colors and soft transitions in stark contrast to the multi colored nasty skin deformations.

2020-11-19 10:17:49 +0000 UTC View Post

The Conversion of the Nurgle Bust

Hey Folks,
this is the first detailed chapter of the nurgle bust.
Together we will explore what it takes to spice up the sentry bust from Gallahad Miniatures
, and turn him into a gruesome warrior of nurgle  or a rotting bloater.
Discover how to create simply but sunning scar tissue, wounds and amazingly detailed horns and spikes that would make papa nurgle proud!
Thanks for your support and enjoy this video with the right amount of Halloween candy :D

weathering with tea - or what waits ouside the box

This a small sum-up video that underlines the most important lection of a project, here our Nurgle Bust.
And it's not about something technical, it is more about staying open-eyed
It´s important to sometimes try out strange things to create something new and fresh.

Without accidents and trial and error, there would be no progress, no new discoveries!

So it's inevitable to get behind the desk and grab a brush, it's strange to say that in a video post... but not all questions can be answered in a video. You have to make you...

Spooky Outlook

Hey Folks,

here is a little teaser for the next upcoming project from straight from the desk!
Fitting for the Halloween season we will focus on the conversion and the paint job
of nasty little guy here!
There will be a new fantastic (slightly crazy)weathering technique shown for the first time ever ... But we will have to wait a little for that...
I am working on the editing of the conversion at the moment.
so see you soon for more!

how to render different skin tones- the public post

Hey Folks,
I dont often share videos for free on Youtube these days, and I thought it would be great to share one of the videos from last year with a broader public.
I think the Video on how to render different skin tones is a great example,
to be able to fully see what you get I am also adding the matching PDF guide along with this public video post.

I really hope you enjoy it!

It would be great to see what skin tones you come up with, so please feel free to post your pictures below! If you want I can give you feed...

How to paint a salamanders primaris space marine in about 2h

Hey Folks, here is the supreme tabletop level space marine video! It took me round about 2 hours to paint the little guy. It was quite refreshing to to something fast inbetween! Regarding the choice of colors, i know some are a bit uncommon but they compliment each other very well. The reaper paint dries super dull, the pure yellow from Ammo is quite glossy and the schminke aero color permanent green is right i the middle. The approach works for sure also with other brands of paint, just make sure you take in account how glossy you want the ...

What´s next?

Hey Folks,
here is a small outlook on the next video here on "Straight from the Desk".
My supporter Jeff asked how I would approach a high table top standard paint job for a Salamanders Primaris Space Marine ...I will show you what I came up with!
We will see what we can achieve in 2h 15 minutes!
Soon more.. ;)

Technique Guide- the loaded brush

Hi Folks,
here is the first pdf guide that is dedicated to explain one single technique in detail.
We will go through a very easy exercise, that you can do at home to recreate the perfect loaded brush blending.
This guide also features the most common problems that you run in-to when you start learning the loaded brush and a troubleshooting section that offer solution for those mistakes.
I hope this guide encourages you to try out, and master the loaded brush yourself (If you haven't by now ;) ).
If you run in to problems alo...

Loaded Brush Exercise Video

Hi Folks,
here is the first part of a video series that will explain a single technique in detail.
The debut makes the legendary loaded brush technique!
The loaded brush is a very versatile technique that I really use a lot, some fine nuances are still hard to get.
This Videos hopefully solves a few myths around the loaded brush!
If you try out the loaded brush yourself,I would be happy to see some of your wood cube exercises in the post below, I am sure I can give you  the one or the other pointer!
Thanks for your sup...

The creation of a showbase - pdf

Hey Folks,
here is the step-by-step guide on how to create a show base for our little ratling tank.
I have created a pdf that sums up the creative process from the blank plinth, over the sculpting and texturing part, till the last final bits of detailing including the use of resin water.
See what it takes to build a detailed base, a small fraction of the universe you model exists in!
I hope you enjoy this pdf while I am busy working on the next project..
As there is a bit more pdf goodness  for the ratlings coming it thou...

The Last episode of the ratling tank - finalizing a golden demon project

Hi Folks,
here is the last episode of the ratling tank video series!
We are finally putting everything together!! In this chapter we are adding all the different painted elements, we are also finishing the sides of the tank itself and also the resin riverbed on the base.

I decided to add two additional details, a little antenna with a small red flag and a tiny command squirrel named charlie!

2020-08-18 14:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post

The Ratling Tank 08 - Bits and composing the scene

we will witness how details help to create a realistic, believable  environment closer to the end of the in-depth ratling tank video series.

In this video we are painting the necessary bits that we need to build a very dense scene.

We will also arrange every element that we have been painting so far.. this is a fantastic moment because the scene that we have imagined is finally coming together in real life.

After this Video chapter there will be only the finalizing of the of the project, where we finish the sides of t...

The Ratling Crew 07- part 2

Hey folks,
Here is the latest vid straight from the desk.
We will be finishing the last remaining details of our little ratling crew member!
Thanks for your Support and enjoy the weekend!

The Ratling Crew

Hi Folks,

sorry for the delay..

I am happy to share with you the videos where we are finally creating the ratling crew.

we will be talking about the creation of our little tanker dare devil crew..
I wanted 4 main traits of hobbits / or ratlings to be represented by one character each:
drinking,eating smoking and joyful music!
I h...

Ratlings on the move...

Hi Folks,
and a very warm welcome to my new Patreons!
Sorry for the little silence .. I have pinched a nerve in the lower back ..
and I was completely out of order.. but I am back on track now! I will answer my messages asap.

The next videos are lined up.. we have "the journey of the creation of a ratling"
and "a little how to use story-telling details to build up a complex and balanced scenery".

I am in the final editing steps so the videos should be at yours soon!

thanks for your support!

NMM Theory Guide PDF

Hey Folks,
here is the pdf guide covering the fantastic topic of non-metal!
This guide inculdes almost 50 pages of nmm godness, but dont worry
there is a lot of pictures to enjoy with a huge gallery section and a step-by-step on the knights gauntlet.
I hope you enjoy this guide along with the 3d file and the video, i think it should give you a solid foundation to create stunning nmm works yourself.
Thanks for your support!

Cheers

NMM Theory Video

Hi Folks,
here is the latest episode of straight from the desk.
Some of you asked to spice up the paint-a-long videos with
some videos that are just focusing on a certain theory.
I tried to already incorporate this with in the video series of the ratling tank
by giving a bit insight behind some of the creative decisions involved in creating a golden demon contest piece.
But I wanted to create a video again that is soley focusing on one topic similar to the "how to render different materials" and the how to render different ...

What´s Next? - NMM Theory Video+ Free STL File

Hey Folks,
I decided to upload a in-depth NMM Guide before continuing the ratling tank series.
The Video should be uploaded and available  in the next few days.

I have decided to give out the 3D file along with this post a little ahead of the actual video.
This way you are able to print the Gauntlet out in whatever scale you need it or where ever you are located, if you dont own a 3 D printer yourself there are  some printing services out there that you can use.
Thanks to the amazing Mati Zander for sculpting it,...

Ratling Tank - Part 5 - Painting a showbase

Hi Folks,
I hope you are all doing good!
Here is the new video on how to paint a showbase for our little ratling tank.
Discover what it takes to create a contrasting, yet harmonic nature base.
I hope you enjoy this video,
thanks for your support!!