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Before we get in to this interview, I want to welcome our new Sponsor, ANYZ. Tom at Anyz has been a good friend for many years, and he produces stunning products for detailing your models. I’m very glad to have … Continue reading →

Welcome episode 12 of the Model Philosopher Firstly an apology for the extended 6-week absence of the show. As many of you know, I also run ITA3, a producer of 3D printed accessories for armour and aircraft models and I … Continue reading →

This episode’s guest on the model philosopher was sculptor, painter and miniatures company owner Robert Lane of Elan 13. Elan 13, produce some stunning and unique historical and fantasy miniatures, and Rob is a well-known face at shows in the … Continue reading →

For some weeks now I have been telling you about our fantastic sponsor, my favourite modelling show in the world: Scale Model Challenge. Today we will be hearing from the main organiser of the show, Robert Crombeecke, and from head … Continue reading →

The Model Philosopher is proud to be sponsored by Scale Model Challenge, one of the very best shows in the modelling calendar. Modellers from all over the world come to Eindhoven every October, for SMC, bringing the best of fantasy … Continue reading →

Before this Blog Entry starts, I’d like to thank our Sponsor: Scale Model Challenge Scale Model Challenge is the world class event for scale modellers and figure painters, with a competition featuring the best modellers from all over the globe, … Continue reading →

This blog, is an interview with David Parker, publisher, author and scratchbuilding master, who is now a scratchprinting master, bringing heightenend levels of realism to modelling, in detail and in painting. After talking up the art side of modelling, I … Continue reading →

In the last blog, I talked to Jean Andre about colour, and our conversation mostly concerned colour in dioramas, and due to my own background perhaps: scale models. During that conversation, Jean and I touched on figures, but I thought … Continue reading →

In this blog, I interview Jean André, the French model artist and dioramist. Jean makes superb dioramas with often haunting and dreamlike scenes of solitary figures, usually women, in almost surreal environments, an element amplified by his mastery of colour. … Continue reading →