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HARK and BEHOLD! An Eclectic Assortment of Miniature Modeling & Painting, Art, Reference and Gaming Sites for your amusement, enlightenment, and resting your weary eyeballs, featuring sporadic updates, haphazard organization, and occasional insightful commentary!😜 |
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"Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame."~ Gilbert K. Chesterton What's this page all about?
Over the many years that I have sculpted miniatures, (usually for a lot more fun than profit) I met a lot of nice folks, along with some (ahem) memorable characters, and made a lot of lifelong friends. In those ancient pre-Google days, they would occasionally ask me where I found some particular information. My job in the late 90s was dial-up tech support when most people were just beginning to get on the web, so I was able to put this page together for my miniature sculpting colleagues' reference as well as my own.
Back then, many of the sites that I had listed were from hobbyists, mainly painters and gamers showing off their work and just having fun. They were often hosted on free pages with ads- remember Tripod and Angelfire? All the economic & market changes and technical advances have made aggregator sites like this obsolete, but I am obsolete myself and still enjoy updating the page. If you are interested in sculpture, modeling, human & animal anatomy, sci-fi & fantasy art, history, gaming, or that fancy computer stuff the kids all talk about, feel free to poke around.
That blue & yellow bookmark icon refers to PSI Kneadatite, aka "Greenstuff", the epoxy putty we used for sculpting by kneading the 2 part components together until they turned green. Tom Meier discovered the use of that particular putty for sculpting and developed the technique into an art form. After around 2010, 3D printing became more affordable and silicone molds replaced organic rubber. I switched from hand sculpting to designing miniatures with ZBrush around 2012. Now, instead of losing a day's work by dropping it or sneezing before the putty cured, I just have to deal with program glitches and computer crashes.😬 If you click on that cranky red coffee cup in the upper left corner, it will direct you to links of some digital projects I've done.
WARNING!!! THIS PAGE IS NOT FOR MINORS!!! Some sites have varying amounts of NSFW! content that sensitive souls, such as the HR department, coworkers, teachers, librarians, or parents may find distressing, offensive, inappropriate, or against whatever policies or rules that may apply wherever you may be viewing this page. Teachers of minors are officially warned by the author of this page NOT to use it for reference in your classrooms. I have flagged some links, but open any anatomy, photography, weaponry, pin-up, pulp art and fantasy illustration links at your own risk.
I have had no personal experience with any of the vendors that sell armor, weapon, and costume reproductions. Other than the art supply vendors, any commercial sites are posted only for visual references. If you have any interesting sites you would like me to post, or notice any dead links or sites that have been taken over by purveyors of unrelated naughtiness, drop me an email. Other than graciously providing web space for this page, the fine folks at Fortress Figures are not responsible for the content, so if you find anything offensive, annoying, or disagreeable, contact me, not them at the email address below:

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Tools, Supplies and Useful Stuff Remember, Superglue can close cuts!
General Miniature, Modeling and Gaming Sites Some you may have overlooked
Anatomy Artistic models, athletes, dancers, classical artworks- some definitely NSFW!
Horses Obsolete in battle, but it's hard to eat a Hummer
Assorted Critters Sorry, no recipes
Dinosaurs No, smartypants, my picture is not there
Historical sites and no, I wasn't there at the time
Weapons- Antique to Modern
Interesting Miscellaneous Art Sites and Online Galleries From classical to fantasy
Specific Artists An eclectic mix of genres from classic sculpture to comics
Facebook Reference Pages Lots of great image galleries and info
Assorted Literary Links Don't worry, there are pictures for you illiterate types
Recommended Books and Movies Email me with suggestions
Mostly Free Tech Stuff For graphics, web page & 3D editing, along with tutorials & other useful goodies!
Tools, Supplies and Useful Stuff
UPDATED!!! Model Railroad & Miniature Figure Life Size Scale Calculator- A handy calculator I swiped from here and adapted for determining scale size in millimeters for figures- if you want to download the html file to your computer, just save the page to whatever folder you want and it should work for you
The Compleat Sculptor - you supply the talent, they supply the rest
Widget Supply has a huge inventory of hard to find, but reasonably priced hobby tools and equipment. Mini sculptors and modelers should check out the extensive dental tool section
Jerry's Artarama- Specialists in Providing Professional Art Supplies & Framing
Utopia Tools has a nice selection of hobby and modelling tools and supplies
Walthers: "Your Number One Resource For Model Railroad Product Information" - A huge selection of railroad and other modeling kits, supplies, tools, accessories, and information.
MisterArt.com is great place to shop for discount art and craft supplies
Micro-Mark is THE mail-order source for hard-to-find tools and supplies for hobby, professional and educational model building
ToolUSA.com has a wide variety of specialty tools and supplies with over 2,500 clearly pictured items in inventory
PSI Kneadatite aka "greenstuff" or "Duro" is a very popular sculpting putty, and PSI also manufactured a variety of other repair putties that are quite useful for sculpting and crafts. QuikCopper and FastSteel are very fast setting, very strong, and useful for building up large armatures and dioramas quickly. QwikWood is great for simulating or repairing wood sculptures. Those products are available at JD Industrial Supply. Greenstuff is also available on Amazon, but, what isn't? Yikes! The ribbon tape sold for a buck or two back in the day 😜
SylCreate- UK based suppliers of industry-leading model making, resin casting and restoration products. They have a lot of great modelling information on their blog page.
LITKO produces tokens, movement trays, miniature bases, movement gauges and more. They also supply paint, brushes and flock for finishing your miniature figures and stands. LITKO also offers custom services for individuals as well as publishers. You can send your specifications and they can help you out with graphic design services and get your idea ready for production. Their in house services include Graphic Design, Full Color UV Printing, Laser Cutting, and Packaging & Labeling. They have been serving the tabletop gaming community for over 20 years. LITKO products are designed, manufactured, assembled, packaged, and serviced in the USA.
American Pin- school, home, office and craft supplies since 1927. I've used Size 44 Bank Pins a lot for armatures and weapons, and pinning multipiece models. They are also sturdy enough to grind and shape into fine tip sculpting tools as well
Hobbit House exotic wood site is a non-commercial site focusing on color-correct pictures of exotic and domestic woods
Material Safety Data Sheet Online Info- Safety information for lots of chemicals we use in sculpting, painting and modelling
Free graph paper printer program (Windows OS) Need a hex map? Choose the grid size and color and print it out, along with dozens of other graph paper styles
Check out all the printable castles and other related RPG buildings at Free Paper Toys
General Miniature, Modeling and Gaming Sites
The Defense of DUFFER'S DRIFT- The classic in small unit tactics, this Boer War scenario still has sound lessons for today's infantryman, as well as being a great wargame adventure. I reformatted the book and cleaned up the graphics to make it easier to navigate
The Miniatures Page, the home of miniature wargaming on the internet. Here we cover everything from Ancient Egypt to the War on Terror, from haunted dungeons to dueling starships, from German panzers to Prussian lancers… and no historical era is too obscure! TMP on Facebook.
Welcome to the Lost Minis Wiki, a non-profit site dedicated to identifying, photographing and documenting fantasy miniatures. We currently list figures from over 400 different manufacturers, old and new. If you have a miniature and you don’t know what it is, you’ll likely find it here at Lost Minis Wiki
Toy Soldier Collector is a great resource for articles, events, pictures and reviews for figure and toy enthusiasts
The Stuff of Legends- Tom Pope's slow descent into MINI MADNESS!
One of My Men Became Restless - A great painted miniatures blog in 15mm and 25/28mm, covering all genres for over 15 years, with very nice photos. On Facebook
planetFigure - a large and talent-filled web community with great forums, galleries, and resources covering many aspects of creating and painting a wide variety of miniatures
Tabletop Gaming News is a website devoted to publishing news, review and articles about all facets of the tabletop gaming hobby.
Miniature Wargaming has a wide variety of news, photos, rules, forums, tutorials, tips and thousands of wargaming related links
ICv2: The Business of Geek Culture
DriveThruRPG.com The Largest RPG Download Store!
RPG.net has the inside scoop on gaming
Plastic Soldier Review, for news and information on 1:72 scale plastic soldiers
The Clubhouse- The Online Community for Model-Builders, Sculptors, and Collectors
FineScale Modeler Magazine Online- Loads of modeling info- requires free registration
The Train Collectors Association, headquartered in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, is one of the largest and most prestigious collecting societies in the world.
Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg is the largest model railway in the world. Check out their Miniatur Wunderland promotional video on YouTube
Fine Art Models builds museum-quality limited-edition scale models that many feel are the finest in the world today
The Strong Museum of Play, one of the best toy museums in the country
The Gallery of Monster Toys is dedicated to preserving vintage creepy fun- I always loved the old Aurora kits in the 60's wing
The Official Marx Toy Museum- preserving the toys, the history,and the memories of Louis Marx and Company
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Anatomy
Anatomy Standard - We are building the most accurate 3D model of the human body to create high-quality, interactive illustrations of the model, and share them on this website to provide a resource for teaching and explaining anatomy.
Anatomy For Sculptors has over 275 high resolution images at their ArtStation page.
Eadweard Muybridge: Defining Modernities. This unique website provides a definitive research resource surrounding the work of 19th Century photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Here you can find an introduction to Muybridge’s works in historical and social context; and information on the international collections that house them.
NSFW! Bodies of Work is an inspiring and artistic photo gallery of the world’s best physiques in peak condition.
NSFW! Igor Amelkovich is a photographer specializing in land scapes and the unadorned female form, with hundreds of excellent B&W photos of athletic models in exotic poses emphasizing the complete female musculature, not the standard pin up T&A
NSFW! Arkadiusz Branicki Photography features very fit models, mostly dancers, in a wide variety of athletic and artistic poses
NSFW! Michael Ezra Fine Art Photography has lots of athletic and well toned models that offer great anatomical reference
Girls with Muscle is an attempt to gather the best freely available images of muscular girls/women into a single place. No nekkidness, but there are lots of good photos of athletic female surface anatomy from slender gymnasts to bodybuilders, searchable by athlete, discipline or muscle group
The Bodies Of The World’s Best Athletes
Pose Maniacs has thousands of great flash posable anatomical renders
Muscle Atlas -An illustrated atlas of the muscles of the upper and lower extremities
The Bodybuilding Archive- A look back at the legends of bodybuilding
Take a look at WetCanvas, the largest community for visual artists on the Internet
Da Vinci Anatomical Drawings
Rey Bustos- A very imaginative and informative site by an excellent art educator
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
Human Anatomy Pictures for Artists
Drawn mainly from the collections of the National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy shows off the anatomical imagination in some of its most astonishing incarnations, from 1500 to the present
Anatomy Atlases is an anatomy digital health sciences library
Posing is an Art 3-Many free poses
e-Skeletons Project View the bones of a human and other primates
Decorate your home or haunt today at the Skull Shoppe, which is fast becoming the best place for quality human skull replicas
Skulls Unlimited- The World's Leading Supplier of Osteological Specimens
Bone Clones Human and critter osteological reproductions
The Sedlec Ossuary- Where human bones become art
Society of Figurative Arts- Dedicated to providing high level instruction for the beginner, amateur or professional striving to expand their individual creative skills-excellent tutorials, links, and forums
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Horses
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Weta Digital Horse FEM Simulation- Julian Butler built the model and setup the simulation layers for Weta Digital's horse asset. This amazing anatomical simulation of a galloping horse shows the progressive addition of layers required to simulate realistic-looking outer surface, from the skeleton to the muscles, fascia, fat and skin, and finally a body hair, mane and tail.
Horse Breeds- Oklahoma State's comprehensive horse database
The Equine Resin Directory allows you to search their well indexed model photo data base by horse breed, model name, manufacturer, sculpter and painter
Horsesculpture.com features the amazing bronze equine sculpture of Marrita Black, along with a nice video of the bronze casting process
Living Images Photography features the work of horse and wildlife photographer Carol Walker
Horse'n Around, the Model Horse Store has a huge selection of Breyer models
The purpose of Horses Inside Out is to show the anatomy, biomechanics and physiology of the horse
Veryl Goodnight- Sculpting the American West
Tamara Gooch- Horses, Landscape, Western LIfestyle & Wildlife Fine Art photography
Stone Horses has a lot of nice resin models
The Model Horse Gallery has over 25,000 photos, 275 galleries and 2,500 pages
White Pine Equine Limited Edition Resin Model Horses from Original Sculptures
Elk Horn Stables Studios features the equine art of Angelica Nelson
Tony O'Conner Equine Art features his stunning animal portraits and drawings- also check out his Facebook page
Heather Jansch Bronze and Driftwood Equine Sculpture
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Assorted Critters
The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections has all 80 plates of the definitive Veterinary Anatomical lllustrations of Hermann Dittrich usually published as An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists
Sandy Scott is a world renowned wildlife sculptor specializing in bronze castings, and has a very enlightening tutorial blog sharing her skills in sculpting techniques, anatomy, and dynamic posing
Mike Hollingshead of Storm and Sky is well known for his amazing storm chasing photos, but he also specializes in birds in flight, with some incredible shots of fighting and hunting eagles
Herb Houghton Wildlife Photography- specializing in bald eagles, peregrine falcons, owls and other raptors, with shorebirds, warblers, mammals, macro and landscapes taking a close second. Here is more at his Pixoto page
Lots of eagles and other critters at Wallpaper Abyss
Jess Lee Photos is world renowned source for great scenic North American wildlife and western photography
Wing Photos- If you're sculpting feathers, check out this great photo archive from the Slater Natural History Museum at the University of Puget Sound
National Geographic Animal Galleries- More great critter pictures than you would have time to look at, let alone sculpt
Will's Skull Page-The head bone's connected to the....
SKULLS- Lots of different species from the nice folks at the California Academy of Sciences
Insect photography by Alex Wild, with an emphasis on ant species. Includes galleries of images and wallpapers.
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Dinosaurs
The Dinosaur toys Collectors Guide should rekindle a lot of memories for those of us too ancient to have had fancy electronic gadgets for entertainment in our youth. Although these bits of injected plastic were not as sophisticated and accurate as today's CGI creations, they sure fired up a lot of young imaginations
The Dinosaur Toy Blog is dedicated to reviewing models, figures and replicas of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Each blog entry covers a different dinosaur toy and includes detailed photographs from several angles. The blog has many regular authors and guest reviewers. We want to share our thoughts, opinions and recommendations on the figures in our collections, and when possible, we provide links to help you find them as well
CM Studio produces realistic dinosaur models and sculptures in both life-size and scale models.
Zdenek Burian was an extremely prolific artist whose works are estimated to number between 15,000 and 20,000 paintings and drawings (ink pen and pencil). He illustrated over 500 books (including natural history subjects and numerous classic novels such as Robinson Crusoe, Tarzan of the Apes, Plutonia) and some 600 book covers, but it is within the fields of palaeontology and palaeoanthropology that Burian's influence has been most notable. Since the late 1950s and early 1960s when Burian's work became known in the west through a series of large-format books released by the Artia publishing house, numerous scholarly and popular books on prehistoric life have featured his work, either as originals or as art based closely on them. For more info, check out this Flickr page, blog and bio site featuring his work.
DinoAnimals.com -Loads of great photos, illustrations, and information about dinosaurs and contemporary critters
Micheal Trcic -the sculptor of the T-Rex used in the "Jurassic Park" movies and the IMAX feature "T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous", offers amazing dinosaur sculptures, as well as Western and fantasy pieces in bronze and model kits
Welcome to the Natural History Museum's online guide to dinosaurs with images, facts and figures for over 300 dinosaurs.
Prehistoric Planet- Critters even older than I
Luis V. Rey's Art Gallery- Dinosaurs and Paleontology
John Sibbick Illustration- Prehistoric, natural history, and fantasy art
Dinosaurs in Art is the official website of paleo artist Michael Skrepnick
The Dinosaur Society is dedicated to promoting an interest in everything dinosaur related
StrangeScience.net may be a self-proclaimed eclectic collection of old illustrations and information, but it is also an outstanding resource on the the history of paleontology and biology. The Goof Gallery is loaded with great old timey illustrations of the mysterious beasts that haunted those unknown lands on the map
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Historical sites
Jas. Townsend & Son Inc. is a manufacturer and retailer of quality reproduction 18th and early 19th Century clothing and personal accessories. We service the living history community, historic sites, museums, and theatrical, motion picture, and television production companies. Subscribe to their YouTube Channel for lots of great authentic recipes, history, and reenacting videos.
Wish I had a teacher like Mrs. Osborne- she has assembled an amazing portal of historical and mythological sites that would take weeks to explore
Welcome to HistoryOfWar.org They aim to make their site your first call for information on any aspect of military history. Your probably won't live long enough to read it all- be prepared to lose a few days just getting to the B section
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more throughout its pages
JuniorGeneral.org promotes the use of historical simulations as a tool for teaching history by providing free resources that anyone can use. 1000's of free military reference downloads
Rome Exposed- the site geared toward the spreading of information on Roman Life throughout the Internet. In the other sections of Classics Unveiled, you can find information on Greek Mythology, Roman History and Latin Vocabulary and Derivatives
De Re Militari- Your portal to scholarly information on warfare in the Middle Ages
ARMA - the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts, is an educational non-profit organization dedicated to the study and practice of historical fencing and the exploration and promotion of our Western martial heritage
EveryCastle.com is a comprehensive resource about castles, palaces and fortifications.
Medieval-castle.com is another nice resource for those interested in castles and medieval life
Medieval Britain- On this website, you will find information about medieval activities, Kings, Queens, weapons, castles, and medieval towns in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, as well as deep dives into medieval clothing, cooking, and activities people enjoyed in the Middle Ages.
Medievality.com provides plenty of information about castles, medieval life, medieval warfare and much moree
Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends- A massive archive of historical resources
Gode Cookery is an extensive and enlightening guide to life, food, and the arts of the Middle Ages
Welcome to Exploring the Middle Ages, where you will find information on heraldry, myths and legends, religion, medicine, and other aspects of life in Britain during the Middle Ages
Medieval Life and Times- Step back into history get Medieval facts and information about the famous people, life and events of Medieval Times
Heraldry of the world contains at present 29,250 pages and 95,322 images, the total site has over 50.000 pages. Check them out on Facebook as well
Modar's Heraldry Page
A Heraldic Primer, from the nice folks at the Society for Creative Anachronism
International Heraldry & Heralds has a lot of good information
The Heraldry Society exists to increase and extend interest in and knowledge of heraldry, armory, chivalry, genealogy and allied subjects
How to draw Celtic knots (or sculpt them)
Images of Medieval Art and Architecture- Watch your apse!
Vinkhuijzen Collection of Military Costume Illustration- Nearly 20,000 prints, drawings, watercolors, and printed book and magazines illustrations of military costume
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection- The artwork vividly documents all aspects of military and naval history, with emphasis on the history and illustration of world military and naval uniforms from the 17th century to the present
The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.
The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis- Library of Congress online image collection
New York Public Library Digital Gallery- over 800,000 images digitized from primary sources
Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences contains a lot of good historical information and occasional illustrations on the varied arts and styles of opening up a can o' whoop ass. Check out the Journal of Western Martial Art and the Journal of Manly Arts: European and Colonial Combatives, 1776 - 1914
The Defense of DUFFER'S DRIFT- The classic in small unit tactics, this Boer War scenario still has sound lessons for today's infantryman, as well as being a great wargame adventure. I reformatted the book and cleaned up the graphics to make it easier to navigate
World War I Color Photos - "World War I.... who would have thought there were original color photos of WWI? This site contains hundreds of photos taken by the French in the last two years of World War One."
Shorpy.com is a photo blog about life a hundred years ago- a great source for period character study, with tough people in tough times
Search the Smithsonian Institution Archive Collections
They Drew Fire- the combat artists of World War II
Things with Wings has fascinating aircraft design drawings and photos of some unusual experimental, military, and commercial aircraft
Airplane-Pictures.Net has lots of creative aviation photography
The National Museum of the United States Air Force collects, researches, conserves, interprets and presents the Air Force's history, heritage and traditions, as well as today's mission to fly, fight and win
The Navy Art Collection collects, documents, preserves and exhibits art that is significant to the history of the Navy for both the public and service personnel. This includes over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, and engravings consisting of naval ships, personnel, and actions from all eras of U.S. naval history.
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Weapons- Antique to Modern
The Medieval Trebuchet- You may want to build one if your local HOA is becoming a pest. There are lots of other good links at the bottom of the page.
The Oakeshott Institute was founded by Ewart Oakeshott and his wife Sybil Marshall with the purpose of furthering research and education in the field of ancient arms and armor. Ewart's life long study of weapons and armor helped revolutionize our understanding of Medieval culture
Check out Reenactor.Net- the world-wide, on-line home of historical reenacting!
MEDIEVAL ARMOUR- articles and links on armour as it applies to the Middle Ages, the SCA and to SCA combat.
The armor collection from the Metropolitan Museum of Art has more than fourteen thousand objects from many countries and covers fourteen centuries of history
Therion Arms is proud to present a wide variety of weaponry items for use by re-enactors, Western Martial Artists, stage combatants, renaissance faire entertainers, live-steel fight groups, and for the discriminating collector who is tired of junk wall-hangers advertised as "battle ready". "The Best Little Sword House in Texas!" On Facebook
Tod's Workshop - "We create beautiful, accurate and detailed historical reproduction crossbows, sword scabbards, swords, daggers and other medieval artefacts; each piece is hand made and unique. These can be purchased direct from stock, created to your specifications from a range of options, or made fully 'custom'."
Armor Venue- has a wide variety of armor, weapons, and military replicas from ancient to modern eras
Arms & Armor - Makers of fine historical arms since 1982
Jesse Belsky StageSwords - Custom Weapons and Accessories for Fencers, Performers &: Collectors.
Albion Swords Ltd.- museum-quality swords handmade to exacting design specifications, based on countless hours spent in the detailed study the of original swords
Toledo Swords- Another dealer in fantasy and historical toadstickers
Global Effects Inc. manufactures, sells and rents all types of props, costumes, armor, miniatures, sets, creatures and makeup effects for TV, movies and museums.
Medieval Collectibles-your one stop shop for Medieval Swords, Renaissance Clothing and many other Medieval and Renaissance items
MuseumReplicas.com- Historical and fantasy arms and armor from the nice folks at Atlanta Cutlery
Mateusz Sulowski Swords High quality, full hand made, functional Medieval Swords.
Welcome to DBK - Making the finest hand-crafted scabbards, for the discerning collector of fine swords.
Sellsword Arts is many things, but at its most basic it is a celebration of swordsmanship. Whether that be fencing, choreography, history, or pop culture, we are all about the blade. We are dedicated to creating videos that help educate people about how swords work while making you laugh.
Paul Southren's Sword Buyers Guide.com has been developed to provide you with the most up to date and relevant information on the major production (i.e. non custom) makers in the industry
Check out the Medieval weapons at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rock Island Auction Company is the worlds leading auction house for firearms, edged weapons and military artifacts. They have highly detailed phtos of all of their auction items, from antiques to modern items- a great place to check for firearm and military reference photos
The Specialists.LTD. is a full service prop house with thousands of high detail photos of the weapon replicas they design and supply for movies, TV, theater and advertising. From Paleolithic knives to modern miltary equipment, if you need it, they have it
The Internet Movie Firearms Database is a great source to find out who is shooting what in movies and TV
Modern Firearms & Ammunition- Online encyclopedia of firearms and ammunition of the 20th and 21st centuries
Military Factory- Amazing archive of military info and photos of weapons, aircraft, ships, armor and vehicles
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Interesting Miscellaneous Art Sites and Online Galleries
American Art Archives(AAA) is meant to help preserve the memory of the great illustrators and their works, give visitors a chance to experience the kind of art that people of the last century experienced virtually every day, and provide an outlet for you fans of illustration art where you can contribute bio information, corrections (we do make mistakes), gallery ideas and artwork, articles on artists, trends, and techniques, upcoming events you want to promote, whatever else you can think of.
MetPublications is a portal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's comprehensive publishing program with 1,500 titles, including books, online publications, and Bulletins and Journals from the last five decades.
Figurative Sculptors Community- Designed to bring sculptors and lovers of figurative sculpture together.
The Public Domain Review is a not-for-profit project dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available online
Street Art Utopia is not simple graffiti- it is an amazing collection of street art varying in scale from minute to monumental, across a wide variety of techniques and genres
Monster Brains A never ending celebration of monsters, is a blog by fantasy artist Aeron Alfrey. Mr. Alfrey has posted an amazing collection of fantasy illustrations that have inspired him, and will do the same for you. I especially appreciate his great selection of the works of Virgil Finlay
The British Museum is the authoritative source of images depicting world culture and history including ceramics, sculpture, prints, drawings, and paintings
Beautifullife.info is a daily updated online magazine dedicated to all aspects of design
The Artcyclopedia is an index of online museums and image archives:find out where the works of over 8,000 different fine artists can be viewed online
Art History: A Resource Guide has a lot of good information on arts centers, conferences, art research, teaching resources and more.
Art History Resources on the Web is another massive index of links maintained by Professor Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe of Sweet Briar College, Virginia
The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection
At the Coudal Partners Museum of Online Museums, you will find links from our archives to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries
African tribal art-Wooden and bronze statues, masks, totems & symbols
Here is a fine selection of Oni demon masks and sculpture
A Love of Monsters- Gargoyles and Architectural Sculpture in NYC
Beej's Pirate Image Archive- ARRRGGH!!!!!!
The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists
The Creature Technology Company produces the most technologically sophisticated, creatively inspired and life-like animatronics for arena spectaculars, theme parks, exhibitions, stage shows and events around the world.
Draconika.com I think they like dragons
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Michael Leonard's cover illustration of John Gardener's Grendel from the early 70s is still one of my favorite monster illustrations of all time. His photoreal drawings are an excellent source for anyone interested in dynamic anatomy
Benjamin Victor is an amazing American sculptor living and working in Boise, Idaho. His full sized anatomically perfect realistic statues have some of the best examples of clothing folds and drapery you'll ever see.
I was a big fan of Michael Garman, I got to meet him at his studio many years ago. He specialized in great caricature sculptures that he molded, cast in resin. Most were painted and were reasonably priced, which urinated off the local "art community." He developed his studio in Colorado Springs into a tourist attraction with elaborately detailed diaramas populated by his many characters- hobos, street people, and each sculpture told a story. Check out his work at the link, and by all means, visit his studio if you are near Colorado Springs.
Artist Mike Stinnett is not only a great wildlife painter- he also carves intricate, realistic walking sticks of snakes and other wildlife. His videos with his dog Pearl are quite relaxing.
Nick Bibby Sculpture - Contemporary Bronze Sculptor - Figurative, Birds, Animals. Small to Monumental. Commissions and Enquiries welcome. On Facebook.
For over 40 years, Martin Eichinger has been telling stories through sculpture—first in bronze, and now in epoxy resin
Coderch & Malavia, Sculptors are based in Spain, and have many gallery sized and public display sculptures thay hightlight their realistic anatomy and posing skills. You've probably seen their work on art and sculpture sites and social media
Richard MacDonald is a contemporary figurative sculptor who has spent over fifty years creating—seeking to capture every facet of the human experience through his work.
Nick Mackman - award winning animal sculptures of personality and distinction. On Facebook.
Karl Jensen's work embodies the uplifting of the human spirit, from serene moments of daily life to those of playful joy. He strives to create images that capture the essence of an expression of a gesture, drawing the viewer in with an aura of a moment frozen in time. His work, ranging from small indoor bronzes to life-size outdoor pieces and fountains, can be found in collections across the country and around the world.
At Gregory Beck Art Studio, you can view his exceptional figuratve sculpture, as well as public works, design, painting and illustration
Jana Büttner is a German/ Austrian-Czech Sculptor currently working as a sculptor between Italy Austria and Germany.
Philippe Faraut is a sculptor who creates portraits in wax, clay, stone porcelain, and bronze. He has a 25 year career and offers workshops and commissions.
Kristine Poole’s work highlights the beauty and inherent narrative qualities of the human form. Winner of the 2020 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Yasha Young Projects Sculpture category, Kristine’s sculptures have also garnered awards in competitions including Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, The Art Renewal Center’s International Art Salon and Infected By Art, among others.
The figurative work of Luo Li Rong is often seen on social media because of her skill at imparting motion to anatomically beautiful sculpture.
Roman Booteen is a master engraver who converts coins and other small metal objects into intricate mechanized works of art. Also on Facebook
ONUZ Engravings - Engraving small pieces of art one coin at a time. Hobo nickels/coins and other engravings. Featuring the work of Wesley Bennett
Reinis Stripnieks Engraving - We create one-of-a-kind engravings on modern timepieces using traditional hand techniques. Every watch is approached as a personal project, built on careful design, storytelling, and lasting craftsmanship.
Jakub Rozalski, also known as Mr. Werewolf, is an independent concept artist, storyteller & illustrator, creator of the 1920+ world. Check out more of his eerie artwork and game worlds at his Facebook and ArtStation pages
I have admired the fantasy illustrations of Ian Miller since I saw the interior illustrations in the paperback edition of Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead (The 13th Warrior) as well as The Tolkien Bestiary
Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor-Stone Carver. Get your gargoyles here!
The late Bernie Wrightson is world renowned for his amazing cover, comic, and card illustrations
Henry Clive has an amazing body of work featuring movie posters, murals, magazine covers and glamour portraits that propelled him into being an iconic force of the art deco Jazz Age
James Bama has had an amazing career as a photorealistic illustrator in pulp magazines and cover illustration, and his work on the Doc Savage series is considered iconic. He is best known for his amazing wildlife and portrait work of the American West. Here is a great interview with MensPulpMags.com and his sections at the Jerry W. Horn Gallery and Bighorn Gallery
The art of Matt Dixon- Over the top fun fantasy, sci-fi and horror
Clyde Caldwell is legendary for his outstanding fantasy illustrations
Keith Parkinson is sorely missed. Take some time to appreciate his talent
The Offical Site for Larry Elmore
Stephen Hickman has illustrated more than 450 book covers for major speculative fiction authors—including Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey and Larry Niven—since 1976
Aly Fell is a UK based illustrator, concept and character artist with over 20 years experience of working in the animation and games industry.
Brian M. Viveros also has an unmistakable style with the feminine profile
Olivia De Berardinis "I paint Women. Pin-up, Burlesque, Warriors, Fashion, Fantasy."
Check out the home page of Jeff Easley -during his 20+ year tenure at TSR/WOTC Jeff did many rulebook, boxed set, and module covers for all of TSR's gaming worlds including the iconic 1st Edition AD&D hard covers and then all of the 2nd Edition core hard cover rule books.
Raul Vitale has done beautiful fantasy illustration in a variety of genres, including childrens books
Concept illustration and fantasy art by Ed Binkley, Program Director, Animation & Concept Development - Madison College, Madison, WI.
Omar Rayyan is based in Martha's Vineyard and has created illustrations for children's magazines and books, as well as the gaming market
Marc Simonetti does great work in covers, video games, movies, and advertising
The official website of Barry Windsor-Smith, with news and biographical information, original art and prints for sale, and an extensive selection of current and classic art, comics, and texts
Burne Hogarth specialized in drawing the dynamic anatomy of the human body and animals, as can be best seen in his rendition of 'Tarzan'. His Wikipedia page lists many details of his enduring legacy
The Official Frazetta Art Gallery
FrankFrazetta.org- The UNOFFICIAL Frank Frazetta Fantasy Art Gallery has a lot of quality scans that the official site does not provide
The Official Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell Website
Since 1950, Earl Norem has painted hundreds of memorable covers for novels, gaming books, trading cards, and Marvel Comics
The Official Hajime Sorayama Website
The work of illustrator Alphonse Mucha is a valuable source for figurative study- here is another nice selection of Mucha's Art Nouveau posters, lithographs, and illustrations
I was always a big fan of movie poster artist and illustrator Reynold Brown, whose artwork was often far better than the movies it was advertising. Here's Brown's section at American Art Archives, also check out "The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters", a great 1994 PBS documentary available on YouTube.
Shiflett Brothers - Brandon and Jarrod Shiflett are comic book sculpting nerds who sculpt nerdy stuff. They live in Texas, with herds of pirate dogs, listening to Kate Bush, and pondering their chances of taking over the world, one fantasy sculpture at a time.
The CS Moore Studio and sculptor Clayburn Moore proudly present premier licensed and original statues, busts and more
The Larry MacDougall @larrymacdougall - Beautiful watercolors of fantasy gaming genre anthropomorphic critters
The Mariusz Kozik vel Lacedemon Portfolio - Mariusz Kozik currently lives in Lublin City, Poland where he works as an illustrator and concept artist, Lots of stunning war art at the bottom of the page, including some great Osprey work
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Facebook Reference Pages
Sculptart is updated daily with beautiful photos of classic and contemporary figurative sculpture
Benjamin Victor is acclaimed for his incredible skills with anatomy
Casey Parlette Sculpture Wildlife sculpture in wood, metal and stone.
Illustration Magazine-a group to share images from the Golden Age of Illustration, 1860 to 1960.
Marguerite Surich Noschese is an International and National Award Winning Halloween Artist- "I create OOAK Fine Art Dolls in the Halloween Spirit & Hand Crafted Candles, Brooms,Paintings & Jewelry."
Luo Li Rong (Sculptrice) Lovely anatomy in flowing motion
Frazetta Girls Honoring the legacy of Frank Frazetta, The Godfather of Fantasy Art
Jamal Washington Inspired by forests, wildlife, and organic movement. Each carving follows the natural grain—never forced, never repeated.
Joe Jusko is undoubtedly one of the best known Fantasy, Pin-Up and Comic Artists in the world today. His career has spanned over 30 years, starting with the sale of his very first cover for Heavy Metal Magazine in 1977 at the age of 17
Drawing Art Stars and Drawing-Musa ÇELİK are legacy pages featuring the art and instructions of the late world renowned illustrator and teacher
Artist and author Frederick Cooper has massive, organized galleries featuring thousands of pictures by famous illustrators and artists
Illustrator Susan Alpaugh has many albums full of the artwork of her favorite illustrators
Budd Root is an American comic book artist, writer, and cartoonist, best known as the creator of the independent, award winning series Cavewoman.
Frank Cho Writer and Artist at Marvel Comics, Liberty Meadows, Image Comics, Jungle Queen, Pin-Ups, Dinosaurs, King Kong, Drawing Beautiful Women
Woodcarvings by Josh Carte Beautiful hand csrvings, chainsaw carvings, wall art and wood spirit carvings
Artistry by Fire- Metal artist Andrew Benson worked as a construction framer, contractor, and welder. Mike Rowe and Adam Carolla both know that people who know trades know how to create.
Jackson Williams is a creative metalsmith and welder maling imaginative metal sculptures from honeybees to a full-sized moose.
Casey Parlette Sculpture- A lifetime of observation and practice allows Casey to utilize a variety of techniques and materials to render the animals and plants in his sculptures. His subjects are wildlife – with particular emphasis on marine animals – hammered, forged, carved and welded of wood, bronze, brass, steel, titanium, mother of pearl, abalone, stone, concrete and more.
Creature Technology Company- We design and produce the most technologically sophisticated and creatively inspired large-scale animatronic creatures in the world.
Trish Carden Miniatures and Design- A page to share work from over 40 years in the Tabletop Games Industry and my new range HarrowHyrst, along with other arty pursuits!
This-Is-Cool is a UK-based website dedicated to the visual art of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
Character Design References (CDR) is a website dedicated to sequential, illustrative, and concept art.
The Vault of pulp art has loads pin-ups and lurid book and magazine cover illustrations designed to get you to judge a book by its cover and buy it!
Pin Up & Cartoons Girls Blog- the largest collection of pin-up art online
Pulp, Comic & Poster Art (NO AI)- Pulp Art, Comic Panels and Poster Art. Any era, any genre.
The Gates of Valhalla has a huge assortment of fantasy art
The Vault of Fantasy- another large collection of assorted fantasy art
The Vault of Horror has a great collection of movie, magazine,and book cover art
Anatomy Standard is building the most accurate 3D model of the human body
Anatomy For Sculptors "Visual artists are visual thinkers! That's we make anatomy visual with content and books for artists." Lot's of great reference images
Heavy Metal Magazine - The most influential voice in sci-fi, fantasy & horror since 1977. Creating, collabing & unleashing the unexpected with artists who define culture
Felix Comic Art - Proud art rep for the most talented and exciting group of artists in comics! www.felixcomicart.com
Coralie Swaney Art- "I create smile inducing art using acrylics and/or polymer clay." Fun and lovable caricature creations
Carl Bovis Nature Photography - Bird and nature photography from in and around the beautiful Somerset Levels, UK. I use a Nikon Z9 & Nikon 180-600mm lens.
The Met's Arms and Armor collection is one of the most comprehensive and encyclopedic of its kind, comprising over 14,000 objects, focusing on works that show outstanding design and decoration, rather than those of purely military or technical interest.
Robyn The Hooded Man, Merry Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood - A fun, expert reenactor with lots of great information about the clothing, weaponry, and tactics fom the time of that legendery outtlaw. Also check out his YouTube channel
Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen Viking novelist and youtuber living in Norway with wide expertise in the clothing, weaponry, tactics, and lifestyle of that era, Also check out his Youtube channel, and homepage
Yuri Ishikiriyama has a great collection of medieval arms and armor with nice videos showing design, construction, wearing and use.
Variata- Historians, reenactors, and craftsman provide excellent short lessons on armour, weaponry, and life in general of men-at-arms throughout many historical periods.
Welcome to the official fan page of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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Assorted Literary Links
The Fantastic in Art and Fiction- from the nice folks at the Cornell University Library
Nonsenselit.org is a portal devoted to Nonsense literature, with a lot of great illustrations and art links as well as the fun prose and poetry
Encyclopedia Mythica- An expansive and comprehensive database and portal
Welcome to the Theoi Project, a comprehensive guide to the Gods (Theoi), Spirits (Daimones) and Monsters (Theres) of ancient Greek mythology and religion
Paleothea.com: Women in Greek Myths- Ailia Athena has compiled a remarkable treasure trove of tales, art, and great reference sources for the classically inclined
The Medieval Beastiary: Here begins the book of the nature of beasts. Of lions and panthers and tigers, wolves and foxes, dogs and apes
Glorious Nonsense- All things Jabberwocky
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
ERBzine- The Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site Since 1996 ~ 15,000 Web Pages in Archive. Check out their featured artists section for amazing galleries of the great illustrators
The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs- A jungle full of great images, info and links!
The Works of Robert E. Howard -The idea behind this page is to make available for the Howard scholar and collector, a list of every story, article, fragment and synopsis written by REH, and where to find them
Barbarian Keep- another Conan and Robert E. Howard Website
Welcome to the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center-celebrating the life of Jack Kirby and his creations
Fantastic Fiction - Fantasy & Sci Fi Literature Database- Information and links for over 6000 authors
MensPulpMags.com is a great blog dedicated to the fun illustrations and stories of men's adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. They have lots of information about the amazing artwork used to hook the readers of that now extinct paper medium, including a comprehensive index section with links to artists, models and magazines. Check them out on FaceBook as well!
The Pulp Magazines Project is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary & artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides information on the history of this important but long neglected medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers.
PULPS et MAGAZINES AMERICAINS- Outstanding French site with a huge archive of cover art from the great American pulp golden age, featuring fantasy and sci-fi from Amazing Stories to Weird Tales, from the 1920's into the 1960's.
The Field Guide to Wild American PULP ARTISTS features basic biographical information to broaden awareness of pulp magazine illustrators, mainly from 1930 to 1960 when technical advances in color printing led to a golden era of pulp art
Cover Browser - displays galleries of comic book covers for comic book fans & enjoy (there's also links to find out more about individual comics or to buy them). Some of the artists you'll find : John Byrne, Barry Windsor-Smith, Frank Miller, Ivan Brunetti, Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane, Mark Bagley, Steve Ditko, Jim Lee, Daniel Clowes, Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Jack Kirby, Rob Liefeld, Andy Kubert, John Romita Sr. and Jr., Sam Keith, Dave Gibbons, Erik Larsen and many more.
Pulp Covers-The Best Of The Worst has a lot of great covers preserved and easy to use search feature
Check out the cover art of 1960s-80s Warren comics CREEPY, EERIE and VAMPIRELLA, as created by a literal Who's Who of fantasy artists. Flash-enhanced site; English-language, hosted in Japan.
CRIME BOSS- Crime Comic Books of the 1940s and 1950s, with great galleries of dangerous dames with gorgeous gams and gats galore!
Welcome to the Lambiek Comiclopedia, an illustrated compendium of over 7,000 comic artists, listed under last name (or pseudonym)
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Recommended Books and Movies
Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (2004)."From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history--the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici helped unleash would one day topple their ordered world. An epic drama played out in the courts, cathedrals and palaces of Europe, this series is both the tale of one family's powerful ambition and of Europe's tortured struggle to emerge from the ravages of the dark ages." This series gives a great basic overview of Renaissance art and politics in under 4 hours, so check it out.
Also check out Born of Hope, an independent film prequel to Lord of the Rings-very nicely done and free for all to view. More here
Burne Hogarth- Especially recommended- Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery
How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way- 'Nuff said
Meditations On a Hobby Horse and Other Essays On the Theory of Art -great essays about image creation, physiognomy, illusions and our responses to visual media by E. H. Gombrich
Troll Hunter - Good effects, impressive CGI critters, and a bit of dark humor. Subtitled
Peter and the Wolf Amazing stop action- beautifully filmed, Oscar winning animated short
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Mostly Free Tech Stuff
PureRef was created to be a simple and lightweight tool for artists to organize and view their reference images. Excellent free app, especially for those with just one monitor. Give them a few bucks if you can you can spare it.
FileZilla, the free FTP solution. FileZilla is open source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
Meshmixer (Windows only) is free 3D modeling software able to edit existing models with a variety of tools including animation, hollowing/filling, and mesh repair. Supports can be easily added in before exporting the STL files before printing. No longer updated, but it is a very useful tool.
Blender is advanced free 3D modeling software with a huge, active community who share their STL files and 3D models as well as information online. A quick Google or YouTube search will yield thousands of results with people eager to showcase their 3D designs or teach you how to use the Blender 3D software. It isn’t for beginners, or probably even for intermediates, but it is an incredible free 3D modeling software that is ideal for game developers and experienced 3D modelers.
Affinity 3 combines sophisticated photo editing, vector graphics, design, and publication in one package. It has an optional AI element that costs 15 bucks a month, but it's really unnecessary and not that great at this point. Basically, you get PhotoShop, Illustrator, and InDesign in one easy to use platform, free of charge.
Inkscape is a powerful, free design tool-Whether you are an illustrator, designer, web designer or just someone who needs to create some vector imagery, Inkscape is for you!
GIMP is the Free and Open Source Image Editor, providing the tools needed for high quality image manipulation. From retouching to restoring to creative composites, the only limit is your imagination.
IrfanView is a lightweight, fast, and free image viewer and editor for Windows. Supports multiple formats, batch processing, and powerful plugins
TinyWow by Jenni: We offer PDF, video, image and other online tools to make your life easier
QRCode Monkey is one of the most popular free online qr code generators with millions of already created QR codes. The high resolution of the QR codes and the powerful design options make it one of the best free QR code generators on the web that can be used for commercial and print purposes.
Top 3 Really Free PDF Editors in 2025-Edit PDFs Without Spending a Dime
Image Resizer- Easily resize images online for free
Lunapic Completely Free online photo editing. No signup, login or install needed!
Picsvg is a free online converter that can convert an image to a SVG file.You can upload an image file (jpg,gif,png) up to 4 Mb, then you can select effects to enhance the SVG image result.
Ezgif.com is a simple, free online GIF maker and toolset for basic animated image editing. Here you can create, edit and convert GIF, APNG, WebP, MNG and AVIF animations.
Pixia is a raster painting program and graphics editor specifically well suited for many forms of digital painting.
Font Meme is your online resource for fonts. Discover fonts used in popular culture. Create text graphics instantly online. Download free fonts for local use.
W3Schools - Learn to Code with the world's largest web developer site. They have loads of great interactive tutorials ansd resource-guides that are clear, easy to follow, and start at the beginner level. HTML, CSS, Java, ant lots of other subjects.
Windows Alt Codes for Special Characters, Signs & Symbols - This is the complete reference list of the original Microsoft Windows Alt codes for special characters, signs, and symbols, which are based on the ASCII character encoding standard. Examples of these special characters are accented Latin letters such as ñ, mathematical symbols such as ÷, punctuation signs such as •, currency symbols such as £, graphical symbols such as ¦, and emoticons/emojis 😜
HTML UTF-8 Characters - Another well organized list of all the UTF-8 characters and how to use them in your web pages
HTML.com - "Our goal is to provide the most fun, fast & helpful guide to learning to code HTML anywhere"
PageBreeze Free HTML Editor has both visual (WYSIWYG) and HTML tag/source modes. It's design emphasizes simplicity and ease-of-use.
Q-Dir is a great alternative file manager for Windows with a amazing Quadro-View technique, with fast and easy access to your hard disks, network folders, USB-sticks, floppy disks and other storage devices.
Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement with a lot of features, including easy HTML editing
Piriform has free versions of several great programs that will clean your PCs, protect your privacy and make your PCs faster and more secure. Check out their advanced file recovery and system information tools.
Malwarebytes is good malware scanner that has free for private use version
SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols
LibreOffice is the power-packed free open source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and GNU/Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs
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I switched from hand sculpting to designing miniatures with ZBrush around 2012.
Here is some of my digital work if you are interested:
>An REO Speedwagon
Vintage White and AutoCar Tractor Trailers
International Harvester model H 542-11
a Mack H61 Cherrypicker Cabover
WW2 Willys Jeep
Howard David Johnson's Poor Cinderella
Nene Thomas' Queen of Havoc
Her Aquamarine Mermaid
and her Jewel of Dakkadia
Here are some aquatic accessory tabs for Morland Studios
also check out my favorite goddess Nemesis.
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Fortress Figures has always been highly innovative in moldmaking, 3D printing, and casting in both metal and resin. I do not work directly for the company, but we have collaborated on a number of very challenging projects for over 3 decades. I have seen first hand not only their high level of skill, but also their sense of honesty, integrity and ethics. I can say without reservation that they will do an outstanding job turning your digital files into a solid and top quality product. |
Latest update 05/26- added QR codes for the page, cleaned up defunct links, added some free tech tool and tutorial links and included some interesting and useful Facebook pages. I finally cleaned up the code for The Defense of DUFFER'S DRIFT- It's been awhile- I did the original pages with a pirated beta version of FrontPage2000. Also check out my Grumpy Geezer's Fabulous Miniatures Group on Facebook, with more minis, gaming and reference links:
