Improve your miniature painting with the best workshops by Roman Lappat

"I was fortunate to be able to meet Roman and Raffa when they still haven’t set up their awesome jungle studio. And 3 years later, I found myself even more fortunate be able to visit them again, and of course I have decided to take a private coaching lessons with them! As I have always admired their skills and the wonderful ideas into their bases.

So I had a very specific goal in mind, I wanted to re-create a scene from Kowloon Walled City. Basically it was a largely ungoverned settlement in Kowloon from 1950s to 1980s. The Walled City had become such a haven for criminals that police would venture into it only in large groups. But most residents were not involved in any crime and lived peacefully within its wall. And finally the settlement was demolished by the Hong Kong government in the late 80s. This is just a perfect topic for me and there are so many possibility and ideas to put into the base."

After some theory we did some sketches to plan such huge bases
"On the first day, after a warm welcome, breakfast, chat and some coffee, Roman and Raffa explained the theory of basing and showed me the amazing world of plastic cards! (Also the epic moment of some hardcore sanding). The main construction of the base was pretty much finished.

On the second day we focus on the details and Raffa kept creating more and more interesting elements for our bases."

Both bases, Hon's and the teacher's base, primed.
"And I was lucky enough to learn some wet in wet blending from Roman on a very cool MV Insta- Base! Due to some sort of Voodoo magic, I had too much fun painting that instant base and don’t want to stop. But sadly I had to stop and began to paint my own base."

Although I didn’t manage to complete the walled city during the two days lessons, but I will for sure complete it soon.
The final version of Hon's base. Only more illegal cables are missing - but before this Hon has to do his homework and paint this all up! We can not wait to see the result!

Beside some great music, jokes and talks, overall the private lessons was jam packed with lots of tips, tricks and technique on how to create and paint an interesting base, but these techniques can apply to miniatures as well.  Roman and Raffa is not only a friend to me, because Massive Voodoo is the main reason I became serious about miniature painting. The wonderful jungle is an inspiration for me and I’m sure for many painters as well.  Happy painting and thanks for reading."  

- Hon

Improve your miniature painting with the best workshops by Roman Lappat