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The Bust Saga (part 4)

Goran Krunić, 2nd May 2021

If you are a bit older and from Zagreb, you probably remember Saga o Pičekima? If not, the joke will elude you. Well, hopefully beside the Croatian pun, you will like the rest of this saga. Goran and Marko will take you on a miniature painting journey while they build and paint one and the same bust for their Admin Challenge. Why call it a saga? Because everyone who knows them knows this will take a while to finish.... They chose a bust by Crecy Models that comes in two options – as King Ladislav Jagellone and as Grand Master of Teutonic Order Ulrich von Jungingen. Goran and Marko will do different versions...

MARKO: What I forgot last time, this time I stol… borrowed and brought with me to the Hobby Corner on Wednesdays. A technical pencil. I lightly sketched on both shields the elements (a checkered plate on one plus a half lion half a bird on the other). After being relatively pleased with the look, I set out to apply the base paints. Then I added a couple of highlights to the design. This is enough for this phase since I plan to add light weathering towards the end of the painting.

GORAN: This time I continued to work on the cloak, with the same color palette as last time. The colors used are Scale75: Rainy Gray, Nacar, Birch and Mojave White. Here it is important to note that I used a fairly diluted paint, which is also called glazing. I think I could work with an even thinner color and be more patient, but even this is more than good for my skill level.

I first set out to fix the shadows using Rainy Gray. I drew the shadows by taking a slightly thicker brush (2 from the da Vinci Maestro series for example), and where the recess in the mantle was widest I applied the most pressure with the brush, so that the most paint would accumulate there. Then, while the shadow paint on the miniature was drying, I set off with a mixture of Rainy Gray and Nacar to fix the transitions between the shadow and the area next to the shadow, as they seemed relatively uneven and rough (although the roughness turned out to be a texture mantle).

MARKO: Then I set out to work on the cloak. If you remember, last time there were white stains from washing. This time I managed to cover those and add a few more layers of shadows ... As the cloak goes towards the shoulders, so the color becomes lighter. At least that's the idea.

GORAN: Then I set out to lighten the shields on the shoulders and even out the layers of a lighter color, with pure Nacar. I also further evened out the layers and thickness of the lighter colors on the shields on the shoulders, also using Mojave White.

Then I started to smooth the transitions towards the lighter parts of the crease with an equally clean Nacar, here I leaned the brush against the crease itself, and I evenly smoothed the transitions near the tops of the creases with equally uniform movements towards the lighter part of the crease. Then, with a mixture of Nacar and Birch, I started to lighten the tops of the folds, the same technique of applying the brush to the folds, and uniform movements towards the lighter part of the folds. In the next step, I used Mojave White, and I additionally lightened the creases with the brush application technique along the crease tips.

MARKO: For the end, I painted the fabric on the bust’s chest in a base red color. After I paint every layer on the gown, only then will I add the white eagle.

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We visited: Museum Slovenia v Malem and Back to Basics in the Kovačnica incubator in Kranj

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Krunoslav Belinić, 9th December 2025

Back to Basics Workshops in Galerija VN, a part of Libraries of Zagreb

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Krunoslav Belinić, 4th December 2025

We attended: Monte San Savino 2025

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Our Ivan brings you a report from the best miniature painting competition in the world.

In a small town in Italy, one of the largest and most prestigious miniature exhibitions in the world has been held every year since 2006, bringing together miniaturists from all over the world. The Knezović clan decided that it was a shame that Croatians did not come to the Monte San Savino Show, so after a great time at Kontrast, a miniature exhibition in Warsaw, we decided to visit Italy as well.

The exhibition is held in Tuscany, and all the content related to it is located within the walls of the castle around which most of the town is located. The exhibition is set in an exceptionally beautiful setting of a medieval castle, with which no other similar miniature event can be compared. The town itself allows visitors to easily get to know each other, as most of them gravitate to the square in the center of the castle.

We set off on Friday, November 14, 2025, and it took us about eight hours to get to our accommodation. Italian motorways are good, but Italians themselves often don't know what lanes are for or how to use turn signals. Large trucks often swerved left and right, and drivers usually only turned on their turn signals after they had finished changing lanes. Fortunately, none of the miniatures were damaged in transit. The Patafix and plastic box are more than enough protection for the models.

We distributed a large number of flyers in the hope that some of the visitors would come to our Black Queen, and some even promised us that they would (try to) come. We also awarded the UMS Agram Best of Show medal. We did not proceed in a "judgmental" manner, but rather we sought the work (or works) of a miniaturist that we enjoy the most. I have long appreciated Magnus Fagerberg's works and have often used them as references in my own work. They were even better in person, which is usually the case with all top-notch works. Therefore, UMS Agram presented Magnus, in addition to the Best of Show medal, with a terranino to accompany the Monograph on our work.

The exhibition itself featured the best works that we usually see on social networks, and there were about 2,000 of them in total. Almost all of the winners of this year's Golden Demon also brought their models to Monte San Savino.

The results we achieved were very good, considering the exceptionally high average quality of the works. Filip won one gold with his works in the Storytelling Standard category, while I (Ivan) won one bronze in the Storytelling Master category and one bronze in the Fantasy Painting Master category.

I'll leave the best part of the article for last, photos of some of the models we saw. Filip has since learned how to use a macro lens, so I'd say the photos turned out great.

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Naš Ivan vam donosi reportažu sa najboljeg natjecanja u bojanju minijatura na svijetu.

U malom gradiću u Italiji svake se godine, još od 2006., održava jedna od najvećih i najprestižnijih izložbi minijatura na svijetu, koja okuplja minijaturiste iz cijeloga svijeta. Klan Knezović zaključio je da je šteta što na Monte San Savino Show ne dolaze Hrvati, pa smo nakon odličnog provoda na Kontrastu, izložbi minijatura u Varšavi, odlučili posjetiti i Italiju.

Izložba se održava u Toskani, a svi sadržaji vezani uz nju smješteni su unutar zidina dvorca oko kojeg se nalazi veći dio mjesta. Izložba je postavljena u iznimno lijepom ambijentu srednjovjekovnog dvorca, s kojim se ne može usporediti nijedan drugi sličan minijaturistički događaj. Sam gradić omogućuje posjetiteljima da se lako upoznaju, jer većina njih gravitira trgu u središtu dvorca.

Na put smo krenuli u petak, 14. studenoga 2025., te smo putovali oko osam sati do našeg smještaja. Talijanske autoceste su dobre, ali sami Talijani nerijetko ne znaju čemu služe prometne trake ili kako se koriste žmigavci. Veliki kamioni često su lelujali lijevo–desno, a vozači su pokazivače smjera uglavnom uključivali tek nakon što bi već završili prestrojavanje. Nijedna minijatura srećom nije nastradala u prijevozu. Patafix i plastična kutija sasvim su dovoljna zaštita za modele.

Podijelili smo veći broj letaka u nadi da će dio posjetitelja doći na naš Black Queen, a neki su nam čak i obećali da će (pokušati) doći. Dodijelili smo i UMS Agram Best of Show medalju. Nismo se vodili „sudački“, nego smo tražili rad (ili radove) jednog minijaturista u kojima najviše uživamo. Već dugo cijenim radove Magnusa Fagerberga i često sam ih koristio kao reference u vlastitom radu. Uživo su bili još bolji, što je u pravilu slučaj sa svim vrhunskim radovima. Stoga je UMS Agram Magnusu, uz Best of Show medalju, poklonio i jedan teranino za uz Monografiju o našem radu.

Na samoj izložbi mogli su se vidjeti najbolji radovi koje inače viđamo na društvenim mrežama, a ukupno ih je bilo oko 2000. Gotovo svi pobjednici ovogodišnjeg Golden Demona također su donijeli svoje modele na Monte San Savino.

Rezultati koje smo ostvarili bili su vrlo dobri, s obzirom na iznimno visoku prosječnu kvalitetu radova. Filip je sa svojim radovima u kategoriji Storytelling Standard osvojio jedno zlato, dok sam ja (Ivan) osvojio jednu broncu u kategoriji Storytelling Master i jednu broncu u kategoriji Fantasy Painting Master.

Za kraj ostavljam onaj najbolji dio članka, fotografije nekih od modela koje smo vidjeli. Filip je u međuvremenu izučio korištenje makro leće pa su fotografije rekao bih odlično ispale.

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Marko Paunović, 24th November 2025

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MARKO: Then I set out to work on the cloak. If you remember, last time there were white stains from washing. This time I managed to cover those and add a few more layers of shadows ... As the cloak goes towards the shoulders, so the color becomes lighter. At least that's the idea.

MARKO: For the end, I painted the fabric on the bust’s chest in a base red color. After I paint every layer on the gown, only then will I add the white eagle.

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