Marc Masclans's Wolverine
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Comic-book color done right. Marc Masclans leans all the way into Wolverine's bold yellow and blue, paints the rage into that snarl, and still keeps the muscle and shadow believable. Vibrant without going cartoonish, which is a razor's edge to walk.
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Marc Masclans's Batman
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Marc Masclans paints the Dark Knight with real skin under the cowl: the weary jaw, the human eyes in the slit of the mask. A Stalyn Quito sculpt rendered in moody blue-greys that feel pulled straight from a comic panel. Restrained, characterful, and instantly recognizable.
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Baohu the Warlord, painted by Marc Masclans
Instagram · White Gorilla Games
Baohu, the Steppendogs warlord: an elephant-headed colossus with hide so convincingly leathery you can feel the weight of him. Masterfully painted by Marc Masclans for White Gorilla Games, the gold tusk-caps and jeweled headpiece against that muted grey skin are a clinic in restraint and contrast.
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Marc Masclans's Dr Doom
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A loose, painterly sketch from Marc Masclans that has more life than most finished pieces. The brushwork on Doom's green hood is unapologetically visible, and the cold metal mask underneath grounds it. Sculpted by Eastman3d. Proof that confident, expressive painting beats fussy every time.
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Marc Masclans's pirate Gurka
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The leather of that battered tricorn looks like decades at sea, right down to the crab that has made a home on the brim. Marc Masclans painting a Leben Models sculpt by Allan Diego Carrasco, with weathered texture work you could study for an hour. Even a work-in-progress shot stops you cold.
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Marc Masclans's Nyarlathotep
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Box art that belongs in a gallery. Marc Masclans's Nyarlathotep drips with gold and royal purple, the Black Pharaoh's mask gleaming above sumptuous folds of cloth. Sculpted by alexculpture for FeR Miniatures; the painting makes you believe the strange dark one really came from inner Egypt.
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Marc Masclans's Goblin King
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Pure character. Marc Masclans repainted Lucas Pina's Goblin King and every inch rewards a closer look, from the warty green skin and rotten grin to the tiny jester wailing on his shoulder. Whimsical, grotesque, and painted flawlessly. Proof that a miniature can be funny and breathtaking at once.
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Moses Yao's murmillo gladiator
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Skin is the hardest thing to paint, and Moses Yao makes this murmillo's muscle look alive while keeping the gold helmet and red plume singing. A Big Child Creatives sculpt turned into a Caravaggio. The balance between overall effect and tiny detail is ridiculous.
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Moses Yao's Space Wolf, refined OSL
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Look at the gold knotwork freehand crawling across that teal plate, then the soft glow Moses Yao pushed into the hood to sell the object-source lighting. He went back in just to fix the hood value and calm the base, the kind of obsessive refinement that separates good from unbelievable.
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Moses Yao's mirror-blue primarch
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Possibly the cleanest blend you will see all week. Moses Yao took a Guilliman-style primarch (sculpted by Ramiz Askerov), swapped in a flaming sword, and painted the armor as a mirror-smooth gradient of polished blue and gold that genuinely looks lit. The face alone is a masterclass.
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Moses Yao's Ultramarine, sculpted by Victor Castejon
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Moses Yao at the very top of the craft. The blues and golds on this Ultramarine read like polished metal lit from within, and the freehand banner behind it turns a single figure into a whole altarpiece. The sculpt is by Victor Castejon; the paint is what stops you scrolling.
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Moses Yao's fluorescent OSL Sister
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This piece is incredible. I love the illustrative, expressive brushwork and the lighting; he repainted the reflections with fluorescent paints so the directional light feels truly pronounced. Coming from an illustration background I found his whole process incredible, and the results speak for themselves. Definitely check him out! (Sculpt by Victor Castejon.)
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Albert Moreto's "best project ever"
Instagram · Albert Moreto Font
Shown at World Model Expo 2022, a sculpted, converted, and painted epic steeped in Sami culture and Kalevala mythology. The kind of project where every angle hides another idea; he calls it his best work ever and it's hard to argue.
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