Rebranding of the FourEyedMonster Miniatures YouTube Channel

 As part of Shire Work's full transition away from custom painted scale model kit/figurines offerings towards social media content creation, we have done a simple rebrand for our YouTube Channel titled FourEyedMonster Miniatiures with a new banner and avatar.

 Below are the new and old versions of the YouTube Channel banner for comparison.

New YouTube Channel Banner for FourEyedMonster Miniatures

Older version of the FourEyedMonster Miniatures YouTube Channel Banner

 FourEyedMonster's new avatar is now more brightly colored in a pastel scheme rather than the sickly green zombie of old. This was done more to tie in with the color scheme of the new banner rather than any dissatisfaction with the old avatar, which I am fond of and was reluctant to let go. Well, times change so the new avatar will be in place for now.

New Avatar for FourEyedMonster

FourEyedMonster's Old Avatar

 While it has yet to be decided, there is a possibility this rebrand may also be applied to the FourEyedMonster Facebook site, which for the moment retains the old avatar and a unique banner of my old custom-painted projects. In combination, the new channel banner and avatar will look like the image you see below.

 Meanwhile, the clickable banner that directed you to my channel has also been redone, with the new version as seen below this paragraph. I hope you will continue to visit the channel and check out the content we have for you there. Hope to see you there! Thanks for checking out this post. Take care and be well.

Happy Year of the Rabbit 2023

 It’s the second day of the Lunar New Year, and we at Shire Works would like to take this opportunity to wish you wealth and happiness!

Image source: pngtree.com

 May you and your loved ones be well and happy in the Year of the Rabbit.

A tale of two blogs

Just a quick reminder about the existence of our resident painter's personal blog i.e. foureyed-monster.blogspot.com in which there are work-in-progress postings of both miniature figurines and scale model kits. Do note that some of these works will be for sale, and some not. Any fully painted miniature figurines and scale model kits for sale will be listed on shireworks.blogspot.com, which is the blog you are looking at right now.

Of these two blogs, it's inevitable that the one in foureyed-monster.blogspot.com will be updated more regularly. That being said we will definitely try to update this blog as regularly as we can with fully painted miniature figurines and scale model kits for sale.

Also if there are any fully painted stuff shown in foureyed-monster.blogspot.com that you are interested in buying but isn't listed here for sale - please do contact us at shireworks@gmail.com Our apologies in advance but any sale is solely for collectors in Malaysia only and preferably COD in the Klang Valley or Kuala Lumpur (due to the fragile nature of the fully painted/finished products). Thank you for reading and have a great day!

Knight Models to stop making Marvel miniatures

Roughly a month ago, Knight Models announced that they will no longer be making miniatures based on the Marvel licence. Below is the full transcript of the Facebook post:

Following this sad news, please note Shire Works will no longer restock miniatures from our existing Knight Models Marvel Universe product line once they are sold out. Thank you.

Coming soon ... painted miniatures and model kits

To complement Shire Works' existing products, we plan to offer customers fully assembled/painted miniatures and scale model kits in the coming months. Here at Shire Works, we understand that not all collectors want to assemble/paint miniatures and model kits. Good news then to those of you who would like to collect figurines and model vehicles as finished end products of display quality.

For now at least, the fully painted/assembled miniatures and model kits will come from our main product lines namely Ax Faction, Knight Models, Nocturna Models as well as from Bandai's Star Wars Plastic Model range. Also for the time being they will not be commissioned works but rather selected pieces chosen by Shire Works.   

Due to the fragility of some of the fully painted/assembled miniatures and model kits, they will be made available only within the Klang Valley on a COD (cash on delivery), for now. However, we do harbour hopes of expanding the availability of these fully painted/assembled miniatures and model kits, outside of the Klang Valley, in the future. Until our next post, here's wishing you a Happy New Year!

Catch the new Avengers movie and get a hankering for some old school Marvel miniatures

A long holiday weekend is upon us so make sure you take this opportunity to catch the latest Marvel Avengers movies blockbuster The Age of Ultron. In this latest installment, some of our superheroes get new uniform and armour upgrades while others remain fairly unchanged. While the new stuff does look good, you can't beat the 'old school classics'.

To satisfy any carvings of the Marvel uniforms and/or armour of yesteryear, look no further than the Knight Models 1/28th scale Marvel miniatures. Comprising either white metal alloy or high quality resin, the photos shown below are of fully painted miniatures. However, the miniatures on sale in Shire Works are supplied unpainted and will require assembly. 

Captain America (White metal model kit)

Iron Man Special Edition (White metal model kit)

Thor (White metal model kit)

The Hulk with 3 head options (Resin model kit)

Loki (White metal model kit)

For more details and prices on the 1/28th scale miniatures above (and many other superheroes from the Marvel universe), please click on the blog ad banner below.

Victorian Darling, painted in the Shire Works studio and featured on Ax Faction's Facebook timeline

Thanks are in order to Paul of Ax Faction for kindly adding the web links of the Victorian Darling - as painted in the Shire Works studio - on his company's Facebook timeline.

 

Below is a video, taken from the original blog post, that showcases a 360 degree view of the Ax Faction Victorian Darling 32-mm scale miniature. For the clearest view of the miniature, be sure to choose the high definition (HD) option when viewing the YouTube video.

Meanwhile, if you are interested getting the Victorian Darling or any other Ax Faction resin miniature of your own, please check out the following page link => http://shireworks.blogspot.com/p/ax-faction.html for more details.

Raen of Rannoch and Logan in Figure Painter Magazine

Thanks are in order for the folks at Figure Painter Magazine for putting photos of the Ax Faction Raen of Rannoch aka Giant Hunter and Knight Models Logan (as painted for Shire Works) in their magazine pages.  If you haven't check out their digital magazine yet, make sure you do because it has loads of information for miniature painters of all levels.

Giant Hunter is on the top left hand corner of page 104

Logan is at the bottom right corner of page 105

Raen was painted in the colours of another popular book/TV character namely. Ygritte of Game of Thrones while Logan was painted as ... well ... himself.

Both miniatures were featured in the latest FPM digital issue (No. 14) as seen above.

Nocturna Models Facebook Page highlights Ser Gergor Clegane (Game of Thrones)

Many thanks to Nocturna Models for highlighting a miniature paint job conversion of their Crusader XIII C. miniature as completed by Shire Works' resident painter. In this project, the Nocturna Models resin scale model was painted as Ser Gregor Clegane, a character in the Game of Thrones books which is also a HBO TV series currently in its fourth season.

For more photos of the painted miniature, please check out the following link => http://foureyed-monster.blogspot.com/2014/02/nocturna-models-crusader-xiii-c.html

Troll Hunter in Issue 7 of Figure Painter Magazine

Completing a triumvirate of sorts, the Ax Faction's Troll Hunter was featured in Issue 7 of Figure Painter Magazine. Previously, both the Nocturna Models  Freya and Knight Models Zombie Girl was seen in Issues 5 and 6 respectively. Below is a picture montage of Jotnar's Bane aka Troll Hunter from Ax Faction, which was painted exclusively for Shire Works.

Ax Faction Jotnar's Bane aka Troll Hunter

Specifically, the Troll Hunter was featured on Page 99 of Issue 7 of Figure Painter Magazine.

Troll Hunter in Figure Painter Magazine, Issue 7

To see more Ax Faction miniatures that are available from Shire Works, please click here.

Zombie Girl makes it into Figure Painter Magazine

Painted as a special Halloween piece for Shire Works, the Knight Models Zombie Girl was lucky enough to be featured in the latest issue of Figure Painter Magazine UK.

Figure Painter Magazine (FPM) - Issue # 6

Knight Models Zombie Girl (as painted for Shire Works) in FPM

Shown in page 99 of Issue 6 of the magazine, the Knight Models Zombie Girl was inspired by the child zombie seen in Season One of The Walking Dead television series. She is one of two miniatures found in the Knight Models Terror Series, the other being the Zombie Hunter as shown below.

Knight Models Zombie Hunter

The following is photo montage of the Knight Models Zombie Girl as painted for Shire Works. Please click on the picture for a larger detailed view of the miniature. If you wish to see more pictures of her, please check out the following blog post => http://foureyed-monster.blogspot.com/2013/10/knight-models-zombie-girl-completed.html 

Knight Models Zombie Girl, as painted for Shire Works

Thanks for checking out the latest news in Shire Works. Do stay tuned for more stuff!

Shire Works is in Lelong.my

Good news for frequent shoppers of Malaysia's online shopping and auction website Lelong.my. Shire Works products are now available for purchase via the Malaysian e-commerce trading platform. For those of you who happen to be unaware of this local e-commerce site, do check out the following url - http://www.lelong.com.my/

Shire Works webstore in Lelong.my

Nocturna Models products in Lelong.my

Knight Models products in Lelong.my

Ax Faction products in Lelong.my

If you prefer to purchase directly from Shire Works, you can can still do so. To see how, click on the 'Ordering' and 'Contact' tabs above. Till the next update, stay well and happy.

Shire Works in Figure Painter Magazine

A miniature that was painted as a promotional piece for Shire Works has made the pages of the latest issue of Figure Painter Magazine, a UK publication that caters to the miniature hobbyist. If you want to check out detailed photos of the painted Nocturna Models Freya, please visit my personal blog, more specifically here is the exact link to the post in question => http://foureyed-monster.blogspot.com/2013/08/nocturna-models-freya-completed.html.

Figure Painter Magazine - Issue # 5

Figure Painter Magazine is a fairly new publication but one that has plenty of information for hobbyists, both new and experienced.

Latest issue which shows Freya as painted by Shire Works (bottom right corner)

Below are selected photos of Freya which shows how a Nocturna Models miniature could look like after assembly and painting.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day. Coming soon are tips on how to work with resin model kits such as Nocturna Models as well as an in-depth look at another brand that Shire Works carries i.e. Knight Models.