Workbench

Welcome to the workbench. This page is constantly changing. I aim to update it in the middle of every month, showing you work in progress from various projects. This is a chance to see behind the curtain (or to see the latest mess I’ve made).

	Our new Queen's Rangers for the AWI are now available, and here are some behind-the-scenes shots of how they came together. Approximately 20 molds went into the process, from master molds to production molds. Here's a production mold for the infantry pose firing.
	This is just a sample of the production molds that have gone into the new line.
	Out from the molds come these castings, which have been cleaned, assembled and primed for these pics.
	These particular figures are battalion men or riflemen, a pair of descriptors seemingly used interchangeably for some QR foot companies.
	Now they really start to come to life under the brush.
	I decided on a somewhat campaign look with gaiter-trousers in various shades of white, linen and just plain dirty.
	Here's some more behind-the-scenes photography – our recently released Napoleonic French Young Guard Infantry. Here you see a batch of them being painted for their big debut. They're available on our Napoleonics page.
	A client's American Revolution armies continue to grow with the addition of a couple Royal Artillery units. Here's one of them underway.
	And another client's AWI display armies also get bigger with figures representing the Battle of Princeton.
	These are the British, of course. They're all plastic from various manufacturers – Accurate, AiP and CtA.
	Their colonial opponents are good ol' ATKM Continentals marching.
Check out our past workbench entries, below.
	The following are pics of the new and revised ATKM facilities. Shown here is the deluxe painting area with more space than before.
	Here we have custom-made display cases (which is a fancy way of saying, "I put them together.") The shelves are removable so whole armies can be pulled out at one time.
	The mess of a computer station, where sticky notes reminders rule the land.
	The ATKM workshop. In particular, the spincaster and melting pot.
	These two little fellows are vulcanizers, used to create molds.
	The mold cutting and general-purpose area. Normally the place isn't so tidy, but I got sick of my own mess and cleaned up.

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