2016 in Louisville, Kentucky

May/June 2016 Update
2016 in Louisville, Kentucky
The Badger/Black Heart airbrushing and model-finishing class at WonderFest 2016 is SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
The class will be on Friday June 3rd and will run from 10am to 4pm. The class will feature the debut of a
brand new 1:2 scale bust from Black Heart, Abner Marin’s Angelique, which stands twelve inches tall.
We’ll be using Badger’s new Xtreme Patriot airbrush and Badger’s Stynylrez airbrush primer and Minitaire
paint. We’ll also use metallic paint wax.
Headlining the class will be veteran instructors Gordon Oberman and Jeff Camp with assistance from Badger
Air-brush Co. owner, Ken Schlotfeldt, and Black Heart’s George Stephenson.
If you have questions, contact George at goblackheart@comcast.net. Visitors are welcome.
G-Fest 2016 in Chicago
The Badger Air-brush Co./Black Heart Models airbrushing and
model finishing class is returning to G-Fest 2016. The class will
run from 10am to 4pm on Friday July 15th at the Crowne Plaza
Chicago O’Hare. Class participants will use Badger airbrush
equipment and paint. The class will feature Black Heart’s ’64
Godzilla wall-hanger bust sculpted by Bill Wieger which
measures just over 13 inches tall.
The class will be headlined by the guys from Kaiju Modeler,
Matt Evangelista and Ed Angeletti, and will be limited to 16
participants who will choose one of two options:
Option A includes Black Heart’s Godzilla wall-hanger; a Badger
low-noise, automatic shut-off, compressor with regulator and
gauge; Badger’s brand new Extreme Patriot airbrush; a set of
paint from Badger’s Minitaire line and other finishing supplies;
and 6 hours of airbrushing and painting instruction. The cost
for Option A is $325.
Option B includes everything in Option A except the
compressor. Badger will have compressors for participants
choosing Option B. The cost for Option B is $275.
To register, select Option A or Option B and send payment via PayPal to goblackheart@comcast.net.
Please choose PayPal’s Friends & Family option to spare us a few $$. To pay via credit card, call George at
651 324-8302.
Sign up soon to guarantee your spot. For more info, contact George at goblackheart@comcast.net .
Badger Products
For several years, Black Heart has teamed with Badger Air-brush Co. to produce airbrushing and model
finishing classes at nearly 20 classes at conventions in across the country. In 2016, Black Heart has become
a Badger dealer through whom a number of Badger products are now available. We will not offer Badger’s
full line of airbrushes and compressors and paints and parts. But we have some GK-preferred items specific
like Badger’s Xtreme Patriot airbrush; we have the Patriot, Krome and Sotar 20/20 airbrushes available, too.
Visit our Store this month to see the Badger products we carry. Badger’s American-made airbrushes,
primers, and paint sets are perfect for garage kits and other models kits.
New Stuff
Black Heart’s next 1:1 scale bust is Nosferatu sculpted by Jeff Yagher and based on the 1922 silent classic
starring Max Schreck. Nosferatu will be available in three formats: our 360°series painted bust ($650 plus
$35 U.S. shipping); our 360° Series un-painted bust ($325 plus $35 U.S shipping); and our 1:1 scale wallhanger ($300 plus $35 shipping).
We are awaiting delivery of the busts and will start shipping them to our Kickstarter backers as soon as the
shipment arrives. We’ll have a handful of the Nosferatu busts at WonderFest. If interested, hit us early.
T-Shirts
We are finally offering our T-shirts on line in our Store . The cost is $24 plus $8 U.S. shipping. Two shirts
are $40 plus $10 U.S. shipping; three shirts are $60 plus $12 U.S. shipping. Sizes include Small, Med, Large,
XL, 2XL and 3XL. Add $2 for sizes 2XL and 3XL.
Dr. Jekyll’s 5-hour Energy Drink
Medusa Classic Beauty and Hair Products
Orlok’s Gourmet European Coffee
Stop Global Warming….
Join The Brotherhood
EXTerminator
Pest Control Spray
Nosferatu
Galleries
Check out our Gallery page for pics of Black Heart
models finished by modelers and collectors from all
over the world. The newest is our Nosferatu Gallery.
After Jeff Yagher, one of our favorite sculptors,
delivered one of his/our best pieces in Nosferatu, we
sent master castings to some of our favorite modelers
for custom painting: Greg McKellar, Steve Parke, David
Fisher, Jeff Camp, Saul Alvarez, Daniel Martinez Munoz,
and Gordon Oberman for custom painting KickStarter
backers, to assist in marketing the bust and for how-to
articles.
Check out our T & A page next month for articles by
David Fisher and Greg McKellar. We’ll be publishing
other Nossie articles later in the summer and fall. Stay
tuned.
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Painted by Saul Alvarez
Painted by Greg McKellar
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Painted by Steve Parke
Painted by David Fisher
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Painted by Greg McKellar →
↙ Painted by Jeff Camp
Painted by Greg McKellar
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