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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Showcase: M4 Sherman Composite Hull "Last Chance"

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Labels: 1/35 scale, American, Asuka Models, M4 Sherman, Showcase, World War II

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Showcase: George Washington, 1796

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Labels: 1/12 scale, Bust, FeR Miniatures, George Washington, Showcase

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Showcase: S.A.F.S. Mk.III Raptor

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Labels: 1/35 scale, Ma.K, Maschinen Krieger, Showcase

Sunday, September 19, 2021

Showcase: "Down But Not Out"

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Labels: 1/35 scale, Diorama, M4 Sherman, Showcase, Wedgie, World War II

Monday, August 9, 2021

Showcase: Renault FT 75 BS

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Labels: 1/72 scale, Flyhawk Models, Renault FT, Showcase, World War I

Monday, July 26, 2021

Showcase: Tiger 312

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Labels: 1/48 scale, German, Showcase, Tamiya, Tiger, World War II

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Showcase: M1A2 SEP Abrams

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Labels: 1/72 scale, American, Flyhawk Models, M1 Abrams, Showcase

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Tale of Painters

Showcase: Stormcast Eternals Stormdrake Guard - Today I take to the skies to invade the blog with my finished Stormdrake Guard pics. Games Workshop kindly sent over this box set for me to take a look a...
9 hours ago
MASSIVE VOODOO

Review: Beginner Workshop, Augsburg - *The weekend was the bomb! Information overload but learned a lot and that at exactly the right moment when I was already a bit desperate. I think it's gr...
11 hours ago
The Modelling News

Preview: Hobbyboss new December items are with us in art, sprues, colours & decals... - Three new releases from Hobbyboss hit the local stores in December. A Jackal, a Bearcat & a Growler are the three options on offer. They have finally rele...
16 hours ago
Pete's Model World

Tamiya Marder 1 Finished - Finally finished the model today with the application of some thinned tamiya buff for dust followed by a tiny amount of pigments and some accesories to d...
1 day ago
No Dice No Glory

Canadian Nationals 2021: Tales from the Quebec Front - by Dennis ‘Matt Varnish’ Campbell In Canada, it was decided (during our lockdown this summer) to not have one Canadian Nationals event in Ottawa (since we ...
1 day ago
Azazel's Bitz Box.

15mm Terrain Unboxing Review: Flames of War Battlefield in a Box – Ruined Large Desert House (Gale Force Nine BB231) - Another terrain review for you all today. I’m not back at work properly yet, but I’ve been doing quite a bit for work from home in the last week, so I’ve n...
1 day ago
Breakthrough Assault

Creating a Force Part 1 - I got asked a lot of questions at the recent Warfare 2021 tournament about my list construction so today I…
1 day ago
Gunpla by GoodGuyDan

HG PFF-X7/E3 Earthree Gundam - Introduction: This is the second to last collab for 2021. Although there were many great submissions, OptomisticPrime's Earthree Gundam stood out and ...
3 days ago
Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist

Green and Blue Reversible Backdrop for future Chroma Key Compositing of Images and Videos - After spending an inordinate amount of time painting our miniatures, most of us are guilty of not putting equal effort into the final photos or videos of ...
4 days ago
Prot's War in the Warp

Grimdark World Eaters Re-dux - (And Crowe isn’t happy…) So I decided to pull out some old, unfinished World Eaters from back when we had that awesome Daemonkin Codex. My goal was to star...
6 days ago
Wargaming with Barks

Batcow to the rescue - This was a fun scenario! Batcow dreams that she has to rescue Batman *et al*., and stop the fiendish plot to poison Gotham’s milk. She got 4 of ...
6 days ago
The Hammer of Wrath

Discussion: Hobbying and Mental Health - Zen and the art of endless war. Our timeline is nowhere near as bleak as the 41st millennium, but sometimes it can feel that way. And some days, (or ye...
3 weeks ago
Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter

Baratheon Wardens - Baratheon Wardens, painted by the #BigchildTeam for our friends at @cmongames for their A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game. The Baratheon ...
1 month ago
Doogs' Models

No Mo Rainbow - When I first conceived of the idea of Tank the Rainbow around the end of 2020, I knew that it would be a tough thing to get across to people. Hell, it was ...
1 month ago
Scale Model Soup

Armorcon and feedback on my models - After the IPMS National Convention a couple of months ago there was the typical cluster of conversations about judging, with modelers picking sides on th...
1 month ago
The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict

How to paint Death Korps of Krieg painting guide out now! - The latest PDF Painting Guide, How to Paint Death Korps of Krieg 143rd Legion is now available in the shop! Use of airbrush is optional… The post How to ...
1 month ago
Sproket's Small World

Project P30 - Part 13. - Ding Dong! I’m back! Not that I’ve been away as such but I decided to take a bit of a break from painting my Daemon Engine. Things had gone very well, and ...
2 months ago
Coloured Dust

INBOX081 - The Mandalorian (3D Print) - This time, a completely different review of the miniature. This is the first 3D print review on this blog. Such a historic moment :) Different approach to ...
2 months ago
Man vs Kit

HKM 1/48 Lancaster - HK’s new Lancaster is worth the effort: for the most part it goes together well and the exterior detail in particular is very nice. SUMMARY: Manufacturer...
2 months ago
Skarach's world

Chernobyl Liquidators - The story of the Chernobyl liquidators should be well known by now, in part due to the recent TV series. I was interested to see ICM come out with a range ...
3 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

KV-1s - KV-1 and KV-1S, plastic BF models. With some work, both turrets can be used. CdlT
4 months ago
40k Hobby Blog

Basing With Dirt - Sometimes the laziest method works surprisingly well. After completing most of my Praetorians, I turned my attention to basing them. I had initially...
5 months ago
GMM Studios

Perry Samurai - Historical Wargame Project in 16th Century Japan - Hello out there. It is time. I am done, and I am back. There are a lot of thoughts and emotions behind this project that are hard to put into words. N...
5 months ago
FichtenFoo

My 3D Printable Kit Designs on Patreon - I would had posted this sooner, but I’ve been really busy. For those that don’t know, I started a FichtenFoo Patreon back in January 2021. The focus of it ...
7 months ago
JUY's Modelling Blog

1/100 T-34 mod.1940 - My smallest build so far.
10 months ago
Modelling Chronicles: Constructing the Past

Young Miniatures Imperial Guard - Construction - Sometime around the early 1980s, perhaps 1980 or 1981, my father built the Airfix 1/12 French Grenadier, which was originally released around 1977. By to...
1 year ago
Almost Perftec

Thanks For The Memories! - I had a series of table top build & paints lined up, but instead I've made a hard decision... This blog is pretty much dead from the stats and comments...
1 year ago
Defiant Workshop

Model Showcase: Lost Boy (Gatefall Board Game) -
1 year ago
MiniArmour

Tiger I – Part 2: Painting - Sooo, long time no hear… It has been quite a while since I have last posted anything and truly I am not spending much time modelling these days. My other h...
1 year ago
Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space

1/144 McQuarrie Concept Falcon -
1 year ago
Battleground Hobbies

Warhammer 40K Alternatives by Victoria Miniatures - If you are on the lookout for some alternatives to Games Workshop Warhammer 40k miniatures, Check out Victoria Miniatures. They offer some fantastic vehic...
1 year ago
James Wappel Miniature Painting

Kings Clash - This weekend was a spectacular Songapalooza event, where A Song of Ice and Fire was played almost non stop for 3 days! The primary goal was to test out...
2 years ago
Behind Enemy Lines Podcast

Panzerschreck 2019 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles - July has again rolled around, time to make our pilgrimage and pay our respects to the Flames of War tournament primogenitor.... PANZERSCHRECK!!! Except t...
2 years ago
Covering Fire!

German Grenadiers vs Brit Tanks in Encounter - A target rich environment! Game 3 of the Lords or War MW 109 pt tournament was against Craig and his Brits. As always the painting level for Craig's army ...
2 years ago
Sketchbook Gaming

I'm getting closer to creating a better close combat system for Kill Team - It hit me like a freight train the other day, the close combat system I'd created and we were using had become this bloated monster in just four short mo...
2 years ago
Jim's Models

Flaws - There is no loftier goal in any endeavor than striving for perfection. But can any human being ever achieve perfection? I don’t know. That is a tough quest...
2 years ago
Haywire Painting

Mollogs Warband (AKA "Alpha Legion Break") - Update! I'm taking a break from my tedious Alpha Legion (I hate Tactical Marines so much..) and I've painted up Mollogs Mob. I'll also use these guys for a...
2 years ago
Airbrush & Analog Painting

Showcase: Hector, prince of Troy - Hello everyone! In this article, I want to showcase my version of Hector by Young Miniatures . I spend a lot of time on the face and eyes, only by them bei...
3 years ago
WWPD: Wargames, Board Games, RPGs, LCGs, and more!

Watch the Mac Fam stream D&D Live on Twitch Tuesdays and Sundays! - If you want to hear the Steve and Sean O get real nerdy with Dungeons and Dragons, the team is now streaming games live! Check us out on our Twitch page at...
3 years ago
davetaylorminiatures

Things are rumbling along! - So, the launch of the Kickstarter for my book ARMIES & LEGIONS & HORDES went off with a bang! It funded in three hours, and has continued to go great gun...
3 years ago
Fight Medic Painting and Photography

- The big one! Spring break has arrived, and that means I have time to paint! Time to try and get 6 months of painting done in the next 5 days. So let's st...
3 years ago
Lester Bursley Miniatures

Motivation -
3 years ago
Hobby Before I Die!

Star Wars Legion - Tatooine Table - Part 11 - Slight detour from the Tatooine buildings... To help break the routine of carving foam, I decided I needed something a little different to model and pai...
4 years ago
Random thoughts of a hobby butterfly

ForestRambo - Let's talk Hunters! - Welcome to ForestRambo - An all Hunters blog. This blog was previously known as Random Thoughts of a Hobby Butterfly, but I have somewhat stumbled on a bit...
4 years ago
The Triple Helix Project

BMG: Playing Catch-up (Pt 2) - Hooo-boy! Now that I’m actually writing again, I’m super keen to get it all written up and ‘out into the wild’ as it were. As I mentioned in part 1 of ...
4 years ago
fallout15mm

99 Territory - Here’s a pic of the guard tower at the top of the freeway. I’m not going to glue it down, so I can re-use it as scatter terrain. I’m going to add a few m...
4 years ago
Jim's Models

My Thoughts on the Tamiya F4U-1D - I have some thoughts on the newly announced Tamiya kit.
4 years ago
The Aviary

- *Sip & Crafts for a Cause* *{Eat, Drink,& Get Crafty...for a reason}* *Let us help you Be The Good. When you purchase a ticket to one of our **Happy Hour...
4 years ago
Master Models

Renault 3.4 t AHN complete -
4 years ago
Chickhammer

Start of 30k: Sons of Horus - After much deliberation on my part, I've elected to do Sons of Horus as my 30k army. I've had some boxes sitting around for a while, just waiting to b...
4 years ago
Angel GiraldeZ

Sketches ON SALE - ON SALE http://www.ebay.es/itm/252634365959?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
5 years ago
Rule 37

X-Wing Showcase : Gold squadron Y-Wing repaint - Rule 34 : If you're leaving scorch marks, you need a bigger gun! After my failure at the 2016 French national championship (3 losses out of seven games) I ...
5 years ago
elphilo's blog

Update - Hey guys, normally I'd be posting about the upcoming Huzzah RTT but I've made a decision. In the next few months I'm going to close this blog and only post...
5 years ago
I paint therefore I am

I may have got the easiest light box set up with Ikea products! - I have been having trouble with the macro shots of miniature all the time, especially when I haven't finished and I don't want to pull out my Cannon just...
5 years ago
5th Dimension

See you at Pigment Pirates Hamburg - [DE] Guten morgen Maler aus aller Welt, Ich habe lange überlegt wie ich es schreiben soll aber ich möchte es kurz und informativ halte: Weil viele von u...
5 years ago
Miniature Tim

Infinity Tables @ AdeptiCon 2016! - Just a quick post up to show everyone the tables that were played on at AdeptiCon this year for Infinity! The terrain at AdeptiCon for Infinity never...
5 years ago
Secret Weapon Miniatures

Painting Your Tablescapes Tiles - Damaged Urban - Part 1: Introduction & Materials Related: Clean Urban Tiles For this tutorial, I will keep things simple. Nonetheless, the tile will still look incredi...
5 years ago
Equinox Painting

Khorne Exalted Deathbringer - So I was going to paint him for eBay but I ended up spending a lot longer on him than planned so he turned out nicer than a quick job to auction. In other...
6 years ago
The Painting Corps

Maelstrom's Edge - Over the last couple of years, hobby time has been at a premium, and what time I've had has been dedicated to a project that I can say I'm very excited t...
6 years ago
TheTryzna

Awaken: Underwater Odyssey - now aviable - Hello everyone! Its two months allready since i pre-released the game on itch and few other places and took much needed break. During that time i ve been w...
6 years ago
The Forays and Woes of an Average Hobbyist

Stop... Hobby Time: I'm Back! - Hey all, Sorry for the week and a half- two week absence. I've just gotten off holidays and kind of getting back in the swing of real life. So between that...
6 years ago
The Brush Brothers

Fusilier - Hi, Today I have for you one of my panoceanian Fusiliers from operation icestorm - Infinity. MORE PHOTOS Thanks, Czys
6 years ago
masterminis.net - where we learn to be a better painter!

The Future of Games Workshop - Part 17: End Times - *The Future of Games Workshop - Part 17: End Times* You can find part 17 of our epic series about the future of Games Workshop *on our new blog.*<< Click...
7 years ago
JAH Minis

Painting: Captain Bartolo Montador, aka Broadsides Bart. - Hey everybody. For those who are not familiar with this sculpt, he is one of the Mercenary Pirates from Privateer Press' Warmachine game. In 2012, I was as...
7 years ago
Where to See MST3k Episodes

Where to see streaming full-length MST3k Episodes - Pilot: The Green Slime (YouTube) K01 Invaders from the Deep (archive.org) K02 Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (archive.org) K03 Star Force: Fugitive Alien...
10 years ago
Daily Grind

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