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Saturday, October 23, 2021

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The Hammer of Wrath

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Breakthrough Assault

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MASSIVE VOODOO

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Tale of Painters

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Azazel's Bitz Box.

D&D ̶M̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ Hero Manual 92: Temple of Elemental Evil – Alaeros Margaster, Human Fighter & Ratshadow, Lightfoot Halfling Rogue - Today pair of models once again hail from The Temple of Elemental Evil Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Boardgame. This pair is a half-step up from the bette...
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Prot's War in the Warp

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No Dice No Glory

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Coloured Dust

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Gunpla by GoodGuyDan

MG Prototype Wing Zero EW - Introduction: I built this (and the next kit) in 2021 as a part of the Gundam Wing group build that we hosted on the Discord server. I remember when this ...
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Churchill Mk VII build – Part 3:Painting - Primer: Tamiya “Fine Surface Primer” (light grey) spray can. Base coats: In all cases the paint was sprayed as a 1:2 mixture in Mr.Color leveling thinner. ...
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Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist

Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B Sd.Kfz.142 [WIP - Assembly & Dry-Fitting of the Fighting Compartment] - Work on the Upper Hull was set aside for the moment as focus shifted to assembling and dry-fitting of the Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B Sd.Kfz.142 Fighting Com...
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The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict

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JUY's Modelling Blog

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Wargaming with Barks

Gaslands and Briscon - I was in Brisbane last weekend, and realised to my good fortune that Briscon was happening. In the nightmare petrol-guzzling dystopian mire maze that was...
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GMM Studios

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Crac des Chevaliers

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Sproket's Small World

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Defiant Workshop

Bandai Razor Crest -
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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...
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MiniArmour

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Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space

1/144 McQuarrie Concept Falcon -
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Battleground Hobbies

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James Wappel Miniature Painting

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Behind Enemy Lines Podcast

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Covering Fire!

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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...
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Haywire Painting

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Lester Bursley Miniatures

Motivation -
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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...
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Random thoughts of a hobby butterfly

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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...
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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...
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Jim's Models

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

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Master Models

Renault 3.4 t AHN complete -
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Chickhammer

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Angel GiraldeZ

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

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elphilo's blog

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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...
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5th Dimension

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Miniature Tim

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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...
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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...
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The Forays and Woes of an Average Hobbyist

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The Brush Brothers

Fusilier - Hi, Today I have for you one of my panoceanian Fusiliers from operation icestorm - Infinity. MORE PHOTOS Thanks, Czys
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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.*<< Clic...
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JAH Minis

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Daily Grind

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