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The Modelling News

A new stewardess & serviceman for your VW + a helmet set from Mantis Miniatures. - Mantis Miniatures' new 35th scale PASGT helmet set & two figures of 60s-era airfield servicemen & stewardess that match AK Interactive's new VW van. A gre...
17 hours ago
Tale of Painters

Review: Warpaints Fanatic Historical paint sets - The Army Painter just released three new paint sets specifically for historical miniature painters – and they claim to offer historically accurate colour...
18 hours ago
Breakthrough Assault

USMC – Getting to grips with a Starter Force - Martin here with my first look at building and collecting a USMC Force for our Tale of 3 Gamers series. First up I must thank Battlefront for kindly supply...
4 days ago
No Dice No Glory

Your Hobby Place Fredericksburg Bolt Action Tournament – 10 May 2025 - By Kreighton Long I recently had the pleasure of attending a 1000 point Bolt Action tournament at Your Hobby Place in Fredericksburg, VA. The tournament w...
1 week ago
Wargaming with Barks

Last War 2. Rescue the medics. - Before: Mission 0. The Pals- Roll call Mission 1. Only the dead... Now... The Pals are trying to improve their lot in this miserable existence. Hiram'...
1 week ago
Pete's Model World

Aussie Abrams Paint & Decals - After giving the model a good coat of grey primer I had a go at spraying the lower hull with some SMS Auscam colours using thier acrylic lacquer paints. ...
1 week ago
MASSIVE VOODOO

NMM Workshop with Tamer Widerspan - Sebastian here, Tamer Widerspan is giving another NMM course and there are still a few places available. You book one seat for the upcoming worksh...
2 weeks ago
GMM Studios

Night Lords - The Curze Crew - Hello out there! Another one down and on the new backdrop as well. This time, Night Lords! Something that hadn't come across my desk in a while, and one...
2 weeks ago
Azazel's Bitz Box.

MillerBro’s 1/100 scale Low Detail Building 3D Prints: “officers100” - Again with the 3D printed buildings! Into April my finger was still messed up so the best I could manage in terms of painting was relatively simple 3d prin...
2 weeks ago
Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist

Real Grade Sinanju【Gundam Unicorn】Unboxing & Review of Custom Painted 1/144 Scale Model Kit - It seems like an eternity, more than a year in fact, I have posted anything remotely related to a scale model kit that I had built and custom painted myse...
5 weeks ago
JUY's Modelling Blog

Pink Pickup - Specially for my family:)
5 weeks ago
Sproket's Small World

Unfinished business! - Horticulus Slimux – Part 6 I suspect that every miniature painter has a few unfinished projects that sit neglected on their desk or in a cabinet. It’s a fr...
1 month ago
Skarach's world

Tiger I (early production) – Part 2:Assembly - This was quite a quick kit to put together. It is certainly simplified compared with my first Tiger effort. I don’t mind that at all and I expect that it w...
2 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

US Marines - 28mm US Marines and an M3 Stuart: Warlord figures (Marine Raiders box) and vehicle. CdlT
2 months ago
Doogs' Models

The Public Thing - “Is modeling art?” It’s one of those questions that never seems to go away. I’ve been skeptical for years. Not because modeling isn’t art, but because “art...
2 months ago
Coloured Dust

14 years... - 14 years... *14 lat...* READ MORE »
3 months ago
Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter

Hob Ork - Really, Who don't like ORKS? Let me introduce you this little 30mm Ork I painted as commission past year. An amazing miniature, custom printed (do not kn...
3 months ago
Gunpla by GoodGuyDan

RG GF13-017NJII God Gundam - Introduction: This is the last kit I received from JojoHobbyNStuff right around the time the kit was originally released, and I regret not posting it soon...
4 months ago
The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict

How to paint Raptors Terminators out now! - The latest PDF Painting Guide, How to Paint Raptors Terminators is now available in the shop! The post How to paint Raptors Terminators out now! appeared...
5 months ago
The Hammer of Wrath

Birthdays and records. - The blog turned 11 and the channel turned 2! Wow. Kinda lost track of time there! I started this blog over 10 years ago - which seems impossible. I kn...
5 months ago
40k Hobby Blog

30k Space Wolves Contemptor - Contemptors are just fun to paint.
7 months ago
Prot's War in the Warp

The Lion is Done! (again) - After spending a horrific amount of time on this model, I really mean it this time; I’m not painting him again. This is my favourite model in the entire GW...
9 months ago
Scale Model Soup

Black Friday Deals 2023 - Let's see who's offering deals for Black Friday. Did I miss you or a favorite vendor? Email me at scalemodelsoup@gmail.com. AMMO by Mig Jimenez Offers v...
1 year ago
FichtenFoo

Tutorial » Simple Doll Face-up using my Maude figure - Been a while since I posted a tutorial or tips and tricks here. I’d like to do more of it like I used to, especially with a decade’s more skill than I had ...
2 years ago
Man vs Kit

End of 2021: my 10 favourite models - I’m not ready to do a “looking back at this year” post, because I’m not sure how I feel about where I am. But, here are the models which I liked the mos...
3 years 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...
4 years ago
Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space

1/144 McQuarrie Concept Falcon -
5 years ago
Modelling Chronicles: Constructing the Past

Tamiya BT-7 model 1935 in 1/35 - weathering - As ever with my approach to weathering, layers are the key. There is no 'correct' order for this but there are some things to bear in mind. So, adding rust...
5 years ago
MiniArmour

Ferdinand – finished (?) - So finally here I am again with some update. Summer has been rather busy with only little time for models, but over the past months I was able to steal few...
5 years ago
Battleground Hobbies

4Ground European Windmill for Bolt Action - [image: 4Ground European Windmill for Bolt Action]Have a look at this fabulous 4Ground kit, the European Windmill! Windmills played a part in the Second Wo...
5 years ago
James Wappel Miniature Painting

A great Case - The large Carrying case from TableWar has proven to be handy for a number of things. I thought that the larger size would let me carry the bigger Creat...
5 years ago
Behind Enemy Lines Podcast

CHOO CHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! - It's July and that can mean only one thing... *PANZERSCHRECK ROAD TRIP!!!* That's right, but this time, no scummy minivan for us! We're travelling in s...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 years ago
Defiant Workshop

Firefly Adventures Painted -
6 years ago
Haywire Painting

Alpha Legion - Go! - It's been a long time since I updated this website, but here we are! For the last years, Horus Heresy has been my game of choice. Up until now I have been ...
6 years ago
Jim's Models

Aftermarket is a Mental Disorder - Let me just begin by straight out saying, no, I don’t think you have a mental disorder for using aftermarket. Inevitably someone is going to read the title...
6 years ago
Airbrush & Analog Painting

Showcase: Achilles - Hello everyone! In this article, I want to showcase my version of Achilles by Young Miniatures. I'm not sure if I made the right choice making the photog...
6 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...
7 years ago
davetaylorminiatures

I am writing a BOOK! - That's right, fellow blog fans! I've decided to write a book about painting wargaming collections. It will be going to Kickstarter this *Friday, March 1...
7 years ago
Lester Bursley Miniatures

Motivation -
7 years ago
Fight Medic Painting and Photography

- MOAR Terrain! Lord help me I like painting buildings now. Not sure why, maybe it's the jump from miniatures and it's such a different type of painting that...
7 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...
7 years ago
Hobby Before I Die!

Star Wars Legion - Tatooine Table - Part 10 - A pic of all the buildings made to date. This is on a 4x4 ft table. It may make for some fairly tight games if a few extra barricades / obstacles were a...
7 years ago
The Triple Helix Project

BMG: Playing Catch-up (Pt. 1) - Hey all! Long time no see eh? There’s been a lot of things going on hobby-wise for us here at the Triple Helix Project, so much that I’m kinda at a lo...
7 years ago
Jim's Models

My Thoughts on the Tamiya F4U-1D - I have some thoughts on the newly announced Tamiya kit.
8 years ago
fallout15mm

Getting farther on the Freeway - Hey, I got somewhere. Bummer is the brown acrylic paste I have that I used for the basing…I ran out of. I still have a full tub of the ‘Dark Earth’ but t...
8 years ago
The Aviary

- The Aviary, Bibbidi Bobbidi Kids Boutique, BGB Photography, & Nova PlayLabs present an all-inclusive day of family fun. Hosted by Megan Keebaugh, Travel Ag...
8 years ago
Chickhammer

2016 Year In Review - 2016 has been a bit of a mixed bag for me. Obviously, I've not done much blogging this year, though I have completed a good number of projects. It's been...
8 years ago
Angel GiraldeZ

ON SALE; weathering sketch, Gujia - ON SALE http://www.ebay.es/itm/252632901752?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
8 years ago
elphilo's blog

Huzzah Hobbies' September RTT SATURDAY September 17th, 2016 - Hey all its that time again, its time to post abut the Monthly Huzzah Hobbies RTT! And yes we still are an ITC event! For more information about the ITC cl...
8 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...
8 years ago
I paint therefore I am

I finished my first bottle of black in weeks, my second bottle lasted for years - I was sitting next to the painting station helping with some work on my PC, as I was just waiting around I looked across to my pots of paints i decided t...
8 years ago
Rule 37

Open letter to FFG Organized Play about intentional draws - Hello Organized Play, As the 2015 and 2014 French national champion I would like to protest against the new Intentional Draw rule for X-Wing competition....
9 years ago
Miniature Tim

AdeptiCon 2016: Infinity Seminar! - Infinity at AdeptiCon. It's been a thing for a while now, but this year, Corvus Belli was in attendance!! ...none of you are really going to read this,...
9 years ago
Master Models

Renault 3.4 t AHN - the base - Stage 2- the grass. Short, dark green grass from Noch, and longer, dry stems from Woodland Scenics.
9 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 ...
9 years ago
Equinox Painting

Khorne Red Skin - I've been painting the riders skin of this bloodcrusher and thought I would share the scheme and some tips for applying it. First a basecoat of 1:1 mix of ...
10 years ago
Secret Weapon Miniatures

New Product: 32mm Adapters - [image: http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=79_30_135&products_id=761] This is a new direct only item from Secret...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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
10 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.*<< Clic...
10 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...
11 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 (YouTube) K02 Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (YouTube) K03 Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (lost...
13 years ago
Daily Grind

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