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  • Prot's War in the Warp
    Adeptus Custodes Hobby Update. Valoris, Virtus Praetors and Custodian Guard Pictures. - An Update of an Instant Classic. I love the Custodes background. All of it. The novels, the models, the playstyle, etc. But what can turn into a grind is d...
    4 hours ago
  • The Modelling News
    Dry Fit Review: 48th scale Douglas B-26B-50 Invader (Korean War) from ICM - He has waited a long time for this, and now Gary has his hands on the new B-26B-50 Invader (Korean War version) in 48th scale from ICM. He has fitted a lo...
    6 hours ago
  • Pete's Model World
    Tamiya Mk IV Male Tank Shelf Queen - Whist rummaging in the loft I came across the Mk IV male tank from tamiya that I almost finished back in 2017. I got to the primer coat and just lost int...
    7 hours ago
  • Tale of Painters
    WIP: Ultramarines Land Raider Crusader #3 - Another update on the Land Raider. I finished painting all the guns and turrets, quite a repetitive task. At least the model is really shaping up now. Ho...
    8 hours ago
  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    News: Speedpainting & OSL Workshop in Madrid, Spain - Good Morning Jungle people, I got invited by my good friend *Alfonso Giraldes* and the Miniature Art Academy to teach in Madrid, Spain again. Thanks to hi...
    9 hours ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Carrying the Torch… - or what I have learnt about my Mid-War ‘Fighting First’ force so far… Having been an almost exclusively German player…
    12 hours ago
  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    WHFB Dwarf Bolt Thrower (Colin Dixon, 1998) (MechaNovember ’19) - Following up from the crew, who I managed to complete a month or so ago, I’ve finally gotten the actual War Machine that they crew painted! Well, there is ...
    22 hours ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    MG RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.3.0 [WIP: Waist Unit] - Most colorful section of the R-78-2 Gundam Lower Body is perhaps a term I could assign to the Waist Unit that has been completed here. But that's perhaps p...
    1 day ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    US Armor Redux - Chaffees and Pershings! - Pics of the entire force: ten Chaffees, three Pershings and a Super Pershing. Battlefront models in 15mm. Obviously. Chaffee Light Tanks Chaffee HQ: 2...
    2 days ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    It’s not a seller’s market - I’ve been slowly downsizing my stash over the last year, and I’m learning that it’s not a seller’s market out there. I recently listed a number of models o...
    2 days ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    The Canadian Armoured Vehicle General Purpose Family - By Robert Kelly In 1974 the Canadian Armed Forces issued a requirement for an Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (AVGP) to equip both Regular and Reserve un...
    3 days ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    Aruh-Ka - Scale 75 Ork Shamman - Hi guys. I'm not posting so much lately. We at Hydra Studio are working in a future project we expect to show you soon. While we can release it, I painted ...
    4 days ago
  • Sproket's Small World
    Rockgut Troggoth – Part 5. Now with added goblin! - October was quite a month, beginning with my Troggoth workshop in Nottingham and finishing, back in Nottingham, with the Golden Demon Winners’ Day. But the...
    5 days ago
  • Almost Perftec
    On Display: TMNT Boardgame COMIC STYLE - So let's have a gander at the pretty... and yes these are all duplicate sculpts so many angles of the same minis I painted again and again and again -_- ...
    1 week ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    RG Nu Gundam JoJoHobbyNStuff Custom - Introduction: A little over a year ago when the RG Sazabi was released, everyone was speculating on a future RG Nu Gundam Release date. A year later, the...
    1 week ago
  • GMM Studios
    Building the Ynnari Display Part 1 - Hello out there! As promised, back with the images and notes on the making of the last Eldar display. Will be back again for a second post on the painting...
    1 week ago
  • Skarach's world
    BA-64 build – Part 2:Assembly - Prior to assembling the hull, I had to do a basic paint and weathering on the interior – so, a white colour, followed by some chipping, brown oil wash and ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Coloured Dust
    How to make a stone base v3.0 ? - Today another photo report, a guide on creating a stand for Morgana of Avalon figures from H&V. *Dzisiaj kolejna fotorelacja, poradnik z tworzenia podstaw...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    Purity Seal Transfers - Panzer TaHK has been using our Imperial Gothic Script transfers to great effect, making custom purity seals for his awesome Space Wolves! The parchment i...
    2 weeks ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    Journeys in Middle Earth: Villains of Eriador - I picked up a pack of evil characters for FFG's *Journeys in Middle Earth*. I painted them the same as their minions. Villains of Eriador Gulgotar is an orc...
    4 weeks 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 weeks ago
  • 40k Hobby Blog
    Oil Dot Color Modulation - I've wanted to dive deep into other painting styles for a while, so I decided to experiment with oil dot color modulation. Both of these tanks were...
    5 weeks 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...
    1 month ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    The Hammer turns 6! - Well, I'll be damned. Last week we went and turned six! Kinda hard to believe we've been posting this long. Sure doesn't seem like it. While our posting...
    1 month 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 months ago
  • Man vs Kit
    Eduard 1/48 P-51D build - Eduard’s 1/48 P-51D has had a lot of hype. It’s a good kit: but it’s “Eduard good,” not “Tamiya good.” Here’s why that matters. Introduction About a mo...
    2 months 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...
    2 months ago
  • Doogs' Models
    Fetishizing the Enemy – 4 Years On… - Four years ago, I wrote about this hobby’s fascination (to put it mildly) with German WWII subjects. And it elicited a lot of discussion (again, to put it ...
    3 months 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...
    3 months 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 ...
    4 months ago
  • FichtenFoo
    Completed » Gaslands-Styled Hotwheels Cars - Last year I decided to do some Gaslands cars using Hotwheels cars I picked up. I still haven’t actually played the game, but repainting and modifying these...
    5 months 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 months ago
  • Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space
    Studio Scale Nebulon B underway - Advertisements
    8 months 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...
    8 months 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...
    8 months ago
  • Defiant Workshop
    Firefly Adventures Painted -
    10 months 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...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    1 year ago
  • Lester Bursley Miniatures
    Motivation -
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    2 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 ...
    2 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...
    2 years ago
  • Jim's Models
    My Thoughts on the Tamiya F4U-1D - I have some thoughts on the newly announced Tamiya kit.
    2 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...
    2 years ago
  • Master Models
    Renault 3.4 t AHN complete -
    2 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...
    2 years ago
  • Angel GiraldeZ
    Sketches ON SALE - ON SALE http://www.ebay.es/itm/252634365959?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
    3 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 ...
    3 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...
    3 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...
    3 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...
    3 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...
    3 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...
    3 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...
    4 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...
    4 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...
    4 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...
    4 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
    4 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...
    5 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...
    5 years ago
  • Where to See MST3k Episodes
    Where to see streaming full-length MST3k Episodes - Pilot: The Green Slime (lost) K01 Invaders from the Deep (lost) K02 Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (lost) K03 Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (lost) K04 Gam...
    8 years ago
  • Daily Grind
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