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Reading Material

  • The Modelling News
    Yes it's a new tool 48th scale B-17G in October from Hong Kong Models... - OK, so this had to happen didn't it? The new kit from Hong Kong Models of their Boeing B-17 scale is coming in the 4th quarter of 2019 - but this one is n...
    4 hours ago
  • Tale of Painters
    Unboxing: Warhammer Underworlds Beastgrave - Games Workshop have kindly sent me an early release copy of Beastgrave to open up and do my hobby thing with. Check out my unboxing video after the jump....
    6 hours ago
  • Almost Perftec
    On Display: Kill Team - Tau VS. Scythes - Pretty happy with the classic Tau Colors I got on these :) And the Scythes came out nice too! They are for sale HERE - with the mini rule book and Kill...
    18 hours ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    The Longest Day – a full afternoon “playing” the D-Day with FOW - It has been one of the hottest summers ever for WW2 gamers. Battlefront deployed a full array of Late War books: the “transitional” Fortress Europe with al...
    1 day ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    Blackstone Fortress battle report- Into the Deathmaze - This is a battle report from our protracted *Blackstone Fortress* campaign. BSF is a dungeon crawler in space, with unusual grimdark characters filling the...
    1 day ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    HG RX 121-1 TR-1 Hazel Custom Gundam - Introduction: I don't really know much about Advance of Zeta. I know that the Titans Test Team experimented with mobile suits to help their faction to ga...
    1 day ago
  • Pete's Model World
    Belgian Leopard Weathering - The model has now had a light filter followed by a couple of darker pin washes to pick out the details. Next will be some streaking I think. I've also adde...
    1 day ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    New transfer sheet designs now available (early release) - New transfer sheets designs are now available on early release! https://www.themightybrush.com/product-category/waterslide-transfer-sheets/ The post New ...
    3 days ago
  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    Inspiration: Dinotopia - James Gourney - Hey Jungle, I was quit silent on these things that inspire me during my life. Well I was not so inspired for a long time now. Life. As you can see the ju...
    3 days ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    D-Day Germans: Tigers Marsch - If the tanks succeed, victory will followGuderian 1937 Big Cats Tigers are perhaps one of the most iconic tanks of…
    3 days ago
  • Sproket's Small World
    Project P30 - Part 6. When inspiration strikes! - I’m a great believer in using real-world references for my mini painting. Most often these images will serve as a starting point rather than being a direct...
    3 days ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    MASSIVE space marine auction! - That's a lot of dudes. Readers might remember the gigantic space marine lot I won at auction this time last year. I intended to strip and repaint them, ...
    4 days ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    A Most Unwanted Title - It's September and here in Malaysia it means it's time to endure unhealthy air quality courtesy of worsening haze in the country. It was so bad that Kuala ...
    4 days ago
  • GMM Studios
    Voice of Ynnead - A Ynarri Army - Hello out there! I am making a post so that means back from the distant galaxy of the space elves with another finished army. This time, Ynarri! The mai...
    4 days 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...
    4 days 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...
    5 days ago
  • Skarach's world
    Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. B (Sd.Kfz.142) build – Part 4:Weathering (chipping and rust) - Paint chips were simulated using Vallejo Model Color “German Camouflage Black Brown” (70822), applied with a sponge or brush. The wooden antenna rail was c...
    6 days ago
  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    Necromunda ’95! – Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm (Gary Morley, 1995-6) (Squaddie September ’19) - Today’s model is one of my favourites from the original Necromunda range. Sculpted by Gary Morley, this model is a good example to show that the guy really...
    6 days ago
  • Prot's War in the Warp
    A Prot Quick n’ Dirty Battle Report: Ultramarines vs. Death Guard 2000 Pts. - Old School versus New School So far the Ultramarines have had a tremendous amount of success since the codex came out. That being said I’ve had very little...
    1 week ago
  • Coloured Dust
    Everlasting Wet Palette - Redgrass - I haven't reviewed a product, a gadget related to our hobby in my blog for a long time. I'm catching up today. I will show you the wet palette of the Redg...
    1 week 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 weeks ago
  • 40k Hobby Blog
    Sons of Horus Anvillus Pattern Dreadclaw Completed - With our kitchen remodeling almost complete, I was able to relax a bit and finish the dreadclaw. This guy was painted to fit into my existing Sons of ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    Mortarion - Finally, Final pics of Mortarion are here! It took a while to edit all of them as we were very busy at Hydra Studio, but right now one of the harders minis...
    3 weeks ago
  • Modelling Chronicles: Constructing the Past
    Tamiya BT-7 model 1935 in 1/35 - construction - At the same time as building the AT-AT which featured in the previous post, I've been working on this model. I bought the kit when it was first released a...
    4 weeks 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 ...
    1 month 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...
    1 month ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    When real life is as silly as a model - I often make fun of egg planes and their tank and ship siblings — I’m referring here to Meng’s World War Toons tanks and Warship Builder vessels — because ...
    2 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 ...
    2 months ago
  • MiniArmour
    Torcan 2019 - Just a a quick memory from few days ago and visit to Torcan model show. Models, friends, etc. See all my pictures here.
    3 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...
    3 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...
    3 months ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    28mm Late War British - A British Vickers MMG team, 3" Mortar team and command group; Warlord 28mm. CdlT
    3 months ago
  • Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space
    Studio Scale Nebulon B underway - Advertisements
    6 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...
    6 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...
    6 months ago
  • Defiant Workshop
    Firefly Adventures Painted -
    8 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...
    1 year 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
    2 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 ...
    2 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...
    2 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...
    3 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...
    4 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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