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Reading Material

  • The Modelling News
    Preview: New from Nuts & Bolts Publishing in January: No#46 - The Brummbär. - The latest issue of Nuts & Bolts covers the Sd.Kfz. 166 - Sturmpanzer IV or Brummbär as it is commonly known to a lot of modellers. Recent kits from vario...
    26 minutes ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    The Desert War of Advanced Squad Leader - By David Garvin From the 10th of June 1940 until the 13th of May 1943, Axis and Allied armies struggled against one another across North Africa until the A...
    2 hours ago
  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    February Painting Suggestion Poll – Vote! - Also, I googled “pole” (with safesearch on, mind you) looking for a perhaps-amusing image to append to this post. I recommend you do the same. But perhaps ...
    5 hours ago
  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    Mu 109: Hobby Dojo - 3D printed 28mm accessories - Welcome to another review here on Massive Voodoo. If you are interested in the many reviews we already wrote, check this link: http://massivevoodoo.blog...
    7 hours ago
  • Tale of Painters
    Tutorial collection: Kill Team: Octarius - This week the new Kill Team Starter Set is on pre-order, and the Ork Kommandos, Death Korps of Krieg, and the Octarius Killzone terrain are also availabl...
    21 hours ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Musings of a Hobby Hipster; Handy Hoch! - Back in April 2019, it was a simpler time… and by that, I mean that Mid-War was largely done, the…
    2 days ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    Girl's Rider [Work-in-Progress: East Asian Female Skin Tone] - Hasegawa 1/12 scale resin figurine - As weird as this sounds, the one main thing that makes me fall in love with miniature figurine painting again and again is the opportunity to paint skin t...
    3 days ago
  • Pete's Model World
    M16 Primer & Paint - The models now had a primer coat followed by a bit of pre shading before the main olive drab went on. I used Mr hobby aqueous H52 OD1 for this. As usual ...
    4 days ago
  • Prot's War in the Warp
    Black Templars: Core Army Completed (including Characters) - I put every spare moment into this batch. My goal was to hit a good look with a core army of Assault Intercessors, Intercessors, a Crusader (primaris) Squa...
    4 days ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    Eldar Rangers - I've always liked these 1989 Jes Goodwin sculpts, and found some on eBay. I did them in the white & green Biel-Tan scheme which I think is quite striking...
    5 days ago
  • FichtenFoo
    Digital Kit Design » The Okse (32mm scale gaming mecha) - I get asked to tailor existing 3D kit designs for tabletop gaming a lot, but it’s more work than most realize since most of my work has fit tolerances and ...
    6 days ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    WIP: Blood Angels Army - Part 2: Bladeguard Lieutenant - The Indomitus Lieutenant joins the Blood Angels. I've got too many Dark Angel HQ units already, including the *two* Lieutenants from Dark Imperium, so...
    1 week ago
  • 40k Hobby Blog
    Ancient Resin Land Raider Upgrade Kits - I've always wanted to see what extra armor, the command kit, and the FW ultramarine doors would look like on a Land Raider. There's no time like now. ...
    1 week ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    How to paint Ork Kommandos painting guide out now! - The latest PDF Painting Guide, How to Paint Ork Kommandos is now available in the shop! Covered in the guide: Priming Airbrushing the skin Worn… The post...
    1 week ago
  • JUY's Modelling Blog
    Hitachi wheel loader with add-on armor -
    1 week ago
  • GMM Studios
    A New Beginning - City Backdrop Build - Hello out there! Well, it has been a while. About time I posted something, huh? Have been working on a big 40k army, a second half of the Hexfleet V...
    2 weeks ago
  • Defiant Workshop
    Bandai Razor Crest -
    2 weeks 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 weeks ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    The Notable Moments of 2021 - Let's take a look back at the best and most interesting models and moments of 2021. We'll begin with the best box art of 2021. I think that award must go...
    3 weeks ago
  • Doogs' Models
    2021 Wrapup - Every year around this time, I do an end of year wrap up. It’s become something ceremonial for me, kinda like boxing up and tossing all the detritus of a b...
    3 weeks ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    Infinity Alpeh Combat group - Hi. I want to show you that comission I painted for an Australian customer to complete his Alpeh Army. As requested, Color scheme varies a bit from the ...
    5 weeks ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    Zeta Head Bust - Introduction: It's been a long time since I've done a pure commission build or touched a resin kit. Overall it wasn't an awful project, some parts arriv...
    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 ...
    3 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 ...
    4 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 ...
    5 months ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    KV-1s - KV-1 and KV-1S, plastic BF models. With some work, both turrets can be used. CdlT
    6 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
  • 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...
    5 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...
    7 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
    7 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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