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  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    Musica -
    1 hour ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    Team Yankee Nationals – Historicon 2018 - On Friday, July 13th, players from around the country (and Canada) assembled in Lancaster, PA for the Team Yankee National Tournament. We began expecting ...
    2 hours ago
  • Tale of Painters
    Showcase: Stahly's Ultramarines Army - I promised you an army shot and here it is. My complete Ultramarines collection, that I extensively reworked over the last two years. More after the jump
    6 hours ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    DeathWatch Squad. - Do you remember my latest Nurgle Squad? Well, Customer was so happy to hire me again to paint this Space Marines DeathWatch Squad (well, almost a whole arm...
    6 hours ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Making A Come Back – Part Three - Hello All Well back to part 3 of making a comeback! In this post I will look at the British…
    9 hours ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    MENG Model Sd.Kfz.182 King Tiger with Henschel Turret [WIP - Rear Hull Armor and Tracks] - With zimmerit decals already applied on the rear hull armor, next to be attached were accessory parts for the said section. From here on out, one can perha...
    12 hours ago
  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    Star Wars Imperial Assault: The Wampa(s) (Jewel of July ’18) - Yep, it’s back to Star Wars again today. Specifically, the pair of Wampas from the Return to Hoth expansion. Following one of my usual traits, these two go...
    13 hours ago
  • Battleground Hobbies
    Warlord and Artizan 28mm Models for Bolt Action in Progress - Well there are always more models to build and paint! We are like everyone and have several additional projects all going at the same time. For our early ...
    13 hours ago
  • The Modelling News
    A close look at the Tanks 'n AFV's from Bovington's Tankfest vehicle park. - This year we got to attend The Tank Museum's annual event "Tankfest" at Bovington in the UK. Running from the 29th June 2018 through 'till the 1st of July...
    16 hours ago
  • James Wappel Miniature Painting
    Ghost Division: The new PZ 38T Zug - The new Tank Platoon box sets from Warlord Games have been really handy, especially some of the Early War kits like the Panzer 38T Zug. Since I like to ...
    22 hours ago
  • Modelling Chronicles: Constructing the Past
    Young Miniatures British Infantryman Somme 1916 - Painting the Uniform - I'm all too aware that the last time I wrote a post here was in December. Since then I've had another period of illness and intense workload so I hadn't ...
    1 day ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    Raptors Primaris Inceptors - These were a lot of fun to paint. As a result the process went very quickly, up until the detailing which I spent a lot longer than expected and intended b...
    2 days ago
  • Skarach's world
    T-34/76 (model 1940) build – Part 7:Weathering (dust and rain marks) - AMMO “Oilbrusher” oil paints (“Dust” A.MIG-3516, “Dusty Earth” A.MIG-3523, “Summer Soil” A.MIG-3534) were dotted on the much of the horizontal surface, und...
    2 days ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    High Grade Atlas Gundam Kit Review - Before we get into this, I'll point out that this is the 'Bandit Flower' version from P-Bandai. That means that this kit includes a slightly different sh...
    3 days ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    WIP: Deathwatch Overkill - Jensus Natorian - With the new Kill Team on the horizon, I was inspired to paint! While I can't bring this model in a Kill Team game (as he's an HQ unit) I was inspired to...
    3 days ago
  • Behind Enemy Lines Podcast
    GO SOUTH!!! - Things get pretty exciting around Behind Enemy Lines HQ in July and when things get that exciting, it usually means one of a couple of things: 1. A new s...
    4 days ago
  • Airbrush & Analog Painting
    How to paint battered bronze - Hello friends and fellow hobbyists, Before I continue with this article I would like to express my feelings: *I CAN'T STAND THIS HEAT!!!* Okay now that I go...
    5 days ago
  • Sproket's Small World
    Isharann Tidecaster - Colour palette. - It became clear to me that I was not going to get my Tidecaster finished in time for the Golden Demon Age of Sigmar event at the end of June. To my own sur...
    6 days ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    BG Tobruk AAR - With a certain individual visiting for the weekend, a hasty game of Battlegroup was arranged. Mid 1941, the Western Desert: a DAK Battlegroup has forced a ...
    1 week ago
  • Pete's Model World
    Meng Leopard 2A4 Progress - With the temperature finally dropping to more comfortable levels in the cave I've made a bit more progress on the model. Nothing of note here apart from th...
    1 week ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    Genestealer Cult Acolyte Hybrids - With Eucalyptus Bowl out of the way, I returned to painting all the details on these first and second generation hybrids. The rocksaw is ridiculously f...
    1 week ago
  • Doogs' Models
    It’s Called a Flightpose. Jesus. - When you run a Facebook page with more than 13,000 followers, you get some…tedious questions. I generally try to be understanding. Facebook’s algorithm can...
    2 weeks ago
  • GMM Studios
    A Rumble in the Workshop Jungle - Hello folks! Got another one ready to roll. Even unpainted it is very impressive, and wanted to share before I get to work. This is a Nurgle 40k army, h...
    2 weeks ago
  • 40k Hobby Blog
    Win This Warlord! - I'm donating this model to a raffle for Doctors Without Borders. If you like it, you have the opportunity to win it with just $5...
    2 weeks ago
  • Covering Fire!
    Canadian Infantry vs US Tanks in Hasty Attack - Sherry Atkinson roars "Open Fire!" As Canadian AT guns shred US tanks crested on a nearby hill Game 1 of the Lords of War de-escalation tournament was 90 ...
    5 weeks ago
  • MiniArmour
    Somua S35 – Painting - Occasionally it happens that as I am sitting in my modelling den I get tired of looking at some of my old shelf queens and bring one back on the bench. Thi...
    1 month ago
  • Almost Perftec
    WIP: Lost Patrol Genestealer Carapace & Claws Shading Part 1 - Time to start shading and tinting these bugs! Spent some time on the deck since the weather is nice. Remember to add some retarder in warmer weather ;)...
    1 month ago
  • Defiant Workshop
    Model Showcase: BB-8 (Bandai 1/2 Scale) - Final pics in the link. Final shot for size comparison, with the 1/12 scale BB-8 by Bandai and a Lego Rey.
    1 month ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    Paying it forward - Here are a couple of heartwarming stories about friends giving me free stuff. I was 14 years old and had been building models for a few years, not really ...
    2 months ago
  • Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space
    STUDIO SCALE T-16 T’FER PT3 - Advertisements
    3 months 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 months 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...
    4 months ago
  • Coloured Dust
    Painting "Barbarian" (SBS) - Almost 3 months have passed since the last blog entry... I don't hide that I have a huge hobby crisis. At the same time I became interested in the aquasc...
    4 months 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...
    4 months ago
  • Lester Bursley Miniatures
    Motivation -
    5 months 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...
    8 months 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...
    8 months ago
  • FichtenFoo
    Completed » Assault Proxies [5 Piece LTD] - 5 Piece Limited Edition. Contact me for pricing and availability. A while back I decided to create a small limited run of custom female android/drone fig...
    11 months 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 ...
    1 year 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...
    1 year ago
  • Jim's Models
    My Thoughts on the Tamiya F4U-1D - I have some thoughts on the newly announced Tamiya kit.
    1 year 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...
    1 year ago
  • Master Models
    Renault 3.4 t AHN complete -
    1 year 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...
    1 year ago
  • Angel GiraldeZ
    Sketches ON SALE - ON SALE http://www.ebay.es/itm/252634365959?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
    1 year 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 ...
    1 year 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...
    1 year ago
  • Haywire Painting
    Darkoath Chieftain: Base finished - The base for the Chieftain is finished! Now only his eye and the blood effects remain, but those will have to wait until all other heroes are completed. He...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    2 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...
    2 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...
    2 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...
    3 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...
    3 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...
    3 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
    3 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...
    3 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...
    4 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...
    7 years ago
  • Daily Grind
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