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Reading Material

  • Tale of Painters
    WIP: Genestealer Cults Patriach - So in my last post I talked about missing a deadline and being so busy I hadn't had time to paint. That week off from painting gave me plenty of time to ...
    13 hours ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Static Grass Mat – Review - Following on from my recent review of the Glassland ‘Teddy Bear Fur’ Mat I now bring you a look at…
    15 hours ago
  • The Modelling News
    Revell's February releases from land air, air & sea straight to you and me... - Revell starts off the new year very nicely with a bunch of new kits available now or very soon. We have the pick of them with some made-up examples in our...
    15 hours ago
  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    SBS: Orangutan - Heyho Jungle, Josua here with a new article I was really looking forward to to write on Massive Voodoo ... Today I would like to give you a brief insig...
    16 hours ago
  • Pete's Model World
    Diopark Truck Having Fun! - I'm really enjoying this little truck having started some of the detail painting over the last couple of days. I began work on the cab and doors with a bit...
    18 hours ago
  • Prot's War in the Warp
    NEW THOUSAND SONS RITUAL OF THE DAMNED MINI-BATREP 2 VS Necrons. A PLAYTEST REVIEW OF THE NEW RULES. - So again I’ll try to be brief, but this game actually gets complicated quickly. I’ll try to tell the story in point form, starting with the most important ...
    1 day ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    No Dice No Glory Episode 51: Tales of the Sail V3: Blood and Plunder - Episode 3 of Tails of the Sail, a podcast dedicated to Firelock Games. The boys are joined by Mike Tunez and talk about what is in store for 2020.
    1 day ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    28mm Veteran Grenadiers - 28mm "Veteran Grenadiers", and a few officer types. Figures by Warlord. CdlT
    2 days ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    MARINA; LVDH Battle sister - Hi guys. The first entry of the year! This time is to show you a miniature I painted some month ago. MARINA the Battle Sister! A miniature sculpted at Hyd...
    2 days ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    A belated look back at 2019 - Ironically, as I am hit by the umpteenth mid-life crisis brought about by my birthday, I sought to look back belatedly at what I had actually achieved back...
    3 days ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    1/5000 Star Destroyer - Introduction: It’s strange that every time I look at this completed kit I start to hear the ‘Imperial March’ in my head. I grew up with Star Wars, like ...
    1 week ago
  • GMM Studios
    The Glooming Lords - A Death Guard Army - Hello out there! Another army for you. Same army as last time, different scheme, different vibe. Where the last army was reds and ochres, with strong Au...
    1 week ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    A 24-hour build - I recently shared a Facebook post from a group of modelers who organize an annual 24-hour model build, this year planned for the weekend of January 25. The...
    1 week ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    LotR battle report: Orcs vs Dwarves - For my sins, at CanCon in a few weeks I have decided I will play a few tournament games of GW's *Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game*, the latest version of ...
    1 week ago
  • Sproket's Small World
    Rockgut Troggoth – Part 7. The Troggoth is done so it's time to start my Goblin. - This is the time of the year when I often think about endings and beginnings which, as it happens, is not an inappropriate attitude for my Troggoth project...
    1 week ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    SHOWCASE: Trip's 2019 Year-end Recap - And so passeth the year of the Dark Angels. Time for my annual year-end recap. As in the previous years, my hobby output isn't what it used to be, but w...
    2 weeks ago
  • Skarach's world
    T-34/76 (early 1943) build – Part 4:Weathering (chipping and rust) - Lighter paint chips were simulated using LifeColor “4BO Var” (UA239), applied with a sponge or flicked from the end of a brush. Darker paint chips were sim...
    2 weeks ago
  • Doogs' Models
    Musings on Quarter Scale - It’s 2020, and this year I’m doing something a bit different. After years focused on 1/32 scale, I’m kicking the year off with a pair of 1/48 WWII subjects...
    2 weeks ago
  • Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space
    Studio Scale ESB Vosper Tanker - Just about finished up with this funky monkey.
    2 weeks ago
  • Man vs Kit
    2020: Where next? - It has been interesting and instructive to look back on my past ten or so years of modelling, but there’s little point if we can’t learn anything from it...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    How to Paint Black Templars now available in the shop! - The latest PDF Painting Guide, How to Paint Black Templars is now available to buy and download in the shop! This is the first of… The post How to Paint ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Coloured Dust
    Painting "Morgana of Avalon" (SBS) - Another photo diary :) from the process of painting the figurine "Morgana of Avalon" from H&V. *Kolejny foto pamiętnik :) z procesu malowania figurki "Mor...
    4 weeks ago
  • FichtenFoo
    Completed » Errgan [1:6 Original Figure] - I decided that it would be fun to explore the Star Wars universe and aesthetic by creation some of my own original creature and character designs that were...
    1 month ago
  • Almost Perftec
    WIP: Viking Bust In Grumbacher Artist Acrylics - This was very fast and lots of fun. Highly recommend trying our artist acrylics. They are oddly fast to work with if you like to wet blend and work with ...
    1 month ago
  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    Destino December ’19 – Community Painting Challenge. - One of the hardest parts about these challenges is coming up with (semi) interesting concepts, rather than just cycling through Units/Neglected/Something e...
    1 month 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...
    3 months 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...
    3 months 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...
    3 months 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 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...
    4 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...
    6 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 ...
    6 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...
    7 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...
    10 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...
    10 months ago
  • Defiant Workshop
    Firefly Adventures Painted -
    1 year 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...
    2 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...
    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...
    3 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...
    5 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
    5 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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