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Reading Material

  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    D&D Monster Manual 37: Dungeon of the Mad Mage – Shadows, Gray Ooze, Intellect Devourers - Now we’re (finally) back into the minis I’ve painted this month. – We did have Mossbeard and the Crashed Aquila Lander, but then I had to double back to sh...
    7 hours ago
  • The Modelling News
    New in July - four new products to fill your diorama dreams from Mantis Miniatures - A busted boat - some modern diorama reporter's accessories, some cuddly slippers and teddy bears and stove that is "cook-in" all fill Mantis Miniature's l...
    8 hours ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    Soviet Infantry Guns & Support Weapons - Winter infantry guns, here the M43 version of the Soviet 76mm regimental gun. Figures by Forged in Battle. While I would have liked the older, obr 1927 ver...
    12 hours ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Cosmo Reverse Ver. [WIP - Hull Interior & Wave Motion Engine] - Undoubtedly, the early steps of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Cosmo Reverse version) project are going to be quite boring to the neutral observer. For ...
    1 day ago
  • Pete's Model World
    Tamiya R35 Mojo Kickstarter! - In an effort to get the modelling mojo going again I decided to order the tamiya R35 as I felt a change of era & subject might just do the trick. The kit a...
    1 day ago
  • Tale of Painters
    WIP: Classic Ultramarines Techmarine - You say new Primaris Techmarine, I say... why not paint this classic metal Techmarine instead. This classic Jes Goodwin sculpt was released in a Company ...
    1 day ago
  • Almost Perftec
    On Display: Beaver Lumberjack By Mr Lee's Minis - Painted for an exchange with another mini painter :) Links: CMON P&P DA Next up some special projects. Leave me some comments so I know you are out there...
    2 days ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    Firestorm Gazala Turn 1 Battle 5 AAR – Dust Up at Hill 171 - By Ed Hall and Tom Burgess Continuing with the Breakthrough Assault and No Dice No Glory online Firestorm Gazala Campaign. Ed wanted to play Battle 5 at a...
    2 days ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo - Ennio Morricone died this week. The first spaghetti western I saw was *A fistful of dollars*, and I couldn't stop whistling the tune after that. These fig...
    2 days ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Shoot and Scoot Episode 31 – The one before the Apocalypse - Duncan, Eddie and Lee return with another episode of Shoot and Scoot to talk about what they have been painting,…
    3 days ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    Infinity: Helots v2. - *Its native inhabitants are a semi-intelligent species: the Helots. The economy of Varuna is centred around industrial biotech firms, factories and marine ...
    3 days ago
  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    News: MV Challenge 2020 - Updates! - Hey tiny Astronaut Travellers, as we can see in the world wide web the tiny astronaut project madness is real! This is so beautiful and we want to encourag...
    3 days ago
  • JUY's Modelling Blog
    SU-85 - One more quick corona-build
    6 days ago
  • Skarach's world
    ChTZ S-65 tractor build – Part 2:Assembly - This went together pretty easily – even the plastic tracks. I acknowledge the spelling mistakes on the radiator lettering, as detailed here.
    1 week ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    Gustav Karl - Introduction: 'The Collab' or Collaborative Build Project, is my very favorite thing to come out of having a Patreon account. Four times a year I ask my ...
    1 week ago
  • Prot's War in the Warp
    Prot’s First game of 9th Edition (sort of): Adeptus Custodes VS. Orks - As usual time is a bit of a crunch but I really want to get this batrep out. I know there are a lot of Custodes fans out there and none more than me wanted...
    1 week ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    WIP: Dark Angels Primaris Army - Part 22: Know No Fear Complete - Well, that went quickly. Purchased the kit just before the lockdown, and hoped that it would keep me busy for a while, but given the copious amounts of t...
    2 weeks ago
  • Man vs Kit
    Tamiya 1/48 P-38 build review - Tamiya’s P-38 is what you might expect from one of their 1/48 kits: clever engineering to make a simple, straightforward build that fits almost perfectly...
    4 weeks ago
  • Doogs' Models
    I Have No Idea What I’m Doing - As a modeler, I primarily stick to military vehicles, with the occasional detour into ridiculously OP city maintenance mechs. For 2020, I’m looking to bran...
    4 weeks ago
  • GMM Studios
    Autumn's End - Sylvaneth Age of Sigmar Army - Hello out there! Another army finished and ready to roll out. This army is a Sylvaneth Age of Sigmar batch themed around the end of Autumn and the fade ...
    1 month ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    Weak subject lines are weak - Marketers are creative. Their job is to entice you to read their ads. You’ve probably seen their appeals: 3 simple steps to lose 25 pounds! Make money usin...
    1 month ago
  • Sproket's Small World
    Creating a colour scheme. Part 2 of 3. - In Part One I wrote about colour theory, first taking a look at the values, or characteristics, of Hue, Saturation, Tone and Temperature. An understandin...
    1 month ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    How to paint Raven Guard now available in the shop! - The latest PDF Painting Guide, How to Paint Raven Guard is now available in the shop! As well as all the steps required to paint… The post How to paint R...
    2 months ago
  • 40k Hobby Blog
    Eldar Cobra Type II WIP 2 - Endless gem work continues......much like this necessary lock down. The plan was to add buff colored rain marks to these hulls using oil. We'll have to...
    2 months ago
  • Modelling Chronicles: Constructing the Past
    Eduard 1/48 Se5a - Cockpit Painting - With the country in lockdown I now have a chance to catch up with some modelling and this has raised some questions about the place of modelling in my li...
    3 months ago
  • Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space
    1/144 McQuarrie Concept Falcon -
    3 months 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...
    3 months 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...
    6 months 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...
    7 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...
    9 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...
    9 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...
    11 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 ...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    1 year 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...
    2 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...
    2 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...
    2 years ago
  • Lester Bursley Miniatures
    Motivation -
    2 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...
    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 ...
    3 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...
    3 years ago
  • Jim's Models
    My Thoughts on the Tamiya F4U-1D - I have some thoughts on the newly announced Tamiya kit.
    3 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...
    3 years ago
  • Master Models
    Renault 3.4 t AHN complete -
    3 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...
    4 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...
    4 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...
    5 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...
    5 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...
    6 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...
    9 years ago
  • Daily Grind
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