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  • Crac des Chevaliers
    Japanese Type 89 Tanks - WiP - Type 89 Yi-Go tanks from Battlefront. Mostly seeing service in Manchuria and China, I've added some stowage from pics in various Osprey titles and online e...
    1 hour ago
  • Skarach's world
    M3 Lee build – Part 5:Weathering (fading, streaks, dust) - The following oil paints were added as dots to the various surfaces (the lighter colours higher up the vehicle than the darker): AMMO Oilbrusher “Black”, “...
    9 hours ago
  • The Modelling News
    Preview: Canfora's "Soviet Army On Parade 1946-1991 Volume 2" on sale and on discount for a short time... - To add to their first volume that encapsulated the mass Soviet military parades of the Soviet army until 1946 Canfora Press have a new volume that covers ...
    9 hours ago
  • No Dice No Glory
    Painting a FOW Army: how to field totally unique tanks and vehicles - D-Day is coming! In June (could be any another month?) Battlefront will publish army lists for the Normandy landings, effectively starting the Late WW2 per...
    10 hours ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Battles in History – 1st Bapaume – March 25th 1918 - So we’re trying out this new idea, every couple of months we’ll pick a battle which coincides with our publication…
    16 hours ago
  • Gunpla by GoodGuyDan
    GoodGuyCollab: HG EWAC Jegan - Introduction: This is the first collaborative patron build of 2019! I’d like to thank Rhea for submitting this kit to me for the collab, along with all t...
    20 hours ago
  • Azazel's Bitz Box.
    Reaper Bones 77144: Mummy (Gender-Ambiguous March ’19) - Yeah, I’m way behind in posting stuff for this month. So here’s the first batch – some Mummies from Reaper Bones, via one of their Kickstarter campaigns. I...
    21 hours ago
  • Tale of Painters
    WIP: Blood Bowl Skaven Thrower & Tokens - In 2017, I started painting a Skaven Blood Bowl team – the Scurvy Scurriers. Unfortunately, after only five models, other projects caught my interest and...
    1 day ago
  • Pete's Model World
    Yeovil Model Show Saturday 23rd March - Today myself and Brian went down to Yeovil for their second show held at Bucklers Mead Academy. As usual I was driving and as it's just a quick hop down th...
    2 days ago
  • Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist
    Star Wars Scout Trooper & Speeder Bike - Bandai 1/12 Scale Model Kit [Unboxing and Pre-Assembly Review] - Each Star Wars movie in the original trilogy had its own wow moments, especially to first my highly impressionable five, next eight and then 11-year-old ey...
    2 days ago
  • Behind Enemy Lines Podcast
    The Whytak Wars - This is Not a Test Campaign - The fall came early to the Whytaks, the decimation was swift and unrelenting. While most never made it to the next day, some knew what was coming and ma...
    3 days ago
  • Almost Perftec
    On Display: Kiwetin - Cute little F-er's! Votes: CMON Putty & Paint Deviant Art Thanks for looking, tell me what ya think and remember; you can't spell paint without a li...
    3 days ago
  • Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter
    Mortarion Step by Step; Week 3 - Hello again. This week's work is a bit repeating the previous steps we did during weeks 1&2; It's an exciting week as we could finish a couple of pieces co...
    3 days ago
  • James Wappel Miniature Painting
    Army Painting... a New Series! - The latest Army Painting series has been completed for the Patreon Page! I have been eagerly awaiting this Morghul Knights unit for my Middle Earth SBG ...
    3 days ago
  • MASSIVE VOODOO
    SBS: Through the Paddy - Hey all, time for another SbS. This is a summary of my first adventure into the world of 1/72nd scale minis, which started at a lovely and sunny weekend at...
    3 days ago
  • Wargaming with Barks
    Imperial Assault: Tyrants of Lothal - After last week's rebels, here are the other figures from FFG's latest IA release, *Tyrants of Lothal*. Grand Admiral Thrawn Death Troopers Hondo Ohnaka Tr...
    3 days ago
  • The Hammer of Wrath
    SHOWCASE: Start Collecting! Space Marines - A long delayed showcase. Finally got around to shooting a showcase for the Start Collecting! marines I completed [checks blog] TWO YEARS AGO. I decided t...
    6 days ago
  • 40k Hobby Blog
    Original Imperial Guard Sentinels - A few years ago, I found my original IG army and started paint stripping models that I might want to eventually repaint. These two sentinels were ...
    6 days ago
  • The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict
    Space Wolves Painting Guide now available in the Shop! - Many of you will be familiar with the painting guides I’ve written and posted on this website in the past. Well, I’m taking these to the next level with ne...
    1 week ago
  • Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space
    Studio Scale Nebulon B underway - Advertisements
    1 week ago
  • MiniArmour
    Panther G – part 6: Base - So here I am again with an update on the Panther and the work I got done over the past weeks. Quite pleased with the look of the model I have […]
    1 week 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 week ago
  • Man vs Kit
    Zoom in: RAF flame suppressors - In preparation for my build of Tamiya’s 1/32 Mosquito FB Mk.VI I did a bit of reading on the flame suppressors. It’s an optional part with a lot of inte...
    1 week ago
  • Sproket's Small World
    Sculpting a head for my Nurgle Demon Engine - As I said in my last post I toyed with the idea of using the heads from the plastic Great Unclean One on my new demon Engine. To be honest this was down to...
    2 weeks ago
  • Modelling Chronicles: Constructing the Past
    Young Miniatures Spitfire Pilot - Completion - So here we are with a completed model. It's an unusual and challenging piece but it's well worth it. I left it last time with all parts painted and I di...
    2 weeks ago
  • Scale Model Soup
    More base ideas from The Container Store - A few years ago I gave you some creative ideas for bases and mentioned The Container Store as a potential source of items you can re-purpose as bases. I re...
    2 weeks ago
  • GMM Studios
    ~ Scorpion Gang ~ A Dark Eldar Army - Hello out there. I'm posting, so you know what that means - another finished project! This time a Dark Eldar army with a desert theme. For the army the...
    2 weeks 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...
    3 weeks ago
  • Doogs' Models
    Modeling Rabbit Holes - Around the modeling interwebs, it seems like everyone is suddenly kung-fu fighting about “basic modeling skills” and, honestly, I have no desire to join in...
    4 weeks ago
  • Coloured Dust
    What is a GUNPLA model kit? - I was always interested in the "phenomenon" called GUNPLA. But I never had time to delve into this subject. Today on the blog we have *guest post* by Bar...
    4 weeks ago
  • Prot's War in the Warp
    New Chaos Reveals: What does it mean for “Chaos” Old and New? - So a bit of a personal dilemma and I’m figuring I can’t be the only one. I have a fair amount of Crimson Slaughter. Some of it so old I wouldn’t want to us...
    5 weeks ago
  • Battleground Hobbies
    Bolt Action Four Army Battle Report! Polish Inaugural Fight! - Our latest Bolt Action Battle involved 4 armies and the Polish Army's inaugural battle. On this grand Soviet hamlet table our fictitious battle involved t...
    1 month ago
  • Defiant Workshop
    Firefly Adventures Painted -
    2 months ago
  • FichtenFoo
    Completed » Torptilian Crew - A few years ago I started making a 1/6 scale alien with really long arms as a one-off creation. Kind of reptilian, but there was issues with the sculpt and...
    2 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...
    8 months 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 ...
    9 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...
    11 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...
    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 ...
    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 -
    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...
    2 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...
    2 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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    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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