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The Modelling News

Preview: Italeri's December releases in art, sprues, colours... - Four kits from Italeri in time for Christmas to tempt you this month. Two complete modelling solutions, the second AMX & a re-pop of the Dodge command ca...
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Tale of Painters

Review: Flesh-eater Courts Army Set - Introducing the latest addition to the Era of the Beast - the Flesh-eater Courts army set. Packed with a formidable Abhorrant Gorewarden, a revered Vargh...
4 hours ago
Coloured Dust

Painting "Secret Agent Aida" (SBS) - Another "Step by Step" for you. Another full project creation chronicle. This is a chronicle, because 7 years passed from the purchase of this miniature ...
6 hours ago
Wargaming with Barks

40K Tyranid Combat Patrol - The Tyranid slippery slope continues... so here's my Combat Patrol. I'm thinking of calling it Splinter Fleet Glaurung. Tyranid Combat Patrol They're led...
1 day ago
Pete's Model World

Airfix 1/35th Ferret Scout Car Mk.2 - Now on the bench is the new Airfix Ferret scout car. Having only recently been released I was very keen to get one after seeing test sprues and details o...
1 day ago
MASSIVE VOODOO

Project Diary: Bornhöved 1227 A.D. - A Little History Lesson - Hey all, welcome to this first article of my *project diary*. If you're wondering what this is, please check the prologue, in which I explain the idea and...
3 days ago
No Dice No Glory

Retrospective of Bubsy 3D - “Playing Bubsy 3D feels like watching Forrest Gump, except every time Forrest Gump says ‘momma,’ Stone Cold Steve Austin punches you in the stomach.” – No...
4 days ago
Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist

Evangelion Unit-08a [Unboxing & Pre-Assembly Review] - Bandai Real Grade Plastic Model Kit - Due to time constraints arising from attempts to generate more content on my YouTube Channel FourEyedMonster Miniatures, this will be the last photo/text-...
6 days ago
Prot's War in the Warp

Necrons for 10th edition - It’s been a long time that I’ve been wanting to revisit Necrons, and I’ve been pushing the last few months in my spare time to finish some pieces. Here’s t...
1 week ago
Scale Model Soup

Black Friday Deals 2023 - Let's see who's offering deals for Black Friday. Did I miss you or a favorite vendor? Email me at scalemodelsoup@gmail.com. AMMO by Mig Jimenez Offers v...
1 week ago
JUY's Modelling Blog

GP15-1 Locomotive, HO scale -
2 weeks ago
GMM Studios

Regimental Fire and Fury - The Table Part 3 - Hello out there! Last time I posted the painting. Now the table is done, and ready for the Civil War project to sit on top. Let's just get into the how...
2 weeks ago
Azazel's Bitz Box.

Marvel United: Mr.Fantastic & Invisible Woman – Fantastic Four Complete! - Back in April, I painted two of the Fantastic Four team for Marvel United – The Thing, Ben Grimm and The Human Torch, Johnny Storm. I immediately started o...
2 weeks ago
Skarach's world

T-34-85 (model 1944) - 9th Guards Tank Corp, 2nd Guards Tank Army, Berlin, April 1945.
3 weeks ago
Doogs' Models

Musings on Creativity - The past week or three have been so full of hot takes about creativity and innovation – or the lack thereof – that it’s feeling like the rhetorical equival...
4 weeks ago
Arsies Studio, Miniature Painter

Eternus, blade of the first prince - I recently finished this Games workshop miniature painted as commission to fit with my old Magmatrax tribute (painted for the same customer). It was a b...
1 month ago
The Painting Corps

Friday Quick Tip: Easy Deck Plating - Coming back to the hobby after what feels like a solid decade away was daunting. I just wanted to jump back in and get going. I had a plan of what I'd...
1 month ago
Crac des Chevaliers

15mm Late Romans - additions - Additions to my 15mm Late Roman army: mostly infantry, of which I had neglected to take pictures. Painted shieleds, etc. no decals. Bucellarii cavalry ...
3 months ago
40k Hobby Blog

Ultramarines Razorback/Rhino - This was a really fast and fluid paint job. I didn't worry about precision, but just let paint go where it wanted to go. I'm happy to finally have a ...
3 months ago
Breakthrough Assault

Hull down! Or how to maximise the Ram/Sexton Kit - Lee takes a look at making the Ram/Sexton kit swappable to maximise the bang for the Canadian buck of the kit. When the
3 months ago
Gunpla by GoodGuyDan

HG Narrative Gundam Type C - Introduction: I think the base Narrative Gundam Type A/B variants are a pretty boring designs. The NarrativeType C on the other hand is great. The design ...
3 months ago
Covering Fire!

The Way of the Future? - The way of the future? Anycubic's Photon Mono X I started a new adventure into 3D printing and I've had a couple of Anycubic printers now. I love it, a...
3 months ago
The Hammer of Wrath

VIDEO: Painting the new Leviathan box Screamer Killer! - The 10th edition launch box arrives! Thanks to the time compression of the covid quarantine, it seems like the last starter only just arrived, but the...
4 months ago
The Mighty Brush | Blog of a Miniature Painting Addict

How to paint Cadian Shock Troops out now! - The latest PDF Painting Guide, How to Paint Cadian Shock Troops is now available in the shop! Covered in the guide: The post How to paint Cadian Shock Tr...
6 months ago
FichtenFoo

Tutorial » Simple Doll Face-up using my Maude figure - Been a while since I posted a tutorial or tips and tricks here. I’d like to do more of it like I used to, especially with a decade’s more skill than I had ...
11 months ago
Sproket's Small World

Project P30 - Part 16b - The End is Nigh - Part 2. With the exception of the base (and that’s a whole new chapter) the remaining work on my Tank is a matter of finishing things off...
1 year ago
Jim's Models

Tamiya’s 1/32 F-4E Phantom II – Completion Photos -
1 year ago
Defiant Workshop

Bandai Razor Crest -
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
3 years 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...
3 years 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...
3 years ago
Nicholas Sagan's Progress Report | Projects and Experiments in Time and Space

1/144 McQuarrie Concept Falcon -
3 years 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 years 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 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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 gu...
5 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...
5 years ago
Lester Bursley Miniatures

Motivation -
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
Jim's Models

My Thoughts on the Tamiya F4U-1D - I have some thoughts on the newly announced Tamiya kit.
6 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...
6 years ago
Master Models

Renault 3.4 t AHN complete -
6 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...
6 years ago
Angel GiraldeZ

Sketches ON SALE - ON SALE http://www.ebay.es/itm/252634365959?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 incred...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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
8 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.*<< Clic...
9 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...
9 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 (YouTube) K02 Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (YouTube) K03 Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (lost...
12 years ago
Daily Grind

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