Daily miniature: Elf adventurer
I don’t recall this model’s name. He was released as a hired sword for the classic Mordheim skirmish game. I have looked for other examples of this model painted, but … Continue reading
Daily miniature: Aekold Helbrass
Another classic metal model. Aekold Helbrass is a champion of Tzeentch. He is cursed to have things grow and regenerate around him. This can include healing a foe he has … Continue reading
Daily miniature: chaos sorcerer
This is among the oldest miniatures I have. I think only the original Blood Bowls teams were painted before this figure. I can confidently date this to 1996, where it … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: SAGA Anglo-Danes
SAGA is still my favourite skirmish game on the market, whether it’s the historical or fantasy version of the setting. In 2018 I embarked on a series of faction reviews … Continue reading
Daily miniature: arcane ruins
This was painted up as a two-sided terrain piece. On one side the ground is normal, and the henge is stone, with carved eyes glowing. On the other: …things look … Continue reading
Daily miniature: Bretonnian knight
This figure came as an adventurer for the original Warhammer Quest game. I painted this almost as soon as I bought it, back in the 1990s. Clearly I really wanted … Continue reading
Art of the Week: the Host of Minas Morgul
This art comes from the talented Alan Lee. Alan worked on the Peter Jackson trilogy so you see a lot of his prior art reflected back through the films.
Daily miniature: pipes
Always a useful terrain piece in science fiction games. Large pipes like these provide useful cover without completely obscuring models from each other.
Daily miniature: classic Blood Bowl orcs
For some reason I was happy with bright green skin here. This also predates my understanding that to highlight green, you mix in yellow. Also featuring no highlights and far … Continue reading
Daily miniature: ogre
Another 1990s paint job from me. This metal ogre was used as the ogre warrior adventurer in Warhammer Quest. And very effective he was too!
Once upon a Wednesday: Magic and mushrooms
I happened upon a strange account of someone who made the top 8 of a competitive Magic: the Gathering event after taking a quantity of magic mushrooms. I shared the … Continue reading
Daily miniature: spell familiar
This model is surely from the 1980s. Maybe the early 1990s? A pair of legs with a book on top. Classic design. Here is the original along with the 2016 … Continue reading
Daily miniature: classic Blood Bowl humans
These one-part plastics came out in 1993, and I painted them shortly after. These provide a good reminder that the painting hobby is a journey, not a destination.
Art of the Week: Grombrindal
There have been many artworks of the White Dwarf. This one was painted by Johan Grenier for the 500th issue of White Dwarf magazine.
Golden Demon 2024 – highly commended part 2
What comes after part 1? Part 2 of course! Following on from the Golden Demon 2024 winners, we have another article looking at the highly commended entries. I have picked … Continue reading
Epic releases paused
The latest preview of Epic models -or Legions Imperialis, if you insist – contains the following news: And finally, this will be the last instalment of Heresy Thursday for a … Continue reading
New Skaven models revealed
Getting away from the sting of discontinued armies, Warhammer Community is revealing new models for 4th edition Age of Sigmar. First up are some new Skaven clanrats: I am a … Continue reading
Daily miniature: Anglo-Dane warriors
Thes eplastic Gripping Beast figures have been enlivened by transfers from Little Big Men. I have cooled on the range in recent years, but When I painted these over a … Continue reading
Golden Demon 2024 – highly commended
The images from Golden Demon 2024 at Adepticon keep coming. This time Warhammer Community is sharing the highly commended entries across the categories. I like that more than the winners … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Angelus Prime
I visited Warhammer World during a family holiday to Europe in 2017. Accessible, affordable air travel seems like a different world now. The visit to the exhibitions left quote the … Continue reading
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