Chaos warrior test complete
I have painted the test models for my Slaves to Darkness force. I tried a few different paint schemes, some of which even worked. Okay let’s look at these a … Continue reading
Blood Bowl Season 2 rules review
The latest edition of Blood Bowl is out, and my verdict is that this is the best edition yet. The crown of most significant must go to either the first … Continue reading
Plague Marine reinforcements
Supply issues with the Warhammer 40,000 Conquest magazine suddenly resolved and I had some new terrain pieces, and also some new plague marines to paint. Here are the first two, … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: before the tray
Were getting towards the end of the eighth year of Scent of a Gamer now, so there’s plenty of history. These days in terms of my miniatures I am fully … Continue reading
28 Magazine volume 4 submissions open
Submissions are now open for Volume 4 of 28 magazine, the magazine for painters and modellers dedicated to the Warhammer 40,000 universe in its darker forms. The article gives you … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: lune familiars
Lune familiars is my name for them, I presume they have their own name in the game. The shading I gave their yellow half-moon faces didn’t really come through, but … Continue reading
Seb McKinnon’s secret lair
I’ve been somewhat ambivalent about the Secret Lair series from Wizards of the Coast. Overall I think it’s a good idea but the execution has been lacking. For the upcoming … Continue reading
Radagast the brown
This a version of Radagast produced by Games Workshop during the gap between the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies. This is the man before he received the … Continue reading
Talisman RPG available
The Talisman board game has a special place in my heart. It’s not the greatest of games, not by a long way. Calling it ‘fantasy Monopoly’ would be too harsh, … Continue reading
Plague Marine speed painting with Midwinter
Midwinter Minis posted a new video a couple of days ago, this one dealing with speed painting Plague Marines. This is definitely one I wish had come out before I … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: golden age
I wrote this rather long article early in the life of this blog. Way back in 2013 I was questioning whether miniatures were on the cusp of a golden age. … Continue reading
Age of Sigmar Slaanesh previews
Games Workshop previewed another clutch of upcoming models this week-end. The ones that got me me excited were the Slaanesh models. First there’s a new model for Sigvald the Magnificent … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: Darkoath Chieftain
Of all the heroes in this 2016 Silver Tower set, this one is my favourite. He’s also the least ‘heroic’. I’m not sure if that’s related. The Darkoath Chieftain is … Continue reading
Warhammer Quest: Mistweaver
This model was interesting to paint, but I’m not sure I’m ambivalent about the result: There turned out to be quite a lot of mist on this model, and after … Continue reading
Miniac army charity raffle
There’s a new round of charity raffles open now for some stunning Warhammer 40,000 armies. In case you missed this from a few days ago, here is the announcement video: … Continue reading
Local Game Store tips with ICv2
ICv2 has a feature called ‘Busines 3×3’ where they ask gaming store owners to talk about 3 things they do well, three things they wish they hadn’t done, and then … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: the mystery model
This is another model which had been around well over a decade before I painted it in 2017: In the original post I had to confess: I had no idea … Continue reading
Project Eclipse: Drukhari Raiders — Fingers Left The Model
There’s been a big old gap since I last threw anything up here, looking back it was Augst- yoinks. It’s not that I haven’t been hobbying-I’ve been squeezing it in … Continue reading
Rebecca Guay’s latest Kickstarter
Rebecca Guay was a much-loved Magic artist especially in the game’s early years. She’s been commissioned very few times recently, although that hasn’t stopped her art career from moving from … Continue reading
Children’s book technology comes to wargaming
Okay so the title is a little tongue-in-cheek but Upzone is a new product range of literal pop-up terrain: The project page makes it clear that this is simply fold-out … Continue reading
