Cursed City: city guard, part 1
I have completed the first five city guard models from the Cursed City box and had a lot of fun painting these: These were again almost entirely contrast paints, the … Continue reading
28 Mag volume 4
Volume 4 of the miniature painting and modelling magazine 28 is here now. You can check out the release article (and download the 186MB PDF issue) at this link. issue … Continue reading
Meriadoc of Rohan
Another miniature that I had forgotten about is this metal version of Merry from the Lord of the Rings range, tis time all got up in his Rohan armour. I … Continue reading
How To Gauge Growth in Miniature Painting — Crazmadsci
2021 Benchmark Model: dwarf final paint job2021 Benchmark Model Comparison When working on improving any skill or hobby, oftentimes it is hard to gauge personal growth. You can become so … Continue reading
Dungeonbowl team review: Death
The College of Death consists of the two undead teams from Blood Bowl. In this roster you will find the entire Shambling Undead list along with most of the Necromantic … Continue reading
Dungeonbowl team review: Light
The College of Light provides you with a complete Elven Union roster with some additional human options. For coaches who already have an Elven Union Blood Bowl team, this college … Continue reading
Dungeonbowl team review: Fire
The College of Fire provides an interesting mix of Dwarfs and Ogres to produce a team that can pack a punch, but won’t be the fastest in the dungeon. Complete … Continue reading
Arta Monday: Caught in the Open
Today’s piece comes from the talented brush of Donato Giancola and features a surprise attack by a blue dragon: This piece was illustrated for a private collector.
How I stopped using regular GW acrylics
It wasn’t a conscious choice; it’s something that has happened over the past year. I didn’t notice it until I was looking over the paints I used on the last … Continue reading
Cursed City: zombies, part 2
I have finished the second five zombies from the Cursed City box: So fiddly, so glad I won’t be painting any more of these models. I had some fun with … Continue reading
Explore fantasy art: Chris Cold
Welcome to the first explore fantasy art for 2022! This one highlights Chris Cold, who fittingly produces many chilling fantasy illustrations, such as the ones featured here. There is a … Continue reading
The last dwarf
In Febraury 2019, almost two years ago now, I completed my Middle Earth dwarfs, which consisted of a couple of metal models and a box of rangers. Back in the … Continue reading
Dungeonbowl team review: Metal
Owners of the Blood Bowl 2016 or 2020 boxed sets will gravitate to the College of Metal, as many of the players are present in this roster. This result is … Continue reading
Dungeonbowl team review: Shadow
The College of Shadow allows you to blend the Dark Elf and Skaven teams together without having to worry about pesky Animosity rules like you do in regular Blood Bowl. … Continue reading
New Eldar!
James Workshop was right! One of the preview figures shown this weekend by Games Workshop include some new plastic eldar guardians: These are the first new Eldar guardians since the … Continue reading
Taking Blood Bowl teams into Dungeonbowl
Players of Blood Bowl looking to transfer their teams across to play Dungeonbowl may find the process easy, tricky, or impossible depending on their team. Not all Blood Bowl teams … Continue reading
Arta Monday: Archangel of Strife
Welcome to the first Arta Monday of 2022! If you’re a fan of these weekly art pieces, then you’ll be pleased to know this series will continue for the rest … Continue reading
Looking ahead to 2022
You will (I hope!) be happy to know that Scent of a Gamer will continue in 2022. I shared my overall thoughts on the blog’s 2021 performance yesterday and today … Continue reading
Hobby favourites of 2021
This article is heavily influenced by Dana Howl’s recent video on the same subject. As with Dana’s approach, this isn’t an attempt to name the ‘best’ of anything, but to … Continue reading
The blog in 2021
2021 was the second year in this blog’s history that overall views were lower than the year before: But I don’t consider this to be bad news as such. The … Continue reading
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