Scent of a Gamer

From the computer to the tabletop, this is all about games. Updated each week-end.

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

April 12, 2024 · 2 Comments

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

April 11, 2024 · 3 Comments

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

April 10, 2024 · 2 Comments

Daily miniature: Harold and his brothers

This trio of miniatures represents Harold Godwinson and his two loyal brothers. For the history fans, Harold beat the vikings at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. He then came runner-up … Continue reading

April 9, 2024 · 4 Comments

Daily miniature: Warhammer Quest doors

The door on the left comes from an expansion and was painted later. The door on the right is from the original box. Either way, these doors could use a … Continue reading

April 8, 2024 · Leave a comment

Art of the week: Cartographer

I’ve been talking about Donato Giancola for different reasons recently. This art above remains my favourite of any Magic: the Gathering card. Let’s hope this one doesn’t get stolen by … Continue reading

April 7, 2024 · Leave a comment

Beastmen move to The Old World

Warhammer Community has featured an article leading up to the 4th edition of Age of Sigmar. This is not a hype article, but rather one giving notice of models which … Continue reading

April 6, 2024 · 4 Comments

Daily miniature: ninja

Another classic early 90s (or late 80s) miniature from Games Workshop. Also some classic 90s painting by me, clearly more paint is better! At some point I design a Ninja … Continue reading

April 5, 2024 · Leave a comment

Daily miniature: Isabella von Carstein

Here’s another model I painted in the 1990s. Unusually, I actually came back to this model and added touches like highlights to the robes and some lighting effects on the … Continue reading

April 4, 2024 · 2 Comments

Once upon a Wednesday: Horus Heresy reading order

The Horus Heresy book series consists of over 60 numbered novels in the Horus Heresy and Siege of Terra series. To make things more challenging the numbered novels of the … Continue reading

April 3, 2024 · 2 Comments

Daily miniature: armoured skeleton

I sold off my old Vampire Counts army years ago – 2007 in fact. A couple of miniatures weren’t included in the sale as I had taken them out of … Continue reading

April 2, 2024 · 4 Comments

Daily miniature: treeman

I painted this treeman up to support my Wood Elf team. His arm is ready to sweep smaller players out of his way.

April 1, 2024 · 2 Comments