Miniatures revisited: The Nazgul
The more I look back at my time completing my miniatures, the more I appreciate Contrast Paints. Having taken the opportunity to look back at my painting progress, I see … Continue reading
Miniatures revisited: fantasy heroes
This is a project I worked on for over a decade. It’s a self-generate dproject in that these miniatures don’t have anything in common, other than their fantasy theme. The … Continue reading
Miniatures revisited: two colours is plenty
I wanted to try something new after seeing examples of people painting miniatures using few colours. usually the reason was to paint a character completely reflecting the lights around them. … Continue reading
The Old World: Core factions revealed
A new update at Warhammer Community has revealed the ‘core factions’ for the forthcoming Old World game. What are the nine core factions of the new Warhammer? From the article, … Continue reading
Miniatures revisited: Cave Drake
This classic metal cave drake is one of my favourites from the Middle Earth range of Games Workshop. I painted this miniature in April 2022, as part of the run-in … Continue reading
Golden Demon 2023
It was easy to miss the Golden Demon winners, lost as there were among all the recent previews from Warhammer Fest. However 2023 was another good year for painted miniatures. … Continue reading
Cavaliers of Sigmar
The Cities of Sigmar are the faction with the most appeal for me in the Age of Sigmar game. Their similarity to the Old World Empire figures is hardly a … Continue reading
Old World: Bretonnia vs Tomb Kings
The Old World preview at the weekend was a short one, with just two models revealed. I would have liked to see a new boxed set or even an idea … Continue reading
Hello, Leviathan
The first of Games Workshop’s previews is up, and it’s the new box set for Warhammer 40,000. The tenth edition of the game will launch later this year with the … Continue reading
Miniatures revisited: Slaves to Darkness
I bought the Slaves to Darkness Start Collecting box as part of my allowance, meaning this box represented me painting 128 miniatures. My reward for myself…some more miniatures to paint. … Continue reading
What I talk about when I talk about miniatures
This article started as a list of lessons I learned while painting all the miniatures in my collection. However I ended up focusing on the last point so much that … Continue reading
The Old World: bases and organised play
A new developer update for The Old World appeared on Warhammer Community recently. The main point of the article was to talk about the painting schemes and basing for the … Continue reading
Spaceship interior painting with Midwinter
Midwinter Minis has a new video up on a technique for painting up spaceship interior terrain. A certain company has been releasing a few terrain sets like this in recent … Continue reading
Louise Sugden launches Rogue Hobbies
Louise Sugden has left Games Workshop and is launching her own YouTube channel, Rogue Hobbies. There are no videos up yet, but I would expect that to change soon. I … Continue reading
Build your own Gondor
I almost missed this announcement among the new stuff for Warhammer 40,000. Games Workshop are releasing a new set of modular terrain for Lord of the Rings, this time focusing … Continue reading
Battletech: Mercenaries Kickstarter
Battletech is a venerable tabletop game that has been around for decades, in various iterations. The current version of the game has been in stores for a while. Recently the … Continue reading
New Horus Heresy campaign books
When the Horus Heresy range was a Forgeworld exclusive, in addition to the resin infantry and vehicles, there was also a series of well-regarded campaign books. With the new Heresy … Continue reading
A Primarch returns
The Primarch of the First Legion is now the second Primarch to return in Warhammer 40,000. For years it has been rumoured that Lion El’Johnson of the Dark Angels legion … Continue reading
Midwinter titan completed
After two years, Guy from Midwinter Minis has finished his Warlord Titan. House Midwinter walks! It has taken a long time, and no doubt there is a video playlist showing … Continue reading
‘Not robots’ arrive in Necromunda
Thinking machines are strictly banned in Warhammer 40,000 and yet some of the things are are allowed come fairly close. The various ‘automata’ might not bear up to close scrutiny. … Continue reading
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