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Perched in his crow’s nest, Barnacle Bruv peers through his looking glass, hunting for the day’s bounty. Manifesting forty-odd pounds of man-guts per mate is a daily chore for the diminutive freebooter.
I’ve decided to diarize about 22 of my favourites which I shan’t be collecting lest I relapse. Perhaps in four years time my resolve will wane.
his piece drove me back to my computer chair to play video games. About 60% of the way through the paint job I put down my brush, instead of introducing this scaly prick to the wall via two-seam fastball.
Here are all of the NPCs for my little fantasy city so far. Seeing this progress all in one place is satisfying.
There are more citizens on the way, but for now here are some shots of a terrain commission I took on. The job included cutting the Garden of Morr set from sprue, attaching everything to MDF bases, and painting!
I have begun painting a large batch of ‘NPC’ minis from Warlord Game’s landsknecht range which I purchased back in March of last year.
Brutalist watchtowers mar skylines in the Viceroy’s realm. Imaginary boarders which cut into Biecarden’s temperate biome are littered with such towering strong-points.
2018 Total: 17 Miniatures Painted. To be honest I thought there was more. At least it will be an easy number to beat in 2019!
’ve just finished painting Mierce Miniature’s Kraken sculpt, and I’ve got to admit I’m pretty pleased. Not only with the sculpt, but also my pigment pushing.
The greatest city in Canada has gone without a dedicated miniature convention for far too long. Well it is finally here, and it’s awesome.
"Wander not the southern reaches of Charcuna, for wyrd folk dwell there. They call themselves Houndan, and ah’ve ‘eard rumour they oft consume funguses to jargogle the crumpet, and commune with beast”
Back in April a very wonderful package was delivered to my door. Though the snow had melted, giddy feelings bubbling inside reminded me of ripping into Santa-stamped gift-wrap as a wee scamp.
A freshly painted miniature somewhere in the world is having its photograph taken right now, but not all photographs are created equal, and neither are their miniatures!
Finally the design process for wave 2 is ramping up. This round of releases will look to triple our available catalog of designs. We will also be releasing each new design in a 4'x4' version.
Nearly two months of hobby time has been absorbed by these tedious-to-paint spindly-spindlers. At long last I can move on to new projects!
A long, long time ago the HDM painting contest was posted to reddit. The rules were simple. Paint a civilian-type mini with no apparent weapons. The due date has passed, and we have a winner!
This past weekend Hot Lead turned 23 with a whopping $23,519 raised for charity over its lifetime. Luckily for me I was there to live it up!
I've just hit the 1k subscribers mark on my Youtube channel and as a result I'm holding a painting contest. The contest video is at the bottom of this post, but here are the rules:
his website now has a web store filled with genuine classic miniatures. I implore all of you to have a parooze through the ancient blisters; many gems can be found within.
So what is World Building? For me it's the thing that itches that itchy itch that always itches. It's a void to throw ideas into, and to be built upon for the rest of your life.
"There once was a hobbit. There was also a totally kick-ass big fuckin' Dragon who was red n' shit." - J. R. R. Tolkien
Near the bottom of the 'middle-hive' of Hive Sibellus Ill Bill spits his lyrical hot fire. Those who don't like it catch his hands, or the mass-reactive shells of Fat Ruby's side arm.
A very exciting thing happened. One of the more handsome & intelligent readers of this blog reached out to me to ask for some feedback on a painted miniature.
One of the greatest traits of the 40k universe is that nearly every corner of the galaxy has some sort of documentation & story to fall into.
Underhive production has been ramping up with some spicy new paint jobs fresh off the hobby desk.
After nearly two years I’ve returned to working on some Games Workshop stuff. In particular two Inq28-style warbands.