Ratspike: Ian Miller.
Further on from my last blog update, this the second part of two updates concerning the book 'Ratspike', this time concerning Ian Miller's half of the book. Ian Miller: what can I say? Anyone familar...
View ArticleThe Terror and the Vengeance of the Lichemaster: Heinrich Kemler, Mikael...
Terror and Vengeance abound! After my last blog update on Ian Miller's artwork, I re-read Ratspike and looked long and hard at his Terror of the Lichemaster artwork. Looking at it I was really inspired...
View ArticleUndead Horsemen of the Lichemaster.
Just a quick update, carrying on from my last blog post, I have painted a few Undead Cavalry. IÂ painted these in a similar style to the Lichemaster characters from Ian Miller's artwork. They are going...
View ArticleEarly Rogue Trader Squats.
I have been collecting and sorting out my 3rd Edition Warhammer Fantasy armies for a little while now, and fancied a little bit of a change. Now one of my great loves is what I consider very early era...
View ArticleMore Early Rogue Trader Squats... but terrible photographs! :(
I've been a busy Goblin. But first of all, an apology.My camera has broken, and so I have been taking photographs with my phone. Some of them are fine, some blurred. I did try with some several times,...
View ArticleLots more Rogue Trader Squats.
More early Rogue Trader era Squats, but alas I still have'nt purchased a new camera, so the photographs are a little so-so. I've been busy. Over the last couple of weeks I have painted 21 Squats and a...
View ArticleSquat Mole Mortars.
I've been painting more Squats. I have a lot of infantry awaiting basing, but for now some of the artillery. One of the two iconic weapons associated with the Squats is the Mole Mortar, the other of...
View ArticleSquat troopers.
I've been busy painting a lot more Squats, this time mainly Las-Gun armed Troopers, but also a few others. These are just the ones I have based, I've painted at least this again, and they are just...
View ArticleRT302 Squat Command Group.
More early era Squats, this time the RT302 Space Dwarfs/Squat Command groups. Released in 1988, the Command Group range were sculpted by the Perry Twins. Only the Squats and Space Orks had dedicated...
View ArticleSquat Assault Troopers
More Squats, this time a brief update on some Assault Troopers. The Squat Assault squads in Hylgar's Hell-Raisers are largely armed with Las-Pistols. The early range of Squats didn't have any Squats...
View ArticleUnreleased C32 Slann miniature.
Recently I purchased a batch (or Spawning?) of 1980's Slann from e-bay. One of the the Slann in the batch is a Slann which I haven't seen before. I have collected several unreleased or rare Slann...
View ArticleGyrinx
Quick update. I haven't been painting much in the last couple of weeks, although there are more 40k Squats awaiting photographing. I did however paint a Gyrinx. The Gyrinx is an alien creature from the...
View ArticleRogue Trader Squat: Barry Schmeisser
This is a little bit of a 'place-holder' update really. Due to a family bereavement, and my workload of the Xmas period I haven't had the opportunity to do any painting. I have however been e-baying...
View ArticleSquat Thudd guns.
I have finally painted the last part of the Squats of Hylgar's Hellraiser: The Thudd Guns. They were quick and fun to paint. I have always considered the Thudd Gun to be an iconic Squat weapon, and so...
View ArticleGnome hero on Giant Shrew.
A little conversion and paint job (if you excuse the pun!) .I had a spare Citadel Gnome miniature from the C33 Mounted Adventurers range, but with no pony for him to ride. So, I tried him out on a...
View ArticleHot and cold climate C28 Giants.
For a while I have been sorting out my various miniatures into their respective armies. It has been a long process, and far from finished, but it has brought to light several miniatures which had...
View ArticleMiddle-aged 'Snow White'.
"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted"-May West. So Imagine that the Fairytale ending did'nt quite go according to plan. The Prince turned out to be dull or something, or perhaps they just got bored...
View ArticleIce Dragon.
It might be St.George's day, but it's a coincidence that I have painted a Dragon, although there is no Knight to go with it! The Dragon itself is an old Citadel one. It is the DG4 Black Dragon,...
View ArticleDG1 Oriental Dragon
Another Dragon. Another old Citadel/Ral Partha Dragon. Another Blue Dragon in fact. Indeed another great old Tom Meier sculpt from the 1980's. This is the DG1 Oriental Dragon from Citadel, originally...
View ArticleMisumena vatia Tyranids
A bit of a random update on some random painting...I was gardening the other day, not my natural forte I might add, when I saw a lovely and odd looking spidery thing on a white lily bush. Now my first...
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