Painting class at Barwell Bodyworks (17/02/18)
I’ve long had an interest in painting classes but up until now I’d never attended one, either as a student or teacher. Then a few weeks ago I was contacted by Paul Thompson, who runs a brilliant...
View ArticleLord Celestant on Dracoth
I’ve had the Vandus Hammerhand sprue from the Age of Sigmar starter box lying around for a long time now and I finally decided that his time had come. Unfortunately because this was an ebay purchase I...
View ArticleCaptain-General Trajann Valoris
There is a full step by step painting guide for this miniature available here. With Golden Demon looming on the horizon it was high time to turn my attention to this year’s entry for 40k single...
View ArticleNazgul of Dol Guldur
A painting guide for this miniature is available here. I was really pleased to see Forgeworld bringing out the Nazgul miniatures after what seemed like endless dwarf, orc and lake town nonsense from...
View ArticleGolden Demon 2018
On Sunday, 13th May I made my annual pilgrimage to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena to take part in the Golden Demon Classic. I’ve been going to Golden Demon events since 2011, so I’ve got to know a lot of the...
View ArticleMorathi
There is a painting guide for this miniature available here. I painted this miniature as a bit of post golden demon fun. As usual I wanted to try something a little different from the Eavy Metal scheme...
View ArticleEisenhorn
It has been nearly six months since I last updated the blog, so it’s definitely overdue! A few people have contacted me to ask whether I’m still in the land of the living and I’m happy to say that I...
View ArticleEldar Autarch
The plastic Autarch has been around for several years now and although I’ve always thought it was fantastic I’ve somehow never got round to painting it! I decided to put that right and paint up a...
View ArticlePrimaris Space Marine Captain
Due to my own idiocy I didn’t think I would be able to attend Warhammer Fest until a few weeks before it took place. Consequently I hadn’t given much thought to an entry, but when I realised that I had...
View ArticleSister Amalia Novena
Just a quick update to demonstrate that this blog hasn’t totally died and to share pictures of Sister Amalia Novena, the vanguard of the new range of Sisters of Battle that are coming soon. One of the...
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Drazhar (again)
On my first day in the Games Workshop miniatures design studio I was thrilled to be shown to my desk alongside the mighty Darren Latham. Once I’d recovered sufficiently from this excitement I was...
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High Elf Phoenix Mage
I had a fantastic time at Games Workshop but now that I’ve left I still want to carry on sculpting. I work digitally (using blender) and the question is, now that I don’t have a huge team of people...
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Dark Elf Dragon Queen
Another sculpt I’ve been playing with recently is this dark elf lady, which I shared with Vince Venturella towards the end of the interview I did with him on YouTube recently. As with the high elf it’s...
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Howling Banshee Exarch
When I left Games Workshop I was surprised and overwhelmed by the generosity of Gaku Matsubayashi, who gave me a copy of Jes Goodwin’s Eldar sketchbook as a leaving gift. Of course, I had to do...
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Battle Sisters
There is a full step by step painting guide for these miniatures here. I haven’t got much history with Sisters of Battle, since their second edition codex was released just after I’d drifted away from...
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Xandria Azurebolt
The very first miniature that I made for Games Workshop as a trainee has now been released, so I can finally talk about it! Xandria Azurebolt (as someone in publications has elected to name her) is the...
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Fuegan part 1: sculpting
First up – I’m sure most people won’t bother to read the lengthy waffle below, so I’ll put this right at the top in the hope that it deflects a few questions: please don’t bother asking me for the...
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Fuegan part 2: painting
Part 1 of this project is here (if you’d like to read me waffling on about the 90s and how amazing Jes Goodwin is). There didn’t seem much point in producing a painting guide for this miniature since...
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Mk 7 Space Marine in Primaris Scale
When primaris space marines were revealed back in 2017, I really liked the new proportions and design but had mixed feelings about the move away from the classic mark 7 armour (and earlier marks) that...
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Eldar Warlock and Golden Demon 2022
A quick look at this blog reveals that it has been quite some time since I painted a miniature to competition standard, but when a UK Golden Demon competition was announced back in March I finally...
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