Röknauts Revolution
“Behind each bike blasted knotwork treadtrack, and ahead blasted scarlet tracer rounds. Forging together iron wills and iron wheels the Týrstorm rode out to join their fire to Echogeld’s infantry.” –...
View ArticleAutoborg Robot Warrior
Back when I was a kid, you could broadly divide robots into two types – the Transformers toys you wanted, and the offbrand Transformers-type toys that were available to buy here in the United Kingdom....
View ArticleThe Röknaut Space Dwarfs
“In evil’s millennium, the squad-fate fell to Schiltron Toothcutter. The Rökthane’s commands combined metal and mettle so that worlds were won by iron arms and iron wills.” – Hreddi Falsetooth, the...
View ArticleSkulz Ultramarines Standard Bearer
Back at the turn of the millennium, there was a hyper-rare Space Marine that was only available in England if you spent £500 in a Games Workshop during the Skulz programme. On a pocket money budget,...
View ArticleDemigoddess of Hecate
Crocodile Games, the masters of mythical-themed wargames, created a limited edition miniature for their 2021 convention season. But as 2021 was a damp squib for conventions, they ran an online event...
View ArticleDTN8 Remote Mine Droids
Sometimes you’re playing your favourite science fiction miniatures game, and the random wargear tables generate a result for which you don’t own the miniatures. EVEN WORSE, the miniatures don’t...
View Article30th Anniversary Imperial Space Marine
Limited edition miniatures are entirely my jam. Limited edition Space Marines doubly so. When Citadel produced this “Imperial Space Marine” to celebrate 30 (ish*) years of power-armoured super...
View ArticleZool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension
Mario, Sonic and Zool: the Holy Trinity of video game mascots in the 1990s. Two of these characters are going strong to this day. Zool – the lovechild of Cool Spot and a Ninja Turtle – explored a...
View ArticleImperial Wolfbane Commandos
Last time I went to visit the great sho3box he treated me to a day out at Prince August – Ireland’s finest toy soldier factory. It was the greatest day ever. sho3box (left) and me (right) being all...
View ArticleDUN DUN DUN!
I am that exact type of person that plans annual holidays using the Ordance Survey maps of Ancient and Roman Britain. I spend days hiking through the remote countryside in the rain with a napsack full...
View ArticleInquisitor Lord Augustus Hargen
Come friend, come and learn of the secret origin the first Inquisitor at the dawn of Warhammer 40,000. This is the tale of Inquisitor Lord Augustus Hargen and his ingredient parts. Left to right: Sir...
View ArticleWar Griffons Warlord Titan
Introducing the classic plastic 1988 Warlord Titan Ferrum Dux, part of my growing War Griffons Titan legion. Intact cardboard Void Shield spinny disc and everything. Mwah. Mwah mwah mwah. Ferrum Dux...
View ArticleTzeentch Familiars Old and New
Tzeentch has many Silver Towers floating through the Mortal Realms, but the one I am building is full of throwbacks to a time when metal miniatures reigned supreme. Welcome back to my Silver Tower of...
View Article1990s Ultramarines Tactical Squad Rhenus
This March I am proud to present an Ultramarines combat squad deliberately contrived to conjure up a very particular point in time – November 1990. It’s March for Macragge. Tactical Squad Rhenus....
View ArticleDoctor Who and the TARDIS
When I was a child watching Doctor Who, I was fascinated by the idea that in the future the Doctor would undergo his twelfth and final regeneration into the thirteenth Doctor, and I would be there to...
View ArticleRogue Trooper Traitor General
It’s Bob Naismith Challenge Time on the Oldhammer Community. Painters the world over are working on pieces from the grandmaster’s extensive back catalogue of gems, to be judged by the Lord Bob...
View ArticleCitadel Space Santa
Merry Christmas, Ninjabread readers! This Christmas Eve we turn the clocks backs to 1985, and Citadel Miniatures are celebrating the festive season with the release of this gem – the LE6 Space Santa....
View ArticleHut Hut Hut Hut
I ni ce Ninjabread readers. Fogou Models recently sent me advanced castings of their brand new mud hut range, on the condition I sent them back painted photographs for their Kickstarter. And now I...
View ArticleAragorn and the Dúnedain
Len suilon Ninjabread readers. I’ve painted a set of Dúnedain Rangers in order to play some Fellowship of the Ring games set on the borders of the Shire. Eleven Rangers – enough for a whole football...
View ArticleTechmarine with Conversion Beamer
Buenos dias, Ninjabread readers. Today my Mexican-flavoured vintage Space Marine army gets some Adeptus Mechanicus reinforcements. An “Adeptus Mexicanicus”, if you will. I’m gonna paint all my...
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