War Griffons Warhound Titan
At the start of the year me and my mates realised we were all keen on painting Titans, and March of the Titans was born – paint any Titan at any scale by the end of Mars’ month. I fancied rewinding...
View ArticleLight Wizard Duo for Silver Tower
Move over Penn & Teller, move over Siegfried & Roy – a new magical double act is in town. Coming all the way from the pyramids of the Old World are twin brothers Lapis & Lazuli –...
View ArticleHundred Years’ War: Blandford Warriors Episodes 3 & 4
Arch-rivals from opposing sides of the Hundred Years’ War. Each of them a talented medieval commander, but with a great respect for the other’s skills and abilities. Presenting two classic Citadel...
View ArticleCitadel Miniatures JD1 Judge Dredd
With a Strontium Dogs game on the horizon from Warlord Games, my mind is all a-flutter with 2000AD miniatures. Games Workshop had the licence in the 1980s and put out a sweet range of figures just...
View ArticleCorrupted Light Acolytes for Silver Tower
I like to think of Light Wizards as jobbing professionals and their Acolytes as bumbling apprentices. Here’s a bumble of Light Acolytes – one of the obscurest units in Warhammer of editions past. Left...
View ArticleJan Žižka: Blandford Warriors Episodes 5, 6 & 7
If you’re into Czech action cinema you might already know Jan Žižka as the titular hero of the upcoming Jan Žižka film from director Petr Jákl – the man famous for films such as Pterodactyl and Born...
View ArticleRogue Trader Crimson Fists Squad Onan
Time to collect a new Space Marine force! Crimson Fists – the Rogue Trader poster boys. These Fists are hand-picked from the 1987–1989 Imperial Space Marine ranges sculpted by Bob Naismith, Aly...
View ArticleDeathmaster Snikch Twins
A child-aged Curis attempted to paint the single Skaven Clanrat from 3rd edition Talisman. The paintjob went so badly it’s taken over twenty years before an adult-aged Curis returned to painting...
View ArticleAn Lushan and Imperial Guardsman – Blandford Warriors Episodes 8 & 9
If you’re into your medieval history you WILL NOT have heard of these models. That’s cos they’re not medieval at all. Welcome to my next two classic Citadel Miniatures from the range based on the...
View ArticleBOYL 2017 Exclusive Miniatures
At BOYL (Bring out Your Lead) it’s become a community tradition to create one-off figures to celebrate the three-day extravaganza of Oldhammery painting and gaming. Here are three from 2017 painted up...
View ArticleShadespire Ironskull’s Boyz
I’ve finished painting ALL the Shadespire Orruks! A whole plastic force, fully painted, with modern miniatures, for a current Games Workshop game. WHAT HAVE I BECOME?!?! Gods of Oldhammer, I have...
View ArticleAetius, Owen & Dracula – Blandford Warriors Episodes 10, 11 & 12
It’s the end of the line for the Blandford Warriors! All twelve in this limited series of classic 1988 Citadel Miniatures are now painted and standing alongside each other in the cabinet, jostling for...
View ArticleRogue Trader Crimson Fists Squad Huerta
The Crimson Fists are getting reinforcements, hand over fist. My 1980s Rogue Trader Space Marine grows with the addition of another 5-man Tactical Squad composed of vintage metal and plastic Citadel...
View ArticleSilver Tower Grot Scuttlings of Tzeentch
It’s Age of Sigmar time! Here’s a nine-strong cluster of Grot Scuttlings from the modern (gasp!) Warhammer Quest Silver Tower game. There’s only eight in the box, but I painted a bonus one as PRAISE...
View ArticleThe Unreleased Warhammer General
This miniature is a mystery – an unreleased Warhammer treasure from the vaults of Citadel Miniatures. Who is he? Why have I got (perhaps) the only casting in existence? Could this be a dark horse on...
View ArticleCarlos Ezquerra’s Strontium Dog
British comics lost an icon this week with the death of Carlos Ezquerra – the creative genius behind Judge Dredd and Johnny Alpha. Carlos’s character designs and universes underpin a lot of subsequent...
View ArticleSamhain Albion Truthsayer
It’s Samhain, so let’s celebrate this Celtic pagan festival with a classic druid miniature. It’s the Albion Truthsayer! Tha a’ bàta-falbhain agam loma-làn easgannan! Albion Truthsayers: the most...
View ArticleCall of Cthulhu Limited Edition Detective
For two years now I’ve entered a turbo-niche Halloween painting competition where entrants have to paint one piece from Citadel Miniatures’ insanely characterful Night Horrors or Gothic Horror ranges –...
View ArticleGolden Demon Sisters of Silence
Golden Demon! Games Workshop’s prestigious painting competition I’ve dreamed about winning since I was an eleven year old boy. Like the Oscars – there’s big statuettes. Like the Nobel Prize – the...
View ArticleClassic Lord of the Rings Hobbits and Ringwraiths
It’s Christmas time, so enthusiasm for the ultimate Christmas films – The Lord the Rings Trilogy – has enveloped Ninjabread towers. While binging on DVDs and mince pies, I’ve painted a breakfast (that...
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