Category: Minipainting
Matilda Molesworth
One thing I really enjoy is face-to-face game nights. Zoom calls and Roll20 and DND Beyond are great, and I’ve had a lot of fun with them as a player and DM, but I much prefer getting a group of friends together, eating some… Continue Reading “Matilda Molesworth”
Officio Assassinorum
Every miniature painter has a pile of shame (or more optimistically, a pile of opportunity). Mine probably isn’t any worse than anybody else’s – I don’t buy a lot of boxed sets, because I know I’m a slow painter and I don’t need specific… Continue Reading “Officio Assassinorum”
Galactic Relief Imperial Expeditionary Force (G.R.I.E.F.)
I’ve not been active on this blog for a while (18 months). There’s been a lot going on – family crises, renovating my new house, organisational restructure at work, and slow progress on my PhD. I’ve tried over the last few months to make… Continue Reading “Galactic Relief Imperial Expeditionary Force (G.R.I.E.F.)”
Jetbike Jackal
A short post this week – just one miniature which I finished at the very end of 2022 (but which had been half-painted on my hobby table for a few months before that). It’s another reinforcement for my genestealer cult, Tertii Imperatoris Cultus, and… Continue Reading “Jetbike Jackal”
These Seem Familiar…
After last week’s modern genestealers, I’m back to familiar territory (see what I did there?) this week with two old genestealer cult magi and their tiny psychic shadows. I painted all of these over Christmas 2022 and January 2023, choosing them partly for speed… Continue Reading “These Seem Familiar…”
Hocus Locus
I’ve had a few difficult months – successive family emergencies, jury service, a new job, and (touch wood) soon I’ll be moving house. So there hasn’t been much hobby time recently, and the thought of sitting down and writing has filled me with existential… Continue Reading “Hocus Locus”
The Dead Will Walk My Blog
Continuing to upload some old (2021) photographs of even older (circa 1986-1988) miniatures – more Night Horrors for my collection, which I’ve been working on – in an on-and-off way – for about 20 years. I have about half of them, and they’re getting… Continue Reading “The Dead Will Walk My Blog”
The Hippogryph
Begin, my flute, with me Maenalian lays.Nysa to Mopsus given! what may not thenWe lovers look for? soon shall we see mateGriffins with mares, and in the coming ageShy deer and hounds together come to drink Virgil, Eclogue VIII With the head and wings… Continue Reading “The Hippogryph”
Forest Guardian
After a few days of uncharacteristically consistent posting I find myself coming more-or-less back onto the main topic of this blog: collecting and painting old lead fantasy miniatures. Today’s offering is something I’d been keen to do for a long time; one of Games… Continue Reading “Forest Guardian”
Wee Free Folk
Over the past few years I’ve bought a lot of miniatures, from a lot of different sources. I try to support small or new companies, because I want them to do well (and I like having a variety of different things to paint). And… Continue Reading “Wee Free Folk”
Shin High Terror! 