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Showing posts with label 28mm Science Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 28mm Science Fiction. Show all posts
Friday, 22 November 2024

When in need of painting inspiration .. just paint Sci Fi or Fantasy, nobody can say you are wrong!

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Games Workshop "late 1980's or early 1990's era" Space Orcs for Space Crusade which is an early (or just before) Xmas pain...
Friday, 12 January 2024

The "Look" that is in for 2024 - Sci-Fi Bounty Hunter Dude!

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If I could pick a look for 2024, in a world filled with uncertainly .. I think this might be a the one - "Don't Mess" with thi...
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Saturday, 4 September 2021

A Study in Dry-Brushing "Gun Metal": Necrons

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I will say it again and again, for me a historical painting impasse is often unblocked by a trip down Fantasy or Science Fiction lane. In th...
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Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Science Fiction Distraction - 28mm Troopers

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Picked up this collection from CoW2021 (see below, a set of sci-fi troopers to battle beyond the asteroids - apologies for the distant shot ...
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Monday, 14 June 2021

Nurgles .. Fun with Painting .. Nominally Fantasy/Sci-Fi

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The good thing with good old "make-it-up" fantasy and science fiction is that nobody can really tell you are doing it wrong and re...
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Thursday, 10 June 2021

Bad Boys But They Look So Good .. Tyranids ...

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You gotta love the bad guys sometimes, particularly when they are of the deadly reptilian kind (see below, two enjoyable painting projects o...
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Sunday, 6 June 2021

Random Things That Appeared In An Amazon Shopping Trolley Over The Past Months

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Why? Because .. it looked good and was at a discounted price .. and my powers of resistance were low .. (see below, a "shiny" Sci-...
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Monday, 10 May 2021

Warlord Games - Cybermen

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The merciless killers of the Dr Who. A squad because simply one won't do they come in packs (see below washed and off the sprue .. tempt...
Saturday, 1 May 2021

Daleks and "Why not?"

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They are "the" iconic Sci-Fi, horror, cult, best of the BBC generation spanning "baddies". So when Warlord Games were se...
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Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Another Corona Virus Project: Paint me a Space Marine the 'Eavy Metal Way (Old School)

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I do like following the GW "instruction manuals" that pass on the trade secrets of the Heavy Metal painters (see below, this is da...
Friday, 23 October 2020

So I got some "Space Marine Command Figures" - Why do I bother with GW figures?

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I do not consider myself a Games Workshop 40K wargamer - not at all. The toys I have amassed over the years (decades) are bought purely out ...
Monday, 5 October 2020

The Blackstone Fortress: Heroes, Adventurers and Rogues

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The unboxing moves onto the assembly phase of a new "Game in a Box" present ;)  One of the constants of GW "Games in the Box...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020

The Blackstone Fortress Unboxing

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It came (see below, a birthday present to myself which I will play with the kids, but make no mistake I will be the biggest kid):  Behold th...
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Sunday, 6 September 2020

Birthday Present - The Black Fortress

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I am still a big kid, so a shiny toy in a sale for my birthday treat is a no-brainer (see below, a current GW offering that is a mix between...
Sunday, 8 March 2020

More 28mm but it's not WWII rather it's Fantasy instead - Khorne Bloodletters

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Following the perverted logic that if you leave me alone long enough in a shop (particularly one where there is models of any kind in) I wil...
Monday, 27 May 2019

Somethings are just for Fun: Gretchins

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I was wandering round my local Boyes store and came across the "model" aisle and saw they had started stocking GW products, with a...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Strange Bedfellows: Malburians and Tyranids/Necrons from Warhammer 40K - Painting Tray Update

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In preparation for a replay of The Battle of Ramillies in January 2019 I am in the midst of preparing a unit of Spanish-Italian troops for t...
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Saturday, 10 November 2018

Better Paint the "Big Ones" Then (Warhammer 40K Tyranids)

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Well it looks after the little play test in the friendly Games Workshop environment I need to think about painting up some bigger models to ...
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Friday, 9 November 2018

A Walk on the Dark Side - A Warhammer 40K Tutorial (Adult Beginner)

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Taking a leaf from a very respected ex-soldier who is avidly and earnestly promoting wargaming as a professional science to aid the military...