There’s a complete gallery below, but first up are the recently completed Thamarite Cultists – And Fiona the Black – Everybody – Owen

This turned out to be a bigger painting job than expected. Because I bought a few of the miniatures already (excellently) painted I had a standard to aim for. My painting has been getting better over time, but this project really pushed me. I’ve spent significantly longer on each miniature than I have with previous [...]

No, not the name of a terrible 1970′s soft rock band. Nope, this is the final Sea Dogs Crew unit for my Privateer army. I decided to paint them as Thamarite Cultists to complement Fiona the Black. They’re a work-in-progress, but are nearly finished. Anyway, here’s a quick video. I’ll probably pick up one or [...]

Here is Mr. Walls about 80% complete. The metals will be the final stage and I’m going to try to keep them quite bright to lighten the overall colour scheme for the miniature. I picked up the Commodore today, so along with the Press Gangers that will round out 35pts of Privateers. I’ll probably tackle [...]

Here’s a work-in-progress shot of Master Holt. He’s a beautifully detailed miniature with a great pose. I’m about 70% finished. The leather work, boots and base need finishing. The glasses, gloves and guns haven’t seen any paint yet. As you can see he’s bases on one if the green stuff bases I did last week. [...]

Okay – here’s another work-in-progress shot of my mercenaries. The Mariner has been on the painting table for about a week and a half at this stage, so you can see that progress is slow. It’s coming together nicely with only the grey areas and detailing to do. It shouldn’t take much to finish it. [...]

Just a quick teaser shot of the Buccaneer. The navy colour is done, as are the flames inside the head. I think I’m going to go with battleship grey on the other plate areas. The metal details will probably be brass and the gears steel, but that may change as I finish painting him. I [...]

Here’s a shot of the work-in-progress for Bosun Grogspar, the lates guy for my Mercenary Privateer force. He’s nearly there, just a little base work to do. He has a really dynamic pose and was thankfully pretty easy to paint. I went with dark Trollkin flesh and orange eyes. The rest of the colours are [...]

I picked up my copy of the new edition of Space Hulk on Friday. I have the original game and both expansions, but as soon as its release date was confirmed I put in my pre-order with my FLGS. It is an excellent game with an amazing sense of tension. I played a demo game [...]

This is the last of the three Great Bears finished (apart from basing which I’ll get to). He is the leader and is named Volkov. I finished Kolsk and Yarovich over the last few evenings. Here are all three from the unit – Once they are based I’ll write a quick painting guide. Owen