WIP: Ultramarine Sternguard Veterans #3
Hey there, I’ve finished the marine with the combi-flamer and the sergeant over the weekend. It’s the two models in the middle. That means the veteran squad is almost complete! However, as I painted the old metal models about three years ago, my painting has…
Showcase: Eldar Iyanden Wraithknight
I painted this Iyanden Wraithknight just before Christmas, as I recall it was the last model I painted in 2013. The photos are not the greatest as I was trying out a new camera. Personally the Wraithknight was one of my more favorite models along…
Review: Finecast Azog the Defiler from the Hobbit
Azog, also known as the Pale Orc or the Defiler rides to battle on top of his White Warg. He commands a warband of Hunter Orcs as he attempts to hunt down Thorin Oakenshield. In this review of the Finecast model of Azog I’ll be…
Tutorial: How to paint Tyranids Hive Fleet Kraken
This is the second tutorial in this series. How to paint Tyranid Hive Fleet Kraken which is the current eavy metal studio Tyranid scheme. I’ve broken down their scheme and faithfully recreated here on Tale of Painters. Full guide after the jump. This tutorial assumes…
Showcase: Cinematic Hobbit Photos and Dead Hunter Orcs from the Hobbit
You get these two fatalities in the of Hunter Orcs on Wargs box set. Sadly, they don’t come with bases. Luckily, I had some spare 40mm bases. I wanted to include them as separate pieces to represent thrown riders or models that are knocked down….
WIP: Ultramarine Sternguard Veterans #2
Update of my Sternguard Veterans. As you can see I’ve finished the combi-melter and the heavy flamer guys on the left. I also started work on the sergeant and the marine with combi-flamer. on the right There is still plenty of work left, but you…
WIP: Nurgle Reaver Titan
Well, there’s the big boy again in all its glory. Unfortunately, not yet in all it’s colour. The background is my regular “big things background” for models I can’t fit on my regular photo setup and if there’s an occasion to get that one out,…
WIP: Lizardmen Skinks #4
After the chaos of the holiday season it has been nice to get back to work. Not because of the work, not even close, but because my “normal” schedule has time for painting built in. A couple days of paint time and several pots of…
WIP: Hunter Orcs on Wargs from the Hobbit
Quick post to show the progress on the Hunter Orcs on Wargs. I’ve made a couple of conversions as well. I’ve green stuffed a banner (tutorial for this is here) and turned a bow into a horn. I drilled out the hand, cut the bow…
ThirdEyeNuke’s Recap of 2013
Happy New Year All. Last year was pretty productive for me. I have been rather busy; I painted vast amounts of Chaos Daemons, Tau and Eldar. In fact being a commission painter, I don’t have so much choice in what I paint (its quite…
















