Garfy

Garfy is a UK hobbyist with over twenty years experience. He's a regular contributor to White Dwarf Magazine including 4 Armies of the Month features and has written articles for the Warhammer Community site. He holds 3 UK Golden Demon finalist pins and 2 Armies on Parade Gold award. His other passion is photography and cinematography, which he uses to great effect to deliver high quality content to the blog.

40k, Showcase

Showcase: Black Templars Marshall in Gravis Armour

On today's post I share a Black Templars Gravis Captain/Marshall I painted week's ago, why I'm only just sharing it now and why I'm no longer on Games Workshops' influencer list.

40k, Showcase

Showcase: Black Templar Assault Intercessors

Another blog post, another Imperium issue done and completed. This time it’s Assault Intercessors from issue 13.

40k, Painting Guides, Showcase

Showcase: Blood Angels Librarian in Phobos Armour (incl. paint recipes)

This Librarian came with issue 11 of the Partworks Imperium Magazine and was pretty fun to paint. It’s actually the second time I’ve painting this model. The first time was when I bought a copy of the Shadowspear and painted one up for my Dark...

40k, Painting Guides, Showcase

Showcase: Munitorum Armoured Container, Barrels and Crates (incl. paint recipes)

Imperium Issue 14 includes the Munitorum Armoured Container, some barrels and some crates. It was a super quick and easy paint job and in this post I’ll share my paint recipe for this industrial dirty yellow.

Showcase, Warcry

Showcase: Warcry Darkoath Savagers

On today's post I share the Darkoath Savages I finished on the last day of December. These models are part of the Warcry Red Harvest Boxed Game and were the last models I needed to paint to complete that game. It always feels great to...

Editorial, Showcase

Garfy’s 2022 Hobby Resolution and Recap of 2021

Celebrating the Last 12 month’s of hobby output is an annual tradition here at Tale of Painters. I’m going to take a look back through the year and share what I managed to paint and how many of my 2021 hobby resolutions I succeeded in...

Age of Sigmar, Showcase

Showcase: Soulblight Gravelords Graveguard

This seems like a good way to start a blog post and finish the year by sharing my finished Start Collecting Soulblight Gravelords Box. I only had 7 Graveguard left to paint and I would have finished them months ago but you know how it...

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Showcase: Necron Warriors and Scarabs

Merry Christmas everyone! In today’s wintery post the Necrons march onto the blog through wind, rain and snow to flay the wrapping paper from your presents. In the above pic you can see the Necron Warriors I got from Imperium issues 9 and 10, but...

Age of Sigmar, Showcase, Warcry

Showcase: Warcry Tarantulos Brood

The Tarantulos Brood swing into action on the blog and prepare their trap with tempting showcase photography bait. If you’re here then you’re already been caught on the web.

Tutorials, Warcry

Tutorial: How to Paint Tarantulos Brood Doomweaver

In this post, I’ll show you how to paint a Tarantulos Brood Doomweaver from the Warcry Red Harvest box set. I painted this model in 20 easy to follow steps. You'll learn how I paint white webs, spider armour plates, poisoned skin and more. This...