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Showcase: Dark Eldar Beast Master

I’ve had this model hanging around for ages. I decided to use the skyboard as a test piece for my airbrush extractor fan. Once I’d done a neat job of painting the skyboard, I thought I’d finish the job off and paint the beast master. I...
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Chat: Garfy’s man cave gets an upgrade

We love a good man cave here at Tale of Painters. I was recently visiting a friend who had a fantastic man cave with 2 desks. 1 for his computer, 1 for his hobby. This got me thinking about upgrading my man cave to make...
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Review: Finecast Dark Eldar Wracks and Urien Rakarth

I haven’t seen many reviews of Finecast models online recently. This got me thinking… have Games Workshop clamped down on the quality control? I decided to buy a box and a blister of Finecast models and find out for myself. Read on to find out...
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Showcase: Necron Doom Scythe

Who ya gonna call… Iron Man! OK, so I got carried away with the Ghostbuster proton streams and the Iron Man pilot! I like to think I’ve managed to create something unique with the paint job. Read on to check out all the other pictures...
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WIP: Necron Doom Scythe #3

In this update I’ve painted the metals, base coated the weaponry and painted the base. I’m planning on painting all the weaponry like my Necron Warriors.  I’m not too sure about the lichen on base now, it looks stuck on. I’m thinking I need to...
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Showcase: Necron Scarabs

My lichen turned up today, so I finished off my scarabs and superglued some lichen to the bases. I think  the lichen is a good addition to the bases. Before it was quite red, and now it helps break it all up. Happy with these....
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WIP: Necron Doom Scythe #2

This is update number two for this project. I’ve highlighted the edges of the craft using a fine detail brush and some vallejo fiery orange + white and used some Citedal Temple Guard blue to line the circuitry patterns on the hull.  I think I...
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WIP: Necrons Scarabs

These are nearly finished. I just have to highlight the red armour and tidy the base edges. They are the easiest thing I’ve painted in a very long time I think… it’s all been massive Tyranids, flyers or Warhammer Fantasy monsters. It was nice to...