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 contributed articles for the Warhammer Community site. He holds 3 UK Golden Demon finalist pins and 2 Armies on Parade Gold awards. His other passion is photography and cinematography, which he uses to great effect to deliver high-quality content to the blog.
Showcase: Blood Angels Captain (inc. painting guide)
What's gold, weighs a tonne and if it fell out of the sky it would kill you? My new Space Marine Captain with Jump Pack! In today's post we'll take a closer look at why I'm ditching my old Captain for a shiny new one,...
Showcase: Blood Angels Assault Intercessors (inc. painting guide)
Back in 2023 I painted five Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs. It was the third unit for my brand new Blood Angel army, by the time I'd finished them, I thought to myself "never again!" They took too long and I didn't enjoy it. Fast...
Showcase: Aeldari Fire Dragons (inc. painting guides)
New army time and this force is a special one for me, Aeldari! I've decided to jump on board the web way train and ride the pointy-eared express and start a 1000pt Asuryani Crusade army. In this post we'll take a trip down the infinity...
Showcase: Blood Angels Scout Squad (inc. painting guides)
What happens when you want an effective anti tank unit for your Blood Angels but Games Workshop don't sell what you need? Well you need to get kit bashing! That's exactly what I'm sharing on today's post, my Devastator conversions. Stay around to the end...
Showcase: Legions Imperialis Serperos ‘Overlord’ Heavy Stalkers (inc. painting guide)
The Dark Mechanicum received their first models for Legions Imperialis in December and I was lucky enough to be sent some. In this post, I paint up and share my colour scheme for the Serperos 'Overlord' Heavy Stalkers.
Showcase: Blood Angels Devastator Squad (inc. paint recipe)
What happens when you want an effective anti tank unit for your Blood Angels but Games Workshop don't sell what you need? Well you need to get kit bashing! That's exactly what I'm sharing on today's post, my Devastator conversions. Stay around to the end...
Showcase: Grandfather’s Gardeners from Warhammer Underworlds (inc. painting guides)
Grandfather Nurgle loves his plague gardens, and this rancid bunch are his gardeners, sowing maggots and watering them seepages they help cultivate a myriad of diseases and plagues. In today's post I share my painted Grandfather's Gardeners and the paint recipe cards I used for...
Garfy’s 2025 Hobby Resolution and Recap of 2024
Celebrating the last 12 month’s of hobby output is an annual tradition here at Tale of Painters. Painting and photographing models is my creative outlet and this post collates a whole year of my artistic expression and hard work into a single place. I’m going...
Showcase: Stormcast Eternals Reclusians
Today's post is a celebration! Woohoo! I've completed the Stormcast Eternals half of the Skaventide launch set by painting my Reclusians to completion. In this post, I'll share photos of my Reclusians and Memorians. I'll also share an army pic of my Hallowed Knights collection...
Showcase: Blood Angels Sanguinary Priest
On today's blog post, I'll share pictures of my finished Blood Angels Death Company Dreadnought, check out how he did in a recent battle and there's a recipe card showing how I painted the Dreadnought. There's also a bonus army picture so you can see...
















