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: Dark Angel starter set repaint
Long-time readers might remember this Marine. He was part of a Starter paint set that my wife Jo and I reviewed back in April 2012. I stumbled upon him the other day and I thought it wouldn’t take much to bring that old paint job...
WIP: Shadespire Stormcast Eternals
Hey everyone, this is a request for help. Progress on my three Stormcast models from Shadespire have come to an abrupt halt. I’m posting this in the attempt to kickstart this project again. So, to help me, post your best motivational techniques or advice in...
Garfy’s Get-a-Grip MKII Painting Handle
Garfy’s Get-a-Grip is back and it’s better than ever! Video Demo and details after the jump. I’m back with a revised Painting Handle design! I’ve spent a bit of time perfecting this and trialling it and sending out a few to people to try and...
WIP: Shadespire Stormcast Eternal Warband
It would be really nice to complete the Shadespire boxed gamely finishing these three Stormcast so I can add them to the Bloodbound Warband I painted. These are the first models I’m painting with my Get-a-Grip. I must admit I really like painting models on...
Tutorial: How to Paint 40K Ruined Buildings
Welcome to part two in this terrain mini series (part one on building the ruin is here). Today I’m going to give you a fully detailed step by step tutorial on how to paint the ruined building in the picture above. Let’s get started after...
Showcase: 40k Ruined Building
I had so much fun making and painting this ruined building. I’d recommend it to anyone who is looking for a change of pace from the hobby. After the jump I give you more pictures of different angles, including some thoughts on where I’d like...
Chat: Garfy’s Get-a-Grip Model Holder
I love it when something goes wrong. It gives me the opportunity to create a solution. Let me explain after the jump. I received some macro extension lens tubes for my DSLR camera for Christmas. These are fantastic for getting even closer to subjects. The...
Tutorial: How to Scratch Build Ruined Buildings
In this tutorial, I’m going to share terrain building skills I learnt in the 1990s from reading White Dwarf articles. This build is directly inspired from the article in White Dwarf issue 180 with some modern twists. After the jump, this tutorial will fully explain...
Showcase: Primaris Ultramarines Lieutenant
I don’t paint anything for months and then all of a sudden BAM! A few new marines are painted and added to my Army of the Imperium project. This guy was fun to paint. After the jump, I share my thoughts on my problems with...
Chat: Garfy’s 2018 Hobby Resolutions and Recap of 2017
*Blinks* Where did 2017 just go? I can’t believe I’m writing another recap post already. It only seems like last week I was explaining I would be winding down and doing less hobby. After the jump, I make “promises” for 2018 and recap 2017. 2018...
















