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.
Tutorial: Beginners Guide to Miniature Photography
This is a guide on how to take pictures indoors with no specialist lighting kit. I’m always asked how I take my photographs. Sadly, this guide isn’t how I take my photographs. I prefer to use flash photography. Flash photography isn’t a good start for...
WIP: Dark Angel Devastator Squad #2
Armour is done, next job is to black in the details and then start painting the detail in. I’m quite excited to see these guys with their red weapons. I think they’re going to look cool.
WIP: Dark Angel Devastator Squad #1
Here is my kit bashed Dark Angel Devastator squad. The sergeant is the most heavily kit bashed. I didn’t have any robed legs so I found a pair of Grey Knight legs and green stuffed the inscriptions smooth. I also mounted a targetter I found...
Chat: Garfy’s 2016 Hobby Resolutions and Recap of 2015
Carrying on the proud tradition of hobby recaps and resolutions on Tale of Painters it’s my turn today to pledge my 2016 hobby goals and recap what I actually achieved during 2015. Read on to see what I have planned and what I managed to...
Showcase: Dark Angel Drop Pod
I’ve finished the monotonous model, huzzah! After the jump check out some more angles of this Dark Angel Drop Pod and discover which unit will ride to battle inside. Oddly, the Drop Pod only comes with 4 Chapter icons for the 5 doors. So I’ve...
Chat: Garfy’s Man Cave gets a new addition
It was back in February 2014 I last shared my ‘man cave’. As you can see from the picture above it’s had a pretty huge addition. After the jump I take you on a tour of my hobby room. Some of my Ultramarines and Tyranids. ...
WIP: Dark Angel Drop Pod #4
Painting has been slow the past couple of weeks while I’ve been enjoying (and recovering from) the Christmas festivities. I did have a spare Sunday though so I’ve painstakingly edge highlighted my airbrushed drop pod. Repetitive doesn’t even come close to explaining how tedious this...
Tutorial: How to Paint Ultramarines as seen in White Dwarf
This is a very special tutorial and bit of an exclusive for Tale of Painters. This is the tutorial and the original images that White Dwarf used for their 2013 October issue. Obviously the magazine has to be concise and appeal to all ages, so...
WIP: Dark Angel Drop Pod #3
Big thanks to everyone for the suggestions on how to fix my drop pod doors, shaving a little from the bottom of the doors worked a treat. I also finished airbrushing the greens on. Bit tired of this project already. I’ll work on it a...
WIP: Dark Angel Drop Pod #2
Drop Pod progress is moving along at a nice pace. I basecoated the metal areas with Leadbelcher (using my airbrush), then I washed all the areas with Agrax Earthshade. After that I drybrushed with Ironbreaker. I followed this up with a thinned Nuln Oil Black...
















