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.
Showcase: Batch One. 9 Goblins from The Hobbit
Quick update on project: Hobbit, I’ve finished the first batch of Goblins. They won’t win any awards for best painting, but they’re fast to paint and look effective in a group. If you want to know how I painted these Goblins, then check out my...
Tutorial: How to paint Thorin Oakenshield from the Hobbit
It’s the day before Christmas, and a few of you might have some Hobbit related goodies under the tree, if you have then this tutorial might prove useful. Thorin II Oakenshield, son of Thráin, son of Thrór, King Under the Mountain is quite a simple...
Showcase: Finished Chaos Space Marine Chosen Squad
I’ve been distracted this month painting models from the Hobbit range but I have finally found time to revisit my Black Legion and complete my first Chaos unit for my new army. This unit is ridiculously busy. It’s really cool of Games Workshop to make...
Showcase: The Goblin Scribe from the Hobbit
I don’t know a lot about this model, because I haven’t seen the film yet. It looks like a goblin catapult, but from what I can gather it’s a crane for a rather small goblin. One more picture after the jump. I painted this model...
Showcase: Escape from Goblin Town Scenery from The Hobbit
The Hobbit; Escape from Goblin Town box set includes some scenery to help you recreate and play out missions in the starter booklet. I’ve just finished painting my Goblin Town scenery. Click more after the jump to see some different set ups with some of...
Tutorial: How to paint Goblins from the Hobbit
My Bilbo and Gandalf tutorials are proving popular, so I’ve decided to continue the series of Hobbit tutorials, this time concentrating on the evil Goblins. Within the Eascape from Goblin Town boxset there are 38 Goblin Warriors, a Captain, Grinnah, the Scribe on his swing...
WIP: Black Legion Chosen Chaos Space Marines. Dark Vengeance.
I’ve been following my own tutorial whilst painting the last Chosen models from Dark Vengeance. I’m up to step 18, so not too much more to do before they’re complete. The tutorial doesn’t cover flesh, so I’ll have to come up with something for that which...
Tutorial: How to Paint Gandalf from The Hobbit
Hot on the heels of my Bilbo Baggins tutorial, I’m pleased to present to you a 23 step tutorial on how to paint the Wizard Gandalf the Grey. None shall pass… until they’ve clicked ‘more after the jump’. This tutorial assumes you have a basic...
Tutorial: How to paint Bilbo Baggins. The Hobbit.
As documented in my review of The Hobbit box set and Stahly’s review of White Dwarf, it has been mentioned there are no detailed painting guides for the new Hobbit models. If you want those then GW want’s you to buy them for the iPad. Here...
Review: Unboxing The Hobbit boxed game
New box smell time… *breathes in deep*. After pouring over White Dwarf for a week looking at the new models for the Hobbit, I finally crumbled and rushed out to feed my plastic crack habit. Read on to see what’s in the box. When you...