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Showcase: Sons of Horus by Banzai1000 #2
Hi all, Banzai1000 here with some new Sons of Horus models. See what I’ve accomplished after the jump… My second Comtemptor Dreadnought. For this model I used legs and a Keres assault cannon from Forgeworld, an upper body from the Betrayal at Calth box and...
Showcase: Skaven Clan Pestilens by Julianominis
What an honor! Thank you so much for the invite Stahly! My name is Stephen Juliano (Julianominis @instagram , rippedoffface @Flickr) and I am a multimedia designer and musician from Virginia. I have been painting models now for about 2 years and I am very...
WIP: Kabal of the Pallid Sun #1 by Uruk
Hey folks! Uruk here after a very long hiatus, but with something really exciting! The title says it all, but meet you after the jump. That time has finally come for me. I’ve started a second 40k army. Thanks to a very fortunate series of...
Showcase: Vampire Counts Heroes by Banzai1000
Hi all, Banzai1000 here with some Vampire Counts character models I did some time ago. Click to enjoy some more pictures… Of course this post has to start with this massive Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead. I worked on him for over three weeks to...
Showcase: Sons of Horus Terminators and Contemptor Dreadnought by Banzai1000
Hi all, Banzai1000 back with some actual work. Like many (?) others I got GW’s Horus Heresy box “Betrayal at Calth” (as a christmas present) and lately I started to paint some of these models. See what I accomplished so far after the jump… I...
Showcase: Space Wolves Deredeo Dreadnought by ComradeQuiche
Hello all, My name is Shane Blomberg (AKA ComradeQuiche) and I am a product designer living in NYC. A big thanks again to Stahly for giving me the opportunity to share my newest project here on Tale of Painters! After my last big project (The...
Showcase: Necron Command Barge by Technasma
Greetings flesh-clad weaklings! Technasma here again, this time with a Catacomb Command Barge that was painted as a collaboration between my brother and I. We’ve gone for bright colours with transitions and blends, but all using drybrush and sponge – no airbrush! We...
Showcase: Adeptus Mechanicus Conversions by Banzai1000
Hi all, Banzai1000 here. I think in time we all will have a certain amount of bits left from all the models we bought 😉 And we all like to do some conversions or at least have some ideas. Here are some of my conversions...
Showcase: Eldar Autarch of Saim-Hann by FruitBear
Hello all! Hope everyone had an awesome start to the new year! I haven’t posted here for a while but a few days ago I just finished painting this Eldar Autarch so he’s my first 2016 miniature. I’m really pleased with this miniature as I...
Showcase: Tyranids, Tau and Lizardmen by Scatterz
Hi everyone Scatterz here and this is my first ever post to Tale of Painters. It is really exciting to be asked to showcase some of my work on here (also pretty nerve-wracking) as I have followed the blog for a long time. This first...

















