Stahly
The mysterious masked Stahly is the founder and mastermind of Tale of Painters. Hailing from Craftworld Germany, he has been walking the Path of the Warhammer Collector since childhood. Over the decades, he has painted multiple armies and countless warbands and miniatures. When he's not painting miniatures or working on his library of hand-painted colour swatches, he's testing the latest paints, tools and model kits with German precision and a no non-sense attitude.
Showcase: Stahly’s Blitz Bowl team collection
This weekend, a new season of Fantasy Football will kick off with the Blood Bowl: Third Season Edition starter set. Although I have never managed to play the "main" Blood Bowl game, I have played its "little brother" Blitz Bowl extensively instead. In this post,...
Review: Kill Team: Dead Silence
The new Kill Team: Dead Silence box features two brand-new teams: the Space Wolves Wolf Scouts and the redesigned XV26 Stealth Battlesuits for the T’au. A piece of terrain is missing this time – shrinkflation or not? We’ll find out in this review, complete with high-res sprue...
Showcase: The Gundam Base Limited RX-78-2 Gundam SD Cross Silhouette
A first on Tale of Painters! After the Ultramarines release kicked off the blue weeks here on the blog, I thought I’d share my very first Gundam: the RX-78-2 SD Cross Silhouette in the limited blue monochrome colour scheme, exclusive to The Gundam Base stores....
First impression: Mini Colour by Artis Opus & Cult of Paint
Another month, another miniature paint Kickstarter… but this time it’s a true passion project from Artis Opus and Cult of Paint. Mini Colour promises to be the “paint for everyone”, and the Kickstarter has already surpassed the £200,000 mark. I’ve tested the prototypes and will...
Review: Dark Arts paint set by Two Thin Coats
The fourth wave of Duncan Rhode’s Two Thin Coats paints brings 30 new colours – but this time, everything’s gone grimdark. Dark Arts is the name of the new expansion, and it does quite a few things differently from the regular Two Thin Coats paints....
Review: Ultramarines Marneus Calgar, Cato Sicarius, Victrix Honour Guard & upgrades
In the past, the Ultramarines have often been given somewhat stepchild treatment when it comes to model support compared to the other big four chapters. Not anymore. Alongside newly redesigned characters such as Marneus Calgar in Terminator Armour and Cato Sicarius, we’re also taking a...
Review: Space Marines Battleforce: Crux Terminatus
The 10th Edition of Warhammer 40,000 will go down in history as the “Terminator Edition”. Following the first wave released last year, the Crux Terminatus Battleforce has now arrived. Packed to the brim with plastic, this army box includes a total of 21 models, from the brand-new...
ToP Tip: The best midnight cyan sea blue paints
This weekend sees a host of new Ultramarines models going up for preorder – the perfect opportunity to dig through my paint archive in search of outstanding blue tones. Although, the blue palettes in this post are actually inspired more by the treacherous Night Lords…
Review: Helsmiths of Hashut Infernal Razers & Hobgrot Vandalz
Fresh from the daemonic forges comes part 2 of our review of the second wave of the Hel smiths of Hashut releases. We have high quality sprue images for the Infernal Razers and Hobgrot Vandalz, and we look closely at all the build options.
Review: Helsmiths of Hashut Urak Taar, Bull Centaurs & Daemonsmith
With the booming thunder of their deep drums, the Helsmiths of Hashut stormed into the Mortal Realms a few weeks ago with their army set. Now the second wave with the remaining kits follows in their wake. In part one of our review, we’ll take a closer...

















