Stahly
Stahly lives in Craftworld Hamburg, located in the north of Germany. He has been involved with Warhammer since childhood and has painted several armies and countless warbands and kill teams over the decades. When he's not painting miniatures incredibly slowly, he's writing tutorials and testing the latest miniature paints, hobby tools and kits. He founded Tale of Painters to pass on his knowledge and bring inspiration to your hobby.
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #10
As I had to work on Saturday, I had only yesterday for my Abomination. I painted the brass and metal on the upper part and started basecoating the warp stone and the bones and teeth. A never ending story I know guys, but these huge...
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #9
A little sign of life from me. As feared, this week is madness at my job, I have to work very late (and on the weekend, too), leaving me very little time for painting. Thus, the upper half might look pretty much like the last...
Rumours: Citadel Paints to be replaced?
Usually we don’t post about rumours on Tale of Painters, but what we’re hearing at the moment will affect a lot of us hobby-minded people. It seems the Citadel paint range will see some drastic changes in the next couple of months. Stores can’t batch...
Tales from the Network #7
Welcome to Tales from the Network, a semi-regular feature on Tale of Painters. This is the place where we will present you the best posts from our friends and fellow bloggers from the ever-growing Tale of Painters Blog Network. Here we go: Space Hulk Terminators...
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #8
Hi there, I’m currently working on the upper half of the Hell Pit Abomination and I’m almost done highlighting the skin. This means I can focus on all the other details soon. As you can see above, the model slowly begins to look like something....
Review: January’s White Dwarf
The Good Stuff: Civil War, part 1 of an official Fantasy expansion for games between the same armies; two painting articles covering the Ghorgon and Coven Throne; Jervis talking about playtesting. What’s In There For Painters and Modellers? An ‘Eavy Metal showcase (as usual reprints...
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #7
Hobbywise, I’ve spent the last couple of days working on the upper half of the Abomination. I basecoated, shaded and cleaned the skin areas so far. This is taking so long – so much details and creaves in the skin… but constant dripping wears the...
Tale of Painters is now on Facebook!
Hi guys, we now got our own site over on Facebook! I just added this handy Facebook widget to the sidebar on the right, where you can like us with just a single click! Liking Tale of Painters is a comfortable way to stay updated...
Stahly’s New Year’s resolutions
Hey guys, with 2011 now gone it’s time for a glimpse in the future. 2011 was mainly Skaven from me, around 2500 pts planned resulting in a Skaven typical massive model count I needed to tackle. In 2012, I need to finish my Hell Pit...
Hell Pit Abomination: lower half finished!
Hi guys, first and foremost: Happy New Year! Now, check out my Hell Pit Abomination: I glued everything I’ve painted so far to the base, and it slowly starts to look like something. The lower half is basically done, except for fixing some small glue...