Stahly
Talking about Matt Varnish
For today I wrote an article about spray on matt varnish over at Brückenkopf: Link. It is written in German and specifically looks into products on the German market. So it might not be suitable for my foreign readers, but nevertheless!
On the Station April 18
Current status on the Banshees. Bone, reds, leather, golds and gems are done, I’m working on the black areas. Hopefully the three will be finish mid next week.
How to tackle red and yellow over a black basecoat
A lot of painters have difficulties painting bright reds and yellows over a black basecoat. Both colours tend to have a weak pigment regardless of the paint manufacturer. This means you will need a lot of layers for an opaque coat, which is both time…
On the Station April 15
Progress is coming slow with the Banshees. Shading the armour the cleaning up ate time. And there is a lot of detail work yet to come… On the far right you can see the finished test model for the squad.
Showcase: Vostroyans
Finally, high quality pictures of the Vostroyan Squad I painted. Click for higher resolution. Vostroyans were released as some kind of poster boys for the Cities of Death expansion for Warhammer 40.000. As a result of the “shiney new toy syndrome” I bought the battleforce…
Incoming: Pegasus (Reaper) Colours, Sanguinary Guard
Look what I got today in mail: Some Pegasus Colours (which are in fact relabeled Reaper Master Series) and two Sanguinary Guard and some Death Company Bitz. The Colours were kindly provided by Pegasus Spiele and I will review them (in German) for Brückenkopf as…
My unpainted pile of shame
I thought it might be interesting for you guys to have a list of my backlog. These are the models and kits I currently own which are not painted or built. This is essentially the stuff you can expect in the next months in this…
On the Station April 11
Work ist done for the Vostroyan squad. These are the finished 3 lasgunners, they only need some varnish. Once I get around that, I will do some HQ pictures of the whole squad and some closeups. Should be due next week. I also started with…
On the Station April 10
I’m currently working on a small squad of five Vostroyans. The first two (officer and flamer guy) are already done and those are the last three lasgunners. They will be done in the next few days and after that I will continue with my Saim-Hann…
Welcome to my blog!
Cheers to all those who found this blog! I’m Stahly, a collector and painter from Germany. You may know me for my work for German Tabletop website Brückenkopf-Online, where I am an editor and publish hobby tutorials and reviews every thursday. This blog will track…
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