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.

Fantasy - The Old World

Skavenslaves Assemble!

With the Ultramarines Seargent out of the way, it’s time for more scurrying goodness ehrm badness. Today I built a unit of 25 Skavenslaves. With only two pieces they came together very quickly. I used only the unarmoured bodies from the Clanrats sprue and gave...

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Ultramarines Terminator Seargent finished

And there he is. He just needs a coat of varnish before he’ll be ready to smash some heads. I’m taking proper pictures of the whole squad soon. There will also be a tutorial.

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Ultramarines Terminator Seargent Painting

Update from the Paint Station: I finished the armour and the golds of the Terminator Seargent. I’m taking pictures of each painting step for the tutorial, so stay tuned!

Fantasy - The Old World, Showcase

Showcase: Skaven Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team

Here they are: Proper pictures of my recently finished Warpfire Thrower Team from Island of Blood. As I’ve said before, I’m not really convinced by the IoB weapon teams, the weapons itself have rather basic and boring shapes and upon closer inspection they don’t seem...

Dark Eldar: I can no longer resist…

Maybe you’ve seen these already on one forum or another, but like every christmas GW comes around with some Megaforces. Think of a Battleforce but with more models and a bigger discount. This year they release one for Space Marines (surprise), but also for High...

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Ultramarines Terminator Seargent WIP

Remember the CC Terminator Squad I painted for my Ultramarines some time ago? Well, they were missing their Seargent because back then I couldn’t get the tabbard bit in time. I don’t like leaving squads unfinished, so as my Stormvermins are finished now, I took...

Fantasy - The Old World, Showcase

Showcase: Skaven Stormvermin Regiment

Here they are in their full glory, a unit of 30 Stormvermin including full command. The models were very detailed, so the whole unit took quite a while to paint. I noticed the style of the models is a little bit different than the Clanrat...

Fantasy - The Old World

Warpfire Thrower Team Finished!

I just put the last finishing touches to the Warpfire Thrower team. Instead of a realistic, red fire I chose to paint the flames on the little rat greenish. I used the same colours that I use for painting warpstone but in reverse order: P3...

Reviews

Review: November’s White Dwarf

I went out and bought this issue day one, but with the only expectation to just look at cool pictures of the new Necron models… The Good Stuff: The articles about the new Necrons and their fluff, an Ogre Kingdoms tactics article. What’s In There...

Tales from the Network #2

Welcome to Tales from the Network, the new semi-regular feature on Tale of Painters. This is the place where we will present you the best new posts from our friends and fellow bloggers from the Tale of Painters Blog Network. Don’t wait and check them...