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.
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #4
Hey there, today I finished another part of the Hell Pit Abomination. What you can see above is the engine sort of thing on the back of the Abomination. The rich copper tones should provide a great contrast to the pallid flesh of the model....
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #3
Merry Christmas to all Tale of Painters readers! I hope you had a nice time with your dearest and got some nice hobby presents! I’m currently staying at my parents over the holidays, but I took some of the smaller parts of the Hell Pit...
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #2
Hey there, today I finished to lay down the first layer on the skin areas. I also started to apply a highlight around the backmost left leg. What do you think so far?
Hell Pit Abomination WIP Update #1
Update of my Hell Pit Abomination. I layered the left half of the lower body, still need to to the right half you can’t see in the picture above. This eats up a lot of time…
Hell Pit Abomination started
Hey there, for now I’ve put the Skavenslaves aside, which I usually don’t do as I always finish one thing and then move to the next, but I like to use my holidays to tackle big models. And the Hell Pit Abomination is truely big,...
Skavenslaves Third Batch Update
Guys, this was my last workday this year! For the next couple of days I plan to get a good amount of painting done. I started and put some highlights on the Skavenslaves above, now onto painting the skin. I’m also going to start putting...
Skavenslaves Third Batch Started
I started the third batch of Skavenslaves this weekend. They look rather messy at the moment though. However only two more days before I’m out of office, so hopefully I’m going to finish them more quickly!
Tutorial: Painted-on looking Decals
Hey there! A lot of people don’t like working with decals. Bubbles or the satin sheen make them often look like a foreign matter on your models. However with the right tools it’s not very hard to acchieve a nice painted-on look, blending your transfer...
Skavenslaves Second Batch Finished!
At last, I finished this batch of Skavenslaves. With so much overtime I had to do at work these took forever and I never really got into the flow… but now they’re done and I hope the next batch doesn’t take as long. How do...
Incoming: Dark Eldar Megaforce!
Look what I got in the mail today – a huge box packed with sprues, what could be better? Don’t hold your breath though, starting my Dark Eldar warband will be some months away, still quite a few Skaven plus other goodies for my Ultramarines...
















