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.

Gaming

What do you think of Skavenslaves with Slings?

If you didn’t know yet, GW will release a metal bitzpack containing sling arms for Slaves two weeks after Island of Blood. This made me think whether I should equip the Slave regiment of my upcoming army with them. A draft of the army list...

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Eldar Guardian Painting Update

This is where I am right now with my Guardians. With the female chests in the Guardian kit, I couldn’t resist doing an Eldar “chick”. Each of my Guardians squads has as many Elf heads I could find because most models in the range where...

Paints & tools, Reviews

Incoming: New Paints

So I ordered some more paints for my ever growing paint collection. I’ve got almost 200 pots now… I got Vallejo Game Color Tinny Tin, Hammered Copper, Bright Bronze and Formula P3 Brassy Balls. This means that I’ve got now every metallic colour from deep...

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Quick Guardian Update

I finished the bodysuits and basecoated the Wraithbone.

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Tutorial: How to Paint Daemonettes

As promised my Daemonette tutorial! I kind of sticked to the studio paintjob, but wanted to add a little more contrast. I made the hair and the robes more pink because what would Slaanesh be without pink? Also I added a little bit of turqouise...

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Even more Eldar Guardians

So I started work on another batch of Guardians. I drybrushed their bases together with the recent batch and did the shading of the armour today.

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Showcase: Venerable Dreadnought

I haven’t forgotten this one. Finally proper pictures of my Ultramarines Venerable Dreadnought. The Venerable Dreadnought is a very well thought out kit and packed full of options. Sadly, not all of them look that good. As I am a graphic designer in real life,...