Stahly

Stahly hails from Craftworld Germany and has been involved with Warhammer since childhood. He has painted several armies and countless warbands and Kill Teams over the decades, and founded Tale of Painters in 2011. When he's not painting miniatures incredibly slowly, he's testing the latest paints, tools and kits with German precision and a no non-sense attitude.

Reviews, Tutorials

Tutorial: Basing with Vallejo Black Lava texture paint

Thanks to px40k and Oni I was made aware of this great product: Black Lava texture paint from Vallejo. Black Lava is essentially a premade mix of black paint and fine stone particles. It comes in a 200 ml jar with a price tag of...

Fantasy - The Old World

sssh…

It’s getting messy on my paint station because I took a break from my Eldar for a kind of secret project…

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Eldar Weapon Platform and Guardian Crew

I started work on the Weapon Platform and the last Guardian Defender. I finished the base of the platform and did the shading of the red parts. The Guardian needs to be tidied up though.

Editorial

Brushes I use

I got asked in the comments what kind of brushes I use. I thought the answer was worth its own entry! So on the far left we got Harbin Kolinsky 1526Y from daVinci in sizes 0, 1 and 2. These are a German brand of...

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Guardians, third batch done!

I finally finished the third batch of my second Guardian Defender squad. It took like ages! Must admit, my motivation for Eldar is a bit low at the moment, real life keeps me very busy and with all the Island of Blood craze I’m pumped...

Incoming: Vallejo Black Lava, new WD and other stuff

Some new hobby purchases: After I read about the Vallejo Black Lava texture paint on Oni’s and PX’s blog I wanted to give it a try for my Skaven. I used it on my Clanrat from yesterday and it came out great, also it makes...

Fantasy - The Old World

My final Skaven Paint Scheme

So I finally settled on my final Skaven paint scheme and painted up a Clanrat in it. It took my 70 minutes to finish, I aimed for 60, but to save further time I would have to sacrifice quality visibly. 10 minutes more per Clanrat...

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Things I did this Weekend

Well, I’m quite busy at the moment and didn’t take much hobby time this weekend. However as the weather was nice on Saturday I varnished the models that weren’t yet and primed the weapon platform and the final Guardian. Unfortunately I didn’t come around to...

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...