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.

Editorial, Fantasy - The Old World

The Quest for a Proper Skaven Fur Colour

For my Skaven army I’m in desperate need for a suitable fur colour. I don’t like the Scorched Brown/Bestial Brown of the studio army. Bestial Brown is a very intense brown quite a bit red/orange in it. I’m looking for a more natural greyish brown....

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Further Eldar Guardian Painting

Did the shading of the bodysuits today. This step always takes quite long as there is a lot of cleaning up involved.

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Preparing Eldar Guardians

I’ve spent the last days preparing the remaining members of the Guardian squad I started while painting the Venerable Dreadnought. As in my first Guardian Defender squad there will be tenEldar, a Warlock and a Weapon Platform. I’ve assembled the models that weren’t yet, sanded...

Fantasy - The Old World, Gaming

Skaven Army, Second Draft

Thanks on all the comments on my Skaven army list! Based on the feedback I made some changes to the list: Lords: Grey Seer (Skalm, Shadow Magnet Trinket, Dispel Scroll) on Screaming Bell – 525 Heroes: Chieftain (Battle Standard Bearer, Talisman of Preservation, Charmed Shield,...

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Venerable Dreadnought finished

I finished the Venerable Dreadnought yesterday. Thought it might be cool to put him next to my old regular Dreadnought. I’m going to varnish him pretty soon and of course there will be a high quality showcase in the near future. Next up is the...

Fantasy - The Old World, Gaming

First draft of my Skaven army

Now that we know the contents of “Island of Blood”, I took my Army Book and wrote a 2500 points around the models of the starter set and the great Skaven kits that were released last year. Now I’ve never played a game of Warhammer...

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Venerable Dreadnought Missile Launcher

Just finished the Missile Launcher arm for my Dreadnought. The other arm will host a Lascannon.

Editorial

Pictures of “Island of Blood” Skaven models

The Rat Ogres totally blew me away… I’m sad that there are no Globadiers and Slaves though. Join the fun at Warseer, there are High Elf pictures, too.

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Venerable Dreadnought body complete

Finished the hull and glued the Dreadnought together. I’m moving now to the arms. Painting is very exhausting at the moment because it’s really hot in Germany. My fellow readers from the US may laugh about temperatures of 30 °C (86 °F) but it makes...