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.
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Banshees Showcase

High quality pictures of my finished Banshee squad. I think they turned out ok on an army level. However I am not fully satisfied with them. This is because the body would have really benefitted from a two step highlighting instead of a single white...
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Editorial

Fire Prism/Nightspinner Sprue Pics

Looks nice, note the details on the back door. Unfortunately again no Holofield parts, and it will be difficult to upgrade old tanks with the Vectored/Star Engine parts. Now I’m really looking forward for the other Eldar Spearhead release! Source
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Wave Serpent: Painting started

Started work on the top hull part of the Wave Serpent. Highlights are applied by hand, so the model will take some time to finish. Unlike my Falcon, I used proper masking tape from Tamiya this time. Nevertheless, applying the pattern to the cockpit area...
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Editorial

Reaper Master Series Review

German boardgame and RPG publisher Pegasus Spiele distributes rebranded Reaper Master Series Colours in Germany. As I already blogged, I got some samples from them and reviewed them for Brückenkopf. Along with some paint swatches, you can read the review in German here. I will...
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Ultramarine Scout Squad with alternate heads built

Building my shotgun armed Scout squad is finished. They just need some basing. I think they turned out great and the models look so much better with the alternate heads. I used regular Marine heads and carefully shaved off the neck, service studs and cables....
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Wave Serpent built, Scouts with alternate Heads

Today I built a wave serpent. I chose to use TL Brightlances. Must say, it’s a cool looking model and even though the turret is a bit angular, I like it. The pokey bits stay seperate for the easy of priming and painting. As I...
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On the Station April 30

With the Exarch and the last Banshee the Banshee squad is finally done (except for varnish, obviously). Professionally lit photography will probably follow sunday. I’m waiting for good weather for varnishing though. Next up for this weekend will be the building of a wave serpant,...
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Editorial

Incoming: Vallejo Pigments

Thanks to the great guys over at Fantasy-In, I got a selection of Vallejo Pigments to review for Brückenkopf. I haven’t worked with Pigments before, so I have to learn using them by myself. Expect a review and tutorials in some weeks.
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Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint Cadian Shock Troops

Here is a step by step tutorial on how to paint a great looking Cadian Guardsmen in a minimum of time. It took me about 60 minutes to finish, so with assembly-line style of painting and a little bit of practice you should be able...
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On the Station April 28

More work done on the Banshees. Left to do is highlighting the black areas, painting the sword and correcting white areas and other minor mistakes.
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