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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Ultramarines: Commander with Relic Blade and Bolter

Really, really like the model. Just how a Space Marine Commander should look like. I love how the cloak drapes over the shoulder pads. I use the same techniques for character models as on regular guys as I think it makes the whole army look...

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Ultramarines: Land Speeder

I think I overdid with those scratches but oh well. Painting Land Speeders takes really long, because in addition to a reasonable big vehicle you also have to paint the crew. It would be nice to have a second Land Speeder but atm I can’t...

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Ultramarines: Razorback/Rhino

Can either be built as a Razorback with TL Heavy Bolters or Rhino. I got the Extra Armour from the Vindicator sprue.

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Ultramarines: Assault Squad

I hate painting jump packs even more than painting regular Space Marine backpacks 😉

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Ultramarines: Vindicator

I really dig the design of this model with its huge and chunky dozer blade. I wasn’t that keen of the ammunition crane though.

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Ultramarines: Drop Pod

This model is really huge and thus a challenge to work with and paint. I really like how the paint chipping has come out, I also used the same effect on the Vindicator and the Dreadnought CCW.

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Ultramarines: Tactical Squad Beta

Not much to say, squad has the limited Seargent model GW released when the homepage was relaunched. Notice the 2nd Edition Bolter on the Corporal.

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Ultramarines: Whirlwind/Rhino

With swapable parts you can choose to use this vehicle as either a Whirlwind or a Rhino. While I heard that a Whirlwind isn’t really a competative choice, I had to add one to my army as the old Mk I metal Whirlwind was the...

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Ultramarines: Tactical Squad Alpha

My first tactical squad. I chose to use metal veteran models for my seargents as I feel they add more character to an Ultramarines army who tends to feel rather “vanilla”. I also added a “Corporal” who leads the second combat squad if the squad...

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Ultramarines: Dreadnought

This is a dreadnought with storm cannon and DCCW arms. I always loved the clean design and shapes of the basic dread. This model is actually the first model I painted for this army.