Stahly

The mysterious masked Stahly is the founder and mastermind of Tale of Painters. Hailing from Craftworld Germany, he has been walking the Path of the Warhammer Collector since childhood. Over the decades, he has painted multiple armies and countless warbands and miniatures. When he's not painting miniatures or working on his library of hand-painted colour swatches, he's testing the latest paints, tools and model kits with German precision and a no non-sense attitude.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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