Review: Grand Cathay Defenders of the Great Bastion Army Reinforcement Set
The Great Bastion stands strong with Grand Cathay’s second wave of reinforcements. We’re reviewing the Defenders of the Great Bastion Army Reinforcement Set, which brings magical Astromancers of the Celestial Court, devastating Crane Gun Teams and Iron Hail Gunners, and masses of Peasant Levies to bolster the Dragon Emperor’s armies. In this comprehensive review, we examine all the new kits with high-res sprue images, explore their build options, and let you know whether these defenders are worthy of protecting Cathay’s mighty walls.
Review: Chaos Marauders Army Reinforcement Set
I was not expecting that: new Chaos Marauders were not on my hobby bingo list for 2025. But now it has come true, and before us lies the first Warhammer The Old World army box with completely new models. In this review, we will take a very close look at the HQ sprue images and build options of the new Marauder and Marauder Horsemen kits.
Showcase: Grand Cathay Jade Warrior (inc. painting guides)
In today’s post, I’ll show you how I painted one of the new Grand Cathay Jade Warriors. The twist? I limited myself to just the 18 colours from the AMP Cosmic Colour Sets 1 and 2. Want to find out whether this experiment was a success? Read on…
Review: Grand Cathay Battalion
Join me as we unbox the Grand Cathay Battalion — a brand-new faction for Warhammer: The Old World. I’ll walk you through the sprues with high-resolution images, unpack the details of the Jade Warriors, Jade Lancers, and artillery, and compare their scale to existing models to help you see how they fit into your existing Fantasy collection.
Tutorial: How to paint Wood Elves Glade Guard
Today, we’re going back to the roots of Tale of Painters with one of our popular painting guides. Step by step, I’ll show you how to paint the Glade Guard of the Wood Elves. We’ll use a combination of Contrast, Slapchop, and additional highlights to get units on the table quickly, but still to a high standard. The techniques demonstrated can easily be adapted for a wide range of organic and green-toned models – and it’s also the first time I’ll be trying out the new Quick Gen paints from AK.
Showcase: Wood Elves Glade Guard
Here we have a Glade Guard of the Wood Elves – my first test model for Warhammer: The Old World. With the rerelease of the classic Wood Elves range, I wanted to revisit one of my all-time favourite fantasy factions and experiment with a fast but effective painting method that balances speed with visual appeal.
Showcase: Tomb Kings of Khemri Necrolith Colossus (inc. painting guide)
Awakening from his eternal slumber and returning from an earlier more civilised period (2003) is the Necrolith Colossus, or as it was know back then, the Bone Giant. In this post, I’ll talk about posture, share a pic of my 20+ year old bone giant and there is an up to date painting guide as well at the end of this article.
Showcase: Tomb Kings of Khemri Liche Priest and Mounted Liche Priest (inc. painting guide)
No, you haven’t clicked on an old blog post from 2003, I really have painted a couple of 21 year old sculpts. It is a shame I had to pay 2024 prices and not 2003 prices, I guess the Liche Priest and Mounted Liche Priest deserve 2024 paint jobs then. In today’s post I share my experience and tips with working with metal models.
Showcase: Tomb Kings of Khemri Skeleton Mounted Archers and Spearmen (inc. painting guide)
This is my second unit of Archers I’ve painted for my Tomb Kings. In today’s post I explain why it has two Champions, I share my free movement trays download link and to finish off a big group shot of everything I painted in January for the army.
Showcase: Tomb Kings of Khemri Skeleton Archers (inc. painting guide)
This is my second unit of Archers I’ve painted for my Tomb Kings. In today’s post I explain why it has two Champions, I share my free movement trays download link and to finish off a big group shot of everything I painted in January for the army.
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