I’m not afraid to admit I was a little daunted at the prospect of painting Bofur. The small intricate freehand details were a true test. I might have to wear Stahly’s King of Accuracy Crown just for today.  Read on to find out how I…

Having completed Nori, I only have four models left to paint for this project; Radaghast, Oin, Bifur and Bofur. This is great news, one final push and I should be done. For now though, I’m pleased to present to you my tutorial to paint Nori….

I’m pleased to present the twelfth tutorial in this series. I wasn’t overly excited by the prospect of painting Fili, his pose isn’t as cool as the Kili model and Fili’s clothes are predominately brown in colour which is possibly the dullest colour to paint,…

Hobbit Tutorial number 11 is here! Dori is very similar to Balin to paint and quite easy and achievable in 18 steps. I found this to be a good exercise in how thin I could edge highlight. I’m also finally getting to grips with painting…

Hobbit tutorial number 10! I’ve hit double figures with this project. I shudder to think of the number of hours I’ve put into this, so I’m going to try to not think about it. Instead I’m going bask in the glory that is Kili. I…

The ninth tutorial in this series,  Balin is one of the simpler Dwarves to paint. His garments are just different shades of red. Read on to discover how I painted this miniature in 18 steps.  This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how…

Before we begin with another tutorial in this series, I wanted to shout out my friend’s blog. Henry South is currently documenting painting his Empire army and his demigrypth Knights are a real treat. His blog is called 4gotowar. Check it out.  Dwalin is the eighth miniature…

Can you believe this is the seventh tutorial in this series? I only wanted to create tutorials for Bilbo, Gandalf and maybe  the Goblins. I didn’t comprehend how useful they would be to the hobby community. I want to thank everyone who left words of…