Hekatoncheires: April 2019

Saturday 6 April 2019

WIPs – What's Hek Up To?

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Been a little while since I posted a complete project so I'm gonna do something I haven't done for a while and drop an update with some WIPs. Here's what's on my desk right now...

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Gangs of Mordheim

The Ghost Rider's Curse - Here's the group photo of Ghost-Rider-themed The Headmen's Curse. *I foteczka grupowa Ghost-Riderowych The Headmen's Curse.* [image: The Headmen's Curse - ...
4 hours ago
Tale of Painters

Review: Darkoath army set - With 27 brand new miniatures, the Slaves to Darkness: Darkoath army set finally brings an update to the outdated Chaos Marauders. Join us as we explore t...
5 hours ago
Magpie and Old Lead

Every Pirate Crew Needs a Ship - The Squat Jetskull - When I originally put my squat pirates together, I knew that they would need something to ride around in. My initial thought was to buy a second-hand Act...
1 day ago
Rob Hawkins Hobby

Painting Desert Bases - Omentet the Librarian and the Necrolith Colossus get shiny new bases! Read more »
1 day ago
Leadballoony – It's a lead thing (sorry, no balloons)

Realm of Warcry; Chapter 1, conclusion - Greetings Terrans, I hope you are well. I’ve been continuing to tie up loose ends from my Primed pile, and … Continue reading →
4 days ago
WAR HEAD

Echoes of Thracia, Act IV Visual Coverage - *As the mighty relics recovered from the Thracian system have seen battle, their essence and abilities have grown ever stronger. During the ongoing conf...
6 days ago
Jaeckel Alone

More spearmen for the White Lady - The same four models, slightly converted, and painted in the usual colour scheme, except that I have forgotten the recipe used on the bones of the previo...
1 week ago
The Old World Army Challenge

John Bentleys Dwarf Troops (308) points - I think I tried to reach too far for this month. Starting off with the Musician peeking between two trees ready to make the call to shoot their ene...
1 week ago
WarbossKurgan

The Ironfang Pirate Fleet: The Rotmoons - Bonesplitterz to Ironjawz, part 1 - As my orruk pirate crews are going to have to shift rules again - this time from Bonesplitterz to Ironjawz - they are going to need a couple of changes....
1 week ago
Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition

Thoughts on Warhammer: The Old World - Warhammer Fantasy was always my first love, I’m not even sure how I got so sidetracked with 40K to be honest… The first wargaming figures I bought and pain...
2 weeks ago
Old Man, Paints

Miniatures Painted February and March 2024 - Welcome to the latest instalment of my oldhammer blog. Arrrgh!! February was a huge bust in terms of miniature painting completed. A lot was started an...
2 weeks ago
Maniexite

The Old World - Beastmen - Mała armia bestmenów pod TOW.
2 weeks ago
Iron Sleet

Cult of the Hollow Thorne - +++ The Cult of the Hollow Thorne is one of the oldest Cults of the Green Man. It has risen to great numbers recently, as the search for illumination, cure...
3 weeks ago
Stone Cold Lead

Skeleton horde plastics. A little necromancy. - Some old Skeleton Horde plastics I fancied painting up. Put these together a couple of years ago I think so it was about time they got a lick of paint...
3 weeks ago
Hobgoblinry

Rust Monster face reveal - The latest from my son ....
3 weeks ago
Whateley Inc.

Rats! - RATS. Giant rats. Awful disgusting rats. With horns. Ugh.
3 weeks ago
Bitter Old Painters

Word Bearers, an imperial city and a strong desire to destroy some enemies - Oh dear, once again I've been neglecting the blog. I haven't been idle, though - actually I've been quite productive. Like I mentioned just before Christ...
4 weeks ago
Kaiju Country

Angron: Always A Slave Display - Part 1 - A history of violence Anyone familiar with the lore of Warhammer 40,000 will know that the legions of genetically modified super soldiers created by the Em...
4 weeks ago
LEADPLAGUE

Turnip28 Troops and Battles ! - Hey everyone ! So a month ago, my good buddy Adrien offered me a gaming opportunity : "I have a free week end in a month, if you fancy it, we can play a ...
4 weeks ago
Not a Collector

Oil Drenched - For the last couple of weeks I have been working on a new project that I call Oil Drenched. I feel it to be to early to go into details about I thought I...
1 month ago
Lasgunpacker

Starmada: It is full of Stars.... and madas? - The most excellent Stewart of the blog A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth, came round this weekend for a game of TNG era Starmada. He brought his lovely ...
1 month ago
Philotep's 1/72 Minis Kingdom

The Green Horde: another regiment of Orc Warriors - Hi everyone! After the Christmas painting rush, I've tried to keep up the pace of production for 2024. It proved feasible in January, but it became much...
1 month ago
Variance Hammer

Review: Tabletop Wargames – A Designers’ and Writers’ Handbook by Priestley & Lambshead - I’ve got no small interest in the design of miniature wargames, so when I saw that Pen & Sword books was doing a reprint of Tabletop Wargames: A Designers...
1 month ago
TheOttoVonBismark

Warhammer Beasts of Chaos: Ungor Skirmishers - The new edition Warhammer TOW (The Old World) has rekindled a bit of interest in painting some more fantasy. Riding that zeitgeist I have come back to the ...
2 months ago
Mr Saturday's Mumblings

Sláine 5 - Skull Swords Pack 3 - Today we have YET MORE Skull Swords. This time carrying the feared repeater crossbow. These are my third and last pack of Skull Swords for now. Three pac...
2 months ago
Mengel Miniatures

Tutorials on TAP (The Army Painter that is) - *Taps microphone* Is this thing on? Wow, it's been quite a while since the last time I posted on here, but I'm back! Where have I been I hear you asking...
2 months ago
Realms of Chaos

Slaves to Darkness : Khorne Demonic Legion - The Bloodthirsters are the most favored servants of Khorne, and the greatest of his Chaos Champîons may aspire to joining their ranks. They exist purely ...
2 months ago
The Realm of Zhu

Vlätkrig: Rangers of Myrkváld - The latest addition to the growing range of Vlätkrig Paper Minis - The Rangers of Myrkváld comprises nine outdoor adventuring characters of different ethni...
2 months ago
Another wargaming blog

Is it hip to be square? These Bretonnian Peasant Archers seem to think so! - I used to be a renegade. I used to fool around. But I couldn't take the constant rule updates, and had to settle down. Now I'm fighting in The Old World ...
2 months ago
krokodyl z oczami na szypułkach

Ostatnio na Krokodylu: Siewcy Śmierci, Asteroid City, Lego i Święty Graal RPG - Dzień dobry! Jeśli śledzisz tego bloga, a nie nowego bloga https://krokodylzoczami.blogspot.com/, prawdopodobnie nie wiesz o postach z ostatniego roku: Co ...
2 months ago
Distopus

Olde world bridge wip -
2 months ago
Squalor and Dice

Reading is Fun-Demental - I don't sleep in a bed anymore, but my books do. Like the college rat girls of olde, I curl up in a nest of loose sheets and zines, and hope that I...
3 months ago
the leadpile

Gothic Photo Dump! - This post is just a load of images that weren't used in the article that I wrote for the Lard Annual that came out this week which can be bought here ht...
3 months ago
Borgnine's Miniature Painting

Myphitic Blight Hauler #3 - WIP - Okay, the last one of the Myphitic Blight Haulers for my Death Guard. This one is based on the smaller tractor from the Galvanic Servohaulers set - strip...
4 months ago
Recalcitrant Daze

IPMS Scale ModelWorld 2023 - Pictures from the IPMS Scale Modelworld show in Telford today. Read more »
5 months ago
The Empyrean

Grimdark Basing Tutorial: Building Bases (ft. Print Hub 3D) - Hi everyone! I've got lots of requests and comments surrounding my bases and how I construct them for my miniatures, so I thought I'd put together a step...
5 months ago
Xulutec

Instagram and Ebay sale - Some may have noticed - since last year i changed to display my lastest paintjobs on instagram instead of posting updates here. Instagram is a lot easier...
5 months ago
heresy of us

Prince of the Bladed Cross - ” The oaths were broken. The curse set in. The damned rose triumphant and revelled in their sin. “ SOH LASH. The Compulsive Prince of the Twisted Fortress....
6 months ago
Warofsigmar : Rumors and rules for age of sigmar

Warhammer old world : Pegasus Knight still without Knight - Sneak Peek: Bretonnian Pegasus Knight Soars in Plastic Excitement gallops through the Warhammer community as three photos of a new plastic Pegasus Knight ...
6 months ago
Le Blog dé Kouzes

Iron Hands Combat Squad - I salute you, proud sons of Ferrus Manus! Today it is my combat squad for the small Iron Hands Patrol I am building at the minute. I want to keep this f...
6 months ago
Realm of Citadel - Slave to the Lead

Rogue Trader Genestealer Cult #2 - A new addition to the Rogue Trader Genestealer Cult. The Dominator named Hulendar. These were the very first miniatures in the Tyranid / Genestealer ho...
6 months ago
eternalhunt

State of the Hunt, Week 32/2023: Greenstuff & Gamedev - Aw, man, I've let this blog lapse once again -- I am so sorry, guys! But hey, at least I do have something to share with you, even if it's just a small pro...
8 months ago
NerdWorkshop

Figurkowy Karnawał Blogowy Edycja #CVII: Tanie Dranie - PODSUMOWANIE - Kolejna edycja FKB za nami, a przed nami prezentacja tanich drani których zgotowali nam aktualni uczestnicy. W ramach dźwiękowego umilenia prezentac...
8 months ago
Oldenhammer in Toronto

Rogue Trader Adventurers: Part 5... Stargrave - I've always loved Rogue Trader, but the impetus for my recent push to paint all of Citadel's RT601 Adventurers was the publication of Joseph McCullogh's...
9 months ago
Krakenborn

The Sundering - With Horus broken upon the Vengeful Spirit and her father broken upon the throne, Sgáthach and her Legion were faced with the uncertain future such a pyrrh...
9 months ago
Echoes of Imperium

All Echoes must End - This is the 100th post and it is also the final post. Over the years we have documented some amazing miniatures, friends and events. But I feel that the em...
10 months ago
Modern Synthesist

10th Edition Screamer Killer Conversion with Eric's Hobby Workshop - Though Games Workshop did not see fit to send me any advanced Tyranid models to support the Leviathan release, I was tremendously fortunate that anoth...
10 months ago
Faeit 212: Warhammer 40k News and Rumors

The Future of Epic Horus Heresy Plans to reach to M41 - Stepped away briefly, but there are rumors to lay out on the future of Epic Horus Heresy. Especially seeing how something like Epic may expand into the f...
11 months ago
Cavegirl's Game Stuff

Another take on demihumans as social constructs. - I had an idea knocking around inside my head, and then I saw that Dan had already done it over on Throne Of Salt, which rather undercut my brilliant orig...
11 months ago
Backwater Deathworld

Hive Fleet Celaeno - Celaeno, a minor hive fleet active in a cluster of dim stars, emerging from dark waters in the half-light of day, twisting and coiling in frail gr...
1 year ago
Miniature darkness

My new home - This has been an erie, empty place these last few years. My blog was a great little home for years as I dove back into the hobby but now these pages are le...
1 year ago
razzaminipainting

Social media links - Hi all! I thought I'd pop my social media links here for anyone that wants to stay updated on things. I post a lot more on Instagram, Facebook and Twitt...
1 year ago
And Then Dice Happened

Happy New Year -
1 year ago
The Lead Collector

Oldhammer 3rd Edition Orc Army - Hello all, I picked up this army on the fly a few moons ago. It was in poorly painted condition. I must say that I grossly under-estimated the work th...
1 year ago
Tales From The Aaronorium

Trollollo. - Greetings, fellow humans! This month, I have mostly been painting some Fellwater Troggoths. These are the first proper models for my Shyish based Troggoth ...
1 year ago
Sproket's Small World

Project P30 - Part 16b - The End is Nigh - Part 2. With the exception of the base (and that’s a whole new chapter) the remaining work on my Tank is a matter of finishing things off...
1 year ago
Secrets of the void

Justaerin Tutorial - With a thunderclap of displaced air, five huge figures of utter darkness materialized out of teleportation. The fate of the defenders of the spire was seal...
1 year ago
Creative Twilight

So You Want to Start Blacksmithing and Not Sure Where to Start? - Blacksmithing has received a lot of attention in recent years. Largely due to the show Forged in Fire. It's helped bring this largely niche hobby and profe...
2 years ago
Old Orcs Never Die...

Empire Ogres wip (March 2022) - Its been so long since I've posted I barely remember how. I haven't been motivated to take pics of the work I've done over the past couple years. Hopeful...
2 years ago
The Painter of Devils

The Dead Below: My 2022 Hobby Project - *“Beyond the shimmering veil stands a dread legion, blade locked to rusted blade, spear joined to crooked spear, howling out one name–the Undying ...
2 years ago
The Tyrant's Due

Fantasy Pic Dump -
2 years ago
The Rook

Index Astartes: Centaurs (I) - + An introduction to the Centaurs Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes +
2 years ago
The Realm of Gerezman

Stormcast and Scenery - Some of my Warcry terrain, along with my Stormcast accompanied by the Man Hound.
2 years ago
One Man Warband

Relicblade Ramblings 1: Introduction and Knight Tactic Cards - I've hit a bit of a painting slump, so in the interest of diversifying my hobby time I've decided to resurrect the blog! And what better place to (re)sta...
2 years ago
The Lore of Yss

Valak Raum, The Harrowing Blade: Act One, Scene Two - Raum stumbled from the portal in a daze, a brilliant light blinding him and a bitter chill wind biting at his flesh. From behind him his remaining follower...
3 years ago
Nautilus

[Nautilus Paperminis] Guerra Civil Española, Batalla por Madrid - El mes sacado lanzamos el primer set de la línea de miniaturas de papel dedicadas a la Guerra Civil Española. Este segundo set trata sobre la defensa de...
3 years ago
Objective Secured

Stalasquig Conversion - Warhammer Underworlds Mollog’s Mob - Hello folks. I’ve been remiss in not posting this small conversion sooner but with everything else going on in the world and here it passed my mind. I ...
3 years ago
bigbossredskullz

Bigboss 2020 Year in Review - Another year has passed and it is time to wrap it up and move on! Blogging as a platform is still on a downward curve as seen the last few years but intera...
3 years ago
El Soldado Tranquilo

Goblin army - He estado desarrollando el estilo de pintura monocromo. Es fácil de pintar y efectivo en el tablero, para agilizar mis sesiones de pintura y dedicarle má...
3 years ago
The Lost and the Very Damned

My Magnetised Movement Trays/Display base (a tutorial) - For some time now I've been making my own magnetised movement trays/display bases for my Lost and the Damned army, and as I was making one for my unit o...
3 years ago
The Data Slates of Inquisitor Vuln

Warhammer is for Everyone; The Warhammer Community is Not. - Games Workshop is a business, and so it will sell its products to anyone who wants to buy them. In that way, Warhammer is for everyone as in anyone who has...
3 years ago
Stro'Knor Macekiller

While the Toys Were Out - Straying from the orc theme, but in the spirit of Halloween, here's my Undead army... Currently they weigh in around 1750 points. I've got enough zombie...
3 years ago
The Convertorum

MORE MARINES - Hi again! The summer wasn't a particularly productive period from a hobby perspective, but once the cold autumn winds started to blow things have picked...
3 years ago
LarsonicMiniatures

Big Update (part 2 - Muskets and Tomahawks) - Without furtherado, let's continue with part 2 of my blog update. Another System I'm looking forward to is the upcoming german release of Muskets & Toma...
3 years ago
Gardens of Hecate

Gardens of Hecate Studio - *D*ear readers, You are looking at the final post of this blog. It's been going for more than eight years, and time has come for it to shut down... Because...
3 years ago
Tears of Envy's blog

Miniatures Without Borders raffle - A quick note to say get yourself over to the excellent raffle set up by Echoes of Imperium. All proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders. The collab between ...
3 years ago
Realm of Chaos 80s

Gladiator Ogre and Jack o' Lantern Familiar - I had a rather productive day today. Managed to make headway with the enormous amount of school work I had to get through and I got two miniatures fin...
3 years ago
The Bleak New World

Shock and Awe Incarnate, Thunderous Wingbeat of the Raptor: Concussors - Well, this post has been a long time coming for me since this unit has been a long time in the making. Ever since I first came to really love the Stormc...
3 years ago
PINXIT

Hobby from confinement - Hi everybody! It has been a few months since my last update and of course the world has become a different place since then. I sincerely hope that everyone...
4 years ago
Tales from The Ashen Stair

Court of the Crooked King - So begins the Great Hunt of the Goblin-Folk...
4 years ago
Convertamunda =][=

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4 years ago
FUMMELFINGER

There are no lions on Terra. -
4 years ago
Belched from the Depths

Let's connect on Instagram - I have been unhappy with the Blogger platform for many years, and am always searching for better ways for hobbyists to engage with one another. Instagram i...
4 years ago
WilhelMiniatures

WilhelMiniatures on Etsy! - Hello everyone! It's been a while since the last update, and I've been working on a few interesting things since then. The thing I'm most exited about ...
4 years ago
Miasma of Pestilence

Necromunda: House Cawdor looted Ambot - Seemingly, I couldn't resist the lure of splitting a box of Ambots with my mate Andy GI. These things look great. At the time of building and painting, I'...
4 years ago
Nicolas Grillet

Mordheim 2019 - Hello! It has been a crazy while, and I’m terribly sorry for that! Mordheim 2019 happened this weekend in Helsinki, and I cannot say enough how grateful I ...
4 years ago
Greenstuff Gretchin

The Best Fantasy Series You've Never Read.... - ...and probably never heard of. Recently I've been trying to become more socially active, to try and push back against the blockades that my poor mental he...
4 years ago
Tales from the Maelstrom

Norse Giant - Evening all! My last post was an update on my 3rd edition Warhammer Norse army, and I mentioned in it that I had a Norse Giant on the way - well, here he ...
5 years ago
liminal

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5 years ago
Of Marauders and Citadels

Old World Army Challenge Wrap-up; a 1000pts army of Forest Goblins! - Well here it is, the end of the Old World Army Challenge. When we decided to do the challenge, I really wanted to start a Goblin army, something that was ...
5 years ago
Ex Profundis

Dark Mechanicus Mutant Abominations - Deep in the underhive, the thralls of the Dark Mechanicus serve their masters in their search for arcane technology and new subjects for their experiment...
5 years ago
Servitor Crusade

Inquisitor Theodora - Inquisitor Theodora and the Relics of Io. Very pleased with this model. I changed my painting style going for a greatly reduced paint set (Vallejo liquid a...
6 years ago
Picta Mortis

Aelf Prince - Inspired by the artwork of Yoshitaka Amano
6 years ago
Dark Places

The Dathedi Concord - *"They are puppets all. We need only pull their strings."* The Dathedi Concord is a shadowy criminal organisation which operates in the darkest parts...
6 years ago
Yodhrin's Forge

If the coffin fits... - Resurrection is an appropriate theme for this post - I'm back myself after a fair long break, and the first thing I have to show folk is a new Mordheim Und...
6 years ago

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