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Sunday, 8 November 2026

Mordheim Pirates Redux

A new member for my Mordheim Pirates warband, a little bit of finishing work on some others, and some important thoughts on posing a conversion. Pics below the jump...

Mordheim Pirates

Avast! A motley crew of pirates for Mordheim. Pics, WIPs and lore below the jump...

Blogs I Follow

LEADPLAGUE

Chaos Dwarf Infernal Commander - Alright, this is the start of a project I've been thinking about and planning for for longer since ages ago ! First of all, it's been years (over a de...
1 day ago
Hewn Idol

9th Day Genetic Program for the Ratking Double Down Snuff Slam - One of the events I signed up for at UTD 2026 was the Ratking Double Down Snuff Slam. At last year's fest, Ratking was the game that I think I saw pl...
2 days ago
Tale of Painters

Khazalite Holds wave 2 unboxed: Clangunners, Valayan Guardians, and High Kyng Valankrom - The Kromdron are marching out in force. In part 1 of our Khazalite Holds roundup, we unbox the Clangunners, the all-female Valayan Guardians, and the mig...
3 days ago
WarbossKurgan

The Stoneskulls, part 5 - The Stoneskulls sail out of a ramshackle sea-fort, perched on a rocky spire in Skull Sands, in the Karkino Sea (Aqshy). The fort was once owned by a Wig...
4 days ago
Magpie and Old Lead

Return to Mordheim - Nurglite Brethren Archers - I wanted to try and keep with Jes Goodwin sculpts for the majority of my Mordheim possessed warband. This is a little tricky as most of his fantasy minia...
4 days ago
Rob Hawkins Hobby

Mortuary Cult Battle Standard, Part 1 - While Tomb Heralds normally carry a Tomb Kings army battle standard, the Mortuary Cult army of infamy may elect a liche priest to be its battle standard be...
5 days ago
Gangs of Mordheim

Mollog's Mob - Spiteshroom - It was time to move on to something new, so years after its release, I finally started painting the Warhammer Underworlds Mollog's Mob warband. Spiteshro...
5 days ago
Hobgoblinry

A quixotic lurch into 15mm Mutants and Death Ray Guns - After having a lot of fun with MDRG recently, my thoughts turned to 15mm. Why? Well, I've got lots of 15mm fantasy and sci-fi figures lying about, but I'...
1 week ago
Kaiju Country

AAT Battle Tank Model Kit Review (AMG) - Kaiju Country Home > Model Kit Reviews > StarWars Legion Kit Reviews > Separatist Alliance Kit Reviews > AAT Battle Tank Model Kit Review (AMG There are ...
1 week ago
NerdWorkshop

Grzyby (FKB CXLVI) BEREHK STORNBROW - Tematem aktualnej edycji FKB są Grzyby. Akurat wymalowałem kosmicznego krasnoluda który chwali się świeżo zerwanym okazem... ...no przecież orkowie w uniw...
1 week ago
Leadballoony – It's a lead thing (sorry, no balloons)

D Company, 7th Mordion Regiment pt.10 - Greetings Terrans! Sorry it has been a while since I last posted – I have been slowly been chipping away … Continue reading →
1 week ago
Maniexite

Warhammer Fantasy Battle 7 edycja na komputerze! - Warhammer Fantasy Battles 7. edycja na komputerze. Wracamy do Starego Świata!Pamiętacie klasyczne WFB? Tworzę komputerową adaptację siódmej edycji i zapras...
1 week ago
Philotep's 1/72 Minis Kingdom

An army of demons for Saga: Age of Magic - part I - Hi everyone! My son and I recently played our first Saga: Age of Magic battle, and it was a good start, in spite the fact that it was a terrible defeat ...
2 weeks ago
Nemessos Miniatures

Tula the Twice Born - Not a single Boeg had ever seen Tula before this Summer Solstice’s celebrations. All they knew is that she set foot in Skanehod as the drums announcing the...
2 weeks ago
WAR HEAD

The Next Step - War Head Hobby and Wargaming Store - *War Head Hobby and Wargaming Store* *This winter we're taking the next step in War Head's saga and establishing a new hub for all fans of miniature pain...
2 weeks ago
The Lead Collector

Rank and Flank Thursday: Four From the Battle Line - October 22, 2026 - Rank and Flank Thursday Four pieces from the battle line Welcome back to *Rank and Flank Thursday*. Each week, I pull four random photos from my rank-an...
2 weeks ago
The Realm of Zhu

Khaös Gladiator Haemogöblin Kön-Kahs - What if Blood Bowl was based on Fighting Fantasy instead of Warhammer, and based on the traditional British schoolboy sport of conkers rather than American...
2 weeks ago
Jaeckel Alone

Chaos Dwarf Knight #4 - Same boar (MM22) sculpted by Trish Carden, and same use of an MM90 Chaos Dwarf converted to make him a rider. The pose is a little bit odd, as I had some...
2 weeks ago
Mr Saturday's Mumblings

Norse 5 - Erik Ulfeygr - The fellow above is Erik Ulfeygr, Hersir of my first unit of Bondi, The Ulfeygr. He is another old Citadel/Foundry mini, and an absolute favourite. I'm s...
3 weeks ago
Distopus

Inq28 INQvitational The Ruinations at Black sands Monastery - Hello folk, Well this blog (in some for or another looking at you Opus Maius!) has lasted long enough to see my first ever ...
3 weeks ago
Recalcitrant Daze

Ork Gobsmasha - It has been some time since I last posted here. I will try and catch up in the coming weeks. For now here is an Ork Gobsmasha. Based on the old Epic and...
5 weeks ago
Squalor and Dice

Keeping the Secret - a Lobsterpot Comic - "Keeping the Secret" was a Lobsterpot Comic I did in 2022, which later appeared in an issue of Skull Mag. I forgot to put it anywhere for a while, but ...
5 weeks ago
Da Green Horde

Great Mawpot & Mawpit - Season of Scenery - For this year's edition of Dave's Season of Scenery challenge, I decided to paint some terrain for my ogres/ogors. The Great Mawpot and Mawpit both are r...
1 month ago
Cave Studies

Box Dread—Build - The box dreadnought is one of my favorite 40K models, brutal and goofy in equal measure. I knew when building this redemptor for my small, converted Char...
1 month ago
TheOttoVonBismark

The First Catachan: Luke, the Death‑Worlder - Catachan Luke: The First Catachan Model Catachan Luke is the earliest known Catachan miniature and the first Death‑Worlder produced by Citadel. He appears ...
1 month ago
Realm of Chaos 80s

In a Pool of Radiance - Things never go to plan. I had high ambitions for a lengthy period of protracted painting. But the return of my collected figures spun that on its head....
1 month ago
Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition

Blood Angels Scouts (1990s models) - I recently painted 5 Blood Angels scouts – this time the classic 1998 models by Jes Goodwin. Unfortunately the photos aren’t the best (I am considering buy...
2 months ago
Realms of Chaos

Star Wars : The Return Of The Jedi - Hey boys! Last games of Star wars 80's campaign. The target is to play games with my son and stick as much as possible of the movie. It very enjoyable to...
2 months ago
Old Man, Paints

Warhammer World 2026 – Photodump - On August 8th 2026, we went over to Warhammer World after our trip to Bootleg Boyl. It didn’t disappoint.
2 months ago
The Old World Army Challenge

Pokrzyw's Empire Army - Wrap up - OWAC IX - *Forces gathering, the Empire going to battle.* I've started full of energy and with detailed plan. I painted many miniatures that were in boxes for a ...
3 months ago
Not a Collector

Turnip28. Fish Folk - During vacation I had some time to finish these fish things for turnip28 😊.
3 months ago
unjust still

Those Who Work as a Family - *All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. - *Leo Tolstoy,* Anna Karenina* the family that scavenges together stays...
3 months ago
bigbossredskullz

Hard times demands `Ard Boyz - My re-entry into blogging started with my big summer project of 2026 of a heavily converted and custom kitbashed Ork army for WH40 2nd edition. Since that ...
3 months ago
Carcosa Company

A love letter to the 3rd ed Imperial Guard Codex - I’ve had this project on my to do list for a long time, and ultimately it was the Munitorum Rollcall competition organised by Greenwood Minis over on Ins...
4 months ago
heresy of us

The 3rd Sons - The Brotherhood of the 3rd Sons is a prestigious and powerful order, so named because each of its members is the third-born son of their family. This tradi...
4 months ago
Whateley Inc.

Emergency Post! - Everybody stay calm! Nothing bad happened, I just realized I've not posted since December here, and it's almost July. I've painted a lot of miniatures so i...
4 months ago
Convertamunda =][=

The universe is a big place, but you will be missed! -
4 months ago
eternalhunt

John Blanche – In Memoriam - Today’s update happens for one of the worst possible reasons: I learned yesterday that John Blanche had passed away, and I am honestly heartbroken! I am no...
5 months ago
Sproket's Small World

Gnome Assassin - Struggles with painting a flesh tone I’ve been working on a new project, the Gnome Assassin from Miniature Madness sculpted by Leonardo Escovar "Poisonauta...
5 months ago
Bitter Old Painters

Big update on Mortalis - Hi everyone - as usual, updates are far and wide between, but we have some exciting news: +++ Mortalis 2nd Edition is launched! +++ A year after startin...
5 months ago
NECROMANCER

Paint Workshop at the Games Workshop - Last weekend was the "1 million miniatures" event at GW stores. It was an occasion for managers to kind of organize whatever they wanted as a celebra...
5 months ago
Lasgunpacker

GeG Swap meet II - The FLGS had another Swap Meet on Sunday, which was also proximate to the Kid's birthday. This is the third time I have been to one of these now, and ho...
6 months ago
the leadpile

Game 4 - Dwarfs...Again! - Last game of the weekend was agianst another Dwarf player, this time it was an Expeditionary Force army. The board consisted of a fairly open middle a...
6 months ago
Le Blog dé Kouzes

Characters! - Hi all! I'm proud to say that I worked on some of the Warhammer Quest Darkwater miniatures. I had never worked on Warhammer Quest before, it was a lot...
9 months ago
The Empyrean

Converting Brutalist Exterminators (ft. 3dgamesshop) - I've been fascinated with the more brutal side of Games Workshop's Space Marine factions for a while now--the Rogue Trader, stimmed-up authoritarian F...
1 year ago
Another wargaming blog

Bugman's Dwarf Rangers wait for no Elf! - So there I was, happily working on my Wood Elf army project, when a bunch of rather rowdy Dwarves popped up on the paint station. Obviously, I could've t...
1 year ago
Backwater Deathworld

H.R.E.N.28: Turnip Adventures of the 44th Good Root Disciples - The Regiment of the 44th Good Root Disciples was formed partly because of the unfortunate demise of the 43rd regiment, and partly because of the Shooting...
1 year ago
Oldenhammer in Toronto

Painted Miniatures for Heart of the Empire - [image: Painted miniatures for Heart of the Empire Star Wars Imperial Assault] *Heart of the Empire* was the fifth expansion for *Star War Imperial Assa...
1 year ago
krokodyl z oczami na szypułkach

Harry Potter i kosmici z Taygety - Właśnie napisałem tekst o UFO i o tym, jak według Prawdziwych Kosmitów działają ich statki kosmiczne: Jak Taygetanie latają między gwiazdami Jakiś czas tem...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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 years 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...
2 years 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...
3 years 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 ...
3 years 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...
3 years 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...
3 years 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...
3 years 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...
3 years 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 ...
4 years 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...
4 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 ...
4 years ago
The Rook

Index Astartes: Centaurs (I) - + An introduction to the Centaurs Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes +
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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 ...
6 years ago
The Realm of Gerezman

Forces of Chaos, bow to me. - *In ages past, the Planet of Gerezman was the site of incursions from the forces of Chaos. The twilight days of the Horus Heresy saw civil war come to the ...
6 years ago
Gardens of Hecate

CCLII. AoS28: Sunhold Deadwalkers and Netopyr - *A*t last found a bit of time for my personal projects, so I made a few figures real quick. Sunhold Deadwalkers I'm trying to settle for a definitive ...
6 years ago
The Lore of Yss

Garfys Dice Organiser and Get a Grip Long Pro Painting Handle. - Here’s a little review of two products I purchased from GDE Create, as owned and run by Garfy Etherington. I picked up two of his Initiative Tracker Dice T...
6 years ago
LarsonicMiniatures

Bonereaper Challenge - I proudly present you my contribution for the very cool Bonereaper Challenge from Between the Bolter and Me. This challenge was the perfect opportunity to ...
6 years ago
PINXIT

The Matriarch - Hello guys! I spent some time sculpting today and managed to finish the conversion of the Matriarch for my warband! It was a very fun project to work ...
6 years ago
Stro'Knor Macekiller

The Heroes of Fruglehofen - Yes, I know I said I was starting with Gimbrin's Mine... again. Due to vagaries of the warp or machinations of some evil power I am still waiting for some ...
6 years ago
And Then Dice Happened

Wormtongue - "At [Théoden's] feet upon the steps sat a wizened figure of a man, with a pale wise face and heavy-lidded eyes....He laughed grimly, as he lifted his he...
6 years ago
The Convertorum

SORORITY ROW - This weekend I picked up the new Adepta Sororitas box and quickly glued together a battle sister. As quickly as possible at least - these models are extreme...
6 years ago
One Man Warband

Mordheim Musings: Flawed Warband Design Part 3 - Mordheim Musings: Flawed Warband Design Part 3 Over my holiday, I'm writing a series of articles on the design of Mordheim warbands from the Nemesis Crown...
6 years ago
Secrets of the void

Black Legion Tutorial - Some months ago I got back into collecting Black Legion Chaos Space Marines. I used to play Warhammer 40K with a Black Legion army some 9-10 years ago, but...
6 years ago
Old Orcs Never Die...

Highlanders and mountain folk - The great mountains surrounding the empire of men are full of fierce monsters, goblinoids of all sorts and bitter weather. Few men choose to live under such...
6 years ago
The Bleak New World

Scourge of the Unholy: Lightning Hawks, the Strike Chamber - With the end of uni and getting all of my assignments finished, I've been able to really push through these last few parts of this first phase of the Li...
6 years ago
Stone Cold Lead

Ion Age Retained Knights - Been a while and only a few spam casino comments to delete over all those months. Anyway, I painted something for myself at last so here it is. Three Alter...
7 years ago
Tales from The Ashen Stair

Of Men and Aelves - Silence. Morrsbach was a settlement of silence. Hodrin Felhammer stood in the doorway of what had become his quarters these past days, looking out on the s...
7 years ago
El Soldado Tranquilo

Painting with Contrast tutorial - Con las pinturas Contrast he descubierto una forma muy efectiva de conseguir miniaturas de estilo monocromo y un buen resultado una vez terminadas. Me gus...
7 years ago
FUMMELFINGER

Truescale kit -
7 years ago
Objective Secured

Underworlds Moonclan Grot Display Board Completion - This is a long long overdue post! As per usual it seems, life is busy and my motivation to blog is at rock bottom. in fact all hobby stuff in general h...
7 years ago
Miasma of Pestilence

Necromunda: House Cawdor gang - So in my absence from the blogosphere (well from miniature related blogging at least) I managed to complete a project. That project is my first Necromunda ...
7 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 ...
7 years ago
Miniature darkness

Woodland scenics rock moulds - I borrowed a few Woodland scenic rock moulds from a friend of mine and I thought I would share my thought on these for anyone who hasn’t yet come a cross t...
7 years ago
Greenstuff Gretchin

The Unwitting Pawns of Chaos - Following on from some recent great news on behalf of a friend, I have restarted in earnest a project that I had left by the wayside for a time (mostly due...
7 years ago
razzaminipainting

Robute Skulliman - Hi all, Here's Robute Skulliman finished for my Silver Skulls army. This month I have to finish painting this miniature and a Primaris librarian for a game ...
7 years ago
The Tyrant's Due

Valthex compelte! -
7 years ago
Belched from the Depths

Wars of the Roses - Sharing another WIP project here. When my local historical club embarked on a group Wars of the Roses project last summer, I threw in. I'd already had fig...
7 years ago
liminal

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7 years ago
WilhelMiniatures

Risi Vortapt, part II, Blight Drones - I've just finished a few more miniatures for my Nurgle Titanicus Legion; the Blight Drones. In my last post I showed the sculpted unpainted miniatures. ...
7 years ago
Tales from the Maelstrom

3rd edition Warhammer Norse army update - Way back in pre-history (1986), a 13 year old version of me started a Warhammer Norse army. I bought it one blister at a time, using the money I earned fr...
8 years ago
Realm of Citadel - Slave to the Lead

40k Tzeentch Warband #4: Chaos Dreadnought - A seriously chaotic miniature from the wonders of the Rogue Trader Era. Been drooling over this one since back in the days and now finally painted one! Ho...
8 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...
8 years ago
Of Marauders and Citadels

Lord of Change - *"Magnarrr" , the voice purred as the deamon scrutinised it's champion, "you must remember there is nothing I do not know, no-one I do not suspect! No-one...
8 years ago
Servitor Crusade

Champion of Tzeentch - My Realms of Chaos inspired mark 1 Terminator champion: Again this is a model that I completed a little while ago and posted on Facebook. Very happy w...
8 years ago
Dark Places

The Old Man - *"I implore you. Lay down your arms and submit to The Emperor's judgement. Your bodies are forfeit but your souls may yet be saved."* - Vilam Ganzorig a...
8 years ago
Picta Mortis

Dravon S'karr - Dravon S'Karr - The Ryat Star Jackal, Captain of the Obsidian Contessa - with his personal Icon bearer.
9 years ago
Yodhrin's Forge

Age of Sigmar and the same old High Fantasy - EDIT 14/06/17: I'm not going to delete this post, that would be cowardly, so I'm adding this to the beginning to say - in retrospect, this is more than jus...
10 years ago
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Mordheim Pirates Redux

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