A warm welcome to all new Patrons 🙇🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻 I‘m still in Tokyo for this week, but I‘ll get back to you next week. in the meantime, here is the final model I painted before my vacation. A Zombie for my Blitz Bowl team. I went with subtle hues of purple for his skin, think it gies really nicely with the red and crimson gear. Hipe you‘re having a good one!
2023-04-10 15:36:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the delay, I‘m still struggling with the time difference 😅 I arrived in Tokyo safe & sound, and visited the new Warhammer Cafe flagship store in Akihabara. Very nice place, very spacious, and amaaazing displays. I‘m gonna do a video when I‘m home!
Anyways, this week, I updated my „one coat“ paint swatches post, Garfy will share his Lord of Hubris today, and for the weekend there‘ll be a look at Green Stuff World‘s Basic tools starter set.
Mata ne, mo...
2023-04-06 15:30:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday I shared a post about my Fell Bats, which also includes all the paint recipes I used. For Thursday, Garfy will share a showcase post for one of his latest painting endeavours, and for the weekend, I planned a tutorial for painting pale purple daemonic skin, taken from my Alpha Legion Anointed. This post was originally planned for last week, but since the Boarding Patrols arrived just in time, I had to postpone the tutorial to this week.
Next week I'll be travelling to Tokyo, a...
2023-03-29 09:45:23 +0000 UTC View Post
So, last week I spent on painting two more Skellies for my Blitz Bowl team, and now I'm making a start on a Zombie. These were quite fun to paint, combining zenithal highlights and "slapchop" techniques with additional highlights and glazes. I recorded all steps for a future Patreon exclusive tutorials, so stay tuned :)
2023-03-27 21:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of people seem to like my hand-painted colour swatches, and also asked me to combine them all into a single graphic covering all "one coat" paint ranges. So this is what I'll do! The graphic will feature ALL Contrast, Xpress Color, Dipping Inks, and the 49 colours from the Speedpaint 2.0 Mega Set, and come to Patreon as next month's Aspect Warrior freebie in an ultra high-res uncompressed 5000x6000 px image file.
Also, I commit to updating this graphic asap with the remaining Spee...
2023-03-25 16:59:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Bit of a slow week on the blog as I'm still recovering from all the work of the Speedpaint 2.0 video (check it out here: https://youtu.be/kTIRVX74u0g, it's pulling good numbers but really thought it would perform better) and have to prepare content for my two weeks vacation in April. I'll be visiting Tokyo and I plan to film my favourite hobby places and spots for a future video, should be fun!
I'm also working on nex...
2023-03-22 19:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post
So my Speedpaint 2.0 review is out, check it out here if you haven't already: https://taleofpainters.com/2023/03/review-the-army-painter-speedpaint-2-0-finally-fixed/
Thought it would be nice to put a higher-res version of my hand-painted colour swatch here on Patreon :) Download it from the attachments. Will expand this swatch with the remaining colours ASAP!...
2023-03-18 18:10:49 +0000 UTC View Post
So yesterday I shared my Tactical Support Squad, go check it out, and for Thursday, we'll have a retro Space Wolves showcase by Tom. I'm quite busy putting the finishing touches to my Speedpaint 2.0 video, which will be released on Saturday along with a written review.
Apart from that, I'm preparing and pre-producing a lot of content for next month, as I'm on vacation for two weeks in the first half of April, more about what you can expect next week!
2023-03-15 16:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I'm still working on my Speedpaint 2.0 video (this will be one of my most laborious videos ever!) so I can't give you a sneak peek yet, but I thought it would be nice to put my video script on Patreon early, for those that are toying with the thought of preordering. Here are my thoughts:
Speedpaints are loved by some for their unique blending properties, while others hate that the paints reactivate and bleed through subsequent layers of paint. The Army Painter were fa...
2023-03-14 08:53:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I finished painting my Moroch terrain, and started two new projects. I assembled the remaining six models of my Undead Blitz Bowl team (I mounted them on temporary bases for painting). They are meant to compliment the test model for the Xpress Color review which you can see on the right. I also finally made some progress on cleaning Horus. This will be a a slowburn project, I want to spend a couple of days each month on him and see how long it takes.
In the background you can ...
2023-03-12 23:11:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A warm welcome to all new patrons! Yesterday I shared another of my Alpha Legion models, for Thursday, Garfy tries to have a post for his completed Warcry Bloodhunt box set, but he's quite busy. Fingers crossed he'll makes it, otherwise, we'll have it next week.
For the weekend, there'll be a secret review (might feature a certain new box set). I'm also busy working on the Speedpaint 2.0 review, which I'll plan to post next weekend. As a little Patreon bonus, I'll put up the script here...
2023-03-08 23:48:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here comes the Aspect Warrior exclusive for March: an updated & expanded version of my "grimdark" Sons of Horus tutorial. Apart from painting a MkVI Marine from start to finish, this one covers painting vehicles, caucasian skin, weapons, and lots of additional details like muzzle burn, the burgundy cloak of my Praetor, and much more. Something in there for everyone :D And with 24 pages, this is my longest masterclass PDF tutorial yet!
This tutorial and all of my digital download...
2023-03-07 09:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I'm painting the remaining two Kill Team Moroch pieces. I catched a cold, but I'm soldiering on. Just a few drybrushes and then some pigment weathering left to do!
Btw I'm putting the last finishing touches to this month's Patreon exclusive, the expanded & updated Sons of Horus tutorial will be out on Monday!
2023-03-04 16:18:55 +0000 UTC View Post
So for this week we've only planned two posts as I'm busy working on the Speedpaint 2.0 review, Tom shared his Alpha Legions today (https://taleofpainters.com/2023/03/showcase-alpha-legion-deimos-rhino/) and for the weekend I've planned a product guide for sprue cutters & nippers.
I'm also working on next month's Aspect Warrior tier freebie, which will be an updated & ...
2023-03-01 20:57:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you're doing good! Last couple of days I've been experimenting with Speedpaints 2.0 and also found the time to complete my unit of Fell Bats. Next up are the remaining two buildings from Kill Team Moroch, which I will record for a future tutorial :)
2023-02-27 20:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday we had a showcase post for Tom's Cadian 122nd Shock Trooper, tomorrow there'll be a post for Garfy's Flamers of Tzeentch, and for the weekend, there is a secret GW review planned.
I also started work on next month's Patreon exclusive, which will be a masterclass tutorial for my Sons of Horus, much expanded from the version I posted on the blog, covering vehicles, special characters, and various weapon options as well.
I also got a preview sample of the new Speedpaint 2.0...
2023-02-22 20:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to all new patrons, hope you're doing good :) I'm still working on my flock of Fell Bats, not much left to do now, just need to finish the edge highlight on the black areas, paint the eyes and do some refinement here and there. I also sprayed the remaining Moroch terrain, so these will be next. Hope to finish the bats this week so I can start the terrain this weekend :)
2023-02-20 23:43:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, just finished editing my new video. You can watch it early exclusively on Patreon, before I'll publish it on Saturday. Enjoy :)
2023-02-16 08:59:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday we shared a neat Genestealer Cults Nexos by Tom, and for tomorrow, Garfy has put together a showcase post of his Askurgan Trueblades from Warcry.
I'm happy to say that I pretty much finished my next YouTube video, which I'll publish on Saturday, but you will be watch it earlier here on Patreon. It's a video version of my popular matt varnish guide, updated and expanded with lots of video footage and comparisons to help you find the perfect varnish for your product.
Next ...
2023-02-15 20:36:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope all is well! Last week I started work on the Fell Bats, quite fun to paint actually, different to what I usually paint. I want to keep them fairly black, with only a few subtle shades of grey, so I started by drybrushing them with Dark Reaper, Thunderhawk Blue and Warpaints Uniform Grey. Now I need to fill in all the details and add a few edge highlights as well, the model in the front is my test model, quite happy with how the face turned out. I added a few subtle glazes of Carroburg Cr...
2023-02-13 23:37:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Tale of Painters is finally back up and running. It seemed we outgrow our old server, which resulted in downtime and slow loading times. Over the last weekend, I had to download a backup (about 8 GB, over 12 years of content!) and reinstall it on a new server. After a few mishaps along the way I'm very happy to see everything back to normal so I can focus on creating content again!
Yesterday my review of Redgrass' Everlasting Wet Palette went online, I had written this quite a while ago...
2023-02-08 09:07:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Taleofpainters.com is finally back online since we broke our old server last week. The new webspace much faster and reliable, so at least it was good for something!
Anyways, here comes part II of my Ultimate Miniature Painting Guide, updated & expanded to cover Formula P3, Reaper Master Series, Vallejo Mecha Color, Scale75 with their Scalecolor, Fantasy & Games and Metal'n'Alchemy ranges, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, and ProAcryl paints.
Check it out before you...
2023-02-06 20:41:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Since my Sons of Horus Praetor is pretty much finished, I spent this week assembling a few new models. I built the remaining two buildings from my Kill Team: Moroch box, two more Death Korps test model to experiment for my Veteran Guardsmen Kill Team, and also a flock of Fell Bats. I noticed I haven't painted anything for my Soulblight/Nighthaunt collection in ages, and I though the bats would make a fun little project.
The website is still having issues, but I installed a backup on ano...
2023-02-04 15:08:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This month I have been working hard to revise and improve my "ultimate" miniature paints guide. It contains my accumulated knowledge of over 1000 tested paints from all brands and will help you find the best paints for your painting style and avoid poor-quality paints.
Part 1 is already available for all patrons from today: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58985189
I will publish the new v...
2023-02-03 20:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Today Garfy shared his Tzeentch Fluxmaster, postponed from last week, go check it out. Unfortunately, taleofpainters.com has some hiccups today, hope the server is back to normal soon :/
Tomorrow, I have a review of Redgrass Creative's new Everlasting Wet Palette 2, and for the weekend, I planned a super angry review, but as usually can't go into any detail yet as it the review is covered by an NDA ;)
On Friday, I'll also share this month's Patreon freebie, which will be an update...
2023-02-01 19:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, the Praetor is almost done! Just need to do the final assembly and fix a few spots, then he's good to go! Next up will probably the remaining Moroch terrain :)
2023-01-29 23:57:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday, Garfy shared his Jade Obelisk warband (postponed from last week), with a couple of useful painting guides as well. For tomorrow, I planned a (semi-)exclusive look at wave 2 from Duncan Rhode's Two Thin Coats Kickstarter. Along with my new Game Color metallics, I'm really fond of this paint range, and in my post, I'll give you a rundown of all 60 new colours.
For the weekend, I planned the start of a new series: The Ascension of Horus. I got my hands on the new Horus Ascended ...
2023-01-25 13:35:35 +0000 UTC View Post
A welcome to all new patrons! I'm making some good progress on my Praetor. I just love this model, and it's so much fun to paint! Hope to finish him next week :)
2023-01-22 15:37:26 +0000 UTC View Post
A warm welcome to all new patrons, thank you for your support! So for this week we have Tom, who posted his Alpha Legion Vigilator, and for Thursday, Garfy will share more of his Sundered Fate box set. I'm preparing a secret review for Saturday, so stay tuned for that.
I also started work on my new video, more about in a while, as well as on this month's Patreon freebie, which will be yet another installation of my "ultimate" miniature paints guide. This will cover my favourite paints f...
2023-01-17 23:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post
So the Tactical Support Squad for my Sons of Horus is almost complete, just need to roughen up the decals and add some pigments to the base. Hope to finish them tomorrow.
I also made a start on my Praetor. I assembled this model ages ago, and now I finally started painting :) Such a great sculpt, probably my favourite model from the new range!
2023-01-14 11:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post