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Monthly Wallpaper - July 2021

Here comes the wallpaper for July, a fantastic shot of Garfy's Stormcast Annihilators. Make sure to download the 4K version from the attachments!

This week on Tale of Painters

This week is the calm before the storm, as we've got TWO major releases to cover in August – one of them Warhammer 40.000: Imperium, can you guess the other? Wink, wink.

So today I have a showcase for the Primaris Intercessor squad I brought to a codex-legal size, and for the weekend, I'll have some advice for organizing your paint collection with a self-made paint swatch. Garfy is still busy painting Soulblight, so I guess we'll see something undead from him this week!

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Vote for my next tutorial

Hey guys, today we'll have the speedpainting bone tutorial on the blog, now no longer an Aspect Warrior tier exclusive tutorial: https://taleofpainters.com/2021/07/tutorial-how-to-speedpaint-skeleton-warrior-bone/

Now you can vote for my next tutorial: Aged brass with verdigris like or the turquoise "molten" wight blades like on my Grave Guard. Or my dark skin rec...

Incoming: Warhammer 40.000 Imperium

I'm pleased to say that we will cover the release of Warhammer 40.000 Imperium, the new partwork magazine from Hachette. The collection will be rolled out in August in the UK and early 2022 in the US, head over to https://www.warhammer40000imperium.com to find out more.

Like Conquest and Mortal Realms before, the magazines will be a fantastic way to pick up models for cheap, and you can save hundreds of pound...

This week on Tale of Painters

... we've got the first half of my Grave Guard, check it out following the link above. It's still Soulblight weeks, so on Thursday, Garfy will share his Soulblight Warcry warband, and for the weekend, we'll finally have my bone speedpainting tutorial, as I wasn't able to finish it in time for last weekend (but Aspect Warrior tier patrons can already download the PDF version).

Later this week I'll also do another voting for my next tutorial, so stay tuned!

Grave Guard

Just finished editing this picture for my showcase post next week, hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

ToP Scale Comparisons

A while ago I talked about my plans to add a new segment to our website, a collection of scale comparison shots across all ranges. Maybe it's just me, but I'm really interested in how scales and sizes are changing over time.

Recently I was able to put some more work into taking and editing the first pictures. Here you can see the first few of the many more comparisons that will become a part of the ever-growing database. It will still be a while before they'll appear on Tale of Painters...

This week on Tale of Painters

This week is Soulblight week on Tale of Painters: Garfy just shared his mounted Wight King, a fantastic new sculpt, and on Thursday, we'll have a ToP Tip with some conversion ideas for the older Grave Guard and Black Knight models from the Soulblight Gravelords Start Collecting set. Finally, for the weekend I'll prepare a tutorial for my super easy way of painting bone (Aspect Warrior tier patrons will probably be able to access the PDF version a few days earlier).

Have a bone-chilling ...

New Warpaints Air range

The Army Painter just lifted the veil on their new Warpaints Air raneg and I'm happy to say I was able to test the prototypes and add my feedback to the development. Check out the video above, you'll be able to spot some of my thoughts throughout the video.

I quite liked using the prototypes. The flow is smooth and the coverage is good, as you would expect from a good airbrush paint, but what really stands out is the design of the range. Colours come in triads: a mid tone, a darker base...

Behind the scenes

Here is a behind the scenes picture of my Kruleboyz paint review (https://taleofpainters.com/2021/07/review-citadel-colours-orruk-flesh-thondia-brown-hobgrot-hide/). 

I have several sheets of grey and white primed plasticard on which I keep track of my 500+ paint collection (500 paints and counting...). I added the three new squares of the new ...

This week on Tale of Painters

Today we have a fantastic showcase post for Avalenor, the Stone Heart King from our new guest poster _fizz_gig_. Give him a warm welcome and check out his fantastic Lumineth centrepiece.

Later this week we'll have a Hobgrot speedpainting tutorial by Garfy, free for all on the blog, and on the weekend, I'll have a showcase post for a squad of Drukhari Scourges I rebased a while ago.

For all Aspect Warrior tier patrons there'll also be an exclusive PDF tutorial for painting the powe...

Monthly Wallpaper - June 2021

Sorry for the delay, I almost forgot! Here comes the wallpaper for June, a moody shot of a Vargskyr at night, painted and photographed by the allmighty Garfy!

Make sure to download the 4K high-res version from the attachments.

Vote for my next tutorial

Hey there, you know the drill, please cast your vote for my next tutorial :) 

See the attachments for reference pictures.

This week on Tale of Painters

Today we got Garfy's Vindictors from Dominion, follow the link above. On Thursday I'm going to share some pictures of a Guardian of Souls I painted for my Nighthaunt collection. 

For the weekend, I plan a review for the new Citadel paints Hobgrot Hide, Thondia Brown, and Orruk Flesh, including a hand-painted comparison chart with similar Citadel paints and more for your reference. I just hope the parcel will arrive in time ;)

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New tutorial online!

Today I posted a new tutorial on the blog for painting sickly green skin. This is an excerpt of my Forge World Metalica tutorial that Aspect Warrior tier patrons will be able to access here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51454188 

The complete tutorial will stay Patreon exclusive for a while longer. Thank you very much for your support, which makes it more feasible to take the time photographing and edit...

Exclusive 15% discount code for Paint Blitzer by Unto the Breach Hobbies

I'm happy to announce that all Tale of Painters patrons will be able to enjoy a 15% discount  for Paint Blitzer paint stripper by Unto the Breach Hobbies. I reviewed Paint Blitzer and was very impressed, the best paint stripper I've used so far, easily beats stuff like Simple Green, Dettol, and even Biostrip: https://taleofpainters....

This week on Tale of Painters

Check out my review of Paint Blitzer from Unto the Breach Hobbies, even if it's a bit pricey, it's the best paint stripper I used so far, beats any DIY solution, and it doesn't smell. Highly recommended!

On Thursday, Garfy will share his painted Vindictors squad from Dominion, and for the weekend you can look forward to a tutorial for painting greenish/ghoulish skin (originally from my Aspect Warrior tier exclusive Forge World Metalica tutorial, check it out here if you haven't already:...

This week on Tale of Painters

Garfy is into full Dominion mode and will share some more painted Stormcast on the weekend, in the meantime, please have a look at the Citadel Gaming Hill I painted a few weeks ago (Aspect Warrior tier patrons will know from my regular WIP updates).

Next week we'll have a look at Paint Blitzer paint stripper from Under the Breach hobbies, it's a pretty good product and I'll try to get a discount code for all of our patrons in case you want to give it a try :)

Dominion review is up!

Garfy got a copy of Dominion early, check out his in-depth reviews with high-res sprue pics, size comparisons with older Stormcast and Orruk models, and pictures of all warscrolls.

He also started to paint the first Stormcast models in his unique yellow and grey paint scheme, check back on the website later this week for more Stormcast Dominion goodness!

This week on Tale of Painters

Today we have a showcase of my classic Escher gang, I finally finished the reworking of these models I originally painted in 2014. Find out more in the link above.

On Thursday, we'll have the final Cursed City tutorial by Garfy, and for the weekend, I plan a review of Paint Blitzer paint stripper, of which I'm very impressed of so far. And we also got a "secret" review / unboxing planned for next, I wonder what that might be! ;)

Vote for my next tutorial

So today the Patreon exclusive green liquid hoses tutorial went public, check it out: https://taleofpainters.com/2021/06/tutorial-how-to-paint-toxic-green-liquid-filled-hoses/

With the tutorial out in the open, it's time for you to vote for my next tutorial, which will again be exclusively available for Aspect Warrior tier patrons for a few weeks before it wi...

This week on Tale of Painters

This week we have a good mix of posts. Yesterday Garfy shared his initial thoughts about Games Workshop's new synthetic brush line, check them out if you haven't already. Tomorrow we'll have a showcase post for Radukar's Court, and on Saturday, I'll publish the green liquid hoses tutorial on the blog, which was an Aspect Warrior tier Patreon exclusive until now. 

Later this week I'll have a poll for you to vote forthe next Patreon exclusive tutorial, so stay tuned!

Monthly wallpaper - May 2021

Here is a moody shot by Garfy for this month's desktop wallpaper, make sure to download the high-res version from the attachments!

Escher Gang group shot

Here is a little goodie for all of you, my Escher rework has been completed and here comes the group shot (before it will appear on the blog). One of each classic Jes Goodwin Escher sculpt, along a mix of vintage bulkhead/cardboard and modern terrain. Enjoy!

This week on Tale of Painters

Today we have another Cursed City tutorial from Garfy, this time for Octren Glimscry. On Thursday, I'll post a showcase post for my Skeleton Warrior test model, and for the weekend, we'll have another showcase post or a ToP Tip, we're not completely sure yet.

Next week you can look forward to a review of Citadel's new synthetic brushes range. I'm also working on a review for https://untothebreachhobbies.com's Pai...

This week on Tale of Painters

This week we'll have a showcase for my new Spirit Hosts, I think they turned out pretty cool :) 

Apart from that, you can look forward to a review of Redgrass Games' new reusable wet palette membranes from their upcoming Kickstarter, as well as two more Cursed City tutorials from Garfy. The first one will be for Cleona Zeitengale. These might probably the last Cursed City tutorials for a while sadly, as Garfy is feeling a little bit of hobby burnout from writing so many tutorials i...

The Army Painter Giveaway

Hi patrons, I've partnered with The Army Painter to give away some cool hobby products to celebrate reaching 10K followers. Head over to Instagram and find out how to enter: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8LQNSHGgf/ Good luck!

New project planned

Hi patrons, a little sneak peek of things to come: Garfy and I are planning to add a new feature to our website, a database of scale comparison shots for most factions and all game systems. Here is a test image with various Space Marine models through the ages. 

It will probably take a few weeks or months until we'll be ready, in the meantime, what do you think of this idea?

This week on Tale of Painters

Today Garfy is sharing the latest model for his Daemons of Chaos army, Karanak the Hound of Vengeance. Check it out via the link above.

On Thursday, I'll be posting a few more pictures of my Forge World Metalica Kill Team, and starting Saturday, we're back in full swing at posting tutorials for the remaining Cursed City models.

Hope you have a nice week & thank you for your support!

Metalica Kill Team completed

A little treat for all my patrons, here is a scenic shot of my completed Forge World Metalica Kill Team before it will appear on the blog!