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  • PRIDE MONTH ROULETTE COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!

    PRIDE MONTH ROULETTE COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!

    For Pride Month 2021, which encompassed the entirety of June, we ran a fun community event over in the PaintSlam discord, namely a Pride Month Roulette. Check out the graphic below for how it worked. Also, feel free to give it a go yourself any time if you want a fun challenge!

    Anyways, it was down to anyone who wanted to join in to pick a mini and paint it using the colours they rolled on the roulette above. Other colours were perfectly allowed, but the emphasis was to be on the 1-3 colours randomly chosen. Let’s take a look at what wonderful minis got painted! Some of you even painted more than one!

    CEE

    CRITONYENTERTAINMENT

    GIRATON

    HEAVYMETALWARS

    JEWELKNIGHTJESS

    KING_KABU

    PEGGY

    THEELUSIVESHAUN

    THEPOSHGOBLIN

    TULLAVIN

    WREN

    Well, I think that’s all of the submissions for this particular little event – if I did miss you please send a DM to me over on Discord or tag me and I’ll get yours added here. And I’ll have the regular June community showcase post up soon! Thanks again to everyone who took part, and grats!

  • MAY #PAINTSLAM21 COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!

    MAY #PAINTSLAM21 COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!

    As the kids on Twitch might say, today’s post is “pretty pog”. The #PaintSlam21 discord has been full of awesome hobby over the last few months, so I want to take this opportunity to share some of the wicked miniatures you folks have been painting on your PaintSlam adventures.

    I’ll be building this article, as always, using your submitted works from the Community Showcase channel in the discord channel so if you’re not already with us check out the links at the main #PaintSlam21 page for all the details <3

    On with the hobby!

    ALTARNIS

    “My Knight of Shrouds finally complete”

    Nice! Always sweet to see some well painted Nighthaunt!

    CALLIE

    “Legion events starting up over the next few weeks, so speed-painting loads of bits, but these three were on my painting resolution list for this year so I’m happy to have them finished! Not used Leia yet so figure she’ll become one of my new go-to choices!”

    Really nice work!

    CEE

    “I was surprised how effective such a simple paint scheme turned out to be. Black base, slaanesh grey drybrush, nuln oil wash, skink blue drybrush, another was of nuln and a final limited skink blue drybrush for the odd detail. Silver on the claws & fangs finished the look. It’s also a solid size match, aside from the base, for a hive tyrant.”

    Great work all around here!

    CHRISRITI

    “If you’re going to subjugate a world, you need an army.

    Guardsmen, Space Marines, or Stormtroopers are fine…but don’t hold a candle to Mastodon Sentries.”

    I love the vivid colours on the rangers!

    FIN37

    “[Re]Posting here for sweet blog post action”

    Lovely Tzaangor models, I love how they really pop against the desert like bases! The rubric marines are also fab. Tzeentch stuff is tricky to paint!

    GARDENGOTH

    “Red hot space elf action”

    “My first finished squad in 15mm. Bit of a slow process working things out but I think the next one will be quicker as a result!”

    Sums it up really! Lovely stuff.

    HEAVYMETALWARS

    “Full Dark Angels force to date. Didn’t expect to enjoy painting this army I’ve never been a fan of the chapter, but I’ve loved every moment of painting it.”

    Absolutely gorgeous army here, I also appreciate the classic card terrain! Some of this stuff is so old it can remember when Caliban was intact!

    KOMMISSAR_AZURA

    “Skitarii Auxilia Equitate, Skitarii bound into a Centaur auto-chariots.”

    How cool are these!

    KING_KABU

    “Finished my evil stargrave crew and some heroes for a second, less evil crew”

    These are great, and so bright! I love the little bulldog chappy!

    MOMMYNEGAN

    “Hehe”

    I love the hazard striping on the Iron Warrior here, it’s super sharp! And how about the burn-your-eyes-brightness of that lovely retro ‘nid?

    PANDAEMONIUM_MINIATURES

    “Finished my Armsmaster from Conquest”

    Oooh, a submission as a video! I like this model, the Conquest stuff looks really nice and you’ve done great work as always!

    PSIPPIT

    “Finished my Warlord, all ready to roll for the first game next weekend since the first lockdown…”

    Great, I love the stippling/marble texture on the panels!

    RUBY MAGICAL GIRL

    “JD at last four months in this model. XD”

    Slow and steady wins the race! Lovely work 🙂

    SHEROQUEER

    “I know bun-fu!”

    I love that kung-fu rabbit, what a character! And I always love your super trans tyranids!

    SPARTAN06

    “90 shock troops, 100% finished!”

    Now that’s impressive to see! More lovely cannon fodder for the emperor!

    THEELUSIVESHAUN

    “I tried out some more intricate freehand than usual on this Greek Hoplite and I’m really happy with how it came out.”

    Fantastic work, the freehand is very impressive!

    THOKAMOUS

    “Finished these up this weekend”

    Nicely painted historial models! Not something I’m familiar with but great work 🙂

    WREN

    “Look who’s finally done – my first HQ!”

    I love this Dark Angels librarian, it’s just the perfect design for an Unforgiven psycher.

  • Golden Oldies Showcase!

    Golden Oldies Showcase!

    And so we arrive at the start of May, and Golden Oldies month officially draws to a close. This April challenge was to paint something that fit the theme of a “Golden Oldie” – this could be a really old miniature, something thats been in your backlog for many years, a model of an old character, however you wanted to interpret it! Let’s take a look at what you wonderful hobbyists got up to for this project!

    Cee, aka the Dork Phoenix, painted up this Krell model. The bright red harks back to a nostalgic era for many of us!

    From Kemp, comes his first ever “proper” paint job as he calls it, a classic beakie Blood Angels space marine. Lovely work!

    From Heavy Metal Wars comes a Rogue Trader Astropath and a Talisman 2nd edition Astropath standing in an old ruined chapel, a scenery piece that was a card insert from White Dwarf 212! Not only that, but check out that lovely unit of classic Grey Knights! And certainly not least, a classic beakie space marine from the Rogue Trader era in custom chapter colours of the Star Breakers!

    From PSippit we have this classic Adeptus Titanicus titan, which afaik dates back to the late 80s! The modern paint job really hides its age well, it could stand proudly amongst a modern AT collection!

    ThePoshGoblin is a hobbyist after my own heart with this, the original classic Orion model from back in the day! Got to love a bit of the retro Wood Elves!

    It’s heresy time now, with this old school Chaos Sorcerer from BigGeordieGeek! Again I love the bright reds and greens here that really bring out that classic 90s vibe.

    theelusiveshaun shared this Ork warbike, complete with evil sun iconography on the banner pole and front of the bike! Really lovely work!

    Something from myself now, a unit of metal 90s Wood Elf archers with full command. I’ve always adored these archers and will probably aim to add more at some point to my growing Wood Elf army! I also added Ariel and a unit of classic metal Dryads.

    You’ve seen one Krell, now it’s time for an even older Krell courtesy of Mommy Negan. Green base, red armour, banner pole, what’s not to adore? Mommy also shared a few other characters – a Wood Elf, an Empire halberdier and a Dwarf!

    From Usagi/SHeroQueer comes this 1995 Hive Tyrant. Looks fabulous to me, would slip right into a modern army seamlessly! That’s not all though, she also shared this lovely HeroQuest warrior model!

    Thokamous shared this Sgt. Rock for us, and although it did make it into last month’s community showcase he’s from an old comic and thus qualifies to get another showing! 🙂

    From Art comes a trio of retro wonderfulness! The 1990 Maurauder Giant, a metal Imperial War Wagon and Malus Darkblade upon Cold One! A really varied and nostalgic mix of miniatures!

    Aaaaand that brings us to the end of the Golden Oldies month. I think you’ll agree that we’ve seen a great selection of classic models here! If you’d like to join us in the #PaintSlam21 community and enter future events, please checkout the PaintSlam21 page for all the info!

  • MARCH #PAINTSLAM21 COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!

    MARCH #PAINTSLAM21 COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!

    Well, well, well! Here we are at the start April, one quarter of the way through 2021 already! Where does the time go? It’s been another hectic month for hobbyists around the world, not least of all those in our very lovely PaintSlam Discord server! Let’s take a look at what our eager PaintSlammers have been up to this month! If you’re not already joining us in #PaintSlam21 please check out the details at the PaintSlam21 page and get involved!

    So, let’s jump right into things!

    Friend of mine BigGeordieGeek has been very hard at work this month! Check out this wonderful and varied display of painted miniatures! There’s a rather spiffing T’au Empire Riptide battlesuit, a Necron lord guy and Roboute Guilliman himself! Not the only Guilliman we’ll be seeing this month, I think…

    Next up, the lovely Bradalads has painted this Sigvald the Magnificent who looks, well, magnificent! The blue trim really pops against the gold armour, and is sure to turn all heads in his sublime direction!

    From ChrisRiti we have this wonderful sorcerer chap! I like the warm colour pallette here!

    From Commissar Lewdfang we have a shot of his full Custodes army so far. The blue is really striking and very different to the usual custodes look!

    Ah, he’s back! This Guilliman of the 41st Millenium was painted by Drizzt23, and I really like the lava surrounding the base which frames the miniature to give it a sense of atmosphere. The flame sword looks fab too!

    A couple of gorgeous models from GardenGoth here, in particular I adore the lighting effect cast from the burning sword, and the weathering on the green cloth of the ancient!

    Lots of cool stuff from HeavyMetalWars! Including a great Hellebron conversion, some Cold One Knights and a delightfully old school looking Dark Angels force.

    Some comic book action here from JB including a lovely angry treeman chap!

    From the ever reliable Mommy Negan we have a Saruman and some more fantastic Ultramarines! Did anyone else reading participate in MarchForMacragge? Let us know in the comments below!

    Mutant Zombie shared these brutal looking Khorne warriors! They look like they’re fighting in the arid plains and dead soil of Aqshy!

    Pandemonium Miniatures shared this great mix of different models, including some Conquest and Ghosts of Gaia models from Bad Squiddo Games!

    PSippit shared this little lot! There’s a Primaris tank variant, a Stormcast Stardrake and a Runtherd and unruly grots for him to boss around! The saliva in the Stardrake’s mouth looks so real!

    SHeroQueer has been hard at work this month! Check out the old school Chaos Warriors, and the Skeletor homage! Elsewhere there’s also Bugman and a Slaanesh hero!

    During march, Theelusiveshaun painted all of this! That’s an impressive tally of models!

    Thokamous submitted this soldier chap! I don’t know who it is, but good work!

    Tim Kelly shared his first 2 Stormcast Eternals! The dull metal armour and deep magenta colours look so cool!

    From Wren comes this Deathwing terminator with gorgeous blue power sword! How nice is this!

    And let’s end as strongly as we’ve been going with these gorgeous yellow Eldar from Yeast! The colours look fabulous!

    And that’s it for another month of PaintSlam community showcase!

    Remember to get your pics posted up in the April “Golden Oldies” channel in the discord to make it into next month’s special month event post!

  • February #PaintSlam21 Community Showcase!

    Sorry this post is a couple of weeks late folks, I’ve been a bit up and down lately so it’s taken me a while to get myself round to it. But February was another amazing month for the #PaintSlam21 community, you’ve all excelled yourself with some fantastic hobby!

    Here’s some of the highlights as posted in the official PaintSlam discord, but don’t forget to check the hashtag on Twitter and Instagram for lots lots more!

    First up we have Azakael!

    These zombies have a real gruesome appearance to them! Also some cool looking spiders and a warrior guy!

    My friend BigGeordieGeek is up next!

    BGG is a busy bee and is constantly painting, check out his social media for a whole ton more stuff!

    Let’s see what Callie has been up to…

    Callie has been working on a whole bunch of Middle Earth miniatures, and I think you’ll agree they look lovely!

    A first-time PaintSlam poster, Corn Wolf has done this awesome Xenomorph, complete with uhu goo!

    Glarva painted up this awesome vampire chap!

    From HalflingSpy:

    Is that the Dwarf from Golden Axe? I really like it!

    Hedgehog39 has been busy too…

    I really like the bright green eyes on the chaos spawn!

    King_Kabu has done these cool blue Necron Scarabs!

    From the lovely Commissar Lewdfang we have more lovely chaos chaps…

    Pandemonium_Miniatures has been busy too! Check out these wonderful models, including a whole bunch from our friends at Bad Squiddo Games!

    PapaNegan has been hard at work again, here’s just a highlight of what they have been working on!

    I think I said it last month but I really love the bright yellow that the greenskins use on their armour and cloth!

    From PSippit, check these out!

    The Big Mek is a super cool model and I love the glowing green areas!

    SHeroQueer has painted a whole lot of stuff this month, but posted this into the community showcase channel on discord for you all to see!

    Got to love those classic chaos warriors!!

    TheElusiveShaun showed off their full progress for 2021 so far…

    That’s an impressive roster of stuff, I’m biased in favour of the Dark Angels but everything is super cool!

    Finally for this showcase, but not least, we have Vaelthurs!

    This super cool white-with-purple Dreadnought and the Morgwaeth warband for Underworlds absolutely pop with how bright they are! I love them!

    And that’s it for the community showcase this month! Remember if you’d like to get into March’s showcase to join the official #PaintSlam21 discord and share your awesome work with us! Don’t forget to keep filling in your hobby logs and sharing your hobby on social media with the #PaintSlam21 hashtag!!

  • PaintSlam’21 January Community Showcase!

    PaintSlam’21 January Community Showcase!

    So we come to the end of January, I do hope you’ve all been doing well in spite of the ongoing events in the world. For those of us taking part in #PaintSlam21 it’s been a busy old month as we start new armies, clear stuff from our backlogs or just paint stuff for ongoing projects!

    Let’s take a look at some of the activity from over in the official PaintSlam Discord!

    From Azakael we have this lovely archer lady. I love the use of texture on the cloak!
    From Bradalads we have this absolutely gorgeous Mortarion. I love how saturated the colours are, he positively explodes into your retinas with his sickly glory!
    Hedgehog39 shared this wonderful warrior princess and her girlfriend! 🙂 I adore these models.
    ZangMac shared this lovely miniature! I really like the subtle colours in here that compliment the light grey of the armour.
    PSippitt shared these images of their first Dracoline for the stormcast eternals. The pallid purple hide is really striking with the orange scales.
    PSippitt also painted this classic wierdboy for the Space Orks army!
    BigGeordieGeek shared these lovely Necron warriors and scarabs for his New Year, New Army project. I can’t wait to see more for this force!
    Paul, aka Pandaemonium_Miniatures shared this seasoned veteran from Conquest: The Last Arguement of kings. The diamonds on the shield are spectacular!
    Paul also shared this little scene, doesn’t this look fab?
    Cee brings us this lovely Escher gang for Necromunda. I love the various pride-themed colour splashes in the hair that really offset the grimy metals elsewhere.
    From Papa Negan come this grot warband from Warhammer Underworlds. The yellow robes give this band of gobbos a really unique and vibrant appearance!
    From the lovely Mogwai86 we have this fabulous purple Ork vehicle! Forgive me for not knowing the specific variant but whatever it is it’s got plenty of dakka and can probably make a bit of a mess!
    Mike(Kharagal) says: “Slightly converted Chaos War Dog with Thermal Spear, meltagun and Reaper Chain-cleaver. It was my first Knight so I didn’t go too detailed on it and will probably revisit it at some point for a bit of weathering. I’m really pleased with how the rusted chains turned out!“
    Vargna shared these awesome and terrifying Flesh Eater Courts nasties! Don’t wanna meet this in a dark alley!
    King_Kabu presented this realistic M4A2 Sherman! It’s nice to see some more non-GW models showing up in the PaintSlam discord!
    Vaelthurs painted this lovely statuette of Yuna from Final Fantasy X as a gift for a friend! I really love the attention to detail, the gradients and freehand patterns are lovely! It’s like she’s stepped straight out of the game!
    Finally my lovely partner Lenalevelsup got the finishing touches put down on this retro 80s Harlequins troupe! She was particularly proud of the patterns and diamonds she applied to the bodysuits!

    And this is just scratching the surface of the awesome hobby you can find in the discord and on social media using the #PaintSlam21 hashtag!

    Why not join us today?