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Category: #Painthammer2020

  • 2020: Painthammer Memories

    2020: Painthammer Memories

    It is perhaps most charitable to say that 2020, as a year, was “interesting”. With much of the world spending extended periods in lockdown, and with so many lives lost to the pandemic, things were rough for a lot of us. Even if we were not directly affected by the virus itself, we all felt its impact be that working from home, not being able to visit our loved ones or even pop down to the local hobby store for a regular Sunday tournament!

    Well, with the year wrapping up with a look forward to 2021 and whatever that year brings, it’s also time to wrap up #Painthammer2020. As the year ends, please do post your hobby log and any models you’re particularly proud of on social media with the hashtag so we can all see!

    I put out the call over at the PaintSlam! Discord server for folks to share a model or unit from their Painthammer 2020 adventure, and where possible a little note about them too. So this article is now going to be a showcase of models as posted in the submission channel. I’m sure you’ll enjoy seeing the breadth of hobby that got done during 2020!

    So without further ado, let’s take a dive into the submissions!


    [Discord Usernames have been used to credit the artists in this article, please DM me if you want your name changing to something else or if you want your twitter/instagram handle added!]

    Martin painted this brilliant Mortarion, daemon primarch of Nurgle. Keen eyed readers will notice the wings are taken from an Age of Sigmar Tauralon kit!
    From Papa Negan, we have these lovely three Old World models! I’m a big fan of the Wood Elf complete with era-appropriate striped leggings!
    From BigGeordieGeek we have this stunning Blood Ravens gunship! I think it’s a Storm Talon? I’m not good with Space Marine vehicles, they all merge into one a bit for me haha.
    From my friend Bangus we have these brilliant new Necron warriors. I really love the basing on these, the tiled ground really sets them in place.
    Another post from Papa Negan, a metal Army of the Dead painted in ghostly colours.
    Guilty brings us this Ork! This is their first painted model, so huge congrats on taking that first step into the hobby!
    From TheElusiveShaun comes this rather unique character! I’ll let them explain:
    “I think my highlight was this Subnautican Behemoth for Necromunda. The Water Guild were fleshed out a little in the Escher book, and their background really stood out to me. This guy spends his time diving into the various water channels of the give city, clearing always debris and anything else clogging the pipelines, and when he’s not doing that, he’s an enforcer/bodyguard for those higher up in the guild. There are no official models for these guys yet so I had to kit bash him and it’s probably one of the models I’m most proud of.”
    From Azakael: “Literally the only model I finished in 2020.” – I always say Painthammer/PaintSlam isn’t really about how much you paint, it’s just that you did.
    Bangus returns, this time with some Deathwatch! “I really enjoyed painting deathwatch this year for kill team as it was something outside my usual 3 armies plus ive always been very daunted by black prior to Abaddon. I also really like the dark flame effect on the terminator.”
    Russintexas submitted this glorious horde of greenskins! “During the month of Orktober, I printed & painted ~1650 points of Orks from GearGutz’ MekShop. I learned a lot about FDM printing, painting to a schedule, and so much more.”
    Bradalads submitted these absolutely wonderful Lizardmen! “It’s tough to choose as I’ve painted a lot this year but it had to be some of my Dinos and I absolutely love my unit of Pridosaurs (there’s about 12 in all, sorry I forgot to do a group shot)”
    The esteemed Hobbyistgirl submitted Leman Russ himself! The NMM effects on the armour are breathtaking.
    BigGeordieGeek returns again, this time with the Wurmspat from Warhammer Underworlds. I’m a big Nurgle fan so I appreciate these a lot – I can’t wait to paint them myself too!
    Goomba is here! A wide range of models painted over 2020 this time, from a fantastic glowing C’tan thingy to more lovely Nurgle! And a ninja Pikachu!
    JoeMango submitted these two miniatures. I particularly like the use of texture and the details in these!
    From Mogwai86 we have Da Red Gobbo, the Christmas 2019 model from Games Workshop! This is such a characterful model and they did it great justice with this paintjob!
    *tap tap* Oh, BigGeordieGeek tapped me on the shoulder once again to show us his lovely Mortarion! The heavily weathered and corroded metal looks fab.
    Painthammer and PaintSlam have always been open to all sorts of miniature painting, not just Games Workshop products! Guilty returns, this time they have painted this wonderful hanging Christmas ornament! “I’m really proud of the work I did on the detailing, and how the scroll and skin came out, especially as I only just started painting this year!”
    Vaelthurs submitted these wonderful images to the gallery. I think the Light of Eltharion looks incredibly striking with the bold red amour!
    RedDragon submitted this wonderful Dark Angels Master, which was painted as a birthday gift for a friend!
    And finally, we come to the end of the article, so here’s a bunch of models which I personally painted and am proud of for this year. I’ve definitely been on a retro Wood Elf kick, with my goal for #PaintSlam21 to build and paint a full 90s (4th/5th edition Fantasy) Wood Elf army, green bases and all. So Stay tuned for that!
  • For the Lion!

    For the Lion!

    Oh my, it has been a little while since I posted a blog post here on the website. I apologise for my somewhat… lax approach to this website here.

    Anyway, I figured now was a good time to show you some of what I’ve been working on, so here’s some fun stuff I’ve recently painted up for my Warhammer 40,000 Dark Angels army.

    Primaris Lt, 10 Assault Intercessors and 3 Outriders, from Indomitus

    I was fortunate enough to win a box of Indomitus thanks to the lovely giveaway by OrcPainterNerd on Facebook. I’ve not gotten *that* much of it painted yet due to focussing on commission work. But here you can see my first 3 Outriders, a Primaris Lieutenant and 2 squads of 5 Assault Intercessors. I’ve been using mostly the modern Citadel colours, but the armour is based with an ancient pot of Dark Angels Green!

    Primaris Captain

    I also painted this Primaris Captain for my Deathwing, also from the Indomitus set. I did a simple headswap with one of the female bio-roiders heads from Statuesque Miniatures, and switched the tilting plate for one from the Dark Angels upgrade sprue.

    Then, after a bit of a break I went and painted this, the Dark Angels Legion Praetor from Forge World. I painted it up into 40k colours so he could be used as a Master or something. His left arm is magnetised so he can use either the boltgun or the storm shield. I really enjoyed painting this chap – I don’t get to paint much Forge World.

    Finally (so far) is Master Lazarus, who I got in the recent Imperium Supply Drop “Loot Crate” from GW Direct. I had a great time painting this chappy up too, I wasn’t likely to buy him individually at his asking price because it seemed a bit high for a simple model. But as part of a bigger batch of products it was a nice thing to see!

    So, what’s next? Well, got a bunch more Indomitus to get painted up. I’m looking forward to tackling the Chaplain and the Judiciar. And I’ve got plans to make a Primaris version of Asmodai, as soon as my Puppets War and Kromlech bits arrive!

    Thanks for reading! What have you been working on? Let me know in the comments!

  • My Favourite Wood Elf Miniature Ever!

    My Favourite Wood Elf Miniature Ever!

    So back in Ye Olde Nineties, when I was a mere lass with crippling gender dysphoria and less confidence than a small zebra who has to give a speech in front of ten hungry lions, I fell in love with this Wardancer for Warhammer Quest. I was already totally in love with the Wood Elves of the era. Orion, the Waywatchers, Scouts etc. All lovely miniatures. But it was the Wardancers I liked most, and this character model in particular jumped out to me. It sparked joy.

    So it was that over 20 years later I decided to jump onto eBay and pick it up again (sadly unboxed and without any of the other goodies, but such is life). And I knew I wanted to paint it again, in that ’90s style complete with bright green base and wild primary colours.

    And here he is, after a bunch of nostalgic painting! I like to think I got fairly close to the original vision for the model. I tried to get the yin-yang symbols looking good and I wanted to keep the colours vibrant.

    It was such a blast painting this model again after something like 24 years since I first owned it. I think the level of detail and the pose is just perfect and it’s aged really well. The hair is one of those features you just can’t forget, it’s so iconic and I’d love to see these kind of wacky hairstyles return to the worlds of Warhammer.

    Do you guys have any favourite Warhammer Quest miniatures? Anything you’d love to see me paint? And don’t forget I do commission painting so please get in touch if you have anything you’d like a splash of life on!