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  • 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!

  • 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!
  • #Painthammer2019 Featured Artist: Scykhe!

    #Painthammer2019 Featured Artist: Scykhe!

    If you’ve been following along with #Painthammer2019 on Social Media, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the works of Scykhe. His mechanicus army is full of unique flourishes and you can really see every model gets a personal touch. With quite a lot under his belt thus far for #Painthammer2019 I thought it was time to get in touch and ask him about his project!

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  • Painthammer Freehand Showcase!

    Painthammer Freehand Showcase!

    During April I thought it would be fun to set a small optional challenge for people partaking in #Painthammer2019 – to attempt a bit of Freehand painting on a miniature or two and share the results with the hashtag #PainthammerFreehand. Shall we take a look at what people got up to?

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  • #Painthammer2019 Artist Spotlight: Xavier St-Amand

    #Painthammer2019 Artist Spotlight: Xavier St-Amand

    Something I’ve wanted to do for Painthammer for a while is feature some of the community members and go into a little more detail about them and their hobby progress. With #Painthammer2019 now in full swing, it seemed appropriate to start now. So, I am proud to present our first Community Spotlight: Xavier St-Amand!

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  • #Painthammer2019 Community Showcase #6 – Back From Holiday Edition!

    #Painthammer2019 Community Showcase #6 – Back From Holiday Edition!

    So let me start by apologising for the lack of community showcase posts for the last few weeks, I’ve been away/procrastinating a lot! So, let’s jump in and see what you wonderful, lovely, gorgeous folks have been working on recently!

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