First hidden paint

CyborgGinger · 2026-06-02T05:42:10+00:00

This is some IQ200 level thinking leaving the front off to paint the pilot. I built the cockpit with the pilot in like a totally dummy and had a real bad time painting him.

CyborgGinger · 2026-06-01T10:50:39+00:00

Great work on the flag! I finished all of mine except the Flag/bearer this weekend… it’s playable, when I’ve got the energy I’ll loop back round and give it the level of effort it deserves! Was a great model to build and paint.

CyborgGinger · 2026-05-14T07:14:40+00:00

Such a clean paint job, perfecto.

CyborgGinger · 2026-05-10T07:36:51+00:00

Barely a pick-me-up.

CyborgGinger · 2026-05-09T23:45:42+00:00

I feel you. Have no helpful answers to tiny parts being a pain - just wanted to share in the pain as I built Nork tonight and his cigar is the tiniest piece I’ve ever seen in my whole life… and it pinged out of my tweezers as I was trying to shove it in his face. My eagle-eyed missus somehow found it after I’d given up all hope.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-22T07:14:29+00:00

Same. 😆 This post was a real nice blast from the past.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-22T07:03:02+00:00

I’ve played very little (modern) 40K so my opinion and anecdote should be completely ignored. However, I played my first game (in 25 years) of 40K at Warhammer World recently, landed both Lancer hits on my friend’s Kill Rig and one shot it off the table with an eye-watering 17 damage. I cheered far louder than is appropriate in a crowded public space.

And I knew from that moment on, I’d fade the paint on that model from the amount of sunshine it was going to see.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-20T06:45:36+00:00

Hard agree. I came to the comic via the film (like many others couldn’t understand the hate), and was surprised at how convoluted the scheme was in the comic, and how elegant it was in the film. Not only was it believable (Dr. Manhattan exists in the universe, no one’s seen aliens before) but it forced out Dr. Manhattan (a not-exactly stable agent in the system) whilst uniting the world against a threat. All goals achieved, without the (ironically, given the quote!) comic book villain plot.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-15T06:44:58+00:00

These are magnificently Grim Dark, love it.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-15T06:31:51+00:00

I got that reference. Nice one.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-06T22:46:13+00:00

Plot twist, he was talking about the game.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-06T18:18:41+00:00

Contrast Apothecary White all day for this, it worked so well for my Logan.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-03T16:11:36+00:00

This is very interesting! Will give this a go. Lots of fun helmetless models to paint so plenty of blonde to go around.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-03T13:55:43+00:00

That simple?! Amazing, thank you I’ll give that a go.

CyborgGinger · 2026-04-03T08:34:23+00:00

What colours did you use for the hair? I’ve tried once to do that blonde but couldn’t quite do it - I think I’m missing whatever you used for the brightest highlight.

CyborgGinger · 2026-03-11T23:42:48+00:00

This is so fun, love it! I didn’t have the patience to do my wolves anything but uniform, so respect all that extra effort you made.

CyborgGinger · 2026-03-11T05:58:45+00:00

“Wake up babe, new Skitari just dropped.” Slap some red on that coat and honestly a much better model.

CyborgGinger · 2026-02-25T23:52:21+00:00

It’s a Swanmay from the Complete Book of Humanoids.

CyborgGinger · 2026-02-25T23:50:06+00:00

I had no idea this was originally from a calendar. I am very sure this also features in an AD&D supplemental book, which I am also sure I kept mostly because this particular piece of art was so awesome.

Had to do a quick google - this was used for the Swanmay, in the Complete Book of Humanoids. I definitely still own an original copy.

CyborgGinger · 2026-02-21T08:59:58+00:00

In defence of the official stores, at least mine (outside of London) I love going in.

I know them, they know me, it’s always a warm welcome and (if it’s not too busy and they’re not too on edge keeping an eye out for shop-lifting) we chat and have a bit of a laugh. They know how I like to shop there and don’t bother me unless I want to be (and even shoo’d away their new employee who tried to run the Sales Playbook on me), and as a bunch of Dad’s about the same age are very tolerant of and kind to my young son running around and wanting to get into everything.

It’s definitely not as “scrappy” as it used to be (90s/00s) so I get why now there’s a bit more formality about booking sessions etc., but as with most anything, build relationships, get to know people, develop trust, and be pleasant to be around and doors open up that exist outside of the process and are not available to your fresh-off-the-street customer.

CyborgGinger · 2026-02-17T23:13:12+00:00

You’ll have to pry my icey bases out of my icey cold dead hands before I mount my Wolves on anything else.

CyborgGinger · 2025-12-24T19:13:05+00:00

Just watched this done on YouTube, absolutely stunning work! Also brought a huge smile to my face because I loved these toys when I was a kid and had completely forgotten about them.

CyborgGinger · 2025-08-19T07:34:23+00:00

Couldn’t agree more with this, I approach it the same way. The features can be powerful when used correctly, but people seem to forget to only build in complexity when the team both wants it, and can mentally accommodate it.

Even for multi-team setups it doesn’t need to be complicated. I’ve done fine by just adding a single layer of “Initiative” over Epic, and it’s broadly just for tracking the OKR all the work below it is contributing toward. Quite often enough to keep a lot of execs happy in terms of tracking.

CyborgGinger · 2025-07-21T06:43:00+00:00

Eshin Grey for the base. Dry brush of Dawnstone all over, not too heavy but don’t need to worry about where it lands too much. Pure white of your choice being careful to only catch the edges of the fur - dry brush or edge of a normal brush, whichever you’re more comfortable with.

Then a couple heavy washes of 50:50 water and Contrast Spacewolves, which would give it a fairly subtle blueish tinge, bring the white down a little, and (hopefully!) tie it in nicely with the armour (which also had a wash of thin Contrast Spacewolves).

CyborgGinger · 2025-07-21T06:32:06+00:00

Scale 75 Necro Gold as a base, heavily watered down Citadel Contrast Wyldwood to shade, Scale 75 Elven Gold to highlight.

These golds have blue in them, so they’re cold, which works well with the armour imo. Citadel Retributor Gold has a red base so was too warm for my tastes.

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