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Though I go by the tag, “Brass Scorpion” and Chaos is my favorite range here’s more proof that I work on a lot of other model ranges. This week I’m going to show you a simple conversion that yields a very cool looking pose for a Tau Empire model. Remember the previous Tau Pathfinders that […]

The Chaos Nurgle Lord by Games Workshop is so full of character in every little feature it’s a pleasure to build and paint it as is right off the sprue, but it’s also such a richly detailed model just looking at it gives me all kinds of great conversion ideas for altered versions. Recently an […]

I’m taking a break from my usual hobby how-to articles to show you this fabulous Imperial Guard Valkyrie conversion done by a friend of mine. Besides being quite an elaborate conversion it also has a terrific paint job and I just had to share it with the hobby community. So where to begin on this […]

Two-stage edge highlighting is a technique that uses two similar paint colors, one brighter than the the other, to make it appear that the edges of a model are either catching light or glowing.Though I’ve used GW Necron models in my examples, the techniques described here are applicable to any models on which you wish […]

I’ve been doing a lot of lava theme basing for my Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 Chaos models recently. I’ve shown some here in previous articles, but I’ve as yet never done a full description on how to do the actual painting. This article will focus on painting lava step-by-step. And what better model to use […]

The new Cannon Of Khorne model kit comes with a great looking Herald Of Khorne. Though he’s not designed to stand on a standard 25mm base it’s certainly possible to convert him to do so. If you’re building a Cannon Of Khorne anyway this not only saves you money because you don’t need to buy […]

Step 2 Recently I talked about how to batch paint Plaguebearers relatively quickly. This follow-up article is about how to do the toxic swamp basing shown on those models. Nurgle Daemons are disgusting both in appearance and in background concept so a little bit of vileness on their basing should help showcase them nicely. Some […]

There’s more than one way to paint the disgusting flesh of a Plaguebearer. Spikey Bits’ MBG recently had a good article about how to do so quickly with an air brush. My article here is about some alternative ideas and techniques I like to use for getting a large number of models done with alacrity. […]

Daemons are sure to be all the rage in Warhammer at the moment as they have brand new rules for both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 as of March 2, so I thought I’d revisit a conversion I did a few years ago for my hobby article this week.Here’s how I converted my Daemon Prince […]

In my last article here on Spikey Bits I mentioned a quick and easy method for thematically basing your Necrons, so I’m going to cover that topic now. This method is colorful, inexpensive, quick and easy to do yet adds a fun flare to the bases of your models. First you will need to hang […]

Necron Destroyer Lords are cool looking models and in tabletop 40K games they’re also a fun addition to an already nasty close combat unit like Canoptek Wraiths.Unfortunately, Games Workshop still does not make an all polystyrene plastic Destroyer Lord. They do still sell the old formerly metal upgrade bits in Finecast and they certainly look good, but […]

When you are painting different units for a single army you usually want them all to be easily identifiable as being part of the same army, yet different enough that each unit has its own distinctiveness.Here are a some hobby tips for achieving that goal. One simple way of making units look the same yet […]

Warriors Of Chaos get a new army book and a bunch of new models this week on top of the new models released for that range just a few months ago, yet still they do not have a plastic Chaos Dragon kit of their own.So here are some ideas for converting one out of the […]

Games Workshop has released a cool new Codex and tons of great new models for the Dark Angels both in multi-part sets and in the Dark Vengeance Warhammer 40,000 starter set.This article will focus on decorating ideas for the generic Space Marine models that are also used in Dark Angels armies to give them the […]

 This article features a technique that turns ordinary looking plastic bases into simulated weathered brick. The actual hobby work shown in this article was done by a friend of mine named, Dave. I think it looks terrific and I hope you will as well.I noticed him working on this a few weeks ago while painting […]

When the Forge World Nurgle Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer model was released a few years ago I immediately thought about putting it on a base larger than 25mm to help protect the fragile spear and banner.It also occurred to me that it was an opportunity to do something cool with a larger base to help […]

In the wake of my recent posts about my Heldrake here on Spikey Bits and on a popular Warhammer forum I’ve been asked if I have a tutorial for painting nebulae like I did on some of my recent Chaos Space Marine projects.Pictures like the one at below and at this NASA link have inspired […]

If you’re a fan of Chaos you’re probably also a fan of Skulltaker. He’s a great looking model and for those who play lots of games he certainly dishes out the damage. Just about the only thing better than Skulltaker is Skulltaker riding a Juggernaut. After all the only thing cooler than a daemon is […]