Happy Thanksgiving y’all! I always take time today to be thankful for friends, family, and for being so blessed to be part of this great hobby community!
I’m also thankful for all our great readers being here to share it with me as well! Once again, the big question is, what projects were you working on last year around this time, and what are you working on now?
This year has been a bit slow on the hobby front for me; however, I did have time to paint up these bottletoppers for the new Army Painter Speed Paints.
I think they turned out great!
In 2022 I started playing a lot more Marvel Crisis Protocol and got into Star Wars Legion. Here’s the start of my Rebels army.
After I washed them with black shade from Army Painter, I blocked in Speedpaint colors similar to what the troops that landed on Endor in Return of the Jedi wore.
I’m also experimenting with base coating metals with metallic paints or just using a grey-black mix or shade of Speedpaint to save even more time!
In 2021 I painted this Deadpool Miniature for Marvel Crisis Protocol with the new Army Painter Speedpaint.
When the rest of the speedpaint hit, I hoped to paint up the rest of my MCP minis pretty fast using this dope pre-shade recipe I came up with!
Back in 2020, I finished up loyal Iron Warriors Impulsor around Thanksgiving.
In 2019, I put the finishing touches on the Octo-Baneblade and fully magnetized the Warbringer Titan (weapon power feeds, too).
Here’s what I finished painting in 2018; a Telemon Dreadnought!
In 2017 I had just finished up a Carnasaur on stream for the launch of Total War Warhammer II.
In 2016 I had just finished up this fun Ogor Frostlord:
Happy Thanksgiving y’all enjoy the day!
What were you working on at last year’s break and now?
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
