Solar Auxilia - First Dracosan complete!
In the evenings, after my daughters are safely tucked away in bed, I've been working towards the completion of the Solar Auxilia vehicles. The first one has finally rolled off the painting table - The...
View ArticleCrazy times! Helldorado hobby articles.
My apologies for a lack of recent updates, things have been quite busy for me at work and with the family (both obviously good things), and that has left me little time to wrap up my Dracosans (I'm...
View ArticleA couple more cool Hell Dorado warbands!
And as the US prepares for the Super Bowl this evening, I figured I'd post up a couple more photos of finished starter sets for Hell Dorado from Cipher Studios. As I mentioned in my last post, there's...
View ArticleSolar Auxilia - The second Dracosan is complete.
It took a little while, but I've finally completed the second transport for my Solar Auxillia. I hope you like it : )And this guy popped up in the latest FW bulletin. I better start saving my...
View ArticleWant to try some Digital Sculpting?
Have you ever wondered what it took to do a little bit of Digital Sculpting? Wanted to know what work is involved behind the scenes, sculpting digital miniatures?Well, my buddy Jake Schneider, is...
View ArticleSolar Auxilia - First Leman Russ
As with recent weeks, I've been super busy with work and family, which is always nice. I managed to crank out a few extra hours in the evenings and now have the first of my Leman Russ tanks done for my...
View ArticleGuest Post - Dave Pauwels - The Road to AdeptiCon
I've recently mentioned quite a few times that things are really busy at the moment with work and family, so there aren't too many new models of my own to be posting on the blog. Fortunately I have...
View ArticleGuest Post - Damon Drescher - Seeking out a Crystal Brush
Next up, filling the void of hobby on my hobby blog, is my friend Damon Drescher. Damon lives on the other side of the country, in the fabled sunny and warm land of southern California. An artistic...
View ArticleI finally finished one!
It's still all noses to the grindstones here at Dave Taylor Miniatures, with lots of work for March in the queue. I'm quite happy about that : )I did carve out some time, however, to finish up this...
View ArticleAnd the final two Hell Dorado warbands.
I realized that I hadn't posted the final two Hell Dorado warbands that I painted last year for the hobby articles for Cipher Studios. Well, here they are. First (above) are the Immortals. This...
View ArticleThanks for waiting, I hope you like your tanks : )
A little while back I posted about some Shermans I had converted for my friend (and blog-follower) Jake. Here's that post.Well, with Jake visiting AdeptiCon next week to run a couple of seminars on...
View ArticleAdeptiCon is just around the corner!
And for the first time ever, I'll be running two hobby seminars at the show : )Getting everything together for the seminars has been... interesting. It has certainly been a lot more work than I first...
View ArticleA little Chibi before the show...
I was chatting with my friend John from Soda Pop Miniatures a few weeks back, and the conversation turned to AdeptiCon. John pointed out the Crystal Brush had a Chibi category this year. I thought it...
View ArticleWelcome to the Windy City!
Finally, the day has arrived. As this posts I'm doing the final scramble to get to the airport and fly off to Chicago for AdeptiCon. I'm obviously super-excited for the show, primarily because I get to...
View ArticleBack from AdeptiCon - Loads of Crowdfunding!
Well, AdeptiCon 2015 was fantastic! Such a massive and exhausting weekend that I am still getting settled back into the swing of things after returning home on Sunday night. I'll post a few photos...
View ArticleLet's return to The Horus Heresy!
This year, on my trip to AdeptiCon, I didn't play any games. That's the first time since 2005 that I haven't. It felt a bit odd. I was still incredibly busy, and didn't have time in my schedule for...
View ArticleSolar Auxilia - WIP Charonite Ogryn
Managed to get a little paint on this guy over the weekend. The color scheme is inspired by some great Ogryn I spotted on the Solar Auxilia Facebook page.Work continues : )CheersDave
View ArticleSolar Auxilia - Charonite Ogryns Complete!
In amongst the hustle and bustle of work and family life, I crowbarred in some time to work on these excellent minis, completing them this morning. I know the open face mask is a polarizing piece, but...
View ArticleThe New Mechanicus - A review (part 1)
Like a bolt from a transuranic arquebus, the Adepts Mechanicus have finally landed on gaming tables the world over. As someone who has had a long-term interface with the Cult of the Machine God, I've...
View ArticleThe New Mechanicus - A review (part 2)
Ok, here we go with part two of the review. I think that a few people might have been a little disappointed by my lack of rabid enthusiasm for the Skitarii Vanguard/Ranger models in the first part of...
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