GIMNIR'S BRUSH

The goblin Diaries has been updated with the first chapter, more to come in the future. You can see current progress on the top tab of the blog or clicking HERE . Best regards

It seems like an eternity but the Teutogen guard is finally done! It is incredible that this joint project took 2 years to see the light. The genesis of the project can be seen HERE . If you want to see more work in progress process you can see it HERE . How the project started: The project started as a way of sharing the love for the hobby with a very good friend. I started the concept, came about with a colour scheme, painted a couple of models with him to coach him into improving his miniature painting and in the meantime having an awesome time. In the picture below you will see arrows pointing at the figures I painted for him to act as a reference.  The standard bearer, the high priest of Ulric Emil Valgeir and one rank and file teutogen guard were fully painted by me as they were the most complex pieces and would be the miniatures drawing the most attention. As a get together painting day, I showed him how I paint faces -you can see the sample face at the right of the picture....

Long-time no see. I have been thinking long and hard about the future of this blog. As you may have noticed I haven’t posted anything in these pages for almost 2 years. So, the question that inevitably raises is …why? And even more important…am I finally closing the blog? The answer to the first question is that a lot has been happening in my personal life: changing jobs, changing cities, then changing jobs again, then go back to London … keeping the blog active was a challenge on top of all that. The changing landscape of social media: Then another one of the reasons is that I lost sight of the blog's purpose. Why keeping a blog alive instead of just posting my work in the likes of Instagram, Facebook or YouTube? This is a difficult question to answer as this blog was born to be a personal happy diary of my progress and a vehicle to allow me to express myself personally and artistically while at the same time connecting with other hobbyists. The raise of social media has revolutio...

  This is the first ever 3D printed miniature that I painted. The miniature that you see is from the Spanish Brand LastSword Miniatures . Just before I continue please bear in mind that I am not sponsored in any kind of way by them. When I was contacted for this commission I was quite nervous about the possible quality of the model and the quality loss due to printing. In the past I have had excellent renders losing a lot of quality after printing the model (but that was quite a while ago, probably approx 4 years-Technology has improved quite a lot). As you can see in the photos, some of the printing layers can be seen-This worried me a lot prior to do any painting-last thing you want is to see printing layers coming through once the miniature is finished. Once that the miniature was primed, the printing layers were barely noticeable which was a great relief. As you can see in the first picture of the post, once that all the different paint layers have been applied and the miniatur...

  Collecting a new army for Warhammer In this post I will go through my experience since I first started in the hobby and why today, after the Old World was officially murdered I am deciding to collect an Orc and Goblins army...for the second time. The initiation It was 2001 and something huge was about to happen, the release of the Lord of the Rings: The fellowship of the Ring. As a teenager with a prior interest in Fantasy I absolutely loved the first movie. Another 3 years passed, now 2008,   I remember meeting my friend and sleeping over at his. The conversations flowed and he started describing how he used to play something called Warhammer Fantasy. A description of the key features of the main races of the old world followed, and then we played a very simple game over a desk…wizards throwing fire bolts!? Heroes performing, well…heroic deeds!? Skeletons fighting!? Necromancers resurrecting skeletons!? Skeletons resurrecting skeletons!?   I was all in. Not eve...

  I know it, I shouldn’t be buying any more models, for God’s sake!? How many miniatures do I  even have? I don’t want to even count them but … Sitting at home comfortably. You are perusing the internet. You know that this would be the perfect time to practice your craft; you could use this spare time to get some painting done and learn a new technique or try something new… But instead you go on a rampage of collectionist consumption. You will spend the rest of the day perusing eBay looking for old school minis, games workshop store, Amazon and other miniature online shops. Finally you find something that will look amazing when (eventually) get to prep, paint and base it. You press “process order” and you feel a warm sensation of excitement in your gut -definitely you cannot wait for the plastic crack new blister or box to arrive home. A pair of days have gone by now, maybe even one week and life kept happening, you are busy and there are some chances that you even forgot...

  First mini painted to test the colour scheme for this collaborative project with my friend. Looks like he is quite happy with the colour and the result.  Now that we have a baseline it is time for him to try emulate the same result. I must confess that I cannot wait to see what he will deliver trying to copy this scheme, this project is super fun!! In the meantime he is executing the base with the concept develope in my first entry , this is what he has so far-Promising! Regards

  Not many times in one's hobby life you come across a great opportunity as recently I did. One of my closest friends was lucky enough to get his hands in almost a brand new bundle of 15xTeutogen Guards with an Ulric warrior priest and Emil Valgeir, the Ar-Ulric of Middenheim . My friend's little treasure WARHAMMER LORE: If you are into Warhammer Fantasy lore, their background goes as follows:   The Teutogen Guard are the elite bodyguard of the  Ar-Ulric  in his role as Elector of the Empire, accompanying him both at state occasions and on the battlefield. Unlike the  Greatswords  who are drawn from the  State Troops , the Teutogen Guard are instead selected from the ranks of the Knights of the White Wolf by the orders of the  Grand Master  and the Ar-Ulric himself. They are often members of the Order's  Inner Circle , although the selection process takes account only of merit and not ran...

  The project called "The Goblin Diaries" officially kicks off with this blog post. In the Goblin Diaries blog series I will be documenting the progress through 187 miniatures that will form the basis of my classic Warhammer Fantasy Orc and Goblin army . I wanted to start easy just bringing color to these miniatures before getting myself into a lot of trouble with what is to come. They are ready to kiss the table and I will sure have a lot of fun with them. Regards

  Painted Tor Garadon as a little break from my traditional "gusto" for Fantasy miniatures. Very lovely miniature with a lot of character. I shaved the sides of his head to enhance the militaristic look of the mini. Regards

  Here we have the classic Warhammer Anvil od Doom released on 1993 by Games Workshop in all its glory. As mentioned in previous posts   I tried to have a go an reinterprate the clasic artbox by GW with more current and modern paint style. I think that although there are a lot of primary colours in the same paintjob, overall the boxart still holds. Above you can see some takes on reflective NMM. Works?? Up to you to judge. Regards