Miniature Painting Masters: Victor Hardy
Hey everyone, I know this one was up on Bell of Lost Souls awhile ago, but I never posted it here since my blog was kind of "hibernating" at the time. I know it has been quite awhile since the last...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Casket of Souls: Part 1
For those of you familiar with some of my articles on Bell of Lost Souls you'll know that I occasionally have an article titled "Building a Better" where I try and improve on one of GW's existing...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Vengeful Spirit
Tyler M here with my review of the latest Horus Heresy novel, The Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNiel.Let me start off by saying this book is big, clocking in at over 500 pages, which is nothing new for a...
View ArticlePAINTING: Tomb Prince Al Ptramose
Looks like I was inspired by the Mini of the Week last week. My Tomb Kings are really inspiring me at the moment and I've had this guy sitting around for a month or so now just waiting for some paint.I...
View ArticleMini of the Week 7/18/14
Welcome back to Mini of the Week, where every Friday I will find a miniature from around the web that exemplifies an aspect of our hobby and share it with you.Throgg the Troll King by Tupavko on CMoNI...
View ArticleHobby Tips: Choosing the Right Primer, Part 1
No matter what model you are painting they all start the same way, with a coat of primer. Today I am going to take a look at the various options we have for our minis.Lets start with the basics, EVERY...
View ArticleTUTORIAL: Sculpting Skull Icons
Today I have a quick tutorial on how to sculpt skull icons onto your models. If there is one thing that the denizens of the 40K and Warhammer Fantasy universes never seem to have enough of it skulls.I...
View ArticleREVIEW: Lords of Mars
I recently just finished the second book in Graham McNeill's Mechanicus trilogy, Lords of Mars, and it did not disappoint. Lets take a look.If you read the first book in the series, Priest of Mars,...
View ArticlePAINTING: Angron Finished!
Well I have finally finished my Angron model and got around to taking some better pictures of him.I decided against adding the second marine to the base that he is killing since I thought it made the...
View ArticleMini of the Week 7/25/14
Welcome back to Mini of the Week, where every Friday I will find a miniature from around the web that exemplifies an aspect of our hobby and share it with you.Necron Overlord by agent_venom on CMoNI...
View ArticleHobby Tips: Choosing the Right Primer, Part 2
No matter what model you are painting they all start the same way, with a coat of primer. Today we have Part 2 of my look at your primer choices.Last week in Part 1 I went over some basics of the...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Casket of Souls: Part 2
For those of you familiar with some of my articles on Bell of Lost Souls you'll know that I occasionally have an article titled "Building a Better" where I try and improve on one of GW's existing...
View ArticleThe Vault: My Very First White Dwarf!
Welcome to a new feature on Mengel Miniatures: The Vault. Here I will be taking a nostalgic look back at some of the greater moments, models, books, and various other things from our hobby. Today I...
View ArticlePAINTING: Plaguebearers
I realized awhile ago that I have never posted a complete set of pictures of my Golden Demon winning Plaguebearer squad so while I was taking pictures of Angron for last week I decided to snap some of...
View ArticleMini of the Week 8/1/14
Welcome back to Mini of the Week, where every Friday I will find a miniature from around the web that exemplifies an aspect of our hobby and share it with you.Autarque Eldar by thomasdavid.tm on CMoNI...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Rob Sanders
Today we get to sit down with Black Library's Rob Sanders and take a peek behind the curtain.This article originally ran on Bell of Lost Souls about a month ago, but I figured I would give it a second...
View ArticleTUTORIAL: Astral Claw Symbol Freehand
Today I take a look at how to paint the Astral Claw symbol freehand. Although this is specific to one chapter the basic principles can be applied to most basic freehand.Back when I started my Astral...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ravenwing
Gav Thorpe returns to the helm of the Dark Angels chapter with the first novel in the Legacy of Caliban series, Ravenwing.When I first read Angels of Darkness I was blown away with how good it was. It...
View ArticlePAINTING: Lysander
Today's model is a Lysander I painted for a client about a year ago. This was the first finecast Lysander I had painted and it was a bit fiddly. When I was approached to do this model I had a little...
View ArticleMini of the Week 8/8/14
Welcome back to Mini of the Week, where every Friday I will find a miniature from around the web that exemplifies an aspect of our hobby and share it with you.Tamurkhan by Karol Rudyk on CMoNThis mini...
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