I'm back, from outer space.......

Well not really, but it feels like it's taken light years to get this point. 

What is the point of this post you say, well here it is. 

The Man Cave is complete!

Such a small sentence but loaded with meaning!

Such as, I can start painting again, building again and I can push my skills to new places. 

All in the comfort of a dedicated space for my hobby. 

Awesome!

First on the "new" desk are Adams Van Saar gang all 19 of em, phew. 

Stay tuned for those in the following weeks, as well as HD photos of the completed models on my new camera setup. 

Here's some pics if the Man cave and its progress.  Till later then. 

See you soon. 

My minis are famous.........well sort of!

I recently recieved an email from a good friend of mine in New Zealand regarding some Salamanders I recently painted for him.

It looks like they have been in action against some Chaos Renegades to great effect!

Please follow this link click me you won't be disappointed.
It's a gorgeous set of minis from either side and a very good report too.

Munky out

Alternatives to GW

I was browsing the interweb-o-sphere today and stumbled across this amazing article at Hephesto's Forge about lesser known model companies.

The list is huge and took me by surprise as to the number of these little business' working away in the back ground.

I can't wait to find out what goodies lie in wait in this little gold mine!
It's nice to see that there is still a healthy cottage industry out there for the hobbyist.

Cheers Willem-jan

New ideas! changes to the blog.

From Painting Munky Style

Hello again guys and girls,
I have been giving some thought to the content of the blog and where it should go, and to that end I would like to introduce some new ideas/features I am planning.....

Smackdown Sunday!
Now this isn't a WWE column so don't worry! it will be a regular feature on a Sunday where I will post any battle reports for the week previously, I will endeavour to write the reports in a simplified yet interesting manner.
They will include the thoughts behind my army choice and the tactics I chose as well as a conclusion for both my opponent and myself.

I hope that will be sufficient and as always any comments and suggestions are more than welcome.

Featured Friend!
This will be a fairly irregular post about my gaming buddies/opponents and their armies/modelling projects, this will allow them to add some different content to the blog making it more interesting! yippee!

I will do a little question and answers session with them to get a feel for their army, why they chose it and how they play.
Once again if their are any questions you would like asked please post them here and I will include them.

Obviously real life has an increasing habbit of ruining my best laid battle plans so don't expect content every week but I will do my best.

Tutorials
This is pretty obvious what will go here, but I will share the tips and tricks I have learnt over the course of my hobby and any future stuff that fits the bill.

The content will be rated as to how hard I perceive it to be from a new hobbyist point of view, and it will be explained in a clear and concise manner( well as best as I can manage !!)


Well that's all for today folks, I hope you like the ideas and I'l see you soon.

Crystal Brush Awards announced for Adepticon! $10,000 1st Place Prize

I know this is on the other side of the pond, but I am actually amazed that something like this could happen!
I mean seriously we are all Geeks (no offense intended folks) but this kind of event is, I think a major step for the hobby and for modellers and painters around the world to stand up and be counted.

If you claimed first prize at this, you could without a doubt say you are recognised as the NO:1 artist in America.

What do you all think about this?

The only thing I am 100% sure of, is the models are gonna be incredible!