musings of a pigment pusher
These Skeletons (technically Zombies) that I snagged from eBay a while back... are hardly my best ever work. In my defence (excuse). The figures were very poor sculpts with hardly any detail left in the face, but I still thought they had a lot of character through the poses and wanted to have a crack... Continue Reading →
Wow, 2020 eh? What a year, not quite what most of us were hoping for I'm sure. In terms of miniatures painting though, it's not been too bad. The only negative things to crop up this year for me was that the price of minis on eBay went up quite drastically because he mo-fkin scalpers... Continue Reading →
Greetings Oldhammerers. Here are the finished entrants for the #oldorcs 2020 completion. I would like to thank each and every one of you who participated and shared, commented and supported. Without further ado----- The Winners are: Third: Stresscrafter Second: Niklas Philstrom First: AsgardUK There were a few miniatures that I think deserve a special mention...they... Continue Reading →
EM4 Minis Sexy Orcs Garage A Bitz Bears Head Miniatures Morgue Miniatures Morgue Miniatures Scotia Grendel
Its Orctober, yes, I said ORCtober...or is it ORKtober...I never know. Ah well, I'll go with the first one. I started this Orctober as a passive observer. Then I thought, what the hell, I will paint something, then I got completely carried away and decided to run a painting competition. Aside from that though this... Continue Reading →
My little Instagram live segment is called Oldhammer Sunday. if you want to follow along, the more the merrier. Every Sunday I do a live stream at 10:30 am (UK time) to talk about Oldhammer. At the moment, it's mostly things that I am doing, but I want it to become more about you and... Continue Reading →
Over the last year or so, the lead pile, also known as the pile of shame has been exponentially growing. I do TRY to keep on top of it by stripping, fixing, priming and basing any miniatures I acquire...but recently that's just not been enough. It takes me about a day to paint a figure.... Continue Reading →
There are a billion painting tutorials out there. This isn't one of the best. BUT, it is my first attempt. Its a bit rough around the edges... but I hope you like it and find it useful. Id really appreciate any constructive criticism, and a subscription to my channel is you could manage it? How... Continue Reading →
I suppose there a million paint spreadsheets out there. Here is mine. You are free to add comments to the document and I will update it. I did it to create a very quick resource for miniature painters. Constructive Comments and assistance are very welcome. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R3CfQ9d5fa8ug-PPOpCuw--cPz6Wt9PACn1YEISq00U/edit?usp=sharing
Why Oldhammer? - Old Man Paints I have been pretty busy lately on the miniatures front. It's somewhat frustrating really because it seems like, right now, when I should be focused on work, I am constantly thinking about miniatures. eBay and the trading pages of Facebook are flooded with a lot of good Oldhammer stuff... Continue Reading →
