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      • How to: Paint Cities of Death Buildings
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    • How to: Paint gore and open wounds on Death Guard, Pox Walkers and Zombies
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Custodes Contemptor Dreadnought Work in Progress

Posted on 06/04/2017 by admin

I have always liked the idea of the Adeptus Custodes, the mysterious protectors of the Emperor. I never believed that

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Triumvirate of the Primarch – Unboxing

Posted on 04/04/2017 by Rob Knipe

With our Robot Guilliman Monthly Hobby Challenge which started on Saturday, I thought it’d be a good time to show the

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April Hobby Challenge – Roboute Guilliman

Posted on 31/03/2017 by admin

Every month on The Brush & Boltgun we will be having a hobby challenge. It’s a great way to give

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Painting Basics: Battle Damage

Posted on 28/03/201728/10/2019 by Rob Knipe

Battle damage on miniatures can be something you either love or hate on miniatures. I used to hate it, reasoning,

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The Emperor’s New… Logo?

Posted on 27/03/2017 by admin

The Brush and Boltgun has had a little makeover! That’s right, we’re pleased to promote and show off our brand

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Weathering

Posted on 15/03/2017 by admin

A colleague of mine is about to start work on a Wild West film. For one of the props he

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Sons of Horus Breachers

Posted on 05/03/201711/03/2018 by Rob Knipe

I love the Breacher miniatures. I’ll get that out of the way now, then I can carry on without making

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Master of signals 

Posted on 27/02/2017 by Rob Knipe

Following on from the conversions that Mike and me made for the Master of Signals (here), here’s the paint scheme

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How to paint Space Wolves part 1: Geigor Fell-Hand painted as Bran Redmaw, Wolf Lord

Posted on 23/02/2017 by Rob Knipe

For about three years, I spent my time collecting Space Wolves. I liked the Vikingness of them, and the Chapter’s

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Inferno is here!

Posted on 22/02/2017 by admin

It’s arrived! I’m going to be spending the rest of the evening reading this. I’ll post up a proper review

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Genestealer Cults – Part 3 – Aberrants

Posted on 20/02/201719/03/2018 by Rob Knipe

Aberrants! Bless em, meant to be a decent hybrid, ended up a bit like Sloth from the Goonies but with

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Genestealer Cults – Part 2 – Neophytes

Posted on 14/02/201711/07/2018 by Rob Knipe

The final part for the Neophytes is pretty straight forward, although I’ve failed to take pictures of the paints. I

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Genestealer Cults – Part 1 – Neophytes

Posted on 10/02/201711/07/2018 by Rob Knipe

When I first started playing 40K, many, many moons ago, Genestealer Cults were a thing, and my pal John had

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Adeptus Mechanicus – Skitarii Part 3

Posted on 05/04/2016 by admin

Back in February I posted the first two parts of a painting blog for my Skitarii. I was trying to

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Christmas in the Underworld – Demons from Frostgrave

Posted on 29/03/2016 by Rob Knipe

Frostgrave, where to start? Well, A while ago, one of my pals, Phil, pointed out Frostgrave to me. Now loving

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