The Swarm stirs - Painting a Custom Zerg Army for StarCraft

Diving into the newly released StarCraft miniature game with a full Zerg force has been a complete blast, especially since it provided the perfect opportunity to experiment with enamels for the very first time . Combining the contents of the Founder's Edition with an additional box of Hydralisks, the goal was to craft a menacing swarm that felt organic and unified while taking advantage of enamel washes to bring out the deep textures of chitin, flesh, and creep . To lock down the organic tones across the army, I relied on a combination of speed pain…

Scholar's Seal - Reinforcements for Sand Kingdoms

Tackling the Scholar's Seal expansion box for Eldfall Chronicles has been a fantastic change of pace on the painting desk. The sculpts in this set carry a strong elemental identity, so my main goal was to make each miniature feel distinct through its palette while maintaining a visual thread that ties the whole group together on the table. The Djinnborn Marzban was easily the most intense model of the set. To capture the idea of a creature born entirely of flame, I started with a fiery yellow core along the torso and muscle groups, blending outwa…

Aleph OperationS - the Mazebreaker update

Prepping for Interplanetario in August is always a huge motivator to get a fully painted, cohesive list onto the table. For this year’s force, I focused on bringing my Operations Subsection of Aleph up to tournament standard, building around a crisp purple and warm cream palette tied together with glowing magenta accents on tech-panel bases. The core list includes heavy-hitters like the Asura alongside the Sharvara dog remote, backed up by essential mid-field skirmishers like the Naga and Dasyus. To give the force a uniform look across both human-scale …

The unyielding advance of Saturn's Forges

Painting at the epic scale of Legions Imperialis requires a shift in focus: the goal is to make these 8mm miniatures feel just as dense and industrial as their full-sized counterparts. For this detachment, the core of the force is built around a heavy vanguard of Saturnine-pattern Terminators and Dreadnoughts painted in the colors of the Fourth Legion. On the Legions Imperialis battlefield, Saturnine Terminators serve a very specific purpose. Their massive, rounded armor suits are designed for grueling, close-quarters breakthrough operations and endurin…

The deeper mines - painting Mounthaven

There is a timeless joy in painting fantasy dwarves, but when it came time to tackle the new Warcrow Mounthaven infantry, I knew I wanted to push past the traditional glinting steel and bright golden braids. The sculpts themselves possess a rugged, heavy-armored presence that practically begs for a darker, more subterranean story. To capture that subterranean grit, I decided to pull thematic inspiration from classic fantasy archetypes: the grim, ash-skinned Duergar and the tyrannical red-and-bronze aesthetics of Chaos Dwarves. Finding the exact balance …