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Five Mandrakes painted in comic book style with bold black lining

Mandrake Kill Team Painted Comic Book Style (First 5)

The first 5 Mandrakes from my Kill Team painted in comic book style with regular paints and Higgins Black Magic ink. Paint recipes, lessons learned, and the start of an experiment.

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Deathwatch space marine diorama wide shot — a lone marine fires a rocket launcher at point-blank range into tyranids pouring over a bulkhead, with GET Some text overlay

Telling Stories With Grimdark Dioramas & Minis

How I approach narrative miniature building. From a Helsreach diorama to a space marine flipping off tyranids to a Krieg artillery crew caught napping. Storytelling at every scale.

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Chibi Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priest praying to an air fryer on a Grecian pedestal, painted in comic book style

Comic Book Style Miniature Painting

Warhammer 40K miniatures painted in a comic book style with bold black lining and exaggerated highlights. Imperial Fists, Deathwatch, Custom Chapters, and a chibi Admech praying to an air fryer.

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Close-up of a Death Guard toxic wasteland base showing layered green sludge with text overlay

Death Guard Toxic Wasteland Bases

How I made toxic wasteland bases for my Death Guard using basing glue mixed with paint. Dark earth with sickly green puddles for a simple technique that looks disgusting in the best way.

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Typhus, Herald of Nurgle — Death Guard character in bone armor with pink corruption and green shoulder pad

Death Guard 30K→40K Corruption Paint Scheme

A full paint recipe for Death Guard in a Pre-Heresy bone armor scheme with Nurgle corruption breaking through. Step-by-step with Army Painter Speed Paints and Vallejo, plus lessons learned the hard way.

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