How a Warhammer miniature is actually made
From concept art to the sprue on your desk, and why there is a faint line running across your model's face that nobody at the factory could have prevented.
Warhammer 40,000
Meet the eighteen primarchs
A beginner's introduction to the Emperor's sons: a short piece on each of the eighteen we are allowed to know about, in legion order, gaps included.
Where Warhammer came from
Games Workshop's own timeline says it was founded in 1975. Warhammer arrives in 1983 and 40,000 in 1987, which makes the company a shop for eight years first.
Why plastic looks like plastic
A plastic miniature is shaped by having to get out of a steel mould, and that one constraint explains more about your models than the concept art does.
Welcome to Sprue & Glue
Why I'm starting a blog about painting miniatures, and what you can expect to find here in the coming months.