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Circus of Paint (Daniel, he/him)

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Been into the miniatures hobby since 1998, grew up on Games Workshop and Warhammer, but also dabble with indie games, sculpting and terrain making.

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More Bandits on the production line for Silver Bayonet - one new and the other a rework of an older conversion.

As this game is my current hyperfocus I might move these up the painting queue.

#silverbayonet #thesilverbayonet

04.02.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beastman - less Warhammer and more Mork Borg in spirit. Cut off details and sculpted new ones (and lots of matted fur) onto a plastic Pestigor (great kit BTW)

30.01.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I presume these are the same scale as Chaos Marines, and still a tad shorter than Primaris. New Firstborn would be good, although I think that lack of interchangability with the modern kits might hamper them a bit.

18.01.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel the same, I like them but if these came out 10 or so years ago I would have really enthusiastic about them.

17.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also used Stormvermin Fur for the mushrooms and tendrils, shaded and highlighted as above.

12.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Off the top of my head, Knight-Questor Flesh, shaded by mixing in Stegadon Scale Grey and highlighted by mixing in AK Ice Yellow. A bit of glazing of Death Guard Green around the lips and eye, same but with Khorne Red over the eye itself. Was experimenting as I went along.

12.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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First painted minis for 2026 - the tokens for Warhammer Quest Darkwater. Gave them smaller 20mm bases and painted differently than the usual Nurgle colours, so they are more general purpose for fantasy model-agnostic systems.

12.01.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Painted a set of #10mm Boneblades over the last few months, just finished before years end. I love my brick of tiny Skeletons!

31.12.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rough plans for 2026 hobby:

Finish a Blood Bowl team or two, and play with them!
Finish a pair of Fallout Faction gangs, and play the game!
Finish other ongoing painting projects (MESBG, 10mm CFB, maybe more Orks)
Carry on with building Turnip28, paint them too!
Carry on with terrain building!

31.12.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another difficult year, but at least I made a bunch more Turnip28 goobers, and painted a fair few 10mm mins for Classic Fantasy Battles. Here’s to 2026, hopefully a kinder and easier year πŸŽ‰

31.12.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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feel free to use these I will be

15.12.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A couple more #turnip28 goobers to fall over in the mud.

(The polearms are scratchbuilt)

05.12.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lil lizard dude in robes holding a staff and skull. This guy has seemed to have licked one too many poisoned frogs and thinks he can cast magic or something.

Lil lizard dude in robes holding a staff and skull. This guy has seemed to have licked one too many poisoned frogs and thinks he can cast magic or something.

Skink Priest

#mordheim

16.11.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Banger of a reveal for Nurgle - I’m pleased to see new Pestigor.

10.11.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, and not overly detailed like many modern GW sculpts either.

08.11.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like both, and glad we’re getting the standalone kit with or shortly after the Darkwater ones

(Hoping they’d fit nicely on 25mm bases for Old World) πŸ˜…

08.11.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

10am on Saturdays

07.11.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m looking at the heroes and thinking they’d be great for the Old World. :)

03.11.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm it just about does if you trim down the base topper.

29.10.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same, especially as we’ve mostly just had new plastic characters here and there, and the odd new plastic unit (Foot Knights) - good news on a wet, dreary Monday here!

20.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very true, just really wasn’t expecting a refresh of some of the TOW kits either!

20.10.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bring Chaos to the Old World with a horde of rampaging Marauders - Warhammer Community Tear civilisation down.

Woah, did not expect this especially since AoS also got a range refresh for their Darkoath counterparts #warhammercommunity

20.10.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Would be a fair assumption since they’re starting to show it off now!

17.10.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Horrible Hedge Knight for Turnip28 by Robin Carey

16.10.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Picked up some more Perry Miniatures sprues (Spanish Guerrillas) and made some Bandits - one of my previous conversions were incorporated into these (with a new head swap - I love the top hats on the Guerrilla sprue).

#silverbayonet #thesilverbayonet

07.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TREES - added one of the Orc casualties from the WA kit on one of the bases. #10mm

28.09.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Painted up some #10mm Orcs from #wargamesatlantic and their Classic Fantasy Battles range. The trees are 3D prints I picked up a couple years ago at Salute.

Will come back and add some final finishing highlights at a later date - too many other projects to get back to!

28.09.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Decided not to try and add sponsons, i think it would spoil the look and just not be worth squeezing them in.

It meant I could finish off the sides.

66 rivets added.

Still to do:
1. Gunshield.
2. Banner.

#Orks #Gobsmasha #LootedWagon #40K #Warhammer

15.09.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice - I like the arrow pointing forward!

16.09.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Warhammer Day brings a new commemorative Chaos champion and a Space Marine Captain - Warhammer Community Warhammer Day comes around again.

I like the simplicity of the Chaos Champion - strong posing and silhouette.

The Space Marine though? Mehhhh, and emblematic of the issues I have with most modern GW sculpts.

What do you think of both?

#warhammercommunity

15.09.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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