Mike Hobbs – Funeral Webcast
It was Mike’s funeral today. Due to COVID restrictions, attendance at the service was strictly limited, and I know so many people would have wanted to pay their [...]
Articles by Neil Shuck
Mike Hobbs – A Book of Condolence
Following the outpouring of messages from the community following the passing of Mike Hobbs, I thought it would be nice to have a permanent record of these to pass on to his [...]
Mike Hobbs – The Welsh Wizzard
As I write this, I am still reeling from the shocking news of the sudden death of Mike Hobbs, only a few days after his 55th birthday. I first met Mike on the UK show circuit [...]
Painting Tally – March 2021
A decent month for painting, but not on a par with last month. Some would argue that it may appear better than I think it was as cavalry count as two models… Anyway, [...]
Burrows & Badgers – New Kickstarter running until 2nd April 2021
Michael and Jo at Oathsworn Miniatures have launched their biggest ever Kickstarter project for Burrows & Badgers, with a whopping 30 new miniatures being added to the [...]
Goblin Wolf Rider host is complete
Almost exactly a month after starting them, the Goblin Wolf Rider host has been finished and is ready to join the rest of the army… There are ten scouts… Fourteen [...]
Hobby Update – 8th March 2021
A fairly productive weekend has seen a group of Goblin Wolf Riders finished and another about 80% complete. This latest group is armed with spears and shields. 20 down, 15 to [...]
Evil Dvergr Dwarves on Kickstarter
I have been a fan of Colin Patten’s Dark Age sculpting for some time – especially his twist on fantasy miniatures, right back to the days of the original Vendel [...]
Painting Tally – February 2021
February has been a hugely productive month for me – I’ve probably painted more models in a month than at any other time, even if I have slowed down a little in [...]
Who let the Wolves out?
With the Goblin Infantry finished (at least for now) the last few days have been spent building and priming Goblin Wolf Riders. I started painting them over the past weekend. [...]
Goblin Wolf Riders – An attack of Deja Vu
The next stage in my Goblin army was to assemble a number of Wolf Riders, using miniatures from the Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders box set Having assembled them, I looked and [...]
Goblin Infantry finished – Hobby Update 17th February 2021
Well, I say finished. They are almost finished – one thing remains to be done, as you will see. The weekend saw the completion of painting my Oathmark Goblin Infantry. [...]
Hobby Update – 13th February 2021
Reached the end of what has turned out to be a very productive week. The last figures of my latest Goblin unit – Goblins with Hand Weapons – were finished on [...]
What accounts for the increased painting speed?
It has been noted that my painting output appears to have increased dramatically over the past few weeks, and I was asked on Twitter what accounted for this – was it [...]
Hobby Update – 9th February 2021
Started the week with another ‘Paint and chat’ session. These type of get togethers on social media – whether on Google Meet, Jitsi, Discord or whatever [...]
Hobby Update – 7th February 2021
A small amount of finishing work and a lot of preparation has taken place over the last couple of days. First off, I finished painting the final group of 5 Goblin Archers. [...]
Hobby Update – 5th February 2021
Managed another couple of hours painting last night, which meant that I finished another group of Goblin Archers – that’s 15 figures so far this week, which is [...]
Hobby Update – 3rd February 2021
Thanks to another quiet night in and one of my usual bouts of insomnia (I was applying a wash to these models at 2am this morning) I have managed to complete another group of [...]
Hobby Update – 2nd February 2021
I was able to grab some hobby time last night and managed to finish painting my first group of Goblin Archers from Oathmark. (I am trying to ensure that I spend some time [...]
Painting Tally – January 2021
It’s the end of the month, so time to tally up how many models I have managed to complete in January – it’s been a good start to the year: 20 Oathmark [...]
