Chest of Colors

HobbyZone‘s offer includes interesting miniature transport cases. I was lucky to receive them for testing and reviewing, but I realized that there are already such reviews on the internet, describing thoroughly these products. This put me in a difficult situation – should I write yet another review, posting nearly the same photos, similar comments and remarks? Everything must have been said already….

Recently I came into possession of this set. I decided to make a short review of it’s contents and the minis’ quality.
This starter box contains five metal models: Warchief, Vei-Banshee and 3 Tribal Warriors. All come with round 30mm bases. The figures are about 37mm tall. The quality of the casts is good. The mould lines are visible, but easy to remove. There are many tiny parts, as you can see on the pictures:

I got his one since I am a great fan of Confrontation game and especially Cadwallon. Before going bankrupt, Rackahm didn’t manage to sculpt all the miniatures for created characters. I am planning use this one for the Guild of Cartomancers, as a Cartomancer Mage.

Although the miniature is in Rackham style and suits perfectly Cadallon’s world – the concept is original and was done by Nico Kopf.

Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster is the latest game from the legendary Mike McVey. Hellspawn documented unboxing the game and wrote a review for us all to read and see what good the game really is.

Many of you surely wondered what kind of photographic backdrops we’ve been using recently. Searching the internet might have provided you the answer already, but now we’ve got more than that. This Hangar 18 Miniatures photo backgrounds review sheds some more light on this subject, so in case you are wondering if these backgrounds would be of any use to you – read on.

Infamy Miniatures is a relatively new manufacturer of steampunk miniatures in 32mm scale. We had a chance to review their two models: Sherlock Holmes and Henrietta Jekyll. Read on to learn more about them:

So many interesting miniatures were released this summer that reviewing, selecting and describing them took more time than previously. But if you want to see which miniatures were caught under our reviewers' spotlights - check the article.

I‘m a great fan of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll so it was a great joy for me to see the preview of Nocturna Models‘ Alice a few months ago.

Today I received mine after a long period of waiting for it to be available, due to their page being redone.

We’re happy to announce a painting contest after a very long break. And when I say “very long”, I really mean it. The last contest we had here was in 2005, but if this one turns out to be popular – we’ll surely arrange more contests for you.

Slawol had a chance to paint a popular Smart Max miniature: Lord Baron Mantes, and examined the miniature in detail to share his review of this model with you. Read on to see what his opinion about this model was.

Spellcrow is the company behind the Umbra Turris game. Slawol had bought some of their minis the last year at the Mad Days event and recently found them in his boxes, which allowed him to review these two: Mrokin and Helloween Mage.

May brought us so many interesting new releases in the miniature painting hobby, that Hellspawn and Sea.man needed a whole month to get through them and choose their favorites. Check their list out and feel free to discuss it.

Sea.man and Hellspawn discuss their choices of most interesting, best, worst, sexiest, most useful, etc. releases of March and April - mostly from miniature painter's perspective but also including some gaming elements in their compilation.

HobbyZone is a new company producing accessories for miniature painting and modeling. Ana prepared a review of HobbyZone paint station and paint stands written from professional miniature painter's point of view.

Titan Forge is a fairly new company based in Poland.We have recently received some of their miniatures, which allowed us to prepare this Titan Forge review.

Titan Forge’s target group are without any doubts GW gamers, playing both WFB and 40K. Their products (miniatures, bits and bases) are clearly sculpted to supplement your GW army. Is it good or bad?

Ariakas couldn't resist buying the Forge World Chaos Decimator model! Review was a natural consequence of this purchase. To learn about the new kind of resin, casting quality and miniature painting fan's opinion - read on...

A while ago Privateer Press announced that they would introduce plastic figures into their miniature range to counter the ever-increasing price of metal. Nowadays Privateer Press has a nice selection of plastic figs and as one of those figs is the new Hordes plastic Warpwolf – review was in order.

25th Anniversary of Warhammer 40.000 was commemorated with release of a limited edition Space Marine Captain inspired by the cover of Rogue Trader. Does it set a new standard for Citadel Finecast miniatures or is it just an incidental change in quality? A?a and Benathai unbox the model...

Winsor & Newton series 7 brushes are often considered the best brushes for miniature painting. Do they live up to their reputation? Check this Winsor & Newton series 7 and Rosemary & Co. brushes review to see how they compare to Rosemary brushes.

This model’s full name is Jebzakkah B’Ork – Bayourk Chieftain, and it’s one of the bulkier sculpts in the current Orc line. For a fair 10 GBP you get this one-piece resin cast.

Romeo Models offer a good alternative to Pegaso or Andrea miniatures. Czlowiek.morze posted a Jean Bart review to let us see if the quality of this expensive miniature from Romeo Models justifies its price for us, miniature painting fans.

One of our regulars, Hellspawn, posted a review of "Fire and Brimstone" line of bases from ForgeCraft Games. Read on to find out more about them.

When you're done with painting miniatures and basing them, you could consider making a movement tray for them. Rzymek, who has painted many armies and units, explains how to make movement trays for your units.

People often discuss which miniatures they like the most, which releases were the coolest, and what they would like to paint. Now we had a totally different idea!

Throughout the years many ugly miniatures have been made. Not only ugly, but also badly sculpted, or based on bad or ridiculous concepts. It’s time to find them, collect them and to find the worst one of all!