Andy Walker
@balthazar-weiss.bsky.social
Miniature Painter from deepest darkest Wiltshire.
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The Pot Noodle tower is weathered - first time ever using streaking grime, I think it looks ok? Does the whole piece need more colour?
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November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Pot Noodle tower is weathered - first time ever using streaking grime, I think it looks ok? Does the whole piece need more colour?
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First lot of paint on the Pot Noodle Tower, and it's starting to come together. I'm going to keep it pretty drab, any colour will be subtle, and then lots of oil washes, streaking grime, rust effects and moss to finish it off.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
First lot of paint on the Pot Noodle Tower, and it's starting to come together. I'm going to keep it pretty drab, any colour will be subtle, and then lots of oil washes, streaking grime, rust effects and moss to finish it off.
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#nerdlings
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...and views of it primed. The plan is to paint the whole thing brown/umber, then sponge on different shades of grey.
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
...and views of it primed. The plan is to paint the whole thing brown/umber, then sponge on different shades of grey.
Detailing and filling of gaps completed - build stage of the Pot Noodle tower completed. Gluing stuff on to the bottom half of a cone is a pain...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Detailing and filling of gaps completed - build stage of the Pot Noodle tower completed. Gluing stuff on to the bottom half of a cone is a pain...
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#nerdlings
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Making wargaming terrain from absolute rubbish, sci-fi edition. Pot Noodle pot on a CD base with random stuff glued to it. Ground built up using filler. A few more details to add, some more filler and then sand on the base. It should look a lot better undercoated 🤞🏻
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November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Making wargaming terrain from absolute rubbish, sci-fi edition. Pot Noodle pot on a CD base with random stuff glued to it. Ground built up using filler. A few more details to add, some more filler and then sand on the base. It should look a lot better undercoated 🤞🏻
#wargamingterrain
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I picked this up for £14! Ridiculous value, even if you were to cannibalise it for parts
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I picked this up for £14! Ridiculous value, even if you were to cannibalise it for parts
A friend went properly all in on the Dungeons & Lasers Kickstarter, and I've been painting some pieces for him. Really good stuff, a few gaps that needed filling in the bigger pieces, but mold lines were reasonable to deal with.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A friend went properly all in on the Dungeons & Lasers Kickstarter, and I've been painting some pieces for him. Really good stuff, a few gaps that needed filling in the bigger pieces, but mold lines were reasonable to deal with.
...and he's painted! Brian the Dark Side Tin Man, not sure what he is really, or how I'll use him, but it was loads of fun hacking a toy up and adding bits. 👍🏻
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November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
...and he's painted! Brian the Dark Side Tin Man, not sure what he is really, or how I'll use him, but it was loads of fun hacking a toy up and adding bits. 👍🏻
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#AndysChopShop
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4 Skaven Elites (i.e. Hearthguard for Saga), the old Advanced Heroquest models have a special place in my heart, and they were so much fun to paint 😍 Contrast paints work so well with the old models.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
4 Skaven Elites (i.e. Hearthguard for Saga), the old Advanced Heroquest models have a special place in my heart, and they were so much fun to paint 😍 Contrast paints work so well with the old models.
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#Oldhammer
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So Brian looks "ok"? I've got a 40mm base with orchid bark building up to give him some more height. The weapons drag him back into 28mm scale, which I like a lot 👍🏻
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November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So Brian looks "ok"? I've got a 40mm base with orchid bark building up to give him some more height. The weapons drag him back into 28mm scale, which I like a lot 👍🏻
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I thought something looked familiar...
Arise, Sir Andreas Johann Strauss 😆
Arise, Sir Andreas Johann Strauss 😆
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I thought something looked familiar...
Arise, Sir Andreas Johann Strauss 😆
Arise, Sir Andreas Johann Strauss 😆
Next up in the "turning my son's toys into wargaming minis" project are an ankylosaurus with helmet(?!) and a Mechzilla? Robogodzilla? Brian?
For Anky, he won't fit on a 60mm base 🤨. I'm going to make the helmet more medieval, and add blades to the top, and then spikes to the tail.
As for Brian...
For Anky, he won't fit on a 60mm base 🤨. I'm going to make the helmet more medieval, and add blades to the top, and then spikes to the tail.
As for Brian...
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Next up in the "turning my son's toys into wargaming minis" project are an ankylosaurus with helmet(?!) and a Mechzilla? Robogodzilla? Brian?
For Anky, he won't fit on a 60mm base 🤨. I'm going to make the helmet more medieval, and add blades to the top, and then spikes to the tail.
As for Brian...
For Anky, he won't fit on a 60mm base 🤨. I'm going to make the helmet more medieval, and add blades to the top, and then spikes to the tail.
As for Brian...
So I think it works, the legs are maybe a little long, and maybe a little thin (I see loads of these people in the gym 😆), but I'm reasonably happy. Once he's painted, and I've put some tufts on the base it should look better...
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So I think it works, the legs are maybe a little long, and maybe a little thin (I see loads of these people in the gym 😆), but I'm reasonably happy. Once he's painted, and I've put some tufts on the base it should look better...
The piece on the left was the top half of a Marauder Empire Reiksgard Foot Knight, that I tried to convert in to a cavalry model when I was 13. It was an anatomical disaster. 😖
Using some weird old Chaos Warrior legs (from the 80s), I'm hoping to create a new model.
Will it work?
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Using some weird old Chaos Warrior legs (from the 80s), I'm hoping to create a new model.
Will it work?
#AndysChopShop
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The piece on the left was the top half of a Marauder Empire Reiksgard Foot Knight, that I tried to convert in to a cavalry model when I was 13. It was an anatomical disaster. 😖
Using some weird old Chaos Warrior legs (from the 80s), I'm hoping to create a new model.
Will it work?
#AndysChopShop
Using some weird old Chaos Warrior legs (from the 80s), I'm hoping to create a new model.
Will it work?
#AndysChopShop
Reaper Bones Dwarf - quite a big chap, he's on a 32mm base, potentially the Warlord for a Saga or Dragon Rampant army. Foaming tankard on the shield is my favourite bit 🍺
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October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reaper Bones Dwarf - quite a big chap, he's on a 32mm base, potentially the Warlord for a Saga or Dragon Rampant army. Foaming tankard on the shield is my favourite bit 🍺
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To no-ones surprise, I've been called a knobhead for many reasons, but this is one I'm proud of 😆
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October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
To no-ones surprise, I've been called a knobhead for many reasons, but this is one I'm proud of 😆
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OK, so I'm really pleased with this chap. P3 Coal Black is the main highlight colour and it's worked really nicely. The spines were highlighted up with AK Interactive Deep Red. 60mm base covered in bits of slate, flock and different types of tea leaves 😎
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October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
OK, so I'm really pleased with this chap. P3 Coal Black is the main highlight colour and it's worked really nicely. The spines were highlighted up with AK Interactive Deep Red. 60mm base covered in bits of slate, flock and different types of tea leaves 😎
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The Ostermark Halberdiers Blood Bowl team, good looking but absolutely crap on the pitch...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Ostermark Halberdiers Blood Bowl team, good looking but absolutely crap on the pitch...
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Based and undercoated now, and looking fairly reasonable - I'm going to use something like P3 Coal Black to highlight the black, then go a proper deep red for the spines.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Based and undercoated now, and looking fairly reasonable - I'm going to use something like P3 Coal Black to highlight the black, then go a proper deep red for the spines.
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Oil wash done on the dragon - Sap Green and Ivory Black on the red, Burnt Umber and Ivory Black on the wings. Starting to come together a bit now.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oil wash done on the dragon - Sap Green and Ivory Black on the red, Burnt Umber and Ivory Black on the wings. Starting to come together a bit now.
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#nerdlings
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I had a serious case of Sunday blues yesterday, so wandered off to Tom's Tabletop Bunker to buy myself something random, and this is what I came back with. I'm not sure what I'll do with either model, but at £14 it feels like a proper bargain 👍🏻
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October 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I had a serious case of Sunday blues yesterday, so wandered off to Tom's Tabletop Bunker to buy myself something random, and this is what I came back with. I'm not sure what I'll do with either model, but at £14 it feels like a proper bargain 👍🏻
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...and the first model I ever painted!
October 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
...and the first model I ever painted!
With just paint, can I turn this crappy weird-ass toy into a decent looking alien monster? He'll fit on a 60mm base. I'm thinking black still, with red spines?
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September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
With just paint, can I turn this crappy weird-ass toy into a decent looking alien monster? He'll fit on a 60mm base. I'm thinking black still, with red spines?
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For me the war is over... 😭🪦☠️
September 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For me the war is over... 😭🪦☠️
It gets worse...
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It gets worse...