40k Is As Expensive As You Make It

Welcome back, all.  Today I want to talk about something near and dear to my heart- getting the most out of the hobby.When I began this this blog in April of 2010, I belonged to a local playgroup in my small city in Wisconsin.  Most of us had a small budget...

Swamp Bases- Step by Step

Welcome back scratchbuilders and 40k miniature enthusiasts.  Last week I shared pictures of the swamp bases I plan to use for my Chaos Space Marine army, promising I would go over the steps I took to make them.I started out with a bottle cap which was the size of...

Making Swamp Bases

Welcome back, scratchbuilders!  Today I'm going to show off some swamp style bases I created.When I first began these bases, I thought it would be a simple case of taping up the sides and filling in the extra spaces with some water effects.  Boy, was I...

Painting Typhus- From Beginning to End

Hello fellow scratch builders and money savers!  I've been working on the Typhus model i received with my Chaos Codex and thought it might be fun to go over the thought process I followed in painting him.Here we have the primed, unpainted model.  This being...

Taking Pictures- An Amateurs Journey, part 2

Welcome back everyone to SB40k.  Today I continue my thoughts and experiences in taking pictures of my minis.As a continuation of the post I made last week, I'd like to look at past images I've taken of models and what they look like now with proper lighting and...