How to make terrain glue
Sealing scratch-built terrain with watered-down PVA: the 50/50 mix, the two drops of dish soap that make it soak instead of bead, and how to stop it gluing itself to your table.
Making stats for our teaspoon pet
Rolling up a pet in Teaspoon: a d8 down the line, the modifiers your creature type brings, and when to just pick a nature instead of rolling it.
Old school sand bases
Making basing texture out of sand, PVA and cheap paint. Why all-purpose sand and not playground sand, and why this still beats a pot of texture paste at scale.
Highlighting black
Glazing up from Tenebris Gray to pearl gray for the dark panels — plus a sink ripping off the wall, another bout of sickness, and thoughts on a new Army Painter wet palette.
Expanding Our Tile Into a Full Game Board
From one tile to a 2x3 skirmish board—using Mod Podge in cracks, heat guns on foam, and hoping the drill press keeps things flat.
Making a Board for Motley Crews
Day three of terrain building—cutting foam with a hot wire into a checkerboard pattern for Molly Crew. What can you get done in an hour?
June 24, 2026
Quick update on the teaspoon diorama. Didn't post last night cuz I'm just waiting on glue to dry still.
Building Teaspoon's Lava Rock Diorama, Part 1
I tore up an old prize-winning Shadespire board to build a volcanic reef. Mostly this one is about getting cork to stop looking like cork.
Planning the Hobby Room, Attempt Number Six
I've tried to turn this basement into a real studio six times and never finished once. This time I started with graph paper and paper cutouts.
The daily vlog returns
It's been a couple of days since I posted a vlog and I didn't realize that. So, I've been recording stuff.
Rambling about competitive vs fun games.
I'm going to do a ramble over some of my games from Sunday.
Prepping for game day
Totally forgot today was a family uh event day. So, I didn't get time to paint. And I'm really only going to have time to get everything packed up tonight to…
Mail day and what’s coming next
What's up? Quick one tonight. Uh things are returning back to normal. Tomorrow I'll be back on the channel. But uh my first order, they sent me the stuff I was…
No making the same mistakes as I usually do
Found two Death Watch sprues and an Imperial Agents Combat Patrol in the pile — laying down ground rules for coming back to 40k for 11th edition without falling into the same FOMO traps as last time.
Painting some infinity models
Crunch week on the Infinity commission — building, priming, and base-coating the whole force in a day. Airbrush over zenithal for the alien centerpiece, then a hard pivot to contrast paints for the troopers.
GW got me again
Breaking a three-year no-new-GW streak at my old local store, plus why the daily hobby vlog is winding down so I can start building 40k my way for 11th edition.
Why are 3d sculpted models so overly detailed?
Today, I'm just building the last bit of models I need to have built for like some personal projects and the commissions.
SmashBash Build Begins
Kicking off a new build for SmashBash.
Quick Hobby Update
Castle Grief mail day, Infernals printing wrapped up, and laying out plans for a busy April—live stream on Monday to finish Maximus and the Dusk test model.
Building Terrain in the Sun
Taking the hobby outside for some terrain building in the sunlight.
Building Sunrot, Miscast, and Gardens of Hecate Minis
There's something meditative about building miniatures—scraping mold lines, filling gaps, and zoning out for a couple hours after a hectic week.
Building Kingdom Death Survivors
Building four custom Kingdom Death Monster survivor miniatures from the incredibly modular sprues, with tips on posing and creating dynamic compositions.
Building More Figures for Trench Crusade
With the 3D printer down, building nuns and pilgrims the hard way—plus finally committing to paint my metal Mage Knight and Chainmail collections.
I Built 90 Goblins in 5 Days
Finally done building! 18 hours of tedious work later, all 90 goblins are assembled. Tomorrow the videos get cool again.
Slowly Going Insane Removing Mould Lines
15 hours later, all 90 goblins are mold line free. I've dulled the back side of an X-Acto blade. This has been brutal.
A Quick-Win Trick for Long Hobby Projects
12 hours into assembly with no visible progress—here's my tip for staying motivated: get quick wins to keep the momentum going.
Vlog Update - Prepping Models for Mass Assembly
Time travel attempt to build 40 night goblins—clip same parts from each sprue, pile by type, get that muscle memory. Five days to paint a full Warmachine army.
Scratch Building a Wargame Board - Almost Ready for Paint
Gap filling with plaster of Paris, preserving the blister texture, talus for breaking panel lines, and the wetter water glue mix. Plus—fixed the dryer guilt-free.