A year in miniature.

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Hi everyone, I've decided to start a blog to give me a central location for my miniatures. Hopefully this will keep all of my musings better organised than they currently are.
I collected Warhammer fantasy and 40k when I was in my teens, with a Skaven  and Catachan army respectively. After I started painting again a little over a year ago I gravitated towards minis from smaller companies like Copplestone castings and moonraker for their affordability and quality.
My taste in minis tends to be sci-fi,  heavily leaning towards post apocalyptic scenarios and dystopian futures rather than clean shiny sci-fi. I've painted a range of figures so far and my current project is a Warhammer 40000 Imperial Guard army.
This blog will be my space to post photos of my miniatures and my thoughts on the painting process.
It will definitely help me to be able to look back on my old photos with accompanying thoughts on the painting techniques that worked and those that failed completely. Hopefully it will be of interest to other people too.
I'll get some initial photos up of my Imperial Guard soon, until then happy painting!

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