Garden Ninja Studios ← Professional painting of wargaming minis + geek cake toppers

Blood Angels Primarch Sanguinius

Oct

17

2019

I feel that there’s little reason to deny that the primarch miniatures that Forge World has released are some of the best minis ever sculpted for Games Workshop.Unfortunately, I lost the pictures we took of the first primarch I had the opportunity to paint, but I got good pictures of this one.This is Sanguinius, one ...

Wedding Cake Topper Bride in a Silver Dress

Oct

11

2019

A lot of the fantasy cake toppers that I get are from couples who like to do things a little different.Often, brides don’t like wearing the traditional all white dress. There are a lot of interesting possibilities (I’ve made brides in red dresses, blue dresses and even black dresses). But this is the first time ...

Chibi Gloomhaven

Oct

4

2019

For the past while, I’ve been playing through a campaign of Gloomhaven, and I’ve been constructing all of the minis I would need as we went.And all of them are in Chibi style. To keep this gallery spoiler free, I’ve put the secret characters behind these links. There are still a few that I need ...

Cthulhu and Mermaid Wedding Cake Topper

Sep

27

2019

Mermaids throughout folklore have been presented varyingly as dangerous Sirens or good fairies of the sea.But clearly they’re all the offspring of Dagon’s deep ones. Everyone who has ever visited Innsmouth knows the origins of half fish people.Anyway, here’s a cake topper I made for a couple that wanted Cthulhu and his mermaid bride adorn ...

Kingdom Death Chibi Manhunter

Sep

18

2019

I created this mini a little while ago, but for some reason I missed showing him off.This is my chibi version of the Manhunter nemesis monster for Chibi Kingdom Death. The core mini started its life as a cowboy robot from Rail Raiders Infinite, so he’s come a long way to get here.For the base, ...

Chibi Entries at Reapercon

Sep

4

2019

I really love to attend Reapercon. Of the whole convention circuit, it is the one most focused on miniature painting (with all of the classes and events geared very much toward painting.The crowning event of the convention is the painting competition. Each miniature is ranked individually (and can be awarded a bronze, silver or gold ...

House Pride Wedding Cake Toppers

Aug

15

2019

I’ve done a number of cake toppers where brides and grooms (especially brides) have had me give them house scarves, and often wands to go with them.I’ve really enjoyed making them, and I really like seeing what house they’ve been sorted into. So far, I’ve had brides from all four of the original houses, but ...

Flower Knight

Aug

7

2019

There are a lot of different takes on the Flower Knight. This makes sense, it is an absolutely brilliant miniature.There are a lot of different ways you can go with him that would work. For this one, I went with a more muted interpretation and mix of oxidized gold and steel armor with sort of ...

The Shimmering Phoenix of Kingdom Death

Aug

2

2019

A little while ago, I got a full set of metallic paints in vibrant primary colors. I immediately felt like there was huge potential to this- you could use them to add all sorts of extra depth and interest to True Metallic techniques.And one of the things that struck me was the idea that you ...

Wedding Cake Toppers Standing Zombie Remains

Jul

30

2019

The first wedding cake toppers that I made all involved Zombies.Over the years, I’ve made quite a few more, but I definitely have a love for the zombie survivor wedding cake toppers.One of the variants that a client had me create was that rather than create zombies that climb the cake, we just have a ...