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

Shadows of Brimstone Boss Monsters

May

26

2023

Flying Frog have really upped their minis game since they first started doing Shadows of Brimstone. Here are a few that I got to paint for a Forbidden Fortress set

White Scars Space Marines

May

4

2023

While the White Scars were not one of the four space marine chapters that Games Workshop really focused on from the start, they have always been a chapter with some really solid themes and distinctive lore.And the white color scheme really works with the red accents.

Fantasy Fan Cake Topper

Apr

21

2023

I always find it interesting to create cake toppers that show faction or alignment allegiances within a fantasy setting. I especially think it is interesting how many couples don’t necessarily match one another (maybe they have different colored scarves or something like that).Here is one of those combinations. I also got to match some fun ...

Blood Bowl Lizardmen

Apr

6

2023

I’m always happy to paint up some Lizardmen. They were my first league team in Blood Bowl.Back then, the rules for lizards weren’t yet official (they were published in Citadel Journal). I had to convert my own miniatures from the Warhammer Fantasy range.I loved how extreme the team was. You had burly saurus warriors that ...

The Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow

Mar

27

2023

There seem to be few gamers indeed who cannot quote the majority of Monty Python and the Holy Grail word for word. It is only natural that the film has inspired a few different lines of tribute miniatures.This particular group is designed to be a Blood Bowl team. Since it isn’t always clear what their ...

RPG Druids Wedding Cake Topper

Mar

24

2023

This wedding cake topper was made for a couple who play D&D together and both had a preferred character class- Druid.The had me model the bride and groom after them, but sent me some very different ideas about the kind of clothing they’d be wearing as druids (armor for him with leaves and branches and ...

Hero Quest

Mar

7

2023

In 2021, Hasbro surprised us all by making a new edition of Hero Quest- a classic game that represented combined efforts from Milton Bradley and Games Workshop that had been out of print for many years.This time Hasbro was making the game without Games Workshop’s input, so the sculpts weren’t in the Warhammer style and ...

Wedding Cake Toppers with (Character) Class

Mar

3

2023

I met my wife at a local game store when we were both invited to the same RPG group, so I’m always very excited when I get to make a cake topper for a couple with a similar story.There are a few ways I’ve seen couples express their shared RPG fandom on their cake topper- ...

More Comic Style Chibis

Feb

7

2023

I’ve really been enjoying painting up the Marvel United chibis in comic book style.The style involves using lighter colors and less contrast than I’d normally use and then darkening them with a lot of solid black lines to define shapes and shadows.The non-metallic metals have been particularly interesting because I’ve been focusing on placement to ...

Chibi Wolverines!

Feb

3

2023

The lineup of the X-Men teams are constantly changing. They constantly shifting to include mutants who have traveled through time from an apocalyptic future or who have a few extra eyes or other strange power sets.But Wolverine is always there. Though sometimes Wolverine has different powers or comes from an apocalyptic future as well. And ...