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

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 ...

Wedding in fun colors

Jan

27

2023

A lot of the couples I make cake toppers for wear traditional wedding colors (mostly black and white- often with a little color splash for the groom’s tie or vest). There’s nothing wrong with that, but it is definitely not the only way things are done.Here is a couple that wore bright colors for their ...

Chibi Jean Grey

Jan

11

2023

I realized today that I hadn’t posted up the Jean Grey that I painted for Marvel United.Like the rest of my Marvel United set, I wanted to try and capture a “comic book” look to her. This means using bright and light colors and using a lot of black lining to make the lining pop ...

You’re a Mean One Mr. Lich

Dec

20

2022

There are some people who say that the original Nagash miniature was the worst miniature of all time.There are others who say that it is only terrible because Games Workshop rejected a decent head and decided to go with the clown skeleton face for their supreme lich demi-god of the undead.But I think that there’s ...

Orc and Human Cake Topper

Dec

16

2022

It is always interesting making cake toppers of the characters that my clients play in games. In this case, I got to make an orc character that the bride plays. And although the groom looks like a strong type as well in that armor, she’s clearly maxed out her strength stat.It was a lot of ...

Greater Demons of Chaos

Dec

8

2022

Some of the best centerpieces for chaos armies have always been the Greater Demons. They’ve always been big and impressive when compared to the rest of the forces. And when other minis in the force got bigger and more impressive, we got some of the most blatant scale creep Games Workshop has ever put out. ...