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

Chibi Warhammer Quest

Jul

29

2022

After creating a completely Chibi set of Kingdom Death Monster and all of its various encounters recreated in cute glory, I thought I’d try out some other directions for Chibis.So I have created some of the denizens of the Silver Tower in glorious chibi. Here are some of Tzeentch’s most deadly servants.It was very odd ...

Mixed Fandoms Wedding Cake Toppers

Jul

1

2022

Sometimes the cake toppers I get to make follow a very specific theme. Like a couple that wants to be fighting zombies or in Halo armor or matching their MMO characters.But other times I get to mix different themes and fandoms together.

Blood Bowl Slann with Thanotoad

Jun

24

2022

I’m a long time Blood Bowl player but it took me a long time to get my first Slann team. They’re a really odd team in so many ways. Their rules were approved by Jervis Johnson back in the day, but they weren’t made official by GW because GW wasn’t making Blood Bowl minis at ...

Strange Cthulhu Minis

Jun

17

2022

Lovecraft is well known for describing his monsters as indescribable masses of flesh and tentacles.This leads to a really interesting creative space when it comes to making art and miniatures of his creations. Which happens surprisingly often. Here are a few examples. For Cthulhu Wars, Sandy Petersen depicts tries to combine the descriptions of Yogsothoth- ...

Science Fiction Wedding Cake Toppers

May

19

2022

I get to make a lot of cake toppers for a lot of very different couples. Since they’re all made to order, they can really be made to represent all sorts of fandoms. Here are some wedding cake toppers that I’ve made for fans of science fiction.

Kingdom Death Gold Smoke Knight

Apr

22

2022

When originally released, the Watcher was the boss fight at the end of Kingdom Death Monster.In the 1.5 update, we got to see a more powerful boss invade your struggling settlement in the visage of the Gold Smoke Knight. Burning from the inside, the Gold Smoke Knight rages onto the scene and demolishes all in ...

Mr. Bones Plays Blood Bowl

Apr

1

2022

I played Blood Bowl throughout the “dark age” when Games Workshop was no longer supporting it. As such, I became accustomed to picking up third party teams and converting my own.This is my Tomb Kings team: The Pumpkin Kings. They are converted mostly from Reaper Bones miniatures (though the pumpkin heads themselves are pewter). The ...

All Interests Wedding Cake Toppers

Mar

18

2022

A lot of the couples that have me create wedding cake toppers for them like to include some details about what their interests are and what makes them unique.So I’m always happy when I get to make something I’ve never done before. Like this fishing rod. Or this bottle and paint and pallet combo And ...

Chibi America Chavez and Proxima Midnight

Mar

11

2022

The Marvel United chibis continue to be filled with loads of fun and character. Here are two of the latest that I’ve painted. Kind of a random selection- this is America Chavez and Proxima Midnight.As with the other Marvel United minis, I made sure to include a lot of dark lining to simulate a sort ...

Animal RPG Party

Mar

4

2022

So my family decided to create a setting for our D&D campaign in which all of the various sapient species are anthropomorphic animals. They chose to come from one of the kingdoms of Mouslings, the nation of Red Pandas, and the alliance of sea creatures (who mostly can walk on land).So I ended up with ...