Hi Friend! I'm James Mathias and this is a central repository for my hobby & painting journey, recipes, and lore. Within these cyber-walls you’ll find a great deal of experimentation, exploration and knowledge dumping.

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Diamond Skulls – Lost Regiment 436

Astra Militarum

October 1, 2025

The background, photos, and recipes for my custom Astra Militarum army for Warhammer 40k.

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• #Warhammer40k
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Quick stats

I started painting miniatures on August 5th 2023.

Since then I've painted 385 miniatures over 848 days spending a total of 4240 hours at my painting desk, that's right around 5 hours a day.