Welcome to the Studio!

Poena Studios is a commission miniature painting studio focused on tabletop war gaming and RPG miniature painting. Commissions include BattleTech, Infinity, Kingdom Death, Warhammer 40k, and more.

LRO – Self-Evaluation

Recently, I entered an online discord painting competition, the Lantern’s Reign Open. The judging stream goes live tomorrow around 6am my time, and I decided I wanted to try something. I want to compare how I evaluate the piece versus the feedback they provide. This plan does come with a few flaws. Firstly,  I have…

Miniature Painting Competitions – What Level to Compete in?

One of the first difficult decision in entering a miniature painting contest is figuring out where the heck you want to enter in – Beginner? Intermediate? Masters? Where should you stake your claim? If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a lot of time in miniature painting communities or follow artists who win awards as…

Halloween Ringtail (Game Scale) – KDM – Build Guide

This was one I wasn’t 100% what the model was when I started building it. The sprue just had the label “Halloween 2020”, and for the life of me I couldn’t recall what mini had a scythe that early in the game – realizing that it was a bat, not a scythe, finally made it…

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