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40K Neotube - 9/8/10
40K Neophyte 8 Sep 2010 | 1:17 pmI play Orks. And when you play Orks you table Boyz. They're the core of any good Ork army. And you don't just have a few. You bring a mob or two to the table. It's how Orks roll. So here's a brief video on Ork Boyz tactics. And I totally agree with the Rokkit Boy assessment. I have never actually rolled a hit, let alone a wound with a[…]
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Empire Army Contents
Slipwing's War Room 8 Sep 2010 | 7:01 amAbout two weeks ago, an old friend of mine gave me his old 5th/6th Edition Empire army because he has no interest in playing anymore. I finally got a chance this last weekend to go through it and boy is there a lot of stuff. Here is the list combined with the little bit of Empire stuff I had left over from 6th Edition.Karl Franz on Deathclaw3 Wizards on Foot[…]
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GW's New plastic High Elves Review
Warhammer Fantasy Battle Tabletop Gaming 7 Sep 2010 | 3:51 pm
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Warhammer Fantasy Battle plastics are now second to none amongst all the various war gaming plastic models available in 28mm scale.The level of detail is almost (but not quite) as good as metal models. The poses and postures all look great and a lot less "cartoony" than they once were in the 1990's but, thankfully, they still look "fantastical" in appearance and don't take themselves too seriously.
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Special Operations Killzone arrives!
Sons of Taurus 7 Sep 2010 | 12:14 pm
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Today marks the release of the Beta test of the Killzone rules! For those who haven't heard of them before, Killzone is a fan-made 40K modification allowing for more skirmish-level fights between competing elite teams. It started as an attempt to fuse the more appealing elements from the two different versions of Kill Team and clean them up, but has grown into something a bit more. You'll need to know[…] -
Step-By-Step Ultramarine
All Things 40K 7 Sep 2010 | 12:00 pm
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Sorry for the very infrequent posts, work's been hell lately. Up on the bench, an Ultramarines sergeant!Step 1: Mordian BlueStep 2: Ultramarines BlueStep 3: Ice Blue Things should look overly bright and garish at this point. If you know my style, you'll know that this is when you hit it with a wash to bring the colors down a bit.Step 4: Asurmen Blue wash I tried using Badab Black, but[…] -
Killzone: Space Marines and Orks
diceRolla 6 Sep 2010 | 8:41 pm
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It's going to take some time to get my new team "Baker's Dozen" ready for use in games of Killzone but I do want to start playing as soon as possible. To that end I've spent some time over the last few days merrily going through boxes of miniatures to see what could be used right away. I made some nifty discoveries which I'll be writing about over the coming[…] -
Island of Blood Painting Tutorials
Warhammer Fantasy Miniatures Gallery 5 Sep 2010 | 5:08 pm
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How to paint Swordmasters, Clanrats and Rat Ogres.Some pretty cool videos from http://itslikewatchingpaintdry.blogspot.com/ The videos focus on the miniatures themselves rather than the painting techniques but if you're wondering whether you should buy the Island of Blood boxed set these videos give you a very good idea of how the models will "paint up".All credit to the "Its like watching paint dry" blog which has already been added to the[…] -
Rethinking the site....
misterjustin.com 4 Sep 2010 | 8:43 pmRumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Things are going well for Secret Weapon Miniatures and I have a son on the way. There simply hasn't been much time to paint.This has given me an opportunity to think about misterjustin.com and what I'd like to do with it. In the hope that some of my readers, and now 85 followers, will share an opinion I give you part of[…]
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Speed Painting a Tyranid Termagant
40k @ 43 2 Sep 2010 | 1:50 pm
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The tervigon has really brought back the need for termagants. You'd be surprised how many you can generate in a game, and you definitely don't want to run out of models before the tervigon runs out of steam I've worked out a method of speed painting termagants. This method brings the termagants (and any other gaunts, for that matter) to tabletop quality and meets the tournament criteria for 3 colors.[…] -
First Skeleton WIP
The 23rd Promethean 2 Sep 2010 | 8:49 am
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So I've been painting up my Mantic stuff already, loving it every step of the way. I haven't been this motivated to paint in a while. Here is one of my first skeletons.I'm working on building up the bone, I'm really pleased with how it's eyes have turned out. Dunno about red for the shield though. I'm considering a dark blue, green or purple as an alternative to the red.Let[…] -
Pre-Order: Pith Helmet Head Swaps
Secret Weapon Miniatures 30 Aug 2010 | 7:39 pm
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The pith helmet head swaps are online and available to pre-order.These will come in a set of 5 for $5 with an anticipated ship date of 27-September and are listed at 10% off until they start shipping!Master sculpt by Rob Angell (AKA Gol. Gravis). -
Harkers squad got greened.
Corbania Prime 29 Aug 2010 | 4:41 am
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I thought it'd be a pretty simple idea, just a bit of dremelling and green stuff up some t-shirts and berets, how wrong can you be. It's taken quite a while to get these guys up to this stage, it's been a steep learning curve but well worth the effort.First off, I dremelled away all the catachens headbands, bandanna's and arm bands. This went pretty well although I did get[…] -
Forces of Warmachine: Khador
Awesomely Disgusting! 27 Aug 2010 | 1:45 amSo I finally got my Khador book and while I haven't read all of it yet, I can tell you it's awesome. The fluff is AWESOME. The rules section gives rules for every unit that currently has a model (no Stormraven BS here guys). It's full color but it costs $35. You really don't need it, you can just buy your faction deck for about $15 but I wanted all[…]
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Orcs vs Beastmen 8th Edition Battle VIDEO
Warhammer Fantasy Battle Reports 26 Aug 2010 | 8:52 am
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The first 8th edition Fantasy Battle Report from this gamer (who controls the Orcs & Goblins in a 2,250 pt pitched battle against Beastmen).This is quite a nice report for new 8th edition players because it's also the commentators first 8th ed. rulebook game so he shares some of his findings with us. Including the impact of mysterious terrain, line of sight, charge ranges and the awesome power of magic and[…] -
Gen Con 2010 Recap: Day 4
Jack of all games 26 Aug 2010 | 1:34 amSo Sunday rolls along and there's that bizarre feeling that comes over me. Part of me is depressed that Gen Con is almost over and feeling like I didn't do everything I wanted to do. The other part is exhausted and looks forward to getting home.Other than doing one last serious patrol through the dealer hall, I really didn't do very much. I thought about doing one more run through[…]
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Finished dwarf miners
E's Painted Minis 24 Aug 2010 | 4:15 pm
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They won me the comp before Lemartes (in which I did have some competition).Less talk, more pics:Pretty pleased with the way they came out, especially since the majority of the painting was done about 5 years ago. The candles and the lanterns came out well for my first try (at least, I think so), they were what stopped me from calling the models done back when I first put paint[…] -
"Kick Ass!" 5th birthday blogparty #3. First prize draw winners!
"Roll dice and kick ass!" 23 Aug 2010 | 8:49 amWho are this week's lucky readers?The entries for last week's draw have been counted and the draw has been made, using my shiny Conpulsion 2010 random number generator. I am pleased to announce the winners in the first RD/KA! 5th anniversary bumper prize draw bonanza. My congratulations to all the lucky winners; my commiserations to everyone else. Don't give up yet though: there are still three
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Arise, blog!
Haegr's adventures in blogging 12 Aug 2010 | 1:05 am
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So this is the first post in this blog in quite some time. I had intended this blog to document my painting, but it kind of fell by the wayside. To try to catch up, I'll be posting pics of my completed Ultramarines companies and try to update you on what I've got going on at the moment. First off, here's a picture of the whole 4th Company. The company[…] -
Hard at work
Crusading the Warp 24 Jul 2010 | 4:01 pm
Read more...Well guys...Ive been painting until my eyes bleed for the past two days...mostly putting on the 2nd shade of blue on my fists. I will put finished pics up as soon as im done. Once the second layer is on its pretty much easy street, mostly highlights and metal work...well here is a pic of my messy desk, as you can tell Im not that neat. I cant wait until[…]
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Too busy...
Sons of Prospero 6 Jun 2010 | 9:25 pmSo, unfortunately, I've been really busy lately. I'm going to try and get some painting done this week, and hopefully get some more guides put up by the end of the month.I'm still working on the large Tech Factory bases, so those are up next.Any requests for other items?Happy painting all!Sons of Prospero
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Protectorate Epic Warcaster Feora
Standard-bearer Painting 3 May 2010 | 3:32 pm
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Took awhile to finish her since we just moved, all settled in now. Ready to get some more things on deck. Hope everyone is enjoying their spring so far.
