Mustering for Fantastic Battles

I intend to play small-scale mass battles again soon, thanks to the miracles of 3d printing and digital print-on-demand publishing. Forces muster for Nic Wright's Fantastic Battles This started when I first saw Forest Dragon's beautiful 10mm digital sculpts. After snatching up files for a pair of opposing armies, I hunted around the web for …

Grimdark Future: The Infected City

Comrade Patrick shares a battle report of last weekend's game of Grimdark Future Firefight! We had four players forming two teams with 600 pts per side - quite a Sunday afternoon brawl! We’ve been dipping a toe into the wonderful, rules-lite world of One Page Rules lately, and I finally had an opportunity to take …

Speed painting Imperial Guard: Qirkirin AAT

I came around to printing a Qirkirin Armored Assault Transport to shuttle my brave lads around the tabletop. It turned out well, so here's how I did it. (Astute readers will notice I use this blog as the paint scheme journal I don't keep otherwise.) AAT in action Basic idea With this paint job I …

Speed painting Imperial Guard test models with oil paints

Inspiration Marco Frisoni mini painting tutorials get me excited to sit down and try things. When he tossed out a "this is already quite interesting" remark halfway through this week's video on oil painting, I couldn't help but think "you're right Marco, I should speed paint an Imperial Guard army like this!" I've been orbiting …