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What’s on the workbench 13
what’s on the workbench: july 25th 2021 Hello and welcome to part 13 of what’s on the workbench. This week I’ve been working on a pre release copy of Age of Sigmar Extremis. Trying to get the scenery done as fast as I can so I can play some games. Check out the review section …
Review Age of Sigmar Dominion
age of sigmar: dominion It is a time of great change in the Mortal Realms. A surge of life sweeps across the eight realms to force back the tide of death left in the Necroquake’s wake, and the forces of Order waste no time in laying claim to the newly rejuvenated land. But with Kragnos, …
Painting Tutorial The Shining
‘Here’s Johnny! ‘ And now for something completely different, I recently was given a Jack Nicholson (who is in the shining) bust head to paint and replicate in a realistic fashion. having seen the shining myself, i went ahead with this piece to work on. I’ve had prior experience working on miniature heads but nothing …
Review Age of Sigmar Extremis
age of sigmar: extremis The Soul Wars are over, but a new conflict brews in the Realm of Beasts. It is a time of great change in the Mortal Realms. A surge of life sweeps across the eight realms to force back the tide of death left in the Necroquake’s wake, and the forces of …
Painting Tutorial Ultramarines Sky Slayer Jetbike
Painting Tutorial: Sky Slayer Jetbike. Today we are going to paint an Ultramarines Sky Slayer Jetbike. The miniature was given a prime coat of Games Workshops Leadbelcher spray. The Space marine and all armour plates on the Sky Slayer Jetbike were given a coat of Games Workshops contrast Talassar Blue. Once the blue was dry …
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Painting Tutorial: Ultramarine
Painting an Ultramarine. So, today we are going to paint an Ultramarine for the Horus Heresy but I didn’t want to do the usual flat Ultramarines blue. I want to give them a metallic finish as Forge World have done with many of their Horus Heresy armies. I started by gluing some cork and sand …
A Civil War Journey Part 3
Part 3: Secret Mission? Creating Ideas. I wanted to apologise for the frequency I am uploading my blogs. The generals had seen fit to send me on a secret mission and I have been unable to keep to a regular timescale, I’m back now so that will change and you will see more regular posts. …
What’s on the workbench 12
what’s on the workbench: july 18th 2021 This week has been a Warmaster week. Painting and building many Empire regiments for my Warmaster blog. I’ve also been working on the first of many terrain pieces for Warmaster. For inspiration I’ve been delving deep into my dungeon libraries to find some classic games workshop books. This …
the empire endures part 8
Part 8: Bors Today I want to take some time to highlight some amazing artists creating larp costumes for warhammer fantasy roleplay. Today we are looking at the work of Bors. Bors larps and props create costumes and props for Fantasy, LARP and Living History. please check out the rest of Bors work over on …
horus heresy ultramarines blog part 10
Part 10: Saturnine pattern Terminator armour. The Saturnine Terminator Armour that would one day become synonymous with the cold and unyielding IVth Legion was first envisioned in the hellish wars of reunification fought over the carcass of old earth, the Mk1 Thunder Armour being deemed insufficient for what lay ahead, though these projects never came to fruition, abandoned shortly …
the empire endures part 7
Part 7: state troops of Ostland. The province of Ostland is dominated by the forest of shadows. Its troopers wear black and white, a combination which lends itself to a bold halved or quartered uniforms. While stripes, checks and diamond patterns are popular on the hose or sleeves. For the first regiment of state troops …
horus heresy ultramarines blog part 9
Part 9: “There’s no problem that can’t be solved with the proper application of explosives.” A Fulmentarus Terminator, usually employed as part of a Fulmentarus Terminator Strike Squad is an elite heavy support formation of Terminators that was utilised exclusively by the Ultramarines Legion during the 30th and 31st Millenniums. The Fulmentarus Terminator Strike Squads could be seen as one of the many examples of the genius of …
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