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I have always liked the Forge World Ork Battlefortress (less keen on the Battlewagon which it is based on).
This example was from a game at Bristol Conflict 2003.
The paintwork is a little too red and too clean for me, but you never know this may have been a part finished job so that it could be on the table for the show.
More photographs of Ork Battlefortress models.
When Games Workshop released Cities of Death, they released a set of resin Urban Barricades and Walls. Unlike the Urban Basing Kit it is still available at the time of writing. You got six barricades and they blended in nicely with the plastic ruins which were also released with Cities of Death.
First was a black undercoat. I gave the barricades a Codex Grey drybrush, this was quite a heavy drybrush.
The next stage was to paint and drybrush certain areas.
I painted the broken eagle with Burnished Gold. Painted the walls a grey and highlighted some details with Boltgun Metal.
The earth sections were drybrushed with Scorched Brown.
See the full workbench feature on this barricade and on all my barricades.
Of the many display games at GamesDay 2001, one of many which caught my eye was this Warmaster siege game in the snow.
As well as the nice scenery there were lots of siege weapons in use.
Overall a great looking game.
Warmaster is one of those games which I think is fantastic, but have never found the time to do it justice either in painting an army or playing lots of games. One day, really one day I will get round to doing more with it.
Check out the Warmaster section on the main website.
One of the reasons for going to GamesDay are the huge display games, my personal favourites are the ones form Forge World.
This one representing part of the Siege of Vraks had titans, super heavy tanks, and lots of trenches and guns.
Here Death Korps of Krieg tanks move forward to combat the Chaos menace.
To see more pictures from GamesDay 2008 have a look at my GamesDay 2008 Gallery.
This game was played between a horde of Simon’s new Tyranids and my Orks.
Start of the game with the Tyranids advancing on the Orks.
More photographs from this game.
Check out the Ork Gallery and the Tyranids Gallery.
When Games Workshop released Cities of Death, they released a set of resin Urban Barricades and Walls. Unlike the Urban Basing Kit it is still available at the time of writing. You got six barricades and they blended in nicely with the plastic ruins which were also released with Cities of Death.
One of the key things you need to do with virtually all resin models is to give them a good wash. When the resin models are cast, the mould is given a spray (I guess) of some kind of lubricant to allow the cast model to be released from the mould easily. However the lubricant also acts as a barrier to paint, so as happened with previous models I (and others) have painted is that the paint flecks off. Washing the model in water with a drop of washing up liquid should remove the lubricant. Avoid using hot water as this could warp the resin (a useful tip if you need to warped resin back to its original shape). Once washed the model is then ready for gluing and painting, first was a black undercoat. I gave the barricades a Codex Grey drybrush, this was quite a heavy drybrush.
The next stage was to paint and drybrush certain areas. So on this model I painted the inside walls a dark blue. Rust was added to metal sections using brown paint and ink.
The earth sections were drybrushed with Scorched Brown.
See the full workbench feature on this barricade and on all my barricades.
This very weird and wonderful model of a Goblin Warboss on Gigantic Spider is from the Citadel Collectors Range and was on display at GamesDay 2007.
More photographs of Orcs and Goblins.
One of the reasons for going to GamesDay are the huge display games, my personal favourites are the ones form Forge World.
This one representing part of the Siege of Vraks had titans, super heavy tanks, and lots of trenches and guns.
To see more pictures from GamesDay 2008 have a look at my GamesDay 2008 Gallery.
Of the many display games at GamesDay 2001, one of many which caught my eye was this Warmaster game in the snow.
Warmaster is one of those games which I think is fantastic, but have never found the time to do it justice either in painting an army or playing lots of games. One day, really one day I will get round to doing more with it.
Check out the Warmaster section on the main website.
When Games Workshop released Cities of Death, they released a set of resin Urban Barricades and Walls. Unlike the Urban Basing Kit it is still available at the time of writing. You got six barricades and they blended in nicely with the plastic ruins which were also released with Cities of Death.
One of the key things you need to do with virtually all resin models is to give them a good wash. When the resin models are cast, the mould is given a spray (I guess) of some kind of lubricant to allow the cast model to be released from the mould easily. However the lubricant also acts as a barrier to paint, so as happened with previous models I (and others) have painted is that the paint flecks off. Washing the model in water with a drop of washing up liquid should remove the lubricant. Avoid using hot water as this could warp the resin (a useful tip if you need to warped resin back to its original shape). Once washed the model is then ready for gluing and painting, first was a black undercoat. I gave the barricades a Codex Grey drybrush, this was quite a heavy drybrush.
The next stage was to paint and drybrush certain areas. So on this model I painted the door with a green Foundation Paint and then enhanced the shell impacts with Boltgun Metal. Rust was added to metal sections using brown paint and ink.
The earth sections were drybrushed with Scorched Brown.
See the full workbench feature on this barricade and on all my barricades.