Author: Felix

Warmaster in the Snow

Of the many display games at GamesDay 2001, one of many which caught my eye was this Warmaster game in the snow.

Warmaster 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.

More photographs from GamesDay 2001.

Urban Barricade

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.

Grot Rigger with Toolbox

This Grot Rigger with Toolbox was from the Collectors Range which for a while was not available, but now is as part of the Grot Assistants Bitz Pack.

This is one of my favourite models from that range. It will eventually be found on one of my Ork vehicles or the new Ork Trukk which I have been making.

Having given the model a white undercoat I painted the skin a base coat of Goblin Green.

As the model will not have a base, I am simply using an upside down slottabase to hold the model.

Next stage will be to finish the skin and paint the metal parts (such as the toolbox) black.

See the full workbench feature on this model.

Primeval Season Three

ITV will start broadcasting the third season of Primeval on the 28th March. With all the cuts taking place at ITV you might expect this to be the last series.

I have enjoyed the first two seasons of Primeval and if you ensure that you don’t take it too seriously it is fun Saturday night television.

It will be interesting to see which direction the third season goes in.

Imperial Guard Heavy Mortar

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 is a Death Korps of Krieg Heavy Mortar, field artillery is often used by Imperial Guard commanders to pound enemy positions.

Death Korps of Krieg Heavy Mortar during the Siege of Vraks

To see more pictures from GamesDay 2008 have a look at my GamesDay 2008 Gallery.