The many tribes of the Britons are here in this revamped plastic and metal boxed set. Now containing a massive 40 of the woad-covered, limed-haired savages with limed hair you can re-enact the battles of such leaders as Caratacus, Venutius or their female counterparts Cartimandua and Boadicea. Read on… There can be few more characterful…
Our resident Canuckian, Kristen, takes a turn telling us about the model she admires from one of our ranges. Let’s see what she has to say, eh? Kristen: Despite the fact that I am clearly a girl and a colonial, the bosses have seen fit to relieve me of my embroidery work for the day…
(And what it might mean for wargamers) by Dr. Phil Hendry The aim of this article is to show that you don’t need to paint hundreds of figures to play meaningful wargames with Early Imperial Romans. I sometimes get a bit fed up with how unimaginative wargamers can be. There ought to be so much…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Part 4: ‘Dipping’ After ‘dipping’ comes basing. I do all my basing the same way, to create a unified look. First of all, I glue on a mixture of sand and fine grit in little patches. I paint the whole base with…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Now it’s the part you’ve all been waiting for – time to apply the Army Painter Quick Shade, Strong Tone! Although commonly referred to as ‘The Dip’ I don’t actually dip my models into the can. I prefer to apply with a…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Once all the preparation was done it was time to get on with the painting proper. First of all, I dry-brushed the chainmail with Citadel Mithril Silver, then touched up the white primer where my dry-brushing had strayed – as it inevitably does. Then it…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction The first job was to clean off the casting vents, mould-lines, and any other ‘messy bits’. Not a bad job on Warlord’s figures – they’re usually very nice castings. One thing to bear in mind is that ‘The Dip’ is not discerning in what it shades – if…
Arguably one of the best miniatures painter in the world, Sascha has been working his magic on our Roman and Celt ranges. We’ll be showing these remarkable results off to you in future newsletters but for now here’s Sascha’s Boadicea: With the rumble of wooden wheels and a flash of scarlet tresses Boadicea, Queen of…
The competition run by those splendid chaps over at Wargames and Miniatures Paradise (WAMP) has now finished and what a startling success it has been, with the largest number of entries they’ve had for a painting competition! The standard has been very high and now it’s time to unveil the winning entries: 1st Place –…
One of our mad collectors has taken to converting our Naked Fanatics with superb results… “I love stark-naked loony psychos (there’s a sentence you don’t want taking out of context!). I just had to have some in my ancient British army so picked up two dozen of Warlord’s metal fanatic models. Although there are four…
Paul Sawyer