Hobby: Sir Thomas Fairfax
Forum-dweller ‘Ste’ is back with another fantastic paint-job – Sir Thomas Fairfax, general in the First English Civil War – who was nicknamed ‘Black Tom’ after his jet black hair and moustache.
Forum-dweller ‘Ste’ is back with another fantastic paint-job – Sir Thomas Fairfax, general in the First English Civil War – who was nicknamed ‘Black Tom’ after his jet black hair and moustache.
Warlord Boss John has mostly been painting animals this week… Here is his rendition of the popular but very sad dead livestock set, two dead bloated cows and a poor old warhorse. They have been a feature of warfare for thousands of years, particularly when long ranged artillery came to the fore. There are innumerable…
Check out this cool modelling project, combining three ruined farmhouse models into one awesome ruined mansion! We were sent these photos by Peter Schulein from the wargame club Murphy’s Heroes in Delft, the Netherlands. Peter explains: “I always wanted a ruined mansion to use for various games and historical periods. When I saw the Warlord…
Our glorious leader, Mr Stallard, was overcome when he saw Warlord forum moderator Mike Jackson’s (Mikeland) conversions on our forums and wanted them to be shared with the world at large, so here they are in the creators own words… Mike: Here are a set of 12 Horse I recently finished. I converted every one…
The Warlord forums are a great place to find superbly crafted dioramas, painting and modelling tips and just chat about this great hobby of ours. One such diorama was posted by regular forum-dweller Mike ‘Mikeland’ Jackson recently and we just had to show it off! Over to you, Mike… Mike: I had been planning on…
Check our Paul Schipitsch’s Pike & Shotte marksman model – easy to see how it won a top award at Historicon last year… This superbly painted miniature won Paul Schipitsch Best of Show in the miniature painting competition at Historicon 2010 held at the Valley Forge Convention Center in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA. This well-organized convention takes place…
Prepare to be dazzled. Not only is Bennett a fine brushman but he’s a keen converter too – take a look at what he’s done with our plastic and metal Pike & Shotte miniatures… They say a picture paints a thousands words. Well, Bennett’s handiwork certainly tells a story. Check out the great conversion he’s…
As seen in the Wargames Illustrated magazine #279 those nutters over at Army Painter have poainted a huge Pike & Shotte army using Warlord miniatures in just 10 days! Check this great video out for how they went about this mammoth task. Well done chaps!
As part of the big English Civil Wars army Jonas painted up for Salute 2010 using all the different Colour Primers, one regiment was done up with the new Colour Primer: Crystal Blue. Look out for the pages of Wargames Illustrated for the full run down of the entire army project, but for now Jonas…
Lee Abbott is on fire (painting his Pike & Shotte army that is) and we’re not about to put him out. In the third installment of our series of articles detailing the creation of his tabletop collection, we’re happy to present to you Sir Nicholas Slanning’s Regiment: There’s more to come from the talented Mr…