Weapons of the Freeborn Adam Murton takes us through the weapons of the Freeborn in this two-part article – from the viewpoint of an unscrupulous, Freeborn arms trader! Ralea strode nonchalantly down the few steps into the exhibition area. As she walked she weighed up the three figures in front of her. The markets of…
Weapons of the AI Part I – Mag Weapons From ‘Mag guns & Plasma’ magazine – The Best Reviews this side of the Determinate By Jon Harrington Note from the Editor Welcome to the end of year edition of the MG&P zine. I’m sure you’ll agree we can look back with fondness on the…
By Rick Priestley and Tim Bancroft (This replaces an earlier article written to support the Alpha version of the playtest rules). This is one of a number of articles explaining some interesting aspects of the rules for Beyond the Gates of Antares and how they have been developed from the original Bolt Action rules. This…
Journey through the Gates of Antares (terrain time) – part 5! By Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Read Part 4 here. Terrain. The Kar’A Nine boxed set comes with a set of cardboard templates you can use for terrain. These are fine for starting out but I prefer 3D…
Journey through the Gates of Antares (Concord time) – part 4! By Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. The Concord. The Concord. If you’ve been following this series you’ll know how I paint figures and the techniques I use so I won’t repeat the same information for the Concord…
The Chryseis Shard supplement introduces elite and specialist armies and leading the charge this week come the Isorian Senetex Tsan Ra allies… View in Store With the all new Tsan Ra Phase Squad and Tsan Ra command Squad about to arrive, this is the first time you can field a force of these most alien…
A Journey through the Gates of Antares (or your further steps into painting) – part 3 by Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Stage 3: Finishing the figures. Bases for figures can be as simple or elaborate as you want. Shown below are examples with no additions, basic grit, large grit and…
Antares Day was a fantastic event held here at Warlord HQ Nottingham! One of the Primaris Shard group members, James Bowen, managed a close second place and has written down his thoughts about the event. By James Bowen I recently took part in the first Antares Day at the HQ store in Nottingham. I thought I would…
A quick word from the ref… By Tim Bancroft I’ve ref’d a fair few wargames competitions. Before each, to be honest, am always a little apprehensive as some competitions get a little… tense. For the Antares Day, such apprehension vanished into thin air: the attitude of the tournament players was superb, every question being asked…
A Journey through the Gates of Antares (or your first steps in painting guide) Read Part 1 here. Stage 2: First steps in painting. A quick note on painting equipment. I use 4 main brushes Insane Detail, Precise Detail, Small Drybrush (all from the Army Painter hobby range) and a larger generic brush for area painting. …
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