What does the boss get up to? Our illustrious leader, Mr John Stallard, has been flexing his hobby muscles; working on a Napoleonic era French Infantry Brigade from our Black Powder range. Leading by example, John has inspired many of us to pick up our brushes and get hobbying. Mayhaps you’ll be inspired too. …
Another wave of reinforcements advances over the hill and into the armies of our four Marshals. This week, we’re taking a look at how they’ve painted their rank and file. Black Powder armies are built around large infantry units, each one representing a regiment on the battlefield. 28mm miniatures give you the opportunity to make…
We’re excited to announce our new Rapid Deployment paint system that will help get your units on the tabletop in record time! Developed in conjunction with Army Painter, our fantastic new range of paints have been formulated to help get your miniatures on the table quickly and effectively. We’ve created a range of paint…
Getting a bit sick of painting grey hulls on your Cruel Seas ships? This week, we’re looking at how some nations went about camouflaging their ships! The principles of naval camouflage are not so different from those employed on the land. Soldiers are taught to use scrub and deadfall on their helmets to break up…
Earlier this year, we launched the Summer Offensive: Painting Competition, an opportunity for you to show off your skills and paint some beautiful models. We sat down with runner-up Em Finley to chat about her entry of the 10th Doctor Companion set. The Models Em’s entry was the 10th Doctor and Companions box set…
We got a chance to take another look at the winner of our Summer Offensive: Painting Competition Individual Unit category. Jamie’s Last Levy impressed the judges with his crisp, clean paint job and exceptional attention to detail. My favourite part of the Last Levy is the Hitler Youth kids running around Berlin with panzerfausts. My…
We’re starting a new semi-regular series on the uniforms and accoutrements of various armies. Last week, after our brief look at the French-Indian War, we’re returning to the woodland to show off how easy it is to differentiate your regiments. Painting uniforms can be a daunting task, but often a rewarding one. Having an army…
This week, we got the opportunity to sit down with the winner of the Summer Offensive: Painting Competition Diorama category, Dimitri Verna, to discuss all the hard work that went into producing his fantastic entry. Take it away Dimitri! “The idea for the diorama was to create a meeting between the STuG-mounted Panzergrenadiers and a…
We’re back with another update from our Four Star Generals! This week, we’ve prised them away from their paint and clippers, stuffed some order dice into their bags and chained them to the HQ store’s gaming tables! Each General has taken on his three other counterparts this month, playing a grand total of twelve games…
Last week we announced that we’d handed all your excellent submissions for the Summer Offensive, Painting Competition over to the design studio for judging. Since then studio head Paul Sawyer and his team of painters have been poring over all the entries and have picked the best from each category! We’d like to thank everyone…
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