After my move to Berlin last week I searched for others players in the city via the Sweetwater Forum. Today I met some of them at the Battlefield Berlin store and played my first game of Triumph & Tragedy. Luckily this was a pirates setting so I could use my pirate crew for LotHS.
The guys were really cool and open and I had a great time - despite me learning the rules the hard way and losing my crew within the first few rounds. The involved factions were: Spanish pirates, a pirate chick crew, a horde of natives, mysterious green critters of tall tales, and lastly, my own pirate crew of course. Here are some photos of the epic battle on the island of doom. Some of them are blurry - I am sorry for that. For the full set of the photos see the Photobucket album.
"Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it."
Salvador Dali
"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
Vincent Van Gogh
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Battlegames Interview with Rick Priestley and John Stallard
On the Battlegames Magazine website you can find the full unabridged interview with Rick Priestley and John Stallard that Henry Hyde made for Battlegames issue 21. This massive 27-page PDF contains lots of interesting background information on Rick and John, the founding and evolution of Games Workshop and the development of Warhammer, 40k and Warmaster. Highly recommended read!
Download the Interview here
Download the Interview here
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Hamburger Tactica 2010
From February 27th to 28th the Tactica convention was held in Hamburg. Despite me just moving to Berlin on Friday I went to Hamburg for a quick visit. This was the third time I went there and it is always worth it (click here for 2009). Unfortunately I had very little time so I spent only 2.5 hours there, and there seems to be a lot less going on on the second day. At around 14:30 - 1.5 hours before closing - many booths and tables were already being packed, so I definately recommend going on Saturday if you can. I was very disappointed to find out that the Nosferatu table by Karsten Radzinski (aka Vikotnik) wasn't there that day anymore, as I was really looking forward to seeing that in the flesh (for photos see here and here) after mentioning it in my top wargames tables list. Anyways, I still had a good time there and, of course, took some photos. Let's have a look...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Deathsman of Gierburg
Good day to you fine people!
In Gierburg you really don't want to get caught and put in prison. You have already seen the Torturer and Jailer and recently Big Al, the Gaoler. Today I present a gruesome so-called "Deathsmen" for Gierburg, a limited resin figure from ANAKRON Miniatures, which is already out of stock. Fortunately Chris put down his pre-order early on when he first saw it on CMON and is now the proud owner of this model.
I tried to echo the Gierburg colours (red and white/grey) in his clothes to suggest his affiliation with the city's government. The weathering on the axe was done as follows:
Hope you like it!
In Gierburg you really don't want to get caught and put in prison. You have already seen the Torturer and Jailer and recently Big Al, the Gaoler. Today I present a gruesome so-called "Deathsmen" for Gierburg, a limited resin figure from ANAKRON Miniatures, which is already out of stock. Fortunately Chris put down his pre-order early on when he first saw it on CMON and is now the proud owner of this model.
I tried to echo the Gierburg colours (red and white/grey) in his clothes to suggest his affiliation with the city's government. The weathering on the axe was done as follows:
- Brush with GW tin bitz
- Brush with GW Boltgun Metal
- Heavily wash with watered down VMC Orange Brown
- Slightly overbursh with Boltgun metal once dry
Hope you like it!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Lady Killer
Today's miniature is a Female Assassin from CoolMiniOrNot. Like some of the other minis I showed you recently she is a limited edition and now OOP. This was a particularily intricate model to paint, because it is very finely detailed. Colour wise I wanted her to somewhat match the Messengers of Death that I painted last year.
Assassin sneaking up on two young noblemen
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Swashbuckling Nobles
Today I am showing you two young noblemen I painted for Chris. On these guys I went for a "clean"shirt, using a more blue-ish palette to suggest a thinner and more expensive cloth. One that would suit young noblemen.
I started with a mix of VGC Sombre Grey + VMC White and worked my way up to pure white. Some folds in the shirt took some time to get accentuated properly, because they were either very shallow or non existant. I always find that painting whites is pretty difficult and even when you get the hang of it, you need to be REALLY patient.
Richard - Work in Progress
The first one is Richard the Rake (originally named "Diego the Rogue") from Heresy Miniatures. This really cool and charismatic mini is one of Andy Foster's earliest sculpts (along with Scrote, the Jailer) and unfortunately they both were taken out of the Heresy range recently.
The second nobleman is by Black Cat Bases. This one doesn't have a name (yet) - something cianty will hopefully remedy soon!
Just like Richard this one wears a posh white shirt to stress his social status in Gierburg.
The two nobles fighting a group of Bondsmen
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Bondsmen of Gierburg: The Leader
I tried to use as much black as possible without making the miniature dull to look at.
Gerrard leading his group of Bondsmen through the streets of Gierburg
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