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What you need:
White Spray
Gryphonne Sepia
Bleached Bone
White
Black
Blood Red
Fiery Orange
Gloss Varnish

First off spray the whole thing white, then give it a Gryphonne Sepia wash. Back in the day I used Chestnut Ink, but Sepia seems to be Chestnut Ink in disguise, and it dries nicer – so it’s all good! Once this is dry drybrush it with Bleached Bone, followed by a light drybrush of pure white. Now comes the lengthy but ultimately satisfying part. All the carapace and talons etc are painted black. Then, Blood Red is used to paint the edges in a “line” method. Five coats of Blood Red are done, getting progressively closer to the edge. This gives a blending effect towards the edge of all of the carapace. Finally a spot of Fiery orange is painted on some of the very edges – only a very small amount! To finish it off the red is given a gloss varnish, which gives it a deeper and more solid look.

Here are some WIP shots as it stands right now, I’ll put finished pics up once it’s done!

Front

Rear

Unfortunately, as it turned out, the competition in question was cancelled (I’m a bit late posting this up) but, not to worry, it’s good to be painting properly again, and I think I’m working towards my old standard again! He’ll just have to sit on the shelf until the next competition.

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In the main however it is the back end that’s seen the biggest changes, allowing their staff to manage the site and orders more efficiently.

It’s been a pleasure to work on the project and hopefully it will bring them even more success online!

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Digging through my old bits and bobs I’ve mustered together some Forge World terminators as a start to my new force, along with a couple of random marines I can use as testers for a quick and easy painting method I’m planning – inspired by my mate Ant’s method for death guard.

I’m also planning to get my hands on as many helmetless heads as possible and do my entire force without helmets – wolves don’t need poxy helmets interfering with their heightened senses!

To be honest they’ve done a good job with it – especially the miniatures! I was a little disappointed with the board pieces not being plastic as I’d heard a rumor they were. The card ones are quality, but they are still just card. As with all things I thought £60 was a bit steep too, but if it is indeed a limited edition fair enough – plus at my local game store they sold it for £48 which was a fairer price in my opinion.

Still, it’s great fun and one of those games you can pick up and play randomly for a laugh!

It’s also now time to add in more cool stuff, like light vehicles, more scenarios, unique tactics and Russians! I don’t think it will be long now until there’s a testing version available to download for a select few ;).

Over the last few months I (along with a few friends) have been developing a rules set for a Modern Combat Skirmish game, under the name of Ammunition Games.

Last night on one of our regular local games nights we had another play test of the latest version, using one of the Scenarios we’ve come up with. An Iraqi leader, wanted by the US Military, was in hiding. The US Marines had to seek him out and capture him for questioning.

As far as the rules go, I think we’re about there on the basics and just need to start fleshing out the armies. This is a big leap! Now I’m making a start on the next version, clearing some wording up, putting things in clear sections and fleshing it all out.

Next month we’re attending a show in Milton Keynes demoing the system to the public for the very first time!