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I was excited about working on the Stormcast Eternals from the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Boxed Set for a couple of reasons; they're really well detailed and secondly it gave me a chance to try out the AK Interactive True Metal Series.
So lets take a look at how these nifty wax-based metallic paints work…
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A simple 25mm square bases simply doesn't have that much room, especially once you attach a figure, and once of the downsides of individual basing is that the little details can get lost within the mass of the unit. The best part of basing models as a unit, rather than individually, is that you can go above and beyond just adding texture and vegetation- you can making highly themed bases or creating dioramas within your army.
For systems which require you to remove individual models as casualties unit basing can very problematic during games, which is you will quite often see mini-dioramas aka Unit Fillers in many Warhammer Fantasy armies.
Kings of War is quite different as a massed battle system, in that the rules and game mechanics are specifically designed to favor basing entire units on a single large unit base. This is because you don't have to remove casualties and each unit has a specific footprint and height within the rules. This makes it the perfect system to really go to town with extra details and mini-dioramas for your unit bases.
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As my Welsh Guards are themed upon Operation Market Garden I needed to think of a basing scheme which would suit, as well as being straight forward to apply in order to be ready in time for a tournament.
So having done a little bit of research into the terrain encountered by the British forces during the operation I decided upon a wetlands basing scheme, to represent the boggy polder which was prevalent in Holland off the raised roads.
This also meant that I could use one of Secret Weapon's great Basing Kits, which included almost eveything I needed.
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Over the past 6 weeks I've finished getting my first Bolt Action force finished to tabletop standard and have played in a couple of 750 point tournaments. So now that I've got more games under my belt I figured it was a good time to go through how I selected the units in my force, what role they play and what I think needs to be improved or replaced within my list.
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We've already covered the basics of Painting British Infantry for Bolt Action so now its time to go through painting up the vehicles.
Since you generally only have a couple of armoured cars or tanks in a Bolt Action force its a good opportunity to take some extra time to get them looking really good. So lets go through how I prepared the Cromwell Cruiser tank and Reece Carrier for my Welsh Guards themed force.
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Over the last month I've been speed painting my first Bolt Action force in preparation for the the Auckland Open tournament this coming weekend. Luckily I had been making good progress as another one day event popped up last weekend which gave me a chance to start playing and get some practice.
After I little bit of playing around with lists I decided on the following Late War British force:
I had started working on this list before our main shipment from Warlord Games arrived so it was designed to use the 10 man Italeri British Infantry plastic set as much as possible. But this wasn't an issue due to its versatility and wide variety of weapons options.
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Welcome back to another installment of Lessons from the Chief Slave. This time we have an absolute treat for you, as the Chief has produced an immaculate version of the Skaven Verminlord!
Once again this tutorial is focused on achieving an extremely high level of painting with minimal use of an airbrush and easy to follow brush techniques, however this time around the Chief has also incorporated some oil blending & highlights.
So let's turn things over to the man himself…
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Welcome to our first Bolt Action blog post!
As I'm itching to get a small Bolt Action force on the table and play my first games I've begun speed painting some British Commonwealth Infantry, which will be the core of my new list.
This plastic kit series is a collaboration between Italeri and Warlord Games, and is a great way to get things started.
So lets go through a quick step by step of painting British infantry to basic tabletop standard.
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The Wood Elf Treeman was one of the stand-out Warhammer releases from 2014 and offers painters a fantastic model with tons of potential.
In this installment of Lessons from the Chief Slave the Chief takes us step by step through how to paint a Summer Treeman, including a detailed guide to using glazes for OSL and more.
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In this episode of Lessons from the Chief Slave the Chief talks about trying out new techniques and how to learn from such experiments, even if they don't quite work.