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OK Deadzone fans its time to look how to paint the larger Plague Models, including the massive Stage 1A.
In our last Deadzone blog I took you through my new method for painting the Plague Stage 3s in a “Hulk” style green scheme. For the larger Plague models the method is mostly the same, however you'll need to spend a little more time on the bone areas as they are more pronounced.
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Since I've been running around in China for the past few weeks its been a while since our last Flames of War Friday but now we're back and rearing to go!
First up this week is the all important draw for the winner of ourour As Seen on FOW Friday Prize Pack:
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The inside weather has arrived so together with Airfix we're making sure you can keep entertained over those wet weekends.
This month not only can you Save 20% off selected Airfix kits but we're also giving away a massive 1:24 P-51K Mustang kit worth $149.99!
Simply purchase anything from our Airfix Store to get yourself into the draw!
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Today marks the beginning of a new era for the world's best known roleplaying game as the brand new Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set is available now!
This fantastic boxed set contains the essential rules for getting into the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons plus everything you'll need to start running adventures:
Designed to suit between 4–6 players this new set is a great way to introduce new people to the pen & paper roleplaying hobby while also offering experienced players their first taste of the new rules set.
Next month sees the begining of the releases of the Dungeons & Dragons Core Books, begining with the new Players Handbook and the first module for the new edition Tyranny of Dragons: Hoard of the Dragon Queen.
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Attention all Warhammer 40,000 fans, the Stanctus Reach: Stormclaw set is releasing this Saturday!
Stormclaw is the second instalment in the Sanctus Reach Campaign. and continues the story form Sanctus Reach: The Red Waaagh! It tells the story of the violent war between Wolf Lord Krom Dragongaze and Warlord Grukk Face-rippa.
This massive box set contains two forces – Orks and Space Wolves and two brand new plastic character models: Krom Dragongaze and Grukk Face-rippa.
Also included is a 32 Page Stormclaw Campaign Supplement and a Small-format paperback edition of Warhammer 40,000: The Rules. So that's a whole lot of product for a great price. It's the perfect way to get your Warhammer 40,000 collection started or to bulk up your existing one.
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Our Computers Gorilla is a big fan of the Deadzone models so I've been working painting up his Enforcers force in preparation for some epic lunch-time grudge matches in the coming months.
After some discussion we've decided on a colour scheme quite similar to the one used by Mantic Game and which is further inspired by the Cerberus armour from Mass Effect. The main armour colour will be a light grey, with some metallic black armour plates and a black internal skin. Then some yellow unit markings with also be added and also I'll be adding some Mass Effect style gun markings, such as the famous N7.
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It's the first birthday of Flames of War Friday so we're making it extra special as this July we're giving you the chance to WIN 2 Fully Painted Soviet Armoured Units!
No doubt some of you may have been wondering why I've been painting up Soviet tanks over the last few weeks when my Flames of War army project for the year is my Japanese Infantry Force. Thanks to the folks from Battlefront and AK Interactive we got a hands on review of some of their latest releases and we also wanted to give our FOW Friday fans an awesome, one of a kind prize to win!
This July anyone who purchases anything from either the Flames of War range or AK Interactive Wargames Series will go into the draw to WIN our ‘As Seen on FOW Friday’ Prize Pack including:
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It's time for the final installment of the Dust Tactics Ludwig Painting series and its time to finish off the small details and the desert basing.
Step 9: Painting the hydraulics
The legs of the Axis walkers have some great hydraulic piston detail and
I wanted them to be eye-catching and contrast with the predominantly
camouflaged paint scheme. So I've gone for a bare-metal finish and added some
oil and grease effects to them.
Firstly I painted the couplings in Vallejo Gunmetal and the piston rods themselves with Steel, to give a polished metal finish. Then to add some definition I gave them a wash of Citadel Nuln Oil, removing any excess when it pooled in the recesses.
I then added some AK Interactive Fresh Engine Oil by itself and alson in a mixture with black weathering pigment to give an opily, greased look.
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The release of Warhammer 40K 7th Edition has been our biggest Games Workshop release to date and heaps of people got in quick in order to start playing the new evolution of the game!
Its a brave new grim-dark world with the new psychic phase causing devastation, daemons summoning everywhere, dynamic new gameplay due to the introduction of the new Tactical Objectives and heavily armoured vehicles becoming more resilient than ever.
Which is good news for the lucky winners of the Imperial Knights as their massive new super-heavy walkers with dish out and take even more punishment!
And the winners are…
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For this week's Flames of War Friday project we asked our fans over on the Mighty Ape Hobbies Facebook Page to decide which armoured unit they'd like to see; either the Soviet T-34 Tankovy ; or the Japanese Light Sensha Platoon and the ubiquitous T-34 was the winner. So lets take a closer look at the plastic T-34 Tankovy boxed set.
The T-34 was the most produced tank of World War II and is the mainstay of Soviet armoured forces for both the mid-war and late war period and this set enables you to field 2 of the most common variants: the T-34/76 obr 1943 and the T-34/85 obr 1944. The kit includes:
With both turret versions and magnets included you can magnetise all 5 tanks so that you can simply swap turrets to change between the T-34/76 and T-34/85. This gives a great amount of flexibility when choosing writing your lists and means you can use these tanks for both the mid-war and late war periods. Combine that with the similar versatility of the Tank Killer Company and you'll see that this is a fantastic perk for Soviet players.