An exciting development in the world of ancients wargaming and Warlords first starter set Conquest of Gaul still hits the mark: Hail Caesar – Conquest of Gaul gives you the rules and two starter armies. Perfect for getting stuck into Hail Caesar with your mates. View in Store Hail Caesar is a game of tabletop battles…
One of our ardent forum-dwellers, ‘Mikeland’ has put plenty of effort into a converted Celt Chariot and with great results! As you can see he’s mixed models from several packs as well as adding them to a superb-looking base. Go and check out the article on our forums →
Frank Peeters sent us pics of some fun conversions based on our plastic Celts which are now masquerading as the famous cartoon character and his friends… Frank has been collecting, painting and gaming with models for decades – mostly fantasy and sci-fi games. As a keen historian Frank was always fascinated with the idea of…
(And what it might mean for wargamers) by Dr. Phil Hendry The aim of this article is to show that you don’t need to paint hundreds of figures to play meaningful wargames with Early Imperial Romans. I sometimes get a bit fed up with how unimaginative wargamers can be. There ought to be so much…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Part 4: ‘Dipping’ After ‘dipping’ comes basing. I do all my basing the same way, to create a unified look. First of all, I glue on a mixture of sand and fine grit in little patches. I paint the whole base with…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Now it’s the part you’ve all been waiting for – time to apply the Army Painter Quick Shade, Strong Tone! Although commonly referred to as ‘The Dip’ I don’t actually dip my models into the can. I prefer to apply with a…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Once all the preparation was done it was time to get on with the painting proper. First of all, I dry-brushed the chainmail with Citadel Mithril Silver, then touched up the white primer where my dry-brushing had strayed – as it inevitably does. Then it…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction The first job was to clean off the casting vents, mould-lines, and any other ‘messy bits’. Not a bad job on Warlord’s figures – they’re usually very nice castings. One thing to bear in mind is that ‘The Dip’ is not discerning in what it shades – if…
You’ve seen Stephan’s handiwork already with his Partisans and Romans – this time we get to show off his work on the barbarians! First off we have deadly Dacians bristling with the lethal falx war-scythes: As you can see Stephan has made his Dacians both colorful and complex with his paint scheme. From the crew…
One of our mad collectors has taken to converting our Naked Fanatics with superb results… “I love stark-naked loony psychos (there’s a sentence you don’t want taking out of context!). I just had to have some in my ancient British army so picked up two dozen of Warlord’s metal fanatic models. Although there are four…
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