A Journey through the Gates of Antares (or your further steps into painting) – part 3 by Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Stage 3: Finishing the figures. Bases for figures can be as simple or elaborate as you want. Shown below are examples with no additions, basic grit, large grit and…
Antares Day was a fantastic event held here at Warlord HQ Nottingham! One of the Primaris Shard group members, James Bowen, managed a close second place and has written down his thoughts about the event. By James Bowen I recently took part in the first Antares Day at the HQ store in Nottingham. I thought I would…
A quick word from the ref… By Tim Bancroft I’ve ref’d a fair few wargames competitions. Before each, to be honest, am always a little apprehensive as some competitions get a little… tense. For the Antares Day, such apprehension vanished into thin air: the attitude of the tournament players was superb, every question being asked…
A Journey through the Gates of Antares (or your first steps in painting guide) Read Part 1 here. Stage 2: First steps in painting. A quick note on painting equipment. I use 4 main brushes Insane Detail, Precise Detail, Small Drybrush (all from the Army Painter hobby range) and a larger generic brush for area painting. …
Tim Bancroft brings us an official update to add a garrison/patrol list to your Freeborn forces in Beyond The Gates of Antares. Given their role and background, the units in this list lack many of the upgrades and options available to regular, mercenary and adventurer forces. Download the PDF here. Prepare your garrison!…
A Journey through the Gates of Antares (or how to build and play your first game) Welcome, I’m Jon and over the next few weeks I’m documenting my entry in the world of Antares. I’ve been in and out of Wargaming for many years starting back in the mid 1980s with a fantasy army and…
Heads up: Baray meets a Mandarin Chryseis ‘Beyond the Gates of Antares’ short fiction by Tim Bancroft Dated some time while after ‘The Claiming of Shamasai’, ‘Batu and the SITAI’. Batu and Baray were kidnapped by an Isorian Senatexis (NuHu councillor) and taken back to Senatex space. During the NuHU’s experiments, the Shamasai Shard was…
To accompany The Chryseis Shard we have 3 fantastic new individual Antarean characters whom you’ll find are heavily involved in the backstory. Aside from these newcomers, three other characters involved in our story have appeared before, Concord Commander Josen, Isorian Drone Command Xan Tu, and Ghar High Commander Karg… so who should we start with… Algoryn…
Plaguespore Part V By Tim Bancroft Dated a short while after ‘The Claiming of Shamasai’ and ‘Batu and the SITAI’ Read part IV in this series here. Read part III in this series here. Read part II in this series here. Read part I in this series here. Previously Prince Batu Delhren was infected by the Shamasai Dust,…
(Special to Warlord Games by Lieut. Col. Sam Wilson, Jr., USA (Ret.) Wildwood Crest, NJ (March 14, 2017) — An unusual but highly effective allied military force of Beyond the Gates of Antares © Isorian, Freeborn and Concord military elements conducted a hard-hitting and well-coordinated strike on the Imperial Ghar city of Gharlopolis this past…
Aaron Trueman