My First Darklands Model

A while ago I invested quite heavily in the Mierce Miniatures kickstarter and have a large Ysian force that I have not started painting. I recently had my first Darklands intro game and was quite excited by the level of challenge and how the game plays. It's...

An exercise in Speed Painting

One of the biggest problems I have faced in my years painting miniatures is finding techniques that are fast and give effective finishes. I have a Warriors army and I was looking to add some actual warriors to the army but I didn't want to spend ages painting them as...

The Imperial War Wagon – Painting something OOP!

One of the models I owned back in 1995 but never fully finished was the old Imperial War Wagon. I remember being put off by the scale armor plates and how difficult it was to paint, and all the details on the crewmen. And it had no base! How was I supposed to use this...

Coat D’Arms Metallics

I am running out of my stored Citadel metallic green, 'Enchanted Green', that I used for my Alpha Legion. I have discovered that the Coat d'arms paints ARE the old Citadel range of two back. So if you want to colour match an old paint or use one of the great coloured...

Painting Spearmen

A couple of weeks ago  had an interesting chat with John Treadaway, whose views on many wargame issue are Sympatico with my own, about painting 'spearmen'.In most wargame armies the bulk of the troops are the ordinary spearmen, the guys trailing a pike or...