The Post Human Republic – PHR is the second faction I’ll look at here. Hawk again provides some good background here . The PHR have been categorised as the Battletech faction of DzC – they have Mechs, lots of them. There is the class 1 mechs – these are the MBT equivalents, 1… Continue reading Dropzone Commander – The PHR
Dropzone Commander – UCM
In my last post I gave a brief overview of the game, the next logical step would be to discuss the factions. So lets start with the United Colonies of Mankind (UCM). Hawk has published a good blurb on their fluff here: http://www.hawkwargames.com/pages/united-colonies-of-mankind So I won’t linger on that, but I will discuss the good, the… Continue reading Dropzone Commander – UCM
Dropzone Commander
Its been a while since I last posted, but thought I’d write up a few bits on what games I’ve been playing over the last few years. I’ll do a bunch of posts about each of them, but to start off, one of my current favourites – Dropzone Commander. Two years ago, I (and family)… Continue reading Dropzone Commander
Mantic’s Dreadball
Last year, on Kickstarter I pledged in on Mantic’s Dreadball. Now, I love Bloodbowl and the chance for another miniatures based game even remotely like it thrilled me to my core. What I got, was a surprise – depsite the vids I’d watched, the research I had done and the conversations with mates; Dreadball was… Continue reading Mantic’s Dreadball
Privateer Press – Warmachine
Last August (2012) I decided to finally get off the Games Workshop bandwagon and give some other wargames a go. Now I’ve always liked the look of Privateer Press’s Warmachine game, so I figured what the hell? I approached my local Press-ganger and asked him to teach me how to play. Now I don’t know… Continue reading Privateer Press – Warmachine
Dreadstone Blight
So I picked up a Dreadstone Blight tower a while back and finally got round to painting it this weekend. I used this link as a guide to give me an idea on a number of the details, but I decided to use the same paint scheme I used for the Dreadfleet scenery (Necron Abyss… Continue reading Dreadstone Blight
Dreadfleet – The Bloody Reaver
Otherwise known as the Bloody Hard paint job….. The Bloody Reaver was the ship I wanted to save until I’d had some ‘practice’ – reason being, this is the largest, most demanding ship for Dreadfleet, and, ultimately the hardest paint job for me yet. The Reaver is filled with detail, from the wrecks comprising… Continue reading Dreadfleet – The Bloody Reaver
Rust Effects
No piccies, just a quick talk through on how I learned to do it. Base coat your area of rust in Bestial Brown. When dried, stipple Macharias Solar Orange on top of it leaving areas of brown showing through…. When that dries (really quick) apply small splodges of Boltgun metal (note this is the only… Continue reading Rust Effects
Gaming Surfaces
A long, long time ago, Games Workshop sold two 2′ by 4 boards for £35. These boards were painted green on one side and came with some sliding clips. This was positied as a gaming table for you to use for your battles (just add terrain – see my terrain post when it’s complete). Being,… Continue reading Gaming Surfaces
Dreadfleet – Painting the Shadewraith
Hi. I’m Kai (he who owns the blog’s other half :D)- and I’m painting some of the Dreadfleet stuff. Normally all I am is a writer, so painting and writing up guides is a new one on me, but here goes 😉 The Shadewraith ship seemed to be the easiest of all of them… Continue reading Dreadfleet – Painting the Shadewraith