Painting is an integral part of our hobby, as is the eye-strain that often accompanies it. For the latest gurn, we hear all about the pains of painting miniatures that are just too tiny.
Romain is back for another tutorial teaching you some of the essentials of painting. In this particular episode he'll be taking a look at the techniques you can use to paint Grey and/or White hair on another of the amazing Kingdom Death miniatures.
As we gear up for the Infinity Boot Camp we're starting to see the tables take shape with a Forest Research Base which is looking stunning. Matt from MiniWargaming will be on The Weekender this week too!
Happy Sunday! Welcome to another episode of The Weekender XLBS where we talk all things hobby related this weekend and delve into what we have planned for Hobby Lab and more...
For our first XLBS Edition of Exploring Exodus we look at how Terrain can effect your gaming experience in Wild West Exodus. From the large of buildings by Micro Art Studios to small barrels and cacti we've got you covered!
Welcome to another mid-week VLOG as we get stuck in to building a table for the Infinity Boot Camp! Lloyd and Justin have been working on some rivers while John gets ready for more Unboxing videos.
One of the aspects of the hobby I have always liked is the sculpting, watching as a miniature develops from a simple green into something awesome. So for this month's Try Something New I thought I'd lay down a challenge; see what you can sculpt.
Happy Sunday! Welcome to The Weekender XLBS where we're talking about all things post-apocalyptic and wasteland-like in the wake of so many people checking out the new Mad Max film...
MERCS is a world filled with intrigue and covert corporate action and now J. L. Allan brings us into the world in this story of The Lucky Hand. - Final Part Out Now!
You've seen how PHR players can utilise the Hades walker but what about tackling the beast if you're a UCM, Scourge or Shaltari player? In this video we show you how your Dropzone Commander army can fight the Hades on land and in the air too.
In the course of our gurns, we have played with miniatures that are unpainted and even unassembled. Now we come to a gurn about when those minis just aren't built right and the horrors of floating gun syndrome.
The Bolt Action Boot Camp has come and gone so with the team just about recovered the clean up has begun. With one Boot Camp complete our thoughts now turn to the next one for Infinity at the end of June.
Backstagers can exclusively download the Mantic Games Warpath Alpha Rules alongside two Army Lists for you to try them out with for both the Enforcers and The Plague!
We've looked at dealing with dug in infantry so now we show you how it can be done more effectively than previously thought. This is a process that involves less points spent and Soviets armed with flamethrowers!
Welcome back to another Skin Tone Tutorial where today Romain is breaking out Kano from the Bushido miniatures game and shows off how to paint up one of the trickiest skin tones out there; Demonic Red.
We've hit the final countdown before the Bolt Action Boot Camp. The tables are 99% ready, the armies are in the studio, and the whole team is geared up and ready for the weekend invasion of the Riverside Studio.
Welcome to The Weekender XLBS where its time for a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea as we relax with you and talk through some more tabletop gaming awesomeness from this week.
For this XLBS edition of Wolsung Stratagems Warren and Łukasz learn more about hard hitting Xenah Qiang of the Triad of Lotus Dragon. She wields a devastating weapon and can hit as hard as a boosted Security Golem.
We're back with the final part of this Skin Tone Tutorial where Romain adds the final level of shading and highlighting to this lovely little Kingdom Death Miniature.
For our latest Gaming City Guide, Neal, aka Neal5x5, has written in to give us the guided tour of gaming in the city of Denver, Colorado.
With the Bolt Action Boot Camp a little over a week away the team is working hard to complete the tables for the event. Not only that we have Rich from Mantic Games in the studio as he and Justin are in the middle of filming a new series...
Happy Sunday! Come and relax with us as we talk about X-Wings going into space (for real), 4Ground, major hobby time and rumours of new miniatures coming to Warhammer 40,000... X-Wing In Space (Literally!) First thing first. Yes, you did […]
Chez and Justin break out the minis to take you through the basics of running a good demo game of Bolt Action in its simplest form. No big tanks, no massive guns, just a good old fashioned infantry firefight.
Romain breaks out his paints and gets ready for another Skin Tone Tutorial this time focusing in on how to paint the skin tones of the Middle East.
With the Bolt Action Boot Camp soon the team is working frantically to get the gaming boards ready. Some of them have disappeared into the back alley behind our offices and Lloyd's on hand to find out what's going on...
For the last Try Something New, I wrote encouraging people to give being a Games Master a try. This sparked a forgotten neuron in my mind of something that I think was suggested in a previous edition of the Warhammer Fantasy Battles rule book: Adding GMs to your wargames.
Experience the backstory of FAITH: The Sci-Fi RPG in this Backstager exclusive story by E. G. Quinzel.
Happy Sunday! It looks like Games Workshop are throwing the kitchen sink in as well when it comes to Warhammer 40,000 and their latest list of releases.
We've discussed Choosing the Right Dropship but now comes another important topic, Choosing the Right Commander for your Dropzone Commander army.
In this week's gurn, things are getting linguistic as Demyse writes in to complain about something that we often hear complaints about: the problems with pronunciation.
Romain is back to finish up showing you How to Paint his Barbarian from Gaspez Arts by adding the final touches to the hair and moving on to that hairy chest!
The team are now safely back (and recovering) in the River Side Studio after Salute and it's now time for our next project; The Bolt Action Boot Camp. Plus, Warren reveals what game is getting the Boot Camp treatment in June!
Flames of War For The Win is coming back for its 3rd season. Before it does Warren & Dave discuss their FTW experience so far & look forward to whats coming up.
We're back for another 3 Colours Up Tips where Romain is showing us how to paint Red Hair and also (since Barbarians don't tend to wax) some Body Hair too.
Happy Sunday! As most of you know Salute 2015 is just around the corner and that means we're also organising something for you Backstagers!
Let there be light! Echo base has got the electricians in as we've used LED lighting to bring the Rebel's ice home to life!
In the XLBS edition of Wolsung Stratagems Warren and Łukasz from Micro Art Studio get to grips with the charge mechanic and discover how using your support and biding your time affects it.
When it comes to role playing games, we all love creating ourselves a character and jumping into the game's world. However, there is one part of role playing games that I know plenty of people are rather nervous about trying for themselves: taking on the role of the all powerful Game Master.
Welcome to the final part of Romain's Caucasian Skin Tone Tutorial series. We get to see the final details and tattoo work on our Gaspez-Art Barbarian.
The team are working away on getting the board for our Salute 2015 Battle of Hoth game ready and it's really taking shape. We've even got an impressive looking Echo Base for our Rebel force.
