Has a newcomer just shown Games Workshop how it's done?

Romain returns with his masterful guide on painting glow effects. In this episode he moves onto painting more of the cloth components on his Dartan Vilmon miniature.

In this episode we discuss in the works plans for Dropzone Commander and want to know what you at home would like to see on Beasts of War.

Romain is ready to move on the the next stage of painting Dartan Vilmon! This time he gets his brushes out and starts to paint the magical glow on Vilmon's sword. It's going to look a lot more mighty after Romain has finished with it!

...and now you get to sit down and enjoy this weekends XLBS. Warren has been trying to get his little one into gaming and the guys talk about his first steps into our kingdom of geekery!

Romain is on to the final part of his source lighting tutorial and its looking fantastic. The final details see Romain adding the highlights and the last of the deeper shadows. Stay tuned as next time our master painter will be taking on another challenge as he paints the magical sword of High Paladin Dartan Vilmon!

Oh dear! That's right folks. Warren has been let loose in the Warlord casting facility as he learns how to cast up some T-34 Tank Riders. You can win the tank riders Warren cast up and a T-34 by the professionals by simply commenting below this video!

Romain settles down and gets cracking on his lava glow tutorial for Dartan Vilmon from Warmachine. In this one he gets the first layers of red down on the main lit areas of the miniature.

So welcome to your XLBS! In this one the guys have a chat about David and Warren heading to the Grand Tournament and wax lyrical on more Warmachine.

Warren is back for part two of this Designer's tudio with Gav Moorcroft. The guys continue discussing their thoughts on the industry and have a general chinwag on what they love about our wonderful hobby.

Time for our master to pick up his tools and begin work on Dartan Vilmon! In this first part Romain gets to grips with the basics of what he wants to achieve with this miniature.

...and now we're into XLBS! We'll be continuing our discussions on Inheritance and having a good old chinwag about the kind of games we'd love to see on the tabletop.

Warren is joined by game designer Gav Moorcroft from Tor Gaming to get an insight into the history behind Gav's love of gaming and how he got his break in the industry. Sorry guys video has been fixed!

Romain begins work on High Paladin Dartan Vilmon, kicking off by building him a rather fetching base which will be turned in to a lava-scape in this tutorial series.

In this Weekends XLBS we discuss more about Inheritance and have a special prize to give away that may or may not have something to do with that epic week we just had.

Romain finishes off his masterful paint job on Painting Astorath the Grim. He gets to work on picking out all those last minute details that really set this miniature apart from others!

Romain is closing in on the finish line for painting Astorath the Grim. Now he's finished up the last of the main colours, the painting master moves on to some of the finer details.

And now we relax and chat about our week in gaming here over on XLBS! We'll be discussing the kinds of things we've been doing this week alongside current projects that are in the works.

Justin has just picked up Level 7 [Escape] from Privateer Press so he's grabbed Mike to see just what this creepy game is all about. Will they approve of this hauntingly horrifying survival game?

Romain sets off for another round of painting Astorath the Grim from the Blood Angels Chapter. This time he is adding gold where he feels it's needed and doing some highlighting work on the wings and parchment.

Last week saw the awesome Grumpy Old War Gamers Convention come to Tabletop Nation and in this weekends XLBS we discuss what we thought of the event and what we'd like to do in the future too!

Romain moves on to the next stages of painting up Astorath the Grim, this time focusing on the wings and some of the finer details to finish off later.

It's time for more talk from some of our Grumpy Wargamers as we move into XLBS especially for you fellows with Backstage! Let's see what they get up too.

Romain has found an Astorath the Grim miniature to paint up and he's going to show you exactly how to make it stand out on the gaming table. To kick off Romain gets his main colors down on the miniature in preparation for all the lovely detail to come in the later parts of this series.

Sorry guys no Weekender or XLBS this week, but Warren and Justin have dropped in to the studio to bring you a look at the new expansion for one of their favorite games, Spartacus: a Game of Blood and Treachery.

Time for the finishing touches on the fantastic Colette from Malifaux. Romain breaks out this skills to add the details to her hair, base and evil bunny. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and stay tuned for a new tutorial next week!

In this weekend's XLBS Batman and Beasts of War come together as we take a look at the trailer for the Dark Knight's latest foray into video games with Batman Arkham Origins and what this could mean for Knight Models DC line, as well as giving you guys the latest news on Inheritance!

Romain moves on to the next major step in painting up his little Colette miniature. It's now time to paint the dress on this lovely little cabaret girl!

Romain can't seem to resist painting more of Colette from Malifaux. Today he's breaking out his paints and superb skills to show us how to take that lovely skin, add a little make-up to the face and really start bringing her to life.

Now for a sit down about some more topics that have got us excited. We're discussing the news about Lord Inquisitor, a quick look at some other parts of geek culture and a reflection from Justin on some games that we're looking forwards to playing over the coming months.

Time for the next installment of Romain's fantastic tutorial on Malifaux's Colette, Avatar of Deception. Today the master will be showing us how to paint the white transparent gloves.

Warren, Justin and Stu are back for another Weekender XLBS, and this time they get to chat about the way things have been going in the world of wargaming this week, including whats been happening with Games Workshop, a cool new D&D game and the latest on the Inheritance front.

The good master Romain returns for part two of his tutorial on Colette, Avatar of Deception. This time sees him finishing off the skin and adding in the first of the transparent fabric to this lovely little mini's tights.

With our good buddy Nick writing up lots of Malifaux articles, we thought it might be fun to let Romain have his way with Colette, Avatar of Deception.

Hey guys we thought we'd give you Backstagers a quick look at things behind the scenes before Salute 2013 opens its doors tomorrow and it all gets a little too hectic!

Thanks for all the great feedback on the Inheritance idea! Keep it coming folks and of course join in the discussion on plenty more topics within.

The painting master Romain brings out an Aquan Stingray Class Destroyer from Firestorm Armada by Spartan Games and takes advantage of its beautiful flowing sculpt to paint up in a fantastic teal paint scheme.

Get ready and gear up as Warren, Justin and Stu have a look at the next big community project on the board, the guys are planning to build an brand spanking new Warhammer 40K faction for a narrative campaign involving the return of those thought lost...

Romain takes out one of his Orc Miniatures and shows us how to paint Rackham Style skin. Let us know what you think of this technique and what miniatures you'll be using it on.

Warren brings James M. Hewitt of DreadBall fame back into the Designers studio for another chat about wargaming, board gaming and everything in between!

This week we have a special question for all you Backstagers. Help us and have your say in the future of the Beasts of War website.