We have our buddy Dave back in the studio and this time he's painting up an example tabard for your Dark Angel armies. You can apply this technique to other robes of course too!

Warren sits down with yet another legend from the wargaming world in the Designer's Studio. This time he chats with Alessio Cavatore about his start in gaming, his time in the industry, and his latest creation to hit Kickstarter, LOKA.

As a last little extra for the end of Mercs week Romain has brought out his USCR Commisar to add a killer snow base.

Romain Finishes the paint work on what has to one of the best tutorials we have ever done here on Beasts of War.

We get the inside track on the ISS with another interview with the creators of MERCS.

Heavy armour & loads of fire-power, the USCR are Russians just the way we like 'em!

We get the guys form Mercs Minis on skype for an interview about the Texico faction from their great game MERCS.

Romain moves on to the next stage of his USCR Commissar. This time he deepens the level of shading. Note: Audio problem now resolved!

Andy and Darrell get to grips with the FCC, the anti-Mega-con faction of MERCS. These guys are made up of all the disenfranchised workers from the other corporations and can even hire out a black ops team member from the other factions! What do you think?

The USCR Commissar is really starting to take shape as Romain starts on the next stage of this painting tutorial. He adds levels of shading and starts on the metal sections of the miniature.

The guys have a look at those sneaky Brazilians the Kemvar. These stealthy killers look to be a good starting faction for anyone thinking of getting into MERCS, but will you be joining their corporation and hiring them?

The guys take a look at the Sefadu faction for MERCS. These up close and personal soldiers from Africa look to be ready to roll out on the battlefield and lay some serious smack down to all the other Factions. So what do you think guys, do they suit your play style?

Darrell and Andy sit down with the MERCS guys for the first of our chats about the background and style of each faction. Today it's the mighty CCC, but will they become your faction?

Romain breaks out his master painting kung fu to paint up one of the USCR minis from Mercs. In this one we see the beginnings of the base colours for this kick ass future warrior.

Another week is coming to an end, but before we all gear up for some gaming this weekend we had Ronnie Renton in the Designer's Studio for a chat about what got him into gaming. We also look into his industry history and of course what the future holds for the gaming industry as a whole.

Black Library have released a new hardback to take pride of place for many collectors. The Scripts Volume 1, detailing the original scripts for many of those great Horus Heresy audio dramas.

Our buddy Dave breaks out his painting kit again to show us a cool and easy way to paint Deathwing Armour. Get your army off the shelf and follow along!

Warren sits down for a chat with Rick Priestley, one of the titans of the wargaming world, and talks about game design, his incredible history, and what got him into this quirky hobby that we love so much.

Romain picks out an Orc armed with spear and dagger to show us a simple way to paint non-metallic metal, how to paint wood, and finally how to add a splash of crimson blood to these crude weapons.

As you may have seen a little while ago we had James over from Mantic to chat about DreadBall, but we all know Warren likes to go in-depth when we have people over to make videos and so he set aside a little time to chat about what got James in to gaming and more importantly what his thoughts are on designing games, and the odd little pointer to all you budding games designers out there.

Dave is back to paint another Dark Angel and this time he is looking at Ravenwing Armour. Follow along as he shares some of his techniques including how to paint hard edge highlighting.

Orks never take care of their blades and Romain takes great care in showing this as he adds some non-metallic style rust effects to the Ork Blades he painted the week before last.

It's been another long week here at the new BoW HQ as we gear up for the Dark Angels Week coming on Monday 21st of January!

In what many would consider the first true test of Kickstarter as a platform for funding in our industry, Warren sits down with Rick Priestley, John Stallard and Rik Alexander to get to the bottom of what Beyond the Gates of Antares is, and why us gamers should care. What he discovered was both pretty breath taking in its scope and plain old exciting!

Orc weaponry may be rough and ready, but that doesn't mean it can't look good. Romain takes a little time to show us all how to paint up some fantastic looking non-metalic metal Orc blades.

Black cloth can often prove problematic, so Romain sets out give a bit of help to those in need of some assistance... and what better subject to use, than a black clad Victorian Gentleman from Empire of the Dead.

Romain Takes out his 54mm head from Victrix to show us how to paint realistic looking hair and stubble.

Romain finishes his Wargames Factor Samurai Cavalryman with a base... no miniature looks properly finished with out a good base.

Romain puts the last touches to his Wargames Factory Samurai Cavalryman, before moving to the final stages.

Romain begins work on his Samurai Cavalryman from Wargames Factory.

As a Christmas treat for our Backstage fans, Romain has created a video to answer one of the questions he gets asked the most... how do I paint faces and eyes properly?

Romain finishes work on the horse for his Samurai Cavalry kit from Wargames Factory.

It's Christmas time and we decided to shake things up a bit and let Romain paint something historical. So he chose the plastic Samurai Cavalry kit from Wargames Factory. In this first part, Romain starts with the Samurai's trusty steed.

Romain gives an Orc a Christmas present by engraving his blade with some fancy designs. However, for all you Backstagers, this is a bit of advice on creating some freehand engraving effects.

The German Grenadiers of Flames of War go under James' brush as he shares his tips on painting up these plastic minis from the Open Fire! starter set.

Flames of War drop in with another painting guide, taking us all through the painting techniques for the US Parachute Riflemen.

Romain gives us some advice on painting the purple lighting effects using by the Infinity studio when painting Aleph models.

Romain takes a look at the paint scheme used on Aleph white, by the Infinity studio.

The guys at Flames of War share their tips on how to quickly paint up those Sherman V tanks from the Open Fire! box set.

The StuG has rolled out of the Open Fire! starter set and is ready to get a stylish paint job in this latest Flames of War painting guide.