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Unboxing: Warmachine – Hand Of Judgement

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John and myself are back with another unboxing. This time we're covering a huge behemoth from Warmachine, it's the Hand of Judgement.

Learning To Photograph Your Miniatures

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Carlos (aka Bostria) of Corvus Belli has kindly allowed us to republish his article on photographing your miniatures. Jump on in and share with us how you photograph your prize painted miniatures...

Anatomy Of An Air Compressor Part Two – The Importance Of A Receiver

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In the second part of this series on airbrushing we take a look at why a receiver is an important part of the compressor and exactly what it does with community member nakchak...

VLOG: Salute Castle Progress Update

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With Salute drawing closer we're busy beavering away on our castle which means Justin once again being chained to the saw cutting pieces of wood to give the walls some depth.

The Road To Kickstarter – Learning Curve

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The Massive Awesome guys take stock of where they're at now their Kickstarter has launched and give us a few more pointers on running a campaign and learning on the fly...

Age Of Tyrants: Stretch Goal Expansions & Future Plans

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Mark Brendan talks us through the future plans for Age of Tyrants and where they are right now as they come towards the end of their Kickstarter campaign. We also have an awesome timelapse showing the creation of a Viridian Mustang Fighter...

Unboxing: Bolt Action – German Grenadiers Winter Squad

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Today we're diving back into Bolt Action from Warlord Games to look at the snappy cold winter squad of the German Grenadiers.

Wolsung Battle Report – Scylla vs Ash & Oak

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It's time to get stuck into a battle report of a different sort today. We're going to be checking out Wolsung SSG!

Modern Wargaming With “Force-on-Force” Part Two – Morale & Irregular Troops

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In the second part of this series on Force-On-Force community members oriskany and unclejimmy take a look at how morale works in the game for the various factions at your disposal...

40k Charted: Unit Spotlight – Rough Riders

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This time on 40k Charted the guys get into the saddles with the Rough Riders of the Imperial Guard (Astra Militarum) from Games Workshop.

Weekender XLBS: Building Army Background & Making Models Your Own

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It's time to relax with some news from the Beast this week and also a big discussion building army background and making that army your own...

Weekender: Wolsung SSG, The Rules Of The Walking Dead & FanHunter

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Welcome to The Weekender which once again is jampacked with all manner of interviews and looks at the world of wargaming...

Let’s Play Mantic Games’ The Walking Dead: All Out War

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We got to sit down with Mark Latham who has been writing the rules for The Walking Dead: All Out War and played a game using their current rules. We're learning about the basics of the game and finding out […]

Raglan Builds An Epic Warhammer 40,000 Battle-scape

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Check out this amazing set of terrain for use in Horus Heresy-era wargaming. As well as blasted ruins there's a HUGE Dam to check out...

Mennes’ Mini-Mashup: The Butcher

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We kick off a fantastic new mini-series for you as Tomas Mennes has joined us in the studio to bring you three amazing tutorials showing how you take apart, join and perfectly mash-up your models.

Get The Low-Down On The World Of FanHunter With Vesper-On

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David Esbri of Vesper-On Games gives us the low-down on the world of FanHunter which is coming to Kickstarter soon with the board game Urban Warfare soon!

Unboxing: Major Prime Victoria Haley

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Another day and another amazing Unboxing. This time John and myself are taking a look at Warmachine's Major Prime Victoria Haley from Privateer Press.

Community Painting Picks – Heroes, Zombies & Dragon Towers

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We're back with some more Community Painting Picks where we've snapped up some of the neatest looking miniatures our forum members have been working on. Come and see what's been on workbenches over the last couple of weeks...

VLOG: Castles Will Fall!

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The Votes are in and it looks like 80's New York mayhem will have to wait for another day. Now we're going to be looking at smashing down castle walls! Grab A Backstage 7 Day Free Trial

Farewell To Warhammer 40k Artist Wayne England

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It's a sad day for tabletop gaming fans as Wayne England, one of the most prolific artists in the industry, has sadly passed away.

Anatomy Of An Air Compressor Part One – Introduction

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Community member nakchak takes you through how to understand your Airbrush's Air Compressor. In this first article we take a look at introducing you to the technology...

The Road To Kickstarter – The Calm Before The Storm

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With the Kickstarter launch later today Massive Awesome offer up some last minute advice. Keep an eye out for the Shattered Earth Kickstarter which will begin at 6pm GMT!

Vlog: A Game for Salute – YOU Decide

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A HUGE thank you to all of the Backstagers who aided out call last week about data management. Secondly, we're giving you the choice on what we bring to Salue this year.

Unboxing: Wolsung SSG – Ven Rier Agents

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We're back for another unboxing from the world of Wolsung SGG and I have Lukasz joining me again to unveil the Ven Rier Agents from the Micro Art Studio.

Check Out Previews From The Horus Heresy Weekender

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Check out some shots from the Horus Heresy Weekender showing off more for the Mechanicum AND a preview of the upcoming Leman Russ for Forge World's Primarch series...

Modern Wargaming With “Force-On-Force” Part One – Introduction

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unclejimmy and oriskany join together to look at the rules set that featured throughout most of the Modern Wargaming series we ran last year - Force on Force. Come and find out more about the basics within...

40K Battle Report – Chaos Space Marines Vs Dark Angels

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Join us for a Warhammer 40,000 Battle Report where the Chaos Space Marines are fighting against the deadly Dark Angels. There's intrigue and brutality on the cards for this scrap... Who do you think is going to come out of […]

Weekender XLBS: What Makes For The Best Mega Gaming Battles?

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Welcome to our slice of Sunday Weekender fun on XLBS. We've got a funny story from Warren to kick things off and talk on big Mega Battles!

Weekender: Talking Kickstarter With Massive Awesome & Micro Art Studio

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Welcome to a bumper Weekender where we have not one but two interviews for you along with a special pro-painted prize...

Age Of Tyrants: How To Build A Junkers Company

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If you're wondering on how to build armies for Age of Tyrants then they've put together this piece showing off a typical Junkers army for the game. Don't forget to check out the Kickstarter...

VLOG: The BIG Data Storage Problem

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The Beast has taken up a lot of data of the years and we're asking you for some help on working out a long term solution to the quest we undertook five years ago...

Conquering Kings Of War – Legions Tactics

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We're back with Rich from Mantic talking about how to play with your Legions in Kings of War. These units are a massive hammer blow to the opponent but they can be trapped and draw a lot of fire from the enemy.

What’s In The Box: Bolt Action – German Grenadiers

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Hey all, we're back and for another unboxing of Bolt Action from Warlord Games. This time we're looking at the German Grenadiers, a fond build for Justin as he plays Germans in his squad. How would you play the Grenadiers […]

Infinity Arachne: The Delicate Art of Table Layout – Part Two

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In this episode of Infinity Arachne we're looking back at Table Layouts and how exactly to get the best distribution of terrain so it's both fair for all players involved AND looks awesome too...

The Road To Kickstarter – The Boring Stuff

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Massive Awesome now go through some of the boring stuff that EVERY Kickstarter campaign needs to deal with. These hints and tips could be key to anyone thinking of running a fundraiser...

Fighting The French & Indian War On The Tabletop: Welcome To Muskets & Tomahawks

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This time around in the French & Indian War series we're going to be looking at Muskets & Tomahawks and learn more about building armies in the game and how it plays...

The Walking Dead: All Out War Kickstarter Begins

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Mantic Games have now launched their The Walking Dead: All Out War Kickstarter allowing you to fight out a battle for survival between rival groups and hordes of zombies...

40K Charted: Unit Spotlight – Swooping Hawks

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Continuing out Unit Spotlights for Warhammer 40,000 we take a look at one of the Aspect Warrior units for the Eldar. We're going to be flying high with the Swooping Hawks.

Weekender XLBS: The First Steps Are Critical

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Sit back and relax with us for The Weekender XLBS as we discuss some interesting decisions from Games Workshop, talk about getting you settled in the hobby and show off Warren's latest gadgets...

Weekender: Competition Winners & 100 To Save Us All?

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We're sorry but we've had to skip the regular Weekender as Justin is using all of the cameras to film Wolsung SSG content for the website! However, we do have some updates for you... Competition Winners We are announcing the competition […]

Exploring Exodus – The Influence Of The Enlightened

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In this episode we are joined by Dr. Carpathian's Enlightened forces ready to show us how Influence works in Wild West Exodus as well as some tricks they themselves are capable of. How about Thomas Edison Phonic Blasting his troops towards opponents?

Exploring Exodus XLBS – Offensive & Defensive Use Of Influence

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It's time to take a more in-depth look at Influence as Sean from Outlaw Miniatures sits down with Justin to explore both its offensive and defensive uses in games of Wild West Exodus.

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