Tutorials!!

I am pleased to announce that from now on I will be posting more and more tutorials to keep you guys interested and share my knowledge with others.  You can look forward to a lot of Ork tutorials, Dark Eldar, and even smaller things like eyes, skin and some terrain.

I will try and post small tips every now and then.  These small tips will be ones that have help greatly, and aren’t hard to do. 

Another thing I will be posting will be ways to save money in the hobby.  From product reviews to preserving paints, this way you will get top notch products and equipment for a little price, saving you more and more money.

I hope these tutorials will help to expand your hobby knowledge and give you ideas for future projects; my main goal is to share what I know to all the awesome viewers out there.


Clive

GW Ork Homepage Stuffup

This has been on the site for more than three years now, just look at these pics:

 

Click to zoom

Apparently Sauron has taken over the Deff Dread Mobs.

I hope you like this and have a laugh seeing it for yourself!!

Happy Easter and Bye Bye!!

Clive

New Banner

Check out the new banner at the top of the site.
Its the limit to my terrible skill, if anyone can make a better one it would be much appreciated.

Clive!!

I'm back with a Sneaky Snikrot

Hey guys, been quite busy lately but managed to fit in a small post. I just newly painted my Boss Snikrot model from 2010 Christmas, and also made a light box to get better pics for the blog.

Here it is!!

I had trouble with lenses but they turned out fine in the end!!

Thanks for looking, I'm glad to be back and hope you like him.

Clive

Dawn of War 2: Retribution Trailer!!

Check out this new DOW Trailer.  It looks awesome!!

DOW: Retribution

                                             
     That's all for now,
 
     Clive


                   

Terrain Tutorial: Ruins

Ruins make some of the most memorable moments of playing Warhammer 40k.  Their unpredictable shapes and sizes could make the difference between winning and losing.

  

Knowing Ruins were one of the most popular pieces of terrain, I decided to post my technique for building and painting them. 

What you will need:

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      Styrofoam

This is just your ordinary packaging Styrofoam you would find in the box of an electronic appliance 

PVA Glue

Nothing Special, any PVA Glue will work

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      Pollie Filla

This product is made to fill in the gaps of a wall left by pins or nails. Any similar product will work as well

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      Cardboard

Preferably shoebox cardboard.  Remember this is for the base of the Ruin, so it shouldn’t be too thick.

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            Ordinary Sandpaper

This is only to sand down the Styrofoam, so it doesn’t have to be too strong

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     Black and White Paint

I just used ordinary craft paints. There’s no need to go using the expensive GW Spray Can!!

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      Sand

I actually got my sand from the park across the road from my house.  I use it for the bases of my minis and I really enjoy it.

As you can see most of these Items can be easily found around the house.  These ruins can be made in a very short amount of time; I made five in just one Morning. 

STEP 1:

Start by finding the right piece of Styrofoam, It can be as small or as large as you want, there’s really no limit to your imagination.

STEP 2:

Once you’ve made a choice, sand down the whole piece with your sandpaper.  Styrofoam tends to be weak, and when it comes time to paint it, parts start falling off, which is a real nuisance.

STEP 3:

Cut the piece of card board to an appropriate size to fit the Styrofoam.  Then simply glue the base to the piece of foam (with PVA Glue) and wait for it to dry.

STEP 4:

Cake the whole piece of foam with the Pollie Filla to texture it.  Then glue the sand to the base using the PVA Glue.  This will give it a nice authentic look when painted. 

STEP 5: Painting:

1.           1.  Basecoat the whole ruin (including the base), with Black Paint

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         2. Then mix 1/10 Black and White, and apply this mixture to the ruin and the base with a light drybrush

3.        

                 3. Then mix an extremely (almost white) light grey and drybrush this onto the ruin and the base

 You don’t have to paint it grey.  I have a grass gaming table and grey contrasts really well with green.  You could paint the ruins like the ones over at Steevo’s Wargaming Adventure with that sandy desert look.  As I said there’s really no limit to your imagination.

These are all the ruins I've Made.

That’s all for now…

Clive