Why Airbrush? Airbrushes have many uses, even outside the miniature painting hobby. It’s a versatile painting method that allows you to create all kinds of looks and effects, but notably, it gives you a very clean and smooth finish and excellent color fades. It’s very fast and allows you to spray undercoat your miniatures even… Read more
All of the 3D printer models from the Gloaming Swamps and Wilderness Kickstarter are now available to download and print. Throughout the campaign, we have been creating painting panels for each 3D printer model as it became available. We are pleased to present them all to you here in one place, along with a few… Read more
It’s no secret that we’re fans of the Star Wars universe, and of wargaming. The Gloaming Swamps and Wilderness terrain STL presented the opportunity to create a unique gaming table for Star Wars Legion. What do we mean by “exotic”? Thats anything that looks like it doesn’t belong on earth. The Star Wars Legion universe… Read more
You’ve downloaded your STLs, put them through a slicer, and patiently waited for them to print. Now, it’s time to take them off the printer and assemble them for painting. To help with this next stage, we’ve put together a range of tips for assembling 3D-printed models, both FDM and Resin models. 3D-printed models are… Read more
In this article, we’ll cover some basic tips for painting 3D models. We’ll be using some models from the Gloaming Swamps and Wilderness campaign, for which there are painting guides that cover the colours used, if you’d like to get started straight away. Getting Started It is important to note that there is no right or… Read more
Back in 1989 Games Workshop released the first edition of its widely popular Space Hulk board game. Over 30 years and four editions, The story-driven boarding actions continue to entertain wargamers and board gamers alike. As great as it is, the game can be massively improved by replacing the cardboard corridors with fully 3D components…. Read more
In a previous post we covered how to paint the stone walls from the Country and King buildings. This article shows you how to paint medieval textures used on the terrain. In particular, the wood, roof tiles, wattle & daub, and hay. Wood & Roof Tiles After undercoating, basecoat the Wood with Oak Brown and… Read more
In this article, we’re going to show you how to paint the realistic looking stone walls from Country and King, and its easier to achieve than you might think. After doing plenty of research, and trial & error, we’ve come up with an effective method to recreate the pale stone look of medieval Europe. You’ll… Read more
A versatile set of scenery gives you flexibility between game systems and gets better value for money and painting efforts. The New Eden range of terrain is one such set, being suitable for a broad variety of gaming systems. Here’s a few examples we came up with. Star Wars Legion: New Eden is perfect for… Read more
The Hillside Builders Kit from the Rise of the Halflings comes with over 40 different individual pieces you can use scratch build your own Halfling Homesteads. There are a myriad of different ways you could do this, so we thought we would share how we created our Halfling village, providing some tips you can try… Read more
