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
Tag: Painting
Building an Exotic Table for Star Wars Legion
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
Tips for Assembling 3D printed models
You’ve downloaded your STLs, put them through a slicer, and waited patiently for them to print. Its 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, for both FDM and Resin models. 3D printed… Read more
Tips for Painting 3D Printed Models
With the Gloaming Swamps and Wilderness campaign we thought it an ample time to put together some tips for painting 3D printed models. One goal for the campaign is to provide painting guides for every model that is made, with a color guide and technique. This article will touch on some tips and principles useful… Read more
Creating a 3D Space Hulk board in Terrain Tinker
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
How to paint Medieval Textures
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
Building a Normandy board for Flames of War using the Country & King terrain.
When I first saw the 3D printable models for the Country and King Kickstarter, I knew that they would make an excellent Wargaming table for Flames of War. With permission from Matt, I grabbed a bunch of the new STL files and got to work planning an epic new battlefield for my home games! Concept… Read more
How to paint realistic Stone Walls
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
Creating Halfling Homesteads with the Hillside Builders Kit
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
Making your own wash
Washing is a common technique in miniature painting. It uses translucent paints with a high surface tension to run into the recesses of models, where it settles and fades out to the more raised areas of the model. The effect adds depth to your models with a minimum of fuss, making it an incredibly popular… Read more