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Moving on from BLOODYdice

12:00 / BY Martok
A few years ago I setup this blog as a place to track my projects and events that I had attended. Collaborating authors have joined me along the way and the family grew as it were. We are now at a point where the projects I am working on have outgrown this little blog as sad as that may be. After the Bristol...

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Hobby - Mordheim Board and Terrain Part 4

12:04 / BY Dangermouse425
Welcome to the fourth part of our Mordheim terrain series, this time we'll be concentrating on the building construction work that has been going on in support of the epic board we've been making. More after the break... ...

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Hobby - Mordheim Board and Terrain Part 3

12:18 / BY Dangermouse425
Another Mordheim Terrain update in our Mordheim Board and Terrain series. Part 1: http://bloody-dice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/hobby-mordheim-board-and-terrain.html Part 2: http://bloody-dice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/hobby-mordheim-board-and-terrain-part-2.html In today's post we'll take a look at the almost-fully constructed 4'x4' board, as well as some extra sections we've created to add variety to the games. Here's the board with almost all of the tiles complete, including one of the bridge crossings.  We'll have another bridge made...

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Hobby - Mordheim Board and Terrain Part 2

13:41 / BY Dangermouse425
I posted about our intent to make a Mordheim board for an upcoming campaign in a recent post last week.  See here for the first post in the series:  http://bloody-dice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/hobby-mordheim-board-and-terrain.html Our board is made up from Hirst Arts moulds, you can see what they look like whilst being cast above.  These moulds are designed to be used with plaster, and we're using Crystacal...

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Hobby - Mordheim Board and Terrain

12:57 / BY Dangermouse425
Well, it's been a while since we've posted.  Work still continues to keep me away from my hobby desk and Martok has been busy painting his Minotaurs, playing in a tournament and now taking a well deserved rest.  (Undoubtedly hatching more mad-cap schemes during his rest though!) More after the jump. ...

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Painting - Last batch of Minotaurs before Vanquish 2014

12:00 / BY Martok
I am running very close to my deadline. This is starting to look a little worrying!! However, fear not, basecoats are down on the vehicles and this should gather speed very soon. See where I am at right now, after the jump. ...

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Showcase - Lelith Hesperax by PaintMyBits

12:00 / BY Martok
Joel from PaintMyBits has been working on another commission in between batching his Raptors for Vanquish 2014. This time he has turned his hand to the pale skinned evil space elves of the 40k universe and painted a beautiful version of Lelith Hesperax. More pics after the page break. ...

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Painting - Minotaur MK4 Centurions almost finished

12:00 / BY Martok
With a little over two weeks left before Vanquish 2014 I am working feverishly to finish my Minotaurs. Things are starting to come together but my blogging has definitely suffered as I spend every moment not at work building drop pods and prepping parts for the last stage of the painting process.  All of the infantry are at a stage where the traditional...

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Tutorial - Painting Stubble

12:00 / BY Martok
Joel from PaintMyBits has another Tutorial for you all. This time he will be going over the use of glazes to give your baldies a good 5 o'clock shadow. Read more to find out how he does this. ...

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Review - Paint Rack by Sphere Products - Progressive Engineering Solutions Ltd

11:55 / BY Dangermouse425
Greetings, BloodyDicers, Dangermouse425 here with a review of an excellent product I recently bought. This is the Large 2-Tier paint rack by Sphere Products, part of Progressive Engineering Solutions, a UK-based company that has some awesome products available. More after the jump... ...

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