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    This Month: Sector 306 Built by the Players’ Guild Block war, speeding motoreycte pangs, aerate minenune i ehiped Kegs, seourivansearrging Mega Mune ‘lives, jamming and overparted tari Those are just fe) of te pecblers hat ‘idgse Hint, Clelland, Revohay and ‘Andrewahadtosortoutdu ‘BS, Ofcourse they hada ite help from Judge Dredd (rot to mention Judge ‘Anderson, Tech Judges Psi Judges and plenty ofinuh-needed Med Inces. fut even so, was tough out thereon ihe “The Judge Dredd roleplaying gan cemonstaton at Games Day was the ‘culmination of 8 weeks of fencied activity fullding and painting the modeb end splay, We wed over 300 figures during the game, of which 90 were brand new Tage Dreca figuces and lawmacters. We ‘epnverted many ofthe models seen on the play, asthe offic JD figures wore just being released st the time, and the range svasit ascompleteasit snow. $6, he Figures came from various Citadel ranges = cane new melucng smarans, Uronlodvtes, gangsters, super-herors, space ‘marines, red rede mptionsts and even Ores! ee Pew ners lam fe ea ae Soe sieaae See ‘Westartea with titty at 2” x2! bardboatd Dawes, enough w cover a I5°x4" area, We then planned out our sector (Sector 305) ‘which would include part ofthe Cursed Garth wall, and would have a factory, ower plant, starport, shims, housing locks and motorways, x longrstanding bastion of ideal ston material was chosen, polystyrene, It's easly availabe, light, easy {oconsiruet with, and of course -etigep One thing it doesn't have much durability. so we planned the cisplay'to be fn interchangeable sections, providing ‘many different configuration possiblities Therefore, cach 2! x2" selteomplete ction had to be what fo dovwlth the motorways, Mesa City Onchas ots of different motorwey levels, Ante wanted tage s feling across 50, ‘we simplified and built two diferent Motorways (actually Skedways), witha Shpzoom 9 Gity Bottom. The toads were made from large pice>s of hardboar! seed on polystyrene blocks toget the Reight. The rosds af Cty botiony were stcated by leaving 2 lear ercund the odge ofeach base seston (Gash, eh?) Te ws round atout ths te to0 tal {ae Cursed, aria wall section was dropped (due problems overits size, and some butter Ringers). Now we could conseatrate on the restof the Sector. ‘The Starport ins built on two boards, in fact, One asthe lancer fel mace oma piece of plese gauze, andthe other {Gnuainel the cage hangers. These were smymae ot 3 9 speopnacy hapee prees of polystyrene packing (avd from lea lene stores veryuherel), wihscrate out eons, ralngy and coon glued on The Mon factory buldingstarted Ife a couple of old Chede gure bis (ay old bucket would haye dont), wth paneled inpackingands& tall cardboard tube chimney (an OU cape tube without the carpet), The powerplant and Houang Hocks were, ain, Songlomeraiont ot pobstyran packing with plenty 6 [ocsohold bis stuck on, Indderty, we found that Cadel plastic gutebates Gane inidead bundy ats poi Thisplan did present usw the problem ~ We stood bask and admized our work; lots of ery cheap ond rasty locking heaps of polysiyrene snd liter gucdonto wooden boards. “Wow!” we said, and started. sweating. The Catynow heeded a pretty complete gine, an so we atta work and painted everything grex, including cur ands, shoes and hair We then runed two txpeniveatrsber and aarp by spray painting tin various tones of Back ahd white (orgiey.aswe called), Now we had fos of vety cap snd nasty looking heaps of polysiyren jued onto wooden boats areaand looking very We lvened i op with plentiful amounts of minature posters (cut trem magarine és), Shur own advericemonts (for Ftyds Bank Ataki ete) and gral. We painted lots of ‘ips and meanifigul numbers in right Yellow and labelled the housing Boek: The HARRISON FORD 2nc'The JAMES T KIRK ‘The advertisements and geaffiti gave the correct atmospaere for Mega-City One. land we noticed some spectators at Games Daydoing nomore than justreadingall the differentslogans. So, allyou prospective Judge Barreits and “ityarchitec's now know thatall you require are the contents of any TV shop dustbin, plustote of paint and ghue. We ‘didn't build enything that anybody else ‘couldn't build themselvesand tried to show what's possible with & lite imagination, grey paint, and above all - patience Apart from the large builngs and figures, ‘rE conttruted lots of smaller buildings, Tnachinery and vebisles. We bailt x Hamturperstaped hamburger ont (ama Dredd's out of the rounded ends ot plastic pop bottes witha corrugated fambuigersendwicned inbetween. We also had plant for a ketchup bate ieetchup bar, and an orange shaped « bar, butitwentmouldy ‘The machinery parts were made from parts andsprucfrom old acticmodet kis, ued together in an interesting mass (old racing carand plane engines make great power plants), “The large-40"x 18 spaceship started fe as yes polystyrene packing, bot this iia win ietsof crdbourd und even mone arts glued onto it, This was ished grey, and given a brown stipe (omake it Took different}, Cars and vehicles wore again built from old Kit parts; plane engines and cowlings provide good strearmlined air-cars ‘he byword fox state-buling your own SF spodels iso be bold. They should look fouuristicand different, and be brightly painted vith a weathered, scratehed finish ie, used). By now we'd finished Sector 306, andl all that remained was to devise a scenario that would last players a total of hours playing ime, The aver was 0 Jay ton thick, and the following is tie briefing we gave to Judges Hunt, Clelland, Renshawaad Andrews, TIME: (9:00hrs OFFICER IN CHARGE: Surge Howes PRIORITY STATUS: Escort Fy ee Escort required for H-wagon carrying 10 Klegg prisoners. Convoy is tobe routed along Skedway 1426 10 waiting Black Star freighter for deportation ‘0 Lina-1 ETA in Sestor 306; 10:00hrs oe Hem te Status Red - Hazard ‘Ale Caponer hasconfessedto hiring 6blitz agents for « hiton Judge Anderson Andarson and Judge Dredd are due to visit this Sextor to debrief rookies at 12:20 hrs, Place and time of hit unknown. Judges are urgently requested to question their own This Month: Converting & Painting Tips from Key ‘Goblinmaster’ Adams ey Is one ofthe infamous Citadet designers, responsible for many ranges, including ‘the nd the. stomach-churning new range af Zombies, Many gamers and collectors like te have their characters ao customised figures, something completely different to all the rest. This artiee i especially ime at those ‘who would like to turn this desire into Pat Conversions Only you knowexaetly whatitisthat makes yout character special, so Itmakes sense to prepare some rough sketches or general fuidance before commencing withany cen versions, [tisalco imperative tocut awa any existing metal where the patty isto be applied, in der to keep the converted figure i proportion Youtl need the following cobs: scalpel tevale hes, cocktaissties pan vee aid tris needlenose pliers, epouy glue: poxy puuty (ee. Milipe, Tamiya or sila. A folderig nan inay'be need for Conversions, but This kind of work shouldn't be etterspted byanyone whofan't aperiooocd ki uae wokice Wee SGangerous tool t mbbused For the ors started fom the op, Thee had homme added tothe helmets ded Hoke in either sie (and one ontop, which you wouldn't normally have to con), id fashioned tne hoans by bending wie into the required shupe. Coppor wire ‘sell becabae it solders welt IU of major iinportance thatthe horas are of the same Si2l end shape. 0 make sure they ign propery Ofcourse, | then went completely ove: top. and decided on the elaborate design yousse, Thisneeded the soldering itons a ‘ory tricky business on sich a small scale and ce ofthe most difficult types ot eonuprsion. ‘The main problems getting the spikes to form a uniform patiern, un annoying task when as you solder one on. anetlicr melts of. The only advice Vcan Offer isto exert a lot oF paltence Once the wire horns are bent into shape they can be fixed into the holes in the, helmet using two-part epoxy patty. They can then be built up using more puity, Roll ‘ut thin sirips of paty the same length as the horns. and smsoth them an with a cocktail stick. Again, romemberto keep both horns in proportion. IF you use Milliput, any excess putty can be fled away wheitit sary, co gel the correct shapes Three of the orcs have converted faces, To setatch build onto an existing figure, the existing face needs to be trimmed away. before a similar amquat of putty can be added ty the Read. Smooth thic into the ihasie shape required. Then a cocktail stick ccan eich ta the facial details: forehead hin, eye sockets arid mouth, Ack the none land work it in, followed by tiny bulls ot Duty for the eyes, Faces Gan be difficult mnake, and always take a long tinic to ‘aster, but they pive that final touch of individuality to your m The ores were dressed in three types o The chaloovail was fairly simple ‘Alier applying the putty anclsmoothiag the Surface, sharpened cocktail stick oF need 's used to drag opposing holes long the putty. Laminer armours made by raking aseriesot horizontal cuts in the Emisothed pty, and then ising i scalpel 10 push the euts upwards, Seale armour is ‘made in the samme way a laminer, except (hat cats are made vertically xs wellto form ‘age pattern, anid ten the seales are pulled down (using « cocktail stick with « flactted end) until they overlap. Whale surmour issill wet, tiny balls of putty can be rolled and aclded with a sharp cocktail stick to ook hke studs and rivets 1 built additional armour onto all the ‘ofes. Thereate two ways of doing this, One is to oll out the putty, and then cut i ato theshapes requited. The other istoaddthe pullyto thefigureandsmeoth it out before fetal Dor t add too much, bonever, or all your figures will look Fig, 1 Stall rusher Goblin Trebuchet coming 200% from Cuadel as part of the Mashineres of Desineton Range Fig. 2, 3, 12, 13> Select samples of Kevin's dtd thet designs lig. 4: Heavy comerted CLS oc Fig, 5: MEG Undk-Ha (convened) Aig. 6 7, & Panoramic view of Kevin’ taest treation, one of the New Orc Boar Riders onened Fig, 9 C12 Goblin & C14 Snoring Fg. 10: C15 Oe Rg. Il: C05 Doerfe ig, 18: Anoane Chaos Warrier. 15: Harboih (RORS) displays his new livery eourteny of Kev atthe New Ctl pants rom Paint Set 3. Fig 16: The Goblin King's Bale Chariot: The Mechineries of Desvacton she apn —~ 3 ‘This Month: Aly Morrison Over the past few months there have deen quite a few painting articles in Yarious magazines on the theme of *T did it my way’. Well, folks - here's another one! ‘My personal painting style has evol- yed over twenty years of painting various figures, everything from co lectors’ to fantasy figures, When it ‘comes to specific techniques, my rule is - there are no rules. I will quite happily paint oils on top of acrylics and then wash inks on top of that. If I can get it onto the brush, it'll go onto the figure. Have you seen the latest range of nail varnish down at Boots? By now, you ast hive a pretty good iden af ie diderer ype ot pi tables AS early everybody mtkes acrylics nowadays, Tend tse tise most ote, Theres huge army of colours o chon fom, bt if theres color T can pet wth aves, Pm totaal io change to 8 deren ein Inthe middie ofa gure. Ifyou aap tying ‘ut dire: pelts, you'll bn ond ae nes you pre to work wa Now Tl ex Han how go abou seurg te eecs { Satin ny ping, The first steps First, tke you shiny, beautifully handerafice imasterpiee® and use a scapel oF craft knife ‘o trim off all the beautifully Nanderarted flash and mould lines, This is Where | re ‘ind you to be careful; blood is very diff: ‘cult (0 get out ofthe campet, Tf you're going ‘0 paint the figure ar iti sold - withou ‘Changing it in any way - it now needs Fixing tothe base and priming. I usually use a car touch-up spy for this, at gnes good ren covemge and cont i 2 vay of cl tur, Yes, undsrests dont have 19 Be Whe! Black, for example bt good colour or metalic gues suchas armoured hans arcors. i you'r: going to ue gle er Bronre metalic paint ty ed Yellow Lndreout Greyor fren lake the lous 9 top took mere med is fe {000 yoo went the figures to look stay fe uty. Once youve uadercostd, Lt your figures ery vernght ‘While the undercoat’s crying, let me tll you something about my’ method of conver ting figures. I very rarely do any! The most Twill do it 10 change a weapon or head Having spent the whole day making figure: for Citadel the last thing T sant is o play with more patty whea T get home, Ths is ‘purely personal; many people eajey conver ting figures to make them Inore unbsual OF individual, though with dhe thousands of figures avallable ese days, there sould be something available 1 suit everyone. | think that a good puint job can achieve just as much originality OK, the undercosi should be dry by now. ‘The general fel Hike to get oa a figure is that Of porcelain or ceramics. I don't par- Llcularly tke the finish to be wo ‘authentic’ These are fantasy figures, and that's how L like them to Took ‘Well strt with lesh and fices, but = depen: ding on the figure you're painting - you ‘don't necessarily bave 10 do things in this ‘rer. Fint paint on your chosen skin eo: ‘our, Once this is dry T colour wash over it ‘it ink or dive paint &s a colour. For European homancid flesh | use f brown or redibrown wash, for negroid a dark brown or blie/black A bluelprey or fgreen wash can make a figure look most Unwell, and its good for chuos types. 1 keep ray colour washes faily light, prefering {dg two or davee on tep of each other Gan Just One dark wash, T have receniy started using Rowney Cryla gloss medium to dilue down inks. ‘This ives slightly viscous consistency to the wash and i flows on better -an elect I find preferable o wring water. Once the colour fvash is dry, Thigblight back up using the Original flesh tone, carefully blending in the ges to give « ampoth finish, Whon dry, T highlight further using white mixed ia with the Mesh colour ant blended in. This can be until you're eventual highlighting ‘with pure white, At tis point, dark shading is pat in down the side of the nose, in the eye sockets, along the mouth and hirine fand under the-chin, using @ very fine brish fand a slightly darkor colour than the ori- final woah, [fT wish to make the shading, ven darker, FUL Use extra washes, oF a eee ‘apidograph pen which creates a more caroonike effect Afterall your high- lighting is finished, pot 2 very thin wash of sur orginal shading colour over the whole fein azes, a this pulle the whe thing to- isther and gives added depth. 1F you feel the colour 8 too pale, repeat the Wash until it Tooks righ, ‘When painting ees, pata very dare wash roars the eye sockets. I doesn't hve 10 be brova - blue or parple will make characters Took very eri. Be careful aot to oyerdo this ‘or your character will 100k Tike he's been punched in the eye! Remember, fa an eye ere is never too much whitschowing don't make yours look like a filed egg. The apse aed using fine brash or 2 picograph pen (size 0.3) At this point 4 wash of brick red ink can be ‘out over the lips and # wast of dilute blue ‘or Payne's grey ink over the chim to look like designer stubble Altematively, dot stb- be in with a pen. Any hair is painzed in use ing the sume procedir, as i sy thor skin ‘cea, Once the flesh colours are dey, you ‘can add interesting tones around straps exe, by using small quantities of very dilute ink ‘purple, blue or green, and veins can be fggested with lines of dilute wash at places ‘where they would be near the surfice of the ‘in, Td now consider the flech finished. Scars tatoos and warpaint 11 deal with, Inter ‘Fig IRS: Slowey the Slaughter C23 Ogre Fig 23d: Sampler of Ab paterns & Fig & Steven the Chooe Raton (C17) Aig 2 C20 Dell Fig £85; Desai Bask & Frome Vinw of bik Seal @C3) Fig 0: Ore Champion (BC2) & Hobgoblin Champion (RIS, Rig If Omete C26 Bobgobtin FEE 2: comerion moroon tle of ox olf C35 Chaor Weerior Wig is ADDS Paladin ond the Black Dwarf rom Aegan Fig ie Dark Wry of Chaos Fig 1S: C2? Cabin Mian C35 Hobgoblin, Fig: C1S Ove Standard Bearer, another Morriaon comeriion Rip 17 Arcane Asgard erature of Qhoos Fe ik: 8 Chast Marder Fi: C8 Gont | ‘This moath: Colia Dixon ‘A man who getstosit around all day at Games Workstion-anddo nothiag but paint figures! Little cid Colin Dizon realisethat when he ‘tered the Chaos Battle Banner competition in the Citadel Compendivn that he would win, Modes ite chap, Lite did he Enow that — as A irect result offs winning — John Blanche would acmally offer him job. Little dig he know that one dey he would appear on the pages of White Dwarf— a magaaine hereads ‘every night before going to hed... Infact, Col didnt know great deal, except about igure Painting, at which heismoderately bill, OK, ‘quite bil. Colin isalse worshipped by an obscure sect of Ctnuloid entities. One of these sHatements maybe ale. (Chaied in a small, derkened roomy the editorial balies unl agreed t do Zavy Metal, No feox for days, no Wate, js hotepaper and chewed bios pushed under the door... $0, In The Beginning... There isnothing worse than finding fashline ‘ona figure, 9 the Firs jb is ta clean off all the bits ofeacess metal - the flash: lines and the odd Jumps that getlefton thecasting. A sharp blade and mocelling files are the best ool for this job. Be careful doing this, as painting figaresis alotharder with stumpy, shortened finger. ‘ends. Once thisisdone, the figurecan bef lyfited w a base, using somesartofepoxy. resin or superglue, Tfyou want tbe figoret havea scenic bas, this [probably the best iimeto de the modelling - ie we dont want to get puity onthe Diied medel, do we? Scenicbases ar easy to ‘construct using any commercial modelling pot ty (Ailipus oe Bindya putty exe) Tee's no ‘need to uy aay special tools, asl ind «com passpoint ora pinare suficient. Simply stipg- ing the puty with the point ofthe compass will sivean effective grass finish. An easier way of achieving a graseffect isto mix tandand flock poser with PVA glue and then spread the resulting mixture ct Allow iis w dry andthe base is finished, Ifyou {eave the base until the figure has een painted and varnished, you can simply paint the base with PVA glue: it, Allyou then hoveto dois shake off theex- cess. Allof thismeans thatyou don'thavet0 bother with painting the base, There are other ‘methods, butthess are the three that Tuse Lurking Just Beneath The Surface... ‘After the base is finished, Tundercost the figure —using a mat white carbody primer in mos. cases. Onthe ether hand, ithe igure is heavily armoured, itgetsa coatofblaci under- coat, a this gives better bas» colour armour Ones tis base is thoroughly dry, Tput a wash of (Casually brown) ink over the whole igre, This helps to pick ou the Fine deal (Once all this lothas dried, the real jo of pain ting begins. As fas paints go, Lusea mixture Of Citadel Acrylics anc artists inks. A number Lor? sized bush is ideal aswell, heeause a ood quality sablehss as ine a pointaza size 0 ‘9r06, and itcan hold more paintat one go Fig 1. Converaed C15 ove fying MAG Death banner Figs 2410: Samples of ‘Colin's great shield | Fie 1: Manfied (Heroic Fighter) from Cae stares bored set, 12: C17 Skeleton 136 18: Sauron the Dart Lord & Gandel Mudie range ig 15 16: New FS Pal proming additions 10 the Fes fg Pet ‘ofthe many names that eeny-tiny print on the every issue of White ly fair, as John is not Fare concemed... But from? Anal Why? a ee, ee ip 24 Ons Warr rena ee Te ati Ree nace charac pipes Gore & = rt rt £60: fit har ame pel Git Be |) gil ohana ich rarer ce 5 Ye ery Maser, Fang ride StveeC cs men plastic figures that Airfix brought out, In those days, it was relatively cheap to build lup messive armies of figures, and I ended J up witha 100-piece American Civil War amy, among others. However, the first pe siete a together ‘yas also based on Airfix figures - a mass conversion of Ancient Britons and US Cavalry into a Goth horde... And then art college intervened. ‘ll those who tongs tax "Bary going 1 come from ShaBeld. Se. yo it Err sony. no ShefteW. Indeed, ail wwe can ofer is Dioransas (a sail town in Arizona), explained by Colin Dixon, G3 igure prtier.. Afr painting up vmpty thousand figures for gamed: what not? There mut be Somching fpore than just putting them om separate bass. ‘ne of the next sages io cosider «diorama = scene created with figures, some scenery, Usually showing some sort of dramati incest. Its Joteasierthan it looks be, becsuse many of the techniques end ideas sed in painting figures sre uted when bolding dioramas just, on bigger seale. It best to bave an idea of what the finished display is going to look like before you star. A Sih somes very bite its only a diagramlnap of whee every Stunde): Work ut what figures you ae going {o se and paint them before thinking scat Dulling the Res ef he diorama. Theres totung ‘worse than fincing thet you cant quite reach @ ‘bit on a model when the whole thing is pat together! “The landscapes are bull up tram polysyrene foum (good, light-and reitely Cheap Initia, pss and sf cards Tuse ami {ire of snl aa BVA gh oil in any gap tnd give he grund a ough ort appears Afr the base board, or frame of the dioramns, which is usually wood, the min bulk of the Scenery inal dioramas is polystyrene, an cut ‘ing this cleanly requires sharp knife. Unless you want an aithentically bloog-soeked scene Of carnage, be careful with the knife! Aker- natively, a polsstyrene cuter (one ofthe hot wire fnes) also very sefil = the Chace. Snow ‘Wastes were created using one of ther. I you have several pieces of polystyrene, “pin them togeter with sal pieces of wire for ‘extra stbiliy, as vell es glting thet. Glue, of eoune, can be a problem with polystyrene Supergive for definitely bad tea, es nota jot of fun watching all your work melt before your eyes. PVA and epoxy glues seen to be the bes, but if im doube, check what effects the gu has on a spare bit of polystyrene, ‘After the main landscape share has been built any gaps are filed with the PVA sara rxture Areas of open water - like ponds, pools, and streams ~are easy enough todo, You can citer paint = gloss varnish over the whole ares (avoiding any brush marks, ofcourse), or poar YA glue over the entire area, Its possibie (0 ave cold cure resins as well, but this can be & very messy and long-vinged process, ‘Building the exras in the scene isthe next stage the caste towers, bridges and the like, There ire male out of thick card ant, once bil, they ‘re givena stone finish wha coat of PVA. Sarct isso over fe whole altar. Once thsi dry, the whole thing ean be painted dark grey and drybrushed with white, The siege ome, on the oe ban, was made rom plastic card (which any good model shop night to stock). The detail was sored onto the Surface using a sharp kaif. The grass, sone and soil exures were all ‘teated using sand sprinkled over PVA elu as well = useful misture. ch? This stage, once everything is dry, isthe best time to paint the Dulk of the diovan One that's done, the figures nd any. smal) cextm details can be added. 1 found that the easiest way to aiach the figures securely was {o leave the slottabases on and just hack a hole in the landscape, which then has to be hidden under a liver of PVA‘eand. A quick-drying epoxy lue will hold them in place ready ‘enough I ial oaches ee puting on sulle which could have been knocked of at an earlier stages, Touches lie lichen are ‘ocdsools (nade from modelling puity) are added a this point. And that just aboot it Some frm of proce- tio for sour hard work god ses. You Jot realy nose yarnnn ant et sbould weet be uched, Bata case ~ of jut puting the diorama ia'a cupboard avay from isis a Boot ea. This time. no promises abou ner months n a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, » and a long tail. (C13: from Old French, from Latin draco, Greek drakon;) from Dwarf Loids of Legenc Boxed Set Figs 78.8.9: Chaos Abourds COB Worriors eady to ind vlocd tor poset ected eer tetera Prams irene ne eating orchids and relatives and Painting miniatures for Citadel. His skill at catching food for his charges is exceeded only by Reiman sw cas Brae hte tay eee a aes Eigoseeuigeuiikerics Poorer things as we pains epee eat ae rare neers a aera ‘This Month: Phil Lewis - Painting His Way Ever get the feeling that fots of Pat ‘Metals statin the same sort of way? Jus! fo keep with the tradition I thought that good a place as any, here was The figure starts, almost black undere: figure znd i Vise thi ibewer off with acrylics, This &s because | paint up to any joints and creases in the ready made! biack lining. iS quite a lot. Their slightly cer consistency gives a better covering ver the black undervout. I you use white a5 an undercoat you're almost certainly As find that drybrushing gives a better phi, the next stage going ‘0 end up being one colour ‘On Strag the Siaugbierer, isis obviously the bulk of the armour. In this instance imost the entire model was drybrushed ‘with an aluminium enamel and left to dry overnight, When dry, the axe handle and parts of tie head were then “re-blacked with an servlte paint To give alitle more interest to the armoured finish, a-wash of brown ink was put over it, leaving the inmail and collar the original fniun shade, The axe head was also ak ‘given an Ink wash - although in this case tee By see gad Bake fone of lime green. This left just the axe handle to be drybrushed brown, the studs tbe picked out and, finally, the face. This was painted using a blended mixture of flesh, dark brown, yellow and white service Bagrian posed a diferent challenge as [ wanted the figure to lok something like the pietire on the front of the Spring "36 Cliadel Jonmaell To get the shading in the fed robes and closk I begin with a chestout brown enamel over all the relevant parts Of dhe gare and, once this was dry, Wash Of brown ink (f'like browa ink), it :ook Quite few coats of deybrushed red 1 builé Up an acceptably “bright’ finisk and once this was complete the real fun began. The bags, chain, gloves ete were picked out in black (again) and a combination of Grybeushed enamel and inklacrylic was "MT. The skeletons were rather different: the actually stirted off with a white undercoa ‘Thebone effect is 2 mixed wash of yello and (sou guessed it) brown ink. An of ‘white enamel was deybrushed over this sn the eye sockets were picked out with black The shields were done with acrylics Ov 4 while base and took about five tlm longer than the fest of the figures! bis ‘come up every once ina while: shield and open up all kines of possiblities for the banner designs. OK. so these have gaming table- just look at the photographs happened before. but never as water slide to see what I mean. transfers! ‘The actual spplicstion ofthe transfor: ‘There are 300 differentdecals for use.on could nor be easier -aiyone who las made Shields and the like, featuring all the plastic Kit will Know exactly Row ft by John Blanche popular designs fcom the pages of White works, Before spoliatio iis bes © pant Dusrf Toe Compendinm and The Cliadel the shield back and cm, bu leave the fete “Jonirnal, Oves the yeass there have been 4 3 slear 38 postble Trinsfers can ade te ‘This Easy Metal hss bcen éeroted o one ‘Tot of very sells shield icons, and the painted suraces almost immediately, and of dhose exciting and imeresting ideas that (ransfets clude all Me best Ones. They will then simply tefuse to side into the iz er position! "The required transfer has Ppbe cut from the sheet and immersed in ater for about 30 seconds, Iesbould then. fe ioose enough to be slid off the backing, heet with a paint brush onto the shield or Tanner. Ifyou pat a film of water onto the “held first the transfer will slide into Some of the transters have ready ‘oles for the metal shield bosses, others Ie ca coin a ca sire, TES Gt ine wa 23 mer poo ERAT single designs. The shield boss will need. painting first (before the transfer is applied) for the best results, or removing with a plair of cutting plicrs and a needle file. OF Course, with a Dit of careful cutting after application - of 3 careful paint job - me transfers can be used in any way you prefer. ‘The banner transfers can be used in innumerable ways. They caa be added to (repainted flags and banners made of good. {Quality papers, tin foil or thin metal from, FL ton of acer He Do BY chi fone pr a om Ps say, tomato purée tubes. You can add to the banners by shading chem of painting extra ‘runes ane! mottos. The shield ieansfers can also be added to banner designs, trimmed to fit as you wish, The overall results are great - and so mich easier than having to hand paint a regimental collection of detiled shields ‘and banners! Jobn Bianche Fike halo rave FR fhe cn be ad» gern dra ie ken Be anger eM ec rine at atom Ieading out ofthe cavity. This means the Figure might have litle sings of metal ached fb it when you buy it. All rubber raulils come in to parts. Where they join there will always be slight ride or ‘mould line) Again this is unavoidable and is noc 2 sign that anything is wrong with th casting ‘To prepare a igare you will hae wo deal ‘vith any flash, the venting and mould lines ‘This is easily done by the careful use of ite nd file - itis generally possible to remave setting strand: with your fingers and clean Up ary sears with a file. Pay attention to what you're doing a tls sage - sloppy ‘Workmanship will always be appaceat under the paint. Carefully ou: avay flash ane file smaeth any moti lines ane ridges shat have ‘heen left on the casting. Ifyou are furly ‘experienced, or fool ccnfidont, this is a good lnte to consicer adding extra detail to your figure, ‘Tis is easy and fun 1 60 and also adds that “personal tuck, With the tip of a ‘ew blade in your movelling knife you can Carefully score, sertch or dell svall crevices into the aurines of the figure. Thi gives the appearance of a grty batle-searted warrior and is particularly effective on arinour By the same methocs i's possible to alter the ficial featiees of the figure by opening ‘he mouth slightly You can give your figurea scream of Fate fury, the manic smile of 2 crazed necromancer, or the dull frowe of a battle weary knight. Nostrils can also be pene and flared using ain, The same ‘echniques can be used for gun bartels, or for any figure or ecuipmeat requiring # hole you're fooling rally brave you can also hange the pose of your figure by bending the head, ans oF legs plies, Place a pad cf limi to be moved. then geatly se the piers io bend the limb into «new positon, The. tissue protect the men from becoming squashed or damaged by the teth ofthe pllets, We must stess that you have wo be Carell, i 6 ery easy to tweak off the bit you'ze trying to bend, so don't atiempt any ‘major anatomical revisions! The poox! news is that if you do accidentally take off an arm or Aecapiate your figure, itis fairly easy to fx the bit back on again as will be described, in the series. ‘Mali-part castings are lightly more ceamplex than one-piece figures: a horse and rider or a large morstr, for example, are tasially core in this way. Clean up sach piece as deseribed above, hen check the fit The Ht (of pices can very a great deal, svhich is ‘unfortunate but unavoidable. Ifyou are used to dealing with multi-part figures this will present ro problems, but if you've never ftemptel gine bors, a poor fit can be Giseoncerting. This isa result (again) of ¢ ‘yay figures are produced. As a mez casting cools down it sirinks and sometimes twists slight. Although this doesnt affect the quality cf the indivitual casting, it means itis impossible to guarantes a perfect fit for every pices. Iemy therefore be necessary t fill cracks once pieces have been glued topether, ot 0 file sway part of casting to make a perfect joint. We found thatthe best material for filing in lrge gaps is Miliputtvo-part epeny filler, although you ean use ary model ling filer for this purpose. Mix tho Milliput (OF whatever) as ditezted on the pack a apply itta the casting with your finger ‘Smooth out the Millput as it dries, and clean ‘fF any filler that gets on the rest of the model. Once itis éry Milli is quite tough fad can be semped or filed smooth. Tncidest aly, MIllipu comes in three grades: ordinary “green, ‘grey’ and alira-fne ‘White. Of these vye prefer the grey variety; he green isa litle coarse whilst the white isa bit more expen Sve, Milliput can also be smoothed with a brash whilst wet, end detail modelled onto it ‘here appropiiae - suchas seas, hale and the like, Large moasters and drigons beret fom extra scales or warts added tothe joints, Tis ¢ very easy - all you need todo js roll 2 very tiny ball of miliput and press it ito position, Heavy parts may need driling and pinaing {oid them firmly. This sounds rather daunting, but really is quite easy so long as your have the night iools "The alloy used 1) ‘make Citedel miniatures is fairly sof, and cen be drilled with aa ordinary dell bit of approptisiely small size (a mm bit, for ‘ecamplc). You can buy smal slectie erills especially designed for mocelless, bat these are rather expensive. A more practical alternative ist buy a pin-vice, Whasa pin- view? Well i¢ee'ta pin ora vice; its simply ‘small dill chuck niounied on a handle. You ‘Bx the drill bi ia the chuck afd twizze the Grill between your forefinger and thumb 10 drill Holes. A pin-vice more accurate and convenient than an electric dll, anc co's only a fraction of the price. Unfortunatly, it canbe had to find one. A goox modelling Sop should have one or il be prepared (0 Otder one for you, Buy a pinsviee,. it will ange your life. In dition to pin-vice, ‘ni will require sturdy wire, wire-cutters or Pliers and epocy give, all of which are feauily available, ‘The joins are first cleaned aad checked for fiting, At least one hole is riled in each sirlace ard a small lenath of wire inserted and glued. It doesn’t matter if several inches Of wire stk cut at this stage as yoo ean rim them to fit ater, More importnily, for max- imum sirength the wire should lie as deeply inside te model as possible, Corresponcing holes ae drilled in the piece fo be attached, ‘nd the wire trimmed t)fitthese holes, Once ‘yo are satisfied with the fit glue the pieces Together, matching the wire inverts. We suggest tha all joists are glued with 5 minute epoxy glue and not contact adhesive, sich as superglue, which is rot strong enough, re ra Soe FE eet metre Ray anos a AIL of these aspects ean be reflected by the ‘yay you paint the model. When peintire an individual character mocel, you must ty to evoke the whole mythos! and background ipl is dg, Hover, ules you are aiming for a deliberately comic fect, it is important not 10 overstate your case! For ‘example, a figare ean be made to look evil by painting « grim exproseion, [tis not strictly necessity to over the igure withblood, severe limbs and decapitated heads. Individaal Ggores will end co suggest an appropriate amosphere. All you have 10 do is bring it out! Wit a litle experience you can remodel figure wp give ita different feel or to accentuate ite cuales, I either case, the rex. sage is tho selection of colours Tnexporionced printers arc advised to limit he unter of different colours 10 as few as ‘Possible, Ifyou use too mary different coloars + of bright colours - the result will be verohelming, gaudy ane even yurgghnk! A figare paited in basicaly neutral ooloure offic: by one bright colour will be far more effective, ‘A favoure John Blanche colour scheme is ‘white clothing, black equipment and ons splash of vermilion (orangy red). The pages of the Citadel Journal ard White Dwarf should give you few ideas of what can be achieved. ‘Of course, your experience and skill may enable you w getavay with colour schemes tat ‘would Wefeat a novice painter. In this case, familiarity with the basic colours, mixes and methods gives a firm fhoting from which you ‘an explott your creative idea. Try out colour tines and contrasts on plein white paper or sketch out ‘lag and shield designs in an idle ‘moment. Good ideas canbe fled away for futire tse. A stall notepad is excelent for roughing Cnt iess of this kind, Its also usefil to have ‘8 foldor to keep photos, magazine clippings and ‘Tavy Metal Fefore we get down tothe nity grty of paints nd painting techniques, it's worth discussing Tight and the way 4 affecs colour. Your work area should be such tht ihe light comes from tele i you ae right handed anc from theright if yon are left handed. ‘This ensures. the ‘aximum amount reaches your penting area, ‘Where possible i is bes to svoid using tics light. Ibis easier wo pick out detail in daylight, ‘and arificia, ight s poorly balanced compared ‘o natural light. This means colours which look bright under artifical light may look dell in daylight end viea versa, Similarly, what may have heen carfil shading in eta ight can look crude in dayligt. This is all to do with the diferent wavelengths of Incandescent, o1 fluorescent lamps compared ‘ the natural light of the san, and should be ome in mind wien painting your models, ‘Whatever you do, don't attemps te paint a mode under te hinds of ight. Stel to daylight or artical light Having chosen your brashes vour next task isto astemble a decent colletion of ait. Tr you're an absolate beginner you willhave to start irom scratch. Whils: expensive, this at leas means you'll be able to carefully select the colours yeu nesd, The first decision yov'l have to make is the type of paint you want t0 use Over the year we have used enamel, water. colous oils, gouache, plaka end aeylie and now Use water-based actylis almost exclusively. \ Having absorbedthe content ofour first twoarticle! on preparation and materials, you are now read) to begin the first exercise of Blanchitsu, ie slapping on the paint! Ensure that you're comfortable and that you have everything needed to hand. Apply the first coats of paint, starting with the largest areas - tunic, armour, arms, legs, head, etc. At this stage make no attempt to shade, just apply the chosen colours to the model. If you allow the brush to follow the shape of the casting, it will last longer and not show too many signs of wear. Don't worry about small areas of detail or equipment at this juncture, just concentrate on making aneat job of the major features. Once you have completed all of the basic colours put the model asidetto dry. Nie Bibby’s Dark Angel marines involved several conversions, The rocket launcher ‘quipped marine asthe first to suffer some butchery at Nick's scalpel blade. Two st of lege swere hacked apart, swapped around and refed ‘with glue and body putty, This changed the ‘igure’ stance considerably, resulting inarisidly Upright pose thst emohasised the marines careful riming. The conical heimst nose was also eu off ani sebuil with patty to cree a menacing grielike face mask Conversions don’ ave 1 involve such detail tobe effective. Anosher of Nick’smarines took ‘on deadly proportiens whenite hand was sawn of and replaced with one of te blades from ¢ Doli. Anutherpitl-packl’ brother wa siaply piven a spare bolter in his other hand. The eutgnpessin waste se: Someone you Potting these ideas together, Nick replaced anotiet marine's hard With one of ihe spare Pistols, and sided a grenade launcher othe op Of the Bolter. Finally, another facial aeration appeared inthe forvs ofa skal mask. This was ‘created ky renewing rose ling the facepite fand adding part of @ skull from the plastic Skeletons set Nick’smarines were p'vena reup identity by ‘adding skull faces to their shoulder pads. These ‘ere created i the sane fashion as te faceplate Ares dimensional Chaper insignia ales the effect considerably. A wseful tp from tis ace sculptor: removal of the shoulder pins allows Flexibility in the positioning ofthe arms. AILNick’s figures were given a black undercoat ‘with second coat of black for te Biss body colour, This wes dry brushed dark red with the ‘Weapons painted dark grey and dry brushed with A lighter shade, Fora particularly enigmatic and original fc, Nikretoached the edges of armour ‘wih oraage crayon ard dhe weapons with grey crayon, The unit’s insignia Was painted if {gouache which was black lined forthe Finishing touch A wot of warning: A steady hand and uid mix of paint are both absolut musts for getting this sort of det to look good, If you're not ‘confident, practice on sheets of white card or Peper. Remomber © use your Finest brushes Alternatively, you etn ave artis Rapidograp’ pens, These ea be deal but they do have theie Iimitations. They only come in black and the thinnest point you can buy is 013" which is sil nots fine as really good brush. Unless you're ful, its leo possible for the ink to flood into the pain sharpened up, blades look quite sflective it you only give thera a vamish, It makes then look really shiny? “Very clever? ‘Don't Be sareaste, Having stipped off a load cf dotiland altered the figure, ou ean now start to consider adding bis. Don't worry, its al in ‘thenzme of incividualty. Yoursparesbox isthe Obvious place to look for ideas extra weapons, pouches cuiflike tat. Bur with litle Malina: and abit of patience, you csn add moustaches ‘oF beards, tongucs (preferably only one), eye pputches an soon. Clipped pins eat make 2006 Arrows stuckinloshiellsorartour Drill ole ‘in tue par that will receive the pin and then superglve the twp componeats together! “Look, isnt this all gotdng a bit unwieldy’? “Goodpoirt. Dont overdo tA courleofchoive ciffects will do the trick. Now then, ah yes kes! Spikes ard tusks. And bom? “Milipue? "No. Milliput is" the ideal thing for these: Go tothe spares box and grap a coupe of old sear hafts or sorneshing similar. A carefully whitled haft will come to-a really fie point, Cut it 10 the Kenge required and fx it info a dried acle ‘onthe figure. Supergve wall one the resting jom strongly enough. That gives you a decent ‘hom. Spikes canbe crested hy adding he clipped emi of a pin to he figire in the carne way! De ery earefil whon youre clipping pins though. ‘There canbe some shrapnel” somake Ste Your yesare protected. The metal spike shoul alo bestrong enoig to ake a lite bending, if yon want, Itadds character Shoulder armour is a good place to add stuf ike thi ‘you wernt interesting shelepattera, get an ‘old figure = one witha gocd facal expression ‘nd cat ts head off. File the hack of the head catellly. Take your time and you end up with 4st the casting of the face, This can be glued onto a fighters shield and looks really special ‘fyourfigurehas abow, youcanadd string with fine fuse wire, cotton, human hair, o7sieetehed plastic spmue. Most of there can be superglucd, 1 the bow armed figure is Orcish or something similar crac Inotsat butheids ofthe Boy sting are effective addictons. The only technique required for these isa litle patience “And finally ~ a couple of favourite eseteric touches here nose ard sar rngs.can be created by getting fine fuse wire, bending i around & paintbrush handle, and clipping tot. Supergive In the required positon for ance phic evfect Spittle and gore ald 4 touer of horror Polystyrene coment, sdded after the figure has ‘been painted, looks wonderfully disgusting, Adc lite light green te hue fora phlegmy erect. ‘ish Morrison's favourite gore manufacturing Drocess involves mixing some red (or yellow, depending on her mood) t clear nail varich ‘Thepuss-coloured gungo sou get cen be added to wounds made by cuting inte the figure with ‘a scalpel, Especially sulablefornasty monsters, es art, man, ‘There's asuelder birt of mptuous applause from. the next mom, Johnand Iventure overand pect be fe eg H a : : : : round the Goorway. Thehippesare alljumping, ‘upand dewa, whooping alot, Mike MeVey has Dave's beand impaled on his 00. ‘There will be a fenst tonight Gifts from the Earth ‘Dases!" Cries Joba. He snatches tae still twitching clump of hatr, “That's goin" in me spares bos.) ‘Basses! Rickenbacker 4001 stereos, Fender Jazz" We warder back to the dest ‘Yeah, bases’ he says, throng Deve’ faehful Fansite Tiere are two main types - artificial andirocelled. The artificial type involves things ‘ikebuilding Miliput mushrooms and tatoos, adding details like small animels from your spares tox - whatever tales your fancy. Sinall padiles can be made in ay Suitably modelled revie OL the base by pouring in sufable amount of PVA glue ant leaving itt cry’ He stares longingly atthe furry clump ‘And the modelled type! What? Ah yes, nell hit’salotmore fan, Abas flock covering ean be complimented with col, rit, pebbles, twigs, meas and the like, But a Wander in the woods can prove fraifl in your scare for interesting ers. A carer searchcen reveal shrew skulls and other small mammal bones that take on a whole new perspective when you pu them next oa metal miistare fale ‘eally ambitious and don't mind getting your fingersdiny, te droppings of several predatory species can be broken down to reveal insect cazapaces andall sonsof otter goodies. Hinm, allthis s making me hunery" With single gulp, Johns eayemout mouth emelopes the receath, deceased beard-creature, “Youre sek!" ‘Nah, itSall biodegradable. And the reulteare ‘worth the effort Just remember to wesh your hands afer mucking arourd,. Now then, have We covered everything?” “Just about. You mention sticking lots of bits together. Waar chout drying times?” aoa z ‘Skimpy Underwear “Well! be muses, picking his eet with his mult- purpose modelling too), ‘Millipt takes a few hovrsbut you're going have to lewethe whole thing for a day before uadersoating any ay, Decause te willous glues ard de pty ae stl tying underneath. Paint over them atthisstage and the undercoat wMl crack, Have we got space to tlk aout underecating? “Sure have, buthesrt this been covered already’? ‘Basically, but there are some importare notes. Decice what you re going to leave bare ~ sword ‘hades and s¢/on. Then th bestundercoatusnally ‘comes Fom thinned enamel. Aerglie may shrink when thinned. Apply itrigoroudly with an old Deush, working the pai ito the deal without ‘ving iva chance w builé up in crevices, That justresutsindetal being obscurecandanuneven drying time for the undersoat itself, Leave the ‘mode! fora couple cf hours to dey. Youcan speed. ‘Oisup by placing the model on a radio, putting ituader alee dryer, or just holding i in front of Sic's mouth while he whinge. ‘A thicker undercoat is useful on areas of bad modelling (wheve there ray be fine ercks) or plain surfaces. The thicker coat makes a smocthor, beter panting surfics. Now ther is danger applying an undercou tha’ 9 a, This shouldbe aroided, Later coats of paint will adhere properly te model buthe colons wil be dulled. Having said that, | always leave chainmail bare to avoid destroying all that ively “Now thea, Painting the model-” ‘Nope, sary. Were out of space. You can tlle bout that next month. Anyway, is larch tims, You coming? “No thnks. I've eaten! This month's "Bary Motal was created by Enperor Blanche revanimaiing (read ‘Drow Dewting’) Minion Masterson and is dedicated ‘othe memory of Dave Andrews’ lamented Dear. As promised, this month SS ; ‘Me're giving you a step-by-step guile 10 painting a typical miniature to show you the Kind of results ‘almost anybody can achieve - the famous (or is that notorious?) GW look. If you have never atterapted miniauare painting hejore, and you jollow this guide, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised by your own efforss. On the other hand, if Now have een fellowing recent Easy Metals but have nevertheless experienced problems when trying 10 apply the techniques described, here ts the ideal opportunity to pinpoint where you're going wrong and see the error of Your ways. STEP BY STEP... You can apply the following treatment to any figure you like. Wechose this Dwarf because t provided the opportunity 10 show you avarity of estures; metal, hair, flesh and clot So give this guide a try and dow't be afaic to ‘Sart again if you feel unhappy withthe results You need t9 build up experience to fully understand why the techniques workthe way they

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