I’ve been working on my Privateers for about a month now and they are coming along nicely. Most of them are on custom resin bases that I bought with the miniatures. These bases represent wooden and stone piers, but I’ve run out and am waiting for a consignment of bases before I can start work [...]

Last night the talking stopped and the fighting started. There is no better way to learn a game, faction or new warlock than to dive straight in and get some games in. Anthony brought his 35pt Cryx force up to the house. This was my chance to try out the list and tactics I posted [...]

Progress on my Privateer force, my MkII project, is going pretty well. Here is a gallery of photographs – Captain Phinneas Shae First Mate Hawk Lord Rockbottom, Expetidion Financier Doc Killingsworth Bosun Grogspar Mariner Buccaneer Sea Dog Crew Sea Dog Riflemen As I mentioned before this is a strange project. I bought some of the [...]

Okay – here’s another work-in-progress shot of my mercenaries. The Mariner has been on the painting table for about a week and a half at this stage, so you can see that progress is slow. It’s coming together nicely with only the grey areas and detailing to do. It shouldn’t take much to finish it. [...]

This is just a quick post while I finish two battle reports. This guy is complete now. I’ll write the colour guide when I’m working on the Mariner and I’ll take some proper photos of the Privateer progress to date too. Owen

Imagine playing a tabletop game against an opponent over 1000km away. That’s what I did last night! OVERVIEW Okay, I’m a little behind the curve on this, but I had my first online game of Warmachine using Vassal. In case you don’t know what that is, it’s a program that let’s you play a large [...]

Just a quick teaser shot of the Buccaneer. The navy colour is done, as are the flames inside the head. I think I’m going to go with battleship grey on the other plate areas. The metal details will probably be brass and the gears steel, but that may change as I finish painting him. I [...]

Here’s a shot of the work-in-progress for Bosun Grogspar, the lates guy for my Mercenary Privateer force. He’s nearly there, just a little base work to do. He has a really dynamic pose and was thankfully pretty easy to paint. I went with dark Trollkin flesh and orange eyes. The rest of the colours are [...]

This painting project is starting out a little strangely. About 3 months ago I bought 25pts of partially (some almost completely!) painted miniatures from Ugo to start the Privateer army. They included Shae, a bunch of solos and a unit of Sea Dogs. There were also two ‘jacks, but they were only undercoated. What makes [...]

I’m really looking forward to this. It’s like getting loads of new toys, but they aren’t new – they’re just seriously revamped. I’m particularly looking forward to running the Butcher with several ‘jacks. Owen