6mm Fantasy & Sci-Fi

This guide shows how I paint my loyalist Emperor's children for Epic 30k. I'm using Novan Elites from Vanguard miniatures as stand ins for space marines in this force. They are splendid figures and paint up really quick. They are nicely cast and the scale really suits the lore of space marines. (Models are around 7mm-7.5mm tall) This 'Battle ready' paint scheme isn't the most detailed paint scheme, but its extremely fast to paint and the bold colours are striking on the gaming table. I've skipped over the 'starter steps' of painting. This guide presumes you have painted before. If requested, I can go over beginner steps in future guides . On to the painting Table: 1: Once the miniatures are cleaned up (vanguard minis have very minimal flash and mould lines. The shoulder pads on the novan elites are usually the only part that need attention) the models are sprayed with black undercoat. I use halfords matt black, as though I do like the citadel...

10 Reasons Why E40K is Great!

This article was not written by me! Sadly, the original author is unknown to us, but if anyone knows where it originally comes from please let me know so we can link to the original instead! I'm reposting it here, as an easier way to point those that are interested in reading it or for new players asking about the quality of this edition! Having it collected on an easy to link post will save John, from over at Vanguard miniatures , from having to repost it in individual comments every time the 3rd Ed. rules are brought up on the Epic Space Marine 40k Middlehammer group, over on facebook! I've left the list as close to the original posting as it is from the source I've taken it from, though I will jiggle the format where I can to make it fit the blog better, as it was broken up into several long comments on faceboook. I've added my own stylisation to some of the paragraph breaks as well, tweaking them to fit better on the page, as the format was shoddy from copying from...

Epic 40k: Foam core trenches and scratch built bunkers

I wanted to have a go at building some scratch built terrain in a similar style to the old GW studio terrain from the Epic space marine era. Had a crack at the trench walls from the 2nd Ed expansion book: White Dwarf presents Space Marine Battles. The bunker was made from some plastic sweet pots I'd been saving up. I made a humongous pot of texture paint for terrain, so I can make a ton more similar items in the future. It was a bit unusual for me to add grass, so I'm not totally happy with the 'random' patterns I went for, I've gotten far to use to painting urban basing and mud, a fault of paying too much attention to the modern hobby style. But I'm pretty pleased with the shade of bright green grass I've been able to mix. I tried to go for as close to the bright tone of the studio green of the early 90s, but with out looking too neon against my more modern style basing. I think mixing in the darker green turf flock took just enough of the neon glow off! Th...

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