Welcome back to the May Installment of Hobbyist Tactics!
Today I will be showing you how I went about painting the Male Wissenschaft agent from start to finish. The very first Anima Tactics miniature I ever painted was Lorenzo, and I felt he was long overdue for some backup. The Agents all come with various optional parts; in this case, the Wissenschaft agent could be built armed with either swords or a large disc weapon. I opted for the disc, as I felt it was a good match up with Lorenzo.
To Paint the agent, I used:
• dark flesh
• light flesh
• dark brown
• dark red
• bright red
• black
• medium grey
• black in
• gun metal
• bright sliver
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We’ve got some new releases on their way to distributors now.
For Anima Tactics, we have Medeus. This neutral faction sorcerer lends his arcane power to the non-human forces of Samael.
Samael – Medeus
On the Hell Dorado Side, we have one of the new releases for the Hell Dorado: Inferno set. Those of you who watched our Kickstarter will already be familiar with these models.
Templar Squires: Knights in training who hope to someday join the order, Templar Squires train tirelessly with the traditional weapons and armor of the crusaders. When not aiding full fledged knights in whatever task they might have need of, Templar Squires serve the needs of the order as foot soldiers ready to die for their cause. Armed with either long swords or deadly crossbows, the Templar squires add flexibility to mercenary forces.
I have returned from my five days among the champions of Valhalla! In this issue of deCiphered I’m going to go at length to describe the experience and all of the great games that I got in while at this special event.
The lodge was an hour long drive from SLC International airport. Since we were both coming from Portland, I was driven up to the lodge with Gary Krieger and his wife, both lovely people. We made small talk as we wound our way through the beautiful area around Park City and Heber Utah until finally arriving. There was still snow on the ground, and the lake that the lodge overlooked was still frozen, yet the air was temperate, lending a somewhat surreal feeling to the whole scene. The doors swung open for us, and we entered the building that we would spend the next five days in.
Blue Table Painting’s Robby Dunn welcomes us to the hall.
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Apologies for the late update, the internet up here in the mountains is a bit spotty so I haven’t been able to upload a lot. I’ll try to drop some massive photo collections on the site and on facebook before the week is done.
Welcome to a special edition of deCiphered coming to you from Valhalla out in the mountains of Utah! Valhalla is a very intimate and unique gaming convention held multiple times a year. Shawn Gately of Blue Table Painting, the company behind the event, tells me that their goal in creating this convention was to take the best part of conventions, playing games with the people who make them, and bring it into a much more relaxed environment, where people can enjoy their time without the stress that accompanies traditional conventions. And talk about relaxing. Since I’ve been here I’ve been enjoying a five day stay in a massive and beautifully appointed lodge while getting a chance to play our games and other games with gamers and other industry personalities. When I’m not running demos, I can enjoy the gorgeous views, massive indoor pool, and the company of other folks with similar interests. It’s definitely an experience I wouldn’t pass on.
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Hello everyone!
I’ve posted the first round of Photos from Valhalla over on our facebook page, like us to have a look!
Come back tomorrow to hear some stories from the front!
We’re heading out to Utah today to participate in Blue Table Painting’s Valhalla! I can’t wait to meet the people there and introduce them to our games using the beautifully painted miniatures put together by our studio. I’ve also put together a few prizes for anyone who comes and visits me, including both the Limited Edition Traveller independent and Officer for Hell Dorado. I’ll be posting pictures and updates of the event on Twitter and Facebook as interesting stuff comes up and you might see a report from the field for this weeks deCiphered post.
So if you happen to be going to the event, stop by and enter for your chance to win some Limited Edition goodness, if you’ve never heard of the event, check out their site and see if you can make one of their other events! We’re hoping to make it to more of these in the future, so give them your support.
Get your game on!
Hi all, welcome to another episode of Tales From Alamut!
They are the smallest units a player can field. Hellish vermin that when fed a particular recipe of ingredients, become individual vessels for your Infernalists to attach spells to. The various Lemures at your disposal play an important part in how effective it’s summoner’s spells can be. Today I’d like to discuss the differences between some of the various Lemures available to Infernalists in Hell Dorado and how you can get the most out of your spell casters.
All Lemures have some rules in common; Lemures cannot run or charge, but instead get to activate twice per activation phase, they cannot end their movement in Difficult terrain, and they may leave combat without suffering one sided attacks.
They all have the Invulnerable ability, giving them a high Defense and making them immune to many effects, they are all Mavericks, meaning they cannot be given orders, they have Elusive, allowing them to ignore control zones when moving, they are considered Harmless and cannot attack, and they are Insignificant so cannot contribute to winning scenarios.
After all the shared abilities, the individual Lemures will have one or two abilities unique to the individual Lemure to provide different in game options.
Lemure Pack A
From left to right: Eludos, Prizrak, and Fahad
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Games & Gears has announced a joint project with our partners over at Ninja Division to create a series of Anime styled battle boards!
Games & Gears Battle Boards are a modular tile board system that allows you to build fantastic looking gaming boards without the need of craft tools or skills. Their Anime Wars Boards are a custom series intended to pair with any game with anime styled aesthetics, and we happen to know of one that would be a perfect fit ; )
You can see a demo of G&G’s products here. They look absolutely fantastic!
You can check out news about the boards over on G&G’s Facebook page or click through to read their press release!
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April 18, 2013 – 11:14 am
Prepare for invasion! Robotech® RPG Tactics™ is a fast paced strategy battle game that expands on the popular Palladium role playing game. Take command of the brave men and women of the United Earth Defense Force to valiantly defend Earth from annihilation. Or, command the alien armies of the Zentraedi Armada to recover an alien artifact of immense power and enslave humankind. Collect your forces from an expanding range of world class game pieces. Relive the massive battles on your tabletop at home to enhance your Robotech® RPG adventures or as a stand-alone game.
The project is already off to a great start. Click on the image above to visit the Kickstarter and sign up to support the release today!
Welcome to April’s installment of Hobbyist tactics! In today’s article we are going to be taking a look at Valis from Wissenschaft, particularly her cape and clothing.
Valis has a beautifully sculpted scale texture accenting her outfit. As I was pondering how I wanted to paint it, I tried to imagine how she might have gotten the skin. Did She buy it from a merchant peddling posh and fashionable wears? Perhaps this was this the skin of some kind of large serpent she slew in battle? Since Valis has been touted for her battle prowess, I figured a vanquished foe was the most reasonable option. In the 80’s Python skin/print was a huge trend, and seeing as they are among the largest and most terrifying species of the snake kingdom, it was very easy for me to imagine one on an even grander scale sowing terror and destruction in the world of Anima Tactics.
You will need:
• a small detail brush
• olive green
• desert yellow
• ivory
• black
• black ink
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