Monthly Archives: September 2009

Church Overview Video

Today we bring you Sallust de la Iglesia’s (Rishkith) organization overview video for the Church. Check it out, he has some good pointers for both beginners considering playing the Church and for hardened Inquisitors.

Photographing Miniatures – By Ryder Gaddis

Many of you are hard at work on entries for the Anima Painting Contest, Leg 2 (see: http://cipher-studios.com/2009/08/anima-painting-contest-leg-2-wissenschaft-agent/), and speaking for the rest of us, we can’t wait to see the results! In order for your figures to look their absolute best for the contest, I’ve written this tutorial. These are the techniques I use to [...]

Blending Darkness to Smoldering Color – By Ryder Gaddis

Ahriman, Lord of Darkness is a menacing character. A great deal of his visual impact comes from the way his dark colors smolder and suddenly burst into vivid ones. Rather than being a complete walk-through of the figure, this tutorial focuses on how to achieve this effect. Wen-M’s illustration I started with. My essential tools [...]

Ahriman, Bellith, and Empire Agent Available From Cipher Studios Web Store

Three more Anima Tactics figures are now available on our web store. Clicking on the pictures below will take you to the item in our store. You may also notice we have added a number of advantage card packs as well. Advantage card packs allow you to buy a bundle of set advantage cards at [...]

Cipher Studios acquires Hell Dorado miniature wargame license

Hell Dorado skirmish war-game acquired by Cipher Studios, LLC Longview, WA USA September 1st, 2009 – Cipher Studios, LLC., a miniature manufacturing company and producer of the highly successful Anima Tactics skirmish game, announced today that it has licensed the right to develop and produce the Hell Dorado miniature war-game from Asmodée Editions in France. [...]