Category Archives: Articles

The Hiring Post

April 11, 2012 – 8:00 am

Welcome back to the Hiring Post.   This time around it’s time to put some of what we have learned about models into action. That’s right.  Battle Report time. This Battle Report is going to take a few episodes, so make sure you have plenty of popcorn.   We decided to play a 200 point [...]

By Robert E Allen | Also posted in deCiphered, Helldorado | Comments (0)

Starting A New Faction: A Blog Of Sorts.

March 12, 2012 – 8:00 am

  There comes a point in every young gamer’s career when he or she feels the urge to crawl from under the comfort blanket of their familiar faction and try something new. This can happen for many reasons: completion of  the original faction, a new hobby challenge, the challenge of mastering a different play style, [...]

By Matt Deas | Also posted in deCiphered, Helldorado | Comments (2)

Painting with Metallics

February 13, 2012 – 8:00 am

Welcome to another installment of Hobbyist tactics! Today we’ll be going through a couple of different techniques used for metals!

By Erin Strickland | Also posted in Anima, deCiphered | Comments (2)

Tactical View 3: Battle Report!

January 25, 2012 – 8:00 am

Welcome back to Tactical View! Today I decided to take that list that I’ve been talking about and actually put it on the table. I managed to get down to my friendly local game shop, Knightfall Games in Beaverton OR. There I pulled out my freshly painted Empire List (Using some of Erin’s Techniques on [...]

By Cipher Justin | Also posted in Anima, deCiphered | Comments (6)

Circles of Hell: Part 3

January 16, 2012 – 8:00 am

Hey everyone, Hope you all had great holidays! Before I get into this one, please note that a lot of these guides are designed to target all levels of hobbyists. In addition, they are meant to provide inspiration on how to make your own terrain at an affordable cost and in a timely manner. Today [...]

By Rory | Also posted in deCiphered, Helldorado | Comments (4)

Zaxaan Part 1: Skin tones.

January 9, 2012 – 8:00 am

For the next couple of installments of Tales of Alamut I want to focus on Cipher Studios’ newest addition to the Hell Dorado range: Zaxaan. Zaxaan is a large, extremely detailed miniature that will be the centerpiece of any Demonic company he is included in. Because of his size and amount of skin to paint, [...]

By Matt Deas | Also posted in deCiphered, Helldorado | Comments (2)

Circles of Hell: Part 2

December 5, 2011 – 8:00 am

Hi guys and gals, Today I will be taking you through board construction and making a Field of Skulls and Pile of Skulls. Items you need are A sharp Stanley knife (OEM means or equivalent material.) Spakfilla (OEM) A pencil and ruler A cutting board Gatorboard sections (OEM). I used a half-inch thick piece and [...]

By Rory | Also posted in deCiphered, Helldorado | Comments (0)

Boot Camp: Anima Tactics #2 – Whose Side Are You On?

November 30, 2011 – 8:00 am

There comes a time in every gamer’s life when they must make a choice.  Will they fight the righteous fight for Good, upholding the freedoms of truth and justice, or will they strike from the shadowed depths of Evil, sowing seeds of fear and destruction with every blackened footstep? Okay, maybe it’s not as straightforward as [...]

By Odie | Also posted in Anima, deCiphered | Comments (2)

Creating Resin Terrain

November 28, 2011 – 8:00 am

Helldorado is a game that can feature a lot of terrain, and depending on scenario and a player tactics, it can be useful to place multiple pieces of the same terrain element. In this edition of Tales from Alamut I’d like to show you the process I used to make multiple stalagmite terrain elements. The [...]

By Matt Deas | Also posted in deCiphered, Helldorado | Comments (1)

Tactical View 1

November 23, 2011 – 8:00 am

Hi everyone! I hope you have been enjoying the other articles our talented writer’s have provided for deCiphered over the last couple of weeks. Today it’s my turn, and I’m proud to bring you my Anima Tactics strategic doctrine in a little piece I’m calling Tactical View. My mission is to share with you the [...]

By Cipher Justin | Also posted in Anima, deCiphered | Comments (3)