Category Archives: deCiphered

Boot Camp: Anima Tactics #5 – Change or Die pt. 1

February 22, 2012 – 8:00 am

One of the worst things that can happen to a gamer is when they hit that point in their hobby-career where a favorite game becomes a tiresome bore – especially after they’ve sunk a substantial amount of time, effort, and money into learning rulebooks and painting miniatures. This can happen for any number of reasons, [...]

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Zaxaan Part 3

February 20, 2012 – 8:00 am

Hello everyone, welcome to the latest installment of Tales From Alamut. Today I’ll discuss the final touches to finish the Zaxaan mini I have been working on. To finish the metal areas off, I applied some weathering effects: starting with a thick wash of Vallejo Game Colour Sepia Ink. I applied this over the whole of [...]

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Tactical View 4: Advantage Cards

February 15, 2012 – 8:00 am

Before I get started on my examination of the Samael faction, I’d like to talk for just a little bit about Advantage Cards and philosophies behind how to use them. Advantage cards provide units with powerful improvements that can wildly alter the playing field depending upon how they are used. As I see it there [...]

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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!

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The Hiring Post

February 8, 2012 – 8:00 am

Welcome back to the Hiring Post. Today we’ll be taking a look at a model that has been my bane in a number of games.  The Saracen Nazir ibn Hamid ibn Hajjad, Emir.

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Circles of Hell: Part 4(a)

February 6, 2012 – 8:00 am

Hello everyone, Now I know I said last time that I would be doing rocks and blocks of rocks but I have had a change of heart…well kind of. You see I really wanted to make some Soul Accumulators, so I have decided to do that instead. The beauty of this is that you can [...]

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Boot Camp : Anima Tactics #4 – Play Your Own Game

February 1, 2012 – 8:00 am

At this point in the series, you should have painted up your initial figures, and gotten in a couple of entry-level games. This is really a crucial step for those new to Anima Tactics (or any game, really), because once you see how your limited characters perform in battle, you’ll be better prepared for the [...]

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NMM: an Acolytes’ Struggles

January 30, 2012 – 8:00 am

Welcome to the latest installment of the Tales of Alamut! In this article I’m going to continue working on Zaaxan; Angra Mainyous’ Herald, and try to give an insight into the techniques used with NMM, or non-metallic metals. NMM is a technique used to render the effect of light striking metallic objects using non-metallic pigments. [...]

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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 [...]

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The Hiring Post

January 18, 2012 – 8:00 am

Welcome back for another installment of the Hiring Post.  This time we are going to take a look at Isha-Aksha, Squamata Warchief.   Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. Ovid

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