Category Archives: deCiphered

Hobbyist Tactics Part 23: Agent RED

May 22, 2013 – 8:00 am

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 [...]

By Erin Strickland | Also posted in Anima | Comments (0)

News from Valhalla!

May 2, 2013 – 7:41 pm

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 [...]

By Cipher Justin | Also posted in News | Comments (0)

Talking About Lemures

April 24, 2013 – 8:00 am

  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 [...]

By Matt Deas | Also posted in Helldorado | Comments (0)

Hobbyist Tactics Part 22: Valis Ul Del Vilfain

April 17, 2013 – 8:00 am

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 [...]

By Erin Strickland | Also posted in Anima | Comments (0)

Tactical View: Alastor

April 3, 2013 – 8:00 am

In my last three articles I talked about the Azur Alliance box set and some of the possible strategies that could be employed using the two teams therein. Today I’m adding a leader to my stable  and I’ll be talking about a couple of possible list options for a new player getting her or his [...]

By Cipher Justin | Also posted in Anima | Comments (4)

Tales from Alamut: Company Composition.

March 25, 2013 – 8:00 am

Hi all, welcome to another installment of Tales From Alamut! With the conclusion the the Inferno Kickstarter, I’d like to congratulate Kai and Cipher Studios on a job well done. I look forward to my package of goodies later in the year! Following the Kickstarter comments during the project, I saw many contributors that are [...]

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

Hobbyist Tactics Part 21: What’s in the Box??

March 18, 2013 – 8:00 am

Welcome back to another installment of Hobbyist Tactics! Today we have something a little different, an unboxing! I have recently received Hecatondies Sigma, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by this miniature – for a number of reasons. First off, let’s take a look at the parts, straight out of the box. [...]

By Erin Strickland | Also posted in Anima | Comments (1)

Circles of Hell: Limited Edition

March 11, 2013 – 10:05 am

Hi everyone and welcome back, Now that the kick-starter is going you all have a great chance to get a hold of some fantastic limited edition models as well as lots of old and new goodies . I thought it would be a perfect chance to give you all a sneak peak at the profile [...]

By Rory | Also posted in Helldorado | Comments (3)

Tactical View: Azur Box set 3

March 4, 2013 – 8:00 am

Hello again. It’s time to finish up my Azur Alliance Box set. Now that we’ve taken a look at all of the Lords of the Abyss, it’s time to check out the other team that comes in the set, The Puppet Master. The Puppet Master is comprised of Adolf Brunner and his deadly twin daughters, [...]

By Cipher Justin | Also posted in Anima | Comments (0)

Meeting the Factions

February 25, 2013 – 8:00 am

Hi everyone, welcome to another Tales From Alamut! With the Kickstarter campaign for Inferno up and running, some questions have been asked about the factions play styles. I’m here to try and  give some insight to help people choose a faction that works for them. The Westerners.   The European invaders have faith in two [...]

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