Category Archives: Helldorado

Tales of Tactics and Terrain

May 14, 2012 – 12:36 pm

  In all miniature games I have ever played, terrain and its use is almost an afterthought. Some trees to hide behind, a hill or building to protect your forces from enemy shooting. We all love the idea of awesome terrain, just so long as it stays out of the way and doesn’t impact the [...]

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The Hiring Post Battle Report Part 2

May 2, 2012 – 8:00 am

Part 2 of the Battle Report. And now… a short note:  Terraformation does not photograph well.  At least it doesn’t when the batteries on your camera are dying, as mine apparently were, and so we have…well, no pictures of the Terraformation. Such in life in Hell. But on to the fighting.   Deployment (Click twice [...]

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Circles of Hell- Altar of the ancients Pt 1

April 30, 2012 – 8:00 am

Hello again and welcome back, This feature is going to cover a few concepts about terrain building along with what you will need to start work on your altar of the ancients. Before we start putting this piece together let’s go through the design process. This process is normally applied when you make any pieces [...]

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Carpentry in Hell 101

April 23, 2012 – 8:00 am

This week I want to work on a little bit of terrain for my Hell Dorado board. since I have been working on my Immortals company recently, I thought, “Why not create something Asian influenced?” I wanted to make something “man made” to give the board a bit of contrast to all the natural terrain [...]

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Previews: New Hell Dorado Models on the Spoke

April 20, 2012 – 12:56 pm

And now for some good news. Take a look at some of our newest upcoming Hell Dorado Models! Get ready to raise some Hell!

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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 [...]

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Circles Of Hell: Altar to the Ancient Gods Pt. 1

April 9, 2012 – 8:00 am

Hey guys and gals, In this article and the next I’ll be working towards an altar to the ancient gods. This is a bit of a quick detour from my regular articles as I have been asked to give a quick rundown on how I make smoke effects. These effects are very easy and a [...]

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Building My Immortals Company

April 1, 2012 – 8:00 am

  I think I speak for every tabletop wargamer when I say I would love to game with an army of really, really, ridiculously well painted minis. Sadly, due to many factors (lets call them life), I have to accept that this dream is unrealistic. So bearing that crushing burden, I know I’m never going to [...]

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The Hiring Post

March 21, 2012 – 8:00 am

  Welcome back to Hell and another edition of the Hiring Post. Today we finally take a look at a member of the Immortals.  We’re going to examine at a man who settles issues the old fashioned way:  with his fists of iron.  Chan Lee.

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Circles of Hell: Part 4C

March 19, 2012 – 8:00 am

Hello everyone, This is the last article on creating your soul accumulators. For this article you will need…. -Paints and paint brushes -Your soul accumulators from last article (If you haven’t stuck the rock part to the pillar part now is the time to do it. I used a mini hot glue gun and spakfilla for the [...]

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