Category Archives: Helldorado

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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A new wave of Hell Dorado releases has shipped to distributors

January 20, 2012 – 6:02 pm

Another wave of Hell Dorado releases has shipped to distributors! This wave includes … Damned Ones of Sloth

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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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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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The Hiring Post

December 9, 2011 – 8:00 am

Welcome back to the Hiring Post. And now, as promised, something nasty. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. –John Bright

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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 [...]

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A new wave of Hell Dorado releases is away

December 2, 2011 – 6:19 pm

This week we have shipped another wave of Hell Dorado releases to our distribution partners around the world. This wave includes …

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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 [...]

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The Hiring Post

November 16, 2011 – 8:00 am

If you know yourself and you know the enemy, the battle is already over. – Sun Tzu Welcome to the Hiring Post.  We’re going to take a hard look at some of the models of Hell Dorado, assess their uses, and hopefully give you some ideas on how to use them.  We’ll be covering all [...]

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