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KoW: Armada – Dafiþ Icekin’s Fleet of the Frozen Seas

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Armada is a 1/700 scale “Sea combat fantasy miniature range” and tabletop game from Mantic Games. Set in The Kings of War World of Pannithor where the various factions are deploying their fleets, either to protect their coasts or to perform pirate raids for treasure or slaves.

Pannithor has a rich history of ship building and naval exploits. The noble races of man, elf and dwarf, have explored the world’s oceans and seas for millennia, plying trade, exploring new lands, and launching expansionist invasions. But they are not alone, for all races must eventually learn the mysteries of sea-faring life, if they are to compete and survive in an ever changing and dangerous world.

With Pannithors colourful history, and world changing events have opened up new possibilities and connected lands in ways not possible before. The Infant Sea, born from the great inundation following the war with Winter, is now a chaotic and dangerous expanse of trade, piracy and outright war. The rewards are great, however, for those that prove their might, and powerful warships patrol the waters of the world, flying their nation’s colours, and protecting their coasts!

My first Fleet is from the Northern Alliance… An alliance of Man, Dwarf, Elf and Icekin from the Frozen North known as the Winterlands! My fleet has set sail on the Seas of Pannithor, after a slight delay in dock, due to turbulent weather. The Valellion, Captained by Dafiþ Icekin, cuts through the sheets of ice of the Frozen Seas on a journey Southwards towards the sea battles that lie ahead…

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New Nightstalkers Showcase – A New Age For Kings of War

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So I had the pleasure to build and paint the new Nightstalkers products for Kings of War by Mantic Games. These are truly stunning miniatures that deserves to be praised as some of the best sculpts and casts Mantic Games’ has ever done. I set about painting then in my army colours and have to mention that I used 1 of the new Butchers as a unit champion in a PVC Butchers Horde, the other 2 off the sprue I assembled as Ravagers. I added a resin and a PVC Reaper to the regiment of Reapers which is still under PMC but the base looks full so that is all that matters!

An impressive and exciting year lies ahead for Kings of War! With hard plastics and resin replacing the old PVC miniatures, fleshing out of army lists with new units and reworking old units based on feedback it truly is a new age for Kings of War and so now it falls to you to hear the rallying call and to take the plunge into this awesome Fantasy rank and flank game! Check out the rules preview attached below…

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Return of the Nightstalkers!

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Having received a nightmarish delivery, I sat down with the new hard plastic Butchers/Ravagers & Reapers/Tormentors sprues as well as the new resin Void Lurker kit and did a little showcase/review.

As an avid Wargamer and commission painter I see a lot of kits from a lot of different companies and even though I am a fan of the Mantic Games offering I can still be honest and critical as I can’t help but compare products to those from other companies. Because of this when I say these kits are phenomenal, I mean they are PHENOMENAL! The plastic sprues are clean and the details are crisp. The parts are clearly labelled for easier assembly and they even include scenic pieces to help decorate your Multibases! The resin, as with the plastics, are crisp casts which really showcases the details of this incredible miniature!

We are a commission studio and if you are a MiniWarGaming Silver Vault Member you can get 10% off your commissions by using the discount coupon in your members section.

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The Legios Marches to War

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On the day when the world welcomes the arrival of Warhammer: Horus Heresy 2.0 and everyone is going #hardforheresy in 32mm scale I have decided to unleash the 8mm scale Horus Heresy as the God Machines march to war in Adeptus Titanicus!

My project for Adeptus Titanicus will be a Traitor Legios…Krytos the God Breakers!

Krytos during the Horus Heresy marched to war alongside the Space Marines of the IVth Legion…the siege specialists known as the Iron Warriors as well as the Knights of House Caesarean! Presented below is the first Titan for my Battlegroup. This Reaver Class Titan that I’ve named Zagthuis Ironfiend was a joy to paint. It has magnatised carapace and arm mounted weapons allowing for me to change the load out between games.

Check back for more updates on this miniature 30k project

Onwards and Upwards for ISG

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As for most, the past few years have been a difficult one. We’ve had our ups and downs, we’ve suffered losses and big changes but it’s high time that we dust off our paint stations and gaming areas to commence on the journey in the hobby once more…onwards and upwards, always!

Best Laid Plans…

So with that in mind I laid out some challenges for myself and the Studio Group and we are coming back strong! First up we’ll take a look at some personal challenges in the hobby…

As you can see, we love our Konflikt ’47 here!
As shown on Instagram the first K-47 project is well underway!

As well as these projects I’d like to work on not 1, but 2…well maybe 3 Warhammer: Age of Sigmar projects. After running a poll on Instagram and Facebook it was decided that I would work on Kharadron Overlords and my son decided he wanted me to help him work on an Ossiarch Bonereapers army…well that’s 2 so why did you mention 3? I hear you call! Well we both decided on a shared army for both of us to use and that is, well a surprise up our sleeves!! As well as that we picked up the new Realmscape Ghurish Expanse plus the expansion set to give us a gaming board for the studio using the new dimensions and are building terrain for both sides of it starting with an eightpoints side pictured below.

The Eightpoints board gets its first few pieces of Scenery built!

That’s it for now, hopefully you are all dusting off your collections and your hobbyverses are returning to some form of normality. Onwards and Upwards one and all – The Iron Jarl

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Burrows & Badgers – Skirmish Fun!

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Welcome one and all, it has been a long time since I have written anything on here… To be honest it is a long time since I picked up a paintbrush for something other than scenery!

I managed to injure my back, at my then real life job, which during the first few months limited how long I could sit/stand but now with good pain management in place I am able to sort for longer! Me and a group of friends also launched a gaming club and this took up a lot of my initial time and so Ironskull Gaming and our Studios focused on the terrain needs for the club… Now however I’m hoping to get more hobby done! And so onto the topic for this blog post!

Burrows and Badgers is an Anthropomorphic Animals Skirmish Wargame by Oathsworn Miniatures. This is an awesome little skirmish Wargame with a brilliant campaign system to boot. The models are absolutely stunning and superbly cast. All the rules for the game can be found within one small hardback rulebook (pictured above). Your Games can even be played on a table with some brilliant terrain by Sarissa Precision as its backdrop!

So I, like a few others from the club have been swept up in the beauty and magic of this game and as such I have painted by first Warband… May I introduce you to Archibold’s Royalists Lads – A Royalists Warband for Burrows and Badgers.

Hope you like and Happy Wargaming! – 𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖉 💀

Warcry – The Unmade and The Cypher Lords

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So as I so kindly put it in our first Warcry blog post – Warcry – The Iron Golem… Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months you will have heard of Games Workshop’s latest offering for your tabletop…

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar – Warcry is a new skirmish game set in the world of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Choose your warband, and fight thrilling, fast paced tactical skirmishes in one-off battles or across epic narrative campaigns where your warriors grow and develop.

Our Studio Team has been lucky enough to be given a commission by Hoist the Colours – Models & Games for 2 more warbands for Warcry, the first four is to complete was The Cypher Lords…

The Cypher Lords are a cunning Chaos Cult who make your average Tzeentch Arcanite look like a forthright pillar of honesty. Hailing from the city of Nochseed in the Realm of Light, the Cypher Lords worship Chaos in secret, combining the precision and agility common to inhabitants of Hysh with all manner of dark gifts.

Next up was the scariest of the Warcry Warbands to day, the Unmade…

Once upon a time, the Unmade were benevolent philosopher-kings renowned across the Realm of Death for their wisdom and nobility. Desperate to fight back the hordes of undead, the inhabitants of this land (a place known as Tzlid) were driven to worship the Chaos Gods – who promptly rewarded them by turning them into maniacal cultists obsessed with pain and mutilation.

These are Advanced Level Commissions completed at 𝕴𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖐𝖚𝖑𝖑 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕳𝕼 by our talented Studio Team. If you are interested in getting something painted by our team please drop us a message!

You will be able to see these on display at Hoist the Colours – Models & Games and they are your best local hobby store for all your hobby needs, contact them to find out about their awesome discounts!