Weekender: Stunning Celestial Miniatures & Building An Age Of Sigmar Tabletop
June 16, 2018 by crew
Welcome to the Weekender where we've got some stunning miniatures, and some fantastic sculpts to show off as well on the show today.
Make sure to get your comments in below on all of the goodness we've talked about today and we'll be right in there with you answering questions and more.
Updates - Events & Prizes!
Make sure to stay tuned in the next few weeks as some of the team are going to be at the Battlefront Open Day here in the UK looking at all things warlike with the team.
Of course, we also have the UK Games Expo competitions running where you could comment to win some goodies. You can check out the prizes from Friday, Saturday and Sunday to see what's up for grabs.
Warren Meet's Mat
Inspired by Age Of Sigmar 2nd Edition and the Soul Wars box we talk through some of the ideas we could brew up for getting an appropriate tabletop built to suit these armies clashing on the tabletop.
What do you think of the different ideas we've looked to employ here and what would you change?
Age Of Sigmar: Soul Wars
We've already done the Unboxing of Soul Wars but we thought we'd show off some of our favourite models from the new boxed set.
As well as that we give our thoughts on the designs as a whole and how they've come together and work out how we'd paint them.
Basing Death & Order
We also take some time to look at some of the bases we'd pick out for the armies by Micro Art Studio. You can check them out yourself here with the Ancient, Wasteland and Graveyard bases that they provide over on their webstore.
News
We make sure to delve into the news and talk about some of the topics that caught our eye this week...
- Tiny Naval Battles - Some awesome new ships added to the Forged In Battle range
- HABA Wins Kinderspiel - Dragon's Breath wins the coveted award this year
- Battle Foam For Gaslands - The Battle Foam team has designed some new foam for use with the Gaslands range
- Island Hopping In WWII - Some new sets/bundles have been added to the Warlord Games collection for Bolt Action
What do you make of the news from this week?
Stunning Celestial Painting!
We also take some time to look at the finalists of the Celestial Painting Competition run alongside the folks at Diemension Games.
The entrants we've had in the studio are just superb and you can check out a proper look at the models HERE as well as over on the Facebook Group for the competition.
If you'd like to check out more painting by each of these stunning artists you can see their portfolios and such below where you can see more of their outstanding work.
Massimiliano Richiero - Sergey Chasnyk - Francesco Farabi - Ben Komets - Enrique Velasco - Fabrizio Russo - Sergio Calvo Rubio - Aleksandra Cvetanovski - Antonio Peña - Diego Esteban Perez
They truly are some of the BEST artists out there in the miniature painting world and as you might imagine it has been a tough process for the judges delving into their techniques.
Make sure to tune in for more talk about the finalists and the TOUGH vote that we're going to have to face when it comes to deciding on a winner here.
Kickstarter
We have two awesome campaigns for you to check out...
- Solomon Kane - See where Mythic Games are taking this iconic Witch Hunter
- Escape The Dark Castle - Some new Adventure Packs and additional accessories have popped up!
Which of these are you going to be backing?
Competition Prizes!
We have the winner to announce from last week's Blighted Ogrun Theme Force competition. If you heard your name don't forget to Claim Your Prize.
If you're a friend of the winner make sure to let them know as well!
Have a great weekend!
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Happy Friday Night from the states!
That giant magic jaw is quite big.
Yeah I really love what they have done with that, very fun!
Totally off topic but anyone else think @warzan‘s new profile pic is channeling Wayne’s world?
Lol party on @nakchak ??
Couldn’t decide if it was an attempt at ‘Buy Merch’ QVC style
Or a barber in Coleraine had FUBAR’d
A little from Column A, a little from Column B?
Happy friday night from Québec!
Thanks for the Gamemat.EU stuff, looks very good. I’m 20 minutes in but, have to go to bed, i’ll finish later on today 😉
Night night @duster see you in a few hours!
Thanks mate, i did!
Argg, way too late to shout “First!” Happy Weekend, everyone! 😀
We’re getting old mate 😉
Oof, I’ve BEEN old for quite some time. 😐
Wait (if you haven’t already (which it doesn’t look like)) until you hit the big 5 – 0
Wargame systems to use for those Forged in Battle Range:
** Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Shot 1775-1815
** Flying Colors (GMT Games)
** Wooden Ships, Iron Men (Avalon Hill classic)
** Letters of Marque (maybe this is more of a Pirate-Era game, and perhaps too small of a scale for the larger battles these miniatures would allow).
I’ve actually been looking at these … I may buy a set or two and repurpose them for our American Revolution naval wargaming – Battle of Valcour Bay! (I can finally get rid of those little hand-made balsa-wood boats I made!) 😀
To be fair other companies also produce Napoleonic ships in this scale
Nice list! Any of these stand out for you guys?
Knew you folks would know what systems to look at!
Well there is this the Naval Wargames Society rules list 🙂
http://www.navalwargamessociety.org/rulesonline.html
@warzan a couple of years ago I emailed you a copy of the quick and dirty rules set that Simon aka @broadsword created they are great fun 🙂
When you say holiday in North Wales you really mean New Brighton dont you
LOL Must visit spot that there lol
The Videogame you are talking about is “Dragons Lair” written and drawn by Don Bluth
God, how hard was that game? Modern re-releases are easier, there’s a “cheat” option that flashes an arrow in the “direction of survival” an instant before the video “death event.” And it doesn’t cost a quarter to play, of course. 😀 I swear my childhood self kept that bowling alley in business one summer trying to beat that game. The blonde princess at the end was worth it though, at least I thought so when I was 11. 😀
I hated that game
It was indeed very frustrating.
That’s it! Thank God for that was driving me crazy trying to remember the name of it
Amazing game I loved it.
You can buy in the play store if you want to revisit your childhood.
I couldn’t help myself and went for Space Ace. I actually completed that one!
Thank you! Was driving me crazy trying to remember.
No problem, it was an awesome game
Bloody marvellous game. Dirk the Daring trying to rescue the princess from the dragon. I’m sure there was a Dragon’s Lair 2 and at least two Space Ace spin off games. Sank so much money into them at the arcades as as a teenager.
There was also a cartoon for it in the states.
Many Many Napoleonic Naval sets out there. Some way too complicated some way too simple
Those competition miniatures are great but I can’t help feeling they could be made to really pop with a splash of Army Painter Strong Tone dip
Lol couldn’t hurt right 😉
NOOOO!!!!
I agree with you, @dracs , If the Strong Tone pooled in places it could do real damage. You’d definitely have a to use a real aggressive ‘dip & flick’ method to get the finish right. 😀
Is it just me or do you guys look like you need to get some sleep; excitement over Soul Wars giving you guys insomnia? ? RoboBen: anyone else thinking of that episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon decides to build a robot so he can stay in his bedroom and still interact with the outside world and the robot is just a monitor on wheels with one of his teeshirts hanging from the monitor? On transporting the Nightgaunts: I’m wondering if the best solution would be to invest in a old fashioned metal toolbox and magnetising the bases… Read more »
Nothing wrong with metal toolboxes. Still my miniature carrier of choice
We are going to look into mini storage more closely in the coming weeks especially on the topic of posting them.
Happy Saturday morning on the way back from a day trip to origins in Columbus Ohio – can’t wake the rest with the video just yet.
How was origins mate?
It’s the Weekend!
A weekend where one priority is to mess with a small collection of new Hot Wheels ready for a game of Gaslands!
Remember to fire up a project if you haven’t already ?
Good morning! Im more and more tempted by that EU stuff .Love the age of sigmar new starter box. I don’t think the night haunt will break that easily. Because the plastic is bending a bit more easily that breaking. I have some of the spirit host, and have dropped them a couple of times. I will say the lore is getting better and better. There is audio drama about the storm cast trying to find nagash to make a new alliance (spoiler alert, it did not happen) There is a lot about the stormcast, and the realm of death,… Read more »
Good point well made! Do any of the forts still exist?
Yes, i think they all still exist, ive been a Tre Kroner, there is a museum. One of the forts Middelgrundsfortet have been taken over by the scouts, for their summer camp and other activities 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekroner_Fort
Why do you keep building tables for games and then not playing the games? Hobbit and Wrath of Kings immediately come to mind.
There was a hobbit weekend thatvtook place here where they were played on. And the table we put together for WoK was used in the video series?
This is being used for us to try out the new rules for AOS:)
Dragon’s Lair!
I played a game of AoS yesterday using the free 2.0 core rules. Great thing is that it just tidys up some rules and remains very easy to play. Any new comer will be comfortable with the core rules after their first couple of turns. The army specific rules build on those to create fun tactical games. For me, I love throwing random madness into a game to potentially mess things up as it creates the best stories, so the game mechanisms for the malign sorcery are right up my street. Can’t wait to get my hands on the new… Read more »
Sounds fantastic!
Great show guys and the Age of Sigmar stuff is looking so cool these days
Are flames and whisps the new GW skulls?
I’ve been wondering about that too lol
Kind of reminded me of Nicholas Cage somehow
Mythic have had a bit of a re-think about the Solomon Kane KS in the last 24 hours… The core pledge has been boosted by an entire free add-on. Not sure they needed to ‘panic’ at this stage of the campaign, they just need to open up a bit more as to what else is down the line SG and add-on wise. Gameplay wise… I think the pace in your video was effected by having to introduce rules etc. It’s not your typical mini based hack, slash and plunder dungeon crawler. It’s more of an RPG supported by minis and… Read more »
Yup I’m with you on that I’m liking games that are a bit slower in pace but adding more story depth 🙂
Basically cooperative interactive fiction 🙂 (or rpg;) lol)
I am a bit perplexed about the change and panic after a couple of days. I backed the core box on the basis I want to paint the minis…I was thinking that the problem is lots of people are waiting for the all in version as that’s what happened to MBP and JoA but the problem is if they don’t do an initial pledge then they won’t get to the all in.
Hopefully it’s just a blip 🙂
WOW!! WOW!!! WOW!!!! I was LUCKY enough to win the prize!! Oh my freaking GOD!! Thank you SO MUCH Beasts of War!! You guys are hilarious…love the channel!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Another great Weekender but when are you guys announcing some of the winners from the ukge comments,
Thanks kev
The Game of Thrones castle you were talking about is called Harrenhal (The Lannister version is one of my favourite cards in the LCG. As for Age of Sigmar’s second edition… The cynic in me thinks everyone who buys it had best start saving for 3rd Edition cos it won’t be long. I thought the General’s Handbook was supposed to be an annual update to the rules so the game could evolve, and yet, not quite three years after the game launched, here we are with 2nd Ed (I do like the idea of the ‘Blue Bollocks of Death’ though!).… Read more »
It will be interesting to see if any innovative game mechanics can be unlocked with this approach to magic on the tabletop
Even if there isn’t, having cool models to represent spell effects is a great idea. My only concern would be that they’re possibly too specific to AoS spells, which limits teh ability to use them in any game with magic, but that’s just coming from somone with a lot of games on the shelf (and don’t pay Aos myself)! Solely AoS players won’t have that issue!
Personally I really like the effect of the veil over the skull on the Mortarch. Great stuff.
All of those Celestial entries so far a absolutely brilliant, but I think I like the one set in the frame the most so far. Absolutely stunning work.
And of course, they’ll do some “traitor” version of Stormcast – Chaos sells. The fact it’s really boring, doesn’t matter a bit!