Team Yankee Iron Maiden Intercontinental Launch Blog

There's loads to look forward to over the next two days as we delve into Team Yankee and the new Iron Maiden Book!

You’ll be able to follow along with…

Battle Report Videos, Product Previews, Painting Videos, Assembly Videos, Staff Army Lists, A Q&A session answering your questions, An exclusive look behind the scenes inside the Design Studio

…and plenty of heavy metal!

Hey everyone, time for my part in the Intercontinental challenge. I'm going to show you how to paint the Iron Maiden Starter Set!

You can follow along throughout the day and tell us how you'd approach it too.

We get stuck into priming the Iron Maiden Army. It's always an important step getting this right!

What colour would you prime your Iron Maiden British force?

It's time for us to get stuck into painting up the Tracks for the tanks as part of the British force in Iron Maiden.

They can be a bit tricky but we show off our techniques here.

Camoflague is quite easy if you have an airbrush, sweep your lines around the tank making sure to keep the barrel firm as you make the transition from the body to the gun.

How do you paint your own camouflage patterns?

Here I'm going to drybrush some of the corner edges of the models to offer a weathering effect on the chipped camouflage and make it stand out a little more.

Drybrushing might be seen as a bit of a minor art for painters but it can achieve some amazing effects.

We take a look at some of the details that you can see coming to life before we apply the washes.

We didn't know what ordinance shade was until John gave us the lowdown on it in this video!

Have you been able to achieve this look on your own models?

We go through a number of the different shades we've been putting together on these models and show how it has turned out.

Take a look yourself and let us know what you like. Maybe we should have used more, or maybe even less?

We're back to working on some detail work here as we put a final touch to the Headlights and also add a bit of dirt and dust alongside it.

What details do you pick out when finishing up a model?

Let's take a look at the final Iron Maiden Army and how it's all turned out. We're very happy with this.

We'd love you to share your own work on your Team Yankee armies to show off your own techniques.

Iron Maiden release unveils another amazing box for your British armies, Charlie's Chieftans comes out to play.

After days of hard fighting Major Charles Leslie's Lancers and Guardsmen were worn and frayed, no longer so eager to test themselves in battle. Their expressions were grim and hard. The coming battle was not going to be easy. The Soviets fought tenaciously to hold what they'd taken.

It wouldn't matter, though, C.Squadron Lancers, and their attached Irish Guardsmen would live up to the regimental motto: "Death or Gloty", and today it would be the enemy that would die and C.Squadron that would reach for glory.

Are you ready for Charlie's Chieftans?