Step by Step: How to paint the Gamesday 2011 Skaven Warlord Miniature

Greetings one and all.

It's been several months since I've last posted something up on the blog, much to my dismay life has got in the way. (Hey that rhymes). 

But I've just this evening, managed to write up my next tutorial based on my past painting exploits.

The tutorial is based on a miniature that I painted for my best friends favourite Warhammer Fantasy player, Jobie.

The miniature in question was the Gamesday 2011 Skaven Warlord Miniature and was destined to be a birthday present that a Skaven obsessive would love and take great pleasure unleashing against his opponents (or at least this was my aim). 

Step by Step: How to paint a wrecked or blown up Land Raider - Part 1

Since “Rolling Thunder 2011", I have imagined, developed, constructed and been steadily working on painting my wrecked and blown up Grey Knight Land Raiders.
My previous tutorial was a detailed guide to building and constructing the wrecked and blown up Land Raiders, so it seems sensible to follow up with a “How to paint them”  tutorial now.

Here is the first part of how to paint the wrecked and blown up Land Raider. It’ll take two tutorials, because there are numerous stages and elements to be painted, not to mention they’re not actually finished yet….

Step by Step: Painting Crystal Objective Markers.

This tutorial is a step by step guide to painting crystal objective markers, you can quite easily change the colours in any way you wish to suit yourself or tie in with your own army and can quite easily utilise the techniques used for painting crystals to paint crystal weapons on "Necrons" or "Power weapons" for various Warhammer 40,000 armies.

A selection of paint brushes, an airbrush (not essential), black undercoat (spray paint or airbrush paint), a selection of Citadel Colour, plus Foundation paints plus Washes (mentioned at each stage of the tutorial), plenty of clean water, and a lamp with daylight bulb for painting and patience.

I actually took part in a Warhammer 40,000 Tournament last weekend!

I’ve been an avid hobbyist, in particular, mainly as a miniature painter for a long, long time. But didn't really get into tournament gaming as such, until 2010. I spent the next year or so going to various events. But things change in the real world, so last year, after the birth of my son, I took a bit of a step back from gaming and became more of a collector, maker and painter once more. However now that my son is a toddling fourteen month old, it is now possible for me to go and take part in tournaments and events again.

The remainder of this post is all about the event I attended last weekend at “The Sanctuary Gaming Centre” in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, on the 15th of December.