Tag: Modeling

Headquarters

Making a Winter Terrain Board: Part 2 Headquarters

The maniacs at Tabletop World have made another stand-alone piece that will be added to a larger table. Here, they are building a hanger for the Stormbird model from Forge World. The first video focuses on the basic structure of the hanger. In the second video for this […]

CNC milling for sci-fi desert buildings

TheGM: What is CNC milling? A milling machine is a 200-year-old technology that uses rotary blades to cut away material from a block of wood, plastic, or metal. It essentially carves away the material to create whatever it is that you want built. A computer-numerical control (CNC) milling […]

New ork warband loves koptas

There’s a new threat facing the Imperium: a new ork warband that I call “Gutkrumpa’s Kill Koptas.” Admittedly, this ragtag band of greenskins is a pretty minuscule threat at the moment. It consists of only 10 orks. But I have hopes for these guys. To be honest, I […]

Turning characters into miniatures

TheGM: Over the past year, I’ve created two characters inspired by the comments and input of two followers of this humble narrative campaign: • Lecia Athena (alias “Ath”)—A freedom fighter (or traitor if you’re Imperial authorities) who is working with the Tau to overturn Imperial rule on the […]

Heroes of the Knights of Altair

“When I look upon my warriors, my twin hearts swell with pride. They are the finest Astartes in the galaxy, and their leaders are equal to the greatest heroes of the Imperium.“—High Marshal Adrias Ioculus, chapter master of the Knights of Altair TheGM: I began painting my classic […]

New mutant units for Morkai

TheGM: This summer, I added a lot more combat units  to the Imperial and mutant armies that are fighting on the desert world of Morkai. In fact, I’ve more than doubled the point size of each army. I thought I’d share some of my work on the mutants, […]

Shorehammer Report: A terrain cargo box

Although I haven’t written much about my preparations for  the Shorehammer Convention later this year, I’ve been pretty busy building terrain, painting figures and—tah dah!—a new cargo box to make transporting my convention games a tad easier. It’s called my Shorehammer Cargo Crate. Some time ago, I reported […]