4. Recall and Projection: My First Full Week

This is the first of what I hope will be weekly updates that will let you know about my week, which is mostly made up of painting and planning with a day of gaming Tuesday, and share my hopes for the coming week.

So lets start with Recall.

Tuesday, I lost both of my games at my local gaming store. The first was a 1750 game against Chaos Marines. The fellow who plays them is a friend of mine who consistently beats my, despite my amendments to my army list. It seems I may need to make a sacrifice to the dice gods very soon. Suggestions on a 1500 Wolf list that could do something against CSM would be swell.

As for my next game, a new gamer at the shop who primarily proxies with paper ran an armor heavy IG list at a 1500 point value. On turn 2, he had eliminated my Long Fangs which was my only answer to armor which lead to a short game, him winning 4 kill points to my 3. I feel my Wolves did well all things considered there. Such is life and better luck next week.

Painting was fun, as I got a tutorial up and running which you can see here. Which brings me to the most exciting news! I was accepted into the FTW Blog Group and they even linked my meager tutorial to their tutorial page.

All in all, this was a good week.

Now for Projection.

Objectives!

I've seen a lot of cool ones over the week.

Each picture is clickable so take a look at the people who created them. I must say, my personal favourite is just above, created by Admiral Drax. All of these have inspired me to do my own which should be my whole project for the next week, assuming funds permit. Here's a hint: Sniper nest.

That's all for now!

I'll be in the P.I.T.S. of Fenris.

3. Snow Camo How To

One thing that I haven't found, and maybe I have just missed it, is Snow Camo. Granted, not many people have a distinct need to put snow camo on their troops and even if they did, painting things white can be enough. However, if you are playing IG Vostroyans or Space Wolf Snipers, you may not be okay with leaving things simply white. So I have an easy way to punch up that white and make it look like camo. All the pictures should be clickable.

Lets start with something nice and black.

Clean and easy primed black.

I like to run a light gray over the black. I do this for two reasons. First, it makes the white easier to paint. Secondly, it adds a bit of shadow on the model that I happen to like. This step is optional however and not necessary for the final look.

Next take white and paint a minimum of two coats. The brighter the white the higher the contrast later.

Take the same gray that you undercoated the white with and make small, random blotches about the area. It doesn't have to be pretty or neat, as you can see above. Now the thing to remember here and in the step below is that making camo to scale doesn't work for mini painting.

Take a liner brush or just whatever you happen to have that is tiny and run black lines over the top of the gray spots. If you don't have a tiny brush, a toothpick can work just as well and make even smaller lines, if that is what you desire. It is important to do this after the spots are down or else you will end up with a highly cluttered area that looks too busy and not very camo. And that is it. Simple.

Hope this helped someone. Feel free to post your tips and tricks in the comments if you have a better idea or a suggestion. If you're looking for something different, this and many other tutorials can be found here.

-Writing from the P.I.T.S. on Fenris.