Ninjabread

Ninjabread Exhibiting at Thought Bubble

by Curis on November 16, 2011 at 5:02 pm

Whether they’re stuck up with dirty-grey Blu-Tack or framed classily, posters are the cornerstone of modern decor. Now, you can take home a little piece of Ninjabread and gaze upon it not on your flickering computer monitor, but at A3 on glossy 130gsm paper. Presenting, the Ninjabread posters…

Ninjabread posters

Yes, this and three other desirable Ninjabread poster designs will be available this weekend at Thought Bubble – the Leeds Sequential Arts Festival. On 19th and 20th November you will be able to come meet me and paw at various physical manifestatons of Ninjabread.

Thought Bubble Logo

There’ll be a slew of comicking gods to visit too. If you don’t find me manning the Ninjabread Manifestation Area it’ll be because I’ve slipped away to gawp at Rufus Dayglo, Simon Davis, Dave Gibbons and Simon Spurrier.

I’ll be exhibiting alongside Lani Irving. She’ll be presenting her brand new book Bill the Bear-Faced Liar which come with super-natch hand-finished covers.

Thought Bubble Logo

Find us at number 11 on the floorplan. Say hi.

└ Tags: exhibiting, leeds, thought bubble

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Wargames Foundry Fantasy

by Curis on November 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Posted In: Golem Painting Studio

How times change. Wargames Foundry‘s historical ranges used to exist as a natural counterpoint to Games Workshop‘s fantasy and science fiction. The two companies had no overlapping product (though plenty of overlapping staff). But now, in the brave and bold 2011 we find Foundry not only selling Workshop products, but also fostering their own sorcery and scifi lines. It is a time of Foundry Fantasy.

On this site you’ll be able to find a slew of miniatures I’ve painted with Golem Painting Studio. I did five of their Dwarf packs, here are my favourites.

Wargames Foundry Dwarfs

These chaps were done over the Summer .

Have a gander at their site. I’m going to see how many more of my paintjobs are on there.

Foundry prefer bright and colourful schemes – they approach the hobby as others would a carnival. It’s an intentional stance against the gritty monotone schemes others put out. With this in mind I painted this ginger dwarf with a pink shirt, green waistcoat and purple coadpiece.

Wargames Foundry Dwarfs

Surprisingly it works. I’d dress like that if I were a swashbuckler. Though in the past I’ve gone out in public dressed like this…

Teasteful african shirt

└ Tags: dwarf, fantasy, Golem, painting, wargames foundry

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Mantic’s Warpath Launch Party

by Curis on November 14, 2011 at 4:11 pm

Posted In: Blog, Golem Painting Studio, Mantic, Warpath

Kings of War BUT THEY’RE IN SPACE … I mean Warpath was officially launched in Nottingham this at the Mantic Games’ release party. Golem went along in force to paint and mingle.

Both the morning and afternoon Golem Painting Studio Marauder Painting Seminars were a sell-out success, with ticket-holders being walked through how to paint their Marauders in a scheme approximating the Studio miniatures. Here’s Tommie demonstrating his high-end techniques on the Orc Warlord.

Golem Painting Studio

Also there was Dwarf King’s Hold Designer Jake Thornton was along leaking details about Dwarf King’s Hold 3. (Hold three what?) Jake was a pleasure to chat to and was chatted merrily about his game design career that stretches back to 1987.

Graphic Designer Tears of Envy was along to showcase her new Dwarf King’s Hold 3 tiles. (Ahhh, they’re holding three tiles…) Ms. o’Envy could be best described as a mix between Lady Gaga and the Fifth Doctor.

Tears of Envy

I got to play two games of Warpath (both as Marauders and Forge Fathers). I lost both. It was weird seeing table after table of Forge Fathers and Marauders, the maximum I’d seen in one place was ten when the studio Grizzlers were being painted. This really is a game of squad actions that plays really fast.

Mantic's Warpath

Bob Naismith was also around who gave some great insights into the Forge Father design process, and his vision for the range. I think I’m going to get his and convert it into a Khaotic Forge Father hero.

Ronnie Renton got a hold of me, but not (as might be expected) to beat me to death with Orcy’s hammer in a dark Hockley back alley, but buy me a pint. What a lovely chap.

Finally, I brought along my first test Forge Father schemes. I came back with ideas stolen wholesale from the display armies.

Mantic's Warpath

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Gearing up for the NAF Blood Bowl World Cup

by Curis on November 10, 2011 at 11:02 am

Posted In: Blog, Blood Bowl

I took on a private comission recently in anticiaption of the NAF Blood Bowl World Cup. Skaven. Wormito’s Skaven – Eine Kleine Schlachtmusik.

Blood Bowl Skaven

Wormito’s Blood Bowl team are a mix different Blood Bowl generations. Knowing my passion for 1980s lead Wormi based the bulk of the team around the classic Jes Goodwin sculpts from Blood Bowl’s second edition. Jes’s work on the Skaven was seminal – the Skaven were the first race he brought to life from scratch. Of particular favourite is the number 9 kicker model (at the front below). Ahh, remember when Blood Bowl had kickers and catchers? There’s a smattering of third edition Gary Morley models, and then a 2010 Warhammer Island of Blood Rat Ogre.

Blood Bowl Skaven

Wormito specified the colour scheme. White?! They’re rats that live in sewers. Blue?! But that’s the Forge Father signature colour! To pull it off I avoided the standard Skaven colour of brown and went for a pale Dheneb Stone fur that’d work with the Astromican Grey plating. I upped the redness in the flesh to provide visual interest. I like doing Goblin Green rims on my own Blood Bowl models, but that’d clash with the blue so I went for muddy brown bases. With brown rims. Mmmmm, brown rims.

Blood Bowl Skaven

Eine Kleine Schlachtmusik will be flying out to Amsterdam for the Blood Bowl NAF World Cup later this month. You can follow Wormito on Twitter, join in his frequent Name That Tune contests and groan at his puns.

└ Tags: Blood Bowl, fantasy football, naf, skaven, tournaments

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The More-than-three Musketorcs

by Curis on November 9, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Posted In: Warhammer

Fellow Flame On-ion, and regular guest on Games Workshop’s What’s New Today blog, Warboss Kurgan, saw the awful-but-fun Three Musketeers movie. He’s decided to homage it in an Warhammer fashion. Specifically in a Mordheim Orc and Goblin fashion.

Presenting the the More-than-three Musketorcs. Orc for one and one for Orc!

Three Musketorcs

Swashbuckling, hard-drinking and rebellious the more-than-three MusketOrcs fight and argue their way through life like most Orcs… but with a lot more style.

Hogtagnon (Orc Shaman)

Three Musketorcs

The smallest and youngest of the MusketOrcs but the most hot-headed and impetuous, he is always running head-long into a fight he can’t win. Somehow he has never noticed that he is a Shaman and it is his magical powers that get him out of peril more often than not!

Wathos (Orc Boss)

Three Musketorcs

The oldest MusketOrc, he is a swaggering drunk who is a grizzled veteran with a very dark outlook on life, which makes him seem brave to the point of suicidal.

Arrer-miss (Orc Big’Un)

Three Musketorcs

The quiet and thoughtful one: skilled with a blade and armed with an equally sharp wit but he is suspicious and untrusting.

Boarthos (Orc Big’Un)

Three Musketorcs

A greedy and gluttonous but optimistic Orc, he is immensely strong and loyal to the other MusketOrcs but stupid and vain.

Warboss Kurgan (I’m talking about a real life person now, not an Orc – gah, Orcs with names homaging 17th century Frenchmen and men with Orc names, this is too much for Wednesday morning) … er … yes … Warboss Kurgan started out with sketches of his idea. He porbably did these in the cinema such was his enthusiasm.

Three Musketorcs