Archive for May 2026

Iron moor tower   Leave a comment

Posted May 22, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

A Beholder and a Green dragon   Leave a comment

Posted May 15, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

Red Devil Samurai cavalry   Leave a comment

Posted May 15, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

Samurai warrior monks painting guide   Leave a comment

New samurai warrior monks from Fireforge games arrived.

Painted using citadel contrast paints.

Spray wraith bone white after assembly using plastic glue. I made 8 shot and 16 naginata . Next I went over the white areas which were hoods and trousers plus arms and waist and wrist bands with contrast white. Faces in flesh contrast paint. Wood use wild wood contrast . Metal use army painter contrast broadsword. Leather pouches and sandal soles using leather brown.

For the main colour scheme which is the warrior monks jacket I chose either yellow using contrast sun yellow or a mix of this with blood angel red to make orange.

Finally for teeth I used white then applied contrast skeleton brown .

For these bases I applied the same scatter mix I used on all my samurai which is based on the games workshop base similar to sandy ground with tufts applied. The bases I chose were square to use in massed battles but singly based for skirmish games if need arises. For tufts I used a brighter green and a sun burnt brown to try and capture the theme of Japan but remain closer to my early figures.

I thought this new range look quite good . Simple enough to assemble with a few fixed poses and good to form a massed unit . Also they are fairly similar in size to my original Perry samurai so they is good too . These warriors will be useful to field on either side in a samurai battle .

Posted May 8, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

Stormboyz   Leave a comment

Stormboyz

Link has painted up his new stormboyz in readiness for the Armageddon. Battalion coming soon.

Posted May 8, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

Small 40k battle on the lava planet Necrons vs Space Marines   Leave a comment

Link has set up a small battle to play with his friend this week. The space marines using his new painted jet pack and outrider squads vs essentially a Necron combat patrol.

The Necrons are attacking the space marines base in the ruins of a fallen civilisation on a planet being consumed by lava.

Posted May 3, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

Painting update   Leave a comment

A red crystal dragon
Two warriors with spiky shields such as orcs
Blight thorn or similar creatures

Posted May 3, 2026 by wargamesdiary in Uncategorized

Dagger and Brush

Miniature painting, wargaming terrain tutorials, reviews, interviews and painting guides

Aiwendil

Wayfaring through Middle-earth and other hobbies

Winter Gate Games

Weekly tabletop miniatures blog.

Colonel Mustard

WW2 Modelling in 1/72 Scale

Olde England Grown New

The Adventures of Sir Thomas Hawksby's Regiment

Scent of a Gamer

From the computer to the tabletop, this is all about games. Updated each week-end.

Flashing Steel

Talk, support and information on Ganesha Games' Flashing Steel

Brooklyn Wargaming

President of Metropolitan Wargamers in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC

DRESSING THE LINES

Thoughts about wargaming, especially 28mm.

ArkieGamer

Adventures of an historical wargamer in the wilds of Arkansas