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Ian Wood

@wartrader.bsky.social

Technical editor, game developer, wargamer, programmer, photographer. English-language editor for Infinity the Game.

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Even by my standards, Frankenstein’s Hot Wire Cutter is a bit much. 🀣

But it’s meant that I can cut a clean edge on big sheets of XPS foam, and then cut 29 cm strips to about half a millimetre accuracy.

Using my spray booth as a fume hood was definitely a good idea.

05.04.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Screams in β€˜horrified editor’…*

06.03.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😱

06.03.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The new Town Planners realised that their tiling contractor should perhaps have been vetted for cultists.

04.03.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€£πŸ‘

04.03.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Main objective courtesy of @fenrisgames.com, it was lovely to paint up!

04.03.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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This year’s Epic megabattle blog. Eight players and 24,000 points of mayhem!

wargamingtrader.com/2025/03/04/e...

04.03.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chair Stop-Motion πŸͺ‘πŸ’¨ Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

10.01.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 32252    πŸ” 8499    πŸ’¬ 447    πŸ“Œ 408

Bump!

12.11.2024 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Model shot: skeleton warriors attacking bronze Age adventurers in a ruined temple by a flooded altar.

Model shot: skeleton warriors attacking bronze Age adventurers in a ruined temple by a flooded altar.

Hello new Bskies and fresh followers! Just a reminder that we small Indie creators and artists don't have shareholders to satisfy, just bills to pay. And that while Likes are lovely, Reposting stuff is the best way to help with visibility for us. If you see models or art you love, please share!

18.10.2024 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 398    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 12

@fenrisgames.com I’d like to order some custom ply bases, is that easier to discuss here or by email?

Nothing complex, just rounded corner rectangles, but 60x30 mm instead of the off-the-shelf sizes on the store.

07.11.2024 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

if you're happy and you know it overthink (clapclapclap)
if you're happy and you know it overthink (clapclapclap)
if you're happy and you know it
give your brain a chance to blow it
If you're happy and you know it overthink (clapclapclap)

09.01.2024 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Some legible and usable order tokens for Legions Imperialis.

The wonders of 1” hole punches, and 25 mm clear domed stickers.

19.12.2023 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any idiot can make a vehicle amphibious. The trick is making it so that it is amphibious more than once.

If this happens then people are going to drown, and worse it is going to be a right pain to recover their bodies from a 3-ton sunken steel tomb.

19.12.2023 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was in the UK military (RAF) we had HΓ€gglund BV-206 all-terrain vehicles that were *designed* to be amphibious. Even then, the rules were that if you went on water - in calm conditions only! - you had the top hatches open for quick escape and wore lifejackets.

19.12.2023 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Whoop! A very unexpected early Christmas present!

The guy I bought a Legions Imperialis rulebook from, who ended up sending it quite late for good reasons, added in a sprue of three Dakkajets and a sprue of two Fighta Bommas. 😍

19.12.2023 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m particularly pleased with the hammers on the two Colossus (Colossi?), and the Power Swords on the Crusader.

17.12.2023 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The finished maniple of robots.

These will be used as generic Dreadnoughts in 3rd and 4th edition Epic, and as Leviathan Siege Dreadnoughts in Legions due to the big hammers on the two Colossus.

17.12.2023 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The end result of the hazard stripes, after some weathering.

17.12.2023 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I recently came across a painting tip for hazard stripes, paint them in black and white so it’s easy to do any tidying up, then glaze over the whole lot with Nazdreg Yellow.

Works well for Epic too. 😍

I think it was from Mamikon.

17.12.2023 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#ArmyOfDuckness kickstarter has a new Update at www.kickstarter.com/projects/fen... - production samples, mounted cavalry, and painted scenic bits!

17.12.2023 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Land Raider Redeemers number 2 and 3 done.

I wasn’t sure about the orange sponsons on the last one, but they’ve come out really nicely.

05.12.2023 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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P.S. Here’s the YouTube video, from Cult of Paint.

www.youtube.com/watch?si=s4I...

30.11.2023 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The final touches were the weathering drybrush, shading and highlighting the tracks and bronze bits, and picking out a few lenses and details.

I’m not 100% sure about the orange assault ramp, but it definitely needed a second colour somewhere, to break up the green.

30.11.2023 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, a mix of glazes, and feathering out the edges of the glaze with water to break up any sudden jumps in tone.

Pretty pleased with the results, although it was a lot of work for one tank. And the tracks really needed base-coating again.

30.11.2023 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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And then use glazing for the final cleanup and to reach the bits I couldn’t do with the airbrush.

30.11.2023 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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But after seeing a YouTube video about painting Legions tanks with β€˜reverse’ shading where the sides are darkest at the top, I decided to do the main shading via airbrush.

30.11.2023 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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As expected, the first coat of Contrast paint was a bit splotchy, and I’d been planning to add shading by adding loads of glazes of the same colour.

30.11.2023 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I’d better copy the rest of the thread over here from the bird place…

30.11.2023 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜ONE finished Land Raider, ha ha ha haaaa!’

30.11.2023 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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