Blood & Pigment is a blog about Blood & Plunder, a 28mm pirate-themed, skirmish miniatures wargame by Firelock Games set in the Golden Age of Piracy. We are a premiere place for the latest news, ship building tutorials, army building stats, force list recommendations, pirate themed wargaming terrain, painting hobby tutorials and much more.
Latest News and Articles for Blood & Plunder
Blood & Pigment releases multiple new articles, videos and content for the game nearly every week. Here are the most recent articles:
Frozen Empires: an Unofficial Blood and Plunder Module
by Dan Carlson Frozen Empires is a Homebrew Blood and Plunder Expansion aimed at allowing players to fight land, amphibious, and sea battles set during the Great Northern War! This project has been three years of research, writing, playtesting, and rewriting and we are glad to offer it on the blog! If the Great Northern…
February 16 Update – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
We’ve hit the midpoint of February and we have some drawings for prizes from the Terrain and Oak & Iron categories for this year’s Great Pirate Paint Off. We would like to thank all the great painters participating in the contest this year. Last year we had 304 entries for the entire contest and we’re…
2026 Adepticon Tournament Packets and Force Submission
The Adepticon tournaments are coming up! Below you can find the tournament packets with all relevant information for the event. You can also submit your tournament force for pre-approval so we don’t have slow down the event checking through lists. There are some mistakes that pop up occasionally and it’s better to get those cleaned…
Baron of Dice – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off Sponsor
The Great Pirate Paint Off is in full swing with Oak & Iron ships and Terrain being the focus for the month of February. We’re able to give away a lot of great prizes over the course of the contest with the help of lots of generous companies and individuals helping out as contest sponsors.…
Plunder Den Terrain Flash Challenge – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
We have a special event for you as part of the Great Pirate Paint Off this year. Dexter at The Plunder Den is hosting a special Terrain Building Flash Challenge with some major prize support! Dexter at The Plunder Den makes great terrain building tutorials. For this special challenge, use the tutorial below and make…
Blood and Plunder 2026 Units Update
With Tournament Season kicking off at Adepticon 2026, Firelock games has published an update in an effort to make some of the 17th Century Factions and Units more viable in competitive games. This is great news! While Blood and Plunder is already a well-balanced game, there are a few units that needed tweaks because other…
Commander & Character Winners – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
We have some winners! For the last 5 days votes have been coming in to select winners in the Blood & Plunder Commander and Character categories and now we will be awarding the first two medals in the 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off. Commander Winners First thanks to all the painter who entered. We had…
Buccaneer Storming Party – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Miniature Preview
We have another quick miniature preview post for you! Dr. D has painted up the Buccaneer Storming Party unit (used for the English Forlorn Hope and the French Les Enfants Perdus) and has given us some pictures to share with everyone. These are part of the massive set of new sculpts coming in the Wave…
February 5th Update – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
It’s a new month and we have two new categories to focus on in the Great Pirate Paint Off: Oak & Iron Ships and Terrain. We also have a Special Terrain Challenge project coming from Dexter at the Plunder Den! Oak & Iron Ships We focus primarily on Blood & Plunder here on this blog,…
El Morro & The Great Swamp Fight – Fall In 2025 Blood & Plunder Event Report
There was a notable increase in Blood & Plunder events hosted at conventions in 2025. Brad Meloy put in a lot of work to put on some of the most epic and beautiful games at both Historicon and Fall-In last year. In November, Brad sent me some pictures and info to share, but the holiday…
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Ultimate Guide to Ships & Boats
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Nation & Faction Guides
Nation and Faction reviews, Commander Analysis, and Force Building tips
Wargaming Terrain
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