By Garrett Swader Intro We are being crushed under a pile of Blood & Plunder preview minis at Blood & Pigment studios! They are for the upcoming Rise of the Buccaneers expansion in April 2026. Firelock Games has been really knocking it out of the park with the new sculpts they are designing. Recently I … Continue reading French Boucaniers – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Miniature Preview
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Spanish Lanceros – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Miniature Preview
Intro New Blood and Plunder minis keep pouring in out of Firelock Games and I got my hands on another set for the lead up to the new Rise of the Buccaneers Kickstarter happening soon. This expansion will primarily deal with early privateering exploits of buccaneers based out of the freshly captured island of Jamaica. … Continue reading Spanish Lanceros – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Miniature Preview
Spanish Milicianos – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Mini Preview
by Garrett Swader Intro More amazing Blood and Plunder sculpting work is incoming from the Firelock team. This time I had the privilege to paint the new Milicianos unit. These will serve as the backbone to any Spanish force looking to defend the New World from foreign interlopers. New Spanish Milicianos Sculpts The Milicianos here … Continue reading Spanish Milicianos – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Mini Preview
Spanish Commander – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Mini Preview
By Garrett Swader The new wave of blood and plunder minis for the 17th century are on the way. I was given the special privilege to be the first to paint some of the early preview minis for the project. If you know me and my Blood & Plunder history, you know exactly what commanders … Continue reading Spanish Commander – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Mini Preview
Beginner Blood and Plunder Terrain Overview
Introduction Terrain is an integral part of tabletop miniatures games. In Blood and Plunder Terrain is very important for game play. It impacts the game from the very first round. I think it is also something that makes our hobby special, and will definitely be the first thing people say “Oh Wow!” to for a … Continue reading Beginner Blood and Plunder Terrain Overview
Blood & Plunder at GenCon 2025
GenCon 2025 is being held July 31st - August 4th, 2025, one of the largest gaming conventions in the nation. Held annually at the Indiana convention center in Indianapolis. The event offers a wide variety of tabletop games, not just miniatures war games. This year Blood & Pigment will be hosting a couple Blood & … Continue reading Blood & Plunder at GenCon 2025
2025 Adepticon Land Tournament Recap
by Garrett Swader And the winner is… please hold… The Pigment crew are back from Adepticon 2025 and we have a lot to report on. It's taken a while to recover and gets content organized, but here is a report on the epic Blood & Plunder Land Tournament. This was the 2nd annual Blood and … Continue reading 2025 Adepticon Land Tournament Recap
How to Rig a Blood & Plunder Bermuda Sloop/Balandra
Intro In this article, I’m going to go through a "step-by-step how to" you can rig a plastic sloop that comes in the Blood and Plunder 2 player starter set produced by Firelock Games. My rigging method is very practical. I want my ship to look good but while I’m playing I do not want … Continue reading How to Rig a Blood & Plunder Bermuda Sloop/Balandra
Franco-Spanish Expeditionary Force – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
Introduction In Blood and Plunder the two Catholic monarchies have finally started to work together. Joined together by a common foe in the early 18th century, the Spanish and the French fight side by side to rid the new world of English influence. When Raise the Black spoilers started filtering through into the community, one … Continue reading Franco-Spanish Expeditionary Force – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
Monument Hobbies Blood & Plunder Paint Set Review
Firelock Games has recently released a paint set specifically tailored to the Blood and Plunder miniature line. I snagged myself a set, and so I want to share my experience with the paints. Background When I started painting miniatures in 2017, I took a very "budget approach". At the time I was researching and looking … Continue reading Monument Hobbies Blood & Plunder Paint Set Review
Searle’s Raid Reenactment in St. Augustine, FL
By Garrett Swader As many of the blog readers might already know, I am a lover of early colonial history. I have, for most of my life, been interested in the Discovery Age through the French and Indian Wars time period in the Americas. The coming together and clashing of distant cultures and how the … Continue reading Searle’s Raid Reenactment in St. Augustine, FL
AdeptiCon 2024 – Blood & Plunder Sea Tournament Recap
By Garrett Swader and the pairings are... please hold... Do you smell something burning? The main event for the AdeptiCon Blood & Plunder Extravaganza is always the Sea Tournament. Everyone brings their best and baddest ships and crews and dukes it out with other captains. It's a great way to show off your tactical and … Continue reading AdeptiCon 2024 – Blood & Plunder Sea Tournament Recap
Spanish Mission Garrison – A Blood & Plunder Faction Overview
The Spanish Mission Garrison is a unique faction in Blood & Plunder, offering interesting options for force building and tactics on the table. Read on for some historical context and a full review of the Spanish Mission Garrison Faction, found in the Raise the Black expansion for Blood & Plunder. “The first mission town attacked … Continue reading Spanish Mission Garrison – A Blood & Plunder Faction Overview
Gabions for Blood & Plunder – Fortifications
I was recently pondering on something to craft for the terrain category in the upcoming Great Pirate Paint Off, when I found some plastic gabions that I had purchased a while ago. When I first purchased them I originally wanted to use them for English siege fortifications. In 1702 the English used them to protect … Continue reading Gabions for Blood & Plunder – Fortifications