By Joseph Forster A big part of miniature gaming for me is how the game looks. The combination of attractive terrain, accurately sculpted minis, and painstaking paintjobs on those minis culminates in a immersive gaming experience. I enjoy capturing that experience through images. You can tell stories through images of a game, both through a series of … Continue reading How To Take Pictures of Your Blood & Plunder Games
By Joseph Forster Cannons were commonly cast both from iron and bronze during this era of history. It appears that the blackened iron was the most common type of naval gun used by both pirates and navies but bronze had its advantages and sometimes they would leave them bare or polished for show. I've found … Continue reading Bronze Cannons Painting Guide
Here's a video guide on painting Firelock Cannons with Contrast Paints. https://youtu.be/I02BV5bPzlc
The Plunder Basics series continues with this short video on painting the windows on ships. https://youtu.be/TNZm9_Ue6SQ
By Joseph Forster No matter how much terrain I collect or create, it seems like there's always something else I could use. Or something else I need. In all seriousness I don't need any more terrain but a new piece always adds interest to a board and it's nice to have options. I've been meaning to buy the … Continue reading Terrain Building: Making River and Stream Terrain
Here's the next installment of Guy's Plunder Basic series. In this episode Guy paints some nicely detailed cannons by Amati, chats about the history and mechanics of cannons of the era and offers some great painting tips and tricks. https://youtu.be/QFd6a5654-c
Guy continues his Plunder Basics series with a short video on painting powder burn marks around cannon gun ports on ships. https://youtu.be/4vrjWfu8wGs Enjoy! You can check out his growing playlist of Plunder Basics videos here.
We have another video up on our YouTube channel. This is a hobby video looking at painting the Stone Tower Fort. https://youtu.be/YVdkuAE7OMc I kind of panicked with how dark the black wash looked halfway through the video but it dried just fine.
Join Guy Rheuark as he paints a terrain piece and gives some tips on painting large pieces without ruining your own paint jobs. https://youtu.be/sLgVgrPhwjQ
We have a new video out on our YouTube channel. Joseph paints up a French Canadian Militia model with GW contrast paints, talks about the unit and discusses some painting techniques. https://youtu.be/3DZeZkBzjSA
In this video Guy talks about batch painting Blood & Plunder minis and chats about some more B&P topics while painting. https://youtu.be/ulXDHrm9FDY
Here's a new video on our hobby guide play list where we go over 3 different ways to make flags. https://youtu.be/mMfDaV0waHI
Here's a simple guide for building a longboat with a fore-and-aft rig. https://youtu.be/FUO4eNN0q6o
Here's a video guide by Guy on how to do an alternate rig Piragua. https://youtu.be/FEUi960JgVE
Ships are huge part of Blood & Plunder but they can be an intimidating hobby project, especially if you're new to miniature gaming or don't have a lot of painting experience. With resin hulls and wood and elastic rigging pieces, they aren't your standard Games Workshop gaming miniature. This painting guide is my attempt at … Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Painting and Rigging a Bark