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
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Mini Batch Painting Video
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
Making Flags for Ships Video
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
Longboat Rigging Video
Here's a simple guide for building a longboat with a fore-and-aft rig. https://youtu.be/FUO4eNN0q6o
Rigging a Piragua with a Lateen Rig
Here's a video guide by Guy on how to do an alternate rig Piragua. https://youtu.be/FEUi960JgVE
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A Beginner’s Guide to Painting and Rigging a Bark
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
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How to Paint and Rig a Sloop
By Guy Rheuark Ships are one of the most striking things about Blood & Plunder. Being able to play out an epic duel between two captains, brought to life on a tabletop, is one of the things that brings people into this hobby and this game. The ships serve the purpose of a grand centerpiece … Continue reading How to Paint and Rig a Sloop
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Terrain Building: How to Make 28mm Piers
How to Make Piers for Blood & Plunder the Easy (Slow) Way By Guy Rheuark With a full third of the game scenarios being amphibious, it is important to have places ships can dock. While you might think your sloop can just belly up to a sandbar, drop anchor, and throw grapples, it cannot. Any … Continue reading Terrain Building: How to Make 28mm Piers
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Firelock Terrain – Farmed Field
Firelock Games has recently released several pieces of resin terrain and I'm starting to get some painted up. This is a quick review and painting tutorial for the Farmed Field piece that sells for $10.00. The painted example on the website looks fine. It looks like they primed and then brushed on a coat of … Continue reading Firelock Terrain – Farmed Field
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Galleon Painting Guide
A couple people asked me for some details on the the paints I used on my Galleon so I'm putting together a "rough guide" for painting this big ship. This isn't a super detailed guide since I didn't take notes or appropriate pictures as I worked on it over the last few months but I … Continue reading Galleon Painting Guide