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How to Paint – Legion Imperialis Blood Angels Infantry

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Blood Angel Space Marines for Legion Imperialis

On it’s release I bought the starter set for Legion Imperialis and the Space Marine Infantry have been in a partial state of painting since.. so this week I started (and finished) them. So back to our occasional series: How to Paint Legions Imperialis Blood Angels.

Legion Imperialis

Legion Imperialis is a small scale (ie tiny models) where you can: “Play out huge, cinematic games set in the Horus Heresy, where the full might of the Space Marine Legions clashed in world-shattering internecine conflict.”

it is the spiritual successor to Titan Legions, Space Marine and Epic 40k.

Blood Angels

There are already a lot of possible armies to play in Legion Imperialis although 18 of them are Space Marines! I have chosen to paint mine as Blood Angels as this is my army in Horus Heresy (28mm) and Warhammer 40k.

They are known for their close combat abilities but for this I have painted up the troops in the Legion Astartes: Infantry box set – except the Contemptor Dreadnoughts. In Legion Imperialis the Blood Angels can (sometimes) fight twice in close combat.

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8 Tactical Legionairres
2 Plasma Tactical Support Legionaries & 2 Missile Launcher Heavy Support Legionaries
2 Legion Terminators & 2 Assault Marines
2 Legion Command
Blood Angel Infantry

How do they play?

Legion (Space Marine) armies in Legion Imperialis have some tough options and some great infantry. The Tacticals are very difficult to move from buildings (although destroying the building is a great option), whilst the Missile Launchers have two firing modes giving great versatility.

The Terminators and Assault Marines play best into the Blood Angels special rule. Fight twice (sometimes). And the Deep Strike for the Terminators is a great way to get them near the enemy. But be careful – Deep Strike is dangerous in Legions Imperialis.

But, if you are expecting this to take a lot of points… then think again. Infantry is cheap in LI… so all this is a little less than 200 points. The suggested game is 3,000 points so there’s a lot more to get.

Paints Used

Blood Angels are red – even in Horus Heresy. So I’ve gone for a scheme using Mephiston Red as the base. This makes a little more towards 40k, than to 30k (where they should be a little more vermillion). However I have followed the same paint scheme as my Horus Heresy 28mm army.

When painting infantry in Legion Imperialis I do – where possible – paint on the sprue. And so I have done this for all these models.

Starting with an undercoat of Black, and then drybrush the entire sprue Leadbelcher. It’s then time to pick out the armour, and for my Blood Angels this meant Mephiston Red. As they are Legion (Space Marines) there is a lot of armour so the models are very red!

I then pick out the details – Abaddon Black for the cloths, Retributor Armour for elites & leaders, and Apothecary White for the Apothecary.

The bases are simple and two tone. They are painted with Balthasar Gold and Mechanicus Standard Grey. Given a wash of Agrax Earthshade. And then the Grey is redone with a highlight of Administratrum Grey.

So that’s How to Paint Legions Imperialis Blood Angels — graphic below.

Buying a Box?

This is a permanent fixture in the Games Workshop catalogue now. The box above is a ‘Legion Astartes Infantry’ box set. It also includes 4 Contemptor Dreadnoughts (not painted above). That all means – ask at your local FLGS or our affiliate links with Element Games, or Frontline Gaming (USA). They are £31.50 RRP.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Cawdor Gangers (2)

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Cawdor Gangers for Necromunda

A few weeks ago I showed off some Cawdor gangers, and good news — I’ve added some more recently. So onto my second How to Paint Cawdor Gangers.

Necromunda

Necromunda is the game of gang-warfare in the brutal grim darkness of the 41st millennium – it’s also a campaign!

House Cawdor

Necromunda has a large number of gangs (or teams) to play with. Initially there were six but this has rapidly expanded and the latest release sees the Squats get a much needed update.

Cawdor worship the God-Emperor and are the most numerous House, gaining power because of these numbers. They see nothing wrong with throwing their Juves (Bonepickers) into the fray – if they live it’s their faith in the Emperor, if they don’t then there are plenty more. I won’t surprise people to know that I love horde armies and so when we decided to start a 2nd Necromunda campaign locally they were the obvious next step after Van Saar.

Pictures

4 old style metal Cawdor Gangers
Cawdor Juve with stub-gun

How do they play?

Cawdor swarm their enemy. They have the cheapest Juves and give these a pistol and weapon (if they are lucky) and told to run forth. If they survive they may even get armour later in the campaign although this is unlikely.

Cawdor are the House of Faith and include Redempitionists in their number which are available in their own box. I have some, but none painted yet. They purge the enemy with the Emperor’s light… which means flame weapons.

So check out the rules for templates (no rolls to hit) and Blaze (4+ and your opponent is on fire and acting randomly on their next activation) and throw everyone else at the enemy… maybe they’ll even win.

These 4 gangers have weapons from the original Necromunda so 2 of the gangers have lasguns, and one has a shotgun… and they can’t use these anymore, so the lasguns are ‘counts as’ reclaimed autoguns and the shotgun will be a sawn-off variety.

Paints Used

My recent armies have been red, blue and green but I haven’t painted yellow since my attempt to do a Stirland army back in the day of Warhammer Fantasy — but that was a long time ago. So I chose to go yellow with these – there’s been a lot of good yellows released in the last years which actually have pigment and coverage and so it is now possible to paint a force in that colour.

Undercoated in TT Combat – Muscly Muscles – a light biege colour – although any light undercoat will do – I then washed the models entirely in Nazdreg yellow to add some depth to the colour and allow me to build up.

I then tackled the yellow clothes with Averland Sunset highlighted by Phalanx Yellow and then contrasted with Orruk Flesh and Scorched Brown. If you want to add depth to these apply a light shade of Agrax Earthshade, but avoid the yellow.

I pick out the ropes in Rakarth flesh (on the weapons and on the main models) and finally add Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold to the weapons. An all over wash of Agrax Earthshade on the weapons helps tie the three colours together.

Finally the bases are very simple – black undercoat, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and a wash (or 2) of Nuln Oil — all with an Abbadon Black rim.

And I say finally, but as these are lead models from the original Necromunda I have given them 4 (!) coats of Matt Varnish to give them some protection.

So that’s How to Paint Cawdor Gangers! — graphic below.

Buying a Box?

Whilst the current Cawdor gangers are available everywhere – try your local FLGS or our affiliate link with Element Games, these 4 guys are out of production and cost about £10 each on Ebay (also an affiliate link)… so a little expensive for what they are – by the nostalgia makes them fun for me.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint Hive & Brood Scum

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Hive Scum & Brood Scum for Necromunda

After Van Saar and Cawdor it’s time to bring out the mercenaries and there are none better (read: cheaper) than the Hive Scum. Time to sit back as I explain How to Paint Hive & Brood Scum.

Necromunda

Necromunda is a game of 6 houses and their gangers fighting for the Underhive… but sometimes people outside the Houses want to carve out a territory.

Hive Scum / Brood Scum

Hive Scum can either be used as Hired Guns for a one-off mission – crucial if you have some injuries or need someone to ‘volunteer’ to do a dangerous job – or as part of an Outcast gang — where they form the majority of the gang.

Brood Scum use the same models, but with Genestealer hybrid heads from the Malstrain sprue… they are the Scum of Hive Secundus — and they may be infected. Be aware!

Pictures

8 Brood Scum (Hive Scum) from Necromunda Secundus

How do they play?

Hive Scum and Brood Scum are individually average. They will not win any games on their own. But together they have access to some fun weaponry, basic armour and grenades so they can fight.

Alternatively they can keep the heat away from the gangers and Juves you want to survive… or your Malstrain Genestealer.

I love using Hive Scum in a one off game to learn the rules play with something a bit different. Or as an excuse to paint outside my gang colour schemes. The only thing tying these guys together is their bases and their desire to survive.

Paints Used

If you have lots of paints you have not used. Or colours that just don’t get on the table then Hive Scum can be the gang for you. There is no template or restriction in what they can be or what they are wearing. It is a great opportunity to try what you want. For me that meant trying out my Contrast range.

Undercoated in Black and Zenithal highlighted with Grey Seer I then attacked them with contrast paints. I used Nazdreg Yellow, Talassar Blue, Snakebite Leather, Militarum Green, Blood Angel Red, Gryph Hound Orange, Volupus Pink and Magos Purple. My favourite is definitely Talassar Blue. It is so vibrant and contrasts with the colour pallet I normally use for the gangs.

Weapons mostly used the traditional Mephiston Red, because red guns make Necromunda if you are of a certain age. Metals were done in Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and ropes and cloth was done in Rakarth Flesh.

Where the colours felt a little flat I used the shades Nuln Oil & Agrax Earthshade.

Finally the bases are very simple. Black undercoat, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and a wash (or 2) of Nuln Oil. All with an Abbadon Black rim.

So, that’s How to Paint Hive & Brood Scum — graphic below:

How to Paint Hive & Brood Scum colour scheme

Buying a Box?

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. The Hive Scum box has 4 scum in it at RRP of £13.50.

I think this is one of the best sets out there – I now have 12 Hive Scum and certainly will be looking at another box in the near future – they also have some fun weapons options and you can use them as a basis for some of the gangs if you wanted Gangers or Juves who stood out. Cawdor is the obvious first call, but they would look okay in Orlock (especially with the drum-fed autogun) and could be used as a Nat-Born Juve for Goliaths (indicating their reduction in Toughness).

And keep the spare weapons – they are always useful for your other gangs who sometime lack the basic weapons and pistols included on this sprue.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Mierce Rats

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Rats for Necromunda by Mierce Miniatures

Who doesn’t love a change and painting something new and different? Well we’ve definitely got different this week on ‘How to Paint…’ at Woehammer.

Necromunda

Necromunda is the game of gang-warfare in the brutal grim darkness of the 41st millennium – it’s also a campaign!

Mierce Miniatures

Mierce Miniatures is a company based in the UK which makes strange fantasy miniatures for their own in house game – Darklands.

Rats

Who doesn’t need Rats and so I picked these up in a recent sale which Mierce switched to a new website with the intent to use them in Necromunda. Adding the Necromunda bases really teleports them into the Hive and their size is perfect… scary rats of huge size stalking the denizens of the underhive on Necromunda Prime.

Despite the Necromunda basing these would perfect in a wide range of sci-fi or fantasy games, particularly skirmish ones.

Pictures

5 big rats for Necromunda. Painted to play as Bomb Rats they would be equally good as denizens of the underhive.

How do they play?

Rats are an essential enemy in most fantasy and sci-fi settings and these are a great addition to the communal box of monsters for GMs (or Arbitrators) to use against their players.

I bought them as Cawdor bomb rats, which the gangers attach grenades to, push them on their way and hope they explode near the enemeny.

Release these as your last activation in one round and they’ll act immediately at the beginning of the second giving them a fantastic range… and as Cawdor you are likely to outnumber your enemy so can guarantee to have the last activation if you need it.

You pay for the rat and the grenade so they are not cheap… but they are fun!

Outside Necromunda I would use these in other sci-fi skirmish games like Stargrave and they wouldn’t feel out of place in Silver Bayonet either… although maybe add a bit of flock to hide the bases.

Paints Used

Sometimes I just want to get toys on the table, and the rats offered a chance to do just that. Undercoated black I then applied Gloss Varnish to the black ones to give them a lovely coat, Scorched Brown for the 2 brown ones, and drybrushes of Mechanicus Grey & Grey Seer for the white one.

Finally the bases are very simple – black undercoat, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and a wash (or 2) of Nuln Oil — all with an Abbadon Black rim. This simple basing brings them into the hive to play with Gangers and Juves alike.

Buying a Box?

Mierce Miniatures tend to sell directly only within the UK, but you may be able to find a distributor for further afield. They have a new website which is actually useable — hurrah — and you can pick up the rats as £25- for 10 in resin which I think is a very reasonable price.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Cawdor Gangers

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Cawdor Gangers for Necromunda

After weeks of scenery and the gun-totting Van Saar we have a new treat this week in How to Paint – Cawdor are walking out of the House of Faith and onto our pages.

Necromunda

Necromunda is the game of gang-warfare in the brutal grim darkness of the 41st millennium – it’s also a campaign!

House Cawdor

Necromunda has a large number of gangs (or teams) to play with. Initially there were six but this has rapidly expanded and the latest release sees the Squats get a much needed update.

Cawdor worship the God-Emperor and are the most numerous House, gaining power because of these numbers. They see nothing wrong with throwing their Juves (Bonepickers) into the fray – if they live it’s their faith in the Emperor, if they don’t then there are plenty more. I won’t surprise people to know that I love horde armies and so when we decided to start a 2nd Necromunda campaign locally they were the obvious next step after Van Saar.

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The first seven Cawdor gangers painted including 2 Blunderpoles and a LongLas

How do they play?

Cawdor swarm their enemy. They have the cheapest Juves and give these a pistol and weapon (if they are lucky) and told to run forth. If they survive they may even get armour later in the campaign although this is unlikely.

Cawdor are the House of Faith and include Redempitionists in their number which are available in their own box. I have some, but none painted yet. They purge the enemy with the Emperor’s light… which means flame weapons.

So check out the rules for templates (no rolls to hit) and Blaze (4+ and your opponent is on fire and acting randomly on their next activation) and throw everyone else at the enemy… maybe they’ll even win.

These 7 gangers include one with a Long Las who is likely to be my Leader (or at least a Champion), 3 Juves with pistols and/or close combat weapons, and 2 Gangers with Blunderpoles – blunderbusses strapped to a polearm that sets people on fire. They are great, cheap, and have a suspicious similarity to the weapons used by the Custodes!

Paints Used

My recent armies have been red, blue and green but I haven’t painted yellow since my attempt to do a Stirland army back in the day of Warhammer Fantasy — but that was a long time ago. So I chose to go yellow with these – there’s been a lot of good yellows released in the last years which actually have pigment and coverage and so it is now possible to paint a force in that colour.

Undercoated in TT Combat – Muscly Muscles – a light biege colour – although any light undercoat will do – I then washed the models entirely in Nazdreg yellow to add some depth to the colour and allow me to build up.

I then tackled the yellow clothes with Averland Sunset highlighted by Phalanx Yellow and then contrasted with Orruk Flesh and Scorched Brown. If you want to add depth to these apply a light shade of Agrax Earthshade, but avoid the yellow.

I pick out the ropes in Rakarth flesh (on the weapons and on the main models) and finally add Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold to the weapons. An all over wash of Agrax Earthshade on the weapons helps tie the three colours together.

Finally the bases are very simple – black undercoat, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and a wash (or 2) of Nuln Oil — all with an Abbadon Black rim.

Buying a Box?

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. The gang kit is a standard RRP of £31.50, but this can often be picked up at a discount.

It has loads of weapon options – although the Long Las is from the Cawdor weapon sprue, which definitely adds to the cost. There are too few pistols and so I will be looking for other sources of pistols and shotguns for the rest of my gang as they are build and painted.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Van Saar Gangers

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Van Saar Gangers for Necromunda

We’re back with another in the bestselling (*) series Woehammer ‘How to Paint’ series, and we have a change for you. The scenery is done and there are battlefields to play over, so for the next few weeks we’ll be showing off some of the denizens of Necromunda and How to Paint them.

Necromunda

Necromunda is the game of gang-warfare in the brutal grim darkness of the 41st millennium – it’s also a campaign!

House Van Saar

Necromunda has a large number of gangs (or teams) to play with. Initially there were six but this has rapidly expanded and the latest release sees the Squats get a much needed update.

I have played Van Saar since the early 90s when I first played Necromunda but didn’t really know what I was doing. It was probably my first painted team but this is an update on the classic green – by using contrast paints.

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3 Gangers join my Van Saar
Artemis with Flamer (and Hip Shooting) is a Champion who likes to waste her good BS!

How do they play?

Van Saar shoot – at everything – and always hit (**). If there is one thing Van Saar love it is staying far, far away from the enemy and pinning them whilst they collect the loot.

These three additions break the mould a little bit with Artemis having a flamer for some up close and personal action – but with movement 4″, she has ‘Hip Shooting’ to allow a double movement and then shoot at a -1 to hit. A flamer is expensive, so this has been bought after my third game using some of the Van Saar discounts available.

The other two gangers (not yet in the gang, but waiting patiently to be bought) are a melta-gun combi weapon and a lasgun (nice and traditional). I’ve painted the lasgun as a hotshot weapon as my campaign has House Goliath and those pesky squats.

Paints Used

Starting with a Black undercoat and a simple Zenithal highlight with Grey Seer I wanted these to be simple. So the next step was an all over Militarum Green which forms the basis of most of the model and the weapon – perfect for getting them on the table quickly.

I picked out some details in Mephiston Red and Balthasar Gold on the body of the model and the weapons, and added a little shade where needed.

Finally the bases are very simple – black undercoat, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and a wash (or 2) of Nuln Oil — all with an Abbadon Black rim.

Buying a Box?

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. The gang kit is a standard RRP of £31.50, but this can often be picked up at a discount

It has loads of weapon options – although the flamer is from the Van Saar weapon sprue, which definitely adds to the cost. There are too few pistols, although this wasn’t a problem for these 3 models and there is good variety with 5 body poses across the 10 models.

The only problems with Van Saar models are the ‘tails’ from their heads which always snap off… and that their weapons are on the sprue in 2 pieces with a very small connection — what were they thinking?

— Declan and Eeyore

(*) – I’m sure we’ll get double digit views – just don’t compare it to our ‘top three’ articles!
(**) – Well on a 2+, which is criminally good in Necromunda

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How to Paint – Necromunda Platforms & Stairs

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Platform & Stairs for Necromunda

In my fifth week of the Woehammer ‘How to Paint’ series, we are keeping with Necromunda … again. – it’s what I’m playing at the moment so it’s what I’m painting. Next week I’ll be back to models, but it’s the last of the terrain for a few weeks at least… let’s climb those stairs.

Necromunda

If you’ve never played Necromunda, then grab a small gang and give it a go — although finding someone who already plays is definitely the easiest and cheapest option — this game can be cheap, but if you don’t have anyone to share the book costs with – it’ll get expensive!

Platforms & Stairs

In the last few weeks, we’ve painted an Underhive Market, Barricades, and Columns for Necromunda – our last piece of scenery (for a while) is Platforms and Stairs.

Are your games of Necromunda a bit 2D?; do your long-lases have nowhere to go and still shoot over that 24″ range into long?; do you need the peril of falling to a horrible death to keep your gangers honest?… If the answer to all these questions in YES you need height in your Necromunda games.

Enter – Platform & Stairs kit.

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A full set (with two columns to add some real height)

How do they play?

If there’s one thing I have learnt playing Necromunda as Van Saar it is that height is your friend – and not just your friend it is great for anyone with a long range gun like the Long-Las… so that’s almost any gang who isn’t Corpse Grinders. Height allows you to see enemy gangers, possibly negating their cover… but beware if you are shot – a failed initiative roll will see you falling – and taking lots of extra damage.

This kit works very well to add height to a game of Necromunda although it you want to use it properly you definitely need a ‘Columns & Walls’ set which I helpfully painted last week.

Paints Used

Starting with a Black undercoat, most of the set was drybrushed Leadbelcher to cover the metal areas, and provide highlights for the raised sections.

Then I reverted to the technique used for the Zone Mortalis tiles to pull them together when on the battlefield.

So I picked out details with Mephiston Red (Khorne Red works as well), Kantor Blue, Rakarth Flesh and Mechanicus Standard Grey. All drenched in Nuln Oil.

Buying a Box?

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. Whilst this kit isn’t as cheap as an Underhive market, I still think the value is there as you get a lot of platforms and two staircases – you can even make a ‘half-height’ platform to get more use from those stairs. The box retails at £47.50 RRP.

This is a nice kit – with some clever connections to the columns & walls sets (but see our review of that last week to see the problems). You probably need 2 of these sets if you want to go higher than one level and like a drug the higher you go, the higher you want to go – be careful and stay clear of the upper spire.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Necromunda Columns & Walls

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Columns and Walls for Necromunda

In my fourth week of the Woehammer ‘How to Paint’ series, we are keeping with Necromunda … again. – it’s what I’m playing at the moment so it’s what I’m painting.

Necromunda

Quite simply, a superb game of skirmish warfare set in a Hive City in the Warhammer 40k universe, where there are no ‘good guys/girls’. It also has a campaign mode, which is really the only way to play once the rules have been learnt.

Columns & Walls

In Necromunda, you fight over a condensed battlefield with (hopefully) lots of scenery, but line of sight blocking is important and what better way to do that than use columns, walls and doors from the Zone Mortalis – Columns & Walls set?

Pictures

I know what you’re thinking — is that it? well yes, there’s not a lot in the set.
A blockaded door being used as a wall… because you don’t get enough walls!

How do they play?

If there’s one thing I have learnt playing Necromunda as Van Saar it is that terrain and places to hide are essential. No-one wants to be pinned by cheap las-weapons when they could be ripping a Juve apart in combat. This kit helps solve that problem by giving players columns and walls they need to hide behind.

The kit also fits very nicely onto the Zone Mortalis board, although the columns only fit perfectly on the four grills – which is odd.

Paints Used

Starting with a Black undercoat, most of the set was drybrushed Leadbelcher to cover the metal areas, and provide highlights for the raised sections.

Then I reverted to the technique used for the Zone Mortalis tiles to pull them together when on the battlefield.

So I picked out details with Mephiston Red (Khorne Red works as well), Kantor Blue, Rakarth Flesh and Mechanicus Standard Grey. All drenched in Nuln Oil.

The doors had more Balthasar gold on them to break up the space and the crates in the picture below are Mephiston Red & Kantor Blue.

Buying a Box… but should you?

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. But, this is an expensive kit and it is difficult to see why – it will cost £61.50 RRP.

This is a nice kit – with some clever connections to the stairs & platform set – but it doesn’t include nearly enough walls. There are 6 columns, and whilst I would have preferred 8, there are only 5 walls — barely enough to cover a single Zone Mortalis sector board. And it you want to go vertical it’s even worse! To compensate a little I made a large door and a small door blockaded so they will be walls also. But who in the design studio thought 5 walls and 4 doors was a good mix… have they never seen the inside of a building.

There are a lot of ways of getting the equivalent much cheaper from Etsy and other manufacturers and if you don’t intend to play at Warhammer World or enter ‘Armies on Parade’ it is difficult to recommend this kit at this price point.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Necromunda Barricades & Objectives

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Barricades & Objectives for Necromunda

In my third week of the Woehammer ‘How to Paint’ series, we are keeping with Necromunda – it’s what I’m playing at the moment so it’s what I’m painting!

Necromunda

Quite simply, a superb game of skirmish warfare set in a Hive City in the Warhammer 40k universe, where there are no ‘good guys/girls’. It also has a campaign mode, which is really the only way to play once the rules have been learnt.

Barricades and Objectives

In Necromunda, you fight over a condensed battlefield with (hopefully) lots of scenery, but once the scenery is placed you and your opponent can place barricades – my advice is to place lots of them and this is why I bought two boxes of Barricades and Objectives over the Christmas break.

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2 sets of Barricades and Objectives in all their glory — lots of toys here.
A different view – I did add some walls from Necromunda Secundus painted in the same style as the tiles
Barricades, Door locked & Coins
More Barricades and Boxes

How do they play?

If there’s one thing I have learnt playing Necromunda as Van Saar it is that terrain and places to hide are essential. No-one wants to be pinned by cheap las-weapons when they could be ripping a Juve apart in combat. This kit helps solve that problem by giving players the opportunity to place barricades after the main scenery is placed.

Having played more Necromunda recently my advice would be to use lots of these – a bit like Garlic – more is never the wrong answer.

Paints Used

Starting with a Black undercoat, most of the set was drybrushed Leadbelcher to cover the metal areas, and provide highlights for the raised sections.

Then I reverted to the technique used for the Zone Mortalis tiles to pull them together when on the battlefield.

So I picked out details with Mephiston Red (I also used Khorne Red for a few, but don’t tell Sanguinius), Kantor Blue, Rakarth Flesh and Mechanicus Standard Grey. All drenched in Nuln Oil

The extra pieces had more colour so I used Mephiston Red, Kantor Blue and Mechanicus Standard Grey for the ammo crates, and Orruk Flesh for the tentacles.

To add a bit of variety to the metals I also used Balthasar Gold for the bronze items.

You can do as much or as little as you like here – I think mine are perfect as a backdrop to the game, but I may add some Nihilx Oxide, Ratling Grime and rust techniques if I want to add some detail in the future.

Buying a Box

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. This is an essential kit, and it is available in some starter sets so you may not need it. If you do it will cost £29 RRP.

I bought two just to ensure we have enough barricades (I often play with friends at a campaign weekend where there are 2 or 3 games at once so more is definitely good). However one pack of this should suffice for a normal game of Necromunda.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Underhive Market

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Underhive Market for Necromunda

In my second week of the Woehammer ‘How to Paint’ series, we are keeping with Necromunda – it’s what I’m playing at the moment so it’s what I’m painting!

Just a reminder for those new to this series, these won’t be stage by stage and will keep a similar format to the Hobby Updates or yester-year, but they will continue to have the list of paints available.

Necromunda

Is this the best game GW have ever released… well it’s on a par to Warmaster at least and is a great campaign game and fun skirmish adventure. Is it ‘fair’ in any meaningful way?… well no! But who cares it’s more a GM led campaign than anything else. I love it..

Can I say something new about it … sure, but there’s 8 of these articles lined up and I don’t have that kind of imagination.

Underhive Market

The Underhive market is part of the Games Workshop ‘Zone Mortalis’ scenery style and whilst it could be used for 40k this is definitely a Necromunda kit, and it is packed full of line of sight blocking market stalls with trip hazards, gun selling and scattered coins available.

Pictures

A complete Underhive Market attached to a Zone Mortalis tile
A different view – I did add some walls from Necromunda Secundus painted in the same style as the tiles

How do they play?

Necromunda excels with 2 things – line of sight blocking scenery and height, and whilst this kit doesn’t assist with the second one it is great for the first. I have left a few fire lanes on the tile, but if you’re in the market then you’re unlikely to be shot from someone on a different tile and that makes for a better game of Necromunda.

I have glued them onto the tile though as the pieces are a little light and I think they would be easily knocked around and disturbed during play – not ideal if your line of sight blocking terrain moves.

Paints Used

Starting with a Black Undercoat for all pieces I selected different colours for the canvas of the market stalls. I was going for simple but with different colours and in the main I stuck with the colours of the tiles although blue and green did sneak in there as well.

The other items are painted in the same colours, but with a drybrush of leadbelcher in most cases – see the tiles article – to tie it into my Necromunda boards.

Colours used were: Mephiston Red, Kantor Blue, Mechanicus Standard Grey, Orruk Flesh, Rakarth Flesh, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold

With generous toppings of Nuln Oil & Agrax Earthshade.

Buying a Box

These are available everywhere, so try your local FLGS first – or ask them to order in for you. If you don’t have a local FLGS then Woehammer has an affiliate link with Element Games which gives us a small kickback to buy more toys. I think this is one of the best value scenery kits for Necromunda at £34 RRP.

In fact I will definitely be buying another one and using the stalls as single pieces to add more interest to other Zone Mortalis Tiles.

— Declan and Eeyore