I used to wargame competitively. In the noughties I played Warhammer fantasy, 40K, Blood Bowl and Warhammer ancients. Roughly 6 times in the year I would travel with my friend Steve and other friends to a tournament. We played in Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Blackpool, Portsmouth and I also ran a few tournaments myself.
One of the prerequisites of tournament wargaming was a fully painted army. I have fully painted Dwarfs, Undead, Early Imperial Romans, Normans and several Blood Bowl teams.
I’ve bought Warhammer 40K for my son but I can’t summon the enthusiasm for painting them. I really don’t know where the magic has gone!
I’ve ordered some silver spray paint for the Necrons (scary sci fi robots) to try a speed painting technique. Spray them, use thinned brown paint as a wash to get in the cracks and then pick out the eyes with a spooky green paint. Bosh! Get them on the table.
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