Welcome to Episode 10, the first double digit episode and our first milestone!

This episode we revisit the assembled Black Sun Type-012: Hunter from Anima Tactics.

We jump back into my progress on Cang the Implacable!! You can get one of these amazing models here!

Continuing with our focus on battlefield accessories we look at base stamping with Happy Seppuku

We also take a close look at Ucuzo the Flesh Golem from House Goritsi in the upcoming new game Wrath of Kings

We take quick looks at The Bloodchild, The Longhorn and the Goritsi Werewolf Warrior also from Wrath of Kings…which along with the Deep Caller from House Hadross and Sorik the Unfinished from House Teknes are all this episodes Give Away’s!!! Talk about celebrating a milestone!

And last but not least we also celebrate out 100th subscriber with a very special give away as well!

We’ve got a lot to cover so sit back, enjoy and thank you for joining me!!!

-Throne of Angels

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Tags: Anima Tactics, Base Textures, Cang, Cang the Implacable, Cipher Studios, CMON, CoolMiniOrNot, Happy Seppuku, Throne of Angels, Wrath of Kings

The summer months bring a ton of change to the gaming community, People are heading to conventions and on great adventures. And It is not just our readership who are off on quests to visit major events like Lock and Load, Gencon, PAX, or any other number of amazing conventions.

Our own staff will be adventuring to various conventions and as such will not be with their trusty computers. As such we plan to dial back the release schedule from now until the end of July.

During this time we plan to release content every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You can however expect to get some coverage from the upcoming lock and load! and trust me when I say that Ghool has some amazing paint jobs up his sleeve from what little previews the rest of us have seen here at HCO.

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Tags: Articles, Hand Cannon Online, Into the Breach, Release Schedule

Our friends over at Soda Pop Miniatures have a spunky new card game called Tentacle Bento on the horizon and they have set up a kickstarter to help get it funded and give out some great swag as bonus to their fans!

What is Tentacle Bento?

Tags: Anime, Card Games, School Girls, Soda Pop, Soda Pop Miniatures, Tentacle Bento

Many painters struggle with their brushes, and have as many questions as there are types and brands of brushes. What brand is the best? What kind of hair should it have? How do I take care of them? How long will they last? Are the high quality brushes worth the price? I’ll attempt to answer all of these questions in this review.

In order to give the most objective opinion on which brushes I find to be the best, I placed an order for several different brands, and in several price ranges. I opted to include the ‘Big 3′ that all the professional miniature painters suggest; Windsor & Newton, Raphael, and Da Vinci. I have also included in this compaative review one less expensive brand, which is the same hair (Kolinsky Sable) as the ‘Big 3′; Rosemary & Co.

My brush for measure is the Windsor & Newton Series 7. I have used these brushes for over 5 years, and they are the standard against which all brushes I have used since are compared. I will concede that I used little else in my time painting professionally. But I found that I had no need to use anything else, as they were available locally, albeit expensive.

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Tags: Brush Care, Brushes, Da Vinci, Product Comparison, Product Review, Raphael, Rosemary & Co., Windsor & Newton

Welcome to Episode 9, the last single digit Episode!!!

This time we take a look at some more Dark Age models, specifically the Numbskull, talk about an enormous model! We also take a look at the last of the new starter boxes, the Brood. We continue with the Black Sun Coverage from Anima Tactics with the Type-012: Hunter. We also start in on a new focus with battlefield accessories in some 40mm objective markers from Forgecraft Games, as well as the damaged jersey barriers from Secret Weapon

So sit back and enjoy, and thank you for joining me!!!

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Tags: Anima Tactics, Brood, Cipher Studios, CMON, Cool Mini or Not, Dark Age, Gameforge, Secret Weapon

Today we will be playing a bit of content catchup with our friends over at Throne of Angels, so if you have also fallen behind or have not heard of them yet then check out some of the great content and insider info they have on a variety of the new games coming out

Welcome to Episode 7 and thank you for joining me!!!

Today we have the results for the Cipher Studios Force Painting Compition!

We also look at the Black Sun Starter for Anima Tactics, my continued progress on Cang the Implacable, the Skarrd Warband for Dark Age Apocolypse, and some of the resin pre-production models for the newly announced Wrath of Kings!!!

We’ve also got a bit of info on Confrontation Phoenix Edition as well as insider info on Wrath of Kings!!!

Enjoy!

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Tags: Anima Tactics, Cipher Studios, CMON, Confrontation Phoenix, Dark Age Apocalypse, Hex the Lost Tribe, Kau Cha, Norsgard, Wrath of Kings, Zenit Miniatures

Whew. Back to things. Sorry for the delay on this (still wondering if anyone is following it). Due to health stuff, work stuff and other stuff Scott and I have been putting this one off. Thankfully we finally got things started again!

Recap:

So last time we saw the Rusted Heroes, Mordant had battle honors that granted him +1 to his attacks. The Beserker can re-roll one damage die and, sadly, Halsten got a concussion and could not charge. Rathar also took some damage and had his armor reduced by 1. So far the score stands at Dragon Knights: 2 Norse 1 with all painting being done on time.

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Tags: Campaign, Game Play, Game Review, Rusted Heroes

Growing-Up Geek

My son is almost 3. My wife and I are expecting another boy this summer.

Needless to say, having a child is an unparalleled life-changing event. There are numerous blogs, articles, and self-help books that are designed to help a dad cope with everything from his wife’s kaleidoscope of emotional/hormonal fluctuations, to the social challenges that a newborn can impose, but I have found one topic to be quite lacking in all of this rhetoric:

What happens to my hobbies when the baby’s born?

As a hard core geek with an awe inspiring collection of boardgames, video games, and miniatures, I was unsure exactly what fatherhood held in store. I imagined beating my forehead against my tear-stained keyboard as the vultures on craigslist & eBay scooped up my lifetime of treasures so I could afford more hypo-allergenic baby wipes and Teletubby videos.

As a new father, like all other aspects of your life, your geek life must also change.

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Tags: Babies, Children, Gaming, Geek Parenting, Growing Up Geek, Parents

In the previous article I managed to mix the plaster and pour it into the mold. Now let´s see what I cooked up!

It´s good to have same mixed plaster somewhere where you can check how dry the plaster is without messing around with the mold. I “intentionally” splashed plaster all over my work desk so it was easy for me to monitor the drying process.

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Tags: Casting, Hirst Arts, Mold, Pegasus Hobbies, Plaster, Tutorial

Tags: Althai, Painting