With the death of the Guild...other fora are springing up in their place...

With the unfortunate demise of the Guild, as detailed in my blog entry on "500 Miles...", there has been a lot of forums rising to take their place. One of them is the "Armchair Generals" FB Group on the blog, which, while limiting membership to former Guild members, is attempting to carry on the spirit of the Guild on Facebook. This a welcome development, and I think promises to be an excellent idea.

Another place is the Wargamer's Forum, which is attempting to carry on the spirit of the Guild, and is taking new members. Traffic is currently light, but I think as word gets around...traffic will pick up. That said, I look forward to the discussion to come.

Finally, established today, is a forum run by Ironfist Publishing itself for Battlegroup. We'll be seeing Piers, Woz, and the gang on the website from time to time I am sure, and the site is in the early stages, so I cannot wait to see where it goes as well.

So, while the Guild is gone, there has been some efforts to seal the breech, and I for one plan to support these efforts.

Been a Lot Going On, and I Simply Had to Post This Painting Tutorial, and Also a Look at Good Places For Tutorials All Around.

It's winter in most of the Northern Hemisphere these days, and with thoughts of such things, we're staying inside more, painting a lot of figures and getting ready for 2018's "campaign season". So, with that thought, I thought I would do this short post on something I found on Warlord Games's site.

This just, well, gorgeously illustrated and well laid out tutorial on painting their new Winter SS line. To be honest, even if I do 20mm, I think this is still very, very useful indeed. It makes the figures really pop and is useful for late war SS from Budapest to the Bulge.

But I also wanted to mention, Warlord puts out other tutorial PDFs, free of charge, which is a really nice thing for all gamers, and they're pretty well done IMHO.

But they aren't the only show in town...another good place to look for tutorials is Artizan Designs, their guides are VERY exhaustive, and they even have bibliographies, a plus for this history grad.

Again, it's meant for 28s, but I have done many of my 20mm Russians in the colors suggested, and I have more than liked the results I have gotten.

Some other great tutorials, which are more...20mm focused can be found on Guild Wargamers (need to be a member of the forum to access, it's free, so join if you can!). The "Work Bench and Resources" section is simply full of ideas, including a large number of tutorials (I have borrowed many of their ideas).

And hey guys, reach out with your own "must see" tutorial sites for painting 20mm WWII or even if it's not 20mm, if it's proven useful to you, chime in and let us know!