Weekly Finds #19

Without even realising another week has come and gone. Feels like I spend most of my week on buses and trains travelling to and from work or uni summarising my looney week...

Sculpting scroll work and other elements by Ron from Black Dot Barrel Studios - This is without a doubt one of the best tutorials put up by Ron... it takes the words on dozens of websites and shows how to implement it.  Makes the whole concept less challenging. Even with the table top standards it will help add character to models and units.

Mastering the assault: Part 1 - Multiple Assaults by Wildeyedjester from The Hogs of War - This post looks at the importance of multiple assaults as well as certain things to consider. Such as who to assault and, possibly even more importantly, who to attack. If you want to know how to pull off a multiple assault then look below at Kirby's Back to Basic post...

Back to Basics: Multiple Assaults... by Kirby from The Pinktastic Blog - Following on from the article above which illustrates the benefits of multi-assaults, this article goes into some depth on how to pull off a multiple assault. And at the same time illustrates how to prevent them. An A++ tutorial by Kirby that includes pictures to illustrate this confusing process.

Tutorial - How to build a flag by Roman from Massive Voodoo - The use of baking paper is brilliant. Could use this tutorial for other things like long purity seals or even with Black Templar tabards.

Jumper/ BA DoA Deployment 101 by Kirby from The Pinktastic Blog - The emphasis I'm getting from the blog-o-sphere when it comes to DoA armies is the need for missile launchers, Vanguard Veterans remember the importance of multiple assaults and that deployment will make or break the army... sometimes it is best to deploy everything on the board, while other times reserving some or all of the army is better.

4th Edition Codices and Bottleneck Builds by Nikephoros from Bringer of Victory - Although this post isn't a tutorial or about tactics it explores a topic that is relevant not only to Black Templars, but every codex...  Opportunity Costs and the implications it has on list building. In the 4th Edition Codices the issue is more apparent as there is no way to play around with FOC. However, in 5th Edition there is more flexibility.

Cleaning Your Files by Dave G from N++ - It is posts like this that hurt my bank balance. They make me realize I am missing something. For example, back when Massive Voodoo did the competition on paint station set ups, I realised just how badly I needed new lamps. And then the post by Grey Death on bulbs really reinforced the need for natural white bulbs. This post by Dave will have the same effect. I will now end up looking for rust erasers and a metal brush ... tooth brush isn't that good at cleaning files.