Precinct Omega

In this very belated episode, Robey covers some interesting new themes in the miniatures industry in the News segment, talks highlighting in the Basics, reveals the secrets of paint-stripping from metal and plastic miniatures and reviews Perry Miniatures in the manufacturer review.

Links for the show:

http://chapterhousestudios.com/

http://www.infinitythegame.com/

http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/battlefield-hdf-terrain-c-88.html

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/

http://puppetswar.eu/

http://www.simplegreen.co.uk/

http://banelegions.maelstromgames.co.uk/

http://ttfix.blogspot.com/

And, of course:

http://www.precinctomega.co.uk/MiniCon/miniconindex.html

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It's taken far too long, but here it is at last!! I'm doing my best.

The dissection of miniatures wargaming anatomy starts here, so don your scrubs, grab some forceps and try to avoid getting too much blood on you.

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We're back with news of all sorts of things, including:

Reaper Miniatures Privateer Press and Games Workshop

There's also some chat about our new forum, plus a Basics section focussing on Shading. Then we get back to our manufacturer review to chat about Mantic Games. Finally, in your letters and emails, we talk On The Lamb, Dark Sword, Antenociti's Workshop and how to make leather straps look good on your minis.

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Random number generators are our topic of this second episode of the BattleCast, with Robey talking at length on the humble d6, its history and usage, and using it to illustrate the mathematics of basic probability theory and the common errors and misconceptions. In the second section he looks at all the other polyhedral random number generators and discusses their various advantages and best uses, before discussing the issue of the card deck and, in particular, how it is used in the Malifaux strategy miniatures game from Wyrd Games.

Coming in episode 3: the anatomy of the game.

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In this episode we have the latest news breaking from the miniatures wargaming industry and some of the newest releases on the market, answer your letters and email in silly voices and discuss professional painting service, why you might want to run one and why you might want to employ one.

News Links:

http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/ and for legal updates: http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?t=13308 http://ex-illis.com/ http://wargamesfactory.com/ http://www.defiancegames.com/ http://www.seditionwars.com/

Crossgates Computers, our sponsor and web-gurus: http://xgatescomputers.co.uk/

For those fabulous 30mm historical minis and a bunch of wonderful fantasy pieces from Tom Meier: http://www.thunderboltmountain.com/

For casting supplies: http://www.maragon.co.uk/ http://www.tiranti.co.uk

Some army-specific forums, suggested by Mike Hakstaad: http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/ - for Dwarfs in Warhammer Fantasy Battles http://s3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath/ - for Orcs & Goblins in WFB

And, yes, links to other professional painting services: http://paintedfigs.com/ http://bluetablepainting.com/ and of course: http://precinctomega.co.uk/

See you next time!

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Yes, we haven't died.

In this episode we cover news in the miniatures world, including the release of Precinct Omega's own miniatures range; the basics of priming your minis; Internet forums and how to use them to make you a better painter, and some listener emails and feedback. Relevant links are:

http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/ http://www.wargamesfactory.com/ http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/home.jsp (as if you need to be told) http://bastionstudio.com/en/index.xml http://www.precinctomega.co.uk/ http://www.modelbits.co.uk/ http://imperialvoxcast.squarespace.com/

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/ http://microartstudio.com/ http://shop.kingdom-death.com/

http://photobucket.com/ http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.deviantart.com/

http://wamp-forum.com/ http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/ http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/cmps_index.php http://www.warseer.com/

http://mybattalion.com/

http://wamparmy.blogspot.com/ http://www.happyjacks.org/ http://irregularmagazine.com/ http://www.xaqindustries.com/ http://www.fortressofholding.com/

Phew! I think that's the lot.

Back soon, with a new BattleCast!

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The BattleCast gets going with the first proper episode, looking in depth at the playing surfaces available to tabletop wargames and what the different options mean to the game and to the gamer.

Some games we mention in this episode:

http://www.riverhorse.eu/shuuro.htm - Shuuro http://www.hasbro.com/risk/ - Risk http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landingArmy.jsp?catId=cat480004a&rootCatGameStyle=specialist-games - Bloodbowl http://privateerpress.com/grind - Grind http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod210009a - Space Hulk http://www.catan.com/ - Settlers of Catan http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=5 - Descent http://www.wizards.com/dnd/default.aspx - Dungeons & Dragons http://www.aandagames.co.uk/scramble.htm - Scramble! http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Aeronautica-Imperialis - Aeronautica Imperialis http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landingArmy.jsp?catId=cat440319a&rootCatGameStyle= - Warhammer 40,000: Cities of Death http://www.infinitythegame.com/ - Infinity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Miniatures - Star Wars Miniatures (no longer published) http://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=34_63 - Fairy Meat

Other related links: Miniatures: http://www.reapermini.com/ - Reaper Miniatures http://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/index.php - Black Scorpion Miniatures http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/ - Freebooter Miniatures

Companies: http://privateerpress.com/ - Privateer Press http://wyrd-games.net/ - Wyrd Games

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In the news:

http://maelstromgames.co.uk http://spartangames.co.uk/ http://www.wamp-forum.com/VB4/showthread.php?4996-Wamped! http://www.crystalbrush.com/

Manorhouse Review: http://www.manorhouse.cc/

Other links: http://www.manticgames.com/ http://www.wargamesfactory.com/

Some people who make resin bases: http://back2base-ix.com/ http://www.maxmini.eu/ http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/ http://armorcast.com/

Shout-outs: http://theeternalwarriors.com/ http://thecustodes.com/ http://www.deepstrikeradio.com/ http://www.40kradio.com/

See you next time, folks!

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This episode, we grasp the triskedecaphobic nettle with both hands to talk about tales of failure and how to overcome them.

Links from the episode:

http://www.avatars-of-war.com/ http://www.rackham-e.com/

Dust Tactics at Fantasy Flight Games: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=123

The Ancible Magazine: http://www.the-ancible.com/

Craig Randall's brilliant Lord of Change conversion: http://craigrandallminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/10/daemon-prince-of-tzeentch.html

The Wargame Underground: http://www.wargameunderground.com/index.php

And 40k Radio: http://www.40kradio.com/

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It's been several months in the making, but here, for the benefit of listeners to the Precinct Omega Hobbycast, exclusively, is the pilot episode of the Precinct Omega Battlecast.

'Nuff said.

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