Precinct Omega

It's a short one this time. I don't know why. Probably because I ramble a lot less in the second segment, having written a script for once. News: ZombieSmith - http://www.zombiesmith.com/ Avatars of War - http://www.avatars-of-war.com/ Games Workshop – http://games-workshop.com

Emails: Blackfriars Paint & Varnish Remover – http://www.blackfriar.co.uk Simple Green - http://www.simplegreen.co.uk/

POST-SHOW NOTE: Look! It’s a UK site! Apparently, Simple Green is now available in the UK. Whether it’s the same as its US equivalent, we’ll have to wait and see, but I’ll be getting some of it, so I’ll tell you when I’ve tried it.

Phoenix Precision Paints - http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/ 3D Sculpting Yahoo! Group - http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/3d_print/

The Gloucestershire Deaf Association Games Bunker – http://www. gloucestershiregamesbunker.org

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News:

Terragnosis The Miniatures Page - http://theminiaturespage.com/ Zombiesmith - http://www.zombiesmith.com/ Boderken - http://www.bederken.com/

Lakeland Muffin tray: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/lakeland-silicone-6-hole-muffin-pan/F/keyword/silicone/product/13292 Lakeland Icecube tray: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/silicone-ice-cube-trays/F/keyword/silicone/product/14020 Herculite No.2 - http://www.maragon.co.uk/

Here’s a finished mini on an ice-cube tray base: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/precinctomega/Chaos%20Space%20Marines/100927-ChaosChampion40k.jpg

And here’s a WIP on a muffin tray base: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/precinctomega/Commissions/Gatekeepers/100929-GatekeeperWIP2.jpg

An example of a commercial collapsible light box: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50CM-PHOTO-SOFT-BOX-LIGHT-TENT-CUBE-4-COLOUR-BACKDROP-/320596920387?pt=UK_Photography_StudioEquipment_RL&hash=item4aa510c843

NB: I have no experience of this seller and cannot be held responsible for bids on this particular product. I offer this link merely as an illustration of what I’m talking about.

Shout-outs:

Asteconn - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Asteconn/82306058428 Xgates Games - http://www.xgatesgames.co.uk Think Wargames - http://thinkwargames.co.uk

Failhammer - http://failhammer.podbean.com/ Tabletop Hooligans – http://tabletophooligans.com/ MyBattleReport - http://mybattlereport.com/

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In this episode, we Focus On... Red Box Games, talk about drybrushing and weathering and generally feel astonished that we made it to double figures.

Dark age miniatures - http://www.dark-age.com/main.php JoeK Miniatures - http://www.joekminis.com/ Tor Gaming - http://www.torgaming.co.uk/rd/ Baueda Wargames - http://www.baueda.com/

Red Box Games - http://red-box-games.com/ Hasslefree Miniatures - http://hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/

Thanks to Michael (Aged 4) for his background contribution to the Focus On… segment.

Ben’s deviantArt gallery: http://djartistknight.deviantart.com/gallery/

Blackfriar’s Paint & Varnish Remover: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackfriar-Paint-Varnish-Remover-500ml/dp/B0016UTD8S

The Island of Blood (as if you need to be told): http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat530002a&prodId=prod850019a

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In this show, we have a short news section followed by your host rambling about whether historical miniatures can ever be as good as fantasy and science fiction miniatures at scales smaller than 54mm. Beyond that, he goes into detail on the subject of a recent speed painting competition, and explains how the techniques of speed painting can help you paint faster for a great effect.

In between and around these, he wibbles on about a few particular bugbears and announces some new stuff coming out of Precinct Omega soon!

SHC Web: http://www.shcweb.co.uk/eshop/ Gale Force 9: http://www.gf9.com/ Manorhouse: http://www.manorhouse.cc/workshop_home.asp Wargames Factory: http://www.wargamesfactory.com/ Battlefront: http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1910

Empress Miniatures: http://www.empressminiatures.com/

The Wargame Underground, for more speed painting competitions every month! http://www.wargameunderground.com

That camouflage site: http://www.kamouflage.net

And, finally, a link to an image of the finished speedpaint miniature discussed in the podcast: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/precinctomega/Space%20Marines/Space%20Marine%20Speedpaint/100801-MarineSpeedpaintFinal.jpg

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This show’s a long one! Even after editing, for some reason, I had a lot to say. I’m going to try really hard to keep future episodes shorter, not least because it takes an age to edit these long ones.

Links from this episode:

http://www.bronzeagemin.com http://antenocitisworkshop.com http://www.corvusbelli.com http://www.mayasphere.net/ - The Infinity forums and resources

Corvus Belli, Infinity, Shading, Washes, Camouflage

This is Joe Hill’s Golden Demon-winning Imperial Guardsman from 2003:

http://demonwinner.free.fr/uk/2003/uk03_40ksingle_1.jpg

It’s not a great picture, but it does convey all the important points I made about camouflage.

http://justgiving.com/precinctomega

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A review of Reaper Miniatures, some hints and tips gleaned from our host's week with the paintbrush, and some discussion of things to come in the world of Precinct Omega.

http://reapermini.com http://tabletophooligans.com

For MicroSol and MicroSet products, discussed in the podcast: http://antenocitisworkshop.com http://armorcast.com

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Inspired by whatever comes to hand, your host responds to listener email and explains some more about how "The System" will work. Then he babbles about tanks and decals and suffers technical failure when it comes to interviewing someone on Skype.

The sound quality gets a bit shoddy in the middle, but bear with us - it improves!

Referenced in this episode:

http://eolithminiatures.com http://freebooterminiatures.de http://corvusbelli.com http://greymatterfigures.com http://the-ancible.com http://www.armorcast.com/

EDIT - Oh, and we're now at Podcast Alley, too!

My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-b8366ed25443a4e7efc1f7c05f0416ed}

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...for reasons explained later in the podcast.

From the news:

http://www.dwarftales.com, http://arena-deathmatch.com/forums/ - for Avatars of War http://eolithminiatures.com http://www.freebooterminiatures.com

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Ironically, in the episode in which we planned to talk about planning, our plan to record 40 minutes failed and we recorded 50 minutes instead. Still, apparently our host isn't having any trouble finding stuff to talk about.

From the news:

http://www.taleofwar.com http://www.jmd-miniatures.com http://www.migproductions.com http://www.wargamesfactory.com

Next week, the aim is 50 minutes. We'll try to stop the host talking after 60.

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Stretching it out to 30 mins, this week, we have news from Games Workshop, Privateer Press, Soda Pop Miniatures, Cipher Studios and Boot Hill Miniatures. Robey then gets to answer a listener question - yay! - about how to paint various sorts of flesh. Finally, he finishes off with a bit of personal hobby news and foreshadows next week's episode.

News items from: http://www.games-workshop.com http://privateerpress.com http://web.sodapopminiatures.com http://cipher-studios.com http://boothillminiatures.co.uk

Also mentioned in the podcast is: http://www.studiomcvey.com

And I should probably have put a link in last week to: http://www.thearmypainter.com

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