Alex J Huntley of Warploque Miniatures Adds another arrow to His Bow with Model making Course
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Gary powell

 

While Nottingham may be the Spiritual Home of tabletop gaming in the UK, Alex J Huntley is it seems to help to cement this image by helping put Nottingham on the map again internationally in both gaming and with his model making business by teaming up with Nottingham Trent University to develop and run an exciting model-making Courses. The course aims to teach you the skills to make dynamic figures that will stretch your creativity.

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Model Sculpting Course

Saturdays 10 am – 4 pm, two weeks
Indicative maximum class size: 14
Nottingham has an excellent reputation in the war game and fantasy model making industries, and at NTU we are pleased to announce a repeat of this unique two-day course for enthusiasts who wish to immerse themselves in this world.
Course Code; CSCFMM
Course Dates; 28th October 2017 – 4th November 2017
Course Fee; £180.00
Course Description;  Led by Alex Huntley of Warploque Miniatures, one of the UK’s most exciting model-making companies, the course will teach you the skills to make dynamic figures that will stretch your creativity.
Over the two days, you will focus on superheroes, bizarre animals or any other creature of your imagination. The course is completely practical, so you’ll be engaging with a hands-on project from the start.
This course is open to anyone aged 16 and above.
On this course you will:
•build a simple armature
•sketch in plasticine
•sculpt in fast-drying materials
•turn a 2D design into a 3D piece of art.
What will you gain?
By the end of the two days you will have a model to take home to continue painting, and the knowledge of how to create more. The course will also introduce you to the techniques used to produce miniatures for resin and metal casting reproduction.
This course is ideal if you are interested in the war game and model making industries.
You might already have a concept you want to develop and are looking for advice and new skills, or you might want to create models purely for pleasure and your own games.

Email: creativeshortcourses@ntu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)115 848 2813

Warploque Miniatures website

This is or looks to be an interesting and exciting project and shows how tabletop games companies can be both generous with their knowledge and engage with the hobby on many levels. For those who don’t know, Alex Huntley is the owner, writer and sculptor of the highly successful  ArcWorlde, a 32mm fantasy wargaming miniatures for gamers, painters and collectors, which launched on Kickstarter in 2013. Their original goal of £5,000 was completely blasted alt textthrough and by the end of the campaign they had managed to raise a truly massive £57,019 in pledges,  A second run at Kickstarter Battle for Troll Bridge hitting £10,663, then finally the third instalment Trouble in the North raised a whopping £21,108. Helping to expand the World of ArcWorlde into new territories.

Originally a model maker as a child Alex Huntley started to show off his works via blogs and internet forums developing a loyal following. This was then proven with the number of people who both took up interest in his original Kickstarter and also actively spent time sharing details with everyone they knew, helping to blast past the pre planned Kickstarter pledges and see sudden changes in how he was running the campaign. yourself to keep going.

Of cause there is a multitude of model making and gaming companies out there and many would wonder about the necessity of further saturating the market with another, as we have seen several just recently collapse, like Spartan Games and and Tor, however that is not what this is really about and more about helping others develop skills to create something that at the very least help to create bespoke minis and models that appeal to the maker and at best see something that is edgy and less about mass market and more about what makes you want to buy because you really appreciate the miniature, something which captures the imagination.

So who will be going to such a course and why, well anyone who has ever gamed and thought I can do better, anyone who has looked at a miniature and felt I wish they made X model or just those who want to understand how to improve existing skills and develop or new comers who are eager to start their own dreams of being a miniature designer.

So what will you be looking at with the course, well at its core people will be introduced to the skills required for creating their own three-dimensional characters and bringing their ideas to life. through the process of making Image result for alex huntley miniature sculptingsketches and taking ideas from peoples heads and develop the model through the process of creating a wire armature out of wire, and then building up modelling putties to the finished component. Learning about the creative process, through practice and the experience of both the teacher and others.
Well if you are a budding miniature game designer and want to learn how to sculpt, an existing converter who wants to develop skills or new to the hobby and fancy developing then this is something that will appeal to a lot of readers.

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Games Workshop paint App
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Gary powell
Ok appoligise’s for the premature release of a post, hit wrong key ?
So one picked up news about Games Workshop’s new app a few months ago, however got asked to hold off posting due to staff slip and the fear of a visit by internal security and the release the lawyer’s. (Don’t know why but always think of flying Monkey’s from The Wizard of Oz when one hears, release the Lawyer’s. Ed )
So what does this mean?

 

Well, the times are a changing at GW, both in terms of CEO’s and company ethos. WHFB was dropped in favour of a skirmish system, and White Dwarf shifts focus from an advertising catalogue to about the games and features. This one a popular choice. However that saw a shift  towards digital media with a Dedicated Warhammer Digital Community Channel. So it was inevitable that they looked at other areas like App’s.
The current Citadel Paint System is very comprehensive with guides that offer a straightforward method for painting models from basic to pro. And now it looks like things will get simpler with a dedicated paint App.
To quote GW;
“There’s a new app on the way designed to help you paint like a pro, whether you’re just starting out or you’re a veteran looking for a handy pocket reference guide.
 
We’ll have more details next week (once we’ve managed to translate the machine code our data-servitors have been outputting). In the meantime, here’s what we know so far: the Citadel Paint app will be free and almost as good as having Duncan in your pocket. Except it won’t need to be fed – so arguably even better!”
So Games Workshop have released dates for the Citadel Paint app, and theres going to be a big prize draw for those people who download it.
September 16th is the big day for the new Citadel Paint App. And 5 lucky winners will be taking home a hearty entire collection of Citadel paints for just downloading the app. 
 
 And it’s very simple, once you’ve download it, you’re automatically entered. Well thats easy.
The earlier the better, as every single day of the week after being downloaded, one lucky paint App user will be informed that they’ve won a aged load of paints.
  
The first draw being Monday the 18th, and continuing all week. The final draw being called on Friday the 22nd. Obviously grabbing the app sooner  provides greater chances of winning.
And the app is free!
Of cause this is not the first company to look at apps and digital media, as Mantic Games have looked at apps to assist with the hobby as have others, however one rather suspects that this will not be just a paint App for Games Workshop.  The redevelopment of Warhammer Community, a dedicated website, channel, videos, tutorials and engaging with the community has been a breath of fresh air and maybe a pointer to where this App is going.
So what do I think it will mean? one feels that the App offers real opportunity to engage the audience who may not engage via the Community Aspect of the website, but will via the app, so painting and modeling tutorials available via the app, step by step guides?  Something that a phone/tablet app could make real strides in helping people with painting or conversions, not many have a pc next to painting stations. One feels that the app will also link in other aspects of the hobby like send us your painted miniature photos, conversion Ideas and show others or better yet, find a colour match in our paint range. It also offers opportunities for targeted advertising which makes sense from a free App.
With this in mind, it looks like GW is pushing the Community aspect of the hobby with even a basic app, so there’s literally no reason not to download it.
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