LTP PAINTING

Hey there.

I have had a few people ask which paints are the best to use. Personally I like both GW and Vallejo paints. What is so good about Vallejo paints?

• Better Value for money as you get more in each bottle. 
• Huge selection of colour and different ranges to choose from depending on what you are painting.
  
• Highly Pigmented
• Water based and easier to clean of your brushes
  
• Awesome bottle design so you don't waste any paint.

If you are thinking about changing your paints then you will need to colour match. Here is a conversion chart to help you out.

Gw / Vallejo GC

Foundation Paints

Mechrite Red /  Heavy Red

Macharius Solar Orange / Heavy Orange

Tausept Ochre / Heavy Ochre

Iyandem Darksun / Heavy Goldbrown

Hormagaunt Purple / Heavy Violet

Tallarn Flesh / Heavy Skintone

Mordian Blue / Heavy Blue

Adeptus Battlegrey / Heavy Grey

Orkhide Shade / Heavy Blackgreen

Knarloc Green /  Heavy Green

Gretchin-Green /  Heavy Kakhi

Gharadon Granite / Heavy Charcoal

Flat Brown / Heavy Siena

Khemri Brown / Heavy Brown

Dheneb Stone / Heavy Warmgrey

Normal Paint Range

Red Gore / Gory Red

Blood Red / Bloody Red

Blazing Orange / Hot Orange

Fiery Orange / Orange Fire

Golden Yellow / Gold Yellow

Sunburst Yellow / Sun Yellow

Bad Moon Yellow / Moon Yellow

Scorched Brown / Charred Brown

Bestial Brow / Beasty Brown

Snakebite Leather / Leather Brown

Bubonic Brown / Plague Brown

Vomit Brown / Filthy Brown

Bleached Bone / Bonewhite

Dark Flesh /  Dark Fleshtone

Vermin Brown / Parasite Brown

Dwarf Flesh / Dwarf Skin

Bronzed Flesh / Bronze Fleshtone

Elf Flesh / Elf Skintone

Liche Purple / Hexed Lichen

Warlock Purple / Warlord Purple

Tentacle Pink / Squid Pink

Midnight Blue / Night Blue

Regal Blue / Imperial Blue

Ultramarine Blue / Ultramarine Blue

Enchanted Blue / Magic Blue

Ice Blue / Glacier Blue

Hawk Turquoise / Turquoise

Dark Angels Green / Dark Green

Snot Green / Sick Green

Scorpion Green / Escorpena Green

Goblin Green / Goblin Green

Rotting Flesh / Dead Flesh

Camo Green / Camouflage Green

Shadow Grey / Sombre Grey

Space Wolves Grey / Wolf Grey

Chaos Black / Black

Codex Grey / Cold Grey

Fortress Grey / Stone Wall Grey

Skull White / Dead White

Mithril Silver / Silver

Chainmail / Chain Mail

Boltgun Metal / Gunmetal

Tin Bitz / Tinny Tin

Dwarf Bronze / Bright Bronze

Burnished Gold / Polished Gold

Shining Gold  / Glorious Gold

Tanned Flesh / Tan

Graveyard Earth / Earth

Kommando Khaki / Khaki

Desert Yellow / Desert Yellow

Catachan Green / Cayman Green

Hello everyone LTP here, as Gamesday is getting closer and closer I thought I would do a review to highlight the pros and cons of Games Workshops biggest event of the year.

It was my first time at Gamesday last year. I am a painter and as such I didn’t really pay much attention to the gaming side of the day, however, this year Games workshop have announced some mega battles for various systems.

• Island of Blood – With the update of Warhammer Fantasy GW have arranged a 12’by 18’ gaming area where various stores will take part in a huge battle.
• Battle for Osgiliath – This is hyped to be the biggest, anyone participate War of the Ring game ever. Placed on a 12’ by 12’ area.
  
• No doubt there will also be a Warhammer 40k battle to but they have not released anything yet

Moving onto the sales hall. In here we have various stalls:

• The Forgeworld stall: My favourite by far as it normally has promotional offers and most of the stuff you want in stock, unless you go after 12 then don’t bother.
•  Centre GW stall: Pretty much all GW products including direct models which is great. Bargain Stall: This is where they sell GW paints, books, models for £1 they also do boxes of blisters for dirt cheap but I didn’t get there in time to get one.
  
• Book Stalls: This area sells artwork and novels from the black library. I picked up 3 limited edition novels last time and had Dan Abnett sign one of them.

Also in this hall are the artists and authors to do signings and the food court is opposite, I would suggest making some butties and taking munchies with you as the food court is a rip off.

In between the sales hall and the golden daemon/ painting hall are the game demos. This was cool as you got to check out and play test some of the new gaming software and also watch some promo videos of upcoming GW stuff.

Finally we move onto my favourite part, the painting hall. This included the famous golden daemon displays (awesome!). If you are entering GD then the doors opens at 0900 so you can get in early and enter your models.

This hall also has:

Artwork section

Greens/sculpting section (with the sculptors)

How they mould the models

Also the Eavy Metal team (I spent ages with those guys), Eavy metal showcase, some giant displays and the recruiting and competition stalls.

Cons:

• There is no organised queuing system which is a right pain.
  
• The food costs a fortune.
  
• Some people there do not wash and therefore there is allot of BO going around which totally put me off.
•  If you are only going to enter in GD then take something else to do because waiting around until 1600 is a long and boring wait.
•  If you drive then go in your own car because waiting for lost kids to get back on the bus is not fun.

Pros:

• The stalls are good if you can get to the front of them (might even get a titan this year)
•  The GD display is awesome and for the painters and modellers out there the hobbies hall is full of resources.
  
• You get a free model with your ticket that you can sell on eBay later for more money ha-ha.

Overall I thought it was a good day out and I enjoyed myself. I think I will go again this year if not only to meet up with a few people.

Hi there. This article is my review of the Battlefoam case and trays I have purchased.

Firstly why spend all that money on Battlefoam when you can get GW cases?

These are my reasons:

• The foam in the GW cases is not of very good quality
• If I stood my case up when I opened it there would be models that had fallen down the sides of the foam. This is due to the case been larger than the foam trays.
• The cases I think are bulky, heavy and awkward to carry.

I received my weekly Wayland Games Newsletter and it said that they had become the distributer for Battlefoam products here in the UK.

As the cases and foam can be pricey, at first I only purchased the P.A.C.K 216 with the GW paint and tool foam load out. This cost me around £60 and this is what you get (note tools, paints and models are mine):

As you can see on the photo I have marked all the great points about the case. The modular zip system is where the case can be attached to some of the other Battlefoam cases which is great if you want to take some models and some paints, rather than having to take all you models and paints.

So lets open this case up.

Before we even get to the first tray we have a 24 spaced paint brush holder on the underneath of the lid. I put my paintbrushes and modelling tools in here and they are totally protected.

Moving onto the trays. These trays are fantastic. The foam is 10 times tougher than GW’s and the bottom is reinforced to prevent bending. The spaces are preshaped to give you the most secure fit.

Tray 1 Tools:

This tray has enough space for the majority of GW tools. The only thing I wish it had is a proper space for a couple of basing material pots, as I have just put them in a spare space.

Tray 2 Paints:

This tray is awesome. The paints fit in so well that i turned the tray upside down and none fell out.

You can fit 50 paints in this tray alone.

Tray 3 Paints:

You get another paint tray so that 100 paints all together! As you can see I have even used the extra spaces for some models.

Your probably thinking I don’t use GW paints? Well not to worry because they also do trays for Vallejo and P3 paints.

I was so happy with the case that I was confident enough in the product to buy some model trays and cases. The cases I haven’t received yet but I have some of the trays.

Again the trays are precut and really sturdy. I love the devilfish tray and they do so many different varieties available on the Battlefoam website or over on Wayland Games.

If they don’t have what you want you can actually create your own trays and they will make them for you.

Overall a fantastic product and well worth spending the extra money to protect your favourite and well painted models.