Posted by Carl on 02 9th, 2014

Posted by Carl on Mar 8, 2014 AdeptiCon 2014 is right around the corner and many of our gaming group are making the trek once more. We will talk about our plans and expectations of the events and classes we are attending and see if we can’t get a word in with some of the organizers and players before hand as well! Geoff returns to the show this episode as well. Will he have any hobby progress to speak...

Posted by Carl on Mar 7, 2014 Episode 97 was supposed to be about how assembling large Forge World models is really not as difficult as you think it might be. However, occasionally a show goes in a direction you didn’t expect. What we ended up with is a deep dive into the world of Extreme Model Building! Tim has a background in assembling model cars and trains, but his love of assembling complicated...

Posted by Carl on Feb 24, 2014 Episode 97 is all about Forge World modeling. Sure those larger Forge World kits can be intimidating. Heck even Carl has someone else assemble them for him. So we decided to bring in someone who knows what he is talking about when it comes to the assembly of complex resin models like Titans and Super Heavy flyers. We will discuss how to work with resin on this scale and some best...

Posted by Carl on Feb 23, 2014 Episode 96 of The Independent Characters introduces our new special named Show of Force. This Episode Show of Force covers the Veterans of The Long War. We go into depth about the forces of the Chaos Space Marines. From Where they come from, what their objectives are, some of our favorite units, the models, the support from Forge World and Black Library… we attempt to answer...

Posted by Carl on Feb 7, 2014 We are about to start a brand new feature and we wanted to give a little bit of explanation before we did… What is “Show of Force”? Show of Force is a new series of episodes we will spread out through our releases of The Independent Characters. These shows take a look at each army in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe and seek to answer the question “Why should...

Posted by Carl on Feb 7, 2014 Episode 95 of The Independent Characters takes a broad look at Wargaming Clubs. Are they useful? How do you find one? How do you join one? And more importantly how do you go about starting one? To help us with this discussion, since we really knew very little about it to start, Adan has done some research on local Gaming Clubs to us as well as discovered some of the history of a...

Posted by Carl on Jan 27, 2014 Episode 95 explores The Gaming Club – We find out why you would want to join one, or create one for that matter! We hope to uncover how they operate, what are the benefits, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls associated with 40k Gaming Clubs (or really just gaming clubs in general). To help us explore this topic – we are going to bring in a few guest interviews,...

Posted by Carl on Jan 27, 2014 Episode 94 of The Independent Characters takes a hard look at Commission Painting. Whether you are thinking of having a model or army painted by a commission painter or painting service, or whether you think you have the chops to become a commission painter yourself, we discuss the pitfalls you want to avoid as well as the benefits. To help us round out our conversation, we also...