Magnetisation!!!!!

Hi Battle Colours Fans!!

A quick snippet of news regarding magnetisation, to coincide with the same news on the website.

Magnetisation is now available for vehicle upgrades, such as Warhammer 40k tanks, sentinals etc.

The pictures are of a partly finished Sentinal from JK of the UK.
First picture shows the weapon (multi-laser) in position and the second shows the weapon off and the magnet placings.
(Click the pictures to enlarge).

All magnets will be painted to correspond with the vehicle colours so that they blend in.

So now, the option of interchangeable weapons is available from us.

Until next time.....

Have fun!!

Update of Information

Hi Battle Colours fans!!

Customers who have projects with us, will know of slight delays and an upcoming closed week at the studio through our Newsletter system.

Quote from our News section on the website:
Due to a funeral in the family, the studio will be close for 1 week start Monday 19th October 2009 and reopens Monday 26th October 2009 due to being 400+ miles away. We would like to apologise for this inconvenience.
All emails will be checked however from another PC.'

Website Changes: We have introduced a visual indicator showing '% completed' of the customer projects being worked on, and hope that this will help customers gauge how far we are, on completing their projects.

Special Deals:
During the coming months, there will be some Special Deals on some new/sealed boxes of miniatures from our stock. They will priced at a discount and can be purchased as is or painted by us upon purchase. Added to this from time to time, will be discounts on painting prices!!
The deals will hit The Miniatures Page, here in the Blog and via Newsletters.

Above is a GW Skulltaker recently finished for JD of the UK.
More photos of other projects to follow.

Until next time

Have fun and enjoy!

Alkemy/Kraken

Fantasy miniatures news!!!!

Hi Battle Colours fans!!!

We have recently teamed up with the wonderful Tor Gaming company with a view to allowing you a chance to obtain miniatures for two fantastic fantasy skirmish games - painted!!.

The first will be the very new Sphere Wars miniatures.

This game is in it's infancy and we shall be able to give you the opportunity to purchase the miniatures painted by us here in the studio.

We will be able to order miniatures for you or you can simply head to www.torgaming.co.uk and have them sent directly to us for painting.

The second being the renowned Alkemy gaming miniatures from Kraken, again available through Tor Gaming or through us, and we will be offering these superb miniatures painted!

Just a note... we will not sell miniatures unpainted from these ranges.

The website has 2 new pages within the 'Miniatures' page, and is being developed over the following week.

Check it out now at www.battlecolours.com

At last!!! and still alive!

Hi Battle Colours Fans!!

This is just a quick update before the big update.

Due to various holidays, the blog has not been updated and so just to let you all know, we are all alive and kicking.

We are also in the process of a bigger studio as we have outgrown our current studio.... thanks to all of you, who continue to support us by way of your projects and commission work.

Thank you all!!

There are some exciting development coming up throughout this year and also the finishing up of various customer projects.... TS of USA, DW of UK, TP of UK, SC of UK, DJ of UK, JD of UK, JA of USA, JH of UK, JL of USA, LR of USA, YE of Sweden, CC of USA, DH of UK to name a few.

The next blog ..... aimed at the end of this week, will be a bumper issue of pictures of items being worked on, either finished or in progress.

Apologies for delays due to holidays and the studio refit over the following 2 weeks.

By the way.... the studio move and refit will not result in a stop of project work.

A smooth transition is anticipated.... all being well!!

Until later, enjoy your wargaming and miniatures!!!

Samurai's coming along.......

Hi Battle Colours Fans!!

It's another report on the continuing Samurai miniatures from LR of the USA....

The miniatures got 2 coats of GW Black Ink on the breast plates and lower armoured

clothing. Following this, the 'head scarves' got a coat of Citadel Tausept Ochre and then a highlight of Citadel Ivanden Darksun.

The main suit was given 3 washes of GW Asurmen Blue giving enough depth in the creases and allowing the light undercoat to show through on the raised areas.

The grey areas are still to be worked on... for the next report.

Also in the next report will be the Earl Of Manchester ECW regiment painting sequence.

I know I keep saying that, but I promise it will be here next time, along with a picture.

During the last fortnight, work has also been carried out on all our other customers projects and we will be reporting on their progression along the way.

2 new customer projects are booked in and at this point, we are still waiting for the miniatures to arrive... 28mm Gladiators from Crusader Miniatures for JE of Sweden and British Paratroopers 28mm Bolt Action Miniatures for DH of UK.

Work on those will start as soon as the miniatures arrive.

So, lot's of projects on the go and pending!!

We still have a few slots for August and look forward to any enquiries.

Until next time..... enjoy your miniatures and gaming!

Problem resolved with blog.....

Hi Battle Colours Fans!!!!

The blog page was experiencing a problem but has now been solved.

So, what has been going on at the Battle Colours studio..... well all customer projects have had work done on them and as far as the ongoing series on the English Civil War painting for DJ Of UK, that will continue on the next blog - scheduled for Friday 26th June.

This includes the further paintwork to footwear, straps and belts .... browns!!

Up this week is the start of a series showing the Samurai from LR of USA.

The picture above (click picture to enlarge), shows the stage they are at and so far they received our usual GW Black spray undercoat, followed by a this overspray of GW White undercoat, again to show the fine detail.

Next up was the skin.... GW Bronzed Flesh followed by a this wash of GW Flesh Wash and then highlighted with Vallejo Light Flesh Tone.

Finally for this session, the majority of the miniatures then received a coat of Citadel Badab Black Wash ready for the armour painting stage, which will be the next issue concerning these Samurai.

See you all Friday.... Enjoy!!