There Beren came from mountains cold, And lost he wandered under leaves, And where the Elven-river rolled He walked alone and sorrowing... -   Song of Beren and Lúthien , J.R.R. Tolkein Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! We're working our way through "the fellowship" of Zombicide: Green Horde. Last week we looked at Seli - the lithe elf warrior, today we have the stout grumpy dwarf, Gimli...I mean Berin.  I really enjoy painting these models; they take motifs of fantasy characters and exaggerate them in fun ways. Also, because there is a whole load of them, I feel liberated to work loosely, not getting too bogged down in any element of the process. The miniatures are also so varied so if I get bored of painting humanoid miniatures, I move onto a monster  (more on that in upcoming weeks) ! Anyway, today we are working at Berin. For some reason in our games, Berin always gets left behind to man (dwarf) the trebuchet, because o

The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was seen Of stars in shadow shimmering. Tinuviel was dancing there To music of a pipe unseen, And light of stars was in her hair, And in her raiment glimmering. - Song of Beren and Lúthien , J.R.R. Tolkein Welcome back survivors to another week of The Art of Caesura! We're getting deep into the overrun villages of Zombicide: Green Horde. We've seen an overview of the game and last week we looked at the first survivor (well, unfortunately, survivor no more) the barbarian, Rolf . Today, we're looking at a miniature that, aesthetically, couldn't be much more different from the crude, muscle-bound barbarian. Today, we're looking at the elf of the gang, Seli. When I am planning to paint a model, I like to look at the model, really examining it, and decide the themes / narrative that the sculpt invokes. I then roughly imagine my co

Orcs were my enemies, but honorable enemies.  Necromancers deserve a shameful death. - Rolf, Zombicide: Green Horde Hi ho survivors, and welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! Last week we shifted gears from our Blood Bowl coverage to look at Zombicide: Green Horde. As I mentioned, my wife and I are really enjoying the tense strategy of this game. One of the survivors (heroes) that I started with was Rolf. Of the survivors in the core box, Rolf fulfills the role of barbarian. Aesthetically, he is a scrawnier Conan - bangs, abs, loincloth and all! In the game, Rolf starts with the "Bloodlust: Melee" skill, which lets him charge, screaming, into combat and attack the turn he does. Very Conan. Hot on the heels of my human Blood Bowl team, I painted Rolf's skin in the same way; what I'm calling my "new Caucasian skin recipe". I start by painting the skin Cadian Fleshtone, then wash with 50:50 Contrast Gui

The zombie plague knows no frontier!  And now, our old Orc foes have fallen.  It’s no longer a matter of us versus them.  It’s a matter of life versus death! Zombicide: Green Horde Farewell sports fans, your run of Blood Bowl is over for a while on The Art of Caesura! Good, now that they've gone, let's move on to something completely different.  Medieval fantasy zombie orcs and goblins!! That's right, today I want to give you a little introduction to a game that my wife and I have been playing quite a bit in the last few weeks: Zombicide: Green Horde.  Never having played a Zombicide game before, I picked up Zombicide: Green Horde on Kickstarter a couple years ago, attracted by the prospect of a horde of zombie orcs and goblins.  Up until now, I had only managed to paint one miniature from the massive number that came with the game: The Abominabunny ! But in recent weeks, I dug out the game, read the rules, watched a few "how to play" video

Decal: "picture transferred from a specially prepared paper to some other surface," by 1909, shortening of decalcomania (1864), from French décalcomanie, from décalquer (18c.) "transferring of a tracing from specially prepared paper to glass, porcelain, etc." (in vogue in France 1840s, England 1862-64), from de- "off" + calquer "to press," from Italian calcare, from Latin calcare "to tread on, press," from calx "heel" (see calcaneus) Online Etymology Dictionary Welcome back to another glorious Friday on The Art of Caesura! So, for the past few weeks we've been looking at my first Bowl Team. I've gone into detail about how I painted their armour and faces , but I kept teasing that I would go into detail about how I did the decals at a later time...well, that time has come! Before we get started, and just so we're all on the same page, I have always called them "decals" (and it was only as I was