Angry Blog
News and recent painting projects.
Star Wars Armada Pirate Fleet – Part 3
A commission project to paint a selection of Star Wars Armada ships for my client’s pirate fleet
Early Prototyping – Completing the Systems
The fourth blog post in a short series on early prototyping a new board game.
Here I look at some of the outstanding areas that needed consideration before I could run with my first proper test of the game mechanics.
Early Prototyping – Turn Order, Who Does What, and When?
The third post in a short series that looks at quick and dirty board game prototyping.
Here I look at how I approached the player turn order for my wizard combat game that’s in development
Early Prototyping – Dice Mechanics
The second post in a series on making an early board game prototype, this time looking at where top start with dice mechanics.
Early Prototyping – Quick and Dirty
The first post is a short series on me getting started with tabletop game design.
Here I show just how easy it is to get started making game components to help with the design process.
Painting in Blue and Flames – Star Wars Armada
This post looks at how I painted the set of 3 Rebel ships in the blue / grey colour scheme, with flames along the front of the hull.
Painted MC30 in Blue/Grey for Star Wars Armada
An MC30 for Star Wars Armada, painted in blue and grey.
The second of 3 ships painted in this scheme.
Painted Rebel Transports in Blue Grey for Star Wars Armada
An stand of Rebel Transports for Star Wars Armada, painted in blue and grey.
The first of 3 ships painted in this scheme.
Painted TIE Defenders for Star Wars Armda
A couple of TIE Defenders that I painted up recently.
These were eBay rescues where I just updated the existing paint work.
Painted TIE Phantoms for Star Wars Armada – Cloaking
A couple of TIE Phantoms I bought from ebay – I figured i’d spruce up their boring plain grey paint job.
Inspired by similar models on the internet.
Star Wars Armada – Battle Report 5 – Now with Wave 6
Our first battle running stuff from wave 6.
We see a Light Carrier, Hammerhead and Disposable Capacitors getting a try-out.
Painted Lambda Shuttles for Star Wars Armada in Grey and White
A couple of Lambda Shuttles for Star Wars Armada, painted in grey (as shown) and also white.
Once Upon a Time in Game Design
I attend a games design course at the end of 2019 which inspired me to update this blog to include my design activities, and to actually start developing some ideas I’ve had knocking around my head.
This post about the 3 day Needy Cat games design course
Painted Jan Ors HWK-290 in Brown
A couple of HWK-290s painted up in brown. I love how the small details really make the miniatures stand out!
Painted Imperial Star Destroyer in Black and Grey
My first painted Imperial Star Destroyer.
Swarms! TIE Fighters!
Some more TIE fighters that I painted during 2019
Star Wars Armada – Imperial Light Cruiser – Painted in Grey and Black
An Arquitens light cruiser painted up in my fleet colours of grey and black.
Star Wars Armada – Love those Firesprays
A couple of recently painted Firesprays
Star Wars Armada – Imperial Raider in Black and Grey
Another imperial ship to complement the fleet that i’m slowly painting up.
Jumpmaster 5000 in Sandy Brown
Star Wars Armada - JumpMaster 5000I painted both of these JumpMaster 5000s in a similar colour scheme. The sandy yellow/brown colour looks OK and is contrasted by the red stripe, blue engines and grey vents. I only pained the vents grey on one model so that I could gauge how much difference they made in how it looked. I like the extra detail and it was worth the effort.
Star Wars Armada – Nebulon B Frigates in Blue
I painted up a couple of ebay- rescue frigates to experiment with some alternative colours. These guys were a right phaff to paint.