Airbrushing Primer on Runewars

Airbrushed some more Runewars over the weekend. Vallejo Black Base and their Game Air White for underlying highlights later. About 30 minis in a couple of hours. #runewarsminiaturesgame #boardgames #wannabpainter #miniatures #vallejopaints #runewars #minis #paintingminiatures #paintingminis #daquan #waiqar #laituri #airbrush

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Side shot showing the light and dark sides. These are, from left to right, the Latari Elves Aymhelin Scion, Daqan Humans Rune Golem, and the Waiqar Undead Carrion Lancer.

Used white tac to stick them down temporarily to some cardboard and cut up paper plates.

Used Vallejo Primer Black for the Base Coat through the airbrush.

Used Vallejo Game Air Dead White through the airbrush for some "zenith" highlights.

        

Playing a Little Runewars

Runewars Game Night! #runewarsminiaturesgame #miniatures #daquan #lataria #fantasyflightgames #wannabpainter #boardgames

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200 Point Runewars Wishlist

This is a 200 point example of what can be built with the core Runewars set and several add ons.  I used the Tabletop Miniatures site to build this list.

List Name: 200 Example
Faction: Daqan
Points: 199/200

Kari Wraithstalker
# of Trays: 1 ( 32 points)
- Reaping Blade ( 4 points)
- Wraith Step ( 1 points)
= 37 total unit cost

Spearmen
# of Trays: 9 ( 59 points)
- Shield Wall ( 5 points)
- Front Line Rune Golem ( 7 points)
- Trumpets ( 2 points)
= 73 total unit cost

Oathsworn Cavalry
# of Trays: 6 ( 46 points)
- Terrifying Heraldry ( 5 points)
- Rank Discipline ( 4 points)
= 55 total unit cost

Rune Golems
# of Trays: 2 ( 28 points)
- Wind Rune ( 6 points)
= 34 total unit cost

The links below are my current wish list to make this happen. As I have said before, f you click on the links below and make a purchase, I get a small percentage. However, I am not sponsored by this or any other game.


        

Runewars Army List Builder

The folks over at Tabletop Miniatures have built a great list builder for Runewars, free of charge.  Check it out here.

Here is a quick example of an army you can build with the starter box.  I find the best thing in the builder is clear pictures of the cards and dials.

List Name: Example Army
Faction: Daqan
Points: 127/200

Kari Wraithstalker
# of Trays: 1 ( 32 points)
- Reaping Blade ( 4 points)
- Wraith Step ( 1 points)
= 37 total unit cost

Spearmen
# of Trays: 4 ( 30 points)
- War Crier ( 5 points)
- Wind Rune ( 6 points)
- Metered March ( 2 points)
= 43 total unit cost

Oathsworn Cavalry
# of Trays: 2 ( 20 points)
- Wind Rune ( 6 points)
- Rank Discipline ( 4 points)
= 30 total unit cost

Rune Golems
# of Trays: 1 ( 17 points)
= 17 total unit cost

If you still haven't checked out Runewars, you can follow the link below. If you click on the link below and purchase the game, I get a small percentage. However, I am not sponsored by this or any other game.

Painting Notes for Daqan Spearmen

Not my paint job. This is an example of how to paint the spearmen and then use the Army Painter Quick Shade. I clipped it as a way to make notes for my future paint choices.

My goal here is to paint them quickly to tabletop standard and get them on the board as soon as possible.  I may cut out some of the steps below to speed the process.

1. Airbrush Vallejo Black Base Coat All Over

2. Airbrush White from top for Highlights

3. Airbrush Blue thinned down to allow highlights to show through

4. Airbrush Lighter Blue on middle shield and tops of head and shoulder

5. Brush flesh base coat on face

6. Brush Light Silver on spear and chain necklace

7. Brush Bright gold on Edges of Armor

8. Brush light brown on shoes, leggings, gloves, and spear shaft

9. DIP in Army Painter Strong Quick Shade

10. Dry 2-3 Days

11. Airbrush Matt Varnish x2

12. Drybrush/layer highlight of light tan

13. Highlight of light blue?

14. Drybrush highlight of light metal

15. Brush tips of highlight of bright gold

16. Airbrush Matt Varnish x2

17. Vallejo Dark Earth on Base

18. Base model