Gods and Titans

Expect an update to the miniatures section of this page shortly!

As Wrath of the Gods gets into full swing, we up the stakes with rules for Gods and Titans. These are new character types which are made up individually by players within the guidelines below.

Gods: The deities of the ancient world sometimes intervene directly in mortal affairs.
Requirements: Hero, minimum Quality 3+, 25-30mm base.

Titans: These as ancient giants ruled long ago until the gods defeated them and barred them in the underworld. Now they are free again.
Titan Requirements: Tough, minimum Combat 4, minimum 40mm base

Note that Gods and Titans are always Personalities.

New game mode: Epic Clash

Players may agree to play an Epic Clash. In this type of game each player must field at least one God or Titan and may spend up to half their points on them. This replaces the the one third limit on personalities although ordinary personalities are still allowed - the gods need their worshipers!

One third of you points must be spent orirdinary troops from your roster. If you have played five games and earned the title of Veteran you can include custom models that are not Gods or Titans.

Victory Points

Since Gods and Titans are centrepiece models you can gain three VPs for painting one. You must have at least six colours which might mean you need some highlighting or shading.

Miniatures List

The following are figures that I think would be good for gods and Titans. You may find others and that's fine. The following are all availabkle to order through our FLGS, the Gamers Guild.

Celtic Titans and Heroes

Adepts of Malesur from Sphere Wars
Big were creatures

Ursapine from Godslayer

Fellganger a giant from Godslayer

Wyldfolk of Annyr from Godslayer

Egyptian Titan

Khemri Warsphinx from GW

Greek Titans, Gods and Heroes

Scions of Kurgan from Sphere Wars
Big ugly monsters


The Halodyne from Godslayer

Persian Titans

Troglodytes from Godslayer
Wraith and  ogre/troll types with an eastern look

Packs of Urueh from Sphere Wars
Firey kind of demons

Tutorial Painting British WW2 Commandos Part 2

Welcome back to our tutorial on painting World War 2 British soldiers like a pro.. If you haven't seen part 1 you can find it here.  Once again I hand you over to Troy Brand of Brand Painting Studios who today will be mostly showing us how to paint flesh. 

Ed

Painting the skin

Once I was satisfied with the uniform, which covers the largest percentage of the model, I moved on to paint the hands and face with Vallejo's Panzer Aces Flat Flesh. The Panzer Aces line has some very good flesh tones and I thoroughly recommend picking some of these up.  However, the paint in itself is a little pale at first. This is fine, as once a wash has been applied (once again I used Sepia wash) the paleness goes, revealing warmer tones as well as the details on the face.

Clockwise: base coat, wash, highlights

The highlighting on the face and hands was achieved by adding three layers: the first was a layer of Flat Flesh, then a 1-1 mix of Flat and Light Flesh (again from Vallejo) and finally a last one of Vallejo Light Flesh. Satisfied with the flesh tones I then painted the beret. This was a two stage process of painting a base coat of Vallejo Dark Green and highlighting it with a mix of Dark and Light Green.

Painting the sten gun

I picked this time to paint the sten gun, which looks a very, very dark metallic black. This I achieved by making a 2-1 mix of Vallejo Flat Black and Vallejo Gun Metal Grey. If I had not run out of the old Citadel Bolt Gun Metal I would have used that, as Citadel used to make the better metallic paints of the two brands. I then washed the sten with a thinned down wash of Citadel Badab Black. I have not used the new black wash from Citadel, but I really like the medium they used for the old washes. A very light drybrush with the original metallic brought out the details.

The model after the skin highlights and the beret were finished, along with the sten gun.

Unfortunately I did not have enough presence of mind to take pictures of the remaining process, but essentially it boiled down to six areas: the shirt, straps, the rucksack, the pouches, boots and base.

The shirt was painted with a single layer of Off White, which makes a very good contrast with the rest of the model. The straps, equally easy to paint, were all painted with a single coat of Sand.

The original rucksack was a pale shade of green-grey which I achieved by painting the base coat with Vallejo's Intermediate Blue (a slightly blue-ish grey) followed by two consecutive washes of Badab Black.

The pouches were painted with Dark Green and highlighted with a 1-1 mix of Dark Green and Vallejo Game colour Heavy Khaki.

The boots were painted Flat Black and the leggings just above them are painted sand and washed with the same sepia wash.

The base was painted Dark Ochre, then given a wash made with thinned down Citadel Scorched Brown, finally touched up with static grass

The process may have seemed long-drawn and complicated, but the steps in themselves are easy, quick to do and if you apply an assembly line method where you are touching up the last model as the first one dries up you will find yourself finished before you know it. Time to take on the Fascist scum!

That's all for now folks. If you enjoyed this tutorial, check out Troy's website. He does commission work and his rates are very reasonable. Ed

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Wrath of the Gods: Miniatures

When you play Warhammer you pretty much have to use Games Workshop figures.  With a game like this, you can use any miniatures you like so long as they look the part.  There is a pretty wide range of companies that make suitable miniatures but hopefully the links below will provide you with plenty of options to get started. They are all available to order from our fine local gaming store, The Gamers Guild. just phone or visit the shop.

The most economical option is probably to get one of the multi part plastic kits. They're comparable to GW kits but a great deal cheaper. Most of the boxes contain 30 to 40 miniatures for about £20 so sharing a box with a friend is entirely possible. If you like metal minis you have yet more options to choose from.

Warlord Games make a wide range of ancients miniatures.  Most of their plastic boxed sets come in at about £20 with blisters going from £2 - £12.

• There are no less than six boxes of plastic Greeks to choose from as well as a choice of metal figures.
• Gallic Celts and British Celts including chieftains and druids.
• Assyrians and Babylonians could be interesting for a Persian or Egyptian warband. They're all metal so they're a bit more expensive than some of the other options though.

Wargames Factory's boxes cost $20 which is £16.50 at UK retail and all of their miniatures are multipart plastics.

• Greeks and Persians   Since the presentation of the Persian miniatures really doesn't do them any favours you might want to have a look at these rather beautifully painted examples here.
• Amazons Warrior women with a range of weapon options.
• Celts including plastic cavalry and chariots.
• Numidians These are wonderfully versatile models that could be made into light infantry from Greece, Egypt or Persia.  There are some nicely painted examples of them in a review here.

Mantic Games make some rather nice undead. Their Zombies and Ghouls could easily belong in an Persian or Egyptian warband. The Undead Mummies which are about to be released would be great for an Egyptian warband.  A lot of their other fantasy figures are too medieval for this campaign but the Trolls are crying out for conversion into something!


Games Workshop can't be ignored entirely because the Tomb Kings are the obvious choice for an Egyptian warband. The Skeleton Warriors are actually okay in terms of value for money too at £20 for 16 figures. Not a bargain but not terrible either. Some other things from GW, like minotaurs, could be used too.


Harpies Five for £15 is not a bad deal if you want some evil scary flying things!
Minotaurs £20 each, nice detailed sculpts.



Satyrs from Fanticide are another nice but badly presented range of miniatures. Happily there are some well painted examples here.




The 28mm historical personalities are nice character figures for £2.50 each and include Ramases II in case you wanted to find that elusive Pharaoh miniature. The rest of their figures are in small scales unfortunately.


If you have a suggestion for something to add, please leave a comment or post on the Facebook Group.

Egyptian Warband Roster

The cult of Anubis, the death god, has grown strong in Egypt under the influence of Persia. The inhabitants of its ancient pyramids stir and venture forth from the realm of the dead. Nor are the men of Egypt idle: Pharoah's human armies are also ready for war.

If you haven't played with these rules before this is what you need to know: a low quality value is good because you need to roll over it on a d6. A high Combat value is good because you add it to a d6 roll. Special rules generally do what the name implies.

A starting warband is 300 points and you can't spend more than 100pts on personalities.The point limit will increase as the campaign progresses.

New units will also appear throughout the campaign.

Awakened Pharaoh - Personality Points 95 Quality 2+ Combat 4 Special Rules Magic-User, Undead Those pharaohs who have returned from the dead are amongst the most powerful magicians in the world.

Egyptian Archer Points 17 Quality 5+ Combat 2 Special Rules Desert Walk, Shooter: Medium Archery is the Egyptians' preferred form of combat.

Egyptian Chariot Points 50 Quality 4+ Combat 2 Special Rules Good Shot, Long Move, Mounted, Shooter: Medium Charioteers race across the battlefield firing arrows at the enemy.

Egyptian Priest of Anubis - Personality Points 40 Quality 3+ Combat 1 Special Rules Necromancer The sinister priests of the death god have been key allies of the Persians.

Egyptian Priest of Thoth - Personality Points 45 Quality 2+ Combat 1 Special Rules Coward, Magic-User

The servants of the god of magic are reluctant warriors but effective nonetheless. Egyptian Warrior Points 13 Quality 5+ Combat 2 Special Rules Desert Walk Egyptian soldiers are numerous if unspectacular warriors.

Giant Scorpion Points 30 Quality 4+ Combat 3 Special Rules Animal, Huge, Poison

These unnaturally large scorpions give even the most fearsome warriors pause. Honoured Commander - Personality Points 48 Quality 3+ Combat 1 Special Rules Leader, Shooter: Medium Leading troops for the Pharaoh is a great honour but few courtiers are personally accomplished warriors.

Mummified Guardian Points 36 Quality 3+ Combat 3 Special Rules Undead Those who have sworn to guard a Pharaoh beyond death are deadly enemies.

Pharaoh - Personality Points 60 Quality 2+ Combat 1 Special Rules Leader, Shooter: Medium Revered as a god by his people, the Pharaoh is an exceptional leader.

Royal Guard Points 26 Quality 3+ Combat 2 Special Rules Steadfast The best troops in Egypt, these soldiers are highly trained and extremely brave.

Skeleton Archer Points 26 Quality 4+ Combat 2 Special Rules Shooter: Medium, Undead

Animated by the dark gifts of Anubis, skeletons are surprisingly effective warriors. Skeleton Points 20 Quality 4+ Combat 2 Special Rules Undead

Animated by the dark gifts of Anubis, skeletons are surprisingly effective warriors.

Celt Warband Roster

Drawn by the dire warnings of their shamans who realise the danger that Xerxes poses to the world many Celtic warbands have travelled south to seek glory in battle against this legendary empire. The prospect of large amounts of booty have also proved a powerful attraction.

If you haven't played with these rules before this is what you need to know: a low quality value is good because you need to roll over it on a d6. A high Combat value is good because you add it to a d6 roll. Special rules generally do what the name implies.

A starting warband is 300 points and you can't spend more than 100pts on personalities.The point limit will increase as the campaign progresses.

New units will also appear throughout the campaign.

Special Rule: Individualistic
Celts are a tribal people and lack the discipline of more civilised armies. A Celtic warband need not include a Leader although it must include at least one personality.

All miniatures linked to can be ordered from the Gamers Guild.

Cave Bear Points 40 Quality 3+ Combat 4 Special Rules Animal, Big Cave bears are fearsome creatures who lumber into battle at the bidding of the Druids. Miniatures can be found here. Celtic Beserker Points 27 Quality 4+ Combat 3 Special Rules Savage Some warriors suffer a terrible battle frenzy. Their mad charges can break an enemy battle line with their ferocity. Celtic Cavalry Points 39 Quality 4+ Combat 2 Special Rules Long Move, Mounted Speed is something that the Celts value and a good horseman is a useful warrior. Celtic Chariot Points 48 Quality 4+ Combat 2 Special Rules Dashing, Long Move, Mounted, Savage Particularly skilled warriors take the battle to the enemy in chariots. Celtic Chieftain - Personality Points 50 Quality 4+ Combat 3 Special Rules Dashing, Leader Tough and canny fighters, chieftains lead their men for glory and plunder. Celtic Warleader - Personality Points 72 Quality 3+ Combat 3 Special Rules Dashing, Fearless, Hero Not every celtic leader concerns himself with the subtleties of strategy, some are simply peerless killers whom men will follow into the very jaws of hell. Celtic Warrior Points 13 Quality 5+ Combat 2 Special Rules Dashing Celtic warriors have a preferred tactic: Charge! Druid - Personality Points 46 Quality 3+ Combat 1 Special Rules Enchanter, Forester These nature priests have called the most powerful creatures of the natural world to join the battle against Xerxes' apocalyptic goals. Mammoth - Personality Points 84 Quality 3+ Combat 5 Special Rules Animal, Huge, Tough Large, woolly and with monstrous tusks, mammoths trample the enemies of nature beneath their feet. Miniatures can be found here. Wolf / Warhound Points 26 Quality 4+ Combat 2 Special Rules Animal, Long Move Wolves and warhounds are popular pets amongst the celts. Outsiders often can't tell the difference. You can find miniatures for wolves and warhounds at the linked pages.