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Insider 4/27/2010: Will Shick

Last weekend I was lucky enough to get to attend Kingdom-Con, a new independent gaming convention in sunny San Diego, CA.  Spanning three days, Kingdom-Con hosted all manner of table-top, board, and video game rooms, but without a doubt the busiest room was the WARMACHINE and HORDES play room.  Eternal War provided non-stop action from open to close as players fought to accumulate tickets to trade in for awesome prizes including signed prints from Privateer Press Chief Creative Officer Matt Wilson and Privateer Staff signed Force books.  In addition, the hall was home to several qualifying tournaments which narrowed the field to four for Sunday's Championship Final.
Insider 4/26/2010 - Rob Hawkins

Not much to talk about this week.  I’ve spent most of my time in the photo room finishing off the shots for Hordes: Primal MkII.  All of the photography is in the can, so it’s on to the Forces of Hordes books.
Insider 4/23/2010 - Dave Dauterive

Greetings, comrades! My name is Dave Dauterive (doe-treeve), and I have the slick position of Retail Support and Development. What is great about this position is I get to bring my passion for our product to your retail storeowners. I’ve been a fan of Privateer Press products ever since my buddy Rob first showed me the Khador Battlebox about eight years ago. Needless to say, I’ve been a “red” ever since.
Insider 4/22/2010 - Simon Berman

For me, the hardest part of writing is actually writing things down. For those of you who read Doug’s blog, my handwriting makes Seacat’s look like the finest copperplate; crafted lovingly by angels who choose to spend a millennia inscribing each precious letter. In contrast, my own has the look of a Dear John letter clutched in the hand of someone found floating facedown in the Gowanus Canal on a dark, humid night in August.

This is why I type.
Insider 4/20/2010 - Kris Aubin

Hi, this is Kris Aubin of the Privateer Press design studio. We have
been very busy here in the studio over the last year preparing for,
and producing all the exciting new books, card and packaging for our
huge Mk II release.

To celebrate the announcement of the Hordes Mk II book release we
though it would be great to not only present a preview of the entire
cover art of the rulebook, but also a step by step series of how our
talented artist, Andrea Uderzo, produces the art. Andrea is a
wonderfully talented artist who understands the Iron Kingdoms world
Insider 4/19/2010 - Chris Walton

Insider 4/16/2010 - DC

Early last fall, I began meeting with other Privateer staff to discuss the league system for 2010. We knew we wanted to take things in a fresh direction that allowed us to explore more story elements of the Iron Kingdoms, and we also had quite a bit of feedback from past leagues that would factor in to the various decisions we made on our new direction.

Insider 4/15/2010 - Staff XGL

The Privateer XGL season has officially passed its halfway point and one team has emerged as the team to beat. Having left all opposition a smoking ruin at the end of the mid-season XGL tournament, the Nyshyr Nihilators led by the diabolical Brent “Ghost” Waldher have maintained their undefeated record in the regular season. As you can probably guess, the Nihilators are the office’s top pick to make it into the finals and vie for the title of XGL Champion.
Insider 4/14/2010 - Aeryn Rudel

Hi, all. My name is Aeryn Rudel, and I’m the new editor-in-chief of No Quarter Magazine. Since I’m the new guy, I thought my first blog post would be an ideal place to introduce myself. So here—in no particular order—are ten random bits of information about your new editor-in-chief.

1) Worked as a game designer, primarily on the tabletop RPG side of the hobby, for the last six years.

2) In the gaming industry, primarily known by the rather ridiculous pseudonym “Blackdirge.”

3) Highly skilled with sword-shaped objects but not actual swords.
Insider 4/13/2010 - Ed Bourelle

To the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies

Come and listen to a story about a man named Ed

A poor Press Ganger, barely kept his family fed,

Then one day he was designing organized play, 


And through the interweb came a job with pay. 



Work, that is. Project management. WARMACHINE.

Well, the next thing you know ol’ Ed’s a Privateer,

Kinfolk said, ”Ed, move away from here!”

Said "Washington has the plunder that’s the best,"

So he loaded up his stuff and he sailed for the Northwest.

Seattle, that is. Cloudy skies. Starbucks.

Insider 4/12/2010 - Doug Seacat

My name is Doug Seacat and I do some writing for Privateer Press. Reading about how someone writes is probably not very exciting, but I’ll give it a go. I’d hardly be true to myself if I turned in something abridged. I promise to go over word count on every blog.
Insider 4/9/2010 - Will Shick

Working as the Marketing Coordinator for Privateer Press has lots of advantages. One of the best of which is getting to preview all Privateer's awesome upcoming stuff for players around the world. Today I'm going to take the opportunity to show off something I know HORDES players everywhere have been waiting to see since the end of the HORDES Mk II Field Test.

So without further ado I give you the final HORDES Mk II card designs!
Insider 4/8/2010 - Brian Dugas

Today we will pick up where yesterday's blog left off.

Here I attach the armature to the cork/base. Again, I do this for stability and to keep the feet from extending past the inside edge of the base. I’ve removed the lip from the base so it doesn’t interfere with my reach. Most sculptors attach their armatures directly to the cork, but because I’ve had some catastrophic results working that way I sculpt on top of the bases instead. It’s hard to say which might work better for you. .
Insider 4/7/2010 - Brian Dugas

I talked a bit in my last blog about creating armatures for sculpting and over my next two blogs I will be discussing the process of crafting your own armatures.

This is the armature I use most often. It’s a standard size and can be used as is for female figures or can be “squeezed” out to make much larger figures. I mentioned this last time, but this time I will demonstrate.

Insider 4/6/2010 - Matt Dipietro

The landscape of a miniature painter’s desk is strewn with strange objects and hidden treasures. This week, let us take a journey through my work area in the Privateer Press Studio to see what tools I use and how things are organized.
Insider 4/5/2010 - DC

A signature that I've seen now and then around the forums is the statement "The goal is to win, the point is to have fun." Though we may occasionally run into a bit of forum drama or heated debates about some model or rule, it's important to never lose sight of the point of it all - fun. At the end of the day, a great game of WARMACHINE or HORDES is not one where you mercilessly beat someone into the ground but one in which both players had a blast playing.

And so I'd like to share a little story from AdeptiCon that made me think about that element of fun...
Insider 4/2/2010 - Rob Hawkins

This week, I’m starting the photography for HORDES: Primal Mk II. I’ll be shooting approximately twenty shots for the rules section and some army shots for the faction galleries.

The photos are fairly specific for the rules sections of the book. Most of the photos relate to the rules being addressed on a particular page, so I need to set up a shot that illustrates the point. I keep these rules photos limited to mainly Primal Mk II models, while the army shots allow me a little more freedom to showcase the expanded armies.

Insider 4/01/2010 - The New HORDES Faction!

If there is one thing we here at Privateer Press pride ourselves on, it's listening to our audience. You guys and gals have been demanding a fifth full faction for our exciting fury-driven miniatures combat game HORDES, and we are gonna give it to you!

From the earliest stages of concept and design we have considered the carefully phrased requests of you, our audience, and the demand was clear:

Unicorns.
Insider 3/31/2010 - Chris Walton

With the release of Primal Mk II and the associated Forces of HORDES books looming on the horizon like an angry Titan, I have been busy scribbling away at my desk coming up with the visual designs for the new models that will be introduced with the latest edition of the game. Since Trollblood and Skorne players have already gotten a sneak peak at some of their new bruisers, I thought I’d throw the concept art for one of the new Circle Orboros heavy beasts, the Warpwolf Stalker.
Insider 3/30/2010 - Jason Soles

As we get closer to finalizing the text of the HORDES Forces books, development has been focused on refining the new models that will be introduced in coming months. Even though we have already previewed a number of new models there is plenty more hidden behind the curtain waiting to be revealed!