In this debut episode of the Crate and Crowbar’s spinoff miniatures podcast, Chris and Tom discuss Age of Sigmar and how they returned to hobby gaming. We talk about what we’ve found valuable about building and painting tiny plastic people, the background to Age of Sigmar and our armies, and what we’ve enjoyed about telling stories in this new setting.
Plus: our recent painting and modelling projects – including actual tips (!) – and a tentative attempt at a battle report. We’re very much figuring out Miniatures Monthly as we go: when we started recording this one, we didn’t even know what it was going to be called.
Each week, we’ll illustrate the podcast with photos of the models and games that we discuss. You’ll find them, and the episode, below.
A selection of Tom’s Stormcast
The beginnings of Chris’ Tzeentch army
Tom’s Lord-Celestant
Tom’s Knight-Venator
One of Tom’s Fulminators
Tom’s Lord-Veritant
Tom’s Knight-Heraldor
Chris’ Gaunt Summoner
Chris’ Ogroid Thaumaturge
Chris’ Chaos Sorcerer Lord conversion
Chris’ Herald of Tzeentch
Chris’ Realm of Metal-themed Slaughterpriest
Chris’ metallic Horus Heresy Thousand Sons test model
The next set of shots are from our most recent game, which went very well for Tom
Gribbly pink buggers and lovely star-capes
One Liberator falls down, but he is the exception to the rule
This keeps happening
Tom’s Prosecutors illustrate one of the ways that he’s tinkering with the Hammers of Sigmar colour scheme
The Gaunt Summoner lives on the vortex, dies on the vortex. The game didn’t take long after this
You can find Chris on Twitter at @CThursten and Instagram as Exitwarp. You can also find his hobby blog here. Tom’s on Twitter at @PCGLudo.
You can expect a new episode of Miniatures Monthly on the last Tuesday of every month. We definitely didn’t pick that date because today is Tuesday, the final day of February, the month that we promised we’d launch this podcast in. That definitely isn’t the case, shut up.
There are changes to come in the months ahead. We’re currently looking for original music for the intro, and we’d happily take your suggestions for future episodes. If you’d like to get in touch, you can contact us at miniatures@crateandcrowbar.com (or via the traditional questions-from-questions address, as we suggest in the episode itself. That’s questions@crateandcrowbar.com.)
This project is made possible by the Crate and Crowbar Patreon. Thank you to all of our supporters, and if miniatures aren’t your bag: don’t worry. We’ve got more on the way.
iTunes submission is the next step, and we’ll let you know when that’s live. In the meantime, you can use the feed links below to hook the pod into your regular pod-grabbers. We’ll also be uploading a YouTube version of this episode in the coming days. It’ll have pictures AND sounds! Imagine!
Thanks for listening, everybody! Miniatures Monthly will return on Tuesday 28th of March.