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Editorial

page 3

Sheﬃeld Irregulars

page 4

Lava Basing Tutorial

page 7

Nurgle Wash Tutorial

page 10

Industrial Basing Tutorial

page 12

Modiﬁed NMM Tutorial

page 14

Show round up

page 15

ECW Campaigns

page 17

5th Edition Guard Codex

page 20

Carter and sons (D20)

page 21

Commisaar short story

page 27

Death and Slaughter short story

page 30

Short Story Comp

page 32

Patriot Games

page 33

Blast from the Past

page 36

Interview with an Irregular

page 39

Artist Showcase; Roger Bunting

page 41

Legal

page 42

Submission Guidelines

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Issue 1 Summer 2009

Irregular Magazine

Editors

Jason Hubbard

Nick Johnson

Layout

Jason Hubbard

Proof Reader

Nick Johnson

Graphic Design

Rebecca Hubbard

Editors Note

Hi all, and welcome to the ﬁrst issue of “The Irregular”. This magazine is

the brainchild of Alex Garbett and I. We’re both of members of the Shef-

ﬁeld Irregulars, a mini painting group. This idea came from a session of

ranting - er, I mean constructive critique - about magazines currently on

the market. Moaning about how magazines of old, cue nostalgic music,

were (in our humble opinion) much better , ﬁlled to the brim with usable

hobby content and not just a gloriﬁed catalogue like most seem to be

these days. One of us said, “Why don’t we make our own?” The Irregular

was born, and word was put out that we were on the lookout for con-

tributors and talented artists.

The aim of the magazine is to provide hobbyists with articles and tutori-

als on subjects relating to painting and gaming. So, thanks to all those

who contributed to the magazine, and an extra special thanks to

Matthew Mella for the outstanding front cover.

Our aim is to produce 4 issues a year. We are accepting submissions from

non group members, though as this is a free magazine there are no pay-

ments. So if you are looking to break into writing or illustration for the

gaming world, then this could be an opportunity for you to build up a

portfolio of work.

Anyway this issue will contain some gaming articles, though most will be

related to painting. We also have some show reviews, news, tutorials and

informative articles.

At the back of the magazine are some guidelines if you are interested in

submitting articles to us, along with an email address for this purpose.

It also seems that this month I’m appearing in another magazine (White

Dwarf), along with Alex and another Irregular Aaron, having a chat with

a rather well known artist – the picture has already been spotted by

some eagle eyed Irregulars.

We are still looking for contributors for future issues, guidelines are in the

back of this issue. The closing date for issue 2 submissions is August 29th.

Cover Illustration

Matthew Mella

www.matthewmella.com

Photography

Alex Garbett

Contributors

Adam Balai

Kristof Comu

Dave Barker

Rebecca Hubbard

Klaus Teschner

Springbok

Alex Garbett

Jason Hubbard

Nick Johnson

Artwork

Richard Harrison

Roger Bunting

Peter Szabo Gabor

Joe Calkins

Additional Photos

Dragon statue

Artist: wili_hybrid

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/

wili/2628869994/

Jason Hubbard

by Alex Garbett & Rebecca Hubbard

Sheﬃeld irregulars – a history so

far

Games Day 08 is where the idea

for a painting group was born.

A group of gamers at the Shef-

ﬁeld city centre Games Workshop

store were painting up entries

for Games Day and encouraging

each other, making sure every-

one did their very best. On the

day, queuing up, wearing home-

made t-shirts with “Blood, Sweat

& Tears GD08” they talked about

how it would be fun to have

painting sessions more often.

The next month the ﬁrst paint-

ing group meeting was held

in the store – with 10 or more

people gathering around the

paint stations, painting and dis-

cussing various techniques and

approaches. It was decided that

everyone would paint up an ogre

to practice painting skin and a

couple of boxes of ogres were

purchased and split between

everyone.

The four people in charge of

organising the group were

Rebecca and Jason Hubbard

– husband and wife painters and

gamers, Alex Garbett – modeller

and gamer, and Robin Snelson

– founder of The Basement web-

site and Euro Militaire judge.

With the organisers keeping

in touch through Facebook it

seemed appropriate to set up an

online group for people to stay

in touch in between meetings,

somewhere to ask questions and

get advice whilst working on

their models.

Before a group could be set up, a

name was required, and Rebecca

came up with the suggestion of

“Sheﬃeld Irregulars”.

“There was something in the

back of my mind after talking to

Platoon Britannica (in June 08)

where they mentioned how cool

it would be for painting groups

to spring up around the country,

small ‘squads’ of painters help-

ing each other out. The military

inference was the inspiration.”

- Rebecca Hubbard, on choosing

the name for the group.

With the name sorted and a

Facebook group set up, a logo

was required – an icon for the

group, so the red paint ‘splat’ was

created.

“We originally used a blood splat

from the free texture site www.

cgtextures.com, but now we

have our own vector graphic for

the splat.”

By November the organisers had

been unable to secure a loca-

tion to meet up and paint once a

month, so a trip to Warhammer

World in Nottingham was ar-

ranged instead.

Rebecca had advertised the

group online to people in the

local area, in a bid to increase

the group’s size and talent pool,

so in Nottingham the group met

up with Canadian, Colin Sherlow

who was living nearby. Over

lunch in Bugman’s, a few minis

and WIPS were shared around

and discussed, and new friend-

ships were formed.

By December, the need to ﬁnd

a meeting place was becoming

urgent. Without regular meetings

the group started falling apart.

The ogre skin painting fell by the

wayside, the Sheﬃeld gamers

were becoming disillusioned and

Robin decided to focus his ener-

gies elsewhere.

Online things were taking a

diﬀerent path, as is common

for Facebook groups - random

people started joining, some of

whom were fairly local to Shef-

ﬁeld, whilst others were from

further aﬁeld.

An in-store painting competi-

tion in early December seemed

like the ideal place for new local

members to meet up. Tom Mc-

Cart and Jonathan Shaw turned

up with entries and made the

competition interesting.

As a successful commission

painter, Jonathan had a large

number of contacts and friends,

and decided to invite the mem-

bers of his popular Facebook

group to join the Sheﬃeld Ir-

regulars. In a very short space of

time, Sheﬃeld Irregulars went

from having 30 or some mem-

bers to 100 – all thanks to Jona-

than, who was awarded the title

of “Ambassador” and became a

member of the admin team.

With a large online membership,

most of which were not from

the UK, let alone Sheﬃeld, the

organisers realised that a new

approach was needed for the

group. The monthly challenges

were created and the vote for the

theme resulted in ‘vehicle’ as the

most popular. With no restriction

on manufacturer, members could

paint any vehicle they chose.

With the holidays fast approach-

ing a location was ﬁnally found

for the group. Local gaming

store, Patriot Games agreed for

the group to meet and paint

once a month for a couple of

hours, as long as paint stayed oﬀ

the carpet!

A January meeting was arranged,

and painters from the local area

were keen to show up. Unsure

of what people were expecting,

the organisers arranged a demo

on ‘cheap techniques for basing

membership has continued

to grow, currently at over 230

people on Facebook, paint-

ing challenges have become

a monthly aﬀair and the Merit

Award prize is now sponsored by

Jonathan Shaw. With a diﬀerent

winner voted by members each

month, and a new voting system

since May, the challenges have

become an important part of the

group.

Events and shows have been on

the agenda, giving local mem-

bers a chance to display their

work in public with pride. South

Cheshire Militaire at Crewe in

February was followed by the

Design Studio Open Day at War-

hammer World in March. Triples

in Sheﬃeld, ForgeWorld Open

Day at Warhammer World and

and plinths’, a display area for

members to show their vehicle

challenge entries and spaces to

paint. Adam Balai travelled up

from Nottingham especially for

the session.

The meeting went well, but the

feedback afterwards called for

more time to paint and meetings

to be more frequent. The organ-

isers went back to Patriot Games

and a new arrangement was

made – meetings would be most

Sundays from 11:00 till 16:00.

Six months on, the Irregulars

Warrior Bazaar at Bolton followed

in April, and Platoon Britannica

weekend at Warhammer World

rounded out the calendar in

June.

With a bit of practice the dis-

play table for the group looks

very smart and attracts a good

amount of interest. With a print-

ed banner, business cards, and

printed photos of miniatures

from non-local members the

display has a unique look that

reﬂects the diﬀerent styles and

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