Tutorial Archives - A Gentlemanly Sport

Hobby Shortcut: How to learn game rules

In this tutorial I’ll guide you through my personal method of how I learn war game rules, and how to wreck your rulebook in the process.

In this BATTLETECH 3D Terrain tutorial, I’ll cover my technique of representing water in my favorite game.

A DIY oil wash is a cheap and easy to use alternative to your standard acrylic wash and another tool for your miniature painting arsenal.

For many years now, my miniature painting palette could be described as dark, not grim, but certainly not bright. This[…]

I’ve been tinkering with a portable-travel-pocket-sized BATTLETECH game, because I like to experiment with travel sized miniature gaming.

Free re-usable beer bottle lid wash palettes! Up-cycling at its best. The size is perfect for your mini painting needs.

The subject of this brief tutorial is my take on crafting a glass window for miniature tabletop wargames, both historical[…]

Happy orktober, everyone… or spooktober, for the undead fans among us. As part of an in-club activity, I decided to[…]

For 2024’s Orktoberfest, I was painting my hand sculpted goblin miniature. I made it nearly 10 years ago out of a piece of wire and Miliput.

Before committing to a major wargaming terrain or painting project, I tend to do experiments and develop prototypes first. My[…]