The Forge Resources

[Brother Tyler]

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[Captain Semper]

THE FORGE

B&C TOOLS
Posting and Hosting Images at the B&C - How to post images at the B&C and how to upload images to your free B&C gallery

FUNDAMENTALS
Citadel Colour - Games Workshop's official site for painting
General Brush Use and Care
Initial Contrast Experiments

ONLINE PAINTERS
B&C Painters - online painters allowing you to test out schemes for a variety of factions
Paint Color Hexadecimal Codes - swatches and codes for a variety of manufacturers' paint lines (WIP)
The Painter Resource - Here you can find all the new Hex Codes for the GW new paint line

THIRD PARTY BITS AND MODEL SELLERS
The Modeller Resource - Here you can find links to Bits and Models sellers

DECALS
Decals - decals available for download and printing via the B&C downloads
Ye Olde Decal Project - Here you can find out how to make customised decals for you army

B&C PAINTING, MODELING, AND CONVERTING EVENTS
Site-wide events
(Also see faction forum resource listings for faction-specific events)

THE FORGE SUB-FORUMS
Tutorials and How To's Resources

[Captain Semper]

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SITE-WIDE EVENTS

 

THE BOXING DAY BASH
2015 | Summary
2016 | Summary
2017 | Summary
2018 | Summary
2019 | Summary

2020 | Summary

2021 | Summary

2022 | Summary

2023 | Summary

CALL OF CHAOS
Call of Chaos II [2007]: Rules | Conclusion | Showcase
Call of Chaos III [2009]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos IV [2010]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos V [2012]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos VI [2013]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos VII [2014]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos VIII [2015]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos IX [2016]: Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos X [2017] Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos XI [2018] Rules | Conclusion
Call of Chaos XII [2019] Rules | Conclusion

 

 

THE CALL TO ARMS

The Call to Arms 1 [2023] - Sign-up:  IMPERIUM  |  CHAOS  |  XENOS   Stronghold Summaries:  IMPERIUM  |  CHAOS  |  XENOS

Artificer Voting: IMPERIUM  |  CHAOS  |  XENOS  |  Master Artificer Voting   

Event Summary: Final Summary

The Call to Arms 1 [2024] - Sign-up:  IMPERIUM  |  CHAOS  |  XENOS  |  HERESY   Stronghold Summaries:  IMPERIUM  |  CHAOS  |  XENOS  |  HERESY

Artificer Voting: IMPERIUM  |  CHAOS  |  XENOS  |  HERESY  |  Master Artificer Poll  |  Master of the Forge Poll  |  Young Blood Poll

Event Summary: Final Summary

E TENEBRAE LUX
ETL I - 2012: Rules | Final Report
ETL II - 2013: Rules | Final Report
ETL III - 2014: Rules | Final Report
ETL IV - 2015: Rules | Final Report
ETL V - 2016: Rules | Final Report
ETL VI - 2018: Rules | Final Report | Master Artificer Poll
ETL VII - 2019 [b&C-20]: Rules | Final Report | Master Artificer Poll | Princeps Senioris Poll | The Mark of the Liber | Chaos Spawn Beauty Pageant

GROTSMASHA'S CONVERSION CHALLENGES
Hall of Honour thread
Challenge 1: Chaplains Rules and Signup | Completion Thread
Challenge 2: Librarians Rules and Sign-up | Completion Thread
Challenge 3: Captains Rules and Sign-up | Completion Thread
Challenge 4: Duels and Dioramas Rules and Sign-up | Completion Thread
Challenge 5: Adepts of Mars Rules and Sign-up | Completion Thread
Challenge 6: Relics of War Rules and Sign-up | Completion Thread
Challenge 7: Treadheads and Flyboys Rules and Sign-up | Completion Thread

LIBRARIUM PAINTING CHALLENGE
LPC-09: Rules | Result
LPC-10: Rules | Result
LPC-11: Rules | Result
LPC-12: Rules | Result
LPC-13: Rules | Result

 

LOCK-DOWN PAINTING CHALLENGE

2020 | Summary

LOYALTY AND TREACHERY
Loyalty & Treachery I [2013] Rules | Conclusion
Loyalty & Treachery II [2016] Rules | Conclusion
Loyalty & Treachery III [2017] Rules | Conclusion
Loyalty & Treachery IV [2019] Rules | Conclusion
Loyalty & Treachery V [2020] Rules | Conclusio

 

TITANS OF THE HERESY
Titans of the Heresy I [2019] Rules | Conclusion

Titans of the Heresy II [2020] Rules | Conclusion

 

 

Edited December 1 by Grotsmasha

[ranulf the revenant]

Maybe this might be interesting as reference material/inspiration for weathering and painting projects in general? Just stumbled upon it by accident:

-> https://quixel.com/megascans/home?search=rusty&category=surface&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=AO%20-%20Traffic&utm_content=Ad%20Art%20:%20Surfaces%20-%20Rusty&fbclid=IwAR1edpokKDxSxftxBCFDxWKEy6RRCGAZ9o3ncO2enLpx72C0jZUhWNlAZ6Y

[Brother Tyler]

Maybe this might be interesting as reference material/inspiration for weathering and painting projects in general? Just stumbled upon it by accident:

 

-> https://quixel.com/megascans/home?search=rusty&category=surface&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=AO%20-%20Traffic&utm_content=Ad%20Art%20:%20Surfaces%20-%20Rusty&fbclid=IwAR1edpokKDxSxftxBCFDxWKEy6RRCGAZ9o3ncO2enLpx72C0jZUhWNlAZ6Y

I added the link in our Tutorials resources topic.

[Nilaru]

The B&C painters link no longer functions. 

[Grotsmasha]

On 10/10/2023 at 3:33 PM, Nilaru said:

The B&C painters link no longer functions. 

Unfortunately the site upgrade has killed (hopefully temporarily) the painters. Work on them has been halted until the next big software update has happed to ensure any work is not undone by it.

Hopefully the Painters will return at some point.