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[Brother Tyler]

From Forge World's site:

In Imperial Armour Model Masterclass Volume Two, the talented painters and modellers of the Forge World design studio build on Model Masterclass Volume One with more informative articles, stage-by-stage guides and lavish galleries of inspirational models.

Inside you’ll find step-by-step construction and painting sections, construction guides focused on our display tables and detailed painting galleries of some of our most iconic resin kits.

Whether you’re building and painting a centrepiece model for your army or a detailed diorama for display, this 144-page, full colour, hardback book is packed with innovative techniques to help you create stunning models and is an essential reference for any painter. We’ve added another video to our YouTube channel that showcases some of the pages and models from this incredible book in more detail.

And from Forge World Newsletter #304:

Since Model Masterclass Volume One was published several years ago, the painting and modelling landscape has moved forward considerably, with an explosion of new models, paints and materials available, not least of all from Forge World itself. In Model Masterclass Volume Two, the talented painters and modellers of the Forge World design studio build on the first volume with more informative articles, stage-by-stage guides and lavish galleries of inspirational models, such as the Imperial and Chaos Reaver Titans, Great Brass Scorpion and Valdor Tank Hunter.

Inside you’ll find step-by-step painting and modelling articles for our resin kits including the Crassus Armoured Assault Transport and the Great Brass Scorpion by Mark Bedford, as well as a Red Scorpions Land Raider Proteus and the Chaos Reaver Titan by Phil Stutcinskas. There are guides on the building and painting of the stunning display boards, ‘Encounter at the Balmaeus Ice Mines’, built to showcase Imperial Armour Volume 11: The Doom of Mymeara, and the ‘Raid on Kastorel-Novem’, built for Imperial Armour Volume 8. Also included are detailed painting galleries of some of our most iconic resin kits, including the Vulture Gunship by Phil Stutcinskas, a Renegade version of the Minotaur Artillery Tank by Paul Rudge and Keith Robertson’s beautifully painted Saim-Hann Phantom Titan bust.

Whether you’re building and painting a centrepiece model for your army or a detailed diorama for display, Imperial Armour Model Masterclass Volume Two is packed with innovative techniques to help you create stunning models and is an essential reference for any serious painter. This 144-page, full colour, hardback book is available to order here. We’ve also added another video to our YouTube channel that showcases some of the pages and models from this incredible book in more detail.

[Dorns padawan]

That looks like it could be a worthwhile investment, will definately look to splash out on this one at some point

[Dark Bjoern]

I have the First One and Must Sayn it's amazing. The Order for Part two is already placed.

[RedemptionNL]

I already got the book at the Forge World Open Day.

Here's a full list of contents for those interested: Pages 1 to 7 - Introduction and Table of Contents
Pages 8 to 21 - Imperial Reaver Titan (step-by-step painting how-to)
Pages 22 to 33 - Red Scorpions Proteus Pattern Land Raider (step-by-step painting how-to)
Pages 34 to 39 - Red Scorptions Strike Force (pictures of the army with some pointers in text)
Pages 40 to 43 - Saim-Hann Phantom Titan Bust (pictures of the army with some pointers in text)
Pages 44 to 65 - Encounter at the Balmaeus Ice Mines (Eldar vs Cadian display board from IA11, step-by-step construction and painting of the board itself, followed by general overview pictures of the board, with pointers in text for how to paint Craftworld Mymeara)
Pages 66 to 73 - Brass Scorpion (step by step painting how-to)
Pages 74 to 77 - Chaos Reaver Titan (mostly finished pictures with pointers in text)
Pages 78 to 79 - Nurgle Plague Hulk (finished pictures with some pointers in text)
Pages 80 to 81 - Nurgle Blight Drone (finished pictures with some pointers in text)
Pages 82 to 97 - Blessed be these Wings (Airport diorama on the book's cover, with step-by-step painting, conversion and construction of the board, thunderbolt, repair crane and flight control tower)
Pages 98 to 99 - Vulture Gunship (finished pictures with some pointers in text)
Pages 100 to 103 - Valkyrie Sky Talon (finished pictures with some pointers in text)
Pages 104 to 109 - Crassus Armoured Assault Transport (step-by-step painting how-to)
Pages 110 to 111 - Praetor Armoured Assault Launcher (finished pictures with some pointers in text)
Pages 112 to 113 - Renegade Minotaur Super-Heavy Artillery (finished pictures with some pointers in text)
Pages 114 to 119 - Renegade Valdor (step-by-step painting how-to)
Pages 120 to 135 - Raid on Kastorel Novem (Ork display board from IA8, step-by-step construction and painting how-to, followed by general overview pictures of the board, with pointers in text for how to paint various Ork vehicles)
Pages 136 to 139 - Weathering Powder tutorial
Pages 140 to 143 - Tools

[Dorns padawan]

RedemptionNL - dude thanks for the break down, looks ae I have to say! What is it like to read, easy on the eyes with lots of step-by-step tutorials?

[RedemptionNL]

All pages have full colours pictures of FW goodies. Things I've listed as step-by-step have multiple work-in-progress pictures where they show how they've done certain things, with instruction text. The smaller articles just have multiple pictures on the model from different angles with some pointers in text on how they did it. Of course, it is still a masterclass book, so they expect you to have a basic understanding of painting stuff. If you have (seen) the first book, you know what to expect.

[Dorns padawan]

Cheers mate, I have not seen the first book but have seen a couple of online picts though. Certainly sounds like a worthwhile buy

[Master Commander Ajax]

Got this through the post yesterday. Was definitely a good investment.