{"id":5033,"date":"2021-05-10T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2021-05-06T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:19:00","slug":"blackstone-fortress-firebrand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/10\/blackstone-fortress-firebrand\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackstone Fortress: Firebrand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<code><div class=\"spinomatic\" spinomatic-data=\"[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;40k\/blackstonefortress\/hostiles\/firebrand\/firebrand_01.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Chaos Firebrand&quot;,&quot;isPrimary&quot;:true}]\"\r\naspect=\"4x3\"\r\nprefix=\"\/\/paintedguys.com\/spinomatic\/\"\r\nv=\"4\"\r\n><\/div> <\/code>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving on from the Dreaded Ambull, let&#8217;s get started with Escalation. This set really unlocks a lot of the other expansion content. It seems like the later boxed expansions assume you have it. It also is required for most of the contents of the Annual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-07nQiMJw\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/firebrand.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Firebrand is the bossman for the other cultists that come in the set. He&#8217;s got a cool psychic flamer. It was an excuse for me to play with using GW Contrast paints to blend. It&#8217;s easy to get a decent effect, though you can&#8217;t really get the inverse highlighting that many suggest for flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving on from the Dreaded Ambull, let&#8217;s get started with Escalation. This set really unlocks a lot of the other expansion content. It seems like the later boxed expansions assume you have it. It also is required for most of the contents of the Annual. The Firebrand is the bossman for the other cultists that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/10\/blackstone-fortress-firebrand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blackstone Fortress: Firebrand<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,105,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-40k","category-blackstone-fortress","category-spin-o-matic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blackstone Fortress: Firebrand - Painted Guys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/10\/blackstone-fortress-firebrand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blackstone Fortress: Firebrand - Painted Guys\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moving on from the Dreaded Ambull, let&#8217;s get started with Escalation. 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