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  • Bouargh

    Square Pants Bob

    By Bouargh

    Hi Folks,   Today’s blog entry is a little bit specific as it deals with something different from my usual inputs: instead of reporting hobbying progress, I will talk about a trail I did for a new technique (à la TITH – i.e. something that is not new in general but new for me).     The technique is often reported on purpose of adding details and create battle damages or war-torn marks on miniatures. But beyond painting damages, the sponge might be used on purpose of
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  • GSCUprising

    Jagieŀŀo inspects their prizes

    By GSCUprising

    The Resistance have finally captured the war machines they believe they require to make their stand.   Brutus, the Malcador, reliable, dependable the spine of their battleline. She will not fail them. She will hold the line, her battlecannon roaring, her sponsons blazing as she paves the way for the Resistance's advance. The Iron Duke, his twin Earthshaker cannons blasting holes in the enemy's fortifications. He guards those retreating and the wounded behind his massive blast shield
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  • zulu.tango

    Wrapping Wreckas

    By zulu.tango

    Hit the throttle on the Wreckas last week. I've been painting pretty slowly this year all things considered, decided to change that with this project. Finished up free-hand on a few items, got the squigs painted up, did the bases and oil washes last week resulting in a final project I'm pretty happy with!    I dug out some of the leftover terrain bits I had from the sector imperialis/Chalnath terrain. I put a fine terrain paste around those bits and then put in some sand to act as larg
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  • W.A.Rorie

    XIVth Legion build

    By W.A.Rorie

    So am I back from Indiana. I have to head back to move In-Laws into a Retirement Center, in a few weeks. And of course everything goes sideways at work moment I get back. So hobby time has been non existence. Silver Lining is LGS not get Saturnine until Monday, so I can get everything I need to do first i.e. my XIXth Legion and Exorcists  Call to Arms Vows, that I have not started. And won't have time this weekend.   I did start on building one of My XIVth Legion Commanders, not sure w
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The building uprising of Prawa V

The Night Rovfugl's insertion

OK, OK, I pledge to get the Night Rovfugl and get some decent pics this weekend. I've been sitting on it for long enough. I apologise, family commitments over the holdays and the joy of being in hospital for a few days (yay?) somewhat threw me off track. Below is a passage about the Night Rovfugl, the Night Bird of Prey.   She's a predator. She will only attack if she is sure of a kill. Under other circumstances, she will flee. If cornered, she is like a cat, she'll put on a show al
The building uprising of Prawa V

Zofia & Róża

I've never really turned my hand to 'romantic' scenes, but thought I'd think a little ahead in this small scene between Zofia Malmgren, the 280th's medic and Róźa Makówska, Sergeant of the 265th, from Comes the Sandstorm. I've sprinkled little hints in the text that there's an unspoken spark between them, but never made it blatant. I like my readers to fill in the gaps. That said, I've not posted any of this, yet! Haha   I believe the question I am asking is, 'does this work for you?'
The building uprising of Prawa V

A request for feedback and an apology

Hi all,   Firstly, my apologies for not updating much of late. Both the travelling for the holiday season and being a little unwell has rather knocked the stuffing out of me.   Secondly, a little feedback on my style and where I can improve would be most gratefully received.   I've shown my writing to both yourselves and to some friends I have here. One of the comments was that it is a "little stiff." I can see how this comes about as I tend not convey inner monolog
Combat Patrolling the Galaxy

So it begins again

So figure I place this here since this project will be covering multiple factions. The idea is to do as many Combat Patrols as possible using what I have or am getting via the Hatchettes’ lovely magazine collections or any of the other bundle boxes I get over the course of this.    Will also include battle reports for these or links to the reports if the CP is part of a large force I’m tracking in the main section of the B&C. Namely the guard and Admech ones. To help keep track of
Ashen Sentinels - an Ultima Founding Space Marine Chapter

2025 in Review - and what's ahead in 2026

I gave this army a lot of focus in 2025, adding units to take it to 2,000 points, and beyond  Not counting Heavy Intercessors and a Gravis Captain (which I started painting in 2024), here's everything I painted for the Ashen Sentinels this past year - six squads (Desolation Squads, Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs, and more Intercessors), three characters and a Redemptor Dreadnought:   The past year wasn't just a good one for this army hobby wise, the narrative campaign I ran
The Tip of the Spear: A journey with the XVI

Siege of Mezoa - solo battle #1

With the conclusion of the opening multi-player apex battle concluded, the campaign has moved into a round of individual games. Schedules aligned to have my Luna Wolves face off against the Raven Guard in a 2500 point battle for my last HH game of 2025. This battle was fought earlier in the month before schedules completely got sidetracked by end of year craziness. It's taken me a bit to be objective about the mission experience enough to write anything up.    Mission: Take and Hold
Shard of Magnus

Shard of Magnus in Siege of Mezoa

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2026: Building Space Marines

Laziness For the Win!

Good News! It's been tough in my brain trying to find a Space Marine army to play that fit all the criteria that I need:   1. Easy to find Shoulderpads and Emblems for vehicles. Decals or Plastic.   2. Ridiculously easy paint scheme.   3. A Chapter that exists in the official lore, even if it is super obscure.   The Internet has heard my cries and granted me the following:   The Knights of the Raven!   Yep, a Raven Guard successor in sh
Ordo Maledictum: 164th Detachment "Ash Vultures"

And So It Begins...

"It was the year of fire, the year of destruction, the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth, the year of great sadness, the year of pain, and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2026; the place: Bolter & Chainsword"     Today, I start construction of the 164th.  
Lathe Biosas

Lathe Biosas in Ordo Maledictum

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Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up

One year in a Post

Hi folks,   This is this moment of the year (again) when I make a pit stop and have a look on the past 12 months’ production of mine. And this year has been heavy as a pound of lead (which sounds heavier than a pound of fur although it is still a pound…).   The split between the Blogs has left some of my “free speech spaces” less active than others, but it has been globally a very productive year. Let’s see:   BLOG 2025 entries
Bouargh

Bouargh in Edito

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In Service of the Imperium- W.A.Rorie's Blog

Stress of life, holidays, and end of year shenanigans...Bring on the 2026 MoH

Ugh the Holidays.....Stress of money, Kids on Christmas break, Family visits, Work, Holidays Party, Cleaning the house, repairs, etc. The past few weeks Life has taken over and the hobby time has been non existent even when it comes to other hobbies not involving gaming as well. Every time I tried to take time to myself, I was unable too or it was delayed, to a point where I could not do it because of other things. Then having to go to work 2 hours earlier and staying later, then while at home s
W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Miscellaneous

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AM Not-Stygies - A Blog about building a new Army

Moiraxes Part 5 – Finalized models

Hi Folks,   Xmas period is now over and I have managed time between sweet potatoes and turkey in order to complete the assembly of the Moiraxes.   Torso glueing and arms fitting has been a 10 sec job or almost.   The main output expected was answering the key question: “Will my scheme balance the big grey block effect?”. I guess the answer is a “Yes”. Or at least, I am satisfied enough by the results. The bonish quadrant does the job (but I had little doubt about th
Bouargh

Bouargh in Freeblade

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The Shrikeborn

Making Chosen, plus bits for the Headsman

The Chosen are a simple group to put together, just a Nemesis Claw box with a couple of changes to loadouts from the suggested version. I'm going to be running them as two identical Chosen squads with the following loadout- champion w/plasma pistol, powerfist, and icon, chosen w/twin accursed weapon and plasma pistol, 2x Chosen with combi-weapon, accursed weapon, and bolt pistol, Chosen w/bolter, accursed weapon, and bolt pistol. Since I love the chainglaives that all good Night Lords carry, thi
Lord_Ikka

Lord_Ikka in Hobby

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The Shrikeborn

Mortals- The Howlbrood and the Still Order

For along the stars they travel, in ships of night and blood Screaming rage and silent death Mortal in flesh, in purpose bound to the more-than-mortal Clad in dusk, armed in fear They are the Howlbrood and the Still Order Twin brotherhoods of the damned Know their mark and beware For if they are near, so are their Masters - Poem found at Unil VI, Bondri Subsector Raidings      Howlbrood “Terror is the only truth.”   The
Lord_Ikka

Lord_Ikka in Lore

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The Shrikeborn

Butterfly moment - Cultists and Guardsmen idea, Xmas stuffs

So a couple of days ago I had a hobby butterfly moment and decided to go with it. I was looking over the Necromunda book Tribes of the Wastelands and saw the Sha'dar Hunters models from the Ash Wastes Nomads. I have always liked the Nomads, but didn't really think that I would be playing an Ash Wastes Necro game anytime soon so had no large desire to get them. Something about the Sha'dar Hunters clicked for me though and I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole- looking up the rules for the CSM
Lord_Ikka

Lord_Ikka in Hobby

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AM Not-Stygies - A Blog about building a new Army

Moiraxes Part 4 – Finalizing preassembly and working on Pauldrons

Hi Folks,   So, the challenging step is now how to break the monochrome aspect of the Moiraxes.…   Weapons can bring some interesting changes to a model thanks to colored cables, coils and somehow armor panels. The GW color scheme for the Moiraxes shown on the sites, all bone with red panels on the Laslocker, are a good example. I have decided to do the same for the latter, while the Gyges Claw bearers will get pauldrons with a touch or red. As my stripes attempt was a fail o
Bouargh

Bouargh in Freeblade

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AM Not-Stygies - A Blog about building a new Army

Moiraxes Part 3 – Is there a pilot in the Moirax?

Hi Folks,   After painting, assembly and basing of the legs, paint job has continued with the cockpits. It has required some thinking steps before putting the first touch of color. Well not really as black undercoat and metal dry brush did not need that kind of auto reflexive step…   Once metal has been done, the decision making was done by elimination: 1.      Getting the back of the hull as per the one I have done for the Styrix: bronze back. 2.      Keep the Esh
Bouargh

Bouargh in Freeblade

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The Lost & The Damned

Showcase all initial units

It feels like I’m starting to get the hang of the blog format, so I’ll finish by showing you all the miniatures that have been completed at this stage.   I’ll start with “The Red Oath”, a squad of renegade guardsmen that I play as Kasrkin. There are a few conversions to match the official loadout (notably this improvised bomb made from several grenades glued together to represent a Melta Mine), but otherwise the models are based on the official Renegade Guard kit. Their personalities r
ChaosLord99

ChaosLord99 in showcase

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AM Not-Stygies - A Blog about building a new Army

Moiraxes Part 2 – These (mech) legs are made for walking

Hi Folks,   Following pre-building of the legs and carapace, instead of keeping going on with weapons, I have shifted to paint jobs. Starting with the legs.   The idea was getting some progress while not being fully decided about how the carapace and cockpit will be done. My Korvax inspired scheme is rather easy to apply plain Eshin grey with recesses in Administratum grey and highlight with Mechanium Standard grey. But is there some room on the armor panels for some secondar
Bouargh

Bouargh in Freeblade

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The Shrikeborn

The Dirgebound

Stab-lights strobed in the dark. A score of men moved quietly, lasguns held ready and sweeping the darkened street, flicking their gunlights on and off in a trained manner, giving an enemy no steady light to target. Imperial Guard, Mordians even, veterans of that world's ever-night. They were comfortable in the gloom but wary. Their parade-ground uniforms blended into the night as they advanced towards the local power depot. The enemy had come to Javan and the Mordian 990th Iron Guard would not
Lord_Ikka

Lord_Ikka in Lore

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The Shrikeborn

Making Warp Talons

Ah, the Warp Talons. They don't quite fit the non-daemonic aspect that I'm going for with the Shrikeborn, but some judicious use of shame/warning/pragmaticism make it alright (i.e.- I really wanted lightning claw jumpy boys for the Night Lords and am ok with them being slightly daemonic if need be).    Anyway. These guys I had a plan from the very beginning. I like the MkVI Assault Marine sculpts as they convey movement without having all the weird one-legged jumpy poses that assault s
Lord_Ikka

Lord_Ikka in Hobby

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