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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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  • 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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  • 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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m-p-constructions Tabletop Terrain

Battlefield Scenics Fortification Wall

Storming the fortress or defending it, is one of the coolest scenarios for tabletop battles in my opinion. I proudly present the first element of the coming fortification series. Highly modular and versatile you can build a fortified site any size you see fit.   This PDF will give you a modular Fortification Wall Design. The Fortification fits all 28mm tabletop games with a Modern or Future-Fantasy setting. Make sure to check out the fitting models of the fortification series available
The Legend of Norman Paperman

So it begins

This is the Legend of Norman Paperman Tales from the island we will tell Chasing illusions can get quite confusing As heaven can turn into hell   Five bucks (one heart reaction) to the frater in the crowd who knows the reference. But esoteric musical references from my childhood aside, I am delighted to have a project on my desk that I can share with the community here at B&C! My motivations for this project are simple, a new friend has invited me to play my first 40
Drakhearts - Hobby blog and general musings

All about the base!

Intro   With the Knives in the Darkness Kill Team event looming, I have been assembling my chosen team of Inquisitorial agents with a squad of sisters of silence. The inquisitorial agents I have already built on standard plastic Sector Imperialis bases, but sisters of silence I have left unattached to the bases, as i find with big cloaks such as theirs they are easier to paint when you can get to them from below. Anyway, I decided I would have a go at 3d modelling my own 32mm bases for
drakheart

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m-p-constructions Tabletop Terrain

Industrial Site Silo

Ever tabletop battlefield needs large structures, to block line of site, to hide units behind, place units on for the best view and to block movement. This SiloThis PDF will give you a Silo Design to create one Silo or a formation of Silos arranged and connected in triangle formation. The Silo / Silo Formation is fitting for 28mm tabletop games with a Modern or Future-Fantasy setting.   You can get the set here: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/419308/Tabletop-Battlefield-Scen
m-p-constructions Tabletop Terrain

Containers, you can´t have enough of them

Containers are perhaps the most basic and versatile peace of tabletop terrain. This set will give you seven different Containerdesigns fitting for 28mm tabletop games with a Modern or Future-Fantasy setting.   You can get the set here: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/386372/Tabletop-Battlefield-Basics-Container?src=hottest_filtered   I hope this set will let you have as much fun in your games as i have since using them.   Just Print, build and play!  
m-p-constructions Tabletop Terrain

Everything begins with a small step.

Through the years in the hobby i always had a love-hate relationship with terrain. It is a absolute must to have a fun and balanced game experience and it tells the story. Building your own with scrap, foam or whatever and then painting it up is very time consuming. Most terrain you can buy is very expensive and then takes a lot of time building and painting to a decent level. As a fan of papercraft modeling i decided to combine my skills and hobbylove to create some papercraft terrain that is
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Xenith's Hobby Hangout

Battle Report: Eldar v Orks

I had a fight with some orks last night - my first game of 40k in some weeks, and maybe only my third since 2023. Needless to say, I'm a bit rusty, but keen to get the Eldar on the table again.    Eldar Warhost 1.5k Warhost (1490 points)   Aeldari Strike Force (2000 points) Warhost     CHARACTERS   Autarch (90 points)   • 1x Dragon fusion gun     1x Star glaive   • Enhancement: Timeless Strategist   Farseer (85
Xenith

Xenith in Battle Report

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Happy Golden Days - Armies for 4th Edition

Into the Forest

Theoretical While building an army, one might find themselves having crossed a line, where the project begins materializing beyond the Kill-Team or individual squad level. Like models in their squads, the units begin to coalesce into a recognizable force. It's not something I can really visualize with grey plastic - the painting lends itself to the phenomenon. The small slips and errors made on specific models goes away, and the trees become the forest.   Practical With my Ta
TheSpeckledTrout

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Wormwoods' Various Projects

Crusade - Game 4 - Rematch in the Ruins

CRUSADE GAME 4 - TAU VS IMPERIAL GUARD Spending a lot of time in close combat in this Crusade...   My next game was a rematch, of sorts. Not for the armies so much as for the two most intimidating hulls currently in the Crusade! Yes, Andrew's Rogal Dorn - now a commander - against my Hammerhead, Shi'ur Monat. Oh, and some other things happened, I guess, but the two big tanks having another shooting match was the main thing.   At this range it was practical
Wormwoods

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Wormwoods' Various Projects

Crusade - Game 3 - Scrap Metal

CRUSADE GAME 3 - TAU VS GROTS Fearful symmetry.   After a wait, we've now had our second game day for our new Crusade. After a strong start, this was a rough one for the Recon Cadre, but hey, it happens. Regressing to the mean of my gaming by losing horrendously.    Game 3 was against Kieran's Waaaagh! Grot-Snicker (or was that Grot-Snikah? Unclear) and a veritable horde of big robots and constructions. Killa Kans built from battlesuits, Grot Tanks built from w
Wormwoods

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

A Great Unclean One almost took me down.......

Wow this cold/ Flu is freaking brutal.....chills, sinus pressure, cough, congestion, phlegm, exhaustion, fevers, all of it. Hit my house like a ton of bricks. All the kids got it along with the wife and me.  And as I was recovering, Wife and I went to Disneyland with my Bestfriend and his wife, for a mini moon without kids and of course it was cold and rainy (misty rain) so Nurgle's blessing did not go away.  And now that I am back home and back to work we are dealing with a high 80's this past
W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Life

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The Strifes of the Matteus Subsector

Defence of Dakota Minor (884M41) I

+++ INTRODUCTION +++   The Defence of Dakota Minor was a series of conflicts in 884M41, that saw the Imperium defending the Matteus Subsector’s primary food provider against invaders. With only a token battlefleet and planetary defence force to protect it, Dakota Minor was expected to fall to the invaders in less than three months. Fortunately, intervention by local Astra Militarum regiments and the Adeptus Astartes saw the invasion quelled and the planet secured for the Imperium.
Bad Mood Rising

30 Years of Hobby - Packing time

Hi Folks,   It is time to move, or rather prepare the moving. There are 7 days lefy before starting loading the truck. And I packed all the stuff I jealously want to keep for myself and, if possible in good shape.   But 30 years of Hobby is a big volume of stuff. And some models requuire very specific care if one want them to arrive at destination in a single piece. Past weeks have therefore be spent reinforcing boxes and tray, cutting foam spacers, revarnishing some mod
Bouargh

Bouargh in Edito

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Happy Golden Days - Armies for 4th Edition

This One is Compulsory

Theoretical It's largely unnecessary (and generously self-indulgent) to explain the concept of Compulsory Unit Selections to the B&C crowd. With his previous experiences in 3rd Edition Age of Sigmar (playing the big orks whose name escapes me - 'Ardboyz? Irongutz?), my opponent grasped the concept pretty quickly. Personally, I first learned Compulsories during my initial forays in Warhammer, playing Horus Heresy from 2015 until the first rendition's untimely demise (there's another conv
TheSpeckledTrout

TheSpeckledTrout in Hobby

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Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up

12 Months of Hobby - Kastelans

Hi Folks,   As a Feb 2025 entry for 12 MoH, I did a speed painting of some Kastelan robots.   "Speed" as I got them ready is something like 4 days or so. Truth is that these lads combine several key advantages or features to reach such a productivity: Big models are always faster to paint My scheme is simple and almost 3 colours only I have already painted something like 3 to 4k pts of AdMechs, so I am trained...   The main risk was to introduce
Bouargh

Bouargh in 12 Months of Hobby

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Zulu.Tango's Hobby Blog

Knives in the Grass

Been steady picking away at my Ratlings team for the last week, and been making slow but steady progress. I swear, ratlings are basically guardsmen on hard-mode. "Oh you want to paint bare faces? What if they were even smaller and always squinting?". I do really love this kit, but if you don't like painting faces its certainly one to avoid. Or don't. They're small enough most people wont see them anyway - live your life.  I have two young children (4 and 6), a spouse that ha
zulu.tango

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Zulu.Tango's Hobby Blog

Knives In the Shadows vow completion

Unit Name: The 4th Mootshire Elite Abhuman Line. Planet of Origin: Mootshire, 11th planet in the Aver Expanse. Commanding officer: Lt. Col Reginald Trik Regimental appellations: “The Bluebonnets”, “Reginald’s Irregulars”.   Notable disciplinary records of 4th MEAL.  Fixer: Trik, Reginald - Lt. Colonel M41.2346 –  Regimental officers mess hall storage facilities on Tanit Rex are robbed ahead of highly anticipated planetary millennial Sanguinala celebrations during an
zulu.tango

zulu.tango in Kill Team

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Domhnall's hobby goodness

Salamander Statue back on the WIP pile

Quick update.    After about 14 years, I'm getting my Salamander back on the WIP desk to start clearing my more important backlog of figures. He's been at the same stage since about 2010/11 (there's a theme here), so I'm getting him finished. Originally I was just going to paint him with just a basic style, but since changed to more reflective/NMM style that's more interesting.    Starting with the right leg and knee, it's already looking a bit more interesting!   
Domhnall

Domhnall in Work In Progress

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The Accusers Chapter

The Rest of the Story (sort of...)

I suppose it's time to tell you as much of the rest of the story as I can. While I had originally intended to present a story in which you never quite knew whether or not the Accusers existed, I mucked that up in telling the Homecoming story. It was such a compelling vignette, though, that I couldn't resist telling it and spoiling the secret.   Yes, the Accusers existed. They were created in the 2nd Founding and were one of the Primogenitors. While many of the members of the chapter ma
The Throne Knights Chapter

The Throne Knights

GENE-SEED (PREDECESSOR): Dark Angels (Angels of Vengeance)FOUNDING: unknownCHAPTER MASTER: Pyrrhus BrasidorCHAPTER WORLD: UrkonaFORTRESS MONASTERY: The HoldMAIN COLORS: crimson, bone, silverSPECIALITY: noneBATTLE CRY: “For the Emperor!”CURRENT STRENGTH: none (see “Present Activities” below)KNOWN DESCENDANTS: noneORIGINSThe earliest recorded actions of the Throne Knights Chapter date back to M34, in the years following the Howling. Created from the gene-stock of the Angels of Vengeance chapter, t
Ioldanach

Ioldanach in Chapter Article

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The Throne Knights Chapter

The Brotherhood of Angels

Back in 2014, @Grand Master Belial ran the Brotherhood of Angels challenge. This was one in a series of similar annual challenges in which he challenged members to present articles showcasing their DIY Unforgiven chapters. After considering the challenge and developing my basic concept, I committed to the challenge with the following oath:   (You can click on that to see it in full size)   If I recall correctly, the "Throne Knights" name came from an earlier discussion,
ZeroWolf's Hobby Madness

Hobby Challenge Diary 01

Well, something happened this week.     Deciding to throw caution to the wind, I sat down with the Sternguard and drilled some holes.   I did (guess I should say, tried here) the pilot hole trick with my craft knife, then, got to work.   The results speak for themselves...aka an obvious first attempt.     Little bit of history here. At no point in my hobbying career have I ever used a drill...or done any real converting. The closest I
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