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  • Bouargh

    AdMech Patrol #2 - Progress report

    By Bouargh

    Blog entries pass and sometimes look like very similar to some previous ones. It is one of the issues when dealing with army building on base of multiples buy outs of the same Patrol Box...   Yet we might eventually expect some variation if the models are fitted in different fashion, ain´t we?   The Onagre DuneCrawler as already been spoiled in the FOrums, but it has been the major progress of the past week so I will "proudly" republish it there. It is also an unhonorable  wa
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  • Mike Zulu

    Dakota Minor Defence Corps (PDF)

    By Mike Zulu

    Introduction Like many established Imperium worlds, Dakota Minor has a planetary defence force simply known the Dakota Minor Defence Corps (or DMDC). Most of its number are conscripted from the local population; a small number of citizens willingly join to escape the tedium of farm life that is prevalent on Dakota Minor. The DMDC is organised in a manner similar to Astra Militarum regiments, albeit more limited in their makeup. For the most part, it consists of dozens of infantry battalions
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My Gaming Aids

Chuckles and wonders away from the plastic craic puns... maby...   Anyway partially as im not sure where to overly put this one  but i find it fun and have wanted to share though its not army specific. Gaming aids... More specifically the things we use to play. Dice and tapemeasures and tokens and the like.  Some buy but some make. Many customise.  We are hobbiests who like to create and make and customise... sowhy not.  This is just another side of the hobby of ours tha

Brother Nathan

Brother Nathan in Gaming

The Case for Heavy Mining Tools

It’s no secret that Acolyte Hybrids are currently very popular and this popularity is driven by Demo Charges. And why? Because Demo Charges are very, very, very, verrrrrrrrrrrry strong. Probably too strong. Which leads people to overlook the other possibilities available to Acolyte Hybrids, namely…Heavy Mining Tools.   Some weaknesses of Demo Charges: They’re on Games Workshop’s radar to nerf 6” Range typically mandates use of the Tunnel Crawlers stratagem, opening up coun

Gaston

Gaston in GSC Dojo

Call to Arms: Week 7

These weeks are flying by it seems...   No rest for the wicked!   This week was a marked change of pace, not least because I didn't get many painting sessions in.   Like the Winged Prime last week, this past few days belonged to a single model...   The Psychophage!   At this point, all it had was Ork Flesh, Dark Angels Green and Leviathan Purple on it (all contrast paints, all a godsend for a scheme like this). The patchiness aside, things

ZeroWolf

ZeroWolf in Hive Fleet Boreidas

Tournament AAR: IO RTT 8/19

Record: 3-0 (WWW) Placing: #2 (out of 23)   Summary In twenty years, I have never won three games in a day. While I missed first place by ten points (274 vs 264), this is still, easily, my best placing at a tournament, ever. A number of things broke my way and I won't deny being very, very lucky, but I also don't care. I'm over the moon. I went undefeated!   But, for the sake of continuing to improve, here are those fortunate breaks: Terrain was very favorable

toaae

toaae in Competitive

Personal Characters-

So I am going to start a new Blog category for Personal Characters. What are personal characters?  They are models that have been part of an army collection, are always fielded in the army, creating  and  developing their story along the way. These are named models in your list that are not Unique Characters, named Special Characters, but individual models that you have built and created,  they develop their own back story, and your friends develop grudges against. One of the more interesting as

W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Personal characters

Drukhari WIP

Switching to the vehicles of the three combat patrols I have.    I’ll need to compress these images but I wanted to put something in my moribund blog.    There's a lot of work here. TBH, I'm not feeling this work, but I aim to finish this one venom / 'weaver if nothing else.          

The Yncarne

The Yncarne in WIP

While waiting for the Delivery...

I feel like a little bit purposeless as my next bunch of fresh material for 40k will be delivered in afew days. I still have some stuff left in a box, some more ooP Rhino chassis tanks, but It would be repainting them. I could off course shift to WFB which is clearly my next big challenge as my Pile of shame is huge here. Or anticipate on Epic reboot and paint my old (very old) 6 mm scale armies.   But I do not want to embark on something too different like 6 mm and I am a little bit f

Bouargh

Bouargh in Bitz Box Management

Tournament Briefing: Imperial Outpost 8/19

Location: Imperial Outpost in Glendale, AZ BCP Link: First Contact at Imperial Outpost 2: Second Contact Format: 3-game Rogue Trader Tournament No painting requirements, no points for painting in score battleforged points awarded to all players Player placed terrain GW terrain layout #3 TO-chosen Leviathan missions   List: Comp v2.1 Beastboss (Warlord) Beastboss on Squigasaur (w/ Headwhoppa's Killchoppa) Kaptin Badrukk

toaae

toaae in Competitive

Call To Arms progress 2

I had to take a break from the Knights and get stuck into the Reaver. It's been a very slow progression as life keeps throwing curve balls my way but I'm slowly getting there.  Now I've got to say I've never really been a fan of the pre-moulded Princepts/Banners...etc that GW produces, not all but most. And starting out with the other armour piece that I did prior to the Call of Arms starting, having to switch to the Princepts armour piece didn't thrill me HOWEVER after I was fairly close to don

Spazmolytic

Spazmolytic in Call To Arms

Call to Arms 2023 - Week 7 Progress Report

As a progress report for this week, I report my first vow in the Imperium Stronghold is now completed: 2 Rhinos, one with Spaced Armour 1 converted Razorback, using shield from ooP Sororitas Immolator 1 proxy Predator Baal     That´s all for this week.   As I am waiting for some AdMech miniatures, probably at beginning of next week, I will potentially field another vow in the Imperium Stronghold.  While I  am waiting I will see if I ca

Bouargh

Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

From the lighting and the tempest, Our Emperor, deliver us.

Well the challenge of the Order of the Valorous Heart Adepta Sororitas vs @Entropomancer's League of Votann is set for August 26th. We decided to drop points to 1k as we are still learning rules for Armies. Plus this way I can try to play multiple games before having to pick up GF at airport.  I did get my My Adepta Sororitas Data cards, which are becoming a must have of late.  I pulled out my Army out of the glass cabinet the other day to see what I actually need to build to be 10th edition com

W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Adepta Sororitas

How I changed my mind about Balance Dataslate

Disclaimer: This is a personal and obviously biased point of view. I am addicted to GW products and Lore. But I am convinced that there are game design issues, a recurring pattern of “failing by design” approach in 40k rules, almost independently from the editions concerned. When did it start? For my when 7th Ed hit the ground… Feel free to comment, to add arguments in order to make me change my mind (you will see that this is a starting point of this Blog entry – how I (partially) changed my mi

Bouargh

Bouargh in Edito

Grand Army part 4

Hello Frateris,   Today I am discussing the 4th Installment of my Grand Army Idea.  Part 1 covered my Inquistorial Forces, Part 2 were the Scions, Part 3 Sisters of Silence. While this is covering my Grand Army idea, right now the internal debate is do I add Order of the Valorous Heart Adepta Sororitas army and My Raptor Space Marines to the Grand Army or leave them as separate forces that are planet side (Adepta Sororitas) and reconnaissance force (Raptors). One of my many upcoming pr

W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Grand Army Idea

BatRep: WHFest Alpha Legion v Custodes

Mission Dominion, Diagonal Deployment   Forces Alpha legion Army List   Custodes Valdor Blade Champion 3x terminators 4x 5 man custodian squads   Achillus Dread - Spear 3x Caladius - 2x anti infantry, 1x anti tank   5 objectives were put in no mans land, and we hadprogressive scoring so 1VP at the start of your turn per objective, giving me the immediate advantage with my infiltrators.    I lost the roll off for depl

Xenith

Xenith in Battle Report

Tournament AAR: Gamer's Guild RTT 8/12

Record: 1-2 (LWL) Placing: #13 (out of 21)   Summary My opponents were two Orks and an Imperial Knight, in that order. I split with the Orks and dropped the IK game. The major takeaways for me are that I need to work on "Player-Placed Terrain" and deployment. Ignoring my win, I think I did not place my terrain well enough to protect my most important units and/or allow me to get out onto objectives early. Against the first Ork player, I fell behind on primary early, which was

toaae

toaae in Competitive

More blades for Khunara!

So i need to finish basing all of these, but just imagine a load of jungle plants :P  367439393_10161035249380797_6886977331874889056_n  Continuing progress for the Khunara campaign event at the start of September, ive blitzed through the models ive been slowly assembling that dont need any 3d printed bits, not sure i need this many executioner blades for my proposed list, but really can you have too many Anathema wielding 6 foot razors?  367415134_10161035249495797_3521012287563452164_n 

Noserenda

Noserenda in Anathema Psykana

Call to Arms 2023 - Week 6 Progress Report

After completing my 3 vows in the Xenos´ Stronghold, it is time to focus on some more Imperium related stuff. As I still experience some delivery delays for the miniatures ordered to increase my Adeptus Mechanicus Force (my New Year/New Army Project), I went to see why I could recover from my crates of long forgotten minis... Let´s see what I found:   - Lots of WFB minis - out of scope - Few Fantasy Ral Partha minis - out of scope too - 6 Spore mines - if only I had found the

Bouargh

Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms: Week 6

Week 6 of Call to Arms has come and gone, and if my maths is correct, this is the half way point!   This week I technically didn't get that much painting done, but I finished stuff, like these Von Ryan's Leapers: I tried to have a transition going on with the top most scything talons, and it sort of worked, well, worked enough that I set about trying it again on this fella: Can't see it at this angle but I darkened (with extra layers of Leviathan purple) the point

ZeroWolf

ZeroWolf in Hive Fleet Boreidas

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - Vroom vroOOom Squats !!!

This one was not on the rooster of mine.   Yet, because of an unexpected event (need to find a cardbox to ship a sold item on Wallapop),  I encountered a small platic bag, full of lead and white metal scrap. Among these scraps, an SCT! By SCT I meant a  never assemblied Squat Guild Trike.   So, here is my third vow: assemble, paint and base this piece of hobby´s history. I guess it will be enlisted for the Leagues of Votann.     The molding is quite detail

Bouargh

Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

Pre-RTT briefing (Gamer's Guild 8/12)

Location: Gamer's Guild in Tempe, AZ (website) Format: 3-game Rogue Trader Tournament No painting requirements; all players get the 10 points for battleforged Player placed terrain   List: Comp v2.0 Beastboss Beastboss on Squigasaur (w/ Headwhoppa's Killchoppa) Kaptin Badrukk Mozrog Skragbad Warboss (w/ Follow Me, Ladz) 2x 10 Beast Snagga Boyz 10 Boyz 10 Flash Gitz 3x 11 Gretchin 10 Nobz

toaae

toaae in Competitive

First 1,000 Pt Games

First game of 10th Edition!!!   Note: This was played before some clarifications were made, so Demo Charges are one time use, the 3” ambush nerf wasn’t in effect yet, and I was playing the Nexos as being able to use the 2 CP strat for free (oops!).   I took a very basic list, mostly the contents of the Boarding Party and Combat Patrol, adding in a Ridgerunner, Nexos, and Biophagus for spice.   Neophytes x20 (Mining Laser, Grenade Launcher, Banner) --Nexus --Prim

Gaston

Gaston in Games

What's in a name..?

While you can find some painting updates in my painting log over in the Works in Progress forum, I'm currently working on a piece that will set out some of the background of the Ashen Sentinels - but before I post that I just wanted to write a little about my process and 'inspiration' for choosing names when I'm doing this.    For the names I've chosen for some of the Chapter's Captains, my starting point has been some local history. My home county is Suffolk, which has a few castles s

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