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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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  • 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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Malchan Subsector

The Malchar System, Seat of Governance for the Malexis Sector

+++++++++++INCOMING TRANSMISSION++++++++++++   Clearance Level: Emerald Enclave Malexis//SUBJ/Geopolitical Summary of Sector Malexis   ----FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY----   Malchar Prime Sector: Malexis Subsector: Malchan System: Malchar Population: 24 Billion Affiliation: Imperial Class: Sector Capitol Tithe Grade: Exactis Tertius         Malchar IV Sector: Malexis Subsector: Malchan System: Malchar
Malphas

Malphas in Malchan Subsector

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Malchan Subsector

On the Rookery; the Seven Moons orbiting Malchar Prime and their associated functions

[Attached InfoSlate Subfolder:  Moons of Malchar; the Rookery]   CLEARANCE LEVEL: EMERALD//FIUO//TEP Unauthorized use of Ordo documentation is a capitol offense.  Any redistribution of the following materials will result in censure, excommunication, and death.   On the Rookery; the seven moons orbiting Malchar Prime and their associated functions Watermark Officius: Inq. Logaine Balthaazo     Idarax, the Shadowlight, Gravitationally locked to the surf
Malphas

Malphas in Malchan Subsector

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Ky'Vash Recon Cadre

Ky'Vash Recon Cadre - Army Concept and Pathfinders

KY'VASH RECON CADRE PATHFINDER TEAM 01 Pathfinder Team 01, Pulse Carbines & Rail Rifles.   Active in Sub-Sector Vyndax, the Fire Caste of minor sept world Ky'Vash lacks some of the heavier equipment of the core septs, but has proven to be a thorn in the side of Imperial colonial and extractive concerns within the region. Ordo Xenos representatives in the Sub-Sector have tracked reports of T'au recon and infiltration forces on multiple worlds, striking from hidde
Wormwoods

Wormwoods in Ky'Vash Recon Cadre

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Life

Woo Hoo HOUSE is sold and that chapter is closed!

So huge sigh of relief, House is sold HOA can tell them to what to do and all that. After paying off some debts and such not left with much. But I did add 3 items to the hobby area with the money...   First off Lighting....        I picked a second Neatfi light but this time with a magnifier     Next upgrade for the hobby area....       vortex paint mixer   and finally   My first Joytoy Grey Knight 
W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Life

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T'au Empire

Tackling my Tau - Kitbash time!

OK so remember when I said I had a plan for the Stormsurge crew?   See, the trouble with T'au kits is you get so many extra bits, but because you don't get any extra torsos, you can never do anything with them. It's like with old marines, you always got tons of spares, but never enough legs to make more marines.   Well, seeing as I built the Stormsurge with the closed cockpit piece from www.thecustombit.com, I now have two spare torsos! One of them probably needs green stuff
TheArtilleryman

TheArtilleryman in T'au Empire

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Swords of Fire

Terminator magnetisation

I have been working on a squad of the new multipart terminators (absolutely fantastic sculpts) and have gotten all the magnetising complete:      In total I have magnetised the cyclone missile launcher, the stormbolter, assault cannon, and heavy flamer for the gunner, and the power sword and power fist for the sergeant. 
Harrowmaster

Harrowmaster in Swords of Fire

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Hobby & process

Testing, testing... (again)!

Even though I've still not finished the Marines I wanted to have done by the end of last year  I'm queuing up the next unit* I'll be painting - these Scouts:     *technically 2 units, one to go with my Boarding Patrol, the other for 'regular' 40k - but I'll also field them as a Kill Team    I've been thinking about how I want to paint them - specifically, their fatigues. I've had a few ideas to try - black, dark grey, khaki or military green, but I wanted to test wh
firestorm40k

firestorm40k in Hobby & process

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Progress

First update of the year.... progress continues.

As the title says this is my first update for the new year as I finally managed to get a couple of squads finished of whilst watching the six nations rugby this weekend.   Assault squad - with custom bases made from 3d printed bits of ruins:     Infernus squad - The final miniatures from my Leviathan box set to be painted:     These should of been the final mianture to paint up for my Homebrew maine chapter, but as always I couldn't stop myself
drakheart

drakheart in Progress

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Malchan Subsector

Geopolitical Summary of Sector Malexis

+++++++++++INCOMING TRANSMISSION++++++++++++   Clearance Level: Emerald Enclave Malexis//SUBJ/Geopolitical Summary of Sector Malexis   ----FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY----   The sector is governed at Malchar Prime by the venerable Grand Steward-Governor, Lord Benedictus Crax. Laying on the border of Ultima Segmentum, the sector is defined by its relationship to the fringes of the galaxy. The cold trade thrives here, and the exploits of Rogue Traders seek
Malphas

Malphas in Malchan Subsector

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T'au Empire

Tackling my Tau - Stormsurge Part 3

Right so in this entry the construction will be completed.   First task here was to decide how to do the main gun. I know that in most circumstances I will want to take the Pulse Blastcannon, just because it is so damn powerful! However, I much prefer the look of the Pulse Driver Cannon, as it is longer and doesn't have so many pipes (I hate painting, and specifically highlighting, pipes). I eventually settled on building the rear section of the pulse driver cannon:    
TheArtilleryman

TheArtilleryman in T'au Empire

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Varantis

Iron Hands Land Raider

I have managed to get a bit of painting done on a Land Raider Phobos to cart around my cataphractii terminators:      I like the aesthetic of this tank and it goes really well with the Mars pattern rhino chassis vehicles I have for my Iron Hands, but it is an old kit and it shows during assembly. With the Proteus now in plastic I might get one of those for the Gorgons. 
Harrowmaster

Harrowmaster in Varantis

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Grand Army Idea

The Daemon has many forms. You must know them all.

You must tell the Daemon from his disguise and root him out from the hidden places. Trust no-one. trust not even yourself. It is better to die in vain than to live an abomination. The zealous martyr is praised for his valour: the craven and the unready are justly abhorred.     Well back from the first family vacation with the kids and had a blast at Disneyland with them.  While there I kept thinking about my projects and more more I leaned into focusing on my Grey Knights a
W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Grand Army Idea

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Grey pile

JAN - This year there's a spreadsheet.....

So the "inbox zero" thing failed fairly early on last year. As evidenced by the lack of blog entries. However, I'm back to try again for 2024! And this time I have a (simple, ugly) spreadsheet to track and shame myself with! I haven't gone to the trouble of documenting everything in my pile of shame - such an exercise would be depressing, time consuming and I'd frankly rather not know. So instead I'm simple tracking models in (bought) vs models out (painted or sold). If models out is bigger than
Doobles57

Doobles57 in Grey pile

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Alpha Legion

Alpha Legion Praetor

I picked up the FW terminator praetor for my Alpha Legion a while back and finally got him assembled.      I really like this model and will be painting him in a metallic scheme to go alongside the Lerneans. 
Harrowmaster

Harrowmaster in Alpha Legion

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General Hobbying

Do you remove mould lines?

I've been building my Orks from my new pile of shame and it's going a lot slower than I thought it would. It takes me probably 30 minutes per model just to scrape off all the mould lines!    When you think I've got nearly a hundred models to build (2 x 20 model units of Boyz was a bad place to start) it's going to take me a millennium before I'm ready to get them primed, painted and onto the tabletop.    As frustrating as it is, I think it's a lot better than the alternative.
iplay40k.com

iplay40k.com in General Hobbying

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Review

Bheta-Decima: Terrain review (Sort of)

Hi Folks,   I lately received a copy of the Bheta-Decima terrain boxed-set. I mainly bought it in order to complete my collection of Sector mechanicus Terrain, adding a fourth Ferromantic Furnace with a big platform and setting more gantries, but this time at intermediate height. Let´s see what comes into the box and how I have ambivalent feelings about the content.   1. What do we have inside? The GW website is exhaustive enough so no need to give too much det
Bouargh

Bouargh in Review

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T'au Empire

Tackling my Tau - Stormsurge Part 2

Made some good progress on the Stormsurge today. Firstly, I built the weapon "arms":     Decided to just go with the flamers as I like the look of them the best. I probably won't choose the frag projector and I hate painting burst cannons ... all the bits that should rotate freely, do so, so far. Might need to glue the flamers later though as they seem to droop a bit when the thing is upright.   Main body section was next:   I've not built the open
TheArtilleryman

TheArtilleryman in T'au Empire

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T'au Empire

Tackling my Tau - Stormsurge Part 1

OK. So it's time to do something about the last bunch of grey plastic sprues I have. Most of my leadweight is composed of built and primed or partially painted stuff, but I do have a bunch of T'au stuff still on sprues. This is, of course, the most exciting stuff, as it is the most like new stuff! In the photo below are two Crisis Battlesuits left over from my Start Collecting! box that my wife bought me for Christmas more than five years ago, a handful of pathfinders and the Stormsurge that I b
TheArtilleryman

TheArtilleryman in T'au Empire

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General Hobbying

I created a new pile of shame in under a week

I recently wrote about selling my pile of shame and how it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Then I went on eBay and picked up two more Ork box sets in addition to the Combat Patrol I already had.   It's not the same though, this isn't a pile of shame. It's a pile of potential.   Let me explain.   First and foremost, they were excellent deals. The Beast Snagga army set was £100 and the Imperium Premium Kit was £35. That's value you simply can
iplay40k.com

iplay40k.com in General Hobbying

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Barbed Gate Crusade

Zahhak - Tyranid Splinter Fleet (927M41)

Introduction Splinter fleet Zahhak was part of a much larger Tyranid hive fleet that entered the galaxy from below the galactic plane, which would be designated Leviathan in 997M41. Zahhak first entered the Matteus Subsector in 927M41 and struck the various worlds within, focusing on the worlds within the Matteus Epsilon system. However, the relatively remote location and the resilience of the native flora prevented the Splinter Fleet from breaking out into the neighbouring subsectors and t
Mike Zulu

Mike Zulu in Barbed Gate Crusade

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Hobby Time

We have returned!

Well the desk is usable!!! I have to pick up a few more things for it, Mini vortex paint mixer, Neatfi magnifier/ light, display cabinet and well empty boxes under desk but I can return to painting and building models.        I think I need some Raven Guard HH art and maybe more Adepta Sororitas and Joy Toy Grey Knights. 
W.A.Rorie

W.A.Rorie in Hobby Time

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General Hobbying

You don't save that much on Hachette collections

We've recently been hit with the news that Hachette are launching a new magazine collection, Warhammer 40,000: Combat Patrol.   As someone that bought the Imperium Magazine collection (in it's entirety), let me tell you this - you only save money if you're going to paint and play every single model. If not, you'll breakeven at best and, most likely, lose money.   Let's say you only wanted one or maybe two combat patrols from the set. You still have to sell off all the rest. H
iplay40k.com

iplay40k.com in General Hobbying

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