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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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  • 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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  • 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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Veteran Brother Kao Luang

Veteran Brother Kao Luang

The third operative is the heavy gunner, bearing a heavy bolter. Veteran Brother Kao Luang is from the Storm Angels Chapter.           Yes, I see all the stuff that needs to be cleaned up.   Who are the Storm Angels? Idunno. I made them up. The name itself is based on words that are commonly used in Chapter names, as described in the "It's All the Name" article that appeared in the 2002 edition of Chapter Approved (3rd edition!). My goal was to use a Chapter name th
Veteran Brother Hywel Kaedor

Veteran Brother Hywel Kaedor

The second operative in my kill team is Veteran Brother Hywel Kaedor of the Griffon Lords Chapter.           Both shoulder pads, both arms, and the Stalker pattern boltgun come from the Deathwatch kit. The rest of the bits are bog-standard Tactical/Devastator squad bits.   The Griffon Lords Chapter is one of the three Chapters I know of that use the rampant griffon badge, the other two being the Howling Griffons (a favorite of mine) and the Knights of Gryphonne. Both
30k, Homebrew, fandex, Battle report, Deathguard, Salamanders, horus heresy

The Second Battle of Skallic

Following the foiling of the poison plot by the Salamanders the Death Guard Garrison launched a counter offensive aimed at crippling the Salamanders while they focused on re arming.   The space port of Vorkroosha was targeted by bombardment prior to several strike forces being deployed to eliminate the structures of key landing and cargo storage depots.          Salamanders Turn 1   The rhinos containing veteran squads advanced up the centre of the bo
Miscellaneous

Pardon our dust part 6

@Spazmolytic asked where I got all my shelves and parts at so I guess I should do a break down.     Disclaimer- This not a paid advertisement. And Prices are shown in USD   So starting off we have are adventures at Ikea (online and delivery) with their Skadis Line   The main item to buy*.  Available in 3 sizes: 30"x 22"; 22"x 22"; and 14 1/4"x 22"   I bought 6 30"x 22" and 2 22"x 22" to cover my walled area.  *Wall mounting screws are not included. 
W.A.Rorie

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Veteran Brother Karjalas Martäinen

Veteran Brother Karjalas Martäinen

First up is the kill team's fighter, Veteran Brother Karjalas Martäinen of the Emperor's Hounds Chapter.           The power maul and both shoulder pads are from the Deathwatch kit; the grav-pistol is from the Sternguard Veteran Squad kit (I think), I forget where the helmet came from (it came out of my expansive bits box), the running legs come from the Assault squad kit, and the torso and backpack come from either the Tactical or Devastator squad kits.   The Empero
Progress

Farewell to arms.

Call to Arms 2025 - Done!   It was looking a bit tight, but with a week to spare I managed to finish my vow this weekend and even had time to photograph them and magnetize their bases.      Here's the final tally:   Type Number Pts Total Completed Completed points Autarch 3 5 15 3 15 Autarch Skyrunner
drakheart

drakheart in Progress

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Miscellaneous

Pardon our dust part 5

Well 1 more set of shelves to arrive and it will be close to being done and that set is for a Vallejo Metal color bottles.     I ordered 2 White Game Envy's Lucent Art Lights     Here is the area now...                 I do have some Alex cabinets and Kallax Shef coming in from Ikea for under desk storage and to serve as book Shelf....for my HH Rulebooks    My old Set
W.A.Rorie

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The Horus Heresy

First game of Heresy 3.0

I think it was maybe June since my last game of heresy, having loved 2.0 naturally I was on the wagon for 3.0, and willing to give it a shot. Some of the rumours were weird, and after receiving and digesting the rulebook (there's a lot to digest) I'm reasonably happy with the game - now it was just time to play it!   The game was 1000pts against my regular raven guard opponent to try and get our heads around the new way of playing   Alpha Legion: Crusade Detachment
Xenith

Xenith in The Horus Heresy

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Gaming and Campaigns

My Full Army - So Far (and Campaign Narrative Conclusion)

Last night I finally got the opportunity to do something I've been meaning to do for a while: set out everything I've painted for this army so far and get a photo!    Before we get to that, I've also finished writing up the narrative that concludes the recent Crusade Campaign I ran, the 'Forge of Silence'. For those who read my previous posts about the campaign (thank you! ), here's the conclusion of the narrative: Forge of Silence Conclusion   For those who hadn't seen
Miscellaneous

Pardon Our Dust part 4

Ok this project is taking far too long....   But it is nearing completion. I ordered all my paint racks last night so they should be here next week or so. I had to move my works station from the wall to the middle of the room because i could not get the desk to fit          I need more lights. The upside is I can move stuff around and all my paints, weathering, basing stuff should be right behind me and until my paint racks arrive I have to make
Miscellaneous

Pardon our dust part 3

Been quiet for a little bit with work and other non hobby things. My Ikea order arrived along with some Etsy stuff and last night I got around to hanging the mounts until Drill died....one more mount to go too      But Skadis Wall is up now to put up the shelves and move furniture around and ordering all my paint racks. 
Progress

Long overdue update

It's definitely been a while since I've posted to the blog, looks like about six months since my last one. In that time my hobby time has been fairly limited until recently, when in an effort to get things back on track I signed up to this years Call to arms to motivate me to get the Aeldari that have been sitting on my desk for ages painted and battle ready.  As with my Tau last year I gave myself a sizable challenge, with over 50 models to paint. We now have only a few weeks left and I'm a bit
drakheart

drakheart in Progress

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Miscellaneous

Pardon our dust part 2

Well I continue working on my hobby area and hit another snag.         The snag- the point was to hang paint racks and I don't enough room.  So new plan, take these down and hang them in kid's room and then upgrade to Ikea Skadis.  My back wall is 84" x 42" and the other is 39"  long.  so I can have it hang below my desk and my entire L section covered. Order will have to happen soon as sale ends Sept 1st.    Other stuff to order like paint racks
Astral Claws

No one wants to pay Tax.....

Initial models from my re-commitment to the Badab. I am also going to be painting my Saturnine as Astral Claws. Its a shame the two Badab FB groups have both stated they wont be writing rules for 3rd HH. However, Im playing 3rd HH and if I get to understand as much as I would like, then I may even look at whipping up a Liber Badab 'Tactica' for 3rd edition.
HH Dark Angels 'The Fallen'

I need life to hobby, but its always life getting in the way...

I rehased and updated my first blog post. Deciding to study economics full time (distance) whilst working full time, raising family, deployed overseas twice and every other constraint hobbying took the back seat. But I kept seeking bargains and now I have built and will now paint.   Ive shelved my stacks of Necrons. 40k is a dying game in my life. I sold my loyalist Badab Armies, now Im focussed on building the biggest Astral Claws Army known to man.   I am also developing my
Scyther Squad

Scyther Squad used Ink - Its super effective

During a busy week of getting my kids back into school I found time to get started on the "fun" part of this style, lining or inking. Once I got most of the base colors in and did come chunky highlights (I used one of the AK paint pens for the green highlights. They're fine. The paint applied is great but the nylon brush is...eh. They'd be great for painting stuff at a con or something) I got to start in on the lining. I used a micron 02 size pen, I have a 08 and a 005 as well, but the 005 was a
Miscellaneous

Changes are a foot.....for hobby area

Well I finally bought my new self healing cutting matt.      Well my original was 18" x 24" and I was planning on getting the same one but there was some confusion between my wife and me so I end up with the 24" x 36". Plus $21.00 off is huge bonus.  Unfortunately 12' depth proved to be a slight issue and means desk has to redone.  As my wife said "you need more shelves and for your desk to be rearranged."   Looking at Michaels.com I found these  but was 40% off. So
Greymanes

Godwyn Bullroarer, Cyning of the Greymanes

Barely surviving his daring escape from the Chaos gulag world of Gharus XI, due to the interference of Warsmith Tarn and his Terminator retinue, the wounded Godwyn Bullroarer was dragging bleeding into the Webway by his Eldar Outcast compatriot, Niall Wayleaver. When they emerged from that labyrinth of subspaces, the two found themselves in no less danger, having exited the Webway on Fenris, home of the Space Wolves. There, in a isolated corner of the continent Asaheim, the injured Cyning was fo
The Kill Team

One Thousand Chapters

This kill team will consist of two Deathwatch fire teams. I'm going to limit the number of official Chapters that are represented, however, focusing on more obscure official Chapters and DIY Chapters of my own creation. In all likelihood, I'm going to revert to the original color scheme that we used for the Legio, as seen on this model painted by @Chronophague in 2003:     That version of the color scheme featured the black armour, red helmet (you can see it hung on his belt
The Kill Team

What's all this, then?

Long story short, I'm preparing to play a game of the 2021 edition of Kill Team with three players who have never played any edition of Kill Team. We're going to adapt the Joint Ops rules from the current edition of Kill Team, sort of. The Joint Ops rules allow each player to take half of their normal kill team. This works fine with most of the factions since they use two fire teams - each such player would only use one fire team. Each of the Space Marine kill teams, however, consists of a singl
Tournament Organising

From Then to Now

In late 2022, a friend would introduce to the world of Warhammer 40K when he showed me the games club he attended every week. I've been a part of this games group since then, getting into 40K, as well as Necromunda, and more recently, Age of Sigmar. The club for the last few years has held a 40K tournament, around October-early December each year, with different people running it. A few months ago, at the club's AGM, I got to be put in charge of the club's tournaments for this financial year.
Scyther Squad

Scyther Squad! The Greater Good Chooses You!

With the Wrecka Crew completed its time to move onto what's next, and since Call to Arms is still going on and I've got more kill teams to paint, its time for the Vespids!    A few years ago I painted up the tau pathfinder kill team in a comic-book/cell-shaded style. I was very happy with the results and love the way they look...unfortunately I don't particularly enjoy playing them so they rarely hit the table. As the new "season" of kill-team approaches and pathfinders are
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