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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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  • 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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Ultramarines Project

Bits, Prints, and Progress

In my last blog post I talked a bit about the inspiration for this project and the main theme, which is treating the new Mark X armour as just the next stage in power armour development without needing to involve Primaris Marines.   With that in mind, I’ve started raiding the bits box and digging into my stash of 3D-printed parts to come up with a test model for the project. The plan is to use standard Mk X Tacticus armour for the basic squads, and then mix in parts from older armour m
Snakes of Ithaka

Snakes of Ithaka in Ultramarines Project

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Imperial Reivers

League army update.

A WIP update working through my squads. I felt that the blue on the Bladeguard (previous blog entry) was a bit too "bright" on the blue, so I've changed up the recipe, and now I've gone with Naggaroth Night base, light colour as MacCragge Blue, and blended back with Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue (the darkest blue I had). So I'm happy with that, as I don't want the colour shift to be too prominent in that the army looks blue rather than the purple I want. Edge highlights are Teclis blue or Genesteal
Ultramarines Project

Back at it!

It’s been a little while since my last update, but I’m back on track! Sadly, my enthusiasm for the 30k project fizzled out with the release of 3rd Edition Horus Heresy. I might circle back to it eventually, but for now, I’ve been taking a break from the hobby to focus on “real life.” As it turns out, I’m also in the process of moving house, which means I’ve been packing up my hobby stuff and let me tell you, I had no idea how many half-built Space Marine kits I had lying around. If you’ve seen m
Et Cetera

Black Riders Felarch

Felarch of the Marcachi Dubh, vulgarly known as The Black Riders. These piratical Eldar are unusually disciplined and militaristic for ones of their ilk, holding to a martial code of honor and fighting savagely. Led by the Prince Ra’Tar, they have menaced the Eastern Fringe and the galactic halo for a long span. On occasion, however, they have hired themselves out to unscrupulous Imperials as mercenaries or privateers.
SvenIronhand

SvenIronhand in Et Cetera

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Veteran Sergeant Talaon Hereus

Veteran Sergeant Talaon Hereus

Lastly, we have the kill team's leader, Veteran Sergeant Talaon Hereus of the Khalkotauroi Chapter.           Yes, I see the mould lines and file marks, too.   The helmet and both shoulder pads come from the Deathwatch kit; the thunder hammer arm comes from the Assault squad kit; the backpack, legs, and torso come from the Tactical/Devastator squad kits; and I don't recall where the bolt pistol arm came from (perhaps the Tactical/Devastator or Assault squad kits). I
Veteran Brother Akurnus Sin-Eshuh

Veteran Brother Akurnus Sin-Eshuh

The fifth operative is actually my sixth in the kill team. The Compendium originally provided for a Deathwatch kill team to consist of five operatives, but later dataslates increased that to six. As I mentioned in the introductory entry for this project (here), this isn't going to be a "real" game. Instead, we're playing a mini-tutorial, applying concepts of the Joint Ops rules from the current edition of the game in the 2021 edition of the game, with four players divided into two teams. We migh
Ky'Vash Recon Cadre

Ky'Vash Recon Cadre - Hammerhead & Skyray Gunships

KY'VASH RECON CADRE HAMMERHEAD & SKYRAY GUNSHIPS TX7 'Hammerhead' & TX78 'Skyray' Gunships   While the propaganda arms of both the Imperium of Man and T'au Empire focus largely on the ever-expanding Battlesuit variants, in many theatres the core of T'au armour is instead made up of Devilfish-hulled hover-tanks such as the Hammerhead and Skyray, the former a dedicated tank-hunter, the latter a more general-purpose artillery platform. Marked with the same camo patt
Veteran Brother Artol Kurnon

Veteran Brother Artol Kurnon

Next up is another warrior equipped with a Stalker pattern boltgun. Back in 2022 we had a discussion about the percentage of successor Chapters and their lineage. I was a fairly active participant in that discussion since it's something about which I am relatively interested, and I conducted my own analysis based on the data available to me. The final conclusion that I presented can be seen here. I gave two opinions, each depending upon (a) the number of Chapters prior to the Ultima Founding, an
Miscellaneous

"In the embrace of great Nurgle......"

Kids back went back to school in early August and well it finally got me. Papa Nurgle's embrace.  I have been fighting this cold (just a a cold) it for almost a week and on the mend but man I hate being sick. Plus having no energy, working OT, and trying to rest has been rough.    I am hoping to be back to being healthy soon.
W.A.Rorie

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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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DIY Lore Posting

Introducing My Dudes™️/DIY Blackshields to Y'all First

So. Time to properly introduce y'all to My Dudes™️/DIY project(s).    Here's how this is gonna work. I'm gonna post a bit of a write up briefly describing each of My Dudes™️ and also briefly go over the inspirations (or, as I like to call them, "touchstones") for each. Ok? That sound good? Yeah? Then let's hit it.    Starting off with...   ~~~~~~~~~ The Brotherhood of the Remnant Shepherds   After returning to their home of Prospero at the urgent behe
IRL/Context Posting

Let’s Get Started

Figured I’d get started with a bit of IRL background before getting too into the weeds. That alright with you guys? Yeah? Good.    I started this project primarily because I’ve always thought that 40k was…eh, let’s be charitable and call it “deeply worrying” when it comes to certain things. I also started this project because I’m just…tired of it being gloomy. I’m tired of it being grim. I’m tired of it being full of despair, hate, anger, and dread. I want the sci-fi that I interact wi
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
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