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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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  • 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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Background, lore & 'fluff'

A Commentary on the Interrogator's Report

To follow up my previous blog post – and thank you if you read it!  – here’s a bit of a ‘commentary’ on the background/lore that this piece of fiction was intended to help establish.   Firstly, where I’ve mentioned specific named characters, planets and warzones – these reflect my plans for the army I’ll be building and painting, as well as other wider hobby projects. To begin with, my hobby focus initially will be on the Rostokhar campaign – the initial squads of Ashen Sentinels I’m p
Hive Fleet Boreidas

Call to Arms: Week 10

Well, it's over.   Took a week longer but..   My Call to Arms Vow is complete!   A few closer looks...     Yup, still haven't fixed that Barbagaunts          Of course, the Parasite of Motrex was just sitting there, begging to be let in on the fun. So here it is, my full Tyranid swarm (was worth over 900pts but now has dropped below this.. Thanks GW! )     For even better
ZeroWolf

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Competitive

Tournament Briefing: Smite Club Open

Location: Legacy Sport Complex, Mesa, AZ BCP Link: Smite Club Open 2023 40k Major Format: Rules lock September 2nd; PRE-DATASLATE 6-game major GT Battle-ready required Player Placed Terrain Missions: 1: Search and Destroy, Chilling Rain, Take and Hold 2: Sweeping Engagement, Scrambler Fields, The Ritual 3: Search and Destroy, Hidden Supplies, Priority Target 4: Hammer and Anvil, Hidden Supplies, Take and Ho
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Life

When life gives you lemons....

Well it has been an interesting few months, but it is probably time I talk about it.  Right after my 2 games 2 weeks ago, when I purchased more Novitiates and picked up my 2 Inquisition Kill teams, I left the LGS and picked up my GF from the airport. On the way back home, my GF asked how gaming went so I told her even though I lost and my dice hate me, I still had fun.  We started talking about it, and as she is not into gaming at, so I was vague.   So my GF is a childhood friend, that
W.A.Rorie

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GSC Dojo

September 2023 Balance Dataslate -- Kneejerk Reactions

Hello all!   Sorry that my normal posting schedule got disrupted by NoVa and life, but the balance dataslate is a perfect chance to slip in a low effort post!    Some knee jerk thoughts:   Cult Ambush   This was actually a fairly frustrating change to me. The end result is for most practical intents and purposes, models are coming back on a 4+. It’s just….very convolutedly written and I wish they had made it simpler and more streamlined. To be honest, I do
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DYI

Zero bits challenge progress 3

As a follow up to my previous blog post, I decided to make a short update on how my zero bits challenge is going so far and I will start by making a comparison between the current status graphs versus the ones from the last update:   Status from May 2nd   Status from September 5th   There are some changes on the green bars (painted models) in several categories as you can probably notice, but the major difference at the moment would be the fact that the top val
GreenScorpion

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Anathema Psykana

Khunara army complete!

So i got the army mostly finished in a haze of madness and some other coinciding deadlines and had a great event up at Firestorm games in Cardiff, which is a great venue to boot. I have immediately been dragged into more unrelated deadlines so ive not got the brains to do a full report, but heres the army laid out for some glamour shots ;)                  Ill hopefully do some more detailed looks at models in future, especially when so
Noserenda

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Hive Fleet Boreidas

Call to Arms: Week 9

I wanted to show you a completed vow this week. I wanted to show you my swarm as it stood at the moment but alas, I can't.   Why not?   I ran out of Valhallan Blizzard!   So, guess those pictures will be up next week.   However, I'm pleased to say that all the bases are now Ice Blue!   Termagaunts and Rippers     Neurogaunts   At least I got something done.   Non-nid related though, I've gone b
ZeroWolf

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Background, lore & 'fluff'

A Report by Interrogator Hyo Flavignus

015.012.M42   REPORT OF HYO FLAVIGNUS OF THE DISPOSITION AND DEPLOYMENT OF ULTIMA FOUNDING INVESTED CHAPTER CINERE VIGILIAS – THE ‘ASHEN SENTINELS’   Thought for the Day: Blessed are those in the eyes of the God-Emperor who hath died in His service.   My Lord, I humbly submit for your attention the report you requested, the culmination of six Terran-standard months’ research and investigation, following the events of 229.011.M42 (c.f. war for Strontium Epsilon). As
Hobby & process

The Importance of the "Three P's"

...and by that I mean 'Planning', 'Preparation' and 'Practice'  As I've gone into each step of painting these Marines, I've followed each of these steps - using my tester Marines to plan, prep and practice before painting the finished squad.    Except, the one time I didn't do this fully, it caused me a bit of faff! When it came to doing the highlights on the Chainsword casing, rather than try it out on a tester Marine first, I just went straight jn. I usually do straightforward painti
firestorm40k

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homebrew, Index 40k

Index 40k - Space Marines - Faction & Gladius Detachment Rules

Oath of Moment If your Army Faction is ADEPTUS ASTARTES, at the start of your Command phase, select one unit from your army and one unit from your opponent’s army. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model from the unit (from your army) you chose makes an attack that targets the enemy unit your chose, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll. Design Note Some units have rules which state (hopefully in consistent language along the lines of “Whe
jaxom

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homebrew, Index 40k

Index 40k - Design Intent

Design Intent To create a series of homebrew documents where the rules are stable enough and level enough that any discrepencies can be covered by adjusting points. Points costs for gear options and variable squad sizes. Slim down excess dataslates. Be compatible with the 10th edition rules.
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Game Pics

Game Pics 26 Aug 2023

Some pics from a game I played against Space Wolves yesterday. Another loss as I lost a turn due to bad placement and boxing myself in. I need to switch up my list, my tactics, and have a plan.   Wrapping up deployment.     Space Wolves advance unimpeded.     I thought I had a clever plan to ambush the advancing squad with the most powerful psyker available in the army. I then whiffed 7 of 9 casting rolls essentially sacrificing this dude for no gain.
The Yncarne

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Hive Fleet Boreidas

Call to Arms: Week 8

Well I did it.   Last Saturday, I posted this picture of the Screamer Killer:   Then, a few days later...     And now...     The Screamer-Killer was the model I was most looking forward to painting on the Tyranids side of Leviathan. I was a little nervous, as while the others had painted up well (see the attached gallery), this guy was bigger. I've also had some trouble recently with my drybrushing, in that I wasn't getting cons
ZeroWolf

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Games

Second Round of 1,000 pt Games

My friends and I ended up with a “gaming weekend” which allowed me the opportunity to test out some further combinations of different units. I wanted to dig deeper into the Heavy Mining Tools team mentioned previously, and even throw down with some Purestrain Genestealers, so experience them for the first time (I’m skeptical).   Like last time, a few notes: This game was pre 3” blip restriction and I was playing that Demo Charges do NOT return on death.   ---------  
Gaston

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Anathema Psykana

Pre event hobby panic begins...

Heyo folks, just over a week to go until the Khunara event at Firestorm so im beginning to realise how much ive left to the last minute as is traditional :D  368377490_10161056098590797_3138072169892678941_n  Ive finished up a pair of Prosecutor squads with assault needlers, having done a lot of rifle arm conversions for Anathema now, im heartily sick of them! So in this case i cut down the flamer and added a 3d printed Escher needle gun front on, i figure the gun draws venom from the bottle
Noserenda

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Battle Report

BatRep: The Fate of Anguis IV [Apocalypse]

This is again from a while back, but my local club had an apoc game in May bank holiday which was great fun. This was a custom mission designed by myself to try and force a narrow frontage with waves of models coming at one another, but ended up a bit one sided. We went for a long, narrow table with a depth of deployment, to give long raged guns some chance to shine also (how often do fellblades get to use their 120"range?).   Two players wanted to get away quickly, but hoped to have a
Xenith

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Gaming

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

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GSC Dojo

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

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Hive Fleet Boreidas

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

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Competitive

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
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WIP

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

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Militia

Militia Sentinel

I completed a multi melta sentinel for the militia today.   The multi melta is the sentinel heavy flamer with the melta barrels from the Leman Russ sponson.   
Harrowmaster

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