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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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  • 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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  • 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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Kroot

Rekrootment drive

+ Kroot – Kindred of the Bloody Moon + Kroot. Kroot. Krooooooot! These charismatic aliens have entranced me since they were previewed, years ago. I even went as far as writing a rather ham-fisted attempt at a Codex that I sent in to the GW studio, and received a very kind hand-written reply from Andy Chambers. Like their Tau sinister overlords absolutely equal trusted partners, I've started – and failed – a few attempts at a Kroot army; as I've never quite been able to capture what I wanted
apologist

apologist in Kroot

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Alpha Dreadnought

A Little Progress

Had a few extra minutes this past long weekend to start on some of the weathering this chap will receive.  Time will be more restricted as these fall months go on so finding the time between fishing & hunting will be sparse but I am going to try for 1 hour per day. Most of these hours will get spent looking at the model to figure if I've missed something then likely 10 minutes of actual paint time.   I was going for more of a car heat shield look over the exhaust, not 100% ha
Spazmolytic

Spazmolytic in Alpha Dreadnought

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General

Why can't I resist new things?

As the title says, why can't I resist new things?  When the return of the Squats was teased on April Fools Day, and then confirmed shortly afterwards as the Leagues of Votann, I got very excited! The Squats were actually coming back - this was an army that was around when I first discovered the GW universe, and it reminded of those good times that you always look back on fondly. I ended up making a couple of videos about it which went down quite well, and I looked forward to seeing wha
Cyrox

Cyrox in General

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Progress

Hobby progress

Though I'd give you a quick update on what Ive been working on. Completed:   CSM legionaires kill team   Aeldari rangers Nearly finished: Heavy intercessors, just need to finish edge highlighting and add weathering. To be painted: A couple of 3d printedapaothecaries and the killzone moroch terrain behind them primed and redy for paint. New: This bad boy arrived in the post yesterday so I assembled him and printed what
drakheart

drakheart in Progress

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Hobby Progress

Berzerker Champions Revisited

No battles this week, but lots of hobby progress! I've mentioned before that some of the models in this force are very, very old. Remaking these classic models has been on my To Do list for a long time, and the release of the Chaos Space Marine Chosen box as a standalone kit gave me the impetus to finally dive into it.   Validon   Validon's original model was based on the metal Khârn the Betrayer - I had received multiples of the model in a trade about 16+ years ago, so
Cheex

Cheex in Hobby Progress

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General

Who am I? An introduction.

Here we go then.   I've been into this crazy hobby since the Second Edition release of Warhammer 40,000, so about 1993 when i started I think. That was my first starter set and I still have fond memories of 2nd edition. I was at high school at the time and my friends all enjoyed the hobby - they were the ones that got me into it, and my first actual purchase was White Dwarf 168 and a metal Space Marine Captain, followed a week later by the 2nd Edition 40K starter box and White Dwarf 16
Cyrox

Cyrox in General

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Death Guard

Grave Wardens Modeling Done (9/1/22)

Next, going to lay down some paint on the Tactical Squad. It's going to be most of the pre-oil wash steps. The problem is that I was going to order the Death Guard decal sheet along with the energy heavy weapon kit. However, it wasn't released as an immediate follow up to launch. Now the decal sheet is out of stock. It's not a big deal. This is going to mostly be figuring out if I need to keep the bolters separate from the arms for painting. Once I figure that out, I can assemble more infantry.
jaxom

jaxom in Death Guard

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Hobby Butterfly WIPs

Hobby Butterfly - and now for something completely different: a Death Cult Assassin

I'm a patron of one of Polish miniature painters - Samuel Skiba-Wojnach - and part of a painting group for a bout a year now. As such, it happens that we paint a miniature together that comes from different setting then WH40k. However I like to incorporate them whenever possible into my 40k collection, because it's both fun and an opportunity to work on my skills outside the comfort zone of Blood Angels' red. And black.... and white.... and gold..... and blue...   Anyway a mini I painted in
Majkhel

Majkhel in Hobby Butterfly WIPs

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Cerberus

Some Quick WIP's

Hey all, I don't know about you but I'm a rather slow hobbyist. 1 figure can take me whats seems like an eternity, manly due to the abundance of things that life throws your way but there is some laziness in there too! I'm hoping this blog helps push me past this stage and into an area that can have me turn out a figure a week if not faster.  So without further ado......    Cerberus as he stands now, still has a ways to go but am happy with the progress so far. For the in between stage
Spazmolytic

Spazmolytic in Cerberus

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Accountability

Accountability August

Bingo 2022 august  Sooo the last couple of years ive been using the White dwarf hobby bingo, (Or now, technically a variant of it?) to keep account of all the things ive finished. Its been very useful as a spur to complete stuff over the long dark between events so i kept it up. I made my own grid this year because GW didnt make the new one available online for whatever reason and i do an accountability post most months on my FB, i figured it also made sense to do it here, on the day my copy
Noserenda

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Battle Reports

Battle 7: 50PL vs Imperial Knights, Tech Hunt

27 August, 2022 With the Cruentes' supply lines well and truly solidified (Warfleet Glory has been at 7 for several games now), Kratus has set about raising as many edifices to the glory of the Bloodfather as possible. However, in this small satellite city of Hive Secundus, a cultist coven has alerted the Cruentes of a hidden cache of Mechanicus artefacts. Eager to add these to his arsenal, Kratus leads a force to recover them - and pile some skulls in the process. Fortunately for his warri
Cheex

Cheex in Battle Reports

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Hobby Butterfly WIPs

Hobby Butterfly - trying to make Terminators "better" -WIP-part2

Found myself some hobby time during the weekend and managed to finish the cloth surplices and plates extensions for the Terminators. Once that cured, I added the waist chains, fasteners, some bling in the form of acrylic tear-drops (nail decoriations) in various places and even built up some bases. So without further ado here is the whole squad as it is now: I think the Sergeant in the middle could also use some kind of icon on the top of the hood to further distinguish him. Or perhap
Majkhel

Majkhel in Hobby Butterfly WIPs

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Hobby Butterfly WIPs

Hobby Butterfly - trying to make Terminators "better" -WIP-part1

With the Primaris range came problems for some of the most iconic units of the 40k universe, the Terminators. They just don't look good next to new sculpts. Especially the Indomitus sculpts.  I've been having an idea of upscaling them for quite some time, but never really gathered the courage to try. That is probably in no small part because I want to keep as much of the original sculpts as possible. I had some ideas... and then HH startex box dropped and I found myself in possession of the
Majkhel

Majkhel in Hobby Butterfly WIPs

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Blood Angels

Starting off

Hello folks!  I've been wanting to start wih something nice and smooth. Something about my hobby way or history but in the end I just couldn't get to it properly. So instead I chose to start with where I am at the moment. I own a considerable force of Blood Angels - my first 40k love. I have around 12.000 pts worth of painted models and a solid chunk of those is my 5th Company, the Daemonbanes. It's almost ready barring a few bodies and I plan to showcase them here slowly while I updat
Majkhel

Majkhel in Blood Angels

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Sons of Horus

First demi squad sorted

Been making a bit of progress since the sun stopped trying to kill us all :D First up as i finally made a decision on basing (Desert to match the current other member of the drop out filled group project) i based the apothecaries i recommissioned from unfinished Iron warriors as testers. 302176213_10160193461300797_8508922370391818114_n  Then on to Infantry, which by effectively raw chance turned out to be my super flex recon/veteran squad(s) the first 5 of which have turned out alright i t
Noserenda

Noserenda in Sons of Horus

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Cerberus

Cerberus, Brother of the Blade, member of the 50-22nd

Well hey there again, my second post is taking form. Before I start plotting down the head cannon for my Alpha Legion, I thought that maybe I should have some hobby to go with it.  So Cerberus is a thought I had of creating a duellist champion for my Alpha's. His lore would be, is he one of a trio of duellists where the enemy doesn't know that 2 others are lurking close by to pounce and cause their demise! Or does he have 3 souls living within his mind which makes him seem very unhinged to
Spazmolytic

Spazmolytic in Cerberus

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Death Guard

A hose by any other name, penultimate Grave Warden modelling update (8/26/22)

My second to last major project was Astra Militarum and I have a lot of infantry special weapons left over (as evidenced by the grenade launchers). Each flamer tank is good for two terminators. A modelling or jeweler's saw to get a clean cut in half, remove the little curving bit which would sit on the Guardsman's shoulder, clean mold lines, then slightly file down the end that will be facing the power fist side. You'll notice there's a triangular side. This is perfect for fitting into
jaxom

jaxom in Death Guard

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Hobby Progress

Blood Priest Baruda

In another stunning example of hobby butterflyism, I've decided to work on something completely different to what's already on my desk. But this was just a quick update of a model I have been meaning to fix.   I haven't been happy with the composition of Baruda's model for some time. The original intention was that the huge icon would represent the Banner of Rage relic, but it just really felt like it unbalanced the model - and this was exacerbated by his slightly side-heavy pose (and
Cheex

Cheex in Hobby Progress

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Order of Battle

Path of the Righteous - Phase I

This is something I've been wanting to do since the start of the year: the Aksha'i Cruentes are embarking on the Path of the Righteous.   Now that I'm comfortable with the Crusade rules in the CSM codex, I feel like this is a logical and characterful step for the Cruentes. They've always been a zealous bunch, and now with the death of Bardûl and the rising star of Kratus, I think it's a good time to start folding these rules into my army. Baruda is clearly pushing more of his influence
Cheex

Cheex in Order of Battle

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War of the False Primarch

+ Some Things Are best Left Forgotten +

In addition to my off-site general blog, +Death of a Rubricist+, I also run +Some Things Are Best Left Forgotten+, which is a single-topic narrative blog themed around the War of the False Primarch. This started as a tiny snippet in Imperial Armour 10, I think; and it's since expanded into a large setting. The latest update deal with Warzone: Null, but if you're into narrative 40k, I encourage you to have a read through. Here's a general primer to get you started.. The project is
Death Guard

Grave Wardens Almost Done (8/22/22)

Let's see how the whole blog thing goes. In my last WIP update, I had done some GS work. I've done more. I used a template for chainmail to get the pattern and placed it over the stripped down leather strips. Once dry, any excess was removed. The inner shoulder pads were dry-fitted and glued into place. This gave me all I needed to assemble the bodies (Mk6 included for scale). I'm a bit annoyed at myself for the one on the far left. I didn't realize that one arm wen
jaxom

jaxom in Death Guard

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Hobby Progress

New Berzerkers and Champions

I've been playing this army for quite a long time. Almost as long as the soon-to-be obsolete plastic Berzerker kit, in fact; I think it came out about a year before I picked up my first Chaos Battleforce box back in the day.   Over the years, I have collected entirely too many Berzerkers made from that old kit. At last count, there were something like 80-odd painted Berzerkers, and about as many unpainted. Unfortunately, that kit is now getting a little long in the tooth (so to speak),
Cheex

Cheex in Hobby Progress

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Hobby Progress

Cheex's Hobby Tips: Chaos-style damaged power cabling

While putting together some new Berzerker Champions, I found myself needing to reposition some power fists. I could've easily just used some guitar wire, but I wanted it to look more like the damaged cabling you often see on newer Chaos models. After thinking on it for a bit, I had an epiphany: heat shrink.   Heat shrink is used in electronics to repair damaged wire insulation or to bundle multiple insulated wires together (amongst other uses). When it reaches a certain temperature, th
Cheex

Cheex in Hobby Progress

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