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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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Combat Patrolling the Galaxy

Culling the Horde

Was able to make it to the CP league at my local GW and got in some Combat Patroi over the weekend. Got in two games, one against a veteran and the second was a training game versus a new player.  Both games I rolled a die to decide which CP I would use of the three I had with me.    First up was a nid on nid bout. Insidious Infiltrators vs my Assault Brood. My opponent set up on three of the objective points due to their force all having Infiltrate. I put the parasite in reserve and t
Focslain

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Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up

Two out of One – something for my plodding along

Hi Folks,   This year my 12 MoH pledge includes a plodding along pledge again. Last year was too busy and frantic to consider any possible commitment in a long-term project. But 2026 is (so far) allowing projecting oneself in a (relative) stability. From there come the idea of an excavation site as a series of scenery elements.   My Plodding along vow is structured around the MTO scenery ordered last Xmas: Tectonic Drill (oh yeah) and Mechanicum crane (Servohaulers). In order
BrassClaw's Collection of Projects

Loxodon Guard Part 5: Putting the Guard in Loxodon Guard

So when the release of the primaris line in 2017(?) I was on board unlike some people. I remember seeing the Horus Hersey 32mm MkIII models at my local gaming shop and saying "Man, these guys would look great for 40k". Was the release of the primaris the best way to go at the line refresh? Well hindsight is 20/20. It got me to start an army.    When I started the Loxodon Guard, one of the first purchases was the Deathwatch Combat Patrol box. I think I mostly wanted it for the Apothecar
BrassClaw

BrassClaw in Loxodon Guard

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The Gnostari Dominion - The Ironkin March

Planning on what the Solbond Gardhird Crusade looks like

Looks like my Crusade group will be starting the campaign in a couple of weeks, so my brain has been working and stewing and instead of just keeping it inside I decided to share my ramblings.    Now, it looks like Votann have a decent two-part system for their Crusade implementation. Not as easy as Necrons (my last crusade army), which are I think the most simple due to them just requiring a few successful Agendas to max out options, or CSM, which focuses on your Characters getting buf
Lord_Ikka

Lord_Ikka in Gaming

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""A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos"

"Prayer may cleanse the soul, but pain cleanses the body..."

"Prayer may cleanse the soul, but pain cleanses the body. Both are necessary for the survival of humanity." -Confessor Ganinimus-     As I divided my forces between the Order of the Valorous Heart and Order of the Parthenon, I am adding a 3rd faction.  and since I have this     Penitent Host     Sanctifer Confessor- Warlord Ministorum Priest (Thaddeus the Purifier) Ministorum Priest (Pious Vorne)   Sanctifier (I may
In Service of the Imperium- W.A.Rorie's Blog

The Enemy does not sleep, nor shall we. - Chapter III part 1

"The Emperor is our Father and our Guardian, but we must also guard the Emperor."  - Sermons of Sebastian Thor, volume XIV chapter I     ++++transmission incoming++++ +++verifying channel+++ +++ channel secure +++ +++transmission encrypted+++ +++cypher required+++ ++  ++++cypher verified++++ +++decryption beginning+++ +++decrypting+++ +++transmission decrypted+++ +++transmission downloading+++ ++ ++++encrypted tran
Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up

12 MoH - Cliffhanger

Hi Folks,   As another installment of this Series for my 12 MoH Plodding along pledge, I have completed the painting of my first pieces of scenery: the Rocky concretion and a Fairy Chimney.   The Styfoam once carved and plastered/textured, has received locally some additional layers of sand and gravel to mimic accumulated ashes and rock debris.   Painting step included a hue made from 2 different colors: dark grey and brownish grey, both from DIY store. The dark gre
The Green Templars (2026)

New Fiction: The Man in the Box

THE MAN IN THE BOX     The Crusade Fleet hung over Mars like a crown of steel. The Verdant Oath and her escorts gleamed in the thin light, engines humming a low, patient warning. Dust storms swirled beneath the atmosphere, curling around the temples of the Adeptus Mechanicus like smoke over fire. High Sentinel Varyn Drakus walked the bridge, reviewing manifest after manifest, fleet strength, Blade assignments, and tonnage. Every calculation balanced, every number accounted for—or
Combat Patrolling the Galaxy

Weekly Update #3

Weekly Update #3   Ok, so going to swap the updates from Thursday to Monday cause CP league is on Sunday and it gives me the weekend to get more stuff done.    Right now nothing much. Guardians are done, will get picture after CP is done fully since it was just some minor fixes from last week’s picture. It might be a while since in double checking I can’t find the riders for two of the bikes. I don’t want to take from the new sprues, so will continue looking for a while longe
Focslain

Focslain in WIP

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Para’s Plastic Pile of Potential

Preamble

After a fair bit of lurking, list-reading, and quietly nodding along at other people’s excellent paint jobs, I figured it was time to start a hobby log of my own here on Bolter & Chainsword. This blog is mainly intended as a running record of my Warhammer journey: building, learning, painting, and occasionally questioning my life choices while staring at half-assembled sprues late at night. I’m relatively new to the hobby, coming at it as an adult with limited hobby time but a strong ap
""A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos"

Order of the Parthenon

11 years ago, @Brother Tyler created the Liber Challenge, where we created our own Minor Order Militants. My Contribution was  the Order of the Partheon. As my my local gaming group prepares for our Crusade, I believe it is time to revisit my Order.    Here are the Changes (so far)     "Such base creatures have little capacity for fear, but we shall teach them of it when we can."    -Canoness Athena I, Order of the Parthenon,      Founding
BrassClaw's Collection of Projects

Loxodon Guard Part 4: Covert Actors

I have a soft spot for snipers. When I recently brainstorm ideas for short stories 3 out of the 10 ideas I came up with had snipers feature in this as the main character. I also have soft spot of the assassins and all things Officio Assasinorum. I remember when the 3rd edition Codex: Assassins was released.  My brother and I pick up the both the Vindicare and Callidus assasins. Those models have long since sold off. But I did pick up the current Callidus assassin model  Gwenthar Mor, 
Iron and Spirit

More grey plastic...

Hello all,   A quick update, more just to show that this project is still alive than anything...   I wanted some heavy weapons troopers. Desolation Marines seemed like a good fit, or Devastators if points are tight, or maybe even Long Fangs (if the field manual ever actually has points for them).   However, like most people with a modicum of taste, I don't like the Desolator minis. On the other hand, I love the HH missile launchers, and especially the Proteus II pat
2026: Building Space Marines

Finally Finalized the Build... Which will be Instantly Invalidated by 11th Edition.

So, I actually listened to other forum members and built, what I think is a pretty decent list.   The army list is built around the 7th Blade, The Sundered, a Green Templars Crusade Fleet which was almost destroyed by the Ork Kaptain Toofsnatcha.    In return for repairs and resupply, Acting-Castellan Mateo Rojas has sworn an Oath to assist Vulkan He'stan on his quest to find the missing relics of the Primarch.   My battleplans follow the list. The Sundere
The Elrin's XIV Mountain jaggers

Awakened

Geffes opened his eyes. The strong stench of antiseptics indicated that he was lying in the med‑block. The guardsman near his ward’s door hastily reported to someone that the commissar had awakened. Arthur tried to sit up, but a blazing pain in his chest stopped him. He looked at his body, covered with bandages from neck to toes. “Seventy‑nine broken bones,” Victor said, looking at the commissar. “And another hundred cracks.” Victor came in and sat on a chair near the bed. “W
kabaakaba

kabaakaba in Short story

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""A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos"

"Pain is an ally. Pain is a friend. Pain is truth."

Sister Erynica N'botu Order of the Valorous Heart       12 Months of Hobby Vow for February entered. I decided to go with Retributors as they are one of my favorite units. along from this line:   "Due to the methods of combat they employ, the preceptories of the Valorous Heart typically boast greater numbers of Exorcists and Retributor Squads than those of other orders. They use their heavy weaponry to establish solid bases of long-range fire, raining deat
The Green Templars (2026)

New Fiction: Absolutum: The Journal of Elias Renn

JOURNAL OF ELIAS RENN   (Recovered fragment. Original medium: bound paper journal, water- and ash-damaged.)     Entry I:   I write this as I walk.     The road south cuts through the hills like a scar. I have followed it since dawn, though I no longer remember leaving the last town. Only the smoke remains clear in my mind—black and greasy, climbing into the sky like a signal flare for something vast and patient.     They came without warning
Domhnall's hobby goodness

Chapter Master Progress

Some progress on the ol' Chapter Master. As it's all a bit backwards, I've gotten the leather, bone, and parchment completed. Bronze/Gold is to be finished and I'm attempting a bit of free hand on the banner. I also really need to write down some of the background lore and details of the chapter itself at some point.  
""A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos"

"I am not asking for blood. I can take your blood."

"I am asking for souls. Only you can give me your souls." - Sermon On the Road to Gathalamor Dolan Chirosius The Great Confessor Imperial Saint           The more I think about a new Adepta Sororitas Order I want to play the more I am pulled back to the Order of the Valorous Heart. As much as a painting Black Armor Metallic and Black Robes is a pain in the  I do really like the effect that it has on the army.        Order of the
Kaba's hobby in general

Terrain. Should I?

So what I wanna say. I need terrain. Somehow I'd overlooked this fact when painting my little dudes and murderous lizards. I have boarding action set, yeap. But. BUT! Baneblade shooting Carnifex on other side of little wall is surreal. Also test game shows that even mostly infantry armies  couldn't fight properly on such table.    Now I need to build( I think it's preferable option) or buy( even gakky terrain set cost fortune for what you get, not speaking of GW's). Big plus of former
kabaakaba

kabaakaba in Terrain

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""A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos"

"A man without faith is a man without a soul......."

Suffer not the soulless in thy ministry, for they make doors for dangerous forces. Commandments to the Ecclesiarchy            I have been struggling of late with my own personal mental health issues. Nothing major, but enough to bring me down to a lot. I have not picked up a brush or model to work on in months, and I used the Holidays as an excuse, even if that is partial true. I have tried to get back into the hobby with @Grotsmasha's 12 Months of Hobby and I
BrassClaw's Collection of Projects

Loxodon Guard Part 3: Even More Characters

Yup I got even more characters for ya.  Soonrem “True Heart”  Thron, Apothecary for the 2nd Echelon. I accidentally broke off the hanging bit that usually in his left hand.  Drom “Sabretooth”Hel,  Master of Sanctity of the Loxodon Guard. I went with the execrator chaplain model for this guy. I'm not a fan of the current primaris chaplain model, this guy looks so much more dynamic. Also there's not a lot of Black Templar icons on him, so I think he fits nicely.   
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