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You shouldn't worry about word counts. Just pick a single story beat you want to hit in your lore and write until you feel the story is told. Everything else is secondary.

Jr and I have watched the Warhammer+ episodes of Cursed City and Blackstone Fortress. Cursed City looked great fun and Jr really enjoyed it. I then bought Blackstone Fortress and we watched the WH+ episode but neither of us enjoyed it - I just think it didn't translate to TV. We have yet to attempt a go at the game (I've assembled the minis but not painted them). I do love a boxed game.

I canoot recommend the Warhammer Quest games enough as entry level introductions. They include dice rolling, and special rules for different units, require planning and strategy. My son has no interest in the hobby side of things, but will play as the enemies on both Blackstone Fortress and Cursed City. Another viable option are the even smaller boxed games like Space Marine Adventures Rise of the Orks, or Doomsday Countdown for 40k and WH: Lost Relics and WAoS: Crypt Hunters. These smaller games are 30-45min runtime, which helps with attention span with the younger ones.

Now you have no moral right to make us wait. Troopers can't wait eternity in the middle of the storm. You shall post next part as soon as possible.

Man, those colors go perfectly with each other and your chapter badge is simple, but looks cool as hell.

My personal favs are the Ratling pair

My daughter got into the hobby briefly when she was ~10 and expressed interest in doing more than look at my ‘little men.’ Similar to Rusted Boltgun, it really started with game nights of Space Hulk and Warhammer Quest. The rules were simple, games went quickly, and there was a manageable number of miniatures. From what she has said it was also more relatable in the size to what she saw in movies and TV shows. We did play some skirmish games eventually based mostly off the 2004 kill team rules. But she always preferred the board games. We also had scheduled painting days too. She was more interested in Lord of the Rings and fantasy than 40K, and more on specific figs she liked rather than caring about how they related to games. She did not find the fantasy battles rules interesting. I suspect she would have enjoyed AoS if it had been out at the time. She mostly stopped after a couple of years as other hobbies and friend activities popped up. Still play Space Hulk every so often and she reminds me of all the times she won when we first started. Any painting nowadays is focused on D&D stuff.

Very nice, indeed

Nice story. It really conveys the “land hard, move fast, die later” style you mentioned in the dossiers.

What can I say? May the Emperor bless you and your wife and daughter. Considering Apothecary, how much point you think it should cost?

So Awesome! Out of curiosity why steel wool over cotton, it works with the steel wool.

I love your dwarf and your persistence! The wool is demonstrating how much lift those rokkits are providing I want to run that scheme for my squad, er, Votann but I'm going to try the underpainting with brown and pink methods before committing in the hope that I can get some decent coverage. I really like the AP Fanatic Moonbeam Yellow but it still took a few coats over white.

I'm not an expert, but do you sure your paint thinned down enough? It's looks like coat a bit inconsistent? or it's just camera's artefacts.

Thanks, it is really great to hear it from you!

Good job!

Nice!

Excellent work with the Airbrush... what's the next step?

There are two models I need in life: 1. Outrider Lieutenant (perfect for Ravenwing and White Scars) 2. Dreadnought Lieutenant (there's gotta be at least one of these guys tooling around the universe by now)

Gravis Chaplain and Gravis Librarian, too...Phobos Chaplain too Ohh an all LT Kill Team.

All we need now is the Gravis Lieutenant and the all Lieutenant Kill Team will be a reality.

very nice. Love that the Gun Servitor has a knife too

WOW, That is Impressive.. Love the Aircraft!

Hey there! I got a friend to print them up from a cults3d file. Here's a link, if you're interested. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/dragon-skull-nowprint3d And yeah, I've been doing this for a while now without too much divergence from the building instructions. Figured these big boys would be a great opportunity to add a little Nocturnean flair!

Thank you. I quite enjoyed writing the differences between Mona and Krystan. He, like me, is on the neurodivergent (I really don't like this word) side and so is logical, takes questions quite literally (haha, yes, that's me), and methodical when he's in his zone, his zone being machines. Mona is entirely the opposite, being more emotional, ethereal, her beliefs slipping into mysticism. It was fun writing that complete about turn in this passage. And adding the Patriarch without revealing him entirely adds a little spice. Even she, the Magus, fears him.

Oh wow, I am really liking where this is headed.

Very nice downtime/ aftermath story given them a real life moment

I have a 4 squads of 10, 2 of 5 which attach to the 2 Command squads, plus 2 of the drop squads from kill team, Valkyries, a Vendetta, Vultures, Taurox Primes, and 2 Tauros Venators, using the Bridgehead Strike Grotsmas Detachment

I am using Wargames Alantic Eskern heads for mine

Can’t wait to see your blog grow and the rest of models get painted !

It will be great to see and hear more of your Salamanders. Where did the dragon heads on the vehicles come from? It’s always a nice touch to see details like that on the sons of Vulkan.

Thanks! Glad you like them... They are in the process of being built. I'm using 3d printed Harakoni Warhawk helmets, Kasrkin bodies with Tempestus Aquilon arms and Grav-chutes.

OH MY! I love it. Can't wait to see the models!

Very nice @Lord_Ikka

That's an impressive use of plasticard!

Wow. This is going to be one heck of an awesome conversion. I'm looking forward to seeing it built.

Looks good for the start. Thank you for the detailed paint breakdown. I’m starting to think I need to experiment with more paint brands. Also have to say, I appreciate that your barrels are drilled!

Love that Moonbeam Yellow. Still a bit tricky being a yellow but I do love it.

Love the Camo on the middle one!

I have been slowing introducing my (adopted step) kids the world of 40k. I purchased some units for them (their choice of armies) and had them fight one of my armies at equal points. IIRC it was @40pts each. I had a Grey Knight Terminator and they had Eldar, Deathguard, and Necrons. I need to have them fight this was again with a little terrain and maybe 100 points. The hardest part is keeping them interested. I honestly don't expect them to be all in, they are kids, and want to play with their friends, watch tv, etc. which is completely fine. The issue I run into is when they want to "work on the models" and it is chore time or they are supposed to be doing homework. They have not upgraded to painting yet and they only have GW starter paints for the most part. Another issue is they are struggling to earn their allowance because they won't do their chores. So when they do go to the gaming store its "I want, I want" but have not earned or don't have the allowance for it. "No, I am not buying you, the Great Unclean one for $170. We are here to pick up a bottle of glue." The youngest one I am teaching (10 year old) seems to be the most interested and is the one that loves crafting. He did the best in the one on one with his Necrons vs my GK Terminator but still lost in the end. He likes the building aspect but scared of the painting. I keep telling him he needs to practice, practice and practice some more.

Wowza!

Great post! I think my son was 9 when I got back into the hobby (time is passing faster than I can keep track) and we started with my v.1 Space Hulk. He loves the horde pouring in on the marines who, in that game, rarely reach their objective. It has a virtually one page rule set and moves quickly with plenty of peril which keeps the internet up. We progressed to a simplified Kill Team (though we didn't call it KT, just Octarius) and models were incapacitated rather than killed. We simplified the rules to remove Tac Ops. Then he was bought (not by me) the 9ed Recruit Edition of 40k which allowed him to start painting (I did all of our KT), first the terrain and now the marines. We have yet to play a game of 'proper' 40K but hope to get there in the next few months. Like you, I have tried to restrict the access to some of the darker elements of the setting as I don't think it is age appropriate but at the moment he's happy to agree to 'Chaos is not for you' guidance. He's happy with marines vs Orks. Left purely to his own devices I think he would go down the AoS route (though I don't know which faction) and he likes the idea of Blood bowl but the game is just too complex. We went to our local FLGS the other day, came away with some hobby supplies and Jr was thrilled when I gifted him some nice new synthetic brushes.

Good luck with the yellow! Are you thinking about undercoating pink? I’ve looked at different approaches to yellow I the past (for a Lamenters project that stalled out before it began). Never got around to painting anything. Terminators have always had a high spot on my favorites list because of Space Hulk. I’ looking forward to seeing how this project advances.

Well, lucky for me I was able to get/snag/was gifted about 1500 points of Votann over the past month, so I have a lot of stuff in the coming months to put out. Glad to hear it. Crusade, even with its faults, has been very fun for me personally and the group I play with has really come to embrace it.

I have a couple of thoughts, particularly around which Characters go with which squads. Firstly, I cannot see where the Apothecaries go as I don't think that they are allowed to join any of the listed squads. You might want to consider upgrading one of your Jump Chaplains to Lemartes as he really does add a ton of buffs to Jump Death Company. Which squads go in which drop pods? It would be nice to add Characters to those Bladeguard Vets to activate the Detachment's bonuses on them. Lieutenants, Chaplains and Judiciars all work well with BGVs.

No worries! Here we go: https://bolterandchainsword.com/articles.html/tutorials/scratch-building-astartes-servo-arms-r33/ A quick tutorial for making the basic structure.