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Probably worth keeping in mind print lines aren't even an indicator an item isn't real - given how many GW products (both resin and plastic) have visible lines on their product pages.

Got a less blurry image from a friend.

This is in a strange Schrödinger's model situation. If it is a fake, someone spent far too much time on it. If it is real, someone spent far too little time on it.

Not entirely accurate, I 3D print all the time and I often have zero visible layer lines at 22μm. Once painted, there’s nothing to indicate it’s a printed mini. Two examples of my printed stuff, raw and painted:

Hobby Day Starts tomorrow, First up will likely be either the Grey knight Termie conversion or the Grey Knight Outrider!

Here are the three finished melta marines. This time without any grass or tufts yet. At the moment it's quite cold (sub-zero temperatures) and since I'm doing all my varnishing and priming outside, I feel I don't want to risk it and will wait for better weather. EDIT: As always, with my doubts and indecisiveness, I'm not 100% sure about the silver livery for my support squads. I think it looks okay but can't stop wondering whether I should go for a non-metallic colour for the pads, backpack and helmets. With your positive feedback, I know I haven't made a mistake. But I'll make up my mind about whether to use this scheme for future fire support squads later.

We have gotten to the point fakes are now being 3d printed and painted. What is this timeline.

Right... so today I had another parcel waiting for me at home. So this now makes 6 (!!) Kill Teams that are sitting around here in various stages of assembly, painting or even still untouched in the box on sprues. (I need to STOP buying models! Might make this my New Year resolution....) These teams are: - a Night Lord Kill Team using 30k models- converted and primed, but so far shelved and forgotten - the Fellgor Ravagers (Chaos Beastmen)- assembled, primed and a few have the first spots of paint on (and then shelved and forgotten) - the Nemesis Claw (Night Lord Kill Team) (still on sprue in the box) - the Mandrakes (came in the Nightmare box with the Night Lords, also still on sprue) - Various Inquisition operatives that could be proxied into a Kill Team (assembled and primed) And now the Raveners. Since I am now in Tyranid mode- I think I will concentrate on the Raveners first. Personal plan for the painting and modelling in the run-up to Christmas for December will be therefore: - Painting the big McFarlane Genestealer model - Painting the Swarmlord, master general of my Tyranid army - Painting the Ravener Kill Team

Sure. The old lore: 1. Each Clan Company has near total independence, and is structured very similarly to a Battle Company with a mix of Battleline, Heavy Support, Close Support, Scout, and Veteran Squads. 2. The Chapter does not have, and never has, a singular leader. During large, multi-Clan operations, one individual wilderness appointed to command, but that authority is brittle and temporary. 3. The Clan Council which runs the Chapter as a whole consists of ten Marines, one representative from each Clan Company. 4. "Iron Father" is not an honorific; it is a specific title given to Marines who are trained in both the roles of a Techmarine and a Chaplain (the Chapter has zero Chaplains as they reject the Imperial Creed & only worship the Emperor as the Omnissiah). 5. Dreadnoughts do not sleep. They are valued and nearly-worshipped as the perfect blend of man & machine. Those not deployed to warzones are usually appointed to the Clan Council. New lore: 1.The Clan Companies all follow the Codex Astartes standard (i.e., 1st Company [Clan Avernii] is all veteran squads). Transfers between Clans are uncommon but do happen. 2. The Chapter routinely selects one member to lead them as Chapter Master. For the last 3 centuries, they've selected the same person as Chapter Master (Kardan Stronos), which completely contradicts the whole point of having temporary leadership - to avoid any single Marine from having complete control of the Chapter. 3. The Clan Council has forty-some-odd members, to include a VOTING MEMBER from the Adeptus Mechanicus. This is a direct violation of Guilliman's Codex reforms that separated the Astartes from all other Imperial institutions. The Steel Confessors Chapter was sent on a penitent crusade and the Mechanicus was censured for a similar influence in command. 4. "Iron Father" is an honorific given to those who serve on the council. Not just Techmarines, but any widely respected Marine can be given the title. 5. Dreadnoughts are treated the same as in other Chapters; kept asleep when not needed for combat.

Since I will be away for the weekend (my local diving club will be visiting Germany's largest indoor diving center featuring a sunken city and even a sunken boat), I will make my December vow early. I got another parcel today (I really need to stop buying new things before finishing everything else sitting around here!): Therefore.... I, Valkia the Bloody, vow for the month of December to finish painting one Swarmlord and a Kill Team of Tyranid Raveners.

Whaddya meana theres no blooda fora da blood god

Almost done. I just need to go in again after the weathering to brighten the lenses and faceplate

I wonder how different the list is going to be compared to the one I made before. I can't find it now to check. Thanks @Roomsky for linking that old thread. A bit different question, but my top 10 still includes many of those I posted there. The list is in alphabetical order. There's no way I can actually rank them. Fire Caste (this goes beyond Warhammer and it's a crime Fehervari isn't on every SFF reader's bookshelf) Fire Made Flesh (best Necromunda novel. I'm still angry at BL for ditching that setting) Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! (Crowley gave us Orks that are scary and funny at the same time. No other author has managed to balance it so well.) Godeater's Son (this type of writing can easily rival any modern fantasy writer) Horus Rising (Perfectly managed to set the tone for the biggest series I've ever read. I don't think I'm ever going to experience anything like that again: following a series/setting for decades. It was exhausting but well worth it.) Lords of Silence (my favorite traitor's pov standalone novel) Primogenitor (I love Reynolds's writing. He gave us one of the best CSM novels/series and he openly stated he doesn't even like them and finds them boring!) Prince Maesa (It's far from perfect but Haley somehow transported me back to my early teens when I was deep into D&D and reading Gemmell, Holdstock, etc.) Scars (my favorite HH novel. The whole WS arc is excellent. Oh, and that short story Restorer at the end, cherry on top.) The Carrion Throne (I've said it many times here and on other forums: this one is in my top 10 not just of BL books but of all books. Wraight simply gets grimdark. The ending of the whole trilogy is peak.) Going through the lists you guys posted, it seems I have quite a few picks in common with @Scribe

In Victoria Australia I feel we've seen a slow decrease in Heresy's popularity. To begin with the Victorian Even Scene feels like (unless its just 40k or AoS) seems to have never quite recovered properly post COVID and our hefty lock downs. 30k has I think followed that trend, but then has gotten whacked harder due to releases. 1.0 (I came into the scene late mind you) had events every 3-6 months without fail. 2.0 You had an initial couple of events, but then hype died, so did the events, relegated to maybe, if you're lucky 1 every 6 months. 3.0 has honestly landed with a wet thwack. There has bee no 3.0 events lined up or even talked about since release that I've seen. Now obviously this doesn't factor in people playing locally with mates at a FLGS or at home, nor should it as anyone can play anything in that setting haha. Now did 3.0 kill heresy in vic, or was it already trending that way. Would heresy in Vic kept going strong with 1.0 or would it have started petering out. I don't think we'll ever know. GW have probably made bank because it feels like 90% of their customers just happily glug up whatever they drop (the sheer amount of people that don't hunt around for a 20-25% boggles my mind, especially with our Antipodean pricing), but does it mean the community or actual 'system' is healthy from a "I'd like to go to an event" perspective not at all, nor does it feel like it down here. But again thats only my state, down in the middle of nowhere haha.

small progress update. Started highlighting wings... painful experience, made some sizeable changes to the axe blade.

Adding a Phobos Combat Patrol to my collection. First up are the Librarian and Lieutenant

I had been sick with another cold this week, so I am happy that I was happy that I could use the "sick at home time" wisely with a blanket and lots of hot tea. Plus listening to more audiobooks- namely "Cain's Last Stand" and "Day of Ascension". Just as a side note- I am also a big Doctor Who fan, and I am always very happy to hear all the amazing call-outs to Doctor Who in the Cain audiobooks. There are quite a few in "Cain's Last Stand"- most prominent, the book features a "Sergeant Benton" and a "Captain Yates". Only thing missing really is Jurgen commissioning an old yellow car for transport.... I finished my second vow for the Jokaero Challenge- the converted Sentinel "counts as" Pyrovore. The idea had been to imitate the scene from "Cult of the Spiral Dawn" where Genestealers ride into battle in top of Sentinels. I had played around with several ideas on how to paint the Sentinel. Until yesterday, I actually wanted to paint the armor plates in a camo scheme, using the colors of my splinter fleet. And I wanted to add bright rust to some of the metal parts. However. I realized that adding complicated color schemes would have been very distracting, and adding bright rust might have made this model stand out like a sore thumb in my overall Tyranid army. It should still fit in organically with the rest. So I decided on a more muted scheme, using the dark (Castellan) green I use for the swamp bases for the armor plates and do some heavy weathering with a sponge. This works much better. I am actually quite happy how it turned out. This was a really fun project which I very much enjoyed doing. I also painted a group of Genestealer hybrids, which I will just proxy as normal Genestealers in the army. These were also quite fun to do and a nice change with different textures to the rest of the tyranid army. Since I had just listened to "Day of Ascension", I decided to go for the full body horror with these guys- in the book, a Cult Doctor is actually able to enhance Genestealer members of the cult and bulking them out and have them grow and develop more muscle and chitin armor. So these hybrids here are just in the process of being transformed into even more deadly and monstrous killing machines, the growing flesh even growing and fusing with their clothing and armor, and some oozing sores and scars developing where the original human flesh tries to resist the transformation. Up next- I will paint something bigger for a change and will paint up the McFarlane Genestealers as well as a big Monster for the army- a mighty Swarmlord.

I posted this in the WIP forum, but since I said I'd add it here, here's a small update to the Night Rovfugl. It is about 50% dry-fitted, which is why the top and one of the wings is a bit wonky. LEDs all work. I was going to het some cable connectors to light it up fully, but, of course, I forgot today is a Sunday.

"Maybe this whole different new unit will be easier to build, prime, and paint than the half-done unit I already have" Why are we like this?

I wish.... it is more like my ADHD persona is making decisions for me that "trying to be sensible" persona finds a bit unreasonable. Still, ADHD persona is happy, more loot to hyperfocus on.

Working on Adding little 3d Printed Details to My Castellan Knight Rider: Building Newer Upscaled Grey Knight halberds, They're printed at 125% normal size with the handles removed and a Hole in its place to insert 45mm worth of Steel Tube, Never been a fan of relying on Resin for thin shapes in Snap able locations: Building up the Massively obnoxious Base! And the thought i had for my basing scheme was a Demon planet that needs to be Reclaimed by the Inquisition and the Ground is just a slurry of Chaotic rock, Mud and Skulls....so Many skulls, in the time i decided to do this and today i've printed well over 300 Skulls. One down: Our Boy here Needs a Name and a Base Nameplate! Open to Suggestions. Yeah its not legal, yeah Grey knights aren't primaris, or have outriders, But Damn that looks good!

Ok so unless i really failed i did not see a dedicated thread for this book. And i was lucky enought to get thru it over the weekend. I wont go into details unless requested (dont, read it) but just general impressions. Non spoiler version, the third book in the Belisarius Cawl series it carries on from the previous plot threads and indeed moves it all forward. It explores and advances both the general plot set up (Necrons, pylons) but also several character plots (Cawl, The Regent, Qvo) while introducing one or two new characters. I found it to be the weakest of the three without that meaning it was not a fun read. Just that it was not at the level the previous two were (especially the Great Work). For reasons see spoilers. 7/10. Solid and delivers what you expect, but doesnt knock any balls out of the park doing so. The below spoilers dont actually spoil anything major, its mostly what i found did not work for the books, and contains only vague spoilers, did it just to be safe.

So I seem to need a little more than a small break, so Ive moved on to the Warboss of the Ork WAAAAAGH in the vicinity of the Primordus System. He's about 70% completed. Head cannon: he was once an extremely dangerous (possible existential threat to the Imperium) warboss 4000 years ago. Then one day, due to his Weirdboy's head exploding) he and his entire fleet were scattered into the Warp, only to find himself (and only the core of his fleet...a space hulk, 2 stolen cruisers and an extremely damaged attack moon) 4000 years in the future. Known as Da Freeboota Baron, Kommadore (Insert Ork Name Here), seeks to carve out his own empire "full 'o al da shoiny stuf." He had a reputation of being particularly favored by Mork, as he was always extremely "cunin' but brutal." Now caught in a new time, with new rivals, he seeks once again to reign supreme (as one or can) over all his kind. As he gathers his bearings and seeks to rebuild, he has heard whispers of a particular Goff known as "the Beast," that may directly challenge his own might. "Da Perpl 'Ardeez" (The Void Panthers) will provide a sufficient fight to get his boyz back into "krump'n" shape, and to start his particular brand of WAAAAGH! Known as the "WAAAAAARRGH!" So hes my Ghaz stand in...and the model is huge. I think a lot of the detail will read better once painted, but ive added a sort of "chain beard" underneath his iron gob, some admiral epulets on either shoulder, and a mekanical peg leg...and a hat of course. Whats left is to add the feather, the jolly rodger flag on his boss pole and a parrot squig on the little perch above his powerclaw arm. The yellow "stones" on his claw are going to painted like gems...as a freeboota he likea his "bling." Any thoughts on a name? Suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.

The apron makes me think its fake, a world eater not wanting to get blood on himself would be like a space wolf using deoderant

The paintjob looks like a perfect match for the 'leaked' box, down to the placement of individual scratches and highlights, so I'm going to say this is a 3D print or conversion or whatever that was used as the basis for the fake.

It looks like a kitbash from the mid 00s

What in the.... Oh Emperor, please no!

Calling it here for the night on rotigus Oils applied, by morning they'll have partially set so I'll do streaking grime and rust enamels over the top, then work on the base some Also a bit of work on the Nurgle Knight base, once this cures overnight I'll be adding some wet mud and then nasty looking puddles for the nurglings to swim in.

well I hope they feel bad. I'm really disappointed I wasn't able to get Wolf Scouts. There's nothing here.

In my mind, there was always a deal, and the Emperor broke it.

I started on the chosen, doing black legion with nuln for the armour seals, black templar for the chest bandoliers and runelord brass for the secondary metallics. I used warp lightning to make a similar glow effect for the combi weapons but I wanted it to look distinct from plasma coils. One thing I'm noticing is that the wash pooled up much more than I realized before. I think I expected it to work like normal CSM models where it pools above the raised trim but of course mkvi armour doesn't have that being mostly flat panels. It's too late for these guys but for my 30k marines I'm going to be much more careful with the wash and maybe thin it down a bit more to try to avoid this.

I find it telling that with six detachments, not a single one is themed around the Noise Marines. I can’t prove this, but I suspect that the game designers would have cut Noise Marines if they could have. So much of the long-range shooting was ruthlessly culled from the book. The World Eaters have better shooting. To be fair, the Flawless Host don't really have much lore to begin with.

Kind of proud I didn't take the bait on these. I've been wanting to focus on Cadian Shock Troops and T'au tanks so that's helped me avoid the FOMO.

Sure. I don’t think that we really disagree, in practice. The EC are the most in need of more model support of all cult Legions, and that’s saying a lot. Of such hypothetical model support, I’d love for more sonic cult units. However, I like the “perfection seeking duelists” thing. I am currently (very slowly) building a Peerless Bladesmen army that leans into that “version” of the Legion, but I would still love sonic vehicles or Terminators. As to the Flawless Host, IIRC they were introduced in the Gavdex in 4th (boo! Hiss!) as a name, color scheme, and brief line about how they have Emperor’s Children gene seed markers. This heavily implied that they were a warband/splinter of the EC Legion. They were later essentially retconned to be a traitor chapter. Anyway, as far as I’m concerned their “schtick” is just another aspect of the EC. Even back in 3.5, you could build a very effective melee army (in my opinion the strongest of the cults in melee against Meq and elite armies generally because of effective +1 I), and while Lucius had a Doom Siren, he was a duelist first and foremost.

Good progress and a fun way of keeping things fun. I like the BA but I think I'll like the heretic model even more. Are you planning to paint the lightning on the armour, too? This is a great feeling, isn't it? A thing that no one really notices but you know you got it right. It's really cool that something as small as this can bring a lot of satisfaction.

Dr. Ruminahui, Yes, my Tallarn blobs were a lot of fun, but also not very effective, back in the day rolling around the board. That's when outflanking was rare and I took Captain Al'Rahem for his outflank ability. Good point on keeping the Rogal Dorn. It sure is an effective unit. Yes, proxying my hounds as Rough Riders would be a a fun project. I'd have to use foam and cork to increase their height as they are definitely shorter than Rough Riders. And to make them more WYSIWYG I could model them with greenstuff mechanical tendrils coming out of their bodies. And then I could put blades, guns, and demo charges on the tips of the tentacles. I think I'll try that someday. I set my Chaos Hounds onto Rough Rider-sized bases and it looks like they would fit with a bit of work. I've been feverishly preparing for next month's Merry Slaaneshmas tournament. I now have upgraded about 50ish troopers and I still have about 50ish troopers to go. Upgrading means I've repainted the bases of all troopers and added gubbins like new weapons and shoulder pads to many of the infantry. Here are some photos. My 2nd Batch of Nostroman 9th Infantry is Upgraded Enjoy the photos! Nostroman 9th, "Hell's Horde"

So life has been in the way of hobby for a little while now. I finally got going on my Ultramarines again! This update is my rendition of Captain Mikael Fabian! The description of him in the books are that he had lost an eye and left arm so has bionics. I sourced loads of parts and raided my bitz box to bring him to life! I saw on YouTube that Vallejo was producing some new “True Metallic Metal” paints so I thought this time I’d use them. Really happy with the results: Captain Fabian 3rd Company Ultramarines Captain Fabian 3rd Company Ultramarines Captain Fabian 3rd Company Ultramarines Captain Fabian 3rd Company Ultramarines Captain Fabian 3rd Company Ultramarines Not sure what’s next, hopefully things will calm down a bit! Thanks for looking!

Looking good! I really like your line highlights, very neatly done!

This poor star child had died a violent death, killed by the valiant Imperial defenders. So the head of the gaunt is a valued and venerated relic, showing all of the believers of the many-handed Emperor the cruelty and evil intend of the followers of the corpse god. It is basically the same thing the Space Marines are doing, every second Space Marine these days carries around a small relic (like bones) of some revered hero or saint. It is like a banner to rally around.

I just finished my second vow for the Jokaero challenge as well as 6 Genestealer hybrids (which I will just proxy as normal Genestealers). I had been sick with another cold this week, so I am happy that I was able that I could use the "sick at home time" wisely with a blanket and lots of hot tea. I will be back here as soon as I have made up my mind as to what my vow will be for December.

I can't believe that no one here has mentioned the obvious reason why GW is doing so well. The announcement of the greatest and most realistic Ultramarine game ever, is getting a sequel: Boltgun 2.

Don't worry, brother, I'm sure Mephiston, Khârn and Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka and will come around eventually...

This must be one of the worst covers I have ever seen on a BL novel. Hard pass.

Sorry I overlooked this. Since I still have 5 different Kill Teams in various stages of completion (2 of them still fresh in the unopened box), I think a Kill Team challenge would be something I am interested in. I actually think my 30k Night Lord Team ( assembled and primed and then forgotten on the shelf) might fit this perfectly. This might give me the motivation to work on them. EDIT- or I make something work with the accumulated masses of Inquisition operatives collecting dust here.... there are options.

Thanks! the bone work so far is super easy: wraithbone agrax earth shade drybrush/highlight with ushbati bone 50:50 skeleton horde + lahmian drybrush/highlight with wraithbone ill do a final highlight with wraithbone and white as well, but not got that far yet. Similarly may push shadows with point washes of Agrax

I would personnaly be more inclined for the first one, but, let's be frank, I will probably not enlist, neither in first nor in second . I have struggled over the past months to populate my pledge rooster in 40/30k stuff already and my 2026 load will probably be even more WFB oriented than this year due to a serious backlog that deserves being worked out after 15 years in the shadows... (probably something like a total sum of 20k Pts between Chaos warriors, High Elves and Empire, that are waiting to be done/redone and legalized plus a tail of 120 gobs at least that I wanted to do this year but will probably not start until end of January). So my 12MoH 2026 will mainly be minimum service for 40k. Great move.

Yesterday was the start of my local group's semi-narrative campaign themed around the Siege of Mezoa. The launch event was 2 linked battles: a 1v1 Zone Mortalis representing a traitor attack on an orbital defense grid control center, and a 3v3 for a beach head assault on the forge world. The 73rd Luna Wolves were part of the beach head assault. This was also my first game fielding more than 2000 points. Ideally it wouldn't have been in a 3v3 match, but my schedule has not been the most accommodating of late. Picture is at start of turn 1 with one of my WIP Sicarans out in front of part of the dark mech player's forces. This was shortly before the Sicaran would come out on the losing side of a gun fight with a large size melta attack bike squad. More details on the campaign, kick off missions, and additional pictures from the linked battles are available in my blog.

DarkChaplain has basically said anything I’d say in a much better way than I’d say it but I really really liked this book. One downside is I’m now dreaming of a universe where the whole series had been this quality (and also I’m now wanting to do a Shattered Legions force, but that was bound to happen). It’s the first time I’ve really felt the full emotional weight of the betrayal at Istvaan V, rather than a more neutral event that happened in the heresy or the localised impact on specific characters (like Argal Tal in First Heretic). Definitely came too late but was well worth the wait.

A little more progress. That is all of my outriders and Invaders done. Not sure what is next... Dark Shroud, Nephilim, Black Knights w/ Command, Sammie on Corvex, or Scout LS Storm.