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John Armageddon himself.

I think that we’re allowed to have some crazy looking inquisitors knocking around, especially as one of their features is often how strange and disconnected from the imperium they often look. I don’t see anyone else wearing witch hunter hats in my guard army, or any of my space marines running around with Eldar pistols or little dragons on their arm either. I always thought the entire point was that they were supposed to represent the disconnected aristocracy who thinks they’re above everyone else, which is why visually they’re so apart from other models.

Remember that 40k happens in the milky way, which according to current estimations may have 100 to 400 billion planets in it. There is plenty of space for outrageous alien fauna for a single, probably radical, inquisitor to use in utterly hypocritical ways. It being unusual and out of place looking in an imperial setting and army may just be the point.

Have you guys read this thread back? You should probably find the thread from 3 years ago and re-read that too because most of the comments with regards to the rules will be similar. Something has happened (the internet, mainly) that has made tabletop wargaming the same as playing computer games - there's a correct way to do it, and if you don't follow it correctly then you aren't correctly playing, so you're playing for fun and not to be taken seriously because this has now become a job or lifestyle for people and you can't have people having fun if there's money to be made. The feeling has changed, it's all about winning. It used to be about being part of something.

Surely no one actually really thinks the old attack bike was worse than the ATV?! The attack bike was basically a standard space marine bike, a design that was well received, with a heavy weapon sidecar added on. Inspired by a WW2 motorbike/sidecar combo. Hardly anything wrong with it, a design lineage that came from the original RT bikes. Meanwhile the ATV is an absolute mess of a design with no similarity to the Outrider bikes it goes with, or any other marine vehicle. Maybe the intent was something like the warthog in Halo, but the end result was a Mario Kart reject. The outrider bikes look like an update of the previous marine bike, should have done the same with the attack bike. Maybe they will with the rumoured upcoming multi-part outriders.

I just want to express how happy I am that ATV and Suppressors will be gone., because I hate both. Now, could we do something about heavy stubbers and calf thrusters?

Love how the article re-iterates how you can paint this one as any chapter you want. Surely this will help with the wave of posts on social media asking if they have to paint their Armageddon box marines as BA.

Iron Warriors players don't really need four "blank" pauldrons though - Legionaries, Havocs, etc come with plenty of them already. Whereas sculpted hazard stripes/chevrons could have been useful to someone.

Well in spite of a busy week I’ve managed to find time to finish my latest rendition of Lord Marshal Dreir! In my head canon he’s actually Marshal Marius Konstantin, leader of the now reformed 3rd Krieg Siege Regiment. I’ve really enjoyed working on such a beautiful sculpt (especially with the head and torso swap) So much so in fact I’ll be painting my Deathriders! Here’s the pics: Krieg Lord Marshal Dreir Krieg Lord Marshal Dreir Krieg Lord Marshal Dreir Krieg Lord Marshal Dreir Krieg Lord Marshal Dreir Can’t wait to get started on the Deathriders! Thanks for looking.

Hello everyone! Recently branched out from the lore-tube to the books after Luetine spread to Arbitor to Mr.Bones to... all the other ones? My mostly grown son asked me a question when I was eating a midnight bowl of cereal (as is often my elderly habit) and a bowl of soggy cereal and too much time had passed and I realized we had covered several primarchs, rogue trader, and several miscellaneous chapters/legions and thought perhaps I should read a book. That led to another child asking questions, a salamander model, a Kill team... and now I'm listening to Red Tithe, shopping for valeho medium, ogling new brushes, and hosting a kinda half painted combat Patrol with 3 of my kids, a nephew, and a neighbor. Wondering if kitbashing Carcharodons would rival my mini-me's idea for a Deep Rock Galactic LOV chapter, and digging through forums for lore, tips, and fun. I am a poor painter, reformed childhood ww2 model maker, and finally successful enough that Games Workshop prices make me wince and cry a little but do occasionally show up. I am playing army for real over the weekend, have children with ridiculous schedules, two who have to come home to visit, no time, and enough work for three people... but... I love this universe. I love how it can still laugh at itself while taking itself very seriously. And painting is the most stressful relaxing I can do once or twice a week and it gave me another excuse to assemble my wee nerds once a week. I look forward to posting and digging and eventually showing my work. Thanks for letting me in. I always lurk, but hopefully post enough not to get kicked.

Cheers chaps. Brought the Hormagaunts up to 10 now...game-legal, more or less. Got to push to get them to 20. Starting to get a bit gaunt'ed out!

Weird mounts aren't new for 40k. Look at the kroot, they ride all sorts of weird stuff. A radical inquisitor using an alien mount isn't crazy. I mean even the DKoK mount is freaky. It doesn't look like anything in the Old World Empire; he's quite obviously a Jumanji Van Pelt knock-off or general 'British Colonizer Safari Guy'; The paintjob is just pretty standard 'Eavy Metal.

Thank you @BadgersinHills I do have one last set of photos of the Apothecary before I packed it away to head to Spain for the Charity Raffle.

Latest video from Valrak (welcome back) Notes: - Space marines - Orks - Custodes (seems obvious) - Tau Tau: - Mini refresh wave - New crisis suits - New broadsides (plural) - There is possibly more apparently DE: - Big centerpiece model - Vect is coming back (no exposed breast slaves) - has xenos mercs on the boat No sign of DA this year, assumingly all their speeders and stuff will come later with them

I didn’t realise quite how long ago I started this thread! Anywhere, here’s the latest addition - a Vostroyan Lord Marshall kit-bash / conversion. C&C very welcome. Cheers, Lorr

On the contrary; your last hope of not getting people complaining about the loss of real Marines for their oversized Poochie replacements was actual upscaled Mk.7. If this is true and real Marines are actually going the way of the dodo, you will have to endure the (justified) grumbling about the engakkification of Space Marines, forever.

Some of you were not around for the horrors of the first chaos Possessed models and it shows. :P Crazy part is that some of you think the Suppressors look worse than the Humpty Dumpty Centurions(no matter the flavor).

Hi all. I'm still building a portfolio for my Etsy store, it's still not up and running yet, but I thought I'd show off my latest lil' grumpy boy. Please let me know what you think. Are the pictures too dark?

I think people who say "good riddance" are missing the point. They might not have been the best units and you might not personally miss them, but such new units being removed means nothing is safe. This stuff is not cheap, but at least it used to be that you knew that it would be usable for a long while. This is no longer the case. The unit that was just released and you are now eagerly painting might be unusable in a few years.

First SM preview for the box I feel positive about, GW seems to have a pretty comfortable time putting out good looking Chapies. A bit twitchy about it all relying on the thin smoke column though...

Here's a quick update. Nothing exciting, more of the same - I suppose, I'm posting this to keep myself motivated than anything else. Just to prove to myself that the time spent amounts to something. I'd say that except the shoulder pads, the armour is done. So are the brown bits.

You mean they'll...cover everything?

Why was this so hard before GW?!

Finished up the diorama, Unexpected Finds, which was painted in about 3 days over six/seven hours. I now know why the really good painters do things in sections, as getting into some of the areas was not easy and I had to do more clean-up than I wished. Still happy with it, especially since it was basically a "free" diorama that I was able to put together with leftover/unused kits that were sitting around my hobby space. Up next for painting is finishing my Votann vow for this this month and then starting on my first Sanctifier kill-team member for the 12MoH campaign (my already finished Interrogator has requisitioned some of the Ecclesiarchy's finest crazies to help out). Hopefully next month I can get a good start on the Nightbringer conversion for modeling, though the beginning of May will have me getting my butt kicked at the Rocky Mountain Open tournament before that.

First part of the vow done - Ash Wastes scavenger diorama "Unexpected Finds"

Updates to the Tyranid Warrior and the Möderin character

Loota is one with big,, over the shoulder gun. And Flashgitz have THE best guns as they are more of mercenaries with need for the flashiest, bestest shootas

You just keep playing them. They aren't being removed from the game. One weekend a month you can't play then at an RT and then you go back to your normal play and use them if you want to.

While neither of these units are favourites of mine, the loss of choice is always a sad thing.

2nd part of vow done - 3 Pioneers and 4 Kapricus Defenders. Just need to get my little Inquisition kill-teamer done.

Every single sodding Omnibus should be a range item that sticks around and gets reprints as required. They used to be like that, too. Omnibuses are the END STATE of the novels. You can milk them through hardback, paperback, ebooks and audiobooks for *years* before an omnibus arrives. There should be no artificial scarcity with omnibuses from GW/BL. That they've actively chosen to introduce it for omnibuses is a sign of corporate disease, not a healthy company that gives a damn about what it puts out. And yeah, I'm also still miffed about Saturday's City of Ash disaster. Thankfully I should be good according to my prefered retailer, who I preordered with, but god damn they can't even make a freakin' STARTER SET that's obviously aimed at entirely new customers with one of the included booklets a new range item instead of a surprise limited edition which you only get confirmation on the moment the store page is up, with an order window of 4 minutes before it's sold out. Frankly, GW is driving the intentional supply issues up the roof and I can't wait for the moment it backfires on them. Hope they produced enough boxes of Armageddon, I suppose.

Second batch of April completions, the Russ squadron and the remaining from the Blackstone fortress terrain batch

Guess that will fit here :)

I sort of felt the same way, until I looked it up and saw that Crisis Suits were 2015 which, of course, wasn't that long ago.... oh. 11 years. Where has the time gone? Broadsides are a 2013 mini. They're almost old enough to drive a car. Also kinda crazy to think there was a time when whole armies went half a decade without a single model. We are truly spoiled now-a-days.

Varne "It seems this line of work doesn't particularly agree with us... Any of us." "It's a matter of perspective, Obadiah. Gifts, favours, afflictions, punishments; I am beginning to believe that these... manifestations... reflect ourselves. See it as a curse; you will be cursed. See it as a blessing; you will be blessed. In the end, it may be for us to decide the 'why' of it." A short pause, then he let out a loud bark of laughter, the mirth echoing from the black walls, "the dark gods alone know why Ukalegon has a tail." He began walking towards the exit, the limp still present - and inflicting a pace little more than a dawdle for an astartes - but less noticeable by the hour as Varne became used to the awkwardness of his gait. "Come brother, the bridge awaits our next dastardly plan."

Some with the second vow for April: The "highlight" shade for the Ruby Red Vallejo TMM paint is just pink so I was hesitant to use it, but I think I like it. Its hard to even see where I highlighted because it just looks like the light catching on the edges so... I guess it works?

Worth it.

Throwing Tacticals, literally the cornerstone of GW into Legends is some kind of blasphemy. Newish kits going in too? LOL if you enjoy being on that particular treadmill? Buckle up.

I'm not 100% clear, but I think: Arvus (1st trip) - direct to countryside, drop off Crux'as, Xerxes, Atesh and Rakash. Crux'as, and maybe Xerxes, heading into Harville to cause disruption, maybe taking some of the pro soldiers in with them? Atesh and Rakash staying in the countryside to draw the Imperials out (might actually be good Rakash is there, rumours of a traitor Marine will definitely help!) Then, a day or so later: Wasp brings Obadiah and Tarh towards the Astropath Tower (and gets caught - stupid us for not changing the Wasp's transponder!) Same time, Arvus' 2nd trip brings Varne and team to docks. Leaving at same time, so arrive on Bounty maybe half an hour or so behind the others, is the Starhawk hiding behind the freighter-bomb, carrying Hagga, Eska, Ukalegon, Mourn and Kraggan. Does that sound right to everyone?

I’m a Drukhari and Space Wolves player (and Sylvaneth when I delve into AoS). Been playing on and off for about fifteen years now – for some reason my friendship group goes through fits and spurts of playing relentlessly before going quite again. We also have the arms race problem of people creating army lists specifically to combat their mate’s army – it gets a bit intense! When I’m not painting and playing, I'm either listening to lore videos or I’m writing. I’m a self-published author of science fantasy books – hoping to one-day write for Black Library. Anyway, good to meet you all!

This is intresting idea. Which kinda attack bike would be best concept? Sidecar version? Tandem kinda? Turret on back? One marine with servitor turret? Alot possibilities really, but we know GW propably makes something with current outriders kit that connects to it

Many years (too many to be honest) ago GW released codex Skitarii and Adeptus Mechanicus, something i always wanted and instantly dove into. Since then that original army was sold, re bought and re sold. Back in 9th i started a new version of my Adeptus Mechanicus based on my at the time 30k colour scheme being blue and yellow. The colours selected PURELY as they were colours i had rarely worked with. Now 40k rules wise took a turn for the worse for me with 8-9th but i slowly put together a force as a hobby project. With 11 round the corner i decided to dust off (quite literally) the models and either paint those that were still unpainted or spruce up the painted ones (as i have gotten better at painting, laught all you want when you see the completed models, but i assure you they are better then what i use to produce). This blog will cover this restoration in both 40k and BFG as BFG is the best game GW ever made and i will take no questions. To start with i choose a pair of Kastelan robots and their datasmith, as they were models i had put off as being difficult to paint. I have finished the datasmith and i am at the last 10% for the Kastelans themshelves. I hope to finish the Kastelans this weekend and move onto painting a skitarii marhsal and sprucing up 10 old painted skitarii for him to lead. choose files...

I'd say inceptors and desolation marines are way worse than suppressors. Akimbo dumpy plasma cannons looking like they're floating like Baron Harkonnen from David Lynch Dune. And Desolation marines with the underslung, belt fed, revolving rocket launchers.

Tacticals and Devastators going away just signals to me that they want to redo thise kits for Scouring branding. I have nothing to base this on besides I want it to be true.

Really like this guy, other than the smoke. I DESPISE this trend of adding smoke / explosions / fire etc to models. Particularly in a way that is integral to a model. Make it an alternate piece for those that like it, by all means. But don’t lumber me with some cartoony looking static effect which breaks the immersion, please.

April I, Reclusiarch Jolemai , embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of April pledge to complete 5x Breacher Legionaries by month's end.

I am confused about why you added that screen shot into your post. Could you explain this? As far as I can tell it’s just a text saying that the models depicted in those games no longer looks like the products currently being sold, and the lore depicted in the games are obsolete (since they were made before the big Necron and Drukhari changes in 5ed, as well as the introduction of Primaris, and decision to move the timeline forward that started at the same time, etc.) I can’t see the connection between that and ”this guy rides a beast that is slightly more alien-looking than the new Death Corps mounts”

Love the inquisitor. He’s really coded as a napoleonic/ medieval/ victorian/ baroque / sci fi nobleman in the best tradition a fine lineage from these chaps (sources: dark millennium rulebook, codex daemon hunters, inquisitor rulebook) live the steed too, it injects some fun into the setting

The Apothecarion: Ukalegon. Scritch-scratch, scritch-scratch. Ukalegon... The whisper echoes softly in a voice which sounds feminine, but you recognise it not. It scratches at your inner ear. Ukalegon... Smooth, cool, hands pressing against your chest. Ten thousand different perfumes and sweet scents from a million different worlds. The dripping of nectar into a fluted chalice. A burning sensation of soft lips against yours. The sharp sting of a bite, of fangs. Promises of splendid pain which bring only daunting pleasure. Soon. Soon. You awaken. There is no-one near, but on your nude pectorals, rapidly healing from this procedure, are bright red handprints with long, slender, clawed fingers. Your tongue tastes blood that is not your own, and the imagination of the past few hours, moments, however long suddenly rushes in to make you shudder. You awaken again. The handprints are absent. Soon.

hmmm...seems like fraters like the smell of melta if this is the attitude. 11th edition isn't even out and we already go at each others throats, complaining over theory and no practice. We so far have 2 layouts out of...I don't know if they said how many...but considering I would think each deployment map will likely have 3 or so layouts each (which means, 18 maps and for 15 mission combinations that seems to check out) so non-starter there. We also don't know how missions work...for all we know, in that scenario that is exactly where you DON'T want to be with those marines as that might be free VP you just handed the enemy. We don't know fully how the melee changes will function as theory is one thing but since we don't have all the pieces to go with it we can only speculate. And missing pieces are plentiful. -sigh- I suppose the more things change the more things stay the same. But at least be polite, and civil to each other. The world is full of enough gloom and doom as it is...can we not just enjoy the hobby? Silly question...ofcourse not...plastic soldiers are super serious business...clearly worth the headache :P