roryokane Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 23 hours ago, Matcap86 said: pictures courtesy of https://battlebunnies.blogspot.com/ This is WILD. ggergnayr and Matcap86 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6152986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTheLion Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I hope they stay, always have to turn to those pages and chuckle when I get book 7 out. The mistake was already made, might as well keep it for the laughs. Xenith, LameBeard and Fire Golem 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astartes Consul Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Clearly, that is Ol Person, John Grammaticus and the Argonauts. Duh! skylerboodie, SalamandersBro, Gamiel and 5 others 2 3 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameBeard Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 26 minutes ago, WrathOfTheLion said: I hope they stay, always have to turn to those pages and chuckle when I get book 7 out. The mistake was already made, might as well keep it for the laughs. Limited edition run of 500 framed prints with certificate of authenticity and purity seal. Absolute money spinner. Gamiel, SalamandersBro and WrathOfTheLion 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caladan Brood Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I don’t own any, but have been happy with the pdf scans. Not saying I wouldn’t love to own the physical copies, but for now the internet provides a fine solution. Lots of lore and read well enough on my tablet. Except for the double map pages of course. LameBeard 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 (edited) Thramas Crusade today. PDF link. Edited January 22 by Lord Marshal WrathOfTheLion, StrangerOrders, Gamiel and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerOrders Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 14 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said: Thramas Crusade today. PDF link. So its not just the legions but related campaigns... If they plan to drip feed us all the BB Lore... that is absolutely fantastic and a very smart move. Casual Heresy, Antarius, Matcap86 and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolandTHTG Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I'm wondering what there is left to explore next week, as they say it's more of the nighlords and thramas crusade. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6153399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 More Thramas today, with more Night Lords. Quote Soon we’ll be moving on to other Legions and battles from the expansive Age of Darkness, but before we bid adieu to the Nostramans for a while, there’s one more extract from their infamous campaign to catch up on next week – a tally of the worlds along the Eastern Fringe that felt their wrath. We’ll see you then! StrangerOrders, LameBeard and Felix Antipodes 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6154290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 In the first one, the plan/map of Choral City in Istvan III was in fact, parts of Madrid and Barcelona. So,Istvaan III was Spain SalamandersBro and Cactus 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6154424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 5 minutes ago, Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf said: In the first one, the plan/map of Choral City in Istvan III was in fact, parts of Madrid and Barcelona. So,Istvaan III was Spain Look Madrid City Choral City HolyPestilience, skylerboodie, Lord Marshal and 12 others 8 3 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6154426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 (edited) More from Crusade today, specifically "Principal worlds of the Eastern Fringe". Dark Angels next week. Edited February 5 by Lord Marshal Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf, Gamiel and roryokane 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6155357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Dark Angels today, with Blood Angels (specifically Baal) next week. Ace Debonair, WrathOfTheLion, ChapterMasterGodfrey and 1 other 3 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6156610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Blood Angels Legion this week, taken from Malevolance. World Eaters next week. StrangerOrders and ChapterMasterGodfrey 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapterMasterGodfrey Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Always love reading about the IXth but that seemed a bit thin? I don't know, I unfortunately wasn't into Horus Heresy during the original run of the Black Books, so I don't know what they're meant to be like. I was expecting way more iconography guides, more miniature showcase, more maps, more artwork. Don't get me wrong this is awesome and I'm very grateful it's free. Lord Marshal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 25 minutes ago, ChapterMasterGodfrey said: Always love reading about the IXth but that seemed a bit thin? I don't know, I unfortunately wasn't into Horus Heresy during the original run of the Black Books, so I don't know what they're meant to be like. I was expecting way more iconography guides, more miniature showcase, more maps, more artwork. Don't get me wrong this is awesome and I'm very grateful it's free. All of those were very limited, especially miniature showcases - it was a lot more heavily photoshopped diorama shots than anything. Most of them were very much walls of text, occasionally broken up by a map or colour plate. ChapterMasterGodfrey, StrangerOrders and Gamiel 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapterMasterGodfrey Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 minute ago, Lord Marshal said: All of those were very limited, especially miniature showcases - it was a lot more heavily photoshopped diorama shots than anything. Most of them were very much walls of text, occasionally broken up by a map or colour plate. That's fair. I actually really like those photoshopped images with muzzle flash and a sense of movement added in big nostalgia from like 4th ed that used to do that a lot too. For example there's a great Land Speeder image in the 4th or 5th edition codex that does it. Lord Marshal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corswain Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Malevolence is one of the few Black Books I missed so I'm very glad to see this one. Edit: Finally had a chance to actually give it a read and I'm pretty diappointed. It looks like they've scanned it in as two page spreads instead of single page like the previous one I downloaded making it harder to read and requiring a lot of zooming which is making it so fuzzy it's difficult to read. Edited February 21 by Corswain Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matcap86 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/19/2026 at 4:11 PM, ChapterMasterGodfrey said: Always love reading about the IXth but that seemed a bit thin? I don't know, I unfortunately wasn't into Horus Heresy during the original run of the Black Books, so I don't know what they're meant to be like. I was expecting way more iconography guides, more miniature showcase, more maps, more artwork. Don't get me wrong this is awesome and I'm very grateful it's free. Think part of that is book 8 and 9 (blood angels, white scars and dark angels) came out after Alan Bligh's death. Whilst he wasn't the only contributor, he was one of the main pillars of the project and a shake up like that tends to have a big impact on the rest of the team. Book 8 and 9 were a lot smaller than the earlier ones, like 25/30% less. Personally I also think the writing quality went down a bit. DuskRaider and Antarius 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) 4 hours ago, Matcap86 said: Think part of that is book 8 and 9 (blood angels, white scars and dark angels) came out after Alan Bligh's death. Whilst he wasn't the only contributor, he was one of the main pillars of the project and a shake up like that tends to have a big impact on the rest of the team. Book 8 and 9 were a lot smaller than the earlier ones, like 25/30% less. Personally I also think the writing quality went down a bit. There was a major shift in quality of both rules and lore from this point on when it came to the black books. Actually, in pretty sure Bligh had some input on the Prospero book and that, IMO, was what killed HHv1. Thousand Sons, Space Wolves and Custodes essentially broke the game irreparably. It’s really nice to see this again, brings back some great memories of playing the game and the amount of world building FW really put into it. Not sure if it can be called nostalgia since it was only what? 10 years ago? But it was so much fun. Edited February 22 by DuskRaider Matcap86 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6157925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted Tuesday at 04:03 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 04:03 PM Not quite the Black Books, but they're running a series of articles for Dark Mechanicum colour plates now. Matcap86, Cactus and Gamiel 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6158291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFingers Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM (edited) 9 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said: Not quite the Black Books, but they're running a series of articles for Dark Mechanicum colour plates now. Loving the stylized icons of the big four. Edited Tuesday at 04:13 PM by DeadFingers StrangerOrders, Lord Marshal, Ammonius and 4 others 7 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6158293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted Thursday at 01:57 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:57 PM World Eaters this week, and World Eaters again the next. BadgersinHills, Matcap86 and Gamiel 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6158562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgersinHills Posted Thursday at 02:20 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:20 PM 23 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said: World Eaters this week, and World Eaters again the next. Was thinking of starting 30k World Eaters last week... are GW reading my mind? Gamiel and Lord Marshal 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387430-pages-from-the-black-books/page/2/#findComment-6158564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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