Book Review: A World of Dioramas (Per Olav Lund)
I’m in the middle of a couple of different projects at the moment and I thought it’d be nice to post something a little different, so here’s a book review.In truth, this isn’t very topical as the book...
View ArticleHouse Orlock: Blood & Chrome!
From the depths of the Sejanus underhive come the first of many Necromunda gangs. I won the painting race! [editors note, this surprises no-one]. I love all of the Necromunda gang designs, choosing one...
View ArticleCustom summary sheets for Kill Team
After a few games of Kill Team, I decided that life would be a lot quicker and easier if I had all the information I needed for my team on one piece of paper. All their weapons, stat lines,...
View ArticleChurchill Mk.VII in 1:35 Scale
For my birthday this year I was a lucky boy indeed. I got given a 1/35 scale Churchill Tank. This was a pleasant surprise. I’m no stranger to building and painting armour. My history of Imperial Guard...
View ArticleArise Brothers! Genestealer Cult #1 - neophytes
I'm not sure there's any more horrifying concept in the 40k universe than the Genestealer cult. Think about it, demons need a weakness in you to get in, to manipulate you. Mutation through chaos...
View ArticleA face only a mother could love. Genestealer Cult #2 - Acolytes
Last time we prowled around the surface levels of the House Ortag Refinery and Mineral Exploitation Plant. There we met some people with funny looking heads but nothing too weird... but now we're in...
View ArticleSons of Betrayal (Necromunda Cult)
So, it was my turn to do a post, which is why it's late. In fairness, it wasn’t my fault: Malal made me put it off.In short, this is my gang for the upcoming Necromunda campaign that we will run as...
View ArticleMinistry's going to London's MCM ComicCon!
Thanks to the inestimable Gideon of dicebard.com, we're going to MCM ComicCon in London this weekend to help him sell pretty polyhedral dice, and spread the word about our roleplaying game whilst we're...
View ArticleGenetic traitors. Genestealer Cults #3 - Human Neophytes
I talked in the first episode of this series about the existential horror of the Genestealer Cult. The loss of free will and the corruption of the love for one's children. Well, I think there should be...
View ArticleBasecoats: brush, airbrush or spray can?
I’m about to embark upon a detachment of Ultrasmurfs, or at least Ultrasmurf successors, and the first logistical question was this: should I do the Macragge Blue basecoat with a brush, an airbrush, or...
View ArticleThe Smart, The Brave & The Lumpy. Genestealer Cults #4 - Magos, Primus &...
With the core of the cult now laid down we can start to work on the weirder elements of the cult. There's purestrains on my workbench at the moment but first we have what happens when that pure strain...
View ArticleIf you go down to the woods today...
... you're in for a big surprise. Maisey has actually painted something gaming related.I'm not sure if that's how the song goes, but that's the relevant version. I have been off the radar a bit lately....
View ArticleThey Come At Night... Mostly. Genestealer Cult #5 - Purestrains
For the most part, the Genestealer Cult is existentially horrifying. The loss of identity, the glad subordination of free will. But lurking at its heart is something much, much more straightforwardly...
View ArticleNecromunda Gang: the Stitchers
Finally, I can post the reason I've been quiet for a while: I've been working on a Necromunda gang. Looking back through the blog, the last time I posted finished models (beyond a single Ultramarine...
View ArticleModular Sector Mechanicus: now with paint
What's that, Skip? You can stick blue and orange carrier bags over your lights to jazz up the ambience? Crikey.Back in February I finished building a hefty pile of Sector Mechanicus scenery with Tom's...
View ArticleReview: Versatile Terrain's name plates
For today's niche* within a niche** within a niche*** within a niche**** I'll be reviewing the custom 3D-printed name plates I got from Versatile Terrain for the Necromunda gang I posted earlier this...
View ArticleWalls Matter Too, MmmKay?
Greetings! It's getting closer, I can aaaalmost taste it. The kickoff event for our Necromunda campaign is now a week away. As a result I have put aside my xenos bretheren and knuckled down to getting...
View ArticleTT Combat Industrial Hive Terrain Review
Greetings all you hive scum and curious uphivers! Come to admire the architecture have you? Because you should, it's a bit pretty...As we're a little bit immersion obsessive here in the bunker we...
View ArticleShhhh... This is a Library
Over the last month and a bit Jeff and Charlie seemed to have produced a small hive's worth of scenery, gangs, and stealer cults. I've been a little more focused with my paint brush. I've finished...
View ArticleSlaughter in Sejanus - Necromunda Campaign Update!
Once upon a time, in a hive called Sejanus in the Cetus Sub, there was a gang called The Carrion Children. They were big, they were scary and they wore weird doll faces so everyone stayed the hell...
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