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Deescalating Desolators
My biggest problem with the Primaris range when it first came out, which held me back from making the shift for a long time, was a lack of anti-tank weapons. At the start, the only thing I seriously...
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The Squighog Boyz Ride Again
"Ol' Yellatoof and his squighog boyz are a tuff bunch. Dey 'ave to be to get one of dem squighogs to mostly do wot dey want dem to do. Those gitz also 'ave to be tough enough to deal wit me and me...
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Tyranid Horde Mode for Warhammer 40K
The wargaming hobby really does bring out the ambitious madman in me. This time, I've decided to do the thing that GW only flirted with in the most Stygian depths of the Covid lockdown: I've written a...
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Painting drop pods fast...ish
Drop pods might not be a concept unique to space marines, but dear god is the Astartes take iconic. I imprinted on them as a teenager, but still: I've always loved their design, was overjoyed when we...
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New steam tanks and old halberds
When the plastic steam tank came out, I didn't much care for it. The details, particularly the decorations on the hull, are over-chunky and just look plastic as hell. It's a fun (if complex) unit in...
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Manteara now on tour
Mantearer (also spelt Manteara) were playing brutal rokk long before Sirrus Bizniz ever popularised the genre on Boff's Rok, slamming away at their instruments in bars full of orks too keen on getting...
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Terrain: best painted with friends
Warhammer terrain is famously detailed. This can be daunting, and yet when it looks sufficiently pretty in the webstore, it's not daunting enough to stop me buying it and then spending years not...
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Painting a 40K Thunderhawk in a day
Yep, that's kind of what I did.When Mark passed, we discovered that he had a hobby backlog that could be best described as monumental. Most of it has found loving homes and one piece of that backlog...
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Oops New Army: Imperial Soup Edition Part 1
It should go without saying to readers of Oops New Army: Necron Edition and Oops New Army: Tyranid Edition that I have A Problem. I think the issue might be that I have lots of plans that I promise...
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Some extremely nuanced thoughts on Terminators
A good blog post should have some advice or information relevant to the reader. It should serve a purpose, I think, or it's just onanism.This post does not meet that requirement. It's just a rant about...
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Oops New Army: Imperial Soup Edition Part 2
If you haven't already read Oops New Army: Imperial Soup Edition Part 1, I recommend you go read it first as it sets the scene for what I’m about to talk about today, the Imperial Guard portion of my...
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Managing the Backlog
Call it the Pile Of Shame, the Cairn Of Opportunity or the Heap Of Grey, everyone in this hobby has some models they haven't yet painted and face the dilemma of wanting the new shiny thing when they...
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Intracontinental Ballistus Missiles
The thing about buying the massive Leviathan box due to a rabid desire to paint the new Terminators as quickly as humanly possible is that, having painted said slabs, one is then confronted with a...
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From The Sands To The Stars
I am quite reknowned for having some long term projects. Ideas that have been on the boil for a while that just need that special something to spark the mojo and get them started. Well, today I'm able...
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Baby Got Pack
“Pack in Black”? “Pack to You”? “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Pack”? Choose your poison I guess. But it’s definitely more “Don’t Look Pack in Anger”, than “We Are Never Ever Getting Pack Together”....
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The Swarm Has Arrived!
After months of effort, Charlie has finally completed his experimental co-op mode for Warhammer 40,000 where you and a friend (or you alone) can team up to fight against a non-player-controlled swarm...
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Lieutenant, Actually
Some may mock the volume of Primaris Lieutenants grunted out by Games Workshop, but variety of choice is rarely a bad thing. One might as well enjoy Marine Privilege if one can. Besides, we're still...
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The plastic pub I didn't paint for ten years
In June 2013, Mark and I undertook to convert the old Warhammer chapel into a more generic dwelling. The Beard Bunker's long-standing Bit of turning down the visual volume on GW's output has enjoyed...
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Painting pale skin without highlights
Today's post is a bit of a medley. I'm working on expanding my Cobalt Scions Space Marines for a campaign, and so for your viewing pleasure, I bring you: (1) an Aggressor/Heavy Intercessor kitbash, (2)...
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Binning the Apothecary Biologis' rules for narrative gaming
Today's post is about just straight up ignoring official rules, in the right context. In this case, the rules were ignored during a GM'd 40K campaign, so no actual players were harmed by my tinkering....
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