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In the Grim Darkness of 2023…
In the Grim Darkness of 2023……we did more hobby. Public shocked. Politicians outraged. Who could have expected this?!Tom: We’ve been a little on and off with these recap posts over the decade but...
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Melia's Reach: Further Adventures in Narrative 40k
Alarmingly it was nearly 6 years ago when Charlie ran for me and Jeff a narrative 40k campaign that remains my favourite 40k gaming experience of all time. On the blog we’ve called it the Samalut IX...
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I Axed You to be Quiet
In a perfect world, this post would be the follow up to Tom's last post about the awesome weekend-long campaign we played recently, but that's going to have to be next week since it's not quite ready....
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Melia's Reach: the players' journal
Nothing speaks to the flexibility of tabletop wargames like mixing in a spot of roleplay and strategic map shenanigans. Having finally gotten to do so as a player rather than as the GM I can confirm...
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Double Guard mini Narrative
The thin green line faced off against the endless red hoard in this mini narrative campaign. As with any great Imperial Guard tale it involved big tanks grinding and horrendous casualties. Every...
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New Scouts Who Dis?
As I said in my article about the new “Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs”, “Back before all this Primaris stuff brought the tacti-cool Phobos with it, the Raven Guard were all about two things,...
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Pride of Kessarine! (includes Victoria Miniatures Imperial Guard review)
After too long an absence dear bunker dwellers, I return and bring with me the proud sons and daughters of fair Kessarine! Way back in October I introduced my latest venture with the first warriors...
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Exitus stage left
It's been a minute since I had a good old hobby hangout. Just sitting around a table with a few friends, talking and painting the afternoon away. It's a very civilised way to spend time.* Being in...
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Invictor Dreadnought?
Stupid Tom, doesn't he know it’s a warsuit not a dreadnought? No shit Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Cluseau. But Warhammer is all about making it yours, so I made it mine.WhyOk, so, first up, in my...
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Over the sky and far away: Officers of the Kessarine
Greetings my lovely bunker dwellers! I promised last time that I'd be back with more tales of the Kessarine 4th Armoured Brigade. Today it's the turn of the officer corps of C-company to be in the...
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Gunough is gunough
When writing the article about the Invictor warsuit I realised I was getting way off on a tangent about weapons on modern 40k vehicles. So much so that I realised, you know what? I have a lot to say...
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Squig Destroyer
“What's this?” Sirrus Bizniz asked the nervous-looking mek. Of course, Sirrus knew perfectly well what it was: it was a battlewagon. A big pile of armour on wheels and tracks, designed to transport...
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Modular Urban Board Project Log 6: Repainting the Stupid Sanctum
In mid-2021 I ran face first into a metaphorical brick wall of demotivating architecture. I was never happy with either the look or the efficiency of my original paint job on the Sanctum Administratus,...
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Immortal Engines
Greetings fellow pals of the Primordial Annihilator! It's been a hot minute since any of the glorious sons of Lorgar have graced the august pixels of this digital journal. I'd kinda fallen off the...
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Oops New Battle Company
Look, things just get out of hand sometimes, you know?It was never my intention to collect an entire company, these things just happen. I was talking to Charlie recently about his long-term goals for...
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In Space, No-one Can Hear You Chant
They come with chainaxe, they come with bolters, they come with faith and with their neverborn allies, and now, the biggest assholes in all the galaxy [citation needed] come with far too many...
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Primaris Psyker conversion
Today's short post is an ode to the advanced headswap. I've just finished off a Primaris Psyker for the mechanised Guard army I painted back in 8th edition, because sometimes you just fancy a palette...
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Inceptor Inception
As I settle in to write yet another “Tom doesn’t like GW’s design so he fixes it” I feel I have to point out that I really do like most of the new Primaris range. The core armour designs are excellent...
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Primaris Whirlwind Conversion
This brief post is about how to get a Whirlwind that looks at home in an army of Primaris Space Marines. I'm not the first person to do this, but I am now a person who's done it, so here you are.The...
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Contenders, ready! Gladiators, ready!
Just a quick post this week, and this is largely a public service announcement for budding Space Marine commanders suffering from indecision. In brief, the Gladiator tank can be built to swap between...
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