Three week genestealer cult part 4: the results
Stealers up inside yerrrr, findin an entrance where they can.Charlie: Now that the dust from Saturday's game has settled, I can reveal whether or not I did indeed succeed at batch painting a...
View ArticleDeathwatch mission: the Fall of Kursanov Prime
Charlie: This is the final post about the Deathwatch scenario I GMd recently. This time I’m going over the scenario concept itself, accompanied with in-fiction snippets and photos from the day. The...
View ArticleRumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
So… I’m back. "Its been a while. What the hell’s going on? We thought you'd died in a freak cheese grater accident?"Well. I’ve had a couple of things eating into my hobby time of late.I’ve been busy...
View ArticleDark Angels 3rd Company (ish)
Maisey: A little while ago Jeff posted about his beautiful and well thought out Blood Angels. Seeing that post made me glance lovingly at my Dark Angel shelf and I wondered if you guys would actually...
View ArticleEvil Sunz Biker Gang
Charlie: about eight years ago, I painted my first ork warbiker mob. Three bikerz seemed a bit restrained for an Evil Sunz army, so over the years I acquired more... aaaand then failed to paint them....
View ArticleTiny BFG Necron Fleet
Charlie: Some time ago, I secretly acquired and painted some Necrons for the BFG/RPG hybrid story I'm playing with Jon and Andy. Jon isn't very familiar with 40K lore, which means he gets to discover...
View ArticleBattlefleet Achernar grows (a bit)
Charlie: Last week I revealed that Necrons had cropped up in the Scyrian Expanse. To meet this new threat, Jon and Andy would need reinforcements, so I expanded the number of painted ships in...
View ArticleCaptain's Log II
Charlie: back in June, we had the first episode of the Captain's Log, Jon's journal of his travels in the Scyrian Expanse. In this episode, the flotilla takes its first leap out into the Expanse......
View ArticleProgress Reports and Confessions
Maisey: 2017 was going to be year of finishing things. For the most part that has been true. Looking back at my to do list from the beginning of the year and this is what I have actually managed to get...
View ArticleTotal War: Warhammer 2 review
Charlie: What a coincidence. Total War: Warhammer II comes out, and I go suspiciously quiet for a month.When the first Total Warhammer came out it re-lit my enthusiasm for Fantasy Battle and made me...
View ArticleA Series of Unfortunate Dice Rolls
Charlie: When someone tells me that they're unlucky, I assume it's confirmation bias. Some people seem oblivious to all the times they've been fortunate and bemoan all the times they aren't, failing to...
View ArticleFreehand letter painting tips
Preamble, context & inanityCharlie: Being a renowned glutton for punishment, I recently put myself in the position of having to freehand twelve names onto some Battlefleet Gothic ships. Why did I...
View ArticleLadies and Gentlemen, start your (daemon) engines!
Maisey: I know I have said this before, and I know I’ll be saying it again at some point in the future, but as of right now the Thousand Sons are done. Yes done. Completely. 100% totally farm fresh...
View ArticleMaking an interactive campaign map
Charlie: I just finished running a five-day 40k narrative campaign, because nothing says top-notch adulting like spending annual leave on an epic wargames bender.It was basically a roleplaying game...
View ArticleSalamut IX Campaign: After Action Report
Jeff: Get yourselves a lovely hot cup of tea, settle down and enjoy the tale of the campaign to save Salamut IX (Blood Angels point of view). Five days of gaming makes for a lengthy report. But I hope...
View ArticleSamalut IX Campaign: the Raven Guards' report
Charlie: Today we have a guest post from Tom, the otherplayer in the Samalut IX campaign. I understand he will also be posting in the comments section with his out-of-character thoughts on the...
View ArticleGreen Stuff Moulds - A solution to missing bits!
It never fails does it. You do something "clever" like gluing your Land Raider together leaving the tracks off to paint separately. Then, the hobby butterfly wanders off, gets wasted on Buckfast in a...
View ArticleOrk trukk conversions ahoy
Wotcha! I’m Grinbad Oilsmirk and I’ll be your trukk salesman for the day. Honest trukks at honest prices! You won’t find better in Mektown. You definitely won’t find better down the road at Bozdakka’s...
View ArticleGoblin Shaman
Charlie: Despite Dungeons & Dragons being the most famousest of the RPGs, I haven't actually played it that much. Thus, when Tom offered to run an old-school D20 adventure, I duly signed up in the...
View Article40K narrative campaign sequence
Charlie: In case it's of some use to anyone, today I'm sharing the campaign sequence I used for the Samalut IX campaign. This means it's meant to be used in conjunction with the interactive campaign...
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