Gazing into the Warp – some thoughts on the new Daemon models
With GW releasing the Daemons (see what I did there?), it is once more time to take a look at all the new stuff. As was to be expected, the first people are already screaming blue murder at the new...
View ArticleOld stuff day 2013: Another chance for chaos
Hey everyone, just a quick post: Seeing how it’s Old Stuff Day today, I had a look through my backlog in order to find out whether there was anything that I wish would have made more of a splash back...
View ArticleApostle of War, pt. 2
Some time ago, I showed you my WIP model for my World Eaters’ counts as Dark Apostle. Now since I wanted to enter the finished model into cormadepanda’s modelling/painting contest over at Dakka, I had...
View ArticleThe future is green!
…well, at least in part. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let me start with a small excurse (as I am wont to do). A word of warning, though: This will be a pretty wordy post, as we take another trip...
View ArticleTotally worth it: 40k 2nd edition Codex Imperialis and rulebooks
It’s time to take a look at another true classic of my personal hobby life, and today’s contender will most likely have played a role in many people’s formative hobby years. This time on Totally worth...
View ArticleNurgle’s Rot revisited
Right, time for something finished for a change You may recall that I posted a work in progress Nurgle Terminator some time ago. This is what we looked like when we last saw him: In the meantime, I was...
View ArticleAn orky update…
Last week, I introduced you to two small hobby projects of mine involving greenskins. Now with a couple of models already built, the time had come to actually test the waters and get something painted....
View ArticleKhorne Wolves: first test model painted
Some time ago, I showed you some test models for a small squad of traitorous Space Wolves. I had put off painting the first test model until now, since I wanted to use a dark grey undercoat on them,...
View ArticleTop Dog
With my first traitorous Space Wold painted, I was itching to begin working on Joras Turnpelt, the leader of my Khornate Wolves. Here’s the unpainted model: I started by basically repeating the steps I...
View ArticleDere’s no “I” in “Waaagh!”
To tell you the truth, I am actually quite addicted to painting models for my Blood Bowl team at the moment: Rarely has a painting recipe ever worked so well for me, and the fact that I do not need to...
View ArticleJapan IN SPACE! – a look at the new Tau models
The Tau are a really strange case for me: They are maybe the one 40k army where I quite like all the different elements, while the combination of them somehow leaves me cold. Does that make sense? For...
View ArticleKings of the arena
All the orky shenanigans notwithstanding, I do of course remain a devoted follower of both the blood god and the XIIth Astartes legion, and I have the conversions to prove it: Touching up my World...
View ArticleOrkheim Ultraz: The big bruisers…
While most of my Blood Bowl players are indeed “refurbished” 40k and WFB Orcs, I actually went and picked up a new box of Black Orcs in order to build some Blockers for the Orkheim Ultraz. Not only...
View ArticleMeanwhile, aboard the Arrke…
I’ve stated before that interacting with other hobbyists in general and blogging in particular can offer many exciting hobby opportunities. Today, I would like to show you one particular project that...
View ArticleBeasts of the Northern Wild
So how do you follow up a post like the one about Legion? Easy: You don’t, at least not right away While quite a few pictures of the game set aboard the Arrke (some of them slightly fuzzy, but all of...
View ArticleMeanwhile, aboard the Arrke… pt.2
It’s been almost a week since the last game set aboard the Arrke, and a huge cache of delicious information about the event has since turned up on the net. So like I promised, let’s take another look...
View ArticleOrkheim Ultraz: Meet da Team!
So while we were dealing with the Arrke and Khorne’s Eternal Hunt, what have those Greenskins been up to, I wonder? Good news regarding the Orkheim Ultraz: This rather unassuming Lineman was the last...
View ArticleWhy I love the Internet: The Cobb Incident
I never tire of preaching the manifold advantages of blogging and getting in touch with other hobbyists: Exchanging ideas with others can lead to all kinds of fantastic hobby projects (*cough* like...
View ArticleOrkheim Ultraz: Da first game…
So with the initial team members for the Orkheim Ultraz converted and painted, it was time to face my first opponent on the lawn. Unfortunately, I had virtually zero knowledge of the actual rules —...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? A look at the new High Elves
Well, time for another GW release: This time, the High Elves players all over the world can look forward to receiving some new toys. And I too will take some time to take a look at the release,...
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