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Karting on the Asphalt
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Just uploaded another video from last season's Kart racing. This time on
the local 1/8th mile banked oval asphalt track. One of the Heat races, not
my be...
Henchmen Inquisitorial Grey Knight Army
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Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail)
some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United
States. If y...
Conversion Corner- New 40k Tank Variant
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MBG here again with my weekly Conversion Corner! This time I have for you
another kit bash "made for" Apocalypse/ friendly games. Awhile ago I made
the St...
Tale of Gamers - new goodies & Rydell's fate
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I think we've all been there, after a way too long, horrible day you come
home to find a mysterious package staring at you, tempting you to see
what's hidd...
Saga, Kill em all!!!!
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Well after a few of us were at a loose end for a game Lee suggested a 4 way
kill-fest which I was well up for, so out came the Vikings...
So the i...
Does 40K Have Too Many Actors?
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*by SandWyrm*
The question sounds strange, sure. But it's a simple one. Does 40K have too
many discrete units (actors) to comfortably keep track of over t...
Eldar Codex Review - Part 15: Guardian Defenders
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Dakka via TKE
Guardians are the Guardsmen of Eldar minus the cheapness and access to
cheap heavy and special weapons.
*The Review -*
At 8 points a model...
Some Under The Hood Updates
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We have been working on shoring up the seams around here for the last week
or so. There have been a few changes on the back end but nothing major. It
turns...
Titan WIP - another coming soon
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Hello Avid readers,
My third titan is on the production line, again by artist Richard Gray of RichardGray
Creations, this will match the Reaver 'Honorum' a...
Khurasan Order Arrives
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As you may have noticed, my 'miniatures bought' tally to the right has
jumped up from a mere seven to a whopping sixty-three. As I had mentioned
to Blacks...
Coming Soon...GNOMES!
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Yes folks, I, Counterfett, am undertaking a project that is not at all
super secret, but I am going to pretend like it is for the benefit of
thwarting Goog...
Leaaaaving, on a jet plaaaaane!
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The time has come for the trip to England to attend the Tempus Fugitives
Age of the Emperor Event "Hammer of the Gods"!
My friend David and I will be boar...
Size Matters
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With the release of the new Mobile Airfields from Spartan Games came a new
Blog post and pictures to give you some size comparisons.
Read more »
Bases Cast & Cassius Assault Ram WIP
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I don't know about other peoples experiences, but my Cassius Assault Ram
has been a complete pain to build. I am having all kinds of problems, from
wha...
40K 25th Anniversary Model
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When the first details of the 40k 25th anniversary model were first released, I knew immediately that I had to get one. First of all because the model just l...
Terrible Tuesday Addendum (Plus Orks)
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I see you!
Okay, I've been having way too much fun with this little tool.
(Heh!)
I've enjoyed some pretty great games recently, but with the minutes tick...
On a hobby roll.
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I managed to finish at least 8 guys in the past 2 days. Given that I only get to paint at night these days and they're really difficult to finish, I'm quite ...
6th Edition Space Wolves
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Space Wolves could rise to the top of the pile in 6th edition if the leaks
and rumours are true.
Considering how easy tanks will be to hit and damage tha...
Special Operations Killzone: Explained –THEMES
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As stated previously, this series is designed to offer a peek behind the
curtain, and to illuminate our collective thinking about the current state
of ...
An Important Announcement
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Warhammer Tau is preparing for the fourth sphere expansion of the Tau
Empire and will be bringing you the very best in conversion guides,
painting tutorial...
Follow the Flames: Round 2 - 800 pts
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*INTRO*
My USSR troops were in action again (again mascarading as Greeks). Unlike
last time, both these games were tactically much more challenging and a ...
Gotta Do My Research...
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Getting into a game like Flames of War is not for the faint hearted. Not
if you're as crazy as I am, that is...
I've always been interested in Generalfe...
Four Things I'm Doing
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I'm doing a few things with this Empire army that I haven't really done
with earlier armies. I've been meaning to throw together a post about them
for a w...
Dark Angels FW Venerable Dreadnought done
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I've been working on this Deathwing Venerable Dreadnought for a little
while now as I try and steal a little bit of hobby time here and there. He
goes with...
Kirai vs McMourning
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After a quick visit to the Cavalier 2012 show in nearby Tonbridge, myself
and Bull negotiated the 'Annual Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon' disruption
of th...
The Walking Dead: Season 2, Part 2, Episode 2
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Well it took me almost a week to sit down and write about last week's
episode. Mostly because I was on vacation! But also, the episode left me
feeling a l...
Space Marine Armor Types
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A squad of Space Marines made up of various types of Power Armor. From left
to right we have, MK I Thunder Armor, MK II Crusade Armor, MK III Iron
Armor,...
Letters From Readers!
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I received emails from two readers recently (I'm pleased people still
visit the site, given my lack of time to post anything at all in almost a
year - th...
Alchemy Of The Salamander
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*Recent back and forth email on Salamanders and their current place at the
end of 5th edition- still "good" or better passed over for a more auto-win
typ...
Absylonia, Terror of Everblight (conversion)
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I've really been in a kick to work on converting some miniatures, but I
haven't been able to find the perfect one for me to work on. Skorne, Dark
Elves, E...
The Fluff of 6th Edition 2012- What I'd Like To See
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I want to discuss a topic that hasn't really come up much, the evolving
fluff of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. We've come along way from third
edition whe...
Adepticon 2012
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Secret Weapon is very happy to announce that this year we will be one of
the on-site sponsors for Adepticon. The first 1,500 people through the
doors will ...
Orc Team up for sale...
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I get to play more games tomorrow (ya!), the last two weekends have been
wrought with travel for work (boo!).
Anyway, the wife and I just finished up her...
BAO Narrative event house rules
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I have created a few house rules due to the density ofterrain that will be
used on the table for the event. These 5 intuitive rules aresimple fixes
and ...
Jolly Toys Outing Overview
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So, it seems I have not actually written a review of the event.
Well, this must be rectified.....
The day began well as everything was very well organised,...
Barter Bucket: 2/25/12
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The year, 2012. From out of space, come runaway bits, hurtling between the
Earth and the moon, unleashing unlimited modeling opportunities. Two
thousand y...
299 After the War - Regimental Mascot
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Well then, the next post is the big 300, but having finally based him after
*only* three years, I proudly present to you...
*'AFTER THE WAR'*
- Regimenta...
Deathjack
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Ever since I started collecting Cryx, about a year ago, I've had Deathjack
lumbering around without paint and unused. So, while I was working on a
certain ...
Merican Lancers Baneblade Complete
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Well everone I have finished the Baneblade "Glory"
I am pleased with how it turned out.
There were a few things I did'nt get to do,but that was becau...
Justicar Thawn - Casualty Counter
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My Justicar Thawn model now needed a 'Casualty Counter' (or Death
maker/token/etc) as per the 'I Shall Not Yield' rules.
I had a rough idea of what I wan...
Space Wolves Display Board
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Yeah, I went there. Why? well, I don’t do tournaments, and we don't really use display boards in the UK anyway, so why did I build this? Partly because ...
Nailed It
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It's time for me to brag.
My Tervigon conversion is extremely close to the real thing.
Here's mine:
And here's the GW one:
Pretty close if I do say s...
[RPG] What's Your Take on Surprises?
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I am in the beginning stages of working on an RPG campaign, and the
majority of the plot will involve something very dramatic and life-altering
happening t...
Dark Ages Campaign Concludes
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Round 8 of our Dark Age Campaign came to an end last week. With a three way
on territories going into the last round it w...
Warlord Phalangites
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Warlord released their plastic Macedonian Phalangites kit this week. The
box contains figures to make 40 Phalangites, all from a single sprue with 4
bodie...
You Know What This Means.....
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Once again, another project is fizzled and died. This knee injury and the
crutches that go with it, are another pesky distraction that diverts my
atten...
Dark Eldar Progress
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Just a quick update on the progress I have made on my the Dark Eldar army
that I got for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. So far I have built 10
Warriors...
The Battle of Barrak Gorge
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*"Count only the dead of the enemy and pay no heed to the fears that
whisper. Every ork you kill is one less that will fall upon your homes and
families. S...
New Space Wolves and Tyranid Models
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These great pictures are from Warseer and also at Faet 212
He has listings of prices and everything.
Wow. these pics are great. Love the models. I hav...
Working Towards Fully Painted Trolls
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I have an even 100 models in my Troll army. Currently, 93 of them are
painted. This is because after my post-Templecon detox I was immensely
motivated an...
Space Sharks: Deathfin update
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We've had a very mild winter here so far, snow & ice wise. Last night was
our first dusting, with about an inch on the ground and a dusting on the
roads a...
KR Multicase Guest Spot
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So a few weeks ago, when looking at this post on the GW blog, I noticed
that the case on the desk wasn't a GW case as you would usually see, but
was in fa...
Reminder: March 2nd is Old Stuff Day
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Old Stuff Day (Small) Original Art by http://firstkeeper.deviantart.com/
Consider this post a string around your finger to remind you that Old Stuff
Day is...
Springfield, IL holla!!!
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This is for any one who ever needed the proof and wouldn't believe me or
DARED doubt, (yes I'm looking at you Bobby,) that Abraham Lincoln was the
greate...
Space Sharks RT Camo tester
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So the Purifier unit in this army is going to be painted in the RT-era
Space Sharks camo, this is the tester. I think a full ten will be pretty
impressive....
1st painting point for 2012...
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Has come a little late due to everything going on in the past few months,
but finally have gotten some hobby motivation back and have finished up the
first...
On the Bench: Ogre (#4)
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With the fourth ogre, I decided to sculpt the shoulder pads with brown
stuff. When it came to the paint scheme, I used the same range of colors,
but went ...
A Note on Painting Wooden Weapon Shafts
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I've always been a bit beguiled when it comes to painting weapon shafts - you know, spears, flails, etc. It's easy to do a simple highlight but with that la...
Eldar Flyer Scratchbuild
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Here is the current status on my Eldar flyer scratchbuilds - 4 Nightwings
and 2 Phoenix bombers. Each is in a different level of completion.
Purifer Unit Updated
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So yesterday I mentioned I was hoping to see the Armorcast bits arrive so I
can move the progress along with the army upgrade.
Well I checked the post box ...
Ky-ra' Finished
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Ky-ra' from Kabuki Models 54mm
After the crazy brightness of my last piece I deiced to go with something a
little darker, & quicker to paint as I didn't wa...
Lego Lord of the Rings Set Images
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Lego this year decided to discontinue the Kingdoms line with only a single exclusive release of a large jousting set. In its place they have the licensed Lo...
Lord Carver WIP
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Well it looks like this month's painting challenge that I set for myself is
off to a bad start, on hold for now and likely to be pushed back to later
this ...
Rhino II
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I recently got my hands on the Forgeworld Masterclass book I've been
coveting for ages, and it got me all fired-up to do some tank conversions/
weatherin...
February Progress...
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A quick post today while I wait for some washes to dry on the Marshall
Helbrecht I am working on for the City Stores Golden Sternguard
competition. Apolog...
Bloodthirster nearly done
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Here's my Cygor-based Bloodthrister nearly built, minus a few minor armour
and weapon details
The 'fun' bit's going to be trying to paint this beast
Its that time of the year...
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With the tournaments going wild worldwide, we should not be surprised that
Greece, has too been creeping up in the player base of wargaming. Where as
seve...
End of the road?
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Monday morning, I got an unpleasant surprise. I go to turn on my computer,
and all it does is beep at me. Long, annoying beeps. Shutting it off and
turni...
Top 5 Minis I've Not Gotten To Yet!
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Been a little longer coming than I'd hoped but I wanted to do a post of the
top 5 ideas in my head for minis or armies I want to build/paint but
haven't go...
Nurgle Dread
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I decided it was time to pay homage to my patron god of Chaos again since
it has been such a while.
Not that I haven't been doing much as far as miniature...
One Primarch and bunch of Marauders
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These are some new resin and metal minis found on eBay. Pretty expensive,
to tell the truth, but interesting. Just want to share these pictures (not
mine)....
This week on CBT CPT 1/27/12
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Hey there viewers! Did everyone have a good week? Gosh I hope so. While I
didn't get to do a lot of work on my own stuff I did get a lot done.
First thin...
Art: XVIII
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XVIII
20"x16"Acrylic on Canvas
Some of you might remember the last space marine painting that I posted a
while back. This painting was started soon...
Heavy Gear UMFA #14
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Eyes and Ears!
As promised, here is the eyes and ears of my strike force, my Recon Squad! The squad is composed of a Jaguar, two Bobcats, and two Weasels. ...
Yay, I Have Something to Talk About!
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Hey gang!
I often operate under the creed that I write when I have something to say.
Lately, in all the hubbub of the 6th Edition rumors and mysterious fi...
Necromunda is coming to Origins 2012
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Hi Guys and Gals. We are bringin Necromunda to Origins this year with a
living gang/ Living city spin. The gangs will grow and evolve over the
course of ...
Still Alive
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Haven't touched WH40k since a short painting binge over the summer and
selling off my terrain. Unfortunately, it will still be some time before I
get into ...
Ordo Malleus Inquisitor Conversion
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This is something I've been working on on and off for past couple of
months. It's an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor for the all Inquisition Grey
Knights army I'm ...
Blood for the blood god!
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Just received this from my friend, painting this for him! I mean, Games
Workshop should consider making their Greater Daemon, "Greater" in size!
hargharg!...
Does Your Business Need A Jib Crane?
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The jib crane is one of the simplest forms of crane, though is also one of
the most effective. Though, the crane comes in a number of different shapes
and ...
Hobby Tip: Add Weight and Feel To Your Miniatures
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Today's tip will be on how to add weight and 'feel' to your miniature
gaming models. Very easy and simple to do. Having played and modeled
Necrons for a wh...
RM:The Eulogy
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We are gathered here today to pay respects to a short, but bright, project.
Launched with a single forum post and a name that didn't exactly roll off
the...
Need Some WHFB Empire Advice
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I'd like to get something out of the way right off the top. I'm not asking
for advice because I'm too lazy to research, I've done that. It's more a
matter...
Inaction
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Recently I have felt my interest in gamesworkshop and 40k on a low ebb. So
I took a break from the hobby for a couple of months. I am just beginning
to f...
Catching Up: Goblins
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Nobody can escape Orks & Goblins and they can be a nice distraction every
now and again.
A horde of them came with the 7th ed. fantasy starter set, so i ca...
!!! I WON !!!
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There it is, up there on the top left hand corner, right above last years :)
WOOT!!!
This one was hard as you can see from my stats. I stalled after about ...
STMS 2011
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Afer some month rehab after the Carnithian 40k Championships I went to a
tournament again. It was held in Sterya and travel took me about 90 minutes
(not ...
Harker finally gets deployed ....
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There's a little bit of me that can't actually believe that I'm typing
this. It's been over 18 months since I first started Sgt Harker and his
squad of ...
New Digs: Rules Manufactorum
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Hi guys!
You may have noticed that it's been a bit quite around here of late. While
part of it has to do with work, that's not all! You can now find me doi...
After a year of silence!
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Almost a year after the last update...yet another small meaningless update!
Took a trip out to GW Mountain View, thanks to Yvonne for letting us in.
Pick...
Tar'Akoona the Fiery (2)
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...continued from previous post
Here you can see that the head isn't permanently mounted and while curing
it is seperated by some plastic foil.
Once I was...
V is for Vyper.
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Who would think that these tiny craft would be the cornerstone for my army
reaching 2k. If there's one thing I've learned about Av. 10 skimmers is
that o...
In defense of smaller games
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Yesterday afternoon I popped into my FLGS and saw listed on the wall of
upcoming events a 40K tournament.
My heart lept up! I've been doing a lot of school...
American Legion Warrior Mech
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American Legion Warrior Mech
The current 3d renders look amazing and standing at 80 - 100mm should allow
this to be used or converted for use in 40K....
I just need an escalator.
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Been doing some painting in my free time. Haven't been playing much actual 40k though. Well anyways, here is my WIP piranha.
Obviously need to to do touch...
Vanguard Veterans WIP
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In Keeping with my Woodland Rangers theme, I've decided to add some new
units to the list. My first thought was about the majestic, brave, and very
bold, ...
Goodbye...
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but say hello on my new blog. Yes, I know its been AGES since I've updated
with anything, but a lot has 'appened in my life as of recent.
1) I've gone bac...
Nova Open
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IT LOOMS.
I'm looking forward to the 40k Championships this weekend, but I'm also not
stressing them either. Or, at least, as much as "not stress" tourna...
Dark Eldar Kabalite Warriors - Assembly
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Here they are, some of my assembly work for the dark Eldar. I intend to
paint them together with the already assembled, based and primed Archon so
that we ...
Current WIP
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So I got the opportunity to buy a Tau army from a friend and have been
thinking of a color scheme to paint the army. Originally, I bought the army
as part ...
Commander: Wort, Boggart Auntie
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My most recent playgroup really enjoys playing Commander so I've been putting my constructed focus into that lately. I purchased the pre-constructed decks ...
The Ravenous: Present Khorne Possessed Marines
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The Ravenous: Present Khorne Possessed Marines
I clean my blood off my hobby knife in preperation for its next victim...An objective marker and two Kh...
Life, Warmahordes, and Everything. Wait what?
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So a bit has happened since I've posted last, I got engaged (woohoo!), and
uh, I purchased about 77 points and every 'Lock that the Legion of
Everblight h...
Mantic Undead Review
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Long ago when Mantic first released their ghoul models, they sent a sprue
to me as a sample. The ghouls were of high quality, except 3 of the 4 base
hand...
Improving my Painting pt.1 - Wet Blending
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I've been at this hobby for nearly 12 years now, and for probably the last
two or three I haven't really been pushing my painting. Something I have *always ...
Step-By-Step Tau Devilfish
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I'm on a bit of a transport vehicle kick right now, so out comes the
Devilfish.
Step 1: Astronomican Grey
My previous paint pot of Space Wolves Grey was e...
Warpath Beta released, and I think I like it ^_^
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So, for those of us that follow Mantic, we know theyve been doing some good
stuff. Theyre putting out decent miniatures at a great price, and while
they're...
Matt drops the Hammer
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This is a well made argument video by Matt from Miniwargaming.com. It's
directed toward GW on how they treat their local retailers. Check it out.
From Ma...
Emperor's Children Lord WIP
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Here is a WIP of an EC's Lord. I wanted to go with something elegant yet
sinister. i am most pleased with the backpack. This has been constructed
using 29...
We Have Moved!
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Love, Dice and Paintbrushes have moved to a new host over on 6sided.net.
It uses the Wordpress format and being wargames-centric it seemed like the
sensibl...
Choas Day
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Okey dokey, ive been quite, new job hasnt left me alot of time for hobby
and after the last two tournaments and stuff with the podcast ive had abit
of h...
April Update #2
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Finally got around to putting up some pics of progress. Finished my
Marauder, started work on both the Juggernaut and the Destroyer, and I
completed my War...
After the hiatus - TSHFT and looking beyond
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Well it has been a few months - and the winter malaise is fleeting past -
and the traditional rainy season is taking over the spring here in
northwest Oreg...
A year in review
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Well, its been nearly a year since i last made a post to the blog!
The last year has been so hectic for me that writing the blog was often the
last thing ...
Dark Angles and Orks o My…
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I had the opportunity to spend the day with the Lancashire Club this last
Saturday and had a great time.
While there I played two games at 1000 points...
Counts-As Mephiston
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I posted a bad picture of this a while ago, figured I'd add a higher
quality one. Parts are from the Death Company kit, a Dark Angels sword,
random plasm...
Turn order and Initiative
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There’s three main ways of organising how players take turns in a campaign
ranging from the very simple simultaneous method, to the ordered method or
the m...
Shadow Hawk Chief Librarian
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So as I continue adding to my Shadow Hawk Space Marines, I decided that it
was time to add some of the characters to the army from the BA army book.
One of...
Astro Mag Issue 8!
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Hey guys, Astro Mag Issue 8 is out! Go download it, won't you?
Also, apologies for the lack of activity. I have a lot of Dark Eldar
sitting next to my de...
Assault Terminators
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These guys really are the stars of the 5th edition Space Marine codex. Like the Land Raider they are inexorably associated with, they have built up an infa...
Update: The Battle for Warmth 2011 Preliminary Info
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After a lot of talking to people and organizing, I think we have a venue!
Rather than wait until summer, we are going to try and hold a tournament at
the...
2010 Epic Fail/2011 Epic Finish
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After reading a bunch of hobby blogs and seeing how much everyone has done
in the past year and upon reflection of my own effort I realize that 2010
was an...
Friday Night Games: Cranium
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You will most likely be familiar with the parts of the game Cranium, but if
you have never played it then you are in for a treat, Cranium combines the
game...
Transmission Interrupted
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Image stolen from animeshaft.com
Hi everyone, this is just a quick post to explain myself. The lack of posts
lately hasn't been intentional, but I've bee...
Miniatures Gallery
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Well, I've loaded all of my current miniatures onto Picasa. Here are the
links:
Sons Of Prospero Chapter: SoP Marines
Bases: All those lovely bases
Terrain:...
More than just war games
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I play other games besides 40k. I'm a big role playing fan. In fact, role
playing was my first hobby, and I still game today. It goes without saying
tha...
A Wee Update: What's Next on the 40k Front
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Here are my goals for the time being: I would like to put up at least a
post a week in this blog. I enjoy blogging about the hobby (I make a
pretense of b...
Ebay/Goodbye: Final goodbye and Salamanders are up.
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I'm sorry but i forgot to put up that the warriors and silver skulls had
gone up on ebay but here is the link to my green salamanders marines:
Salamanders
...
The Stupid, It Burns: The Sky is Falling!
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WARNING: This is one of those giant posts where I get into a fight with
another blogger and show has stupid and wrong he is. If you don't like
these kind ...
Games Day 2010 Pics
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Well, I hadn't planned to go to Games Day 2010, but I happened to win a
ticket. Many thanks to Shelexie over at Wanna B Painter. At first I was
going to gi...
Blood Angels #27: Combat Squad Display Tray
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So I had some free time today to finish a side project I had going on for a
while..
This display tray is going to be used for taking photos of figures I pa...
Ork Klans : Bad Moonz
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*Bad Moonz*
The *Bad Moons* are an Ork clan, and as their teeth grow faster than anyone
else's, they are the richest of the Ork Clans (this shows that, at l...
Fire Dragon + Path of the Warrior
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Still waiting on rare earth magnets to start my wave serpent. Instead I
decided last night I could try painting a fire dragon. Really it was my
first ti...
WIP: Fallen Angel
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It is really been quite awhile I haven't come up with something new. But
thanks for following my blog. This is my new work in progress model. I had
this id...
Terrain: St. Kevin's Church
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I have always enjoyed building terrain to battle over. In fact it was the
terrain section of the 3rd edition Catachan Codex that first drew me into
the hob...
For Sale: Dwarf Army
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Hello guys! I'm afraid the blog has been rather dead of late, but I am
still out there. I'm currently in the middle of a long stretch of straight
working d...
Last post
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I am archiving this old blog, and my new location has seen several rss
updates since my last post. If you wish to still follow my red Eldar
project,
pleas...
Space Wolves
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I'd to like to let everyone know about my Space Wolves blog called *Space
Wolves Grey*, which has been around for little over a year now.
Since taking my T...
Sorcerer Base Done
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This weekend, I finished the base for my sorcerer and therefor, the entire
miniature. Pictures for the complete model are on 2nd City Warzone.
Here are s...
Wraithlord... finished!
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Well, at last some progress. While painting my Wave Serpents, I made a
break and started painting something else, and the Wraithlord happened to
be layin...
Fruits of My Labours
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Hi folks!
I just got an email linking to some pictures of the Salamanders Master of
the Forge commission all painted up, so I thought I'd share it.
http:/...
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Merry Christmas to you as well, sir!
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