Review: Minitaire Airbrush Paints
I’m new to airbrushing. The praise Carl of The Independent Characters fame heaped on the technique, plus hitting an absolute wall with my usual techniques trying to paint yellow encouraged […]
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Two Novelty Space Wolves Lists
After a very calculus-heavy last post, I decided I could use some levity. My mind has been on designing Space Wolves lists recently, as I’ll be playing them in the […]
The Math of a Meta
Or: What Variance Hammer actually does for a living. I’ve made a number of posts about “the meta” – what’s currently hot the game, what the distribution of forces are, […]
Review: Victoria Miniatures Female Arcadian Guard
I like female miniatures. I think one of the fundamental realities of the 40K setting is that is sufficiently dark that petty differences begin to fade away in response to […]
What’s Wrong With The Tau?
“There are two armies ruining the game: Eldar and Tau.” I hear some form of this a lot. Any mention of overpowered factions, units that need nerfing, ‘What’s wrong with the […]
State of the Variance – Year Two
Variance Hammer turned two awhile back, and as I did last year, I’m going to indulge in a little introspection. This allows for the opportunity to talk about where people […]
Review: Death from the Skies
Games Workshop, as it is wont to do, has been working on a summer product rollout, with a supplement, some new kits, etc. A few images leak, certain unnamed rumors sites […]
Reviewing Warzone Fenris: Deathwolves and Taxes
The somewhat belated second installment of my Warzone Fenris review (apologies, life got in the way), this time covering the actual meat of the book – the rules themselves. Formations for […]
Review: Supremacy Tactical Objectives
Maelstrom Missions are, without a doubt, my favorite way of playing 40K. I’ve found the games to be closer, more dynamic, and more engaging. They do add an element of […]
Feast of Fluff: The Other Entries
Several people have requested the other entries for the Feast of Fluff contest be posted up. What follows is a single PDF of the fluff entry for each, generally with […]