Review: Asset Drop Monthly Painting/Female Miniatures Boxes
There’s been a lot of reviews on this site recently, primarily because real life has been keeping me fairly busy (and indeed, out of the country) enough that longer form […]
Doors and Corners: ‘Deadbolt’s Derelict’ by Deathray Designs Review Part 2
Not long ago I reviewed the Deadbolt’s Derelict set by Deathray Designs, exploring the concept of building a massive Zone Mortalis-style board out of MDF for a price…slightly less ruinous than […]
Zone Mortalis on a Budget? Reviewing ‘Deadbolt’s Derelict’ by Deathray Designs
Void war was my first real love in Warhammer 40K. It was Battlefleet Gothic that sold me on the grandeur of the setting and the scale of the battles that […]
A Review 2-for-1: Secret Weapon Miniatures Acrylics & Asian Garden Bases
I really like basing. That’s probably easy to tell from the previous post I wrote…all about basing. For my Talons of the Emperor force for 30K (and 40K if I can cajole […]
Musing on Basing
I’ve always been a fan of basing. I’m not sure why – maybe because basing responds really well to thinks like washing and dry brushing and those early techniques you […]
What is “Balance” Anyway?
This blog – and the mini wargaming community as a whole – talks about “balance” a lot. Is the tournament scene balanced? Is the new Killslayer Deathskull Codex balanced? Is […]
Stretching My Hobby Muscles: Wargame Hobby Bingo
I don’t really do monthly hobby challenges anymore. While the first Hobby Progress Challenge from the Independent Characters I did pushed me to work on my army, my life and […]
Review: KR Backpack2
Every year I try to travel to one, and preferably several, events and I’m confronted with a perennial problem when I do: actually transporting my stuff. I live in a […]
Under New Management: Reviewing the LVO Team Narrative
Despite writing a lot about competitive 40K, I’m a narrative player at heart. For me, 40K is about telling cool stories with neat models, and competitive gaming is a little […]
40K in 2017
You thought you had escaped, hadn’t you? Surely, by the 22nd, all the various New Year introspectives would be over. Oh no my friend, you vastly underestimate my ability to procrastinate. […]