Unsung Heroes of the Heresy: It’s the Final Countdown!
Halloween is almost upon us, and with it the end of the Unsung Heroes of the Heresy contest! Get those entries in! All you need is a single painted figure and […]
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Unsung Heroes of the Heresy: There is Yet Time!
We’re headed into the middle of October, but there’s still plenty of time to enter the Unsung Heroes of the Heresy contest! All you need is a single painted figure and […]
“Unsung Heroes of the Heresy” – A Hobby Contest
They died on the black sands of Isstvan V, and the red sands of Mars. They fell leading doomed boarding actions at Phall, and cursing the names of their former […]
CQB: Draft Rules for 8th Edition Zone Mortalis
A recurring theme of this blog, in addition to my fondness for Space Elves in all their various forms, is that I rather like the void war aspects of 40K. […]
My Hopes for the Sisters of Battle
Variance Hammer was on a temporary holiday while I was in Zambia, but a free morning in the hotel and an announcement I’ve been waiting for for years spurred the desire to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]