Hi guys, Just a quick post this time. I have just recently finished reading the book series 'The Inquisition War', a very early series of books from Black Library, and wanted to seriously recommend them to anyone who is interested in the older, and more esoteric, background of the 40k universe. In the kind of [...]
Category: 40k
40K – Yes, I actually played a game!
Hi guys, A post to bring you up to date on the recent momentous event in my life - I actually played a game (my first in months!) and it was a great 40k clash between my Witch Hunters and the Astral Claws of Andy from Miniature Miscellany. It was a nice simple 1,250pt game [...]
Looking forward to 2015!
Hi guys, I aim to have a look forward to 2015 in this post. I should be finishing up my PhD, moving away, and hopefully becoming employed in the next six months so modelling and gaming may take a back seat for a little while. I do have a fair amount of stuff already doen [...]
Check out – Gonzo History’s “The Weight of History in Warhammer 40,000”
Hi guys, Just a signpost to a cool little article from Gonzo History blog about the "weight" of history in 40k, and its comparison to other sci-fi works Go have a look here, and check out the rest of the blog while you are at it! I have managed to grab some pictures of the [...]
MWIH – My Week in Hobby 7
Ok guys, Confession time - I have done almost no hobbying in the last week. No building of figures, no painting, and only a quick Kill Team game on Wednesday. I took a Dominion Squad from the old Witch Hunters book as my Kill Team - a Veteran Superior with Bolt Pistol and CCW, Sister [...]
MWIH – My week in Hobby 6
Hi again guys, I hope everyone is well, and getting the most out of the hobby! This week, I played in another multi-player game of Legends of the Old West, a GW historicals game dealing with the Wild West, the US-Mexico Wars, the Indian Wars etc. Overall a good game with interesting movement and shooting [...]
MWIH – My Week in Hobby 5
Hi guys, Another slow week for me through a combination of being away and being ill. I actually haven't managed to get a game in at all, but I have been doing other stuff. Firstly, I managed to get in and out of an actual Games Workshop store without being upsold anything! I went into [...]
MWIH – My Week in Hobby 4
Hi guys, Another MWIH post, though a little light as I haven't been going to my local club much recently. I played a game against a different friend called - 1500pts of 40k, my Imperial guard versus his Eldar. The game went quite well for me as I had so many guardsmen on the table [...]
MWIH – My Week in Hobby 2
Hi guys, Welcome to the second post in this series, slightly less full than last week! This week, on Wednesday, I played another game of Mighty Empire as a board game against two of my friends, Mike and Tom. It well well, although some issues cropped up with the way in which the realms are [...]
Looking forward to 2014…
Having gotten the reminiscing out of the way, here is what I plan to get done over the next year: Blog wise Finish the EPIC Eldar army pics - 1 more post to go Do EPIC Imperial Guard army pics Finish the Lost and the Damned Tactica series - Daemon Engines and Air Support still [...]