Monthly Archives: August 2012

Mission: Defensive Onslaught v2.1.0

Posted on August 31, 2012 05:00 pm by Thor

Updated for 6th edition. You can download or get a printer friendly version over here. Read more... (603 words, 1 image, estimated 2:25 mins reading time)

Posted in Defensive Onslaught, Gaming, Missions | Tagged Custom Missions, Tournament, Warhammer 40K | 1 comment

Mission: Divide & Conquer v1.1.0

Posted on August 31, 2012 07:59 am by Thor

Updated for 6th edition. You can get a print friendly version here. Read more... (541 words, 1 image, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Posted in Divide & Conquer, Gaming, Missions | Tagged Custom Missions, Tournament, Warhammer 40K | 4 comments

The Balance of 6th Edition

Posted on August 30, 2012 09:25 am by Thor

Last night at my FLGS we got to chatting about 6th edition after we had all played our games for the night. Someone, I forget who though I’ll gladly give credit if I do recall, was saying how in 6th edition the era of the few power builds are gone. I can’t help but agree with the sentiment. That’s not to say there aren’t power builds out there but that the game has completely changed and with it the idea that an army only has a couple of viable lists or that there’s one army to rule them all. Read more... (455 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Allies, Game Balance, Warhammer 40K | 7 comments

Thor’s Workbench: Overload

Posted on August 29, 2012 09:35 am by Thor

Like most out there, my workbench is a never-ending stream of projects. I’m trying to get my army painted for an upcoming tournament at my FLGS in the fall as well as get much-needed models assembled and useable. So, this week I’ll show off three such projects. First up, the WIP painting on my Rhino. As always, lighting isn’t setup for great shots, and I’m using my phone for them, since these are just WIP shots. Read more... (297 words, 6 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)

Posted in Hobby | Tagged Chaos Space Marines, Defiler, Disciples of Twilight, Havocs, Rhino, Warhammer 40K | 6 comments

40K 6th Edition Quiz: Vehicles (Part 1)

Posted on August 28, 2012 08:43 am by Thor

This entry is part 8 of 12 in the series 40K 6th Edition Quiz

Here’s the 8th part in the quiz series focusing on vehicles. I’m going to break this into a few parts since it’s a long section with lots to cover. Read more... (265 words, 1 image, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)

Posted in Gaming, Quizzes | Tagged Quiz, Vehicles, Warhammer 40K | no comments

My Road to Redemption: The List

Posted on August 25, 2012 06:30 am by Thor

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series My Road to Redemption

So I’ve reached that point where I feel like something has got to give in regards to 40K and my gaming ability, such as it is lately. In short, 6th edition is kicking my ass. It’s not the rules I have a problem with. I’ve got those down pretty well. It’s everything I’m facing in combination with what I own and my ability as a gamer. I’m not going to sit here pissing and moaning about it, instead I’m going to make a conscious effort to improve as a gamer instead of making excuses. Read more... (622 words, 1 image, estimated 2:29 mins reading time)

Posted in Editorials, Lessons Learned | Tagged Chaos Space Marines, Disciples of Twilight, Introspection, Red, Warhammer 40K | 13 comments

Necrons and 6th Edition

Posted on August 24, 2012 06:30 am by Lukas

Welcome to 6th, where you will find all your tanks riddled with gauss and warriors playing poker planetside until rudely beamed onto a game winning objective. Hurray for fliers! But really folks, you may remember my brief experiment with the 5th edition scarab farm (it was just a phase, I’ve since learned), I find myself at a similar viewpoint with Night Scythes. Read more... (1000 words, 1 image, estimated 4:00 mins reading time)

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Lists, Necrons, Strategy & Tactics, Warhammer 40K | 5 comments

40K 6th Edition Quiz: Characters & Psykers

Posted on August 23, 2012 06:30 am by Thor

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series 40K 6th Edition Quiz

Now we’re on to the 7th part of the quiz series focusing on characters and psykers. Quiz away. Read more... (368 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Posted in Gaming, Quizzes | Tagged Characters, Psykers, Quiz, Warhammer 40K | 3 comments

Dark Angels Week of the Dreadnought

Posted on August 22, 2012 06:30 am by coastiecraig

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Creating a Dark Angels Army

Well this week has been hectic as life usually is with kids, work and surgeons all using up my valuable hobby time. But on the plus side I now only have a week to go until I find out when I will get the surgery I have waited on for almost 5 months now and I did manage to get the first of my dreadnoughts finished.

Brother Cadeus

Pictured here is Brother Cadeus the first of the army’s dreadnoughts. He is an Ironclad Dreadnought and is set up just now with a chainfist and a hurricane bolter. I have also built and magnetised the close combat arm so that it can be armed with either the storm bolter or heavy flamer and the seismic hammer arm can have either the meltagun or heavy flamer. I have also magnetised the missiles and Ironclad assault launchers so they can be put on if needed. Read more... (762 words, 5 images, estimated 3:03 mins reading time)

Posted in Editorials | Tagged 6th Edition, Beginner, Blogging, Creative Twilight, Dark Angels, Games Workshop, Hobby, Painting, Space Marines, Warhammer 40K | 2 comments

Thor’s Workbench: Defiler Renovation (Part 1)

Posted on August 21, 2012 06:30 am by Thor

EvantheNoob was kind enough to give me a Defiler he had. Thanks again, Evan. The thing is that it was one of the first models he had put together and so it’s in need of some TLC. So, I figured I’d document my progress on getting the Defiler cleaned up and ready for paint. Read more... (316 words, 4 images, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)

Posted in Hobby | Tagged Chaos Space Marines, Defiler, Disciples of Twilight, Thor's Workbench, Warhammer 40K, WIP | 7 comments

Time to switch gears – Digging out the orks

Posted on August 20, 2012 07:28 am by Kamui

Hello all,

I’ve been suffering a bit if ennui lately in regards to the Reavers, my Space Wolf lost company. I was excited about the change to 6th edition prior to it’s release. Now that I have managed a few games I’m still pretty excited about it. But while I’ve maintained a good deal of enthusiasm for 40k I’ve found it difficult to muster the energy to work on the models. I’ve spent a lot of time considering an allied contingent for the Reavers to break the monotony but I’m pretty much spinning my wheels there as well. More and more in the past few weeks I’ve been felling the old pull of the Waaagh! Read more... (359 words, 4 images, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

Posted in Editorials | Tagged 6th Edition, Kamui, Orks, Reavers, Space Wolves | 11 comments

FLGS Tournament: Quick Report

Posted on August 19, 2012 08:05 am by Thor

Yesterday was a 2K tournament at my FLGS. Normally our tournaments are packed with anywhere from 16 – 20 players but yesterday there was just 7 of us. Guess everyone was busy! Read more... (821 words, 1 image, estimated 3:17 mins reading time)

Posted in Battle Reports, Gaming | Tagged Chaos Daemons, Chaos Space Marines, Crossroad Games, Disciples of Twilight, Grey Knights, Imperial Guard, Space Wolves, Tournament, Warhammer 40K | 2 comments

Mission: Safeguard v1.0.0

Posted on August 16, 2012 05:30 am by Thor

Updating for 6th edition and moving it out of beta.

I’ve also been working on putting my missions into Google Docs so you can grab a clean version for printing or downloading. You can find this mission over there and also the entire list of my missions, as I update them for 6th, over here. Read more... (500 words, 1 image, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Posted in Gaming, Missions, Safeguard | Tagged Custom Missions, Tournament, Warhammer 40K | 4 comments

Mind of the Spectre Video Log

Posted on August 15, 2012 06:30 am by Spectre Senence

I’ve been “surfing” the YouTube channel and see a lot of videos with fellow gamers that chat about what they are doing and what they think about our beloved hobby. Most of the time I’m following 40k but sometimes other games catch my interest. I’ve done a few of these myself and I thought I would share one because I do a review on Imperial Armour: Aeronautica. As most gamers around me tell me they can’t afford these books, I did this to give them inspiration that there is some “old” models that can lend relief in dealing with fliers. Read more... (192 words, 1 image, estimated 46 secs reading time)

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Imperial Armour: Aeronautica, Spectre Studio, Video, Vlog, Warhammer 40K | no comments

Land Speeders in 6th edition: I like speedy dakka!

Posted on August 14, 2012 05:09 am by Kamui

Hello all,

I’ve been thinking about the role that land speeders will play in my army now that we’ve moved into 6th ed. Overall I think they’ve stayed viable through all of the changes and will still find their way into my lists often. I’ll go over my thoughts on the changes that have occurred. Read more... (1407 words, 1 image, estimated 5:38 mins reading time)

Posted in Editorials, Gaming, Strategy & Tactics | Tagged 6th Edition, Kamui, Land Speeder, Reavers, Space Marines, Space Wolves, Warhammer 40K | 15 comments

40K 6th Edition Quiz: Weapons

Posted on August 13, 2012 08:32 am by Thor

This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series 40K 6th Edition Quiz

On to the 6th part in the quiz series on rules for Warhammer 40K 6th edition. You can find the previous quizzes off to the right or by clicking the series link. Read more... (244 words, 1 image, estimated 59 secs reading time)

Posted in Gaming, Quizzes | Tagged Quiz, Warhammer 40K, Weapons | no comments