I've been playing Warhammer 40k since 1991. You'd think I would have learned something by now!
The hobby of miniatures wargames is filled with a wide variety of challenges. It is a complex and diverse hobby that on the surface includes the strategic challenges of the game and painting of the models themselves. As you dig… Read More »Fitting the Hobby Into a Busy Household
It was a busy week so I haven’t made a lot of progress on the hobby front, but I did manage to design and start building a turret for my scratch built Taurox proxy. The Taurox itself is already pretty… Read More »Scratch Built Taurox Turret for Astra Militarum (40K)
I created a template to build a Taurox for my Rebel Grots army, counts-as Astra Militarum. You can see the Taurox template here and a built Taurox.
This is a tutorial on creating custom rubble bases really simply with just three things. You can really crank these out in little time. It really adds some great visual interest to your miniature bases with little work.
I have finally painted my scratch built Devil Dog. Here’s some shots of the finished model. This is for my Rebel Grots army.
I have made my own 40K objective markers for use in Maelstrom of War games. You can download the sheet and print your own.
I have painted up my two Leman Russ tanks that I scratch built for my Rebel Grots army, which count as Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard.
It has been a long process from start to finish, but I have finally painted my first scratch built Leman Russ. Well, I’ve painted everything but the hull and sponson weapons. The first picture in this series was taken without… Read More »Scratch Built Leman Russ #1 Painted for Rebel Grots
The long-term regulars amongst you know that I have been running a Rebel Grot army using the Imperial Guard Codex. The rapid release of the Astra Militarum Codex, 7th edition rules, and upcoming Ork Codex has me putting a lot… Read More »A Guide to Creating a Counts-as Army for Warhammer 40K
I’ve made more progress on my Leman Russ tanks for my Rebel Grots, counts-as Astra Militarum. I have added sponsons to my second Leman Russ.
This is the ninth part in my series on scratch building tanks for Warhammer 40K where I compare my finished scratch built tank to a Games Workshop tank.
I want to compare a bought Chimera to the process of scratch building one. So, I do both in this article: assemble a GW kit and build my own.