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Gaming Stores: Some of the Horror Stories are True

Posted on May 12th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

Thor

I’ve said this previously a few times on this blog but for the sake of the article I’ll quickly re-cap. When I got into 40K I did like most and frequented forums to absorb as much information about the game … Continue reading →…

Fratris Salutem: More Mission Testing

Posted on May 3rd, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Thor

Considering all I’ve been doing lately is related to Fratris Salutem, I may as well post about it, at least what I can without giving away too much. Last week I finally made a push and got the third mission … Continue reading →The po…

Gaming & Hobby Stagnation

Posted on May 2nd, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Thor

Man, I’ve been in a funk lately with the hobby and gaming. I suppose it was bound to happen eventually. I’ve been going strong with 40K for 7-years now and for some reason or another I’ve just been very “meh” … Cont…

Fratris Salutem 2013: Date Changed to June 1st

Posted on April 18th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Thor

To help spread the word quicker, the date for Fratris Salutem had to be moved to June 1st because of a conflict. Naturally, for Magic States they decided May 18th was a wonderful date for their event and this was … Continue reading →The po…

Rok Da Vote: New Tau Codex

Posted on April 13th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Thor

Games Workshop is cranking out the 6th edition codices and Tau has definitely been one many players were anxious for. As always I like to get a feel for initial impressions of a codex and then later on re-poll once … Continue reading →The …

Rok Da Vote: Chaos Daemons Codex (Closed)

Posted on April 12th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Thor

It’s been a little over a month since I put up the poll asking what you all thought about the new Daemons codex. The results are interesting. So far it’s the lowest rated codex in 6th edition based on the … Continue reading →Th…

Fratris Salutem 2013: Mission Testing

Posted on April 4th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I’ve been working hard on the Fratris Salutem event for May 18th at Crossroad Games. Yesterday I got the master done for the winning team’s awards so now I can focus more on getting the missions completed. Speaking of, I … Continue r…

Fratris Salutem 2013: Tickets are on Sale

Posted on March 28th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Thor

The tickets for the 40K event on May 18th, 2013 at Crossroad Games are now on sale. If you’re not sure what Fratris Salutem is you can get some more information regarding it over here. There will be 40 players, … Continue reading →Th…

Thor’s Workbench: Heldrake WIP (Update #2)

Posted on March 23rd, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I know Rob @ Warhammer39,999 loves it when I do updates to models that have made seemingly little progress and all but here’s an update on my Heldrake :P Seriously though, I do these little updates to keep my motivation … Continue reading …

Thor’s Workbench: Heldrake in Progress (WIP #1)

Posted on March 19th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I absolutely love the Heldrake. It’s been one of my most consistently performing units game to game and I like the model as well. It has also been a model I have not been looking forward to painting because there’s … Continue reading…

Tournament Report: Chaos Climbs to the Top

Posted on March 17th, 2013 under , , , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

Tournaments burn me out. I enjoy them, don’t get me wrong, but after one I’m hardly in a condition to write-up cool reports. That being said, I didn’t do one for the previous month so something is better than nothing, … Continu…

40K Campaign Event: Fratris Salutem – May 18th, 2013

Posted on March 12th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I’ve mentioned over the past few months the spring event being held at Crossroad Games in Standish, Maine which we’ve decided to call Fratris Salutem. Well, the time has come to get the packet out there and drive some interest! … Con…

Thor’s Workbench: WIP Sculpted Juggernaut

Posted on March 9th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I enjoy sculpting more than any other part of the hobby. I don’t get to do it very often though. If I were to sculpt as much as I’d like to then nothing would get ever get done on my … Continue reading →The post Thor’s Wo…

Chaos Allies: Giving Imperial Guard a Go

Posted on March 8th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I held off on making my preferred choice on an allied detachment until the Daemons codex came out. Let me be honest, I have not looked over the Daemons’ codex thoroughly. I have gone through it all but trying to … Continue reading →T…

Rok Da Vote: New 40K Daemons Codex

Posted on March 5th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Thor

The highly anticipated Daemons codex is here. I have not had the chance to look at it yet but I know it drastically changes everything. How that plays out in the long run will be interesting but for now I’m … Continue reading →The po…

Thoughts: Painting with Style

Posted on March 3rd, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Thor

There’s no shortage of articles related to painting your miniatures that focus on technique, color theory and the like. The thing that often seems lacking in most of these articles is style. Over time we all develop a style of … Continue r…

Old Stuff Day 2013: Our Contribution

Posted on March 2nd, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Thor

It’s another year and another Old Stuff Day. In going through our archives here for 2012 I noticed something. In previous years we produced a fair amount of editorials but this past year it was mostly hobby related stuff. It’s … Cont…

Old Stuff Day 2013 – Almost Forgot!

Posted on February 28th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Thor

I damn near forgot about Old Stuff Day! Two years ago Rob at Warhammer 39,999 began Old Stuff Day. In short, it’s a day where every blogger showcases articles they’ve done over past year (or longer), that might have fallen … Continue reading…

Rok Da Vote: New Dark Angels Codex (Closed)

Posted on February 27th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

Thor

It’s been a month since I put the poll up and the votes are dying out so it’s time to tally the results. I like doing these polls early on in a codex’s life to get the first impressions and … Continue reading →The post Ro…

40K Narrative Event: The Story (1st Revision)

Posted on February 22nd, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

I’m working on finalizing the story for the spring event at my FLGS. I put up a first draft earlier this month and now I have the first revision done. Mostly I added in a bit more detail regarding the … Continue reading →The post 40K…

Thor’s Workbench: Chaos Marines WIP #2

Posted on February 20th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

It doesn’t look like it but I have made a lot of progress on these guys since last week. The armor is now all base coated and the half scheme cleaned up. Now I need to do some more clean … Continue reading →The post Thor’s Work…

Crusade of Fire: Tau Incursion

Posted on February 16th, 2013 under , , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Disciples of TwilightThis week was the fourth week in our Crusade of Fire campaign. It was an off-week for us though. Instead of moving into the next phase of the … Continue reading →The post Crusade…

Warp Discovery: Space Hulk II

Posted on February 14th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

Been a while since I did one of these, Warp Discovery. Cool 40K stuff isn’t exactly as popular on the internet as funny cat pictures but occassionaly there’s something great to be found. This short movie is from the same … Continue re…

Thor’s Workbench: WIP Chaos Marines

Posted on February 13th, 2013 under , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

After wrapping up my Cultists last week I figured I’d stick with troops for now on the painting front. I’ve had the other half of this squad painted for a while now and figured it was about time to get … Continue reading →The p…

Crusade of Fire: Swift Strike

Posted on February 12th, 2013 under , , , , , , , . Posted by

Thor

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Disciples of TwilightLast Wednesday was the 3rd week in our Crusade of Fire campaign. Having won in the prior two weeks I was one of the last to get the … Continue reading →The post Crusade of Fire: …