Tournament Report: Gigabites 40K Team Tournament

Eldar and Dark Eldar shenanigans.

Commission: Khorn Terminator Lord

Just a small project completed today, a Khornate Terminator Lord. Had a friend take the pictures just to get something quick up, so pardon the quality.

Teaching 40K: Into the Fire

Entering 40K can be a bit overwhelming, so here is a little tutorial to get things rolling.

Odd Man Out: Venomthropes

Some units just never find a place; usually this is deserved, but sometimes they're just the odd-man-out.

Island of Blood Skaven pt. 2

Angels Sanguine Updates!

Just some quick updates to the Angels Sanguine forces, including Sergeant Raziel and Librarian Vorador.

If anyone can guess the common thread between the names and the ones to come, prize for you.

Been A While

Things have been rather insane here in my dark little world. The last month saw a rather large share of unfortunate events which kept me from posting here, but it also had a fair mix of good things.

8th Edition Fantasy is here and I'm looking to fix up my Cult of Khaine and Slaanesh WoC Forces, so look for updates on them coming up, as well as Tyranid and Angels Sanguine updates as well.

On another note, I believe I'm going to expand the blog to also speak of other gaming matters. I delve into a good amount of RPGs as well as other miniature games, and it seems rather silly to not at least mention them in some degree. That being said, in the upcoming days/weeks I'll post up some information/first hand reviews of such things like the Savage Worlds: Realms of Cthulhu game as well as the upcoming Dresden Files RPG.

Lots of ideas in store, so stay tuned!

Hive Fleet Ramrod Takes Ard Boyz!

Hive Fleet Ramrod secured a clean victory over the tasty foods that presented themselves in Ard Boyz!

Stripping Minis, Part 2

A bit of a delay here, but here is part two.




Ok, so this was one a mere day after my last post. I know I mentioned last time about letting the models soak for a week or so, but in my individual case the models were simply covered in a loose coat of bad primer. I checked on them after a thirty-hour soak and believed them ready for work.



First, here are the tools and the workspace. High tech I know. The sponges are there to simply block the hole in the sink, should any parts go flying off.

We have a firm bristled toothbrush, the harder the better, hot (steaming) tapwater to better remove any trouble bits, and my own unprotected hands.


...Upon note, best to use some kind of gloves for this, as the Purple Power, like most cleaners, will dry your skin out and that is quite an unpleasant and lingering feeling.


Here is one of the Termagants freshly pulled from our Purple Power solution, it doesn't look any better but upon close inspection we can see some of the primer has indeed began to fall off.



Basically I took the brush, gave it a firm scrubbing. Scrubbing itself, unless you're overly hard, should not require much force to remove the paint, if you find you need to use excessive force, to the point you are worried the model will break, then you need to let them soak for some more time.

Also to note: Sometimes not all the primer will come off, usually in the case of Black GW. Some people put the models back in, letting them soak... I myself just ignore this and merely re-prime them, as the layer is pretty distinguishable from the rest.

Here is a shot before a final wash but after scrubbing, which I usually do while under the water stream:




Unfortunately I realized I didnt take a picture of the final product... But it's clean, ha ha...

Now all you have to do is repeat the process until you're done..

Over... And Over... And Over... And Over...

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... ... ...

... ... ... ...DAMNIT!!

Supporting your LFGS

I'm a firm believer that one should support your local gaming store. I have lost two stores over the years due to people just not giving it the support they need and, despite the best efforts of the owners, the businesses eventually closing.

I do not wish for that to happen with my local store, so I decided to post this... Well, advertisement for them here.

Note: This is done simply because I wished to post this here. I do not want people getting any impression I am some kind of advertisement whore.

My personal store is Gigabites Cafe, located here in friendly Marietta, GA.

The store is great, dedicated to Warhammer 40K, Warhammer, Warmachine, Flames of War, Uncharted Seas, and more other games than I can mention. It is also an internet gaming hub, as well as a trendy cafe with coffee and sammiches.

Here is a link to their website: http://www.giga-bitescafe.com/portal/


Again, simply posting this as an effort to support the place where I enjoy my gaming, in hopes that I can do so for many more years to come.

Blood! Blood! So much blood!!

Here is another fantastic tutorial I found some time back and have put to good use:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?autocom=ineo&showarticle=298

This is great and super easy to do. To date I've used it on nearly all my Khorne models as well as a few select Blood Angels pieces.

Here below are some of my experiences with the technique:

Blood Angels Death Company!

Just got my hands on the new Death Company box and immediately got to painting. I have also included here a Death Company Dreadnought I did a few weeks back.

Overall, they're fun to paint, but a serious pain given how difficult it is to paint black, as well as the sheer amount of "stuff" is on each model (purity seals, icons, etc.)

Tyranids!!!!

The start of my overly ambitious Tyranid army. It is a variation of the Blue Crab/Desert Rose scheme I found here: http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_painting_tyranids_01.php












Not sure what to do with the Tyrant, got him before the new codex came out under the assumption "they'll always be useful". Now I find him a bit to costly... But I have him, so oh well!

Prototype Blood Angels

Here we have some early concept ideas for future Blood Angels (this was some two years back) featuring first Angels Encarmine (bottom), who where eventually scrapped, to my Marrow Suckers/Unnamed force seen below.

Basically I wanted some concept of "zombie marines" without them being actual zombies. Hence the battle damage resembling torn flesh rather than armor damage. This was also the first time I experimented with the blowing eye effect, which I continue to use to this day.