Kill Team Rules v1.3 and Campaigns v1.1
Some big additions to the main Kill Team ruleset in v1.3, including a new 'hiding' mechanic (straight from old school specialist games) and massive changes for the assault phase - including supporting...
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View ArticleSteel Brain vol 1: Team Building - Weaknesses And Why They Don't Matter
Good evening players, and welcome to the beginning of the end...of summer. Getting ready for cosy days indoors, painting miniatures and obliterating your foes? Today we're looking at building your...
View ArticlePlaying 1000 Point Mini 40k Campaigns
Last week me and my gaming buddy decided we would try something different in our usual weekly game, a mini campaign! Three story-driven 1000 point games played on three different boards. Amazingly we...
View ArticleStar Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game Review
IntroductionI finally managed to get my hands on the Star Wars X-Wing miniatures game by Fantasy Flight Games. It's been pre-ordered for a long time, and OG Games have now managed to get stock from...
View ArticleChaos Sorcerer Conversion - Plastic Kitbash
Chaos Sorcerer Conversion with Wings!I've been wanted to convert a plastic Chaos Sorcerer for a while now but didn't seem to have the inspiration until recently. This beast is actually very simple to...
View ArticleStorm Reavers Chaos Helbrute Painted
Storm Reavers Chaos HelbruteMeet Varea Metalla, the newest painted member of the Storm Reavers warband (see here for the army background). I've only been taking him in bigger games lately as he tends...
View Article40k Kill Team Rules v1.6 Update - New look, DA team list
The next update to Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is here, and with a shiny new look. This look isn't restricted to the main rules either, I'll be rolling it out to all the team lists soon. For now, you...
View ArticleBlood Angels Army Background Document
Bit of a random one today. I thought I'd share a little background document I've been working on today for my Blood Angels army. I've added the screenshots below, but you can download the PDF here (its...
View ArticleNorse Blood Bowl Team Converted and Painted
I love Blood Bowl, but haven't played for many years (since Uni). So when I got the chance to pick it up again, I jumped at an opportunity to re-create my original Norse team. Only this time I thought...
View ArticleKill Team Rules v1.5 Update and The Raid Mission
I'm afraid its another Kill Team update post, not much painting going on lately (very busy time of year for me). Anyway, update v1.5 is out for the core Kill Team rules. In this one we have focussed on...
View ArticleKill Team Rules v1.4 Update
First of all, yes, plasma EXPLODES! We all thought plasma was a bit overpowered in Kill Team currently (hence, everyone was taking as much as they could), especially with Suppressing Fire. Making Gets...
View ArticleChaos Lord Painted and Storm Reavers Background
Here's a photo of my newly painted Chaos Lord, complete with my colour scheme for the 'Storm Ravers' traitor chapter.Chaos Lord Moros, Master of the Storm ReaversHere's a bit of origin background for...
View ArticleFirst Game With New Chaos
I had a game (finally) with the new Chaos codex last night, against the new chaos codex! 1500 points. Guess what, Chaos won... Blood was certainly spilt for the Blood God, fortunately more of it was my...
View ArticleMarkerlight #2: Jonas Kortner
Heralds, please provide your full attention while the second issue (episode? Edition?) of Markerlight illuminates today's subject...Jonas Kortner is here with a stunner of an Inquisition team. Go...
View ArticleThe first Terran Classic - A tournament report.
Hey there heralds!If you were wondering how the first ever international Heralds of Ruin tournament went down, head over to the blog at JustPlay for my report. It's here.Yeah, it's late.Blame this...
View ArticleStar Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game Review
IntroductionI finally managed to get my hands on the Star Wars X-Wing miniatures game by Fantasy Flight Games. It's been pre-ordered for a long time, and OG Games have now managed to get stock from...
View ArticleSteel Brain vol 1: Team Building - Weaknesses And Why They Don't Matter
Good evening players, and happy Red Stuff And Hearts day. This one's for the lovers, or the crazed dismemberers, as you prefer. Today we're looking at building your team, and why you shouldn't worry...
View ArticlePower From Paint #1: Painting yellow the easy way.
Welcome to the first Power From Paint!We got Greg, the dominatrix of Hive Fleet Bombus, to show us how to achieve that buttery yellow skin that nobody really believes is easy, now matter how often he...
View ArticleKnow Your Enemy: Ash's Court Of The Dracon
Welcome to the first Know Your Enemy! While our new edition is still well, new, we thought it would be a good idea to give some insights into how the team behind the game play H8R. Many of the teams...
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