Primarily Primaris Space Marines - 100PL/2000Pts

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Primarily Primaris Space Marines - 100PL/2000Pts

Warhammer 40,000 – Eighth Edition saw the birth of Primaris Space Marines, part of moving the story forward and adding new "scaled up" Space Marines to the model line. To be honest I was on the fence about them. The bigger models were ok, and some of the designs were unique and cool, but for the most part I didn't see them as being worth the points investment or monetary investment to add them to my existing Space Marine force.

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Night Lords – Nightmarish List 100PL/2000Pts

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Night Lords – Nightmarish List 100PL/2000Pts

Warhammer 40,000 – As part of my resolutions for the new year I decided to pick a solid list for each of the factions I own and stick with it until I get the hang of what the list can do. At the end of seventh edition I dipped my toe back into the Chaos soup and started a Night Lords force that was supposed to be very focused on a few formations. While it did very well in the new edition those formations didn't translate so well. You can get a similar effect spending command points on stratagems and building your core force as an Outrider Detachment but it's not exactly the same. 

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Battle Report – Imperial Knights vs. Astra Militarum (100PL)

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Battle Report – Imperial Knights vs. Astra Militarum (100PL)

Warhammer 40,000 – When 8th edition came out I had decided to focus on learning to play my core troops and leave the super heavies in the cabinet until after the first of the year. The majority of my local group has stuck by that, except the guard players have been chomping at the bit to put the Baneblade variants on the table. Being as I really want to play my Knights more often I put out a warning, "In the event someone brings and Super Heavy and I'm paired against them, I'll be running a four Knight list." This week guess what I got paired against?

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Mechanical Monstrosities ... Adeptus Mechanicus

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Mechanical Monstrosities ... Adeptus Mechanicus

Warhammer 40,000 – Some time ago I painted a few test models for a clients Ad-Mech force. Due to some supply issues he couldn't get his hands on all the kits for the force, so the project was back-burnered for a bit. Now that he was able to track down most of the models he needs for the force, I have a few things to work on.

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Giant Chaos Spawn? Getting the most of of BONES

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Giant Chaos Spawn? Getting the most of of BONES

Warhammer 40,000 – Reaper Bones always does some amazing Kickstarters. Since the first one I've held back on getting the full haul since I don't play D&D or Pathfinder it's unlikely that I would ever need that many miniatures in the fantasy realm. Frostgrave for the brief moment my group was playing may have found me a use for some but never the full amount. Enough rambling, the point is during those campaigns they offered some really cool large models as add-ons. Not one to resist a good deal on something that I might be able to use I picked up some giant worms and other big beasts.

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Ravenwing ... Basic Black

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Ravenwing ... Basic Black

Warhammer 40k – Black is one of those colors I have a love/hate relationship with. When it's done right it looks amazing on the table, but even then it's hard to get credit for the amount of time it took to get to the level of detail you put in. On the other hand when doing a basic three color paint job it's super easy to put down two thin coats of black and call it a day. I've also figured out a nice dark gray mix that when washed with Nuln Oil makes a nice substitute for painting black and edge highlighting. 

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Skewed List Building and Missions

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Skewed List Building and Missions

Warhammer 40,000 – 8th Edition 40K offers so much variety in list design, I get lost just seeing what kind of crazy combinations I can put together and have a functioning list. One of my favorite exercises is picking an element and overloading my list so it's almost completely skewed to one thing. Most of the time I don't do really well with them but most most recent build has done really well on the table, considering I didn't think it was very good to begin with.

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Protect the Queen ... Hivefleet Leviathan

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Protect the Queen ... Hivefleet Leviathan

Warhammer 40,000 – Much like in the background of 40K, the swarm of Tyranids on my paint table seems to be unceasing. This time around there's several Hiveguard, warriors and more 'Gaunts. While the Leviathan Scheme is a bit more tedious than others that can't be washed heavily and cleaned up, I think the look is worth the extra effort. 

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Mutants or Hybrids ... Genestealer Cult

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Mutants or Hybrids ... Genestealer Cult

Warhammer 40,000 – In preparation for my birthday tunnel fight event I spent some time putting some paint on my Genestealer Cult. This is a project I was really excited about when it first came out and then I lost steam when 8th edition came out. Between getting my marines of both varieties up to speed and numerous commissions; I haven't had much space on my paint table. 

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Tunnel Fight

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Warhammer 40,000 - This year for my Birthday I decided to run a tunnel fight game. I've had the Bug Hunt Corridors from Fantasy Arc for quite some time now and never get around to finishing my set because we don't play Zone Mortalis style games enough. I will eventually finish what I've got so I can justify picking up some of the specialty rooms and additional style of doors.

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Storm of Iron ... Iron Warriors

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Storm of Iron ... Iron Warriors

Warhammer 40,000 – Raptors can be devastating when they can hit the right targets. Dropping in via deepstrike or just flying forward to get a jump on the enemy they're incredibly useful. Possessed marines don't have the randomness of old but a potential 3 attacks each at strength 5 is pretty good, especially with a 7" move. 

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Iron Without ... Iron Warriors

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Iron Without ... Iron Warriors

Warhammer 40,000 – Vehicles are so much better in 8th edition. The Landraider is the king of them all. A great save and giant guns make this monster a pain to get off the table. Troop Transports can harass the enemy after getting their cargo where it needs to be. Heavy support tanks like the Vindicator can be difficult to take out as they fire on the enemies equipped to take it out. The days of an all infantry force are at an end.

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Iron Within ... Iron Warriors

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Iron Within ... Iron Warriors

Warhammer 40,000 – Iron Warriors used to be something to fear back in the days of the old force organization chart having extra heavy slots meant a bunch of Obliterators coming down and wrecking face. In 8th edition they have the most lackluster of Legion Traits but one of the best relics. Regardless of how strong they are the color scheme is striking and makes for a good looking force. 

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A shot in the dark ... Astra Militarum

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A shot in the dark ... Astra Militarum

Warhammer 40,000 – Snipers on paper seem like a great investment. Being able to pick out characters and cause mortal wounds should be amazing. In practice it's pretty hit or miss. I run Space Marine Scouts often and on a good day they roll a ton of 6's and cause my opponent a ton of grief. But most times they do a wound or two and then draw fire until they disappear.

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Bloodletters Basic Paint

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Bloodletters Basic Paint

Warhammer 40,000 – Many of my clients just need paint on models. Especially baseline troopers that don't spend a ton of time on the table (although that could be said for most things this editon, everything dies so fast...). For that I offer my basic paint service, it's inexpensive and meets the requirements of most events. Three colors, wash and basing. 

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Six Legged Freaks ... Hivefleet Leviathan

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Six Legged Freaks ... Hivefleet Leviathan

Warhammer 40,000 – Genstealers wreck face. There's no two ways about it if you get charged by a unit of them they are going to put a hurt on whatever they charged. There's a reason I've always loved them and can't wait to get back to work on my Genestealer Cult (I'll probably not touch them again until a codex comes out, honestly). In the meantime I've been painting more to go along with the rest of my clients Hivefleet Leviathan horde.

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