Tome Keepers - Part Two
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Warhammer 40,000 – This is the last part of the Tome Keepers custom space marine chapter I recently painted up.
I’m a big fan of the Heavy Intercessor models, they’re bulky and carry some pretty impressive firepower.
Raptors - Ready to Roll
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Warhammer 40,000 – Big Green Stompy Robots are ready to roll. With tournaments coming back I’m seeing quite a few clients prepping their lists for what they think will be the new ninth edition meta.
Iron Hands Successor Chapter
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Warhammer 40,000 – These gear based marines keep finding their way to my table. A really simple gunmetal, khaki and green scheme makes these guys stand out among their black and white brethren.
The command squad and drop marines are mounted on a custom printed base that ties the mechanical theme of the force together. I’m really happy to see the original Grey Knight repurposed as a Librarian, it’s such a fun model that brings back memories of some of my first GW purchases.
Pixel Swap - Iron Father Ferrous
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Warhammer 40,000 – What I love about Space Marines is how easy it is to make them your own. Just like all the Ninja characters in the original Mortal Kombat just changing the colors turns them into a whole new character.
Read MoreMore Deathwatch Marines
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Warhammer 40,000 – Deathwatch didn’t get all the fancy toys the new marines got. With the steady flow of these guys across my table you’d never know it. Some of these guys were rescued from the bargain bin and recruited to the Deathwatch with a shoulder pad swap, while the rest make up weapon load-outs my client didn’t have in his existing force. I tried to make up a variety of chapters by mixing and matching the decals I have with various color schemes, just to avoid only representing a few chapters.
Hating Xenos since M32 - More Deathwatch
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Warhammer 40,000 – I’m really happy to see Deathwatch lists popping up as part of the competitive scene, its one of those forces that has so much flavor but tends to get over-costed to make up for all the “extras” they get. With bolters now being more effective I feel you’ll see more of these Men in Black popping up in Imperial Soup armies if not as a stand alone force.
Read MoreULTRA – Super-Giant-Sized Boys in Blue
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Warhammer 40,000 – Vigilus saw some pretty decent releases for Space Marines which of course means my Marine clients have new models to add to their forces. First up are the Ultramarines.
Read MoreCabinet Treasures: Captain Smash and the Robo-Wizard
/Warhammer 40,000 – Way back when the Blood Angels Librarian Dreadnought kit was released I picked it up along with a Storm Raven and decided I’d run my “Raven Guard” as Blood Angels. The new kits were really cool and the codex seemed to be a slightly better fit for what I wanted to run than what I could build with the “standard marine” codex. Sadly I lost interest before I finished painting any of the list and it found its way back onto my shelf of silent shame … I think at that time I was disappointed with 40k and moved to play Malifaux and other skirmish games as a replacement.
Read MoreGiant Tank vs Sadistic Daemons
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Warhammer 40,000 – Game night this week saw my Twilight Ravens taking on a Slaanesh Daemon list. I hadn't run my Typhon Siege tank in quite some time and wanted to put it on the board again to see if my opinion of it has improved in 8th edition. (In seventh and previous editions it was great anti-hordes because of the 7" template 2D6 shots isn't quite the same as the huge numbers you could clip if your opponent wasn't spread out).
Read MoreA Space Marine Chapter - How I plan to build mine
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Warhammer 40,000 – One of the things I've been working on since the early 2000's. What started as a bunch of random marines and bits a client traded me for some paint work has blossomed into nearly a full chapter. (Well at least a few companies.) Listening to the Independent Characters recently I realized the latest Space Marine Codex had completely updated how a Company is set up which might change how I lay mine out.
Read MoreRaptors Completed - Another Batch
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Warhammer 40,000 – The Death of Soup has forced some of my clients to revisit their army lists and comply with the newest FAQ. Having to have everything be related on a deeper level than just their Super-Faction keywords means they need more models to take advantage of the same strategies.
Read MoreEscalation League - Session Three Final Week
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Warhammer 40,000 – Escalation Leagues are typically a sneaky way to get people to finish off a force or get a reasonable amount of models painted. Which is great because typically you win the war against gray plastic thorough escalation. Tying it into a campaign system is just a bonus.
Read MoreMake it Smaller ... Raptors at 1,000
/Warhammer 40,000 – So I really liked what my initial Raptors list did on the table. It felt like the special forces style of play I was going for and the individual elements seem to have played their parts really well. As a 1v1 force that allows Forgeworld I look forward to playing that list.
Read More8th Editon Space Marines - Getting sneaky with it?
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Warhammer 40,000 – Back in 2003 when I started the Twilight Ravens chapter they were based on the Chapter Approved Ravenguard rules. I did this because I loved the logo and the local meta was skewed toward Chaos Marines, so the idea of Marines that hit chaos on threes seemed like a good idea. Over time my chapter has evolved with the editions and now fits in the generic marine realm. I have models from the entire range and with a few tweaks of building a new model here or there I can build most anything I want to play. This means that since I devoted myself to marines as my primary army the Twilight Ravens haven't be shelved even if tactics and army builds changed with each edition. With eighth edition I want to do something different with my marines and until the codex comes out with chapter tactics (I really hope Forge World comes out with a pdf chapter tactics update to go along with the indexes) making do with the generic Index entries will have to do.
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