A Manifesto for Fun 40k
Playing 40k can be so rewarding, but at times it can feel like a grind. So how do you balance competition and fun in an ever changing landscape? This is my manifesto for competing without losers. Fun, without feel bads.
Games
Designing Effective Lists for Warhammer 40k
Creating a Battleforged list for Warhammer 40k is a challenge in itself. But once you’ve played a few games you’ll discover you’ve got a whole new journey ahead of you. Picking Secondaries and optimising an army list can be a rewarding mini-game in itself. So here are my tips to get started.
Battle Report – Ultramarines vs. Fauxtorian Armoured Spearhead
Others may be advocating massed infantry for Imperial Guard in the current meta (see here and here). Meanwhile, my Fauxtorians are bucking the trend and… Read More »Battle Report – Ultramarines vs. Fauxtorian Armoured Spearhead
Battle Report – Adeptus Mechanicus vs. Fauxtorian Armoured Spearhead
Further exploring the merits of an Armoured guard army in the current meta. A revised version of my Tank Hammer list (as seen in a… Read More »Battle Report – Adeptus Mechanicus vs. Fauxtorian Armoured Spearhead
Battle Report – Orks vs. Fauxtorian Armoured Spearhead
I shall prefix this report as an experimental battle force in a newly forged Hammer of the Emperor Detachment of the Fauxtorian Guard. An armoured… Read More »Battle Report – Orks vs. Fauxtorian Armoured Spearhead
Miniature Photography
As a keen photographer I’ve found real enjoyment in combining that hobby with my current passion of Miniature Painting. So here’s how I photograph miniatures.… Read More »Miniature Photography
Building your first army for Warhammer 40k (The Basics)
Getting started with list building is bewildering. The tools and information are complicated. Your choices nearly infinite. So this is my attempt to make it make some sense.
Getting Started with Warhammer 40k
However you stumble into the hobby, it can be daunting. Not knowing where to start can put a lot of people off. So I’ve prepared… Read More »Getting Started with Warhammer 40k
Hobby Goals 2022
My hobby mojo evaporated recently. But I’m trying to refocus with some goals for 2022. So as is now becoming an annual tradition, here’s what I hope to achieve and share in the coming year.
Learn Stuff
I like to learn. I like to share what I learn. As part of my Hobby Goals 202 I stated: I aim to regularly try new ideas and techniques and to pass on what I learn. So here’s a bunch of stuff to help others.
Fauxtorian Guard (Praetorians Done Cheap)
I recently started a kitbash Imperial Guard. Inspired by the now out of production Praetorian Guard but with the constraints that it had to be cheap and require the minimum of work to achieve. Here’s how I’m doing it.
Hobby Goals 2021
Heading into 2021 and with the end of lockdown possibly in sight, it feels like a good time to reflect on the past year (and my first six months of mini painting). To set myself some targets and to keep trying to form positive habits.
Making Tactical Rocks for Tactical Reasons
For reasons known only unto the great James Workshop himself. Citadel provides ridiculously flimsy clear plastic flying bases for many of its models. So, having… Read More »Making Tactical Rocks for Tactical Reasons