Necron Basics #2 Working Towards 1000 points

Nick speaking, Now that you have your compulsory Necron units organised, what's next? How do you start expanding your army? What models do you start spending your hard earned cash on to get the best from the Codex? In this video I try to give my take on what core units would be good to start building your Necron army up to 1000...

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How to paint Eldar Aspects?

Nick speaking, This is something that I have been thinking about ever since I started doing my IDIC Eldar! What colour scheme to use for the Aspect Warriors? Stick to the original colours in the Codex? Stick to the colour scheme in the Codex but add some colours from my Craftworld? Or paint them the same as the rest of my Craftworld? Well,...

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Hyperpod Nids Vs Green Skins

Nick speaking, 2011 saw my Stinger Hyperpod army take on some green skinned Orks for the first time... ...

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Bringing the broods to life - Ripper Swarms

Nick speaking, Tyranid Stinger Ripper Swarms! Probably the least enjoyable and most tedious unit I have painted so far! So many teeth, so many eyes... ...

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New Eldar Announced

Nick speaking, Forge World announces new stuff for Eldar...    ELDAR WARP HUNTER: The Warp Hunter, perhaps the rarest of Eldar tanks, sacrifices the transport capacity of the Falcon chassis to mount the terrifying firepower of a large D-Cannon, a weapon capable of tearing open the very fabric of reality and engulfing...

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Necron Basics #1 Compulsory Units

Nick speaking, Starting a Necron army? New to 40k? Just got your first unit of Warriors built and painted? I know that some people reading this are new to Necrons, and are looking to know what direction they should go in when starting a Necron army! Just how many Warriors, Destroyers or Monoliths do you need? One of the key things...

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Tips on painting boring units

Nick speaking, Well maybe not boring units, more like tedious ones! I'm sure you know what I mean! I recently painted a brood of Ripper Swarms, ten bases with forty five Rippers! That's ninety eyes, and a hell of allot of teeth to paint, especially when I'm doing three colours on each tooth! So the question is, how do you make painting...

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How to Magnetise a Rhino to Razorback including Las/Plas!

Nick speaking, OK, so time to build my first Space Wolves Razorback/Rhino! And with inspiration from 40k Battle Report, I am going to make one tank that I can have as a Razorback or Rhino, with as many interchangeable part as I can, after all, who knows how GW will be changing things in the future! Just in case you didn't know, never...

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Advanced Order - Bjorn the Fell-handed!

Nick speaking, Games workshop release Bjorn the Fell-handed on 22nd January 2011! Not a total surprise, but what is surprising is that it's not a new model? It seems like the original metal Bjorn is making a come back! Interesting as I have recently posted a 'What Bjorn Model' Poll (found on the left), but does this really change...

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New Necron Codex Review - Phase Out

Nick speaking, So onto my last New Necron Codex Review post, and after fourteen reviews, what better way to end with, than talking about Phase Out! So as it stands at the moment, if you lose 75% of qualifying 'Necron' models, your whole army phases out and disappears. Great for gybing your opponent, as your Necron army never really...

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Hyperpod Nids Vs Tau

Nick speaking, Time to get my recently painted Zoanthropes, Carnifex and Mycetic Spore on the battle field against Tau... ...

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Space Wolves Prepare plus Battle Report

Nick speaking, With only one Rhino to my name, and knowing that I had some Rhinos/Razorbacks coming my way for Christmas, I decided I had better get a few test games under my belt with the units I already had from my Eye of Terror 13th Company Wulvenkind army, in readiness for my 2011 Space Wolves project... Here is a video with...

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