Forge World Avatar Painting Challenge (part 3)

Nick speaking, More work on the Avatar and I have now gone in a started the lava effects. The pictures don't really show it off in it's full glory, but I think it gives you a good idea of where I am going with it. I blended in from the edge with Scab Red, 1:1 Scab Red/Blood Red, 1:1 Blood Red/Troll Orange and a final Troll Orange highlight....

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Necron Super Phalanx 2k Battle Report

Nick speaking, This was the first game with my updated 2k Super Phalanx list. I wasn't up against the greatest Blood Angel army in the world, but we still had fun! Necron Super Phalanx HQ 1 x Necron Overlord/Warscythe/MSS/Weave/Labyrinth/Orb/Phase (225) Royal Court: 1 x Cryptek/Abyssal Staff/Veil of Darkness (60) 1 x Cryptek/Voltaic...

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HELP for HEROES 'Salamanders' Charity Build

Nick speaking, OK, it's early stages, but at some point in the not too distant future, you will have a chance to win a Salamanders army, donated, built and painted by the very talented YouTube community. All the proceeds from the project will go towards all the fantastic work done by the HELP for HEROES charity, which I am sure you will...

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New Necron Sentinal Built and Reviewed

Nick speaking, Following on from my previous post where I received my brand new Laser Cut Card 'Cyborg' Sentinal, with its awesome new plastic Crystal, it's now time to get it built and reviewed. The first thing to note, is how fantastic both the price and service of Laser Cut Card is, I have never had a problem with the product being damaged...

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Necron Flayed One Army - Can it work?

Nick speaking, With Flayed Ones being so bad in the current Codex, and the old minis being really cheap to get on the used market. I thought it would be a good time to make a Flayed One themed army and see if we can make it work! Thirty to sixty Flayed Ones to start with of course, but then what? How would you make them work? Infiltrate?...

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Forge World Avatar Painting Challenge (part 2)

Nick speaking, Just a little update on the Avatar Painting Challenge. I started with a couple of different shades of yellow on the body, with a very light red wash to give it some depth, but not too heavy to turn it orange. I then went over the armour with black. The next stage will be to blend the edges of the armour using red, orange...

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New Laser Cut Necron Sentinal and Plastic Crystal!

Nick speaking, As I am sure many of you are aware, I am a massive fan of  Laser Cut Card products, especially the Cyborg stuff, which I have most of the current range. So when I found out that the cardboard crystal top had been replaced with a plastic crystal, I just had to get my hands on one... This new Crystal has been launched...

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Codex Supplements! Where will it stop?

Nick speaking, A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...well, a few years ago anyway, the Eldar Codex had a supplement for each of the Eldar Craftworlds, as did many other armies. Supplements back then were pretty normal and I remember needing three rule books to play my 13th Co. Space Wolves (Eye of Terror, Space Marines and Space Wolves),...

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Saim-Hann Battle Report

Nick speaking, More test gaming with my 5th edition adapted Saim-Hann list, this list is more of a stop gap than anything, but it is proving interesting to see it in action, and this time I am up against an aggressive Blood Angels army... IDIC Hann 2k v1 HQ 1 x IDIC Autarch/Jetbike/Fusion/Blaze/Mask/Mantle (168) 5 x IDIC Warlock/Jetbikes...

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Forge World Avatar Painting Challenge (part 1)

Nick speaking, After having my Forge World Avatar for five years or so, it's time to finally get it painted. I know it still has issues on the table, that haven't been resolved by the new Codex, but as it was voted to be the next unit for me to paint by my YouTube subscribers, the challenge has been set! More to come....

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Army List Clinic - Death Company List Help

Rob speaking, Thank you to everyone who has submitted their army lists to our Clinic. In today's post we will have a look at a Blood Angles, Death Company themed list, as submitted by one of our readers. Email in: IDICBeer Team, I'm looking to make a Death Company Themed list. What I came up with: Astorath 12 Death Co. (CCW + Pistol)...

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Eldar Void Stalker Painted

Nick speaking, Here is my Void Stalker all painted up, I really enjoyed painting this first ship from the massive Eldar Fleet, that I got from my buddy Lew, over at 40kWarPaint. I hope you like what I did with it... ...

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Necron Super Phalanx at 2k!

Nick speaking, Time to move my 'Super Phalanx' list up to 2000 points. I have had a lot of success with the 1750 point version, but now that my buddies and I have moved up to 2000 points, I need to beef it up a little. With the tactics locked and loaded for the army, I don't feel like I really need to make too many changes to the list,...

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Games Workshop Profits!

Nick speaking, It seems like all the extra releases have paid off for Games Workshop! "Games Workshop have reported a 2.7% increase in revenue to £134.6m for the year to 02 June 2013. Pre-tax profit increased by 9.7% to £21.4m for the same period" (Source: Retail Bulletin) Are we being taken for a ride? ...

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500th Post Giveaway!

Nick speaking, That's right folks, I have just hit 500 posts on the Blog and am having a Giveway! The Giveaway prize will be a £30.00 Laser Cut Card gift voucher, where you will be able to order any of the many fantastic products that are available on the Laser Cut Card Website, which includes some of the amazing stuff pictured below...

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