Necrons Vs Orks (Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Battle Report)

Nick speaking, With my recent 'Tray of Necrons' painted. I made an army list featuring all of the models and took them up against my buddies Orks! Whaagh... ...

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Back to Basics #30 Blood Effects

Nick speaking, In this series of videos for beginners, I go back to basics and run over all that I have learnt about this wonderful hobby of ours. In this episode we look at blood effects!  Previous Posts: Back to Basics #1 The Sprue Back to Basics #2 Mould Lines Back to Basics #3 Glue Back to Basics #4 Pinning Back...

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Painting Howling Banshees #3

Nick speaking, Right, that's the bone colour done. I was pretty fiddly and took many thin coats, but I think the end result looks great! First I built up the plates using Ushabti Bone, leaving the Earthshade in the recesses. Then I went in and edge highlighted the armour with Pallid Wych Flesh. Now to go in and finish painting all the details....

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Necrons Vs Blood Angels (The Relic Battle Report)

Nick speaking, So, after finishing the tray of Necrons, I thought it would be fun to play all the models I just painted as an army. It worked out at 1350 points and to make use of the single Immortal model I painted as an objective marker, we decided to play the Relic and use him as the mission for the game... ...

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Back to Basics #29 Sealing

Nick speaking, In this series of videos for beginners, I go back to basics and run over all that I have learnt about this wonderful hobby of ours. In this episode we look at how to seal your miniatures! Previous Posts: Back to Basics #1 The Sprue Back to Basics #2 Mould Lines Back to Basics #3 Glue Back to Basics...

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Painting Howling Banshees #2

Nick speaking, As always I am having a lot of fun painting my Eldar. These girls are great sculpts and have more detail that you may think. So far I have finished the hair and have been laying down the black detailing. There is more black to come, but after washing the grey primer with Earthshade, I am now ready to start work on the bone...

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Building Noise Marines Update #1 (Saved By Slaanesh)

Nick speaking, So building my Noise Marines has finally started! I first decided on my base theme for the army and I have come up with what I think will be a pretty cool base. Some sort of electric blue lava with pink tentacles coming out of it, something like this crude image I did in photoshop to give me an idea of the look. The tentacles...

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Eldar 8th Edition Batrep (750 points)

Nick speaking, First game of 8th edition Warhammer 40k with my Eldar. Short and sweet, but a lot of fun! ...

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Painting Howling Banshees #1

Nick speaking, So after painting that big tray of Necrons I thought I would delve into my Eldar case to see what still needs painting and look what I found! I have had these girls unpainted for far too long so let's give them some love, and some paint! Of course, the Exarch is magnetised, I love the look of Mirror Swords but have never...

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Back to Basics #28 Weathering

Nick speaking, In this series of videos for beginners, I go back to basics and run over all that I have learnt about this wonderful hobby of ours. In this episode we look at how to weather your miniatures! Previous Posts: Back to Basics #1 The Sprue Back to Basics #2 Mould Lines Back to Basics #3 Glue Back to...

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