Review: Chaos Space Marine Cultists & Dark Commune
With some delay after the release of the new Chaos Space Marine Codex, the new Chaos Cultists and their Dark Commune are now released. In this review, we take a look at the contents of these boxes. We hope you like monopose models without build options…
Showcase: Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine Legionary
As the Chaos Space Marine Legionaries from Kill Team: Nachmund will be released separately this week, I thought this would be the perfect occasion to get going with my Alpha Legion Kill Team. Here comes the first test model, a Legionary gunner, armed with a plasma gun, and painted with a metallic green-blue paint scheme inspired by their Heresy era appearance.
Showcase: Crimson Fists Primaris Captain
Hi Everyone, it’s Tom again – you may remember me from my recent posts about miniature Titans and a beefy Stormcast. In today’s post I’m going to talk about a converted Crimson Fist Primaris Captain, and the Secret Sanguinius model swap behind it.
Tutorial: How to paint Blood Angels Assault Intercessors
In this post, I’ll show you how to paint your Blood Angels Space Marines in a scheme reminiscent to their vintage orangey armoured 1980s cousins. Perfect for Horus Heresy or Primaris Blood Angels armies. In just 24 easy to follow stages, you’ll learn how I highlight red, paint neat hazard stripes and more. Find out how in this painting guide.
Tutorial: How to paint a melta & flamer muzzle burn effect
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to paint a cool realistic heat bloom effect, perfect for all kinds of melta and flamer weapons found in Space Marines and Imperial Guard. It’s super easy and doesn’t require an airbrush, so what are you waiting for.
Review: Chaos Knights Army Set (Codex, Abominant & War Dogs)
The new Chaos Knights Codex introduces multiple new traitor Knights: the Knight Abominant, a new variant of the Abhorrent class, and the War Dogs Karnivore, Brigand, and Stalker. The new army set has them all, as well as the new Codex and data cards. In this review and unboxing, we take a close look at all the sprues, the assembly guide, and the new rules.
Showcase: Silver Skulls Primaris Gladiator Valiant
A while ago I painted an Impulsor grav tank for my Silver Skulls collection, and now I painted all the parts for the Gladiator Valiant variant. Check out this mighty battle hover tank in this post, and find out how you can easily build a modular Impulsor/Gladiator without the need for magnetizing.
Tutorial: How to paint Eldar Wraithbone
People often ask me how I paint the warm grey wraithbone weapons and details on my Craftworld Iybraesil and Ulthwé models. It’s actually pretty simple and straight-forward – check out my tutorial for painting Eldar wraithbone here.
Review: Tyranids Parasite of Mortrex
The new Tyranid Codex spawned a new model for the Great Devourer: the Parasite of Mortrex, a unique bio form that first appeared in 5th Edition and now gets its own model for the first time. We take a look at what’s in the box.
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