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Warhammer 40k 6th Edition Rumor Roundup

News is coming in from every corner regarding the new edition of Warhammer 40k. Warhammer 40k 6th edition is starting to look like quite a departure from fifth edition. We had the leaked sixth edition rule book quite a while back and it is still debatable if it was wholly fabricated, an early playtest, the rules designers gone amok, or an early print version of the rule book. I will say that most of the new rumors seem to bare at least a passing resemblance to this document. So far the most solid rumors that we have are The new edition will be dropping in mid July – around the 12th. The rules will be similar to the Warhammer Fantasy 8th Ed Rules format – Multiple levels of special rules – Fearless (1), Feel No Pain (2), etc… Chaos or Dark Angels are very likely the next army to be released There will not...

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Reflections on Wargaming Abroad

Reflections on Wargaming Abroad

I have had the privilege to spend the last four months in Rome, Italy and have been able to experience not just the culture of the italian people, but their war-gaming culture as well. I thought maybe I’d share some thoughts about both american and and italian wargaming as i have experienced them. apologies for the length and rambling if you’re against those sorts...

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Upcoming Chaos Changes

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I’ve been reading a lot of different sites lately picking up bits and pieces of rumor from places like Warseer and Chamber of the Everchosen. I tend to think that most of what I’m posting in this rumor list is pretty reliable, however as is always the case with these types of rumors I suggest you take it with the requisite grain of salt....

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Moebius Cylon Raider to Necron Night Scythe Conversion Guide

Moebius Cylon Raider to Necron Night Scythe Conversion Guide

If you are like me you can’t wait long enough to have Night Scythes on the table. I have been proxying them in games, and I absolutely love them. In my current list I run four of them. They offer up some great mobility and some very good supporting fire power as well. Great at tearing down light armor, but even better is the...

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Upcoming Board Game – Relic – 40k Themed Talisman From Fantasy Flight Games

FFG - Relic

Looks like Fantasy Flight Games is putting their Games Workshop license to good use once again – they are putting out a 40k themed version of Talisman called Relic. According to Radical_Edward over at Dakka this made its debut at Gama last week. It is supposed to be coming out this summer and will come with unpainted miniature busts – I’m pretty excited about...

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New Games Workshop Paint Range – Color List Leaked

Looks like the rumors on the new paint range are starting to shape up. The list of paint names and types has been leaked - BASES Ceramite White Averland Sun Jokaero Orange Mephiston Red Khorne Red Naggaroth Night Daemonette Hide Kantor Blue Macragge Blue Caledon Sky Stegadon scale green Incubi Darkness Caliban Green Waaaagh! Flesh Castellan green Death world forest Zandri dust Steel Legion...

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Apocalypse Reinforcements – Ork Shadowskull Super Heavy

Ork Shadowskull - Baneblade Conversion

With our local Warhammer 40k Apocalypse game looming on the horizon I decided it was time to show off one of my Ork Conversions – the Shadowskull. This is a tank that I put together quite a while back. I had written about the WIP on this model, but I never got around to posting any finished pictures of it. This guy was a...

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iPhone and Android Paint Converter App

Just stumbled across a nice little app for my phone that lets you select a color of paint from one brand and shows you the corresponding color from another brand. It supports Citadel, Reaper Master Series, Vallejo Game Color, and Vallejo Model Color. The app is called Paint Converter. It is available for the iPhone and Android. You can check out the developers webpage...

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Painting White Power Armour – Pre-Heresy Death Guard Paint Scheme

Death Guard - WIP 3

White is a very intimidating color to paint. I have tried painting it in the past but just ran into problem after problem. If you start with a dark basecoat you never get a nice bright white color, if you start with a white basecoat where do you go from there – it is already white. A while back Ron over at From the Warp had...

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Say Hello to my Fellblade.

Blood Angels Fellblade - WIP

About a year and a half ago while reading BoLS I saw a post showing a Space Marine Superheavy built from the GW Baneblade Kit.  While it looked cool, I didn’t really pay it much mind because I wasn’t sure when the next Hogs Apoc game was going to be.  Fast forward to the middle of January when Jester started planning the Siege of...

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Making Wargaming Terrain – Warhammer Fantasy and 40k Hills

Warhammer 40k Terrain Piece - Hill

Over the weekend I put together a little ebook on how to make hills for wargaming. These hills will work great for any system and are cheap, sturdy, and quick to make. You can check out the pdf here – Wargaming Terrain Tutorial – Making Hills - or you can also find it in our resources section. The best part about the method I used...

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