GW's Worst Nightmare

by SandWyrm

 

Full-Color 3D Printing Is Here Now

I have 2 videos here that every GW hobbiest needs to see.

Something Cool From Comp-Land?

by SandWyrm

I was listening to the Adepticon interviews at 40K Radio when these guys came on:

http://www.rankingshq.com/

Believe it or not, they're from Australia, land of super-comp.

It's not a perfect ladder system, but it's definitely a good start. You can track your casual games or have your tournament organizers upload your competition scores.

Definitely worth checking out.

Converting Set-Back Chimeras - Part II

by SandWyrm

In part one of this series, I showed you how to cut up the old standard Chimera kit, sand it, and assemble the roof pieces for the set-back look. Now we're going to clean up the seams so you don't even know that they're there.  

I don't get it.

By: farmpunk

I like going to tourneys. I am often perplexed by the seemingly random restrictions shops put on their tourneys through Comp, or through just simply disallowing certain things.

I was looking forward to a tourney at Games to Die for, one of the local shops I'd never been to. So I checked their store forums for tourney rules, comp, points, etc... and I found my WH army was banhammered.

A Question Of Focus

by SandWyrm

I ran across something in the tech world this week that sort of epitomized the way most folks approach list-building for 40K. In a high-stakes game that's much more expensive to play than ours. :)

Blood slathered corpses and nightmarish dreams, these are a few of my favorite things

by Anonymous Foodie

Like all good Archons, I have some ideas on what I'd like to see in the new codex. I won't go into any new units or "wouldn't this be cool" ideas, but rather a simple update of "how to make our current units mesh with 5th ed".

First of all, the general concept.

Fast, mobile, hard-hitting - all concepts that have been with the True Kin since their conception. This is balanced by a relative fragility that can make a single bad turn (or even a decisive roll) turn the tide of battle moreso than most (if not all) other armies. A vet's army, but one that is very rewarding to play.

Now, starting from the top;

March - a month in review

by: Wienas


This month I accomplished a number of things:

• Started work on my Ork army (see above). The theme will be a looted Imperial Tank Column, and I want the Orks to have a very uniformed, disciplined feel. I'm using heads from Micro Art Studio. I'm not quite happy with this first model. I'll be adding rolled up sleeves to the arms, to reinforce the uniformed look of the model, and I want to change the camo scheme. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment.

• Before I could make much headway on the Orks, I got a bunch of the lovely new Blood Angels models. I painted a squad of Death Company, and a Vanguard Vet. Sgt. for my local store.

• I cleared up my personal schedule to allow for weekly gaming to renew. I'm looking forward to posting some battle reports soon. I play at the Game Preserve South, in Indianapolis, IN, on Tuesday nights if anyone is interested in a game.

• I also started this blog this month. While not a huge accomplishment, it has given me motivation to keep working on painting instead of being lazy in front of the TV.

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by my little slice of the internet recently, and stay tuned for more.

More Isopod Fun

by SandWyrm

Mmmnnn... Yummy! Happy Easter!

Thanks to Stelek for finding the video.

Woohoo!!!

by SandWyrm, Farmpunk, Chambers, and Foodie

We've just hit 100 followers!

Big thanks to everyone from the entire back40K team! You're why we blog. :)

Converting Set-Back Chimeras - Part I

by SandWyrm

Long-time back40K readers may remember the set-back Chimeras I converted last July for the 'Ard Boyz Semi-Finals. I had some requests at that time for a step-by-step of the process. But I had already finished the first 3 and gotten half-way through 2 more by then.

However, with 'Ard Boyz coming up again this May, I've found that I need an 8th Chimera for my army. So hey, why not document the process while I convert it?