How To Paint Everything: Star Wars Shatterpoint Ahsoka Tano, Jedi No More

She may not be a Jedi anymore, but Ahsoka Tano is still a ridiculously cool model.  She’s one of the included models in the Core Set, so if you bought that set, you’ve got her.  She presented a couple of challenges when I sat down to paint her, but it just pushed me to really focus and take my time with her.  Here’s how I did it. The first thing I wanted to make sure I got right was...

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Vespid Stingwings and Tempestus Aquilons Hit 40k – the Goonhammer Hot Take

We take a look at the new datasheets for the Vespid Stingwings and Tempestus Aquilons in Warhammer 40k, their rules, and talk about how they'll impact the game moving forward.

Age of Sigmar

Goonhammer Examines the First Battle Scroll of Fourth Edition

It's been a huge week. Games Workshop finally dropped the first Battlescroll of fourth edition. While the core gameplay loop of the edition has been pretty solid, it hasn't been perfect. Manifestations have been a huge problem for the community, now being just a bit too easy to summon and clog up the board, turning battles into Pokémon battles of sending your manifestations at each other. A handful of factions are also really dominating the charts, Trogg Gloomspite Gitz, Hurakan Lumineth and of course Nighthaunt are demolishing the game as they...

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Games Industry News Roundup- October 1st, 2024

Here at Goonhammer, we know that it’s hard to keep track of all the news happening all the time in the games industry. So much is always going on with games of all sorts, and their related media, it can be a real blink-and-you’ll miss it situation.  That's why every week, we round up five of the biggest stories in the gaming sphere from the past week in the Games Industry News Roundup. Our trusty news boy, Dan “Swiftblade” Richardson, is here with the scoop. Commander Rules Committee Disbands After Multiple Threats The Commander Rules Committee announced on Monday that the organization...

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How To Paint Everything: Star Wars Shatterpoint Ahsoka Tano, Jedi No More

She may not be a Jedi anymore, but Ahsoka Tano is still a ridiculously cool model.  She’s one of the included models in the Core Set, so if you bought that set, you’ve got her.  She presented a couple of challenges when I sat down to paint her, but it just pushed me to really focus and take my time with her.  Here’s how I did it. The first thing I wanted to make sure I got right was her iconic orange skin tone.  To do this, I based her in GW Death Claw Brown, and then highlighted it...

Kill Team 2024 Review: Exaction Squad

The 2024 Edition of Kill Team has overhauled the game, changing rules, datasheets, and bringing with it an updated set of rules for every team in the game. In this series we’re taking a look at each team, how they’ve changed, and what it means for how they play in the new edition. Attention troopers! Officer on deck! Get ready! Today, we're going to explore all the latest updates of our favorite enforcers of peace, the Exaction Squad. We are coming from dark times in KT21, but having received an almost complete rework, we're going to see that these guys now...

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