Dan "Swiftblade" Richardson

It’s August 18th, 2023. Earlier that morning, I kissed my wife goodbye and then waved as she drove away from the departures terminal. She didn't wave back. I looked like a dweeb, but I endured. I’ve navigated through security...

In this series about the hobby basics, we’ve covered assembling your models, priming them, painting them (in traditional and "one coat" methods), basing them, and even varnishing them. You’ve been dutiful, disciplined, and followed our sage advice from the...

You want some weird lore today folks? We’ve got you covered here at Lore Explainer! Today, we are looking at an almost forgotten warzone in Warhammer 40,000 lore: The Battle of Valedor. So back in 2014, Warhammer 40,000 was right...

Ah, it’s finally time to sit back and reflect for the Badman Chronicles again. A nice little update for the good readers of Goonhammer on one man’s hobby journey. Cover what’s happened since the last time I wrote one...

There’s an old saying that’s drifted around the miniature hobby space that pops up from time to time: there’s two things that people first look at when they see your miniature, so you need to make sure they look...

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled "How to Paint Everything" we've got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the...

It’s a busy time for video games here at the Goonhammer offices, with the recent Summer Games Showcase and release of Diablo IV we’ve got enough video games around here to melt our brains into a nice, yogurt texture....

Like the prodigal son, the Badman Chronicles returns once more to follow the hobby and gaming journey of ya boy, Dan “Swiftblade” Richardson. Previously, I wrote about my time at two GT events that happened nearly back to back: the...

+++PLASMA REACTOR CORE: ACTIVE+++ +++VOID SHIELDS: FULL+++ +++WEAPON SYSTEMS: NOMIANAL+++ +++TITAN READY…. AVE BADMAN+++ Welcome everyone, to a very special Mecha Week Badman Bonus Chronicles! Earlier this year, I wrote an article about my plans for what hobby goals I would like to accomplish...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of Genestealer Cults, it was the epoch of Dark Angels… in...