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Daemonforged: A Guide to Kitbashing Robots

MildNorman - April 7, 2023

These other games that aren’t 40k have been having too much fun posting their robits and mechoids without paying homage to the sickest and the coolest battle bots I know; Knights. Knights are a funny thing, it's a huge...

Columns

Hammer of Math: Arks of Omen Secondary Stats, Part 2

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 27, 2023

Last week we looked at the stats around secondary scoring for generic secondaries and Imperium faction secondaries in Arks of Omen - you can find that article here. This week we're going to go through the Chaos faction secondaries...

Columns

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 4: Running Cogs of Vashtor

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 24, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing hobby and competitive play progress blog for 2023. Last time around I was ambushed by an RTT and forced to deploy my World Eaters, which took me to a 2-1 finish -...

Competitive Play

Nick Nanavati on Chaos Daemons in the Art of War Streamhouse RTT

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 20, 2023

The final die is cast. It spins for a few seconds longer than a normal die roll, which of course makes the moment feels as though it is a lifetime. There is a stillness in the air as the...

Battle Reports

The Badman Chronicles, Part 4: A Tale of Two GTs

Dan "Swiftblade" Richardson - March 14, 2023

“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...

Competitive Play

Goonhammer Reviews the Armies of Vashtorr

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 13, 2023

Vashtorr the Arkifane releases this weekend along with Arks of Omen: Vashtorr and Wrath of the Soul-Forge King. And while Vashtorr's datasheet has been released online, and we love the model, you may have seen that we're not particularly...

Hammer of Math

Hammer of Math: I’m not mad at Vashtorr, just disappointed.

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - March 13, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math wonders what exactly happened with poor Vashtorr. Believe it or not, my full time job is not to write a weekly article for a gaming website. My area of expertise is engineering, which means that...

Hobby

How to Paint Everything – Vashtorr the Arkifane

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 11, 2023

In our How to Paint Everything series we look at how to paint, well, everything, with a look at different techniques and approaches. In this article, we're looking at how to paint the physical manifestation of Vashtorr, the demigod...

Competitive Play

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 2: Blood for the Blood God

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 24, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing hobby blog and catalog of goings-on and attempts to become competitively relevant at Warhammer 40k. This year's updates have been spaced a bit wider than last year's; part of that is that...

Battle Reports

The Badman Chronicles, Part 3: The War for Miltner’s Docks

Dan "Swiftblade" Richardson - February 23, 2023

Dear Reader, I bring news. Somehow, the Badman Chronicles has returned. And what a return it’s going to be this time, gang. In my last installment, hobby progress was stalled by painting Havocs and Elden Ring, and I summarized the...