Tabletop Teacher

"oh god, delete" - First response to this project. With feedback like that, you'd think I'd stop. I think I can see why though, as the original title of the project was a bunch of weighted labels and didn't really reflect the intent of the project. What I'm aiming to do here is point out the underlying ideas and philosophies of 40K, to create more depth to the (frankly shallow) debate on Feminism and Social Politics of our game. To do so for a table top game about elves with guns sounds like the very definition of time wasting. As my students in the boarding house would say, "Sir, why you dragging it, it's not that deep." But it's a hobby we all spend far too much time thinking and playing in anyway, so why not? It also might seem like a funny spot to start with on a series of Feminisim and diversity in 40K, but I'm going to begin with the Eldar as a race. Most people jump into talking about the Space Marines or the Astra Militaru...

Poor Dark Eldar. More unrepentantly evil than Chaos, with absolutely no redeeming morality. Even Khorne, the god of murder and blood can claim the honour of a warrior. The DEldar have no such grey area. They were the nightmare of planets, striking without warning and faster than shadow. Pillaging and despoiling whatever scant life they could find, saving morsels of sadistic pleasure for the long trip home before banqueting in great orgies of suffering in the Commoragh arenas. Truly a terror and trauma for anyone. In the fluff. On table top people claimed great respect for winning anything with these fun-loving sadists. Despite hitting like a lightning bolt they would generally fall down in a stiff breeze, even their "tanks" getting glanced to death by bolter fire. That looks set to change, with some of the 8th Edition changes. I was going to base this post off the reveals on the Warhammer Community page, but it looks like we have a better leak from Can Hammer ...

The Outcast Warp Spiders solely converted from the Hellion kit are complete! Warp Spider Exarch don't need no helmet... mostly because I ran out of Reaver jet bike heads... The Death Spinners are a bit wonky, but I'm generally pleased with how these turned out. They certainly have a lot more fluidity to them that standard War Spiders! To be honest, if I had enough spare pistols and shuriken catapults, I'd be tempted to use these for the base of a proper Eldar Corsair Army. Well maybe next time. No movement on the polls for the Next Project. Looks like I'll be dusting off my robes and wizard hat! Until next time. Thanks for reading. If you liked what you saw, and you want to help out, please leave a comment. Sharing this with your friends, and following me on Twitter , Facebook or Google+ would also be hugely appreciated. If you have anything you want me to look at, let me know in the comments below. I'll probably be able to write an article ab...

A quick one today, as I've been running up and down London all day. This is a prototype Work in Progress, and is almost entirely done out of the Hellion kit. I'll be posting a full guide on Tuesday, and I'm aiming to have a full squad done by the end of the week. Yeah I know... kind of looks like she's hooked herself to the glue bottle. Until next time! Thanks for reading. If you liked what you saw, and you want to help out, please leave a comment. Sharing this with your friends, and following me on Twitter , Facebook or Google+ would also be hugely appreciated. If you have anything you want me to look at, let me know in the comments below. I'll probably be able to write an article about that topic within a day! If you really love what I do here, you can make a one off donation at my  PayPal , or become a true hero to table top education and make a regular donation to my  Patreon . Every Little helps!