Tabletop Teacher

Just a quick one, as I've been surprisingly busy at home. First reports and UCAS references for university applications are the big topic of the next two weeks, for anyone interested in the goings on of the educational cycle. Point of fact this was ready for publishing last night, I just got interrupted by a boarding house crisis (involving towels). And interrupted just now by a lesson. Very inconvenient. This is the Fireblade with his skin done and base paints completed. He's looking very stocky compared to the other Fire Warriors, but he certainly does stand out. I need a name for him though... I'm repaiting the orange on the Ethereals Staff. Starting with a birght red base and just layering up gets rid of the dirty brown quality. This is just the previous step. The Thousand Sons blue is much warmer than the Macragge blue. Also suvat kinematic equations. Until next time! Thanks for reading. If you liked what you saw, and you want to h...

I think this is a very aggressive T'au commander... As I constructed him, I kept thinking about how Imperial the model was becoming. This is not just because of the parts used on the model and the base, but the stance and the theme behind the model. I have an image in my head of a T'au Catachan officer, like Iron Hand Straken, full of gung ho attitude and bloody minded purpose. In simple terms, I wonder if this Fireblade was more strongly influenced by the battles over Mu'gulath Bay than he'd like to admit. I wonder if, after fighting and planning against them for so long, he has turned more Imperial in his thoughts. And I wonder if that's not actually a neat direction to take the Mu'gulath Bay Avengers in... what if they become the monsters that burned their sky? What if they adopted the disregard for casualties and unflinching devotion to capturing territory the Imperials have? Also, anyone else notice how tall the ethereal is? U...

I think I went a bit overboard... But in my defence, he needs to math the height of the Ethereal... In other news, I'm trying to work out the best combination of weapons for the Crisis Suit. It's turning into a bit of a deep rabbit hole, but I think I'm coming close. I also unpacked a small problem that had been bugging me for a while. Just what is the average value for rolling 2d6 and picking the highest? 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 want to support me directly, use the affiliate links below. I get a small percentage of purchases you make her, and you get cheaper minia...

It's been a while since I've done something purely creative in the hobby. I've done quite a bit of analysis work, and some catch up painting for well cemented colour schemes, but nothing amazingly creative. That changed when I walked past a pile of T'au bits. And saw a pair of clippers. And just started clipping. I really like it. It's meant to be a more robust and chunky counterpoint for my skinny Ethereal riding his hover drone. Since this is for my Mu'Gulath Bay Avengers, I like to think he took the Space Marine chest plate as a trophy. I think the scope is a mistake though... need something else to represent the marker light. It was fun to do something creative as a change, and only took up about 10 mins constructing. Hopefully tomorrow I'll even get to glue it together! 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, an...

Absolutely rammed at the moment, which is why the blog is updating so sporadically. However, it does not mean nothing is happening (only that my statistics are steadily getting worse... grumble grumble). Here are a few shots of the first 40K skirmishes in the club, including a few from a quick starter match I ran for raw neophytes. All the painted models in these pictures are from student Initiates. The only ones left base coated are mine or club models... teacher needs to catch up on his painting! There was actually a game played with that last picture, but people forgot which models were theirs. It turned into an absolute mess, where random numbers of dice were being rolled, and unit cohesion was lost altogether. Cultists were flailing around randomly, with new cultists being brought to the field as players tried to work out what casualties should have stayed on the field. On the upside, I think I just created a mini-game to play out the Ork Mob-rule ...

The club started a few days ago, and I have some time to upload some of the images from the first few skirmishes. There are some odd alliances popping up, and students get out all their new toys gathered over Summer. We're kicking off with the Age of Sigmar mosh pit, with Stormcast Eternals rubbing shoulders with Bloodbound against Serphon and Kharadron Overlords.     As you can see, a complete mess of a battle, with some very dodgy interpretations of the rules. But it's beautiful to see for the simple fact that I had no part in it. The senior Initiates set it up themselves, giving the new player Neophytes units to roll dice with, and I was able to marshal a game for the absolute raw beginners. I think we're off to a flying start this year, and I can't wait for the next session to get some team training going! Until next time. Thanks for reading. If you liked what you saw, and you want to help ...

Ironically does not use hammers. We had our first session for the Warhammer club at school two days ago, and preparations have begun in earnest for the School League tournament. I have some Student Initiates now, older players from last academic year who have significantly upped their game and model count. They've even painted them! I've been feverishly build crafting for them, trying to sort out some outrageously cheesy lists to fit inside a 650 point School League limit, and I'm getting quite a bit of success. They often turn into one trick ponies, but the one trick usually has flexible enough application so they don't meet a hard counter. One of our newest neophytes is getting into the hobby for the first time, and has chosen to go with Grey Knights. He really likes the idea of paladins in space, but what really caught his eye was this: Image taken from the Games Workshop webstore It's not hard to see why... despite the flak it gets for l...