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May 13, 2024: Don’t get me started on the fact that if you do login, you’re taken to the store homepage instead of the specific page you were trying to visit in the …
May 13, 2024: Following a search result to Warhammer.com to check something that should’ve taken seconds: screen blocked by “choose your region” modal -> …
May 12, 2024: I have 2 flights and 2 work-related social events in a 24 hour period this week, and it feels like that’s going to be my social battery drained for …
May 9, 2024: It always tickles me whenever someone posts The Underground to Hacker News. It’s happened 2-3 times now, that I can think of. Here’s the …
May 5, 2024: Currently reading: Godeater’s Son by Noah Van Nguyen 📚
May 3, 2024: I keep having to remind myself that the Darkoath aren’t a standalone AOS faction, but simply new additions to the existing Chaos book - so …
May 2, 2024: WIP Darkoath Chieftain, from Age of Sigmar, which I’m using as a tester model for the army box set I’ve got on preorder. There’s still a few things …
May 2, 2024: Thoughts on Spearhead in Age of Sigmar 4th Edition We’ve finally got our first look at the new Spearhead game mode in Age of Sigmar 4th edition. What I guessed was going to be essentially a …
May 1, 2024: April Warhammer Accounting Another month gone by, so time to look at the hobby books for April: Miniatures purchased: 28 Miniatures assembled: 54 Miniatures started painting …
May 1, 2024: I was up early and made the mistake of doing a tiny bit of painting before starting work, and now my brain is all “no concentrating on work today, …
Apr 27, 2024: I made an update to my website that adds all of my #PaintSlam data from the last several years. For now it’s just simple log entries, but I’m hoping …
Apr 12, 2024: I dunno what’s going on, but it feels like any time over the last 2 weeks when I think I might get out to prime some miniatures, the wind starts …
Apr 7, 2024: I’ve had a pretty productive building session today, while watching Wrestlemania and Sharpe. I’ve only got a few more units left to build until I’ve …
Apr 3, 2024: I’m starting to accept that Daughters of Khaine are an AOS army that I like the concept and style of, but absolutely hate painting, to the point …
Apr 1, 2024: In an effort to have at least some differentiation between the units of Vindictors in my Stormcast Eternals, I converted this alternative Signifier …
Mar 31, 2024: My kingdom for a gold primer spray that’s actually any good 😒
Mar 30, 2024: I did a stock-take on my Stormcast Eternals backlog, to see what I have to deal with (just the “Thunderstrike” models; the older style are …
Mar 29, 2024: March Warhammer Accounting It feels like a mixed bag of a month. I bought quite a few new minis despite the goal being not to… and while I made progress from the backlog, I …
Mar 21, 2024: First game of AOS3 in the bag. My Cities of Sigmar vs Ogors, at 600pts each. I still have a lot of minutiae to learn, but it was fun. And quick! I …
Mar 21, 2024: Today seems like an ideal time to play my first game of Age of Sigmar 3rd edition… 😅
Mar 16, 2024: Taking advantage of a very rare sunny, reasonably temperate, not excessively windy day to get a whole lot of priming done. 🤞🏻 the weather holds until …
Mar 15, 2024: Hmm. It looks like The Mighty Brush no longer make the transfers I used on my Cities of Sigmar - meaning I have a finite number of extra units I can …
Mar 12, 2024: I just used the new Micro.blog feature to add a blogroll of all the hobby blogs I subscribe to: https://worldsinminiature.com/blogroll/. So if …
Mar 9, 2024: Oh, cool. My local Warhammer store is starting up their adult beginner classes again. Given I’ve not found time to play since 40K 7th Edition, or very …
Mar 2, 2024: I’m increasingly finding myself drawn to the smaller, niche/“boutique” Games Workshop kits, rather than the regular ranges. Case in point, the …
Mar 1, 2024: Starting off March by assembling the rest of my Endless Spells that have been in their bag since 2018. The Prismatic Palisade was assembled years ago, …
Feb 29, 2024: I know I’m several years behind on this, but - oh my, the Purple Sun of Shyish model is an absolute masterpiece in miniatures engineering 😍
Feb 28, 2024: February Warhammer Accounting Overall a month of pretty steady progress, even though I didn’t finish that much. The headline numbers are: Miniatures purchased: 5 Miniatures …
Feb 25, 2024: I pulled a box of Dryads out of the backlog that I’ve had taking up space since AOS launched in 2015, which feels like some sort of achievement. …
Feb 18, 2024: And with that project finished, another £54 gets put into the hobby fund. A couple more projects to go before there’s enough in the kitty for the big …
Feb 18, 2024: Transfers on, so I guess my Cities of Sigmar box set is finally finished! It was a bit of a grind in the end, and sloppier in places than I intended …
Feb 17, 2024: Getting close to the finish line now. Last few metallics, washes, plus transfers to do tomorrow. — #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #AgeOfSigmar
Feb 16, 2024: My Cities of Sigmar are finally starting to come together. Really only got the heraldry, some more metallics, and small details to do. 🤞🏻I might get …
Feb 6, 2024: I’m not saying it’s been a long time since I last worked on my Cities of Sigmar box set, but I did have to brush some cobwebs off of these miniatures …
Feb 3, 2024: The new Dark Angels upgrade sprue is even better now I’ve seen it in person. There’s enough shoulder pads on each sprue for 10 Intercessors, 5 Heavy …
Feb 2, 2024: Gamifying the Miniatures Backlog I’m sure that, like many hobbyists of a certain age and level of disposable income, my backlog1 of “models to paint” goes up faster …
Feb 1, 2024: Not me desperately trying to free up space and get organised because I found out I’ve got two Deathwing boxsets arriving in the next few days…
Jan 19, 2024: Of all the previews coming from the Las Vegas Open, it's only really the new miniatures of Callis & Toll (and friends) that have caught my eye. I …
Jan 17, 2024: Paint deliveries are the best deliveries.
Jan 10, 2024: I’ve had these various Witch/Vampire Hunters from Games Workshop sitting unpainted at the side of my desk for over a year in some cases; I had such …
Jan 9, 2024: I'm kicking off #PaintSlam24 with a bunch of Witch Hunters. Proper pictures coming once the bases are fully dry/I find a good backdrop 😊
Jan 9, 2024: What is Age of Sigmar: Spearhead? This new "Spearhead" box for the Stormcast Eternals strikes me as an odd one. I get why it exists - it makes it easier (and maybe "cheaper"?) to get …
Jan 4, 2024: I’m slowly but surely making progress on my Eldar; I’m a little behind where I wanted to be, as I’ve been fiddling with my blog, but I’ve only got a …
Jan 1, 2024: New Year, New Project In the 30+ years I’ve been in the Warhammer hobby, I don’t think I’ve ever painted an Eldar/Aeldari miniature. Time to make that right!
Dec 2, 2023: Some loose aspirations for 2024 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means that, naturally, thoughts turn to the coming year and what we might like to achieve during …
Nov 28, 2023: Harder & Steenbeck Airbrushing Videos Over the last year or so, Harder & Steenbeck have noticeably started focusing more on the miniature painting market, and have been putting out …