Week 11 Update: The First Great Quest Complete — Hammer the Backlog
Hello dear reader, welcome back to week 11 of Hammer the Backlog, the Warhammer painting and productivity blog to end all others. You will excuse the hyperbole, I hope, as … Continue reading
Book review: Age of Darkness (Horus Heresy XVI)
Another selection of short stories from a variety of authors. In Rules of Engagement, Ultramarines overcome a number of traitor force sin simulations, but fail when confronted by an enemy … Continue reading
Immortal Empires: a promise kept
When the first Warhammer: Total War game was release, back in… 2016… wait! Eight years ago?? I’m not getting any younger. Back on topic. When the first game was released … Continue reading
Painting the ruined manta
Squidmar has been working on a manta diorama for some months now, and they have ow finished painting the model itself. I have been enjoying watching this diorama slowly come … Continue reading
Book review: Prospero Burns (Horus Heresy XV)
This book starts with one massacre and ends with another. Bracketed between these two events is a fascinating look at one of the wilder Astartes chapter, the Space Wolves. Nobody … Continue reading
Book review: The First Heretic (Horus Heresy XIV)
This book starts years before the Heresy, but don’t worry about that as the story takes us up to date and provides another perspective on the Isstvan drop site massacre. … Continue reading
From portrait to plastic
Games Workshop recently revealed a new plastic chaos space marine terminator character, Azrakh the Annihilator: If it looks familiar to you, perhaps you remember this classic Mark Gibbons illustration from … Continue reading
Necromunda: Vrooom
I wasn’t expecting this release, but I like it. Games Workshop recently previewed jetbikes for Necromunda: For me these models are a nice middle ground between the slender Eldar jet … Continue reading
Book review: Nemesis (Horus Heresy XIII)
A sextet of imperial assassins embarks on a mission to kill Horus. In the hands of another author this could have been a waste of time, a dead-end tale of … Continue reading
Book review: Thousand Sons (Horus Heresy XII)
The Horus Heresy is a galaxy-spanning tale and contains a lot of concurrent action. The Space Wolves’ attack on the home world of the Thousand Sons has been alluded to … Continue reading
Two thousand, three hundred and forty-five
It’s been a few weeks since I finished painting my collection of miniatures. It takes some time to locate over 2,000 models and get them set up for photography. As … Continue reading
Book review: Fallen Angels (Horus Heresy XI)
This book is the second in the series to focus on the Dark Angels chapter. This book picks up roughly 50 years after the end of Descent of Angels, which … Continue reading
Still further growth for hobby games: ICv2
ICv2 has been tracking the hobby games industry (in North America) for years. The last few years have been a story of continual growth and record sales. From their August … Continue reading
Book review: Tales of Heresy (Horus Heresy X)
This first book of short stories is not the last we’ll see in this series. In defiance of its name, this collection offers mostly stories which take place before the … Continue reading
Kill Team space hulk contents
I think of the new Kill Team box as a Space Hulk one, since to me the setting is more important than the name of the game.Games Workshop have revealed … Continue reading
Book review: Mechanicum (Horus Heresy IX)
After a few books that moved us away from the action with little connection to the overarching story, Mechanicum is like a fresh drink of Heresy-Cola. The Mechanicum, based on … Continue reading
Scent of a Gamer 