City of the Sun

Just a brief update today. Just one little teeny-tiny question. Ever mess around with paint schemes & finish a mini in colours you don’t exactly love, but it was so much effort that you go “Well, this is my colour scheme now.” ? Asking for a friend. Called Aaron. Who’s looking at his finished Barak-Zon […]

The Vylathai Enclave – My Idoneth Deepkin

Way back in the mists of time, I was lucky enough to be part of The Tale of Four Wordlords, where Phil Kelly, Gav Thorpe, Guy Haley and myself raised AoS armies together, month by month. The articles were up on Warhammer Community, and being part of a Tale of Four Gamers/Warlords project like those […]

“This Horde of Raiders and Thieves”: A Black Legion Civil War

For a long time, a few of my pals outside the Aaronorium group have been musing over getting into Kill Team by way of a narrative campaign. It’s still a long way from happening (if ever…) but so far it’s been lurking in the back of my head by the working title This Horde of […]

Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, and Cannibal Girls

So, um, hi. I’ve been hobbying again. I was ill for pretty much all of 2019; not interestingly ill, just malfunctioningly ill. I’ll spare you the tedious deets of exactly how my gears started slipping and my cogs went all blunty-toothed, but suffice to say it’s been a relief to get some paint onto plastic […]

The Sec-Mec Progress Check

It’s Tuesday on the blog, so it’s me again. Me, Ross, and Doctor Mark have played a bit of Underworlds: Shadespire lately. Ross already had a fair bit of experience under his belt – as you may remember from his Sepulchral Guard – but Dr. Mark and I have fallen in love with it, too. […]

The Great Undertaking: Our Sec-Mec Board

I won’t bang on about the tremor. Rather than let my weird shaky thumbs defeat me, I’ve focused my efforts elsewhere. To whit: something I can do at a constant pace, and that I really enjoy, which is painting scenery. This is The Great Undertaking, and will form the core of a huge (i.e. tall) […]

I Didn’t Die!

Look at how low-res Duncan is, right there. Anyway, I got my blood test results back, and then I had to do more tests, and then I got those results back, too. And the endgame from all those results? The thrilling conclusion? Basically nothing. Or, as my doctor phrased it, “not much of anything.” I […]

Blood for the Blood Test

My doctor and I are coming at the tremors issue from significantly different angles. He wants to be reassuring, he sees it as no big deal, and repeats that it’s almost definitely nothing serious. This is great! But it’s in this moment I realise I’ve not been worrying about Something Serious. I’ve been worrying about […]

Tremors (the Bad Kind)

I’ve had a weird week. For a few months I’ve had a very, very faint tremor in my jaw, only really noticeable when I was in bed, and it was such a fluttery, tiny thing that I mostly thought I was imagining it. There was also a faint quiver in my thumbs when I’d swipe […]

Paint Schemes & Precious Lore

As you’re probably aware, we’re starting with Skirmish, with a beginning score of 35 Renown. I think it’s probably worth admitting that over the course of the last week, amendments were (perhaps foolishly) made in a bout of brazen dwarf-lust: Yes, yes, the table is still completely WIP. Shhhhhhh. I’ve been musing over the […]