Here’s a little old/new paint job comparison. It’s not night and day, but I can see the benefit of experience! From left to right, the Infiltrators are July 2023, May 2020, July 2023; Chaplains are July 2020, July 2023. The biggest changes are attempting proper edge highlighting, pin washes rather than all-over washes on armor, […]
Hobby philosophy: old and new paint jobs Read More »
I committed to learning to pin wash when I started painting BattleTech minis again, and since my first outing I’ve added it to my toolkit. That also means it’s time for an updated Blood Angels color guide, since pin washing is a big part of my Space Marine painting process now. The pin wash on
New baseline Blood Angels color guide Read More »
“I’ll get to play with these” has been a powerful motivator since I got rolling in 2020, and I’ve always speculated that “I played and I like/didn’t like X, I need to paint some Y for my next game” would be similarly powerful. Kill Team has produced that cycle for me, except instead of X
The paint-play-paint motivation cycle (and a Chaplain color guide) Read More »
Most of my wargaming has been done with folks I already knew, or if it was with folks I didn’t know it was in the context of a convention (where that’s kind of the norm). Until today, I’d somehow never actually met up to play a game with a stranger before. My local shop, Mox
Kill Team game four: Blood Angels vs. Veteran Guardsmen Read More »
Reagan and I got together on July 7th for our second match, Tyranids (him) vs. Blood Angels (me) playing the Secure Archaeotech mission. I’m not sure I have the stamina to post a battle report for every game I play, but as long as I do and it’s fun I’m going to keep doing it.
Kill Team battle report: Blood Angels vs. Tyranids Read More »
I’ve gone from painting and not playing to, at least for now, doing a fun amount of both. It’s great! On July 2nd, Shay and I kicked the tires on 10th Edition with an old-school combat patrol game: half-size map, 500 points a side (rather than the new bespoke Combat Patrol mode in 10th). Here’s
Mini 40k battle report: first game of 10th Edition Read More »
Hot on the heels of my first match — the first-ever Kill Team game for Lark and me — on June 23rd my friend Reagan came over for a game. He didn’t have a strong preference for a team, so suggested he play the Marines. We built our teams from my available options, and I
Second Kill Team match: Seize Ground, Orks vs. Marines Read More »
One June 21st, Lark and I played our first game of Kill Team, and it was a blast. This was also the first time I’ve ever played a minis game where I’d painted everything on the table. I got out all the valid options I had for two teams, Greenskins (two Boyz fire teams) and
Our first Kill Team game: Deathskulls Orks vs. Blood Angels Read More »
Despite a near-lifelong simmering love for the 40k universe, until this past weekend I’d only played 40k once or twice. That was back in 1993, when I pitted a box of Squats against my then-girlfriend’s Tyranids for a game or two. For a variety of reasons — some good, some irrational, let’s file them all
My first game of 40k since 1993: Blood Angels vs. Dark Angels Read More »
In 2020, I became a miniature-painter. Prior to February, I was a guy who sometimes painted miniatures and generally didn’t especially enjoy it. But this year I painted more minis than I had in my 30+ years of sporadic painting prior to 2020 — almost twice as many, in fact. So I’m still a beginner,
My 2020 in miniature painting Read More »
