Dadhammer Junior!

So I got my kiddo the First Strike starter when he was about 4, and we've been playing some super-simplified 40k now and again.  Now that he's a little older, I felt like he needed a bit more structure, and something that he could read and reference for himself (rather than just doing whatever I said "the rules" were).  So I devised... DADHAMMER 40,000!

Astra Militarum Conscripts

I received a request in the comments for an Astra Militarum Conscripts warscroll.  Ask and ye shall receive!  These guys are dirt cheap at 100 points per 20 of them, and can be taken in units of 20 to 60.  However, not only are they bad at shooting people with their surplus lasguns, they are also more cowardly than ordinary guardsmen.  Plus, they have a pretty good chance of ignoring any command abilities you try to use on them.  What are they good for?  Meat shields mostly, also running away.

Additionally, it was requested that the Infantry Squad Sergeant be able to be equipped with a Laspistol and Sword.  So I made a shiny new warscroll to cover that option as well.  Enjoy!

Throwback Thursday: inq28

I've lately been really inspired by all of the great blanchitsu, inq28, and aos28 stuff I see online.  I love making bizarre conversions, and am trying to broaden my horizons with regard to painting styles, so it's fun to see what other people are doing.  However, I'm actually no newcomer to inq28.  I bought the Inquisitor rulebook when it came out (I was a high school freshman) and played a fair bit of it with my brother.  I also had the Daemon Hunters and Witch Hunters army books and was inspired by the conversions sections in the back of them.

Anyhow, I dug out some of my old warband models and got photos of them!  They're not great, I was like... 16, but it's kind of fun to see what i was up to all the way back then.

This first picture is of Inquisitor Heep (a play on Uriah Jacobus), a weird servitor thing I made, a Necromunda ganger, and a zealot.

40k Warscrolls: Imperial Allies

A project that has been on my to-do-list for a while now is warscrolls for the contents of the Rogue Trader box as well as the characters from Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress.  I've completed the Imperium half of it (haven't even started the Gellerpox warscrolls yet).  The warscrolls are now available as part of the Battletome-Imperium on the 40k warscrolls page.

First up is the Rogue Trader him/herself!  My favorite thing about this one is the "Loaded for Zoat" ability.  The Inquisitors all have a keyword that they hate, and I thought it'd be fun for the Rogue Trader to have a personal problem with Monsters.  Of course, their real strength lies in the Warrant of Trade, which allows the Rogue Trader to bribe enemy units into submission!

Rogue Traders also get the same Allegiance treatment as the Inquisitors.  They plunder all over the galaxy and so can take Command Traits and Artefacts from any army!

40k Warscrolls: Space Ork Flyers

Space Orkz have now been updated to include the new Speed Freek units as well as Flyers!  All of these warscrolls are now up for download at the 40k warscrolls page.  My favorite of the flyers is the Wazbom Blastajet, because it's ridiculous.  I had my own take on it adding the Kustom Job rule that lets you choose what type of preposterous upgrades the Big Mek has made.  Kustom Force Field may be the smart choice, but who could say no to the amazing Ramming Prow?!

40k Warscrolls: Speed Freekz

Space Orkz got a bunch of exciting new models recently, so I figured it was time to update the Space Orkz battletome!  Speed Freekz are now a sub-faction of Space Orkz.  They've got their own leader in the Deffkilla' Wartrike, six battleline units (Warbuggies, Warbikerz, and all the new buggies), and can also bring Battlewagons.

40k Warscrolls: The Unforgiven

In case you haven't noticed, both the Nurgle Astartes and Unforgiven (Dark Angels) warscrolls are now available in the 40k Warscrolls section!  So what's there?  Let's take a look.

40k Warscrolls: Nurgle Astartes Vehicles

Here's another set of 40k warscrolls.  Rounding out the Nurgle Astartes warscroll compendium are some vehicles!  The Plagueburst Crawler is pretty conventional.  It's much like an Astra Militarum tank in that it's got some Heavy Weapon sponsons, a Hull Weapon, and the Plagueburst Mortar.  Like other Astartes and Astra Militarum vehicles, it can add Tactical Weapon options to its Heavy and Hull weapons.

40k Warscrolls: Nurgle Astartes Heroes

Today, we'll take a look at rough drafts of some of the Nurgle Astartes Heroes I've worked on so far, starting with the Mortarion, Prince of Decay (since he was requested).

40k Warscrolls: Works in Progress

I haven't posted any new warscrolls in a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working on them!  I've just been going slower.  Also, most of what's left to work on is just more varieties of Space Marines (and Chaos Space Marines).  So the two upcoming projects are the Unforgiven and Nurgle Astartes.  These two are going to be Warscroll Compendiums without their own Battle Traits and so forth.  However, they are both very versatile.

   

The White Scarstriders

Continuing on with my series of ridiculous conversions for Shadespire warbands, here is Veteran Sergeant Sanson Farstrider and his White Scars battle brothers.  They have answered Sigmar's call for aid, been issued Mk. S power armour, and are now on the hunt in the dead city of Shadespire.

Battle Report: The Terror that Came to Efengie

Last weekend, Lady Rheatrivix summoned her Slaaneshi patrons from the 41st millennium to the Vale of Efengie.  The Eye of Terror opened up and for a while time and space cracked depositing soldiers from the future, and leaving the kingdoms of Efengie scrambling to keep up.

   

40k Warscrolls: Knight Titan

I've finally gotten around to adding one of the units I've always wanted to get into Battletome Imperium.  The colossal Knight Titan!  I don't have any myself, but the model is just so cool.  So here it is in all its glory, the only warscroll in the Collegia Titanicus allegiance (not that that's really a thing).

Harlequins Allegiance Abilities

After remembering that I needed to finish the Harlequins allegiance abilities, I buckled down and came up with some stuff that I think turned out pretty well.

Speaking of Harlequins

Earlier in the year, I painted these Star/Voidweavers for one of my friends.  He's working on an army of Harlequins enlisting as many different painters as possible, which I think is a super cool idea.  I was thrilled to get the chance to paint some of them, because I've always wanted to paint Harlequins, but feel no need to do a whole army of them.

Anyhow, he submitted his Ynnari army to Faeit, and it got featured, so if you're interested, you can see the rest of his army (and some more pictures of the Voidweavers) over there.

40k Warscrolls: Harlequins

I realized this morning that I've been sitting on Harlequin warscrolls for a while with unfinished Allegiance Abilities.  So I figured I should probably post them up so that people can use them with Grand Alliance Order at least.

40k Warscrolls: Fenryka Wave II

I received a request in the comments a while back for some additional Fenryka warscrolls covering Bjorn the Fell-handed, Murderfang, and Wolf Guard.  Well, it may take time, but ask and ye' shall receive.

40k Warscrolls: Cult of Mars Allegiance

I've been working on Allegiance abilities for the Cult of Mars.  So here's your sneak peek.

40k Warscrolls: Skitarii

Here are some more warscrolls for the upcoming Cult of Mars battletome.  Today I'm showing off some of the Skitarii units.  First up is the Skitarii Vanguard.  Saves are generally just a little worse in AoS, so they've only got a 5+ save.  These guys are definitely a Battleline unit, but that doesn't mean they don't hit hard.  They've got all sorts of crazy weapons to lean on, and should dish out a fair bit of hurt.  Also, with the Data Tether, they can be buffed remotely by Priests' prayers.  Don't forget that Tech-priests, Servitors, and Engineseers are members of the Cult Mechanicus allegiance!

40k Warscrolls: Cult of Mars

After getting a handful of requests to continue the Age of 40k project, I have picked it back up starting with the Cult of Mars, aka Adeptus Mechanicus.  I've gotten through most of Adeptus Mechanicus proper, and am working on Skitarii now.  So today I'm going to talk about Datasmiths and their Robit buddies.