Current AOP2025 ideas: - helsmiths of hashut army painted like cursed, living stone statues. Turning to stone is no reason to stop serving your god. - elite, ruination chamber airborne Stormcast strikeforce with lots of prosecutors and dragon riders. - malstrain Genestealer Necromunda gang

Had a great time showcasing this years AOP entry at the local store. I wasn’t eligible for scoring but I did get a participation plaque which is really cool this year! Time to start planning next year!

Operation “clear my hobby backlog” continues, and the latest project has been finishing this cobbled together Ironjawz spearhead! They’re not my best painted models, and the basing took a while to get down (it’s particularly weak on the ‘ardboys) but it’s _finished_ and I’m into the second phase!

Congratulations to the absolute undisputed winner of this evenings 40K dataslate - the biggest big boss there is, Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka!

I’m on a tea break (decaf, oat milk, 5 sugars) and reflecting on 6 weeks working for Warhammer. It’s gone so quickly and been fantastic - there’s always a worry when starting your “dream job” that it won’t live up to expectations, but I’ve never met a more passionate and welcoming group of people.

Unreasonably pleased with this combat patrol. I love the ooey gooey covens part of drukhari, and I’d like to pair this with some monstrous mandrakes for a really thematic Armies on Parade entry.

Big Mek. Best model I’ve ever painted, somehow. Didn’t quite stick the landing in some aspects but very pleased with others.

Painboss and Grot got their bases finished too! This unit doesn’t really have a place in my army lists this edition, but the Grot will definitely join my gobbo mob as their medic. It is also the last model I had to paint to complete the Beast Snagga Stampede box! Take THAT, pile of potential!

I hate the term “eBay rescue”, but a part of the hobby that is very near to my heart is finding minis that are broken, out of date, or missing parts and giving them a new lease of life. This gorkamorka-era trukk is one of my favourite repair jobs, and I’m so pleased to have finished it.

My next round of “ork units that have sat 80% complete for months” will be a painboss, his grot orderly, and a gorkamorka trukk I use in casual games. They mostly just need basing, and some small details on the boss!

I also finally added the grot and bomb squig to my Kommandos, as I was so 40K brained I forgot I needed them to play kill team.

Finished my first unit of Grey Knights! Heavily Armoured? ✅ (Gestalt) Psykers? ✅ Big Hammers? ✅ Deep Strike? ✅ Smite (In Bomb Squig Form)? ✅ Just kiddin’ its da boyz! Waaaagh!!

Most of a wrecka kill team introduced to their bases and some minor cleanup. I don’t like how these turned out in the end but at least they’re finished.

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Dev teams should get to go on a big stag do before embarking on a new game project and that’s my most toxic opinion

Not starting any major new hobby projects for a bit, just wrapping up some of the 90-95% complete ones I’ve left by the wayside in favour of AOP. At lunch today I finally stuck my Kommandos onto their bases and went wild with the grass tufts. Nice to get another unit of Orks finished!

We’re getting close to submission time so I really have to decide what I’m going to put up in a couple of weeks. I’m finally happy with this Lost-Song Sylvaneth regiment of renown. Replacing a spite from each unit with a chainghast helps tie the army halves together and looks great to me.

No gamescom for me this year, but I hope all my pals attending have a great time. I’d offer to talk business over video call instead, but I’m far too jealous about German beer and currywurst to be sincere about that.

Not indicative of final layout, but I think my Armies on Parade project for this year has crossed the threshold into “good enough” territory and I can display with my head held high. I’d like to add a few more things but time is tight now! (Note: Will be displaying, but not entering the local comp)

I started my new job this week at Games Workshop! I’m sick with excitement. There will be changes to this account - it will continue to be hobby focused, but I’ll no longer be speculating on rumours/reveals. I don’t/won’t speak for GW in ANY official capacity, and all legacy opinions are my own.

My eldest painted her first mini at a local ren faire today - and the spooky part is, she picked the exact same model as MY first ever mini, nearly three decades ago. Funny how fate works.

Small Gaslands update: expanded my first team with T-Wrecks, and I’m starting to feel out the general aesthetic for my roster. Unscrupulous relic hunters for hire, decorating their cars with the loot they couldn’t fence. Local warlord looking for something special? We’ll find it - for a price.

What a blast of a reveal show huh?

I just found out that my local armies on parade day will be in early September - with starting my new job in August, I’m not sure that I’m going to have the time to finish it - certainly not the display board at any rate. Wondering if I’ve done enough with what I have already…

Went to a Gaslands intro event, built and prepped my first car for painting. Really enjoyed it!

Learning about The Crow Fair, a quaint English tradition in a town near me.

Massive develop fomo

There’s a Gaslands scene picking up steam at my LGS so I picked up some cars to experiment with building some post apocalyptic stupidity. Any suggestion? Bus, truck and buggy I think.

I promised this bottle of umeshu to myself on the day I got a job. Today’s the day lads, let’s crack this one. Sláinte.

More tinfoil hat rumour mongering from me. Just got sent some interesting bits from the Typhon dossier. What are YOU doing in this book, little Crisis Suit? You’re not a Kill Team model!!!

Ben is really, really, really good

More blightlord conversion ideas.

Taking a small break from Nighthaunt to do a little hobby challenge. Decided to use one of my spare Leviathan Terminator Captains to kitbash a Lord of Contagion. Worked out pretty well I think!

Holy shit

5th and final Hexwraith is built. The horse looks like it’s having an absolute blast here.

Some absolute steals at the Element Warboot this weekend. Skaventide Spearhead terrain: £5 10 new ‘Ardboys: £5 5 Boingrot Bouncers: £5 Skaven Jezzials: £5 Ork Trukk: £10 Had to stick to a budget but all the Stormbringer magazines at a fiver were dangerous, could have really done some damage there.

I’m really bad at this game

Generally keeping my head down and bravely bearing the weight of my layoff like a real trooper, but seeing everyone getting excited for Develop is harder than I thought it would be

Making a mistake by getting into magic but I have never enjoyed a card and its art more in my life

Not my best work but the hunting hounds are all done now.

Finished another custom Harrow, and his bossman. The ghostly horse brigade is now 5/7ths complete, but I think I’ll do a couple of smaller models before finishing! #warhammer #armiesonparade #nighthaunt

Yeah I’m an Ally Aldi loving lad, yeah?

Pride themed minis, is it? I did these on a friends suggestion. Need to finish this army one day!

Quickly painted up one of my custom Dreadblades today. Works pretty well, but it appears that regular harrow bases are SLIGHTLY different in size from a standard 60mm oval. Also missing a focal point with the metal face mask. Into the next one!

Wrist injury making me real slow but aside from some final highlights and OSL, my lost song regiment of renown is done, completing the sylvaneth half of my #aop entry for this year. #warhammer

Found a couple of spare eBay rescue boyz in a box so decided to use my spare tankbusta parts to cobble together a couple of my extra rokkit gunners. Worked out well I think!

My first time in a rather long time this week watching taskmaster as “just” a fan, and I’m so happy it was such a strong episode. Really nice to be back on this side of the curtain!

Kitbash Idea: Making Tyranid Warriors out of the Ravener Killteam.

I’ve started implementing some of the revamps I planned out last week. The full complement of cavalry are sourced and built, each unit of spites is driven by a chainghast, and I got an incredible deal on some soul wars stalkers to fill out the hunting hound pack. #warhammer #armiesonparade #aos