My Latest (and last!?) Abaddon Model Finished. A Deep Dive into Painting Choices.

Here’s one of my favorite models in all of 40K. I decided to depar from my very typical facial recipe of a ‘loyalist’ nature, and stray away from tan/bones/and tilt harder towards purples/reds/blues in the skin tone to give an eerie, old look to Abe’s face with an assist from a red hue coming from the helmet. I think the

Black Legion Chaos Space Marine Army up for Sale.

I figure I have built and painted this army for years, and it’s time to part with it. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and even won a few awards along the way; winning best painted mini at a GW store event (Abaddon) and Best Painted Army at a tournament I took them to. So it’s up for sale, it’s about that

Very Short Battle Report No.2 Black Legion vs. Tau (competitive)

To set this up, let me start by saying this was part 2 because my first game was so incredibly successful, my opponent then believed my list to be stellar. I disagreed, but things had changed points wise since my first tournament with the Black Legion in 8th edition. So if you are interested, here are some important links leading

A Very Short Black Legion Battle Report: Best Intentions gone wrong!

So we had the game… crazy, crazy game. This is the thing. I took a list I’ve taken to ITC GTs and it performed very lethargically.  My “Black Legion” pure, Daemonic Engine list typically does very, very poorly. I even added Terminators to it to make it just a little bit worse (I took out Chaincannon Havocs to do so!)

My 40K Prospects for the 2020 Season.

Well we’re getting close to 2020…. er, I guess I should say we’re a few months INTO 2020, and I haven’t seemed to fall in love with anything I’m playing. I like to rant with the assistance of pictures, so let’s have a look at what I’m painting, and considering. First up the joke that has become the Custodes. I

Chaos Hobby Update and Tactics: The Lord Discordant

Let’s get to the fun stuff right away… I finally finished perhaps one of my favorite models of the new Chaos line up; my THIRD Lord Discordant!!! They aren’t the funnest models to paint. The trim is (as all NEW Chaos trim is) VERY labor intensive. The models aren’t too flexible so you are making minor adjustments to the the

Black Legion Heldrake and Ultra WIP’s.

My last post included a WIP picture of a Heldrake and a Lord Discordant. I decided that for the Bolter and Chainsword painting challenge that I would try to paint the Heldrake as quickly as I could while retaining some sense of quality to the appearance. I didn’t want it to look anything like my other Heldrake so I went

Hobby Update: Ultramarines and Black Legion WIP’s

Although I probably only play my Ultramarines in the area of once or twice a month, I still like the new kits that came in Shadowspear. I think the one I use most often in lists is certainly the Infiltrators. They feel a bit heavy point wise, however they’re a great push back tool on some aggressive alpha striking armies.

Chaos Black Legion at ITC: Day 2 / Game 6

Finally we’re at the last game. After a close game, but still a loss vs triple Knights/Custodes I felt like I would get a break on match ups. But instead I would hit the Deldar Airshow once again! (Similar to game 1/day 1). My opponent’s list: HQ: Archon x 2 Troops: Kabalite Warriors x 3 Venom x 5 Warlock +

Chaos Black Legion at ITC: Day 2: Game 4 vs Imperial Fists

So day two comes along and deep down I’m hoping my more or less, ‘fun’ Black Legion list gets to dodge some of the stuff I’d been seeing… the hardcore Astra, the flyer spam Eldar, etc. However I must have had high battle point differentials because I found myself against some tough competition. Starting Day 2, I played against a