Please sir, can I have some Orlock?
 More?!?!?!?!?My wife surprised me (and possibly the history of the known world) by buying me an unexpected box of Orlocks! This is the best kind of surprise box, second perhaps only to your opponent...
View ArticleMarvel Knockout Quarter-Final 4: Asgard vs Avengers
One quarter-final left to play... Asgard vs Avengers West Coast!Arrogance means never thinking you have to face consequences. Daddy spoiled you in the cradle, never taking your toys away regardless of...
View ArticleDon't look at it, no matter what happens!
I mean, averting my eyes would explain my edge highlighting...As we approach the end times of my Tomb King army, there's still a few oddments to finish off, starting with this magnificent centrepiece:...
View ArticleDrop The Hammer
 Totally Thorsome!One thing I'm learning through my many (many) Marvel Crisis Protocol defeats is that base size is very important. Rather than just being something that stops your model from falling...
View ArticleMarvel Knockout Semi-Final 1: Avengers vs Guardians of the Galaxy
 We're down to the last four!Avengers vs Guardians of the Galaxy!Seems like a long time since I could walk a city block without seeing construction equipment. No wonder, with all the costumed creeps...
View ArticleThe Saints of Detritus
 Someone's been putting the Cor! in Cawdor!General Bubonicus has been my erstwhile opponent during our Necromunda campaign, and House Cawdor is very much his flavour. When he hasn't been kicking my...
View ArticleEXT: O.G.F.O.B.
 A fey mood descended on me...Sometimes I just get hit by the hobby genie. Some sort of mad vision haunts me, and then I need to get it done. This one was a sideboard from the Pringles towers I did...
View ArticleMarvel Knockout Semi-Final 2: S.H.I.E.L.D. vs Avengers
It's beginning to look a lot like Civil War...S.H.I.E.L.D. vs Avengers!How do you know that Liberty is under threat? When the vigilantes start to strike at our politicians.Don’t get me wrong. America’s...
View ArticleMarvel Knockout Final: Guardians of the Galaxy vs Avengers
It's the final!Guardians of the Galaxy vs AvengersTHIS is what we're left with? America's last stand against the Alt-Left Flag-Wavers from Outer Space, and it's between some functionally identical...
View ArticleWhat, me, Warrior? - Imperial Agents vs Tyranids
 Here we are, the year is nearly over and I've reached my third game of 40K!Good old G-Dubs are cranking out advent army lists for the naughty and nice. Daily free rules seems like an excellent way of...
View ArticleBrimstone and Treacle: Guardians of the Galaxy vs Legion of the Lost
Before they can even lift the trophy, the champions have one final obstacle...Guardians of the Galaxy vs Legion of the Lost!Ah, valiant champions, you've tasted glory, but one last game beckons! The...
View ArticleOn the Fly
 Nearly the end of the year. Appropriately enough, I have reached the end of the painting queue just in time!The last few stragglers of the Dungeons and Lasers: Encounters set have made it at last....
View ArticleTrapped!
The final dark days of the Delaque are upon them. Over the year, Bubonicus and I have managed to play an entire campaign of Necromunda. Following the official rules and everything! We played a Dominion...
View ArticleA Jolly Man In Red
Ho ho ho.Joaquin Phoenix or Phil Dunphy - someone's getting paid for image rights!My last Crisis Protocol miniature of this year, and it's a doozy.First of all: he's not the Devil. Marvel were very...
View ArticleDuking for York: Chaos Space Marines vs Tyranids
 A long time ago, a young teenager read a complicated hardback book...Not exactly the gripping yarn that the best war stories start with, really. True though! I was either twelve or thirteen when I...
View ArticleWe Blightkings of AoS Are
What have I done now?The trouble began, as it so often does, when I let my mind wander.Faced with the prospect of completing my Tomb Kings army (two large models left, but still just two), I...
View ArticleBack to Basics: Chaos Warriors
The hordes of Chaos march on!To add a ticking clock to my little Chaos project, the whole reason I had to finish my Tomb Kings was because I had a 3,000pt game scheduled for the new year. So by...
View ArticleChaos Knights (no, the other ones)
My first proper unit of heavy cavalry. Tally ho!My Warriors of Chaos army project continues apace, and finishing off my exceptionally minimalist Core units are the Chaos Knights.These came with the...
View ArticleWarriors of Chaos: A Myth Is As Good As A Mile
Here's where the big points are tallied!After all the rank-and-file were completed, I only had the big monsters left. First up was the Chimera, which was an easy win, because I'd had the foresight to...
View ArticleThe Tally of 2024
The year is at its end, so let's see how we did. For those who don't know, this is the idea behind "Project: Micawber"..."Annual leadpile twenty Tomb Guard, annual painting nineteen Tomb Guard,...
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