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Expanding My Slaaneshi Marines
With the new Chaos Marine codex changing up point costs and making some units more attractive than before, I figured it was time to re-examine my Slaanesh CSM army and see what I could build out from...
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Slaanesh: Building on the Backbone
I think I have the backbone of my revised Slaanesh CSM army figured out. Right now, it's looking like this: HQ: Chaos Lord w/Mark of Slaanesh, Aura of Dark Glory, Power Sword, Chaos Bike, Veterans of...
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Bikes and Apostles and Havocs, Oh My!
The bikes I started three weeks ago are finally together; I opted for meltaguns over plasma because I needed some anti-armor punch. Even the bike champ is toting around a combi-melta liberated from my...
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Slaanesh: A Little From Column A, A Little From Column B
Like many people, I've been trying to decipher the riddle of Chaos Marine troops, and I keep vacillating between Cultists, Chaos Marines, and Noise Marines. Looking again at the core of my list right...
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Prime-apalooza
I actually managed to grab a week of vacation time over the Thanksgiving holiday, and miraculously we had 60+ degree weather for most of it. Given that it's not going to be long before we're deep in...
View ArticleSlaanesh: Observations from the Weekend
Played at a small tournament - well, ran a small tournament, and played to fill in the odd number spot - with my Slaanesh CSM/Daemons army, and I'm pretty satisfied with the results. I ended up going...
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Back In 2013 With Black Templars
It's been a busy couple of months here, with the holidays and family illnesses and such, but I'm back to my blogging. I've also been painting, and I finally have some of my Black Templars completely...
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February’s Black Templar Progress
February was a crazy month. Besides being the shortest month on the calendar, we got snowed in, and I hunted for and acquired a new job. Despite all that, I managed to get another two Crusader Squads...
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Finally, New Tau!!
After a long, long wait, we finally have confirmation that the Tau are getting a new codex and new minis next month! As always, the first (admittedly tiny and grainy) photos from the new White Dwarf...
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More Tau Pictures, More Observations
Check it out - we've got a new Farsight coming. There's a few things I find interesting about this model and the text in this article. First off, the new sculpt is nice, and puts him halfway between...
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Fireknife 2.0?
We're two days out from the new Tau codex, and info and photos of the English codex are starting to pop up everywhere. I'm not going to post any here for legal reasons, but you can easily find them...
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Tau Codex: Initial Impressions
I've had the weekend to go over the new Tau codex a few times, and while I don't have my brain wrapped around all of the changes and new toys yet, I'm definitely liking what I'm seeing so far. While...
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Tau: A Tale of Three Commanders
While the Commander is no longer a must-take in the Tau army, I think it's still the single most flexible HQ choice by virtue of its many options. Between weapons, support systems, and signature...
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Tau Gotchas
I'm working on compiling a list of "gotcha" bits from the Tau codex... those easily-overlooked rules bits that could end up screwing you over when you discover that you've been playing the army...
View Article1000 Point Tau: First Draft
I've got a 1000-point tournament on May 18th at our local store, so I think it'll be a good opportunity to take the new Tau codex out for a spin. I'm wanting to do something a bit different than my...
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Black Templars: March’s Painting Progress
That's right, March. April was so Tau-focused that I completely forgot to post what I'd painted in March on my Black Templars army. First, a group of Sword Brethren Assault Terminators. I did note...
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Tau: Adventures in Magnetizing
With the Riptide kit being $85, I'm not really willing to buy multiples just to have multiple configurations available. Now, in the past, I've been wary of magnetizing things because I have two small...
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Malifaux: And Now For Something Completely Different…
After building and painting a lot of 40K miniatures (and I now have bits for 10 Tau Pathfinders queued up on my workbench), it's nice to take a bit of a breather and paint something completely...
View ArticleTau: 1000 Points, Second Draft
With the tournament on the 18th coming up soon, I've been working on revising my 1000-point Tau list, and I've decided on a couple of tweaks and revisions: NOTE: Thanks to Rathstar's catching one...
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Tau: More Adventures in Magnetizing
After magnetizing my Riptide more-or-less successfully, it was time to try another model - one of the new Broadsides. I love the look of the new Broadside, and the idea of magnetizing it so I can swap...
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