That’s right folks! We are 30 days out from the biggest tabletop miniatures event in the country, the event that our hobby year orbits – Adepticon. So far I have: Finished 39 Partisan riflemen Finished 24 Partistan pistol infantry Finished Partisan bazooka team, sniper team, flamethrower team and mortar team Finished Partisan command squad Just… Read More 30 days until Adepticon!
An integral part of my Adepticon Bolt Action team tournament list is the pair of Rubicon Opel Blitz trucks. After all two of the units in my army list are 12-man, inexperienced squads armed only with pistols. Those two units will not survive a walk across the table into incoming enemy fire so I will… Read More Rubicon Opel Blitz trucks
It’s an understatement to say the Partisan army list has limited anti-tank options. Although the Partisans do have access to a wide range or German and Italian armor, any vehicle must be taken as Inexperienced and suffers from Unreliable. Meaning that any time you want to fire with an armored vehicle you have a -1 To… Read More Partisan bazooka team
Let’s take a look inside the box of Gathering Storm II – The Triumvirate of Ynnead. Unlike the first Triumvirate, the Triumvirate of the Imperium, this set contains three new characters – The Yncarne, Yvraine and The Visarch. The background for these new Eldar Special Characters is all included in Fracture of Biel-Tan. Like the first Triumvirate,… Read More Triumvirate of Ynnead – What’s in the box
Back again with another new issue of White Dwarf! No shipping mishaps this month – the issue arrived promptly on Feb. 7. Here we go with issue six, February 2017. Planet Warhammer We’ve got a massive Planet Warhammer this month- 25 pages of new releases! Warhammer 40,000 gets the next chapter of Gathering Storm with… Read More White Dwarf – February 2017
Update – The Warhammer Community has opened the flood gates with a ton of information in their March, For Macragge article. Early this morning a Redditor got his hands on a copy of the March issue of White Dwarf (the February issue hit store shelves today) and took a photo of the cover. The r/warhammer subreddit was… Read More First look – The Triumvirate of the Primarch
Kevin Chin is a seven-year veteran illustrator for the books and boxed games section of the Warhammer Studio. The interview is from the January 26 episode of Warhammer Live: In the studio and begins at 02:07:50. We being with a piece from Battletome: Everchosen depicting when Archaon conquers the All-gates and begins to build his fortress. Kevin says… Read More Warhammer Live – Artist Kevin Chin interview
Continuing our monthly review of White Dwarf as a regular feature on Chicago Dice, I bring you issue five, January 2017. Due to a shipping error, my issue did not arrive until last weekend and I must ask for forgiveness for this late review. I’ll highlight each of the main features from the issue along with… Read More White Dwarf – January 2017
Yesterday Warhammer Live hosted an interview with Games Workshop miniatures designer and sculptor Mark Harrison with a specific focus on the yet-to-be-released Lord of Change. During the interview, Mark mentions how the original model from 1989 provided for the new release. It speaks volumes to the iconic design of the Lord of Change being able to create… Read More The Lord of Change kit details
Adepticon 2017 is 64 days away. That gives me just over two months to get ready for: Bolt Action Combat Patrol – Chindits, done Bolt Action Doubles – Partisans, 70 infantry and two trucks Warhammer 40,000 Quads – Genestealer Cult, 49 infantry and four trucks We are looking at over a hundred models by the… Read More Partisans and Genestealer Cults
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