Posted: 2026-05-06 10:59:07
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Forum post by flyingpancake, 36 responses at time of this post.
Hello fine people of the DakkaDakka forums!
I’m flyingpancake, a miniature painter since the start of the end of the world (Covid). Since that time I’ve painted two armies and sold one of them.
The first was a Valhallan army that was my entry into the hobby, and the second was a Traitor Guard army that I still own.
Every once in a while my insatiable appetite for inspired armies brought me to this website, but I never really engaged, until now.
Recently my dad and I went on a trip to Bastogne to visit various museums. Me, being a massive WW2 buff, got inspired for my next army project.
Two armies doing a fanatical and desperate clash up to their earballs in mud and snow is really about as 40k as you can get. The first two pictures are basically the moodboard (1, 2) for this project. (I haven’t figured out how to properly add pictures in between text lmao.)
The 4th Bastonian “Sluggers” Armoured Regiment
The aesthetic of this army, as the name implies, is drawn from both the American and German sides of the Battle of the Bulge in WW2.
This is both to allow me to draw from multiple sources of inspiration, and also to avoid being “that guy” who rolls up to a Warhammer game with a suspect army.
This army will make extensive use of 3D-printed units and parts. Sadly, I do not own a resin printer, but a friend of mine does.
Force Organization & Modelling Plans
The 60 normal lasmen will be built out of Tiny Legends Blitztroopers (3) with a gas-maskless head (4) (to differentiate them from Steel Legion) and goggles down (I hate painting eyes).
To blend in some US aesthetics, I will be using the new Cadian arms with lasrifles that look a lot like space-M1 Garands (5).
The color scheme of most of my infantry will be inspired by US WW2 uniform colors. To this end, I bought the Army Painter WW2 US historical paint set.
Sergeants and subtenants will hav...
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Posted: 2026-04-26 18:00:00
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Hi there!
I'm a resin printer hobbyist with a file hoarding problem and absolutely zero regrets about it. I’ve built a new free tool for other people like me that might have a similar problem.
It’s called 3D Print Manager.
It lets you download files from any website straight into your library, organize with smart folders, preview models interactively, and manage your build plates from start to finish.
Use code SENDHELP for 50% off the pro tier if you want to support a fellow hobbyist.
Thanks for taking a look — I genuinely hope it helps!
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Posted: 2026-05-06 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-05-05 13:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-05-05 12:59:07
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By Shakalooloo
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Posted: 2026-05-05 11:59:07
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Forum post by Annie, 4 responses at time of this post.
Wahoo! I'm hyped to be working with Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games on another round of backdrop books. If you're new to them, they're A4 and A3 sized books that you place behind your minis to help photograph them cool. I use them for 99% of my pics, and have since they first came out. I have a sample book coming any day so you'll see me demonstrating these latest ones.
Launches 19th May, clickie here
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:roobc6udkwvffuuwgbew7rs7/bafkreicvqdmg6xotnrg47f5fdvmaqbqqwciuviliuio7sxrrxkv7xpnz6q
from Handiwork Games:
With Trench Crusade Backdrop Books heading out the door this week, we're looking to the next round of Backdrop Books releases!
We've been hard at working ensuring we have 4 fully-completed, ready to go books for our next round of Backdrop Books.
These will be:
More Fantasy - the first Backdrop Book which featured fantasy themed landscapes is our best selling title across everything we do, so it's about time we did MORE FANTASY! This is a lovely selection of new fantasy paintings.
Sci-Fi Cityscapes - focusing on urban sci-fi settings, this book presents a variety of vistas from a sprawling sci-fi city.
Horror and Hellscapes brings you a series of sinister, spooky and gothic images for all your investigators, vampires, ghouls and other anti-social denizens.
Robot Future is designed to show off your robot models with zoom lines and suitably techy looking backdrops.
Stay tuned to see both me and Jon mucking about with them and more pics of what is inside.
Which is intriguing you the most? For me personally - HORROR (as that's what I mostly paint) and for my Bad Squiddo use it's MORE FANTASY as they're some of my favourites.
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Posted: 2026-05-05 10:59:07
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Forum post by dreadblade, 36 responses at time of this post.
What are you waiting for GW to release?
Here's my list:
New Grey Knight Terminators
A new edition of Space Hulk
Rogue Trader Compendium reprint (as another Warhammer World exclusive)
An actual Chaos Knight Tyrant
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Posted: 2026-05-05 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-05-04 13:59:07
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By 2boltpistols
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Posted: 2026-05-04 12:59:07
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By Mothsniper
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Posted: 2026-05-04 11:59:07
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By Bacxaber
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Posted: 2026-05-04 10:59:07
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By JoshInJapan
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Posted: 2026-05-04 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-05-03 10:59:07
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Unknown creator
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Posted: 2026-05-03 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-05-02 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-05-01 11:59:07
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By Pyroalchi
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Posted: 2026-05-01 10:59:07
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Taken with a Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
By MagnusLupus
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Posted: 2026-05-01 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-30 18:59:07
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Taken with an Apple iPhone 4S
By superdude29
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Posted: 2026-04-30 17:59:07
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Forum post by Eilif, 36 responses at time of this post.
... When they are moved to legends?
For the purpose of this thread we're assuming 11th will be the squatting of all or nearly all firstborn figures and most of their vehicles. This has been happening for a while, but what will you do with your Firstborn when none of them are in a codex anymore?
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