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DakkaDakka is a large, independent wargaming community that features discussion, tutorials and images for many games. If you are new to the world of wargaming then learn about it in our introductory article: What is Wargaming?

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Updated: 2026-06-06 12:57:22
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Updated: 2026-06-06 03:50:53
Featured Articles
Quick Hill Build Tutorial
Terrain
How to make custom waterslide decals
Decals
The -=L=-Terrain Competitions
Terrain
Friends of Dakka
Bell of Lost Souls - Warhammer 40k Blog
Tabletop Gaming News
Bartertown - wargaming trading forum
Lexicanum - Warhammer 40k background wiki
Warseer Forums
Warhammer 40k Wiki
Bolter and Chainsword forums
Beasts of War
Wikipedia - Warhammer 40,000 overview
Games Workshop - the company behind Warhammer
Flames of War - the official website
Privateer Press - the company behind Warmachine/Hordes
Global News Feed
RPG: Unique And Fun Dice For Equally Unique And Fun Characters @ BoLS
Warhammer 40K: Adeptus Astartes Gene-seed @ BoLS
Age of Sigmar: How to Play Idoneth Deepkin @ BoLS
More About Dakka

DakkaDakka - Warhammer, 40k, Warmachine and Flames of War Community.

DakkaDakka is a large, independent wargaming community that features discussion, tutorials and images for many games.

Warhammer 40,000

Our warhammer 40k forums are among our most popular. They have been operating the longest and contain discussion about every facet of warhammer 40k from tactics and army lists to background and upcoming releases.

Warhammer Fantasy

The Warhammer Fantasy Battle Forums are consistently increasing in popularity and are almost on a par with our 40k forums covering the same large range of content with advice from some of the best tacticians the world has to offer.

Warmachine and Hordes

Dakka now has one of the largest Warmachine and Hordes forums on the web, and has a huge range of Warmachine Pictures in our gallery.

Flames of War

Flames of War and other historical games are growing in popularity here on dakka and we invite anyone to join in and discuss them in detail. As flames of war grows more popular, Dakka's coverage will only increase. Be sure to check out the Flames of War gallery to see some inspiring stuff.

Dakka Features

Dakka is a big site with a lot to explore. Here we highlight some of our more interesting features:

Wargaming Gallery

The dakka gallery is one of the largest wargaming galleries in the world and has a huge range of tagged miniatures from many game systems. From flames of war to Maelstrom's Edge, and of course 40k. You can vote on images (like using hot-or-not), and use our advanced gallery search engine to find exactly what you are looking for, be it space marines, orks, cryx or Dark Elves!

Forums

The dakka forums are growing faster and faster and are the bread and butter of the website. They still maintain quality and a fair level of freedom compared to many other forums. Our most popular forum is News and Rumours, but Dakka Discussions and 40k army lists are very popular too. There are some important rules to consider (no spam, no swearing, no piracy) but everybody gets on well enough thanks to our great moderation team.

Articles

The dakka wargaming articles are run on a wiki (like wikipedia). We have a huge range of wargaming articles covering everything from tactica to modeling and painting and even some great funny stuff. If you are bored and want to have the equivalent of dozens of magazines to read then head over to the main articles page and start clicking around. Because it is a wiki, anybody can hop in and click the 'edit' tab at the top of the page, so if you have anything to add or just see some typos or bad grammar then you can help make it better for everyone.

Army Profiles

Dakka's army profiles are a throwback to the very earliest version of dakka from the late 1990s, where various armies were highlighted in detail. Our army profiles section now contains many armies from different game systems with in depth photographs, army lists and explanations of their signifigance from their owners.

DCMs

Help keep Dakkadakka.com running by becoming a DCM (Dakka Contributing Member) and enjoy a ton of perks for doing a good deed! For a small donation of only $25 a year you gain the following benefits:
  • Surf with ease! Get an ad-free site.
  • Be a celebrity! Get a 'DCM' marker in the forum listings and under your username.
  • Name yourself! Create your own custom title in the forums.
  • Expand your conversation! Post and chat in a private DCM forum.
Dakka Blog

Dakka Daily Poll: How much is a good price for a fully plastic 6x4 battlefield (in USD)?


Posted: 2026-06-06 09:59:07
How much is a good price for a fully plastic 6x4 battlefield (in USD)?
N/A - I dont play games that need a battlefield
$0-1 - I'll only ever build my own
$1-$40 - Super cheap or not interested
$41-$80 - Around the level of cost of materials for building my own
$81-$100 - Up to $100 seems reasonable
$101-$130 - Slightly more premium priced due to the time savings
$131-$150 - Up to $150 for the ready to go quality
$151-$175 - Still much easier than doing it myself
$176-$200 - The portability justifies the price
$201+ - I've got no upper spending limit for something that serves the purpose perfectly.


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Dakka Forum: Pious' Projects - Tyranids & Legions Imperialis


Posted: 2026-06-05 13:59:07
Forum post by Piousservant, 36 responses at time of this post.


Hey all, thought that trying to maintain a P&M blog might help my motivation and on getting projects completed...! Usually have a few different things on the go and definitely go through swings of hobby productivity, so we'll see how this goes...

Two main areas of focus at present, Legions Imperialis and my first 40k project in a very long time - a Hive Fleet Kraken Tyranid horde.

For Legions I've recently finished (well almost) a Blood Angels force, next on the hobby bench are some House Taranis Knights to fight alongside my Legio Ignatum and a future Mechanicum force. I really like the Mechanicum style Cerastus, so took the hit to the wallet to combine the Atropos kit with normal Lancer and Acheron/Castigator kits to make Mechanicum pattern versions of the regular Cerastus knights. House Taranis are the OG Mechanicum house, so it seemed like a nice fit theme-wise and also nice to have something other than red to paint!










Then I have my Tyranids, these guys are going to be in a 3rd Ed style Kraken colour scheme with jungle-ish themed basing. Very much also inspired by the Fall of Malvolion short story (so yes, planning a few Lamenters once the Nids are done too) as well. 3 test models completed and now working on the first full batch of Termagants and then the other two Leapers.










Dakka Gallery: Inquisitor


Posted: 2026-06-05 12:59:07
By Nice bits

Dakka Gallery: Image by sockwithaticket


Posted: 2026-06-05 11:59:07
By sockwithaticket

Dakka Gallery: Blood Angels


Posted: 2026-06-05 10:59:07
Unknown creator

Dakka Daily Poll: What army (or armies) do you play?


Posted: 2026-06-05 09:59:07
What army (or armies) do you play?
Adepta Sororitas
Astra Militarum
Blood Angels
Chaos Daemons
Chaos Space Marines
Dark Angels
Dark Eldar
Eldar
Grey Knights
Imperial Knights
Militarum Tempestus
Necrons
Orks
Space Marines
Space Wolves
Tau Empire
Tyranids
Inquisition


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Dakka Gallery: Deathguard


Posted: 2026-06-04 10:59:07
By RAFF

Dakka Daily Poll: Does 40k need a complete re-write?


Posted: 2026-06-04 09:59:07
Does 40k need a complete re-write?
Yes total re-write from scratch.
Yes total re write but based on WHFB.
No it just needs some more special rules.
No it has no problems at all as it is.


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Dakka Gallery: Chaos, Chaos Knight, Imperial; Knight, Lancer


Posted: 2026-06-03 15:59:07
By KernelTerror

Dakka Gallery: Techmarine With Servitors


Posted: 2026-06-03 14:59:07
By Tech-Mechanic

Dakka Forum: John Blanche has passed away


Posted: 2026-06-03 13:59:07
Forum post by Olthannon, 26 responses at time of this post.

Trish Carden posted up on Instagram just now to say that unfortunately John Blanche passed away a couple of days ago.


It's a massive loss from one of the greatest fantasy and science fiction artists. His vision created what we all still share and enjoy today. Knew he was ill for a while but it's still a great shame.


Dakka Gallery: Karak Garaz-ngol 331


Posted: 2026-06-03 12:59:07
By Mothsniper

Dakka Gallery: Distraction Grot


Posted: 2026-06-03 11:59:07
By Bacxaber

Dakka Gallery: Squad Kirsch, Genesis Chapter


Posted: 2026-06-03 10:59:07
By Daia T'Nara

Dakka Daily Poll: How much have you spent on the hobby so far (in us dollars, if you dare calculate!)


Posted: 2026-06-03 09:59:07
How much have you spent on the hobby so far (in us dollars, if you dare calculate!)
I dont want to think about it
$0
$1-$100
$101-$300
$301-$1000
$1001-$3000
$3001-$6000
$6001-$10000
$10,001-$20,000
$20,001-$30,000
$30,001-$50,000
$50,001-$75,000
$75,001-$100,000
$100,001+


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Dakka Forum: The forgotten weapons.


Posted: 2026-06-02 10:59:07
Forum post by Mad Doc Grotsnik, 36 responses at time of this post.

How do!

Wasn’t entirely sure if this belonged in General or Background. If I’ve placed it wrong, I’ll know where to find it :)

Anyways. 40K is rushing headlong into being 40 years old. In fact that’s next year, 2027.

And over the years, not all weapons have continued to be a thing on the tabletop. I felt that might make an entertaining thread. I’ll kick us off with some.

Harpoon Missile

A Titan Grade support weapon, intended for use against opposing Titans. Whilst it would of course cause some damage to the superstructure, its real trick was allowing control of the target Titan to be overridden until the Titan was destroyed, or the warhead was dislodged.

Warp Missiles

At least, I don’t think they come up much. Again, a Titan Grade support weapon, with a miniaturised warp engine onboard. This allowed the missile to skip in and out of reality, bypassing any kind of shielding, and ideally appearing inside the target for its grand finale. Not terribly accurate of course, but an absolute menace. Not to be confused with the Vortex Missile.

Eldar Psychic Lance

Gosh, there’s a theme occurring, because it’s yet another Titan Grade weapon, a unique to the Warlock PSI-Titan. Essentially a scaled up, souped up Neurodisruptor Pistol. Used against a vehicle crew? It would wipe their minds, leaving them as drooling mindless shells. Against an enemy Titan that makes use of Mind Impulse Units it could be catastrophic, burning their brains out entirely. And oddly, I don’t think we’ve seen that technology replicated in any size other than Pistol and Titan Grade. That feels like a very real oversight, and a niche for a terrifying Aspect Temple.

Right, that’s some low hanging fruit out there way, anyone else got any to add?

Dakka Daily Poll: Do you use any form of magnifier for painting or modelling?


Posted: 2026-06-02 09:59:07
Do you use any form of magnifier for painting or modelling?
Yes
No
I dont paint or model
Other (write in)


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Dakka Gallery: Belial Grand Master of The Deathwing


Posted: 2026-06-01 15:59:07
By RAFF

Dakka Gallery: Mega Dred vs Imperial Knight


Posted: 2026-06-01 14:59:07
By landcruiserlarry

Dakka Gallery: Phantom, Terrain, Warhammer 40,000, Wrecked


Posted: 2026-06-01 13:59:07
Taken with a NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5100
Unknown creator

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