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What is Dakka?
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?




Project Logs
Battlewagons: Exploring Your Inner Ork
Updated: 2025-03-23 23:41:10
Syro's projects: D&D minis, Historic Wargames, and 40k
Updated: 2025-11-02 19:17:54
The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Red Legion Space Marine!
Updated: 2025-11-03 23:40:41
Featured Articles
A-Z of Scratchbuilding
Conversions
MajorTom11's Paint and Pigment Recommendations, and links on where to go to learn to use them.
Painting
Acquiring Second Hand Miniatures
Shopping
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
‘Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game’ Coming Soon From IDW And Former Warhammer Devs @ BoLS
Huge LEGO Roman City Has One Million Pieces – Give Bread and Circuses @ BoLS
D&D: Do Not Sleep On The New ‘Spiritual Guardian Barbarian’ Playtest @ 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 Gallery: Fedrid Female Melta Gunner


Posted: 2025-11-04 04:59:07
By RegularGuy

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Posted: 2025-10-24 00:00:00


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Dakka Gallery: Image by Gray1378


Posted: 2025-11-04 03:59:07
By Gray1378

Dakka Gallery: Chaos Space Marines, Dreadnought, Horus Heresy, Traitor Legion


Posted: 2025-11-04 02:59:07
By ListenToMeWarriors

Dakka Gallery: Minis painting minis


Posted: 2025-11-04 01:59:07
Unknown creator

Dakka Forum: Ork Gargant with full interior (Trashbuilding / Scratchbuilding) W.i.P


Posted: 2025-11-04 00:59:07
Forum post by yangelis, 37 responses at time of this post.

This Gargant is being built with materials that are normally considered trash. For example: lids, empty bottles, electrical cables...
These photos are 4 weeks old.Currently, the weapons are already advanced (but not yet finished) and a large part of the Gargant's body has already received more panels and rivets...
The exterior of the head received several details. The interior of the head is still under study. But, I'm sure that the orc driver will be connected to the machine by cables...


Dakka Gallery: January 2025 Contest Finished


Posted: 2025-11-03 23:59:07
By Daia T'Nara

Dakka Gallery: Sisters of Battle Repentia Squad


Posted: 2025-11-03 22:59:07
By zahnib

Dakka Gallery: Anime, Berserk, Bezerk, Guts, Sword


Posted: 2025-11-03 21:59:07
Unknown creator

Dakka Gallery: Death Guard, Space Marines


Posted: 2025-11-03 20:59:07
By retrovertigo

Dakka Forum: Could the United States conquer the Warhammer Fantasy world?


Posted: 2025-11-03 19:59:07
Forum post by Calbear, 41 responses at time of this post.

Me and my friend were having a debate on which fantasy universes could modern America conquer. USA can beat most of them, 'cause at the end of the day, medieval tech can't beat modern tech, and magic generally isn't big enough or widespread enough to be a game changer; for if it were, it wouldn't be a relatable medieval setting anymore. There are a few fantasy universes though, where it's an open question on whether USA can beat them or not. One of those worlds we're debating about is Warhammer Fantasy.

On one hand, the Warhammer Fantasy world had some powerful Wizards. It's more like a borderline industrial world instead of a true medieval fantasy. Warhammer Fantasy has strong plagues. Nasty stuff like Skaven Tunnels, Ulthuan, and of course, chaos corruption. On the other hand, in the end, a huge mob of Spearmen is a credible military threat to pretty much every major army and monsters in the setting. And if you can get killed by a huge mob of spearmen. Why couldn't the US military, with its divisions of tanks, artillery, machine gunners, aircraft, watercraft, and even nuclear weapons be a juggernaut by comparison?

Let's say that the USA appears in the Great Ocean. America is tilted so that it borders both Araby and Estalia. The USA appears 30 years before the End Times Begin. America's goal is to conquer the capital of every major faction on the Warhammer Fantasy world planet. If America accomplishes this task, they win. If America doesn't complete this before the end Times begins, they lose. Can USA accomplish this task?


Dakka Gallery: Dionysus And Satyrs


Posted: 2025-11-03 18:59:07
By Shakalooloo

Dakka Gallery: Bad Moons Battlewagon


Posted: 2025-11-03 17:59:07
By Mr Nobody

Dakka Gallery: Shrapnel Tree


Posted: 2025-11-03 16:59:07
By Hankovitch

Dakka Gallery: Heroes, Elf, Dwarf, Wizard, Knight


Posted: 2025-11-03 15:59:07
By Plip

Dakka Gallery: Romulan Warbird Better Lighting


Posted: 2025-11-03 14:59:07
By Don Qui Hotep

Dakka Gallery: Papercraft, Scratch Build, Titan, Warlord


Posted: 2025-11-03 13:59:07
Unknown creator

Dakka Gallery: Be'lakor


Posted: 2025-11-03 12:59:07
By sebs.painting

Dakka Gallery: Azrakh The Annihilator


Posted: 2025-11-03 11:59:07
By 401st

Dakka Gallery: 9-21 China


Posted: 2025-11-03 10:59:07
By Nevelon

Dakka Daily Poll: Do You Have Signatures DISABLED?


Posted: 2025-11-03 09:59:07
Do You Have Signatures DISABLED?
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No


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