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Very jealous of that old school WD haul!

Massed square bases hits such a nostalgia bone for me - glad you got to play some games over the holidays.

Good job even surveying the pile of shame...gotta start somewhere!

Here's to slapping a ton of paint down in 2026!

Thanks guys,

I did it! I finally completed my Tomb World set!








Really happy with how the whole set comes together. Also really happy that, for the first time ever, I can actually host games (of any kind) at home. And with a set to take around with me, there is no excuse for not being able to play either. There is a local event in a few weekends that I am attending, they have asked me to bring the terrain to use. I'm odly proud of having it!



I also worked out how to get it into a single box. I use Feldherr storage, but any brand should work. I've got 2 60mm deep pick and pluck trays, which fits all of the components with a little bit of extra space. The trays are 70mm each with a bottom - so 140mm total. The box is 150mm deep, so fits perfectly. I have a 10mm topper to sit on top, but I have also realised that the folded up game board is like 15mm - it fits on top of the 2 trays and the box closes comfortably enough for me to actually call it a day with that. My self contained storage box for a Kill Zone. Super happy!

Now what should I work on?

Your tombworld terrain looks great!

And that looks like a handy storage solution too!

Ditto what @pious said above!

Definitely some white dwarf worthy kill team shots above!

Piousservant wrote:
Your tombworld terrain looks great!

And that looks like a handy storage solution too!

JordySteve wrote:Ditto what @pious said above!

Definitely some white dwarf worthy kill team shots above!

Very flattering, thank you both! I played a game on my own terrain yesterday - it was genuinely great to use it!

What have I been working on recently..? Well, Space Marines. I think they're the palette cleanser of the mini painting world. They're just easy.





The main bulk of the rest of the work is the black edge highlights. I'm going to glue the arms on now, and do the rest while they are fully assembled. I wont be highlighting every panel, only the ones that give the models shape and definition. I'm hoping to finish them on the weekend, and move onto a Chaos Sorcerer for TOW.

Heres some pictures of last nights game:

Nice work on the terrain, and the minis look great fighting it out there! Cool box for it as well. Which is a big problem in general with terrain: moving and storing it.

Marines are coming along nicely.

Thanks Nev. There are actually some creative solutions for storing terrain out there. I've seen some 3d prints that allow you to stack them all up in the most space-efficient way with a recommendation on what box to put them in, for the best most efficient storage solution. One of the clubs around me has a few printed, and they are actually quite innovative. My foray into terrain extends as far as Tomb World - I see no need or reason to get more*.

*at the moment.

I finished my Space Marines. Introducing; The Raven Guard.










I quite enjoyed painting them. The last Space Marine I painted was back in March 2025, for the monthly comp. There is something so familiar about painting Marines. I like the RG scheme. It's very forgiving to paint (compared to IF and WS). But there are also ways to make it interesting and look good (although I think I have had mixed success with that). I like how they look up close, and from across the table the black/white contrast on the brown base is quite distinct.

In the spirit of continual improvement:
I like how the faces have come out. The (first) human faces I've painted in a while.
I want to work on my edge highlighting. I used the wrong shade of grey for some of them, and it looks a bit Tron-like. So I had to go back over it. Additionally, it's a bit sloppy and unpractised in some areas. Definitely a work on point.

I'm open to some extra comments and critiques - what do you think?

Naturally, I have the remaining 5 from the boxset to work on. But not before my Monthly Comp entry is finished:


It's an AOS model, but I clearly want to put it into a TOW army. But the 32mm circular scenic base clearly doesn't fit on the 30mm square - you can see some hangover. It annoyed me for a bit, I'm just not going to look at it.

Very nice looking raven guard! Are you planning on adding any more to the team?

@Steve: Yes. At minimum, I've got the next 5 of that box set. I'm genuinely interested in getting a SM Vehicle - probably a Storm Speeder. It fits with the strike hard and fast theme of RG, and I've not painted a vehicle in a loooong time.

I've only managed a few Hobby sessions this week, and a gaming evening. But it was enough to finish my first Warrior of Chaos - which coincidentally is my monthly painting comp entry:







Quite a quick job for him. But I liked how he has turned out. Muted generic colours, with no clear allegance to a dark god - very flexible for gameplay (If I ever get to the point where I can play TOW).
I'm really happy with how his skirt came out. The Brown Grey and Rainy Grey from Scale75 came out fantastically.
I'm also really happy with his helmet - Decaying metal followed by a touch of Viking Gold highlights.
But I think I skimped on a highlight or two of his staff - the blue/green looks a little flat.

I changed my paint collection about 6-7 months ago. I had close to 200 paints, across a variety of ranges - Multiple different types of Vallejo, Scale75, citadel... I far passed point of having just enough paint. I found that I had a core 50ish paints that I would use continually and take with me when I travelled for work (reasonably frequently). The rest would just remain in a box somewhere. I did my research, downsized and consolidated into the Scale75 range. 63 paints, plus metallics and some key Citadel washes. At the time, all research pointed to the 'Decaying Metal' metallic paint being unreal and a must have for anyone. But it's been out of stock in all the UK gaming stores I've been looking at. But finally, the UK has received it's shipment and I managed to snag a bottle of it. I like how it looks on the helmet, and I suspect it'll be a base coat for a lot of metallic colours going forward - it covers really well and has some depth. But I can finally say; my paint collection is complete.*

*Well, there are some coloured metallics that I could get. But they are a very niche, and would be for a specific project.

I did also get a game in this week. Rematch against last week's Nemisis Claw player.


2 games in Jan so far - The New Year's aims of 2 games a month has been met for this month.

Hot off the back on a complete model, I've looking around to decide what to work on next. The remaining 5 intercessors are an obvious choice. And doing a few sessions on the Avatar would be sensible to keep him moving. But maybe some other Eldar? I have an Autarch, Windriders and Rangers that are inscope that could be relatively low drag to work through.
I'm resisting the urge to buy the aforementioned SM Vehicle. I got £30 in GW vouchers from Christmas, and GW gave me a £10 voucher to use this month (in honour of 1 year since my first GW purchase, apparently). I am really considering it, but want to chip another thing out of my pile of potential first. I'd take recommendations on how to use the £40 at GW - I'm thinking of adding to my Raven Guard.

What do you think?

You play KT, and have intercessors. You can play them as is, just a sarge and 5 guys, one of whom has the AGL. Or you can swap one warrior out for a gunner. Either a heavy intercessor w/ a HB, or an eliminator with a sniper rifle. As a RG player, the cloaked snipers are very on-brand for the army, and would fit into a list if you wanted to get them to a 40k level list. Mix it up from the Eldar for a change if you start to burn out on just the one faction. You can also splash in assault intercessors, but I think they bring less to the table then the special gunners.

Your Chaos Warrior looks great, especially the cloth. I feel like the sword needs another pass, though. Against the more aggressive highlights on the skirt and cloak, it reads to me as unpainted plastic.

Evening, the chaos warrior looks really good, I like the colours on his robes, love the finish you have achieved on the wrap round his staff.

£40, won’t get you too far, unfortunately. You could look at the combat patrol marine boxes and see if one takes your fancy to supplement your raven guard, alternatively, just get the land speeder and revel in how little you spent to actually get it!

Here's what has landed on my painting table:


Chipping away at the last 3 windriders I have. They are coming together pretty quickly. Partly because they are quick to paint, but also because I'm making a point of spending at least 20 mins painting a day. Consistency is king.
No painting for me this evening, though. I have a Kill Team game lined up ahead of a 1 day event on Saturday. You'll see plenty of Kill Team pictures on the weekend!

The jury is still out on how to spend the vouchers. I have a week to decide.

I hope everyone's weekend is shaping up well.



Progress on the bikes. Just weapons an the decals to do now. I'm hoping to finish it off this evening.

I hit up the Kill Team event yesterday. I went 2 wins and a loss, finishing 7 of 17.






I'm really enjoying Kill Team at the moment. I'm finally comfortable enough with the base rules to start thinking about how to factor in playing for objectives. The additional layer of tactics is really fun to puzzle out.
I played Nemisis Claw, Plague Marines, and Brood Brothers, going loss, win, win respectively.
What I didn't know when we started was the there was a £25 voucher for the highest scoring member of our Gaming club. I was joint best, and it came down to the second tie-breaker. We were joint on Tourney points, joint on victory points - it was 'strength of schedule' that broke the tie (meaning the placings of our opponents were measured, my opponents placed higher than his, so in theory I played 'better' people). All good fun though! And walking away with a voucher was very nice and unexpected. To go with the £40 GW vouchers I have... I'm going to have some new toys soon!