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And some more!

Close ups of the Orcs and Goblins army. I need to finish the bases on a lot of these and it’s my least favorite part. Buy flock in bulk: my advice

Some updated shots of the Waaagh! With some closer shots of the named characters I have as well!

Close ups of the Orcs and Goblins army. I need to finish the bases on a lot of these and it’s my least favorite part. Buy flock in bulk: my advice

Today is a little different, I want to talk about the secondary market. Because some friends of mine on discord were astonished at how much my empire units new in box cost and I want to elaborate more on making the best use of kits. Consider this part two of hobbying while being cheap and neurodivergent.

You should have a healthy bits box at all times. You can have several of them. There are a lot of eBay listings for just piles of bits and unfinished minis that you can use to make bespoke Warhammer minis out of just spare parts from multiple kits. Kitbashing is not a revelation, it even predates wargames as it’s a carry over from model railroad hobbyists. But you should buy listings of random bits because you can get some fantastic parts from kits you weren’t thinking of getting for incredible prices.

The re release of these old Warhammer kits comes with a lot of great bits for conversions, I think they really are worth more than people are thinking they are!

The main thing I want to talk about though is how to exploit the chud cycle to maximize your hobby hauls. I won’t get super political in this post because it’s not really what it’s about. But there is a cycle where really negative dudes get into the hobby through a video game like space marine 2 or a lore channel and buy a lot of minis. Then they get upset about how modern games workshop, a multi billion dollar company, has gone woke or whatever. Then they go farther back into earlier editions to try to escape whatever it is they don’t like, only to find that the satire is stronger the farther back they go. A lot of these guys putt around for a while and then give up and sell their armies for really cheap on eBay and Facebook marketplace. A lot of them are willing to haggle.

That isn’t political, it’s economical.

Neither is the satisfaction I get when these guys tell me I don’t belong in the hobby and I show them my armies I’ve painted over almost 30 years.

Take advantage of the deals!

Imperial Nobility Blood Bowl team is all finished.

🏈🤘💀

I went to my local gaming store, Source Comics and Games, and also Michael’s crafts today. I’m committing to buying local whenever I can. I don’t want to keep giving Bezos money, and I’m going to try to avoid it for as long as I can. I still give GW plenty of money when they do Made to Order runs and for stuff that is on their web store only. I’m gonna buy all my rank and file from my indie local store.

I’ll reveal more about my empire army as I go along. It’s a little different. I’m doing Sudenburg.

Anyway, here’s my haul.

Tzeentch Chaos Knights

I was rewatching the Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings cartoon movie for the first time in many years and I forgot how Stoney Baloney this movie was! I realize that they basically ran out of money and had to use all the rotoscope footage they had which is why the story moves along so jarringly quick. There’s a whole 12 minute chase scene where it’s basically horse dressage while Frodo tries to get away. But this is it! This is how I fell in love with orcs! I saw these guys in this and the Hobbit cartoon and it rocked my world. Who were these fanged and tusked guys and where can I find more!? Luckily it was the early-ish 1990’s and I would soon be provided so much to work with as Magic the Gathering, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and my discovery of Warhammer Fantasy Battles would happen soon in quick succession not to mention that these movies would be remade by Peter Jackson as the new millennium rolled in. What a movie! What a legacy! What an impact on my life!

These shelves are what constitutes nearly all of my 40k stuff. Mostly Rogue Trader and Second Edition stuff as well as the 5th edition boxed set.

I’m a Warhammer Fantasy guy. But I respect 40k.

a stampede of hogs and their hoggy riders! which ones smell worse?

I’m going to my Friendly Local Gaming Store today, here are some minis from pro painters in the painting cabinet including some names you might recognize!

I found the first Warhammer thing I ever painted, these Eldar Warp Spiders, in 1995 or 1996. I didn’t even know what they were! I would get the 2nd edition 40k big box with the beloved mono pose space marines, space orks, and gretchin, as well as the ever infamous and tournament legal cardboard deff dred in 1997 which is when I consider my actual start in Warhammer. Here they are next to the last thing I painted for a competition, a Chaos Daemon Prince, in late 2024.

Here is my custom chaos champion on a dread eagle! I based him more off Moorcockian Chaos than Warhammer Chaos, but he is a champion of chaos nonetheless! I usually run him as a champion on manticore or chaos dragon if I feel like spending the points!

Throgg the King of Trolls and Harold Hammerstorm! I was lucky enough to buy Harry the Hammer for Games Workshop’s 25th anniversary in 2000. And Throgg I paid way too much to get in box on eBay. It was worth it to paint him though!!

The Mysterious Exalted Champions of Tzeentch! Aekold Hellbrass and Vilitch the Curseling! How long ago did this meeting of the minds take place? Or is this yet to come? Irrelevant in realm of chaos! I have a tendency to paint older miniatures more vibrantly than the modern counterparts, I’m hardly alone in this, but I kind of wish I had made Vilitch more old school looking. Tzeetnch looks better in oldhammer paint schemes.

Here are my Exalted Chanpions of Khorne! Valkia the Gorequeen and Scylla Anfingrimm! How many battlefields have these two bathed in blood and broken skulls for their father? Countless! I’d love to get my hands on the other versions of of Scylla as well. Both of these minis are Finecast models and here’s the thing…. Finecast…. Was fine by the time they discontinued it in favor of Forge world resin. But the original Finecast was garbage. I say this in case you ever come across a Finecast model on eBay. An Age of Sigmar label is usually a good sign that your Finecast is the better stuff.

Some forest terrain for Warhammer Old World, with removal trees for easy access.

I am a Smooth, Immovable, Crunching thing. I am a Rogue Idol of Gork

Congratulations, youre body has taken on a new form! Spin this wheel three times. These words describe your new body

Here his is! The big man himself! Archaon the Everchosen! The Grand Marshall of the Apocalypse and all his other final fantasy final boss titles! He really was everything a big bad in fantasy should have been and he had to fight with Grimgor, Malekith, and Mannfred for that spot. I bought this mini when he first came out and boy is he heavy. There isn’t a lot of empty space inside all that pewter. Archaon the Grand Marshall of Paperweights!

I needed someone for Grimgor to fight after all!

I’m going to start showcasing more of my Warriors of Chaos stuff for a while. Starting with this converted chaos champion who rolled particularly peculiarly on the Realm of Chaos tables.

I love this guy.

Harboth’s Black Mountain Archers! This is one of the oldest Regiments of Renown along with Eeza Ugezod’s Mother Crushers. I’ve also got both versions of Ruglud’s Armored Orcs. I’ll show those at some point! I’m considering whether or not to put flock on the bases because they are rather unique for GW stuff as seen below. I’m not sure how much I want to obscure such a curiosity!

I added some more maps to the war room so I thought I’d show everyone what all I have so far!

2024 is coming to a close so here's everything i painted this year. 299 miniatures by my count. I'm not sure if I'll be able to match this pace next year but I'll certainly try.

Boomers really don't like it when you remind them that the Beatles broke up more than a decade before you were born. Or that you are well into your 40s.

Don't let it stop you.

And silent in the night comes the Warhammer Quest box, painted in MacVey style to make the nostalgia effect of times gone by even stronger. When I open the box I smell the 90's. Urgh! For those who missed the previous episodes, everything is hand painted with a brush and I post the photos of the other legendary games. At this point, only Talisman is missing, but I don't know how to do it....

I finally finished my 3 units of 30 savage orcs! I was encouraged to reclaim my coffee table for when we have guests over soon. These guys are kinda finicky!

I have 8 of these guys, I I put them on larger bases to be played in later editions of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. One day I’ll have a full set of the original Heroquest game!

A Fimir shaman that rolled particularly well on the old Realm of Chaos mutation charts!

My first tumblr holiday! Let’s fucking go!

A Fimir shaman that rolled particularly well on the old Realm of Chaos mutation charts!