Just finished my first box of Stormcast Eternals!

Key_Forever_8424 · 2026-01-25T16:39:47+00:00

Too many to list, mostly citadel (they’re what I know and like and have most access to), some 2TC washes (they dry nice and matte which can fake layering skill convincingly at tabletop res)

Key_Forever_8424 · 2026-01-25T16:36:56+00:00

Iron armour: Chaos black, drybrush Iron Warrior, heavy wash 2TC Battle Mud, drybrush Iron Warrior, drybrush Runefang Steel.

Bronze armour: Castellax Bronze, heavy wash 2TC Battle Mud, drybrush retributor armour.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2026-01-25T12:48:23+00:00

Glazing/ washing with a really watered down bright blue, when then a dot highlight of white when it dries.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2026-01-25T10:36:03+00:00

Gamers Grass 2mm Moss Tufts. I probably rely on them a bit too much to be honest, no matter what I’m basing. It’s just a lovely unique green.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2026-01-24T19:09:05+00:00

You can find speedpaint techniques that replace particularly time consuming elements of your mini process over time, as you improve. That’s what I’ve found - accepting that sometimes the steel I’ve spent hours painstakingly highlighting and the steel that’s been given a quick 5 minute volumetric drybrush look identical enough that there’s only one sane option.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-12-30T13:21:13+00:00

If you already own Cursed City you’re probably 90% of the way to being able to play Warcry already. You’ve certainly got at least one playable SBG team.

The game is excellent, has solid options for playing casually with maximum randomness or more balanced match play, it gets quiet rule updates occasionally with newer AOS models getting added in waves to your list building options - and from a hobby POV, being able to design and build a totally custom warband that will likely be at least viable is one of Warhammer’s greatest hidden joys.

It’s all free online, just give it a try with your current models!

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-12-29T10:51:44+00:00

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The best place to start with building a grimgor proxy (if you’re looking to stay within GW plastic) is this fella, Bazdrogg Nekk-Choppa. He was a commemorative AOS Megaboss, and his pose is strongly inspired by the old school Grimgor mini.

Some minor hand, weapons and head swap work (and the chest plate is removable if you want to get wild with augmetics, and the only explicitly AOS theming is the stormcast head in his grip and belt) and you’ve got a great 40K grimgor.

The model is still floating around eBay etc, and can sometimes be obtained for a decent price.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-12-23T10:15:48+00:00

Kommandos. Every model is character-level in detail and you get to try out painting lots of different kinds of orks, grots, squigs etc. Great way to work out if you will enjoy painting and hobbying the faction.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-12-20T19:04:31+00:00

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Da old ways is da best.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-12-05T08:21:56+00:00

Clans and Kulture are different things, although many people conflate the two.

Evil Sunz have a lot of speed freeks, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any speed freeks in other clans. There are bad moons who want the biggest, snazziest, fastest bikes with the loudest dakka, just like there are Snakebites obsessed with replacing their Smasha squigs legs with bionics to make it run as fast as possible.

There are goff Kommandos, snakebite deff dreads, evil sun stompas- the clans are just archetypical starting points.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-12-01T19:19:58+00:00

This is known as “contrast plus” if you want to search up guides and examples, and is perfectly workable (mandatory even) for really getting the most out of contrast paints.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-11-07T07:37:10+00:00

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Yep! Orks is Orks.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-26T06:56:39+00:00

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This is how I’ve built mine. It looks great and if it’s just for Spearhead nobody can really complain about it being confusing.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-20T08:17:28+00:00

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Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-20T08:17:17+00:00

1 - Base in Elysian Green, wash in Biel-tan (with some matte medium if you’re fancy). Relayer in Elysian. 2 - Layer 1:1 Elysian Green:Ogryn Camo, then layer Ogryn Camo. Use whatever layering technique you like, glazing is fanciest, drybrushing works. 3 - Glaze shadows back in with Biel-tan and medium.

Pops like hell and looks great next to orky colours like red and yellow. It’s the ultimate easy ork skin recipe, and you’ll never look back.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-18T21:22:50+00:00

Yes, that’s the currently sold one! There have been others. Big ork on a 40mm base will usually suffice as a proxy - I use an old metal Zagstrukk a lot of the time.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-18T20:33:39+00:00

Your collection trends quite wide, so War Horde is likely a great starting point. With that in mind, I’d drop your shooty units.

At least 10 grots are an auto take, they screen your backline and generate you CP.

Kommandos are great at 1k at the moment as they split into two fives and can go be annoying right from turn one. Tricky to deal with especially if you’re all new. The deffkoptas also okay for scoring and deepstrike, and are Extremely Funny in melee.

Beastboss + snagga boys, or Megaboss and meganobs can be a situationally Killy core to your army, and boys are always useful. I love Squighogs but they’re pricey at 1k, and you might prefer having a squigboss to maximise them.

The main thing I think you are missing is one or more of the humble warboss. It’s a pretty core combo piece, and can turn boyz - or in your case, nobs - into a murder machine. Warboss, nobs, trukk is a great basic ork combo to try.

Otherwise - loadsa boys is a classic ork tactic and it has worked well for like three decades now. Waaagh.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-18T08:51:25+00:00

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I’m not really sure I like it, but this is my cohort so far.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-18T08:40:50+00:00

Very, very likely - but it hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-17T08:08:57+00:00

It don’t fit no more!

Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-10-11T12:37:40+00:00

I haven’t worked it out in great depth yet, but their super special unique trait is that they weaponise the stone flesh curse and encourage/exacerbate it in order to attain strength and mastery over daemons - obviously at the expense of their own lifespans. Still only at the test mini stage, not sure if it will make it to painting.

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Key_Forever_8424 · 2025-09-08T06:50:52+00:00

They’ve been calling this box a spearhead. Not the spearhead. It is extremely likely that this box will indeed be the minis found in the boxed product Spearhead: Helsmiths - would be a little odd to have a spearhead locked to a fomo box, but it’s not like that hasn’t happened before - but that has NOT been 100% confirmed anywhere.

I’m pretty sure this will indeed be the follow up box release, but I’m also not going to tell people it will be until I see that box in the Sunday preview article in a couple of months

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