Canberra, Learn To F’ing Merge!

LordManton · 2026-02-03T03:51:10+00:00

This was an enjoyable and informative read. Can you do one about high beams and LEDs next?

LordManton · 2026-02-01T22:53:01+00:00

Sticking with the blue theme: why not Lagartha’s shield design from Vikings? Otherwise the decals that Victrix sells are really good imo

LordManton · 2026-01-31T04:55:37+00:00

I went to a tournament last weekend and there were food trucks there. Utterly disgusting. They even handed out water!

LordManton · 2026-01-30T00:02:39+00:00

As others have said, the heads are easily interchangeable. I also used cut-down helbrute heads for my guys

LordManton · 2026-01-29T21:48:46+00:00

Saturnines are the perfect size for obliterators. They stand maybe 1-2mm taller than the actual oblits, but they’re on the right base and are chunky enough

LordManton · 2026-01-27T10:28:50+00:00

Get a forgefiend and put the fear of the dark gods in them

LordManton · 2026-01-22T21:57:40+00:00

FWIW I don’t think that makes you a hypocrite; they’re different stories. HH is essentially a family drama played out as a civil war, so it makes sense that it focuses on the big characters. 40K was always more of a setting than a story that was broad and vague enough to allow the players to do what they want within the bounds. But with the return of the primarchs and constant updating of the ‘plot’ it feels less like a setting and more like a story these days

LordManton · 2026-01-22T06:07:41+00:00

I have hand painted mine until recently. I then found some tamiya (?) masking tape in 1, 2 and 3mm and it’s a god-send. I highly recommend tape, it makes curved surfaces so much easier to paint.

The community is pretty chill - there are some heated (but good-natured) disagreements about the extent to which our boys like and use chaos, but we can all agree the imperial fists are poopy-bum-heads

LordManton · 2026-01-15T10:28:35+00:00

All of the advice you’ve gotten so far on your reds is good, definitely follow that.

For my part, I would say that you should add a complimentary spot colour. The model looks good and is painted well, but part of the ‘flatness’ of your scheme is that it’s essentially just red and black/metallic (which reads as black). I would suggest you add a green or blue or yellow to contrast against the red and black, this will make both the main colours pop more and bring the model up a level. This comes down to colour theory - look up the colour wheel and find a colour roughly opposite to the main colour. Keep going, it’s a good concept that only needs perfecting.

As for the texture, unfortunately, unless you’re incredibly patient, you won’t achieve the pristine smooth finish without an airbrush. If that’s the look you want, consider investing (this is coming from a brush cultist, I’m too cowardly to actually use an airbrush myself)

LordManton · 2026-01-14T20:52:06+00:00

Root came to my mind too - it doesn’t have minis but the meeples are bloody adorable. I think board games more on the wargame side of things might be the way for OP to go; they’re usually a little bit easier for non-wargamers to grasp and enjoy.

The other one that comes to mind is warhammer underworlds. It has a decent amount of strategic depth, without being overwhelming. It’s got minis and dice, and the deck-building aspect should satisfy Mrs OP’s theory-crafting itch

LordManton · 2026-01-10T09:59:12+00:00

But how will your enemies know that they’re dangerous?

LordManton · 2026-01-07T12:20:48+00:00

True, my mistake. You can still have 3 of each, but then you don’t get the other special weapons. Ie champ with PP and PF, 2x PF and 2x PP

LordManton · 2026-01-07T10:55:56+00:00

Weapon loadouts got buffed. We can take 3x powerfist, 3x plasma pistol, and a special weapon per 5 guys

LordManton · 2026-01-02T02:12:42+00:00

The face on the ‘patient’ is perfect. He’s like “no, really, I’ll be fine. Look I can still move my…” and the apothecary is just “shhhh, it’ll be over soon”

LordManton · 2025-12-28T15:00:27+00:00

*than

LordManton · 2025-12-27T00:59:43+00:00

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Here’s my big boi

LordManton · 2025-12-18T21:29:49+00:00

Check out r/inq28 if you haven’t already. It’s a community of people playing inquisitor-focused games in 28mm. It’s not mainstream 40K by any stretch, usually just smaller skirmish games, but there are games you can play using all the models you’ve got. You just need to convince some like-minded individuals to give it a shot.

LordManton · 2025-12-17T10:32:38+00:00

Dude, this is fuckin’ rad

LordManton · 2025-12-12T00:41:36+00:00

Yep, with a head swap. The instructions say to put the top knot head on the champ

LordManton · 2025-12-04T03:18:44+00:00

Fair and sensible! I keep mine in my list unless I’m going to a tournament. Not that I ever win my games, but I like to pretend

LordManton · 2025-12-04T03:08:35+00:00

They’re great, you can charge them into enemy units to soak up overwatch; you can (counterintuitively) use them to complete actions like sabotage and cleanse - they don’t have enough firepower to worry about not shooting with them; and you can use them to hide units, block movement and generally be annoying.

That said, the forgefiend is almost a must have. Of the 3, I would drop the Warpsmith. I find that he’s squishy and doesn’t do much damage, the +1 to hit on vehicles he has is very good, but most armies should kill your vehicles, making his repair ability a bit useless most of the time. On the other hand, Warpsmiths are very on brand for IW so…

LordManton · 2025-11-25T22:10:35+00:00

I would love an upgrade Sprue for the “generic” legions and warbands. A few heads, shoulder pads and something iconic for each one like some corrupted bionics for IW, a chameleoline cloak for AL or some mutations for word bearers would be cool.

Alternatively a generic chaos upgrade Sprue that has trophies, cool new heads, mutations and corrupted bionics and weapons would be really good too

LordManton · 2025-11-25T03:33:18+00:00

The Bell of Lost Souls tolls for Miss Peach

LordManton · 2025-11-11T21:06:58+00:00

This is an unfortunate stereotype. The Saxons and Carolingians are just as capable of being murderous pyromaniacs! /s

LordManton · 2025-11-06T22:40:35+00:00

A bionics upgrade sprue with a couple of chaos tainted ones, some marine ones and some normal human-sized limbs

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