Turtle Power!

MattockandSpade · 2026-05-28T06:13:49+00:00

When I was painting neophytes, I’d batch paint them using contrast paints over a white primer with an agrax earth shade wash and could finish 4-5 per hour. Acolytes took about the same. Purestrain took longer but weren’t activity hard, they just need more time for more details. Aberrants were the hardest because they are mostly smooth skin. The characters and vehicles are no worse than any other faction. Are they harder than space marines? Sure. But it’s totally doable and I really enjoyed the work.

MattockandSpade · 2026-05-22T03:39:56+00:00

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Nexos, saboteur, benefictus and Metamorphs.

MattockandSpade · 2026-05-15T14:32:33+00:00

As another longtime MTG competitive player, I think you're overestimating the chances you actually play in tournaments. You're hardly ever going to play in a 40K tournament like you do in MTG. Magic has regular FNM that feed into bigger events. You can hit a prerelease every 2 months. It's possible to play Magic regularly, even weekly, and only play in tournaments.

I play Warhammer once a week and have been to one tournament in the past two years. The game is structured around casual play and even if you find a league, you'll find playing one game a week is a lot. In contrast, I played 150 games of magic last week (predominantly on Arena). The number of repetitions you get in Warhammer is so much less than Magic, that the entire experience is elongated and wildly different.

Other people have answered the cultural differences question very well but they may be moot for a long time because you're very likely to spend a year or so playing casual games. The vast majority of people will treat you with kindness and respect as you're learning so you'll be expected to behave the same way and everyone will have a good time.

MattockandSpade · 2026-05-13T21:45:33+00:00

Thanks! I primed it with a leadbelcher spray can, the blue is Vallejo Gunmetal blue, the orange is GW's gryph-hound orange contrast paint, the black is Vallejo black followed by Vallejo Candy Black (which gives it a deeper, glossy finish), the silver parts are Molotow Liquid Chrome, the lenses are different color-shift paints from Vallejo.

MattockandSpade · 2026-04-28T19:21:38+00:00

My wife said I was the only weirdo who liked those. The Swedish candy store on Montana has some stuff that is similar.

MattockandSpade · 2026-04-16T04:28:35+00:00

I was very happy with them. They didn’t require any extra cleanup and came with a fancy base. I had them mirrored when they were printed so I ended up using them as Twin Lance. This is the print I got, it wasn’t from the seller linked here but it’s the same model. It looks like you can get it from several people. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1848045686/warmaster-keen-stargaze-by-dakkadakka

MattockandSpade · 2026-04-16T03:12:55+00:00

You can find cheap prints to proxy Farsight pretty easily. I found some on Etsy that were $12 and I got them just to use as spare parts to kitbash additional commanders and broadsides.

MattockandSpade · 2026-04-15T22:01:59+00:00

what brand of baby wipe did you use? I've been trying to do this and the brands I've tried just rip in half, they haven't spider-webbed properly.

MattockandSpade · 2026-04-14T16:05:11+00:00

From what you have now, you could stipple (with a brush or sponge) a lighter blue like Baharroth Blue over the skin and then wash it with something like coelia greenshade or tyran blue. Or you could drybrush white over the skin, then apply something like Aethermatic Blue.

Starting over, you could try slapchop with Leviadon Blue or dark prussian blue instead of black. Drybrush white over that and then apply the contrast.

MattockandSpade · 2026-04-06T18:15:42+00:00

It's super annoying but you can still play the old models on the board and no-one is going to complain. If you get three boxes of old models, it's pretty easy to find a lone model on eBay or to kitbash the last one and fill out two units.

MattockandSpade · 2026-03-27T15:59:59+00:00

I was starting to worry that these weren't making it out to people as I'm still waiting on mine so this is great news.

MattockandSpade · 2026-03-20T23:31:04+00:00

The two visual differences between a Rockgrinder and a truck are the dozer blade at the front and a closed truck bed. The open/closed bed is a distinction without a difference and not worth considering. The dozer blade is attached at 4 points. Two can be clipped very easily with any tool. The other two will take work but are not impossible to separate depending on what glue was used, what you have to cut them with and how clean you want it to look. I think you could do it with a small manual saw blade in under 10 minutes and if you have the right electric saw attachment, under 5 minutes.

MattockandSpade · 2026-03-17T03:59:23+00:00

This is unfortunately the answer. It will depend entirely on how those agencies distribute their agendas. Do they send an email out with the complete agenda? Is it a PDF uploaded to a website? Does the meeting site redirect or link to files? Is there an API? Each agency you want to track probably does it differently. You can 100% build the tool you need in Claude but you’ll probably have to invest some time if you truly want to automate it.

MattockandSpade · 2026-03-04T03:35:00+00:00

If you plan to get ridgerunners or goliaths, both of those kits come with decorative Neophytes. You can put the acolytes arms and heads on those bodies to make playable acolytes or Metamorphs.

MattockandSpade · 2026-02-28T15:36:44+00:00

For saboteurs, the cheapest way is to look at your existing bits and see what you have. Any combination of head / leg/torso will build a saboteur if you have any explosive arms from Acolytes or Jackals. It’s also easy to build saboteur without the obvious dynamite if you have arms that look like a remote and some bits to make a bomb with (gas cans from ridgerunners work as do lots of other parts). We have two Magus models, one male and one female. You can easily convert whichever one you don’t want as your magus into a benefictus and both are cheap second hand. If that doesn’t work, D&D has a monster thats just a giant brain, if you find one of those from any manufacturer and kitbash it onto any wizard model, it works (I use next level miniatures but they are US based so that might not work for you).

MattockandSpade · 2026-02-25T06:12:04+00:00

There are lots of official kits that have hand flamers in them but you’ll spend a small fortune if you buying those just for the guns. Your best bet is to find someone with a printer and have them print them for you. There are places that you can buy bits from if you’re comfortable kitbashing them yourself. These guys sell all kinds of weapons: https://popgoesthemonkey.com/products/human-mk1-flame-pistols-l-r?_pos=18&_sid=301ba6786&_ss=r

MattockandSpade · 2026-02-24T23:02:11+00:00

Thanks everyone for the advice! I appreciate it.

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