As winter draws closer and the year comes to a close we know we're about to get treated to some of the best deals in Warhammer. The Age of Sigmar battleforces are just round the corner so we're bringing you our AoS battleforce value breakdown so you can get the best deals. Last year the... Continue Reading →
Warhammer 40k Battleforce Value Breakdown 2023
The nights are closing in, the weather is getting colder and that means only one thing; this year’s battleforces are drawing near. As always, Games Workshop have announced several new boxes of sprues, and as always we’re bringing you our 40k battleforce value breakdown and an analysis of how good they are. This year sees... Continue Reading →
Tips For Beginners Painting Warhammer
As a beginner painting Warhammer minis, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees. You're confronted with a myriad of paint types, colours and brushes, then an endless number of ways to combine them to paint your models. On top of that, models are getting more and more detailed and you're expected... Continue Reading →
This Month Ignited a Passion for Space Marines We Didn’t Know We Had
For a little while now Games Workshop have been offering a free miniature in store, as part of their Miniature of the Month promotion. Given the recent release of the incredible Warhammer 40k Leviathan box to launch 10th edition, it was obvious we were going to be seeing some Tyranids and Space Marines given out... Continue Reading →
How To Prime Miniatures
You’ve clipped, trimmed, filed and glued and you’re all set to start putting paint on plastic. You obviously want to make sure you get the best possible result for the tabletop, so make sure you’re getting the foundations right. Priming minis might not be the most glorious aspect of painting, but without it your finished... Continue Reading →
Life Finds A Way With Our Saurus Warriors
What do you call a Saurus with three heads? A free Saurus. For a little while now Games Workshop have been offering a free miniature in store, as part of their Miniature of the Month promotion. With not one but two miniatures being given out during June 2023, we figured it was time to get... Continue Reading →
We Enforced Our Will On These Arbites’ Paint Schemes
There's another free warhammer miniature available this May. To celebrate the release of Killteam this month's model is an Adeptus Arbites Arbitrator, available from the 13th of May. As is now becoming a regular friendly challenge, we each headed to a local Warhammer store to build and take home a model, and painted them to compare... Continue Reading →
Ask A Hobby Physio: How To Avoid Back Pain During Long Painting Sessions?
I don't know many hobby painters who haven't had some back pain after a long painting session. We all know what it's like; you've been sat at your desk for hours, hunched over to get close enough to edge highlight those tiny details on your Aeldari Guardian's armour or add the finishing touch to the... Continue Reading →
10 Miniature Converters and Kitbashers to Inspire Your Creativity
The great thing about warhammer and miniatures in general is that different parts of the hobby appeal to different people. You might be driven by one of the many games, you might love the lore or you might love the painting. But one side of the hobby that often gets overlooked is conversion and kitbashing.... Continue Reading →
Is Stormbringer Bringing The Value?
Games Workshop's latest subscription magazine service released on the 15th of February, and on the surface it appears to be pretty darn good value for money. But is it? Having spent £2.99 on the first issue, and a whole morning crunching numbers, I am here to report my findings to you, so you can decide... Continue Reading →
Handful of Points Escalation League: Session Two
Another month, another exciting day of gaming here at the HoD offices. This month saw the Handful of Points Escalation League go from 500 points up to 750 points, which means new and exciting goodies (and baddies) in our armies. If you haven't read our article about our first session, you can find it here.... Continue Reading →
Making a Warhammer Escalation League That’s Right For You
The Handful of Dice team have a problem. We don't actually play a lot of Warhammer... We play a fair amount of Underworlds and the occasional online game, but with a team spread out along the south coast and around London we don't get to play a lot of physical games of Age of Sigmar... Continue Reading →
Warhammer 40k Battleforce Value Breakdown 2022
It's getting cold outside, the nights have drawn in and the Coca Cola advert with all the lorries has been on TV - it can all only mean one thing; the Warhammer 40k Battleforce releases are just round the corner! As they do every year Games Workshop have given us all a chance to make... Continue Reading →
Creating A Warhammer Underworlds Display Base
If you want to display a small squad of models, you might have considered a display base or Diorama. I recently created a small base for my Warhammer Underworlds warband the Gorechosen of Dromm, simply because I loved the paint scheme and how the warband plays. I'm no expert at creating dioramas and scenes, but... Continue Reading →
10 Miniature Painters With Amazing Warhammer Underworlds schemes
Warhammer Underworlds is one of Games Workshop's smaller game systems, but has consistently delivered some of the best model sculpts that the Mortal Realms have to offer. On top of that, the game's small model-count warbands mean there plenty of freedom to be creative. We've already featured some brilliant painters in both super colourful styles... Continue Reading →