Warhammer in all its flavours
The T’au Empire is a young, rapidly expanding interstellar xenos empire that is located on the Eastern fringes of the Milky Way galaxy, on the very edges of the Imperium of man’s sphere of influence. They are characterised by their use of highly-advanced technology, assimilation of other species and desire to introduce the entire galaxy... Continue Reading →
With the year drawing to a close and Da Red Gobbo loading up his sack (and Shoota) it’s time to start thinking of Warhammer Christmas gift ideas. Got a hobby fan in your life? Trying to decide what to add to your list? The HoD team have you covered. We’ve put our heads together to... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Necropolis, the third instalment of Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series, sees the notorious Tanith First and Only deployed on Verghast. The huge hive cities on the planet are perpetually pitted against each other, vying for power through trade and occasionally force. When the hive of Ferrozoica launches a new, all out attack the out-matched Vervunhivers... Continue Reading →
From the Games Workshop Underworlds roadmap we know that the first separate warband from Deathgorge is going to be a destruction warband. So at the end of a gaming day, each of the HoD team threw around a few suggestions as to what it could be. I found it interesting so thought I'd put it... Continue Reading →
To celebrate the release of Warhammer 40k Leviathan, Games Workshop released a second free Warhammer mini of the month in June. In stores until the 15th of July you can get a free Tyranid Termagant to add to your collection. As is now becoming a regular friendly challenge, we each headed to a local Warhammer store... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
The Handful of Points Escalation League is back! After a month off where we relaxed and played skirmish games we jumped into our 1250 point games. Now we can start bringing out the big guns and synergies that are throttled at lower points values, and my scary Slaves to Darkness start getting a little less... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to our monthly escalation league update. The escalation league has taken April off so everyone can catch up on painting projects or take a short break if they're all done and ready, but this doesn't mean games weren't had. This month we broke out the skirmish games, specifically Warcry, Underworlds, and Blood Bowl,... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →