Happy Wednesday everyone. It has been an exciting few days with the release of Warhammer Underworlds Shadepsire this past Saturday and Twitter and Whatsapp have been full of wonderfully painted units from the game and some excellent conversions as well. If you haven't picked up the game yet I highly recommend it and if you want to watch some games played to get a feel for it before dropping the cash there are plenty of videos on Youtube by various people going through games step by step. Ther
Hey Everyone! Today I wanted to start a new article series about lessons in life but applying them to our hobby of Miniature Wargaming. As we mature in our lives we discover little bits of knowledge that we carry with us through our time here on earth. Some simple while others grander in nature. Often times we are taught these lessons by a Parent, Close friend, and sometimes through hindsight. What I find interesting about these lessons is how they can help someone improve their quality of
Hey Everyone! I wrapped up my Army and Display for the upcoming Armies on Parade coming up in a few weeks and decided to begin painting up a few extra models I had around instead of diving into another army right away. Also with Shadespire out this weekend, I am working on my paint schemes for that as well. I might stick with my current schemes as they are for my full armies, but an idea put out via the Shadespire Whatsapp chat by Ben Johnson was to paint two versions of your Shadespire force
Hey Everyone and happy Friday! Years ago when I began my hobby journey and began laying Warhammer I never imagined how it would become more than a hobby and truly a part of my life. I cannot see any future that does not involve Warhammer and Tabletop Wargaming as a key aspect of my life. Beyond being a healthy and enjoyable hobby I have come to realize, over the past year or so, that it is a community of so many different people. This community is the single greatest part of this hobby. The
Hey Everyone! It has been a flurry of Hobby for me this past week as the approaching date for Armies on Parade draws near. Thankfully taking a drybrush technique for the bulk of the army has paid off and I have turned out just over 1000pts for my display board as well as three Citadel Woods. My Harvest Sylvaneth really came together quickly at a decent Tabletop Quality and I it was fun to use bright colors such as orange and yellow which I don't normally use while painting with any regularity
Hey Everyone. This past week we have seen a debate regarding the controversial topic of requiring specific paint schemes to unlock certain battalion rules in Age of Sigmar. We saw precursors of this with Stormcast Eternals and Kharadron Overlords Battletomes, but the new Season of War: Firestorm campaign box has added additional bonuses to specific Free Cities from The Mortal Realms. I want to be upfront from the beginning that I respect the debate and those debating it as arguments for and a
Hey Everyone! This past week has been full of hobby, and gaming (and painting my deck) so as usual here is my current hobby and recently played games. This past Saturday was an Age of Sigmar Club Day at one of my local clubs. We played Skirmish and a few rounds of 1000pts matched play using the scenarios from GHB2017. It was exciting to finally get my freshly painted Blades of Khorne on the table and they had a good showing overall and I learned a few lessons on playing the army as well. Th
Hey Everyone! The Warhammer Community team released an article earlier this week on generating a random Free City (Check out the original article here). The concept really captured my imagination so I wanted to dive into creating a randomly built Free City within Age of Sigmar using the Charts from the Article as well as various other tools online. I might even paint up a hero or unit to represent a city in the future, but my current project is taking up all my time so a side project like tha
Hey everyone! Today I want to show you my completed Blades of Khorne army. I managed to finally wrap up the painting last week and the basing over the weekend. It is always exciting to complete an army and really give you a lot of satisfaction on seeing the army laid out as a whole. I have seen some hobbyists who take a well-deserved break after completing an army to prevent burnout, but for me, the opposite effect happens and I get really excited to jump into my next project. Thankfully I
Hey everyone! Happy Autumn Equinox! Today I wanted to begin talking about my project and army plans for Armies on Parade 2017. The date is already fast approaching, but I wanted to ensure I wrapped up my current Khorne army before diving into this one. As of this post, there are Thirty-Two days before our parade week beings for Age of Sigmar. On October 23rd Warhammer and Games Workshop stores across the globe will be full of amazing themed and painted Age of Sigmar Armies and I intend to b
Hey everyone! Hope your week is going strong as well as your hobby. This post comes with a bit of satisfaction as I have completed painting my Blades of Khorne as of last night. I still have basing to do, but that should be wrapped up by the end of the week allowing me to start into my Harvest Sylvaneth I will be doing for this year's Armies on Parade. I will go into more detail this next project in my post this Friday.
I truly saved the best of the army for last as I wrapped up my B
Hey Everyone! Today I wanted to wrap up my Nova Open Impressions series with a run down of all the Age of Sigmar games I played during the event. I opted to leave out army lists as the event chose to use the original Generals Handbook so most of the armies were built around the older points and meta. It was fun to get one last go around with my Warrior Brotherhood, but I think the event would have been much more exciting if it had used the Generals Handbook 2017 as it would have made the fiel
Hey Everyone! I am getting back to a normal hobby schedule post-Nova Open. That being said I have gotten some work done on my Khorne and should have them wrapped up by this Saturday. I have also been giving a bit more thought on my Aelf Rebasing project as well as finalizing a theme for my Sylvaneth who have sat unpainted for far too long.
I am very happy with how my converted Chaos Warshrine turned out, but it was quite the challenge to paint. The detail on the model wasn't unexpect
Hey Everyone! Hope you had a great week of Hobby with plans for more throughout the weekend. Today I want to bring you more coverage of my time at Nova Open 2017 looking more at a general recap, how I spent my time and all the great people I got to know better, meet, and spend time with throughout the weekend. In one of the next posts in this series, I will do a more in depth breakdown of my games so keep a look out. I am sure I missed mentioning a few people in the sections below and if I d
Hey Everyone! I am back from Nova and sadly don't have much in the way of my own hobby due to the event, but today I did wish to bring you my pictures (warning there will be a lot of large images on the page) from The Capital Palette Painting Competition that was held at Nova Open.
What I really enjoy about The Capital Palette is how the awards are based on the skill of each individual model and not a standard 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. In any category, there could be four golds or no golds etc...
Hey Everyone! Nova Open is in full swing right now with live coverage from Warhammer TV as well as pictures all across Twitter so be sure to check out what is going on. Today I wanted to discuss what I listen to while I am building or painting in at my Hobby Desk and what I have heard others do as well be it for background noise, a distraction, or a form of motivation while they are deep into the Hobby. At the end, I added some playlists on some of my Hobby Music Playlists for you to judge an
Happy Wednesday everyone! Safe travels to everyone on their way to Nova Open and please feel free to say "Hi: if you see me around the convention when I arrive late Thursday night. If you are not able to attend you can follow what I am doing there via Twitter as always. Now, on to my Hobby from the past week and there is a lot of Red and White being put on models. Honestly, I look forward to doing any other color with my next army, but it has been nice to tackle the challenging color of whit
Hey Everyone! Happy Friday and happy last weekend to wrap up your Nova Open Projects and Armies if you are attending this years convention. Today I wanted to follow-up from a post I did quite some time ago entitled "Why I still have Squares". In the article, I flat-out refused to rebase my old armies seeing them as bought for 8th edition and I wanted to honor the plan I had in my head for the army so I was leaving them on square bases and moving forward with my Stormcast Eternals force with p
Hey Everyone! The Nova Crunch enters its final stages with only eight days until the fun begins at Nova Open 2017! I had many goals to complete by then and while quite a few will happen there is a bit that will not sadly. However, it is no time to quit and while the goal will not be met I will readjust the timeframe for them to keep the goal in sight and reasonable.
I was hoping to have my Khorne completed before Nova. I did not plan to take them to Nova, but I was using the convention as a
Hey everyone! Happy Friday and Happy GenCon Weekend! Time is closing as Nova Open draws near Thirteen Days is all that remains until the big show and I feel vastly behind in my preparation, but determined as ever! Hopefully, the rest of you are nice and relaxed and fully prepared, but if you are like me and fully in the Nova Crunch I wish you all the luck I can spare.
I have managed to get a fair number of practice games in with my Stormcast Eternals, but since I have been playing this a
Hey Everyone! Time for another look at my hobby and games from the previous week. Also a brief salute to a man who has ingrained himself in our hobby minds and left his mark as a Warhammer Legend (not that he is done growing his legend yet!). Enjoy!
Rob Symes finished up his time with Games Workshop as one of the Hosts for Warhammer TV last Friday. I think it is safe to say his commentary and insight will be missed on the streams, but it will also be nice to see him return to the commu
Hey Everyone! Today I wanted to talk about Khorne in a light not usually seen, but these parts of his persona were integral in my choosing to follow the Blood God over any other as I began my Fall to Chaos. These character traits also helped in the choice of my color scheme choice of White and Gold across the army.
Everyone sees Khorne being all about Blood, Rage, and Skulls and while these are indeed part of who Khorne is he also represents Strength, Honor, Discipline, and a Motivation u
Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope your hobby is going strong as we enter the final stages of summer. If you are going to Nova Open there are only 22 days left to finish up your army or projects! Here is what has been going on with my Hobby and Nova prep this past week. My Club, Ligonier Legion, recently moved venues due to some renovation at our local Library where we normally met. Our new gaming hall is the basement of a local Church which has plenty of table space, storage for our terrain
Hey Everyone! Today I have a very special guest interview for you all. Dan from the new AoS Shorts Podcast took some time to talk about Hobby, Age of Sigmar, and his new Podcast. Dan is a great guy with a love for Age of Sigmar and if haven't yet, be sure to reach out to him. You will find his contact information below.
AoS Shorts is a great tool to help tighten up your rules knowledge to improve your game whether you are a beginner or a budding top table player. I find myself listenin
Happy Wednesday Everyone! Welcome to the fresh look for The Realm Gate! I felt it was time to step up my game and give the blog a more professional look with a new logo I worked up as well as a cleaner design to the site. I made do subtle tweaks here and there and any input is appreciated.
The new logo. I was originally going to commission one but decided to try my own hand at it in the end
Now for another Hobby update as I have begun to find my Hobby Rhythm and gaining momentum each and
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