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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... It feels more attuned to encouragement without taking away the honor and pride in receiving a Finalist Pin or a Medal in the event. I am nowhere close to being able to enter the competition, but just seeing the beautifully painted pieces of art is inspiring to improve my hobby even by a bit. It is really a top Painting event and if you are ever able to make it I would suggest you do. First up is the entries for the event! It is hard to say there were standouts as every piece of art in these cabinets was exceptional quality, but here are a few that caught my eye. The award ceremony was held prior to the General/Closing Awards ceremony up on the Rooftop Floor, with exception of the Fan Favorite Vote Winner. I joined Vince Venturella of Warhammer Weekly, who had numerous entries into the event, at the smaller awards ceremony and watched the genuine love all of these amazing artists have for their craft and their community. It was great to be off in the corners watching this group support each other and share their passion for what they love to do. It was a lot of fun seeing the winners go up to accept the recognition for their hard earned work and my friend Vince was able to walk away with quite a few awards for his entries. I am also very excited for my friend Sean McAfee of Brush For Hire as he was always the painter in my local scene and he joined me this year in going to Nova and had a few entries as well in what was his first true painting competition. His goal was a Finalist Pin and he walked away with one as well as a Bronze in the Singles category. Vince and Sean, I want to offer my congratulations for all of your hard work. The art you to and other like you produce is inspiring to all of us in the hobby. Keep up the great work! Take care everyone and come back on Friday when I cover part of my Nova Open experience (except a few posts on the event in the coming weeks). Until then, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Is there a time when Mad Max isn't appropriate?

I most certainly will do. Canhammer has fallen off my list over the past year, but I will be sure to add it back!

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 and enjoy while you Hobby. I also want to note that this post is partially inspired by Chris T. over at The Black Sun Weekly. His love of music is very apparent and I often find new music and bands through his intro and outro music selections. Podcasts: One of the best parts about our hobby is all the great contributors who put out great podcasts on a regular basis. They can range in focus from Narrative, Competitive, to Hobby related shows. I find podcasts an enjoyable way to pass the time Hobbying and it allows my mind to wander about the hobby without being too distracted from what I might be building or painting. There is also a plethora of other podcasts outside the hobby as well worth checking out as well. Audio Books: Audio Books are another great option, but with a bit of a warning. I have found that from time to time I am unable to concentrate on both and may find I missed a spot of detail on a model due to listening to an exciting part of an Audio Book or that I have no ideas what the last few minutes of the Audio Book were about due to concentrating on painting those eyes just right. I tend to limit my Audio Book listening to when I am priming or color blocking models as it requires less of my concentration and is easily corrected if a mistake happens. Television/Movies/Youtube: I have heard of hobbyist putting on a movie or favorite television show while Hobbying. Sadly, this is one that doesn't work well for me outside of the odd sporting event, and even then I usually prefer the radio. The visual addition of the media is far too distracting for me to concentrate on just the noise, but I can see the appeal in how it allows you to spend time with your family even when you Hobby. Often times significant others enjoy watching some of the new Dramas on TV or watching something a bit more family friendly with the kids or even a Lets Play video on Youtube and with Time being limited this might be a good way to mix family and Hobby time. The one caveat I have with this is Hobby Related Youtube Videos and Warhammer TV. Often times the Youtube and Twitch channels related to our Hobby are themed to be more audible and as such I often Hobby while putting them on from time to time. Internet Chat/ LiveGroup Hobby: Either via Skype, Discord, Google Hangouts, or meeting up in person this is a very fun way to pass the time Hobbying, but it suffers from the same pitfalls that Audio Books do in my mind with wanting to concentrate on who is talking and your model at the same time can be a challenge. However, the added benefit of talking with someone with similar interests and who can provide instant feedback to your work is invaluable and needed from time to time to prevent us from becoming shut ins. I really enjoy doing simple bits of Hobby while doing this or working on a group project together. If you ever see someone online wanting to Skype while Hobbying I suggest you jump in and enjoy the comradery. Music: Music is my personal favorite way to Hobby as it allows me really get lost in whatever songs are on while I put my full focus on my models. Pandora is often a helpful tool in this as well as I can choose a genre and let it do the rest. I will range from Classical to Trance, to Pop, to Rock, to really anything. I hold a special place in my heart for Spanish Guitar for an unknown reason. Music really helps me forget about everything but what I am working on at that moment and keeps me distract from how long I might be sitting in one spot. If you haven't really put on some sweet Tunes and let the music flow I highly suggest you do and soon! Silence: The last way I can think of to Hobby is in Silence. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Silence and while it can be used for an entire Hobby session I prefer to let it dabble in any of the other listening options. Chatting with a group is great, but sometimes a comfortable silence among friends all working on Hobby can be pleasant. Even the greatest tunes can really get us going and a few minutes of silence is a nice way to recenter on what you are working on and maybe switch genres of music with a less jarring effect. All in all, I don't enjoy long periods of Silence when Hobbying, but it is not something to avoid either. Whatever media you pair your hobby with I hope you branch out and give something else a try. If I missed anything, and I am sure I have, please let me know so I can try them out myself as well as anyone else looking to mix up their Hobby. As promised you can see a few examples (but certainly not everything as it would be an entire post in itself) of what I listen to while hobbying. Feel free to judge my tastes and until next week, Happy Hobbying! Podcasts/Youtube/Twitch Channels: Scruby & Wells Garagehammer Mortal Realms Warhammer Weekly Tabletop Minions The Black Sun Bad Dice Rolling Bad Age of Sigbrah Bravery One Facehammer Fjordhammer HeelanHammer The Independent Characters Life After The Cover Save Forge the Narrative Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Warhammer TV AoS Shorts Music Playlist for my Hobby: Sadly I was unable to share my Pandora stations so here is a general run down of what I listen to while hobbying. Modern Pop Music Classical Music Dance Music "Irish Pub" Music Heavy Metal Classic Country 90's Music View the full article

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 white to add it comfortably to my list of Hobby Tools. Perhaps I will try to incorporate yellow into my next army if I find myself motivated or inspired to do so. I finished up two Slaughterpriests bringing my total up to three to maximize my Gore Pilgrims Bubble is I find the need to do just that. I really love this sculpt and was very happy that it came free with White Dwarf during its Monthly relaunch. It made getting my hands on a few very easy. I may even try to get a few more to do some fun conversions in te future. I may be in the minority but neither one of these models are my favorite in the range despite the nice sculpting job. There aesthetic never clicked for me even though they are very Khornate and Chaos inspired, but after painting them I found a new appreciation and I hope we see a Korgorath kit soon to add more dynamic poses to the model as I wouldn't mind adding one or two to my army. A might army needs it's Might Lord and he was a joy to paint and not as challenging as I expected he would be to complete to nice Tabletop level. Up next is my Chaos Warshrine converted to be carried by Bloodreavers. It looks to offer a real challenge, but I am excited to see how it turns out as one of the armies centerpieces. Not pictured are a Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage and Skarbrand which I am very excited to paint in the coming weeks. My last bit of hobby was the addition of a converted Knight-Heraldor which is part of my Nova Open army this weekend. I enjoy how simple and fluid Stormcast painting Stormcast has become for me, but sticking with the same army for a few year will do that I suppose. It is a bit bittersweet knowing this will be the last Stormcast I will be painting for a while unless Blightwar sinks its teeth into me, but I am excited to begin rebasing my Aelves and possibly painting the Sylvaneth that have been sitting on my Hobby Desk for the past year. Until Friday, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

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 plans to create new Aelf Armies in the future. When The Generals Handbook released and I saw how the Aelves were broken into many many sub-factions I reasserted the thought to not rebase all my old Elf Armies and pushed onward. Over time I found myself looking again at my Aelven forces sitting on display and began looking at how to create a mixed order force of Aelves. Mostly, this was due to the fact that we have gone a very long time without an Aelf in sight and while I love my Stormcast Eternals I simply couldn't resist looking back at original Warhammer love of Aelves. Fast-forward a year to the imminent release of The Generals Handbook 2017 with the points adjustments, allies system, and a plethora of other new fun elements to the game. I am eating my words because I have decided to rebase my Aelves. Initially, I was looking to rebase a few at a time as allies to my Stormcast, but that simply didn't satisfy my need for more Aelves on the gaming tables so I will go all in and rebase my old High, Wood, and Dark Aelves for use and I am excited to get started with the project. In some way, I still felt that I might revisit 8th edition at some point, but it has been over two years and it is safe to say I am not going back so time to round out my armies. I still have Khorne to finish and a small contingent of Sylvaneth to paint, but a rebasing project isn't something that cannot be accomplished quickly with a plan. Once I decide how they will all be based I imagine a could rebase an army in a weekend. However, the debate on how to base them will be a tough decision. Do I base them all the same in order to ally easier? Perhaps I base them all individual and simply buy new kits to blend both painting and basing of allies into one of the forces. It won't be an easy choice, but if I ever change my mind I could rebase once again since I no longer refuse to rebase my models. Tomorrow we will have The Generals Handbook 2017 in hand and I look forward to exploring all the ways I can get my Aelves back into the battle and finally get my armies story established in The Mortal Realms; and off of the green turf. Let me know what you might be planning for your allies if you have decided to start a brand new army with the new book or if you are digging out an older army to field with all the changes! Next week is Nova Open, but you can still expect my usual Wednesday and Friday Posts and if you will be at the convention be sure to reach out to me to say "Hi"! Until next week, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

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 landmark goal. I did manage to complete my unit of thirty Bloodreavers this past weekend as well as Skarr Bloodwrath. That only leaves ten models left to go, but they are all Heros or Behemoths and I do not wish to rush through them simply to get them complete. Time is drawing to a close, but I will push my deadline to complete this army to mid-September to keep the goal of completing the army close to my original goal but giving myself a reasonable amount of time to complete it all. Including deciding on a basing scheme for the army. The Bloodreavers were very much a challenge and I don't recommend painting thirty of them at once. The detail of the unit really slowed me down and is in part a reason on why I am behind of my original goal. While the level of detail is extensive it does really make the unit pop and despite my struggles, I am really happy with how they turned out in the end. Skarr was a fun model to paint and really easy as well. My color scheme assisted since most of his model was left white on his armor and white with gray detail lines for the skin. I might go back and add a bit more variation to the skin on this model to help differentiate the armor and skin a bit more, but he is tabletop ready once I get him based. I am curious to see what everyone is working so let me know in the comments or on my Twitter feed and until Friday's post. Happy Hobbying! View the full article

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 army for the past few years I feel confident with playing it in the events. The one downfall currently, is the constant restructuring of my list. Not that tweaking a list is bad in any way, but I feel as if my list hasn't been all that stable since the release of the current Battletome for the army. I decided to look at this a bit further and honestly ask myself why it has felt this way and why was it more constant before the new Battletome. There is no doubt the Battletome brought a lot of great things to the army while removing some of the unfair, and to be honest, less fun shenanigans the army had in its utility belt. I thought back to all my discussions about my Stormcast army on my Blog, during my guest appearance on Warhammer Weekly, The Whatsapp chat and various talks with friends around the community and I found that I was always referring to my army as The Warrior Brotherhood style and that is why I played Hammerstrike Battalion as it is, in a way, a toned down version of the over-the-top Alpha Strike that Warrior Brotherhood brought and which I played all the time. After this realization, I decided to look at the idea of using The Warrior Brotherhood despite its changes at The Nova Open GT. I dug into the player pack for the event and the more I read the more I saw the benefit that the Warrior Brotherhoods board control could bring. I even toyed with the idea of taking the battalion to Adepticon, but I choose against it and in a way, I am sad I did, but not this time! I also plan to shelve my Stormcast for a while after Nova to play my Khorne and begin a new Aelf army so playing the Warrior Brotherhood is a great way to close that chapter of Stormcast being my Primary Army. While I have my list set, except for a few possible Hero changes, I still have one model to buy and paint. A Knight-Heraldor, the Toot-Toot himself. I plan to pick up one this weekend and hopefully get him built and color blocked as time runs out, but that will eat into time set aside for my Khorne Army. I had set a goal for myself to have the Army completely painted by Nova, but I am still slogging through one of the last units with some larger models still left. As much as it hurts to admit defeat I am afraid I must admit defeat in this aspect. I will have the army done shortly after, just in time to face Grandfather Nurgle's Ascendancy. As far as army transport is concerned I have had a wonderful Feldherr case for the past number of years that was given to me as a gift. It has always been my companion to my battles and has carried countless warriors, mages, cavalry, and beasts for me. However, after Adepticon it became painfully aware that the case was best suited for my older armies and smaller bases. The foam has also seen better days. Thankfully while at Adepticon I picked up the Case Mini from Battlefoam while in the dealer's room and I knew this was going to be my new Army Transport case. I have ordered a Pack 352 with Pluck foam to get started, but after Nova, I will order some custom foam for Storage and plan to do a full review when I do. With my list almost finalized and my new transport system on its way I am all set to print out my lists in color with custom images of my army using the Azyr App. Thankfully this is no more than an evenings worth of work, but with time running out I will need to get on this within the next few days in order to have it all set and ready. I also planned to order Custom Combat Gauges from 6 Squared Studios once again o hand out to my opponents and with my new logo I still want to do this, but looking at the time frame it might not be feasible to have them ordered and shipped to me on time but stay hopefully I can still get this done in time. I still have a bit of work ahead of me, but I remain excited about Nova Open and the fun to be had there. If you are going please reach out to me to meet up or at the very least stop me and say hi! If you are not attending I will be bringing you my coverage from the event via Twitter and will recap my games and experience in a few follow-up posts in September. Until next time, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

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 community as a player and enjoy the creative freedom only he can bring. I want to offer him my thanks in all he has done for the community and I look forward to seeing what he has in the future and wish him all the best in his adventures. A 21 Toot Toot Salute. Thank you, Rob. I have become a Co-Host on my friend Ed Hornes (EvilEd) 40k Vod/podcast entitled HeresyCast. I am very much an Age of Sigmar player, but I have always enjoyed 40k as well and with the new edition I am excited to play both game systems. I still plan to keep a stronger focus on Age of Sigmar and if you check out the latest episodes (avoid Ep1...we had audio issues) you can enjoy me comparing everything in 40k to Age of Sigmar. much to the chagrin of Ed and our other host Chad. I am continuing progress on my Blades of Khorne. Currently up in my last large unit which consists of 30 Blood Reavers. I am still planning to finish the army this month, but it has been a daunting task. After this unit, I imagine the painting will move along much quicker as it is only Heros and Monsters left to do. My local Club has successfully moved into our new venue located in a local Church's Basement. They were generous enough to give us an area to store all of our Terrain between Gaming events in their Belfry as well. Overall everyone is really excited for the new venue as it gives us a bit more flexibility in how we run the events from the perspective of time, dates, etc. We may have an issue with needing more tables as we grow, but there is plenty of space to utilize and I feel we will be very happy at the new location. Also, I was asked to give a shout out to an upcoming event Da Boyz Grand Tournament in Rochester, NY on November 17th - 19th. They will be running events for multiple game systems such as 40k and Age of Sigmar. I might try to make it up there myself if I am able. You can register at DaBoyzGT.com or if you have questions reach out to @Khornelord on Twitter. I hope your Hobby is going strong and I would love to see what you are working on as well! I case you are counting like I am, there are only 16 days left until Nova Open and it is very much crunch time. Happy Hobbying! View the full article

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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 unsurpassed by other Chaos Gods. Khorne is a warrior above all else and to be a warrior is to be steps away from being in his service. A lot of these positive traits can be viewed in Hero's across the Mortal Realms, Sigmar, for example, could be seen as Khorne's mirror image, but with the control to not fall so far into the Rage that consumers The Blood God. Khorne is about strength. He doesn't even skip leg day at the gym! Might of arms and the ability to kill any opponent you might face in hand to hand combat is his way and the way of those who follow him. Using other means to kill such as a bow, poison, magic, or having others fight your battles is a good way to earn his ire. We can all relate to wanting to be strong and wanting to be able to handle any situation we may encounter. Being strong allows you to tackle things head on physically and anyone who goes to the gym on a regular basis enjoy pushing themselves to be stronger. Khorne would be pleased. You always know where you stand with Khorne, he hates you, but he might respect you if you share qualities with him, qualities of an Honorable Warrior. He won't stab you in the back or use trickery to come after you. You can be certain that if Khorne is after you, it will be on the field of battle with weapons in hand. His honor will not allow him to kill you in any other way. He wants you to put up a fight and is not opposed to Champion Duels to settle things. He would rather see two champions fight to the death in an honorable duel instead of a watching an army slaughter the defenseless or cowardly. If his champion wins then his strength and loyalty will be rewarded, but if his champion falls then he knows he was weak and not worthy of saying his name. As I said you always know where you stand with Khorne. In order to follow Khorne, you must be disciplined of mind and body. While it is true the rage of his persona can ruin discipline among his followers that are only if his champions fail to maintain discipline. Why are his Champions able to hold Discipline in an army of frenzy murders? They are the most disciplined and examples of who Khorne is and what he represents. This filters down and while the army appears to be screaming lunatics running across the board they are in fact a disciplined army using their straight forward martial tactics to win the day. Sadly, Rage can cause this to break down from time to time, but the same can be true due to pride or the promise of power in other armies. Khorne's followers, to me, are the more proactive and motivated bunch. You don;t see them sitting around and waiting very often and if you do they are usually not happy about it. The Chaos Gods are always ascending and descending, but you never really see Khorne stop and regroup. He and his followers simply carry on killing as much as they can, even amongst themselves. Nurgle is happy to wait for his time in the sun, Slaanesh will revel in excess to extremes, Tzeentch will play his grand game. Khorne can receive the Death of a world as a gift and immediately go looking for more. He is always pushing himself and his followers for more. Khorne the Motivator! So I have fallen to Chaos and I plan to enjoy it a bit, at least until the Aelves drag me back into the light. I really look forward to finishing painting my army so I can get it on the board. I see a nobility in Khorne and that is what I am painting them with Whites and Golds as they are typical colors of purity. I will focus on their noble aspects and I do enjoy the duality the colors are giving to the models. Perhaps turning a blind eye to the rage and blood is proof of my fall? I think I will end my Falling to Chaos series here as I don't know where else I could take it at the moment, but I hoped you enjoyed my insight on Khorne and my new found love of Chaos. See you all next week, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Thanks! Variation is the spice of life lol.

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 and gives us a bit more freedom for our events in the future. The atmosphere is positive for the switch with the only down sides is a bit farther walk to our FLGS. We broke in the new hall with games of Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40k. My good friend Aleks was happy enough to help me test a potential list for Nova. I built my Stormcast very defensively to survive potential shooting heavy armies. He brought out his Free Peoples with plenty of shooting. I started with a good lead, but he clawed back to draw the scenario and get a minor win on Kill Points. It was a great game but forced me to reevaluate my list once more. Warhammer 40k 8th edition has really sparked my local club and they came out to play in order to prepare for our upcoming Fate of Konor Event at the end of the month. My Blade of Khorne are really beginning to take shape and I knocked out a few heroes to lead my force for some small point games as I paint the remainder in the coming month or two. I still plant o finish the army before Nova, but the life is a thing that can get in the way, but you can be sure I will be ready for Aelves when they release! Currently, I am painting my unit of 30 Blood Reavers and I played with Skin shades a bit and below you can see the four variations I am using across the entire army. Left to right the mixes are One layer of Reikland Flesh, One layer of Reikland Flesh plus a layer of Seraphim Sepia, Two layers of Reikland Flesh, And a mixture of Gorthor brown, Druchii Violet, and Nuln Oil. Also, I have set up a WhatsApp chat group for Aleves and if you have an interest in joining please get in contact with me and I can get you into the group. Let me know what Hobby you have going on as I would love to see. If you are going to Nova Open please feel free to hit me up and perhaps we can meet up to chat or at least say hi! Until Friday, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Thanks! Dan is a great guy and his podcast has become one of my must listens. It's odd to realize I have misplayed subtle things the past few years.

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 listening to the short episodes multiple times to help smooth out my gameplay for myself and my opponents. Also, his companion blog for each episode is a great way to get the most out of his discussion topics. I hope you enjoy the interview. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dan, can you tell me about who you are and how you began in this Hobby? Hey, I'm a (predominantly) matched play gamer living in Auckland, New Zealand. I was born and raised in the U.K. and was aware of Warhammer while I was there but only really dove in with 5th edition after I’d moved to NZ. I took the Brets and played some 40k with Imperial Guard. Everything kinda then went on hold, until I rejoined the hobby when I was working in London in 2012-2014. I came back in by listening to podcasts from Bad Dice, Heelanhammer, Black Sun, Garagehammer and the Dwellers before picking up a dwarf army when the 8th Ed Dwarf book dropped. Really had to make the use of UK pricing and the VAT refund before coming back to NZ. Dan (pictured left) handing out some prizes What armies are you playing currently and what’s next on your Hobby Table? I’ve been playing Sylvaneth since the Battletome came out and absolutely love them. The sheer movement flexibility is amazing. I suspect that Death will be my next AoS army but I'll be holding fire until after GHB2017 and any signs of a new Death Battletome. There is something right about Death following Life. Dan's growing Sylvaneth Army Do you have a local Club or group you play with and how often do you get to play games and work on Hobby? Unfortunately, I don't get as much time to play as I would like due to my work and a young family at home. So I haven't ever really been able to commit to a club. I play casual games in mates’ garages, with the Auckland Model Citizens, and host tournaments with the Auckland City Guard. On the hobby front, I try to get a few hours in each week - usually 30 mins or so early in the morning and perhaps a night a week. Can you share with us your favorite Hobby movement? “Hobby movement” - what a great phrase. There are so many things that could be captured by this - the move to scenic bases, the #roadtoscgt crew, the NEOs, Games Workshop’s re-engagement with the community, the explosion of hobby podcasts, Warhammer TV. I can't just pick one. Dan's Hobby Area What about your least favorite time in the Hobby? The destruction of the old world was an unsettling shock, I played one game of AoS when it was first released and then decided to just let the dust settle and see where things went. Me and my mates played a Necromunda campaign, we dabbled with KoW and I picked up Guild Ball. In the end, I threw myself into AoS as the game grew and found new gaming groups (my 8th ed. mates are now all playing T9A or 40k). If Money and Time were not an issue what would be the one dream Hobby project you would want to tackle. I have about 3,000 points of Dogs of War (almost every unit from the 5th edition book) still sitting mint in box. With the death of 8th, I was going to use them in 9th Age or KoW but never got round to them. I’d love to get them finished as a painting project on large diorama bases. Other options would be a Luthor Harkon Undead Pirate army, a marauder Chaos force themed around a local raven god (which is actually a manifestation of Tzeentch), and a Harlequins force for 40k The dream army in the wings I often hear about challenges that our Wargaming Brothers and Sisters face being in this Hobby in your part of the world (New Zealand, and Australia), is there any insight you can share on this subject? The obvious issue is the pricing differential (significantly higher than the exchange rate plus shipping) however that is old news. Unfortunately, it really does limit new blood into the hobby and make it hard for local gaming stores to make sales because everyone just buys offshore. The more complex issue is that we are a country of just over 4 million people in a long country that stretches from Lake Erie down into Florida or from Scotland into Spain. Our gaming scene also split hard three ways with the death of 8th. So achieving a critical mass for gaming clubs and tournaments can be hard. We are only now starting to get 40 player tournaments and that usually requires about half the field to be flying (or catching a 10-hour bus ride) to get there. Durthu has great basing that Dan is using across the entire force You recently started a new Podcast called AoS Shorts. What can you tell me about it? AoS Shorts is a series of podcasts, videos and blog posts on strategy for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. This series will help you get better fast. Think of it as a Cliff Notes version of Facehammer etc. There is so much great information out there in the AoS community on strategy and tactics, but it is largely buried in 100-page forum threads, 3-hour podcasts or hundreds of hours of video. The aim with AoS Shorts is to distill this information for the time-poor gamer. Basically, I’ve started the podcast I wanted. Each show focuses on a key AoS topic, such as list design, deployment, and scenarios, and is accompanied by diagrams, tip sheets and a blog post for you to digest or refer to later. Who is your target audience for the podcast and what is your goal with the show? The show is aimed at people who want to improve their performances at tournaments or other competitive games. The show really isn't going to have anything new for top-end tournament gamers who usually podium. However, for players in the mid- or lower tables who want to start winning more games, or feel like they are in those games for longer, I hope my show helps. So far you have List Writing, Tournament Play Tips, Scenery in The Age of Sigmar, Deployment, and the Priority Roll what is next for the show? At the moment I'm trying to stick to the core mechanics of AoS until GHB2017 comes out. Once that drops, I'll have episodes on each of the scenarios, summoning, piling in and combat, certain list builds, scouting reports on particular factions etc. I also want to grow the show into videos because it is so much easier to explain strategy and tactics by showing rather than telling. I want to illustrate the key concepts of the game with great painted armies on good tables. What is the best way for someone to reach you and where can they download your latest shows? You can find me on Twitter at @antipodean7 or AoS Shorts on Facebook. All the articles and resources can be found at aosshorts.com. The show is on iTunes, Podbean, and RSS. ----------------------------------------------------------- I love what Dan is doing and I hope you take the time to check out his podcast and Blog. I plan to use them as some last minute tournament preparation to Nova Open as I listen to his previous episodes on my drive down to the venue. As always feel free to follow me on Twitter and until next week, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

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 every day! It is helping that Nova Open is right around the corner and nothing helps the hobby like a goal or big event on the horizon! Fresh faces and ready for Blood I am in the middle of painting my Blades of Khorne and finished up my Unit of ten BloodWarriors. I was surprised at how much detail these models have considering they were from the starter set. They took much longer to paint than I expected, but they are beautiful models to add to any Khorne army. Totems and Icons galore! After I painted up the unit I realized that I needed to add in an Icon Bearer and after an extra night of work I was able to convert up something simple but effective for the role. To treat myself I plan to paint my Bloodsecrator next. The set up before we all began to run right due to the meteor drops I managed to get some gaming in as well! My friend Matt hosted me for a game of Age of Sigmar and 40k. I took my Double Hammerstrike List I am considering for Nova Open against his Celestial Vindicators in Gift from the Heavens. It was a fun game back and forth, but my Stormcast Took Victory in the end. After playing the double Hammerstrike I find it powerful, but with a few weaknesses so I will be trying out a few other lists before Nova. Movement is really easy if you lose before you get to move After Dinner and some chatting, we dived into a game of 40k where my Dark Angels faced off against his Mixed Imperium List in a game built from the new Open War cards. Despite the cards creating a fun Scenario my lack of knowledge in 40k play and how my army truly functions led to me losing in the Top of Turn 1. Since it was all about the fun so we decided to just play on...until I was tabled at the bottom of turn 3. A great day regardless and I it really motivated me to improve my 40k skills to match that of my Age of Sigmar skills. Some of the great work people are contributing to this great Cause (various artists) I wanted to take a moment to share with you some Hobby Inspiration with the #RainbowWarriorsProject seeing the community come together for a great cause is wonderful and that they can do it using their Hobby skills makes it that much better! Check out The Lonely Havocs to keep up to date on this great Project and where you can go to for the charity raffle to win this great army. Until Friday feel free to follow me on Twitter and Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Hey Everyone! There are only four more full weeks until Nova Open and my excitement is growing! While this is not my first Major Wargaming event, Adepticon 2017 holds that title, it is my first Nova Open and the excitement isn't any less. However, I have been much more relaxed about my preparations for the event. One of the best ways I found to prepare for a GT's is to listen to Podcasts and Videocasts discussing different armies that you are likely to see when attending these events. Lately, there has been a number of great shows doing just that. Tyler Emerson of Scurby & Wells discussed Tzeentch in his latest show with Rob Moar. Vince and Tom of Warhammer Weekly had Andrea Schwandt on this past week discussing her first-hand experience with Kharadron Overlords. David and Alex from Garagehammer just put out an episode about Beastclaw Raiders that I plan on listening to this weekend. I can also highly recommend you check out AoS Shorts by Dan S. which is a great quick way to tighten up your rules knowledge of the game. I was planning on taking a copy of my Adepticon Army. It has been nice to not have any Hobby Crunch Leading up to the event, but a recent change to my list has created some work for me, but thankfully not much. Beyond the addition of another unit to my Stormcast Eternals, I do have a short list of items to prepare as well. It seems the Hobby Crunch can never truly be avoided. To round out my list for the Championship I need to purchase, build, and assemble a unit of five Protectors. Thankfully they are one of my favorite units in the army so it won't be a chore of any sort, but I do need to make sure I have all the paint for the scheme on hand. I do want to add a bit of customization to this unit to differentiate it from my current unit of Protectors so it will add a bit more time to the getting the unit done, but I think it will be well worth it. I also plan to touch up my Display Board a bit as well, but thankfully it has been safely stored since I last used it at an event. During Adepticon this past March I ordered some custom Combat Gauges from 6squared Studios for this blog that I handed out to my opponents for some shameless self-promotion and give them a nice tool to use in their following games. I plan to order them once again for Nova this year and the sooner I get on this the better. I am working on having a true logo created currently, but sadly I do not believe it will be completed in time to put them on the Combat Gauges. This is due to my failing at sorting out what I want exactly, but once it is completed you will see it here first! Currently, I am signed up for the Team event with my buddy Matt for Friday, which is also the day we arrive. I am also competing in the Championship Saturday and Sunday, but thanks to Aaron Bostian I plan to add another event. There is a narrative campaign going on all weekend and I plan to jump into the games on Friday Night for some Narrative Driven Gaming. The template for the Combat Gauge at Nova Open At Adepticon I went all out with a short story explaining the Lore of my Army as well as color copies of my List from the Azyr App with custom Images I took of my Army. I plan to do the same for the Championship event, but the this is sounding more and more like it will be a last minute item to complete due to everything that needs to be done prior. As I do before any event I try to play as many games as possible with the Army to ensure I know what each unit does in order to keep my game moving as quickly and accurately as possible. I felt as if my game hasn't been as clean or tight as it could be as of late. Mostly due to my hobby time and energy being put into playing less and less. I want to try to get at least two games in per week before the event. All done...almost... I am also painting my Khorne to possibly take to the NArrative event. Currently, I have added 30 Bloodletters to my assumed total, but I will not truly count them unless they are based and I do not plan to base until the army is fully painted so it will be all or nothing on my end. Either way, it is fun to have a little hobby crunch to keep motivated! However, once I pick up the last box of Protectors I need they will move to top priority! I hope to see you at Nova Open if you are attending this year. If you are hit me up on Twitter and we can chat hobby for a bit. Have a great weekend and until next week, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Hey Everyone! The Paint is really beginning to flow on my Hobby Table. Also with Nova Fast approaching, I am trying to play as many games as I can to prepare for all the events! It is an exciting time for Age of Sigmar as well with the announcement of the Generals Handbook 2017 coming in August, be sure to check out the video announcement. It is a real gem! My Blades of Khorne Color Scheme was decided and I got to work on my Bloodletters. It took a good portion of my Saturday, but I managed to finish the unit up. I am still trying to decide on how to base them, but I am saving that for the end of the Army to do it all at once. A couple of my good friends are getting back into the Fantasy side of gaming with Age of Sigmar and one had a group of us out to his place for some Basement Hammer. It was a blast hanging out, rolling dice, and eating pizza. It had been a while since I had seen some of them so it was great to catch up over some games. I also snagged my room for Adepticon 2018! I am much closer than I was last year which means I can join in on the late night gaming with everyone and with what appears to be a British Invasion of Adepticon it promises to be a great event! Hope to see you there! Let me know what has been on your table or what Games you have played lately by hitting me up on Twitter. Also if you're going to Adepticon 2018 I suggest booking a room soon as the Hotels are quickly filling up! I will see you Friday as I continue my Road to Nova Open series! Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Hey Everyone! This week I wanted to continue my new segment where I talk to a club mate about his Hobby and his efforts in Community Building. Today I will be talking with DJ who I have known since I began playing Warhammer years ago. DJ has taken on a large task within our Local Community. While I have been trying to grow and develop my local club, DJ has been embracing Wargaming, Board games, and Tabletop RPG's by creating a group for everyone to chat and discuss all the tabletop goodness. The group he has created is Called Westmoreland Gamers Guild and the local clubs I run and/or play which slot in nicely to this larger and more collective group to help grow as a community. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DJ, can you let everyone know a bit about yourself? I live in Western PA. and enjoy all types of Tabletop games, D&D, Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, X-wing. You name it I will play it. I am usually around on Wargaming Forums with the name IGMeatShielf or SkullSplitter. How did you get Started in Wargaming? I was in 8th Grade at the time and I discovered Warhammer Fantasy and not much after that I found my way into Warhammer 40,000. I kept with it for a while until I was Deployed to Iraq, but when I returned I stepped right back into the games. What armies do you play in Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000? I have always played and loved Tomb Kings. Thankfully I have a large army of them from my Time in Warhammer Fantasy. As for Warhammer 40,000 I play Imperial Guard as well as Thousand Sons. I really enjoy the narrative of The Thousand Sons so I will stick with them for a while I think. Do you have a favorite Hobby memory? There was a tournament up in Erie, PA which is a four-hour drive or so from my house. I was young and drove early in the morning to attend so I could meet the (at the time) cast of 40k Radio. I got to talk with them and play a few games. It was really great. What about your worst Hobby moment? I was traveling to my first tournament outside of the local club. It was a long drive and shortly after one of my games began it was discovered that my opponent was cheating to win. Being a newer Wargamer at the time I couldn't understand why anyone would cheat in a game built for fun and it really put a sour taste in my mouth. I don't remember the details anymore, but I remember the feeling and I strive to play the rules correctly in all my games to ensure I don;t ever give anyone that feeling by accident. What is the Westmoreland Gamers Guild? WGG is a unifying group to connect gamers all across the county I live in (Westmoreland county located in Western PA). It allows gamers from all types of games get to chat and possibly share their game systems with others in the group. Why did you decide to start the group? It started as a Facebook page in order to connect groups I knew of in the local area to plan games and events. After seeing the Wargaming community begin to grow again I realized how much I missed large events with everyone smiling and having a great time. We use to have tournaments for Warhammer with a minimum of sixteen players on a regular basis, but it fell off for quite some time. I wanted to step up and do my part of growing the community again. What is the goal of the Group? I am hoping the group will gel and eventually we can have a large presence at major events such as Adepticon and Nova with Team shirts and having a great time together. If you want to find out more about the group you can find the Facebook page here. Have a great weekend everyone and if you haven't done so already the rooms are available for Adepticon so be sure to get a reservation soon! Until next week you can find me on Twitter and Happy Hobbying! Thanks for coming on DJ. I look forward to seeing the group grow! It will be exciting that's for sure! Thanks for having me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are in Western PA I highly recommend you join the Facebook group to get on board. Have a great weekend everyone and until next week, feel free to follow me on Twitter and Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Hey Everyone! My Hobby is finally starting to gain some momentum. Considering Nova Open is about five weeks away it is about time I try to kick it up a notch. My recent vacation time has invigorated me to get back at it as well. Spending a week away from my Hobby table was the best thing to refresh myself and make a push to finish my Blades of Khorne. My Club held a Shadow Wars: Armageddon event this past weekend with the store kit and it was a fun and relaxed day despite there being prizes to go along with the event. My Squad of Harlequins set out for Glory that day and did not disappoint. I came home with best overall as well as a second place award in painting. It was a very fun day with five great opponents just rolling dice and having a laugh. Recently my wife agreed to paint her first model, but she said it had to be an Aelf! Austin from Shadowclaimer minis hooked me up with the model while I was at Adepticon. If you haven't checked out his Live streams you should as he does great work! She has always loved the lore of Warhammer Fantasy and her and I played the MMO quite extensively when it was up and running, but she never dove into the Hobby side of everything. She still has washes and highlights, but she has grasped what took me years to learn pretty quickly. My Wife wasn't the only one to get some paint flowing either. I managed to take my primed Blakes of Khorne and begin layering on two thin coats of Ulthuan Grey. It was maddening as it felt like I wasn't doing much at first, but after the second coat, it really began to smooth the models out. Next up is some actual colors! Hopefully, these close ups can help you see the difference between the Grey and White on the model. I would love to see what is on your hobby table so feel free to hit me up on Twitter and be sure to come back Friday as I do another player Spotlight on a man after my own heart who is working on building a stronger community in my local area. Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Hey Everyone! If you have known me for a bit you will know that I prefer to play the "Good Guys". Aleves, Duardin, and more recently Stormcast Eternals are my mainstay. I enjoy their background and how in The World That Was Order was typically the underdog and on the backfoot, but despite the inevitable End Times they still fought and tried to save it all. Whenever I would buy a starter set or a bundle I would always sell or trade off the Chaos without a thought. I never truly identified with those armies, but that has all changed. Now that armies are quicker to get on the table and my skills as a hobbyist has improved I found myself looking elsewhere than Order. However, nothing really came out of that looking around. I attempted a large Orruk force I got a great deal on, but soon lost my inspiration for the project. Part of it was due to most of the units being compendium and the other just an overall wanting to go back to my Stormcast and hope for Aelves to be released. I did manage to keep enough motivation to create a small war band that might one day grow, but for now, is being used as my force for Skirmish. I was looking for a fun side project to work on with a few friends and Path to Glory seemed like a good fit. Everyone seemed keen to all pick a Chaos god for our armies and I agreed. After the decision was settled I was put with Khorne due to my lack of dedication I took who the god who was left out. I looked at Chaos, but never let anything sink its hooks in other than passing interest in the fluff without examing the army play styles. So I was gifted the Khorne Bloodbound from the Starter set since I had traded mine off long ago. However, I wanted the iconic Bloodthirster and a few Daemons to add as well and looking at building a 1000pt list for the total of our event it seemed like I was set. Shortly after they announced The Blades of Khorne Battletome and I knew I was going to do well in the campaign by having a great way to mix my new Daemons and Bloodbound into a cohesive force with army specific abilities. A few weeks later I attended Adepticon, which was my first Major event, and I was lucky enough to get an early look at the Blades of Khorne Battletome. This is when the Damn broke and my Fall to Chaos went from Bunny Slope to free fall without a parachute. I fell in love with the army and what it could do as far as fluff and playstyle. I am happy to say I have over 2000pts with plans to add more in the future. So far I have built and removed the mold lines for the army and have begun priming the force in preparation to paint. I am hoping to complete the army by Nova and take it along for some narrative or pickup gaming. As I paint the army over the next few months I will be bringing you my insights, hobby, and plans for the army. I don't consider myself an expert on the army in any way, but I am excited to share my experience. I hope you will join me in the coming months as I bring you Road to Nova and Falling for Chaos series. If you have any insights into the army I would love to hear them and if you are attending Nova Open 2017 I would love to say hi so let me know if you will be around. Until next week, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, and Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Vacation season is upon us, but that doesn't the Hobby has to stop. Hopefully, your summer is full of fun in the sun as well as plenty of Hobby! Reading list set for Vacation. High Elves on the Beach! It has been very humid and hot in the Northeast U.S. lately and it has stalled my project work as I have been unable to prime for a week or so, but I was able to get the primer down just before leaving for vacation. I am using my vacation to step away from touching a model in hopes it will ignite my hobby in a way it hasn't been since Adepticon. I need to really get a move on with the army as to not fall too far behind Miles for our little wager or a beer for the upcoming Nova Open in seeing who can paint more models before the event. When the weather is too bad to Prime it gets weird Despite the weather, I finally got the white primer down on my army Hope you are enjoying the summer and getting more Hobby done than I have as of late. As always feel free to follow me on Twitter and until Friday, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

730 days, three armies, 756 models painted, countless games played. No matter how you define time with your Hobby it is a fact that we have had Age of Sigmar for two years now and what has those past few years looked like for all of us in The Mortal Realms? I hope to share my view on the past few years and my hopes for the following year to come in today's post. In order to grasp where we are now, we need to look back at where this all began. The ending of a world. I won't go into the full details of the End Times, but it was decisive in the community at the very least. Some players like myself really enjoyed the unfolding events and the drastic changes that let Warhammer Fantasy go out with a proper bang! Others did not like the changes to the gameplay and fought hard to hold on to what the game was and avoid what it might become. As that world ended we also so a community end along with it. Rules and Preorders came out this day for the Game we love When Age of Sigmar was released there were those who were hesitant. Some people outright left the Hobby or the game and a few went to make their own game to continue the torch of rank and flank fantasy battles. A very small group, myself included, picked up the game day one and began to build and search for anyone who wanted to play. The release was not smooth or handled in a smooth way in regards to Public Relations and Marketing. It is clear with the recent release of #New40k that Games Workshop has seen the issues and corrected them for how they launch a game and when Age of Sigmar dropped they were still what we consider "The old GW" as opposed to "The New GW" they have become. Either way, the community shrunk, drastically and there were very few safe havens for those of us wanting to play and talk about Age of Sigmar. Then Twitter saved the day as the community gathered there and we could all enjoy each others hobby and games played and discuss anything and everything in The Age of Sigmar. This foundation of the community would grow in the following years as we have seen. One of the biggest issues was the lack of a point system to allow players to play pickup games and have a fun and relatively balanced game. In the U.S. this is a large way in how we play as with such large regions we rely on a community driven standard on what size army to carry along to an FLGS in order to get a game going quickly. While it is important to have a discussion with your opponent before a game for many reasons the need for a point system and general points played at saves a lot of time as part of the conversation would be solved before it began. We saw a number of point systems develop to help give us what we need. SDK, MO-Comp, etc... all came about from within the newly forming and still small community. We heard about these systems through a few different channels via Twitter, Podcasts, and Blogs. We saw a large number of Podcasts and Blogs being created as well. Some have survived and going strong while others silently disappeared and a few have decided to take a well-deserved break to focus on life outside of the hobby. A few over in England really took the bull by the horns and worked directly with Games Workshop in order to create The Generals Handbook. Heelan Hammer, Bad Dice, and Facehammer were all involved and are still involved with each iteration of the book. When The Generals Handbook released it was a game changer. Suddenly interest for the game was growing and people wanted to play. Shortly before this time is when Games Workshop came back to Facebook and social media. We saw the creation of the Warhammer Community Team as it is now through small videos here and there. After a while, we saw Warhammer TV develop with daily painting tip videos, weekly streams, and success in taking the wind out of rumor sites and posts online. The availability of Age of Sigmar was at an all time high. I could hobby while watching live games and let us not forget the Warhammer Age of Sigmar App for tablets and Smart Phones. It has changed since its first iteration, but for the better. We can view all the rules, unlock points, and build our forces conveniently on our phone with added options such as being able to name and take custom images of our models to print out the lists. While this was a great change to the app we cannot forget Tony P. and his gift to the Age of Sigmar world with Scroll Builder, which is now hosted and incorporated into the Community Site. Games Workshop has also stepped up their presence at independent events across the globe as well. They offered great support to the LVO with Terrain on top of running the Age of Sigmar event as well as streaming. They continued this trend into Adepticon and soon Nova Open over here in the States and South Coast GT, Facehammer GT, and soon Blood and Glory in the UK. They even brought back their own Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament with multiple Heats throughout the year. While the community team has been driving forward we have received plenty of updates to our Armies in an ever evolving Battletome format that keeps getting better. We saw the conclusion of the initial Campaign "The Realm Gate Wars". We had a fantastic Summer Campaign with The Season of War. A full Skirmish update has come out and a full Path to Glory supplement is on its way. We even had the announcement of the next version of The Generals Handbook (2017). All of this has inspired many great pursuits, projects, and events from the global community. We have seen more Grand Tournaments come about with Nashcon, SoCal Open, Midwest Meltdown, Battleshock Bash and of course the Global Event of Coalescence. We have seen many groups get together to grow Age of Sigmar even more with support and acknowledgment from Games Workshop which was unheard of just a few years ago. While we have been through a bit of a lull as #New40k was being developed and released I am sure we are right around the corner from much more Age of Sigmar and honestly, the small lull was a bit a nice break to cool those Hobby engines a bit for what is next. I can't wait to see what is coming this year, please be Aleves, and as a community, we should be excited and rally around this game we love along with each other. The Age of Sigmar Community is one of, if not the best, Wargaming Communities out there with a great back and forth between us and Games Workshop. The Warhammer Community team are a small group of wonderful people doing great things and we are a large and passionate audience that could accomplish even greater heights by working together as we have been doing so far. Consider what you might be able to do for your local club or possibly a larger area of your region to grow the awareness of Age of Sigmar and build your community beyond where it currently sits. Just a small part of the friendships I have made in this Hobby (I need pictures with more folks!) On a personal note, I want to say thank you to everyone I have met within the past few years through this Hobby and this game. This game and hobby have become so much more to me through all of you. I have made what I feel like are friends for life all due to my love of rolling dice and painting little toy soldiers. It's humbling to think about, but it makes me very glad to know how welcoming and supportive we as a community are to one another. Finally going to GT's and conventions this year has really opened up the Hobby world for me and I encourage everyone to attend at least one in the coming year. I am sure I didn't even cover half of everything, but it was enjoyable to just let the memories flow and I hope you enjoyed this little recap of the past few years. Perhaps I will add more in a follow-up post at a later time if I feel there is more to be added, but for now, I will leave it here. May the next year of Age of Sigmar be even greater than the last and until next week, Happy Hobbying! View the full article

Hey Everyone! The past few days for me have been full of Games of 40k, Age of Sigmar, and Skirmish. On top of that, I managed to get some models primed and ready to begin painting. Let us not forget that yesterday was The Release Anniversary of Age of Sigmar and if you're over in the States it was Independence day! Another Year in and going strong! Got a few games of #New40k in at the club meetup on Saturday and loving it A friend who took a break when Age of Sigmar dropped got his first game in on Sunday (Welcome back Richie!) I also got to play a game of Skirmish with my buddy Aleks. My Orruks charged the field..and died to a man...WAAAGH! Let me know what you are working on this week! Feel free to follow my Hobby on Twitter and I will see you on Fridays Post! Happy Hobbying! View the full article