Warhammer 40K & Wargaming Blog
For a Dark Angels army, it is good to have common elements that ties the different parts of the army – Deathwing, Ravenwing and regular Dark Angels – together. For me, one such element is the red spot colour. The following is a brief tutorial on how I paint the red eye lenses on a […]
I am running a small poll on what people perceive to be the best Codex released in Warhammer 40K 6th Edition. The tail light of this poll is the Chaos Daemons Codex. While this may be unfortunate, it isn’t all that surprising. Though Daemons have a small, but devout following of fans, the Codex received […]
As of yesterday, Black Library is offering a new line of electronic products titled “Games Workshop Digital Editions“. This new line of e-Publications seems to offer very little (usually between 10 to 15 pages) and very basic information (i.e. what is a Space Marines Dreadnought). For a Black Library / GW Game-Studio collaboration (if that’s […]
A review of Codex Dark Angels! Let me say up first, I am still struggling to find a good format to review Warhammer 40K Codex books (or, I suppose, game-material more general). Unlike book reviews, not everything that is good or bad or noteworthy about a given supplement is immediately obvious (at least not to […]
Among the things I enjoyed most in the recent Chaos Space Marines Codex for Warhammer 40K was the short section of unique Chaos Artifacts. They are great idea. A fun and flavorful inclusion that allows player to build Chaos Lords (or other HQs) with a unique spin. The equivalent for Dark Angels are the Chapter Relics (those […]
It is time, once again, to call upon the crowd-wisdom of my loyal Pins of War blog-readers to solve me a Warhammer 40K rules conundrum. Reading the latest Dark Angels codex for Warhammer 40K 6th Edition, I was (and remain) deeply impressed with the new and shiny Ravenwing options. As a consequence, I paid little […]
A lot of pixel-ink has been spilled on the interwebs over the last weeks, trying to divine the do’s and don’ts of the new 6th Edition Dark Angels codex. Fortunately, the new list is surprisingly “deep”, offering a great variety of lists and builds that seem viable and fun. It avoids “no-brain” choices such as […]
Last autumn, Games Workshop pulled a surprise release with the Crusade of Fire campaign book. No previews. Back than, none of the rumour-mongers saw it coming. Now, the rumour-webs are abuzz with a similarly, even scarcer release in the pipelines for Warhammer 40K: the flyer expansion Death From The Skies. It is rumoured to even recycle […]
I admit, the latest Dark Angels Codex for Warhammer 40K is killing me. On the first read, it struck me as solid, if perhaps just a tiny but lackluster. The more I page through it, not least to come up with a “verdict” for a review of sorts, the more I find myself tinkering with […]
Yesterday, I was rambling a bit about the (to me) rather un-fun trend in 6th Edition Codexes of adding no new Special Characters. Ok, there might not be any new kids in the book. Therefore, I took an in-depth look at the five Special Characters that actually are in the book. Azrael – Supreme Grand Masters […]
