Warhammer 40K Dark Angels

The Making of a Dark Angels Space Marines Cosplay Suit

This is a guest post by Tim Everett from Black Widow Company. The Idea This is my first cosplay outfit, outside of Halloween costumes, which don't really count. I started planning this outfit in mid-2010, but I didn't start … [Read More...]

How To Paint Dark Angels Space Marines Eye Lenses

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 … [Read More...]

Dark Angels Blues – What Is Wrong With The Unforgiven?

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 … [Read More...]

Black Library’s New Digital Editions – What’s The Point?

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 … [Read More...]

Codex Dark Angels – Review

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 … [Read More...]

How Useful are the Dark Angels Chapter Relics?

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 … [Read More...]

Storm Bolters of Devastation – A 40K Rules Conundrum!

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) … [Read More...]

The Best Dark Angels Units by FoC – A Hit List

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 … [Read More...]

40K Death From The Skies – Half a White Dwarf?

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 … [Read More...]

3 Reasons I Am Tinkering With A Ravenwing List

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 … [Read More...]