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The Road to LVO: A Boon Tale Part 4 – New Year, Same Road

If you're just joining me on the road and are interested in the journey up until now, please click the following for parts one, two, or three. A couple of friends have also published on their own journeys  -...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Weapon Loadouts and Love Magnets

In our Fabricator General series, we talk about hobbying techniques and tricks, and ways to build, model, shape, and fix everything, with an eye toward information for both beginners and veterans. This week, Chris “head58” Tatro and Michael “Pvt_Snafu” Bettle-Shaffer...

Beanith’s Hobby Progress July – Dec 2019

Or: How I fell in love with painting thanks to Contrast paints and Goonhammer Let start off with a picture of a lot of my work for this year. That way you won't be as impressed with the big numbers...

The Road to LVO: A Boon Tale, Part 3 – Painting Christmas Elves

Welcome back! If you're just arriving and are interested to know where this story begins, please see Part 1 and Part 2. Thanks for joining me on the road! League Night Over the weekend I had a Frozen North league match...

The Narrative Forge: Building Narrative Armies

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

TheChirurgeon’s 2019 Year-In-Review

As 2019 comes to a close, a lot of the Goonhammer crew have been talking about looking back at the past year and writing retrospectives on what they accomplished. I'm all for this, since it gives us easy content...

Start Collecting Warhammer 40,000

For new players, starting an army can be daunting: There are tons of different army boxes and deals out there, and figuring out how to build an army can be a paralyzing experience for players who want to expand...

Army Showcase: SRM’s Knights of House Lakar and Household Guard

The Painter: Campbell "SRM" McLaughlin The Army: Imperial Knights and Astra Militarum Points: Just over 2,500 Collected: Since 2016 The Past As is the case with many burgeoning Knight households, this army began with the Imperial Knights Renegade box set. Two giant robots, a smattering of terrain,...

The Road to LVO: A Boon Tale, Part 1

If there's a major Warhammer 40k tournament coming up, you can bet that at least one of the Goonhammer crew will be there. In our "Road to..." series, we track hobby progress, plans, goals, and finally the event itself...

How to Base Everything: The Floor is Lava!

Basing is a critical part of the painting process. Armies on the battlefields of the 41st Millennium or the Mortal Realms will find themselves fighting across a wide variety of terrain, from lush jungles to barren rockscapes, industrial wastelands...