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8 years ago

I'm just going to come out and say it: I hate Genestealers. At least painting them anyway. I've been working on a comission for a friend the last few weeks, getting his Genestealer Cult army painted up ( hopefully to be featured in battle reports here and on the Total Wargaming Youtube channel) ... Read more

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Borderline › tyranids? beautiful

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luluarte › wow!! :)

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8 years ago

With my life facing some imminent upheaval,  with some uncertain times ahead, i've been thinking a lot about what i want to do with the hobby going forwards.

The past eighteen months or so, i've owned and managed a tabletop hobby store- Ad Hoc Games - in Huyton, UK, which has allowed me to spoil myself somewhat. I've been able to start new games, at a discount, often including some freebies. This has seen my collection and games played skyrocket from basically just 40k and Star Trek Attack Wing, to Bolt Action, Beyond the Gates of Antares, Firestorm Armada, Firestorm Planetfall, Halo Fleet Battles, Age of Sigmar, Konflikt '47, Project Z and several more.

But all good things come to an end. The store will be closing in the not too distant future, due to financial issues and a bereavement that has removed much needed support, which in turn means those days of spoiling myself are over.

So where to go with the hobby? I've decided to return to the army that i was working on before a store was ever a possibility: The Rainbow Warriors.

The Rainbow Warriors are a Space Marine Chapter that have been in and out of the Warhammer 40,000 canon since the very beginning of the game. They were one of the original paint schemes provided in Rogue Trader, though their name was largely intended as a pun - one of the first pieces of artwork featuring them was of a Sister of Battle - with the fleur de lys symbol - killing a Rainbow Warrior, a reference to the infamous sinking of the Greenpeace ship.

I first started working on a collection of them around 2009, and i chose them for the simple reason that i wanted a Space Marine army that i wasn't likely to bump into when visiting a Games Workshop for a game. So i picked the most obscure chapter i could find, with the least likely to be popular name.

But my collection was really just a hodge-podge of units, without a real theme beyond the colour scheme, and going forwards this is something i want to change.

Firstly, i'll be using predominantly older marks of Power Armour, the styles i personally like the most. This means i will be adding plenty of Mark III and Mark VI to the army. The same is true with the Terminator armour, i want to use Tartaros pattern for the most part, because again this is the design i like the look of the most.

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With my life facing some imminent upheaval, with some uncertain times ahead, i've been thinking a lot about what i want to do with the hobby going forwards. The past eighteen months or so, i've owned and managed a tabletop hobby store- Ad Hoc Games - in Huyton, UK, which has allowed me to spoil ... Read more

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Borderline › beautul

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ze2000 › cool

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jessica › Very impressive

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Shavkat › Nice

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AdHocGames › New article
8 years ago

As anyone who's seen my previous articles knows, i'm a tabletop gamer who paints miniatures. The last few pictures have been of models that were intended to be sold on, this one however is from my personal collection for Warhammer 40,000. This is from an alien race called the Kroot. They're a bu... Read more

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Borderline › You paint very good!

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motmot › cool

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Bilston › Nice!

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AdHocGames › New article
8 years ago

Veteran Sergeant Centurius is a limited edition metal miniature released for the opening of Games Workshop's 100th store. Only 100 of these models were released, although there have been many counterfeit copies created over the years by recasters. Part of the Legion of the Damned, Centurius... Read more

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Borderline › looks really cool, did you paint it?

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ze2000 › When I was a kid I used to look at the scenarios with all the figures. I never learned how to play but it's always been a fascinating thing to see.

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Borderline › I use to play Warhammer in a club

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AdHocGames › The miniature was painted by me, part of an army i was working on last year. He'll be going to a new owner later this week as part of a commission.

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ze2000 › What's the value of a figure like this?(if I can ask of course)

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AdHocGames › For a genuine Sergeant Centurius, you're looking at about £40-50 on sites like Ebay. To have a model painted, it can be anywhere from £10 to £300 depending on the quality you want.

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Borderline › Do you have warhammer fantasy?

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ze2000 › really??? I didn't know painters were so wel paid!

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AdHocGames › I've got a few pieces here and there for Fantasy. There was a big change a year or so ago, where the setting was completely revamped and the game changed to a skirmish based system, so i've not collected as much really since then.

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Borderline › yeah now is shit this crap of age of sigmar

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Borderline › I have a lot of Bretonnia and Tomb Kings

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AdHocGames › Two armies that have been dropped completely from the game, which is always nice. I had Tomb Kings myself in the works before the End Times.

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Borderline › now I just play Warhammer Total War for computer, is so much better XD

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AdHocGames › New article
8 years ago

This article is pretty much a vent, to let myself get out some of the things that have going around my head the last few days, so i apologise if this isn't what you want to read and understand any negative ratings. I started my own business in 2015, fulfilling a dream of owning my own Tabletop g... Read more

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ze2000 › Money is just money. The worse can happen is they take your stuff but you will recover sooner or later.
Closing a business doesn't mean you lost. Means you made a mistake or you just didn't have luck this time. Do not get too obsessed about it, it's that: just business.

Having said that, have you thought about all the ways you can sell that stock using internet or similar?

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Bilston › Those things can happen to anybody and you don't have to consider yourself a loser.
in life there are positive and negative experiences that may help you in the future. Try to be positive.

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bee › Sounds like you are doing the best you can. You should be proud of yourself that although your business didn't work you are still going out there and doing other jobs instead of locking your self away from the world and burying your head in the sand. I think your children will be very proud of you knowing their father had a great bussiness however the world was not ready for it yet. I think you are a great inspiration and very innovational.

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AdHocGames › Thank you to all of you who took the time to comment and offer support. Its very much appreciated, this weeks been awful, two days after I posted this article, my grandfather passed away. So hearing some kind words has really helped. Thank you.

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AdHocGames › New article
8 years ago

The Butcher, an Eversor Assassin from my Warhammer 40,000 gaming collection. This miniature is the classic metal Eversor Assassin from Games Workshop, circa 1993. Equipped with a Executioner Pistol, Neuro-Gauntlet, Power sword and melta bombs, the Eversor is an all round close combat machine, ca... Read more

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ze2000 › I never learned how to play this, only played on the PC. I love seeing the process how to paint an army.

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Borderline › I had space marines, but I never really played, I use to play Warhammer fantasy a lot, I have some armies

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