As I work on building a backwater, desert town for our 40K narrative campaign, I’m confronting a minor but interesting aesthetic challenge: How do I blend together my 3D-printed, Star Wars-themed buildings with some resin buildings depicting structures more suitable to a medieval-through-20th Century setting? If you’ve read […]
Little news has been heard from the moon of Dar Sai (Sculptor System) since the fall of the port city of Aruna to Tau invaders on 3 571 740.M41. But, over the past two years, the xenos have been making a modest but methodical advance through the dense […]
TheGM: Back in February, I talked about the Mos Eisley Project—our plan to build a large and highly detailed desert city with a look inspired by the Star Wars movies. As I noted back then, the Corvus Cluster isn’t starting a Star Wars campaign on Tatooine. It’s just […]
“The path of the Omnissiah has left humanity dithering in the darkness, incapable of advancing on the paths of knowledge. Embracing the warp reveals technology that the primitives on Mars could never dream of wielding.“— Magos Caine of the Five-Fold Path, heretek of the Dark Mechanicum * * […]
Although The Gaffer is our “ork guy,” I recently decided to build a few ork buildings for future skirmish games. Why not? My first decision was the aesthetic style I would use. I remember fondly the box-like ork buildings that appeared in White Dwarf in its early years, […]
“To admit defeat is to blaspheme against the Emperor.”—Primarch Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines * * * Strategic Background It is 6 247 742.M41. The Damocles Gulf Crusade is under way. The main Crusade Fleet has moved against the rebellious Garrus Colony, but the 5th Company of the […]
“I have taken great pains not to laugh at the actions of aliens, nor to weep at them or to hate them, but to understand them.”—Ethereal Aun’shi * * * Tau Turn Two Three Fire Warrior teams, the Riptide, and a Devilfish carrying a Breacher Team arrive from […]
“While the enemies of the Emperor still draw breath, there can be no peace.”—Captain Gabriel Angelos, Blood Ravens * * * Tau Turn Four The Tau commander realizes that she doesn’t need to take any risks to win this battle. With no enemy infantry in sight, she and […]
“You have learned a great deal about tactics, maneuver, and leadership at this institution. These were important lessons. But understand this: You don’t win a battle solely through good tactics, maneuver, and leadership—you win a battle by killing your enemy.“—retiring Admiral Aldous Collymore, speaking to graduating officers of […]
Martel Vivant is captain of the 5th Company of the Knights of Altair, a Space Marine chapter that defends a significant region of the Segmentum Ultima. Vivant rose quickly through the ranks and is the youngest captain to serve in the chapter. The pace of his promotions, along […]
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