Warhammer 40k

Warhammer 40,000 (40k) is a skirmish tabletop game developed by Games Workshop usually consisting of between 50-200 miniatures.

Alpha Legion: Where to start

Alpha Legion where to start. So you want to know how to start an Alpha Legion army for Warhammer 40,000. Here are my tips and tricks to creating a thematic, lore accurate 40k army for your Alpha Legion. Who are the Alpha Legion? The Alpha Legion are the 20th (sometimes written in the Roman Numerals […]

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Are the Alpha Legion Loyal to the Emperor?

Are the Alpha Legion loyal? The Alpha Legion are, at least on the surface, are Traitor Astartes. They openly sided with Horus in the Heresy, and even took part in the drop site massacre. There is no denying that they betrayed their brothers in the other Legions. However the Alpha Legion are a duplicitous bunch […]

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Alpha Legion Faceless Warband

The Faceless, an Alpha Legion Warband, operate in the Ultima Segmentum. They are notorious for using subterfuge and misdirection to outsmart their enemies. The Faceless take this approach to the extreme by undergoing cosmetic surgery to make their faces identical, equipping the same armor, and taking the name Alpharius, even in the presence of other […]

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The return of Epic 40k: Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Legions Imperialis

EDIT 01/07/2023: Epic scale conflicts has been officially announced as Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis. The return of Epic 40k has been rumoured for some years now. With the re-release of other specialist games from Games Workshop like Necromunda, Space Hulk, Adeptus Titanicus and Aeronatica Imperialis. Many hope that Epic will be soon […]

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How to Scratch Build Forgeworld models

I recently discussed my Alpha Legion army, one of the centre pieces of the army is a scratch build mini based on the storm eagle gunship model from Forgeworld. I wanted to discuss the thought process and techniques. Why Scratch build? There are many reasons you may want to scratch build a mini, especially a […]

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Alpharius Forgeworld Mini: Head of the Hydra

The Alpharius Forgeworld model is hands down my favourite model Games Workshop (Forgeworld) has ever produced. Primarch of the Alpha Legion, Alpharius is one of the 18 primarch charecter series for the Horus Heresy. I currently use him as my Chaos Lord for my Warhammer 40k Alpha Legion Army. I decided to re-paint my Alpha […]

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My Armies: Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marines

The Alpha Legion are one of the founding Legions of the Emperors Great Crusade, branded traitor during the Horus Heresy, by design they are the most obfuscated of the Traitor Legions. They fight wars through misdirection, suspicion, assassination and lies. Information is as much a tool for an Alpha Legionary as Bolter ammo. When the […]

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40k City Fight Terrain

When you look at the Artwork for Warhammer 40k and compare it to the scenery that is sold by Games Workshop. You will tend to notice a huge difference in scale. Part of this is due to practically and partly its due to price. However its an iconic part of the Warhammer 40k setting. Fighting […]

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My Armies: Primaris Space Marines

The current state of my Warhammer 40k Adeptus Astartes army the Iron Serpents. This was the first army I built and painted when returning to 40k in late 8th edition. About the army The Iron Serpents are a chapter of Loyalist Space Marines from the 25th founding. Though originally a first born Chapter, they are, […]

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