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Happy New Year
2014 will be a great year here at Atomic Warlord's HQ. The 40K avalanche shows no sign of slowing down, and I will start covering a few more games here, such as X-Wing, Star Trek Attack Wing, Deadzone,...
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Tyranids Inbound
The January White Dwarf has arrived and so has our first (official) glimpse at the new and hopefully improved Tyranids. Some very pretty pictures in the sales pitch zone at the front of the...
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Shields Up!
While we wait for the new Tyranid Codex to arrive, let's talk about a different game, Star Trek Attack Wing. It has been a while since the two big sci-fi franchises have had a good space combat game....
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Codex:Tyranids Rant Part 1, The Bad & Ugly
The 'Nids have dropped in for a bite and here is my first take on the new codex. Well this is actually my second try. The first draft was really a hate filled nerd rant. Now I'll just sit back and let...
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Codex:Tyranids Rant Part 2, The Good
So I have had three games with the new Codex and all is not doom (except for the lack of the Doom) and gloom. I understand Win At All Cost players and those who play them really hate the new book, but...
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In the Mouth of Magnets
Yuuup. All options magnetized.Today's guest article comes from Matt on the joy of magnetic force. Greetings to you who peruse this blog.I have come to this place to share my madness. I first delved...
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Multiple Warp Signatures
Star Trek Attack Wing is speeding up their release schedule. With the some new (non-Heroclix) sculpts in the line-up and a re-do of the Klingon Bird of Prey I do hope that the older Heroclix Enterprise...
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Kaiju Swarm vs Blood Angels
It was time to try a Kaiju Tyranid army. Matt was kind enough to brave the unknown and brought his Blood Angels to the party. 2,000 points per side; Big Guns Never Tire was the mission, and I went...
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The Plastic Knight Rises
That is a hell of a thing. Even though the rumors broke a few days ago I never thought I would be holding a White Dwarf magazine looking at the new plastic Imperial Knights for 40K. WD #4 is worth...
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All Wings Report In
Today we have a guest article from our very own Red 7, "Foxy" Johnson, on how to paint up your very own Red Squadron.Mr. Blackheart and I have been playing a whole lot of X-Wing recently. After a...
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Narrative Campaign: Mission One
It's time for a narrative driven short campaign. For the next six battles it will be the Eldar versus Tyranids. For this little adventure it will closer to a RPG style game as opposed to pure...
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Drinking the Knight's Cool-Aid
My, how far we've come since the plastic Dreadnought. The Imperial Knight takes it's place among the "Kinght" sized super-walkers. And a really nice fit it is.I picked up the Codex and a Knight kit and...
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Lobster Claws for Carnifexes
Top: Haruspex, Middle:Tervigon, Bottom: CarnifexI'm slowly catching up on my third re-do of my Tyranid army. I've gotten to the Carnifex portion. I have decided to add two more of the big lugs to my...
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Oderus Urungus, R.I.P.
If there ever was a band that was an incarnation of 40K-style Chaos it was GWAR. I had many, many gaming sessions with GWAR on in the background. Clever lyrics full of over-the-top cartoony violence...
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Old One Eye and the Crushers
My slightly mad Carnifex upgrade project has seen completion. Soon six Carnifexes led by the new & improved Old One Eye shall crush all before them! Or get shot to ribbons as they lumber across the...
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Tyranid Hive Crone
Almost done with my Tyranid re-redo. I wanted to spice up my Hive Crone a little bit, so I took a spare Tyrannofex head and voila! It fit like it was made for it. I think it gives the Hive Crone an...
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Space Army, Quick Look
Three name changes and six or seven books later we have the new Army/Guard/Militarum codex. Of course there never was a Imperial Army Codex, but they had army lists in the Rogue Trader Expansion books,...
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Da Borgs
The big cyber-zombie baddies are here for Star Trek Attack Wing. And they don't disappoint. So we gave them a test drive. One Borg Sphere o' Fear fully equipped came to a cool 80 points. I took a...
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Lord of Skulls
Yes, the model is a bit over the top Chaos silly. But I still love it anyways. It was a semi-complicated build and a long, slow time painting. So much brass trim. This was one of those kits that had to...
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Chaos Bias
Today I bring you a guest article written by Arch-Heretic Peter:I was paging through the Chaos Marine codex and something struck me. It’s been gnawing at me for a while and I finally realized what it...
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