As a grand tragedy of epic proportions, the Horus Heresy novels are notorious for the diverse array of themes woven into the narratives, not least of which is the burden of command and the horrific choices faced by leading characters as the galaxy descends into the madness of civil war. When I originally envisaged my…
Volkite
The iconic armament of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, Volkite has become a symbol of the lost technologies of the Imperium’s golden age. Ranging in size and application from the Serpenta sidearm, all the way up to the formidable Carronade mounted on the Glaive super-heavy special weapons tank, the background cites Volkite weaponry…
Ash-Maker
One of the great things about Forgeworld’s Horus Heresy setting is the number of unique units and character types it introduced to the setting, none more beloved than Moritats and Legion Destroyers. Naturally then, when I began my Dusk Raiders hobby project, I wanted to include a unit of Destroyers (just not in Mk.IV warplate)…
Hobby Project: Dusk Raiders
In October 2012 Forgeworld re-introduced the Horus Heresy to the tabletop with the publication of the first in a series of Imperial Armour books dedicated the period called, Betrayal. At this point, the novel series of the same name, which started with Horus Rising, had already been running for six years, but the Heresy had…
Rebranding
Greetings Readers, It has been a considerable amount of time since I last checked in on my weblog, and five long years since I first started this website – Originally, I had intended to use it as a promotional vehicle for a science-fiction novel and general, long-form literary rambling, but due to a range of…
Retrospective: Warzone
Greetings Readers, Instead of looking to the future and talking about lofty gaming aspirations, we’re going to kick off the New Year by peering back into the murky past of wargaming and examining a franchise for which I have a great deal of fondness, but which remains at the periphery of the mainstream consciousness, considered…
Octavus (Pt.II)
Greetings Readers, …and welcome back! So having got our discussion about the mechanics of the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 out of the way, it’s time to tackle the upheaval it’s brought to the metaplot of the setting. Now, whilst I stated it clearly in part one, I’m going to restate it again for part…
Octavus (Pt.I)
Greetings Readers, Now that I’ve got my grievances with Great Britain out of the way, it’s time to get back to the business of being an avid wargamer. Back at the end of March, I took a look at Games Workshop’s Gathering Storm and made some very general prognostications about what it might herald for…
Turbulence
Greetings Readers, Now that my excitement over Arkham Horror has died down somewhat, it’s finally time to get down to the business of tackling the hobby’s current ‘elephant in the room’; Games Workshop’s Gathering Storm. Naturally, it would be remiss of me to continue without first shouting, “SPOILER WARNING!” for the benefit of those who’ve somehow managed to…
Maddening
Greetings Readers! As it was Games Workshop’s iconic Warhammer 40,000 which first drew me into miniature wargaming a good 25+ years ago, I had intended for my first ‘hobby’ related post to be about the changes already afoot in the setting as part of the triumvirate of Gathering Storm campaign books currently causing a stir in the…
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