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65th Imperial Army : gathering forces

Greetings out there fellas! Just a quick update on my Imperial Guard Army. I managed to buy every unit I need to run my army, excluding 2 Lemans and 1 Chimea. I planned a 2000 pts army running around a Valhallan HQ and a Cadian Platoon Command (CS) with the spicy addition of a single...

Mordheim Campaign : ACT II

Second turn of our Mordheim campaign! This time,every gang scouted the ruins looking for warpstone , inevitably bloodly colliding with others doing the same. My Sons of Mayhem possessed warband faced Pumpking Heads Middenheimers led by Triky, bringing the violence to a new level. Out of 2 archers on his side ,we had any shooting...

Back to 1998: let’s start my Dark Elves project

After all the "motivational and preparation" steps, I was finally ready for start working on my Dark Elf project. The mission is one and only: to collect, paint and return to life my beloved 1998 5th edition Dark Elf army. 6th edition Dark Elf range is definitely awesome looking (and let's be honest, it would...

Valhallan Officer

What a better way to start a new imperial guard army if not starting it from its officers? A very funny model to paint! I used GW kabalite green after giving a try to Vallejo jade-ish green. Dunno what happened, but it was really awfull and I saved the model with the GW paint. I...

Tor Eldroth expeditionary force

"Ready to protect Ulthuan interests all over the Old World , Tor Eldroth army is ready to face any enemy within and without the holy ground of its city!" What a glorius view, isn`t it? I`m very,very satisfied (and tired) with what came out from a low budget project! Many of you asked me how...

The Right of Having Fun

Recently I've found myself wondering if and when we really have fun in our daily hobbying. Let me explain: all of us love playing, collecting, painting etc. but: did you ever think how many times it happens that we ruin the joy of our hobby experience by self-imposing problems? Let me explain even better: let's...

Call of Duty : 2nd Edition Imperial Guard project taking life

This is it. 5 Dragon Princess stand in the way between me and the end of my 5th Edition addiction. What`s now? Only one answer : 2nd Edition Imperial Guard! Let`s be honest,the only thing i could`ve done in 40k was,is and always will be Imperial Guard. Tyranids? Yeah,cool..but.. Marines? Everybody does marines.. Eldars? Are...

Tilean Sword updates: new author joining in!

I m very pleased to inform our "small but fierce" army of followers and casual readers that Tilean Sword expands from a single contributor (me) to an astonishing number of two! After basically 5 years alone, Luca "Mazza" Mazzetti will be our first (and hopefully not last) author, sharing his thoughts, projects, and basically whatever...

Back from the grave: Mazza`s road to oldschool

Another post with a friend back from the hobby grave thanks to Mordheim! Mazza is one of the 4 guys i started to play with when i was 13-14 years old . Here are his words about coming back in hobby In my hobby life, I've always been used to commission painting, apart from rare...

Mordheim Campaign : ACT I

No better way to start a campaign inaugurating it with awesome and freshly built tables and terrains! Last week we finally reached the damned city, starting the Mordheim Campaign that we`re playing from this summer .Finally able to play among the ruins of the city, I managed to field my table and cardboard buildings ,integrating...