St Andrews wargaming Blog
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40k blog focussing on my different armies. Find Regular hobby and Battle Report posts. I mostly play 40k with a bit of fantasy once in a while in the St Andrews area. I plan to post on my existing armies, what I am working on and some battle reports from my weekly gaming sessions.
St Andrews wargaming Blog
21h ago
I recently attended the first Oxford Super Major held by the UKTC. This was a new event for 2024 in the area, and I was keen to try it out since it was so local to me. I decided to take my World Eaters, as I have been using them a lot recently in the club league and they are one of the most competitive armies that I currently own.
Overall, I had a great time at the event. The venue was really nice and spacious. There was space on each table to place models, drinks, etc, and plenty of space to move around the hall and between tables, something that is not always the case at UKTC events ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
1w ago
I recently completed a new terrain set for the gaming club and tournaments we hold. This was to be used with the Frontline Gaming jungle mat, and used the UKTC terrain set. I was wanting to do another one of these for a while, but struggled to get the plastic vines needed for the design that I wanted.
Fortunately, I was able to pick up some plastic vines on a visit to a local garden centre, so was able to put together the set.  ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
2w ago
Today's battle report features my Khorne Chaos Daemons taking on Tom's Blood Angels army at our Into the Maelstrom 5 club tournament.
This tournament was billed as a friendlier style event, where less powerful lists were used and some of the more unusual missions would be in play. The tournament was using GW layout terrain and featured 16 players.
My army consisted of:
Belakor
Bloodthirster
6 units of Bloodletters
3 Bloodcrushers
3 Bloodcrushers
3 units of 5 Flesh hounds
Skull Cannon
Tom's army consisted of:
Sons of Sanguinius Detachment
Chaplain with Jump Pack
Commander Dante ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
3w ago
Today's game sees my World Eaters take on Mark's Space Wolves in a league game for Didcot Wargames Club. This mission was Scorched Earth using Dawn of War deployment.
My army consisted of:
Angron
Kharn the Betrayer
Lord Invocatus
10 Berzerkers
Rhino
5 Berzerkers
5 Berzerkers
5 Berzerkers
10 Jackals
3 Exalted Eightbound
6 Exalted Eightbound
3 Eightbound
2 Chaos Spawn
This was the army from a recent tournament, but with the Lord on Juggernaught replaced by another unit of 5 Berzerkers, to give me another unit for holding objectives or trading.
Mark's army consisted of:
Wolf Lo ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
1M ago
Game 2 of the tournament would see my World Eaters take on the Hypercrypt Necrons in the Supply Drop mission. This was not a great mission to be playing against this army, as their teleport ability would make it easy for them to get onto the objectives late in the game to get a lot of points on the primary mission.
My army consisted of:
Angron
Kharn the Betrayer
Lord Invocatus
Lord on Juggernaught
10 Berzerkers
Rhino
5 Berzerkers
5 Berzerkers
10 Jackals
3 Exalted Eightbound
6 Exalted Eightbound
3 Eightbound
2 Chaos Spawn
Denis' army consisted of:
Nightbringer
Void Dragon
Hexmark Dest ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
3M ago
Today I have a GW-style tournament board that I painted up over the holiday period. I managed to get a good bargain on ebay for the old Sector Imperialis terrain, so was able to build up a GW-style tournament board for my gaming club and tournaments.
I already have a set of ruins painted up in a desert style, red and green terrain, so decided to go with blue for these. I went a bit more in depth with these ruins, painting the windows in gold, as well as adding in some red for the lights and control panels.
I used a similar scheme to the Boarding Actions terrain that I painted up, a ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
3M ago
Hi everyone, today I have another UKTC tournament board. This time, I painted it up to match a lava mat that I have.
This was a really simple scheme to do. The mdf terrain was undercoated black, then highlighted with a dark blue, then grey highlight. Then I did the bottom of the bases with various drybrush coats of red and orange. I focused on the bottom and sides of the ruins, as well as any hole sections in the base to match the gaming mat.  ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
6M ago
This week, I have a recently completed set of WTC ruins. These were painted for an upcoming team tournament I will be hosting. These are some 3D-printed ruins that I got off of Etsy. They were quick to assemble and paint up, with some flock added to match the gaming mat.  ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
6M ago
Today, I take a break from the Tyranids to showcase one of the recent boards that I made for the gaming club and tournaments that I hold. This one is a UKTC set that has been themed to fit the Cyberpunk gaming mat from gamemat.eu. I was really happy with how this one turned out, as I thought it might be difficult to match the aesthetic of the mat.
I started with undercoating the MDF set with dark grey primer, followed by Tempest Blue from the Colour Forge. I've used a few of these sprays and can really recommend them. They come in 500 mL cans, so are a bit bigger than standard spray can ..read more
St Andrews wargaming Blog
6M ago
Today's hobby update features one of big leaders of the Tyranids, the Swarmlord. This model adds some great utility to the army with free CP and adding to the cost of your opponent's stratagems.  ..read more