163 replies to this topic

[momerathe]

Wow those Excoriators are next level. Next next level. I'm not sure how replicable the advice is for someone with my eyesight and two left thumbs though

[Marshal Vespasian]

They are Super cool.
I am going to try those bulletholes with silver on Black armour

[Thanatos31]

love your work guys ! keep em coming !

[Son of Carnelian]

Love this content, especially the hobby articles! Can't wait to see more!

[Ancient Glory]

Love this content, especially the hobby articles! Can't wait to see more!

 

Thanks! Hopefully after NOVA we'll be able to get some more of the hobby content flowing again - in particular, the long-awaited part 3 of Fists of Fury featuring the Crimson Fists!

[Thanatos31]

Part 4 eta?

[Ancient Glory]

Part 4 eta?

 

Hopefully soon! We've been prioritising getting out the White Scars and Ultramarines supplement stuff, but the aim is to have part 4 out before NOVA.

[Thanatos31]

Part 4 eta?

Hopefully soon! We've been prioritising getting out the White Scars and Ultramarines supplement stuff, but the aim is to have part 4 out before NOVA.

Awesome - thank you

[Ishagu]

The content has been very good all round. Great work, guys

[Chiwie]

This is a big one. Also out Ultramarines supplement review drops very soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that! 
 
Codex Supplement: White Scars – The Goonhammer Review
 

 
Lots of good tactics and insights to be had here as always. 
 
How To Paint Everything: White Scars
 
Jack "Booley" Hunter collects and dishes out some kicking rad ways to paint White Scars.
 

Start Competing: Harlequins Tactics

 

 

Noted Elf Lover (curse his false discord admin-ness) Corrode talks about Harlequins and how to win with them. My editorial notes of 'the only good eldar is a extra dead eldar" sadly didn't make its way into the article. 

The Road to NOVA, Part 5: Ah, ****
 
TheChirugeon hits peak panic, which makes for good reading. 

Getting Started With Warhammer 40,000: Ham Etiquette 101, or How Not To Be That Player People Talk About On Forums And Such
 

 
Condit talks how to be a cool and good warhammer player not just in a tactical sense but a "awesome dude to play against" sense. 

 

Lock, Stock, & Two Loaded Dice: Dealing With Cheating

 

Annnnndd Boon talks about how to spot and deal with someone who is not an awesome dude to play against. 

 

Understanding the NOVA Tournament Format: A Primer

 

Wings talks about how Nova tournaments work. Which is great because oh boy there are some things to remember. 

 

How to Paint Everything: Quick and Easy OSL, the 20 min Method(s)

 

Richyp, noted paint wizard, talks about how to do easy OSL. 

 

Tournament Report – The London Open – Part 2

 

Wings continues to be actually good at the game and writes about how he went about coming 3rd in the London Open. 

 

Narrative Forge: Creating and Basing Terrain

 

 

Narrative forge is a new series, I'll let Dolan, the writer of the first article in it, explain what it is:

 

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together. They aim to make hobbyists comfortable growing beyond imitating the models they see in their Codexes, and serve as a source of inspiration for anyone wanting to make an army that’s uniquely their own. 

 

Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War Expansions (2005 to 2008)

 

JB continues his awesome retrospective on 40k games, this time visiting the DOW expansions and a few mods.

 

Wow those Excoriators are next level. Next next level. I'm not sure how replicable the advice is for someone with my eyesight and two left thumbs though

 

I'm convinced that Skails is actually an advanced painting robot from the future and I refuse to believe anything different. 

 

They are Super cool.
I am going to try those bulletholes with silver on Black armour

 

Please post up the results, I'm sure he would love to see them!
 

love your work guys ! keep em coming !

 

Thank you very much!  
 

Love this content, especially the hobby articles! Can't wait to see more!

 

Thanks mate, it doesn't get the raw clicks but I really think we need to put it out there. Way too much How to Paint content is ending up on youtube, which is fine but sometimes written text + images is as better way to do it. 
 

 

The content has been very good all round. Great work, guys

 

Thank you!

[Chiwie]

Codex Supplement: Ultramarines – The Goonhammer Review

 

 

I normally would wait for a few more articles to go up before an update post, but I figure you guys would want this one hot of the presses! 

 

 

[Ishagu]

Really enjoyed this one. I also really like the review, Strat by Strat, relic by relic, with a letter grade to each ability.

[Chiwie]

Content drops for the content god, Posts for the post throne!

 

Content We Liked: 8/25/2019

 

Our weekly outside/inside content drop. Always lots of fun stuff to be had there. 

 

Tournament Resources for NOVA 2019

 

Mike Brant, runner of NOVA gave this a shout earlier in the week so you know this must be on point. A great primer by Wings for NOVA. 

 

Necromunday: What’s New About the Law and Misrule Campaign?

 

Dan of 40k Badcast fame goes into detail about the new Necro book release and how it works. 

 

Soggy’s Road to NoVA, Part 4: Two minutes to midnight

 

Soggy gets in some valuable last second practise/panic.

 

The Road to NoVA: The Final GT Lists

 

Check out the NOVA Goonhammer crew's GT lists, with commentary from the authors. 

 

Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising (2009 to 2010)

 

JB keeps his excellent gaming retro articles rolling in. 

 

Crushburble "SRM" MondoCrumbo’s Road to Nova Part 7: Vulgar Display (board) of Power

 

 

Nothing I can type will beat SRM's art for this road to NOVA article. Go read it. Also check out the 40k badcast. It's great.

 

The 40k Hamateur Hour Presents: Road to Nova Week 15

 

FromTheShire is going to nova. Nova is in less than week at the time of writing that article.

 

This is his to do board.

 

 

Pray for him.

 

ANAmal.net’s Road To Nova, Part 6: Debaser

 

Look at these two key quotes. 

 

"Listen up, because this is important: I bought two BadCast BadShirts, in two different colors, so I could wear one both days without it looking like I just re-wore the same shirt. This is more thought than I put into my entire army."

 

"Then, as you do, I spent the next two days getting windmill-dunked through the floor on two different Discord servers, culminating in TheChirurgeon mailing a Dark Talon to my house.

TheChirurgeon’s Note: Like 50% of the reason I mailed that jet to ANAmal.net was for the fun of making him sweat the painting deadline with the rest of us."

 

Anamal.net's entire road to Nova has been a gem. Check it out. 

 

 

Really enjoyed this one. I also really like the review, Strat by Strat, relic by relic, with a letter grade to each ability.

 

Thanks mate, they really went the extra mile with the marine release drop reviews and it shows. Seriously can't understate the frantic activity in discord.

 

My contribution was "Talk about assault marines a lot guys."

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[Chiwie]

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review – Part 4: Forge World

 

 

The last part of our Marine dex review mega series. In short dreadnaughts are now 10/10. 

 

Forge World Custodes – The Goonhammer Hot Take

 

Continuing the forgeworld theme, Jack "Booley" Hunter has a ganda at Custodes and their new update. 

 

 

TheChirurgeon’s Road to NOVA, Part 6: Down to the Wire

 

The Chir posted this while he was at NOVA. That's dedication right there. Also the usual procrastination based dread for a road to NOVA.

 

Content We Liked: 9/1/2019

 

Our normal weekly round up. 

 

 

Stay tuned for a bunch of NOVA goodness from the crew. Speaking of which Boon's eldar ended up on the WHTV stream and looked great!

Edited by Chiwie, 02 September 2019 - 02:55 AM.

[Ishagu]

Are you guys going back to update articles post FAQ?

[Chiwie]

Are you guys going back to update articles post FAQ?

 

We are going one better with an entire article! 

 

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review – Bonus: The FAQ

 

Also these dropped:

 

ANAmal.net’s Road to NoVA, Part 7: Standing Around Yelling

 

ANAmal may or may have not broken his 20 game losing streak. Read on to find out if he did! 

 

Necromunday: Houses of the Underhive – Delaque

 

The Necro-Lads drop their normal Monday awesome-ness, with a breakdown on House Delaque. 

[Sandlemad]

The necromunda articles are brilliant and useful in the extreme.

[Son of Carnelian]

The articles remain fantastic reading! Can't wait to see more reports from NOVA!

[Lemondish]

I love the editorial injections in your articles - they're often infrequent enough to be special, but always informative and always enjoyable.

[Dosjetka]

The necromunda articles are brilliant and useful in the extreme.

Agreed, I'm very much enjoying the Necromunda ones.

[Chiwie]

The Goonhammer Interview: Pete Foley and Robin Cruddace

 

This was a huge score by the crew. Over the last three years, Pete Foley, the Book & Box Games Manager, and Robin Cruddace, the lead games designer for Warhammer 40,000, have become faces for Games Workshop, engaging with the community on a regular basis, both online and through events like NOVA. On Saturday at NOVA, roving Goonhammer reporter Jonathan Bernhardt got a chance to sit down with Pete and Robin to talk about the convention, the games, and the experience.

 

State of the Meta: A Look at NOVA 2019 and the 2019 LGT

 

A look a the last gasp of the pre marine codex meta.

 

 

NOVA 2019, Part 1: As Bad and As Good As it Gets

 

 

NOVA 2019, Part 2: 

 

Chur's Nova wrap up is gold.

 

Soggy’s Road to NoVA, Part 5: End of the Road

 

Ditto for Soggy.

 

The Corroad to NOVA Pt 5: Aer Lingus Can Suck It

 

Also for Corrode, the false admin.

 

Boon’s NOVA Recap: One Game to Rule Them All

 

And Boons. Boons is a hell of a tale of pulling the sliver lining out of a bad situation and ligating games over social media.

 

[Chiwie]

 

The necromunda articles are brilliant and useful in the extreme.

Agreed, I'm very much enjoying the Necromunda ones.

 

 

The boys are knocking it out of the park. Stay tuned for more next Monday.

 

I love the editorial injections in your articles - they're often infrequent enough to be special, but always informative and always enjoyable.

 

They are my fave thing to add to the articles and show the personality of the crew coming though. 10/10 best thing to steal from WD ever.

 

 

The articles remain fantastic reading! Can't wait to see more reports from NOVA!

 

Thanks! please enjoy the final reports!

 

The necromunda articles are brilliant and useful in the extreme.

 

I'll pass that onto the lads! They are doing a 10/10 job.

[Chiwie]

Start Competing: Necrons Tactics

 

James "One Wing" Grover takes a look at Necrons in a competitive environment. 

 

The Goonhammer Interview: Mike Brandt

 

JB gets another big scoop and interviews Mike Brandt, runner of NOVA and member of the core 40k playtesting group,

 

 

How to Paint Everything: Power Weapons

 

Corrode (Admin, False!) gets the gang talking about power weapons.

 

Necromunday: Tactics Cards – Which Ones Are Good and How To Use Them

 

Dan "40k Badcast" Boyd talks about cards. Necro cards. On a Monday.

 

They have done this before but this one is newer and therefore BETTER.

 

Seriously it's good. Check it out.

 

How to Paint Everything: Deathwatch

 

The gang talks about how they go about painting Deathwatch marines.

 

 

Content We Liked: 9/8/2019

 

As always, content on the internet that we found cool and good, delivered direct to you weekly via TheChirurgeon. 

 

And finally

 

Goonhammer’s First Birthday

 

Our little website is growing up fast! Thank you all for reading and commenting on this thread!  

 

 

 

 

 

[Chiwie]

Start Competing: Deathwatch Tactics

 

Another entry is up in our Start Competing series. Read ujp and learn the ins and outs of Deathwatch!

 

Army Showcase: TheChirurgeon’s Deathwatch

 

Speaking of Deathwatch, check out TheChirurgeon's extremely rad dudes.

 

 

The 40k Hamateur Hour Presents: Road to Nova Week 16 – Pencils Down

 

From The Shire closes out their Road to Nova entries. Read on to find out just how close he cut the painting deadline. (It's closer than you think. Trust me.)

 

 

 Aeronautica Imperialis Review: Tiny Planes, Big Possibilities

 

 

Immanentized is back with another entry in the Unclehammer. 

 

 

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from the LGT

 

This coming week sees an especially exciting tournament coming up – the LGT. Wings goes over his list and what he thinks will be the big hitters of the tourney. 

 

The Narrative Forge: Easy Necromunda Terrain!

 

Crab-stuffed Mushrooms looks at doing sector mechanicus on the cheap with fantastic results. A must read for any DIY terrain buff. 

 

The Road to NOVA: A Naramyth Trip Report

 

Naramyth details out his Nova experience

 

 

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[Chiwie]

Tacticool 101: Deathwatch Tactics for Kill Team

 

 

Garrett "John Condit" Severson takes a look at Deathwatch in Kill Team.

 

 

Hammer of Math: Understanding Modifiers and Re-Rolls

 

 

Kevin “Beer4theBeerGod” Genson take a hard look at harder maths. 

 

Necromunday: Special Ammo and Grenades

 

Merton details the special ammo and grenades of the underhive. 

 

Narrative Forge: Playing With Your Bits

 

Buffalochicken details the fine art of finding, collecting, and using bits.

 

Mentor’s Road Past NoVA: Y’all were just dying to know.

 

Steel Mentor recaps her NoVA. 

 

Making Friends and Purging Heretics: Going 2-1 at the Bel Air Games RTT

 

Scott Horras “Heresy” debuts with a trip report. 

 

Content We Liked: 9/15/2019

 

 

Chur rounds up the cool stuff we all liked this week. 

 

 

 

Edited by Chiwie, 18 September 2019 - 07:31 AM.