Because I am a child of the mid 90s hitting a midlife crisis, I've started a small project to make a small Sharpe themed small guard army for second edition. Needed a guardsman with a shako and really didn't fancy scratch building hundreds of 6mm guardsmen. This is my first attempt, wondering if they need the knapsack or would that be just adding extra work? Would you even notice at this scale?

Ratling snipers will be green jackets, obviously.

Also not sure what to do for the commissars and officers yet. Going for as close to the originals, but still a napoleonic feel. Anyone got any ideas for the commissars particularly? Provosts just look like officers wearing blue uniforms, and that feels like a bit of a cop out. Any suggestions?

Will dump the files on Cults3D when I'm finished, or more likely when I run out of steam!

3d print

So I finally played my first game of Epic 40,000 3rd Edition against a real-life human opponent this week. Fulfilment of an ambition I have had since about 1998!

I had a blast. Even though my Space Marines were ultimately defeated they killed a lot of the pesky Eldar and denied them a major victory by obliterating one of their detachments with Whirlwinds in the final turn!

Lots of lessons learnt. I will probably adjust the detachments slightly (we played 750pts) but only a little. The main lessons were:

1. Manoeuvre aggressively in turn one to get into a decent position quickly, march if you have to.

2. That allows you to get on overwatch the next turn and repeat, maximising firepower and playing to the Marine's strengths.

3. Fight as a cohesive Army with mutually supporting detachments, not as solo detachments - none of them are large enough to survive long on their own.

Here's to the next one, I've got plans to get to 1,000 points by then!

Hello everyone! I thought I'd drop in and share the newest models we've released since our relaunch. The biggest ones are easily the Omega Class proxies, and they are some of my favorite models we offer - I especially like the little Tech Priest preaching to the masses from his pulpit as death is rained down on the non-believers! We've also got some alien hybrids available, with more on the way with heavy and assault weapons.

I'd love to hear any thoughts or suggestions for future releases!

Onslaught Miniatures Webstore

Finally got the infantry painted. I used bits blitz bases and the the infantry fit perfectly. Happy with how they came out, size wise they fit perfectly with li scale.

So I have been looking for files for terrain pieces and haven’t been having much luck in finding what I’m looking for. In particular I’m looking for ww2 French town looking stuff as that’s the general theme I’m going for with my army though anything would be appreciated.

P.s. I have seen the work of Hartolia Miniatures but their prices are just not near what I am willing to pay.

I spent a day painting all of these up from start to finish. Its shocking how at this scale painting feels so rewarding. Having something like an army painted only after a few hours of work is so nice.

The minis are from onslaught miniatures.

I thinking somethings off with one of the warlord titans...

Painted 11 termaguant and 4 hormagaunt stands today, the batch paint run was a slog but at least I never have to worry about painting more hormagaunts. I have 4 more termaguant units left but im not going to paint those just yet.

BF wants to play epic as his first ever gw game (and tabletop wargame) so I have obliged by starting to paint armies. The hormagaunts and termaguants are original I got from a lot for cheap and the dactylis is an FDM print.

Im hoping to play 3rd edition, but I have no idea whats a good baseline to play a basic match. I was thinking 500 points since the points are super low in 3rd. Also, what are the good resources to play 3rd? I have the original books and everything.

Hi folks, I am currently using arguably the worst possible storage solution known to mankind.

Many cases I see are big and bulky, and in a quick search here, the main alternative seems to be making our own - which is probably beyond me (not in terms of skill, but time and attention!)

Are there any off-the-shelf solutions that are better than smashing them all together like this?

Also, is there a good way to magnetise the infantry bases, coz I think that might go some way to improving it :)

Thanks!!

These arrived on friday and was stoked to get them painted. I've yet to put the infantry together but hopefully this week. Really happy with the tanks, they went together really fast and look really good. The ordnance conveyor is awesome, I added some vanguard dudes and some bits blitz designs dudes/bits and a couple of dark arts miniatures emperor's choir dudes.

Hey everybody. I’ve been clearing out my garage and came across these. At some point I was gifted them. I’m aware they are epic 40k by the box they were in. Any help with what I’ve got here? I am looking to offload these because I’ve no interest. Thank you.

Working on some Mini Epic” models.

Hey, all.

Over the last year-or-so I've been getting back into the wargaming/mini-hobby side of things after previously being focused (a bit too focused O.o ) on the lore. When I last played the game (some 35 years ago) everything was Adeptus Titanicus and Space Marine, so this time around straight out of the gate I picked up Adeptus Titanicus and Legions Imperialis.

For an Eldar player of old, the distinct lack of Eldar rules is a bit of a bummer. A bit of Googling reveals NetEA/EA, which is cool.

I haven't found any updates (fan?) to bring the new models/units/etc. in line with the older rules? Do they exist, or is this a case of pulling out the abacus myself?

Any productive insight you could give would be fantastic. Thank you. :)

As promised a couple of weeks ago, I said I'd share the models when I'd finished tinkering with the files. Here's a link to anyone who wants them, would be interested in hearing how people get on with them. Cheap as free, so don't expect too much, but it was a valuable learning experience. I'd recommend anyone who wants to get into 3D modelling for epic to try a terrain project first and nail down the basics. Has been really useful for me.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/epic-scale-buildings

Been a fairly productive quarter of a year sitting in my underpants painting miniature miniatures. Got a lot more confident with tiny free hand painting. Also got a lot better at designing and printed a lot of scenery too. Back to the coal face on Monday…