Necromunda house rules and handy Campaign tips

I’m loving the Campaign’s in Necromunda, so much so I have 4 going all at once. My most-frequently played one we’ve comfortably played around 20+ games, and still haven’t played all the scenarios yet (The rescue + the Hit).

I’ve found loads of stuff to try in Necromunda that seem to even out the playing field a bit and help speed things along.

Starting a Chaos Cults Gang Guide 2/3; Gang pros and cons

Whilst the Chaos Cult choice may seem like an easy leap from 40k-Necromunda, do they have any strengths in Campaigns? Skirmishes?

So, building a gang. First things first lets look at the base stats and options for what they can offer.

Starting a Goliath Gang Guide 3/3; Mission analysis

So, last part of the guide, is a look into how the Goliaths perform in different missions.
If you get the option, here are some of the 18 (at time of going to press) missions that will benefit you the most. I’ve tried to think ahead to how the above will benefit you in these missions.

Sneak preview - Goliath get a bit of a raw deal here.

Starting a Goliath Gang Guide 2/3; Gang pros and cons

So, building and painting a gang;done. Now onto playing them, well how do they play? What are their strengths? Weaknesses? Don't worry, I've got you covered with a tips list below! 

Lets cover The Good, the Bad, The ugly, Tactics cards, hangers-on, Skill upgrades, and gear options.

First things first lets look at the base Goliath gang stats and options for what they can offer.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Starting a Necromunda Goliath Gang Guide 1/3; Collecting, Converting, Painting

The biggies, the bruisers, the forge-frenzied-gene-packed-gunning-for-your-guts boys in (mostly) red. The Goliaths!

These were a great poster child for the newest edition of Necromunda, if you wanted something to grab you, then this was definitely the right choice.

Just Do it! The Process of Painting Pt3: A tool to help.

So, right now, think of how much you haven't painted. Lots? Uncomfortably lots? Me too.

Its a slog, it might not be for you, it shouldn't be for you. Often it just is.

One tool I use - Google Keep (all images from the web version).

Just Do it! The Process of Painting Pt2

BIG BATCH PAINTING BABY! I love a tip-list. 

With my own burning advice in my ears, I realised the best way to get over a painting ‘hump’ is to target it in the best way, by chopping a chunk out of it. Solution: Batch painting.

In reality, on any scale, all painting is batched. Even on a single miniature you are trying to paint a single colour across multiple areas of that one piece. Rather than switching colours for each leg, pauldron, weapon, you paint all of the colours of the miniature at each level. Paint the base, paint the metals, paint the detail.

Just Do It! The Process of Painting Pt1

This week I wanted to address what I've found to be my own worst enemy sometimes, and I feel it could also apply to many fellow gamers too. The actual process of Painting.

Make Heresy Era Space Marines from 40k ones on a budget: Part 1; Breaking apart.

Short attention spans can be a boon sometimes, this is my desk at the moment

That big blob of mostly Green are my Sons of Omega 40k force, currently and gradually being converted into a 30k Sons of Horus force. 

I loved these guys, seriously. Look at the beginning of this blog for proof. Lots of attention lavished and time spent. 

They did their job well. And then I read the Heresy rules. 

Bring me my scalpel!

Astra Militarum themes; Correct vs Fun

I really do need to adjust my tactics. I sit back, a lot. This is classically what Guard excel at. This is how their fluff reads. Sit behind fortifications and blow the enemy away with hammerblows of overwhelming fire-power. 

It’s a tactic that in game works well against a lot of armies such as Nids, Tau, Necrons, Chaos, Ork Kan and horde armies. The problem is everyone else.

I know the amount of Marine players I will be going up against. All with access to a lot of Deep Strike. This means this happens a lot.

Playing around with Salt weathering Part 2; plus a tips list!

With this second rust exploration I decided to try the more classic rust mechanisms and methods, while seeing which other techniques I could pick up in the process  to really improve the look of the Hades in its entirety.

First up, just like a porno; try the brown.

40,000 Apocalyptic commitments needed

We tried our first large-scale game a couple of months back, where we tried out the Apocalypse ruleset with 7th Edition. To celebrate we tried a 40,000 point game. Here follows a breakdown of the our first experiences with the system of Apocalypse, 7th Edition, and the weekend setup.

Being championed by my good friend Bave, who managed the entire planning of the thing we set a date, and started checking how many points those invited collectively had, and how much we could field, to see what would be worth trying out. After bandying about for several days for sizes, we went for a game that would be 20,000 points a side. 

Ambitious, epic, awesome, but possibly a case of eyes being bigger than stomach!

Warhammer and babies...

Since I've found out I'm going to be a father I've acknowledged that my painting, modelling and even storage habits will have to change. With that in mind, keen not to lose the focus that I've put into the last year and a half of gaming I've began to make stockpiles.

Seeing the handy comments on a Bell of Lost Souls article (http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/happy-fathers-day-editorial-gaming-as.html) surrounding having a new baby take over your life completely, I decided to start making some sacrifices early, so as not to put too much strain on the relationship with the hot wife, but also my friends.

So see below the 10 changes that I've made to help me and my gaming addiction.

Maximising your 40k purchases, 1 and a half years in.

I'm a massive scrimper and I thought that I’d try and share as many possible tips and tricks that I've found to maximise your 40k investment, for the moment focussing on modelling bits and the miniatures themselves.

This is only based on a year and a half of 40k, rather than a lifetime so hopefully I can add some more of these as I go.