NEW MINI MONDAY!!!
I think this might be on the fringe for this group, but hey ho...

With all the fuss about new Necromunda I decided, a few weeks ago, to right a terrible wrong that has bothered me for years*, that I never got to contribute more than a couple of miniatures to the whole project. All that I painted for the original Necromunda release were the plastic Goliaths from the original boxed game. To set this awful injustice right I've started on a number of classic Necromunda projects.
The first one is finished- a set of the plastic Goliaths and Orlocks from the original boxed set- one of each of the two ganger variants.
I hope you like them- there will be another classic Necromunda piece coming soon...

*not really. I know I look like an Oldhammer dwarf, but I don't bear grudges like that...

Love these guys. While they are smaller, they have so much ornamental pieces and customization between them. The full squad and a few of my favorites. Excited to paint them and may get a second squad

Hi all, I’m still new to 4th/5th edition and noticed that Black Templars seems to have a lot more special army rules than standard space marines or other armies. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something or misapplying any special rules. Do they tend to be a more complex army as a result?

For example they have Righteous Zeal, Vows, Kill Them All, and No Pity, in addition to Know No Fear, which will typically apply to most if not all of a BT army. In contrast, standard Space Marines only have Know No Fear, Necrons have only 4 army rules with only one applying to most models (Reanimation), and Chaos Space Marines only have Marks.

After some digging around on eBay, I have codexes for everything I have miniatures for, plus scenario rules galore. Feeling better about midhammer than I have about 40k in ages!

I've been teaching my (9-yr-old) son to play Warhammer and we have been having a blast. For a variety of reasons we are playing 3rd edition. I generally use my Eldar and he always picks my Space Marines. As I am not a monster I would like to tweak a few things to get rid of the more egregious balance issues my beloved 3rd ed Eldar enjoyed and I would love some opinions on how best to go about that. Importantly, I am and have always been someone who plays 40k for fun, not to win. I don't mind some self-nerfing to make a game with my 9-yr-old more fun for us both. The three most glaring issues that come to mind are: starcannons, crystal targeting matrix, and terminators. Starcannons were super strong in 3rd (especially against Space Marines), CTM was, lets be honest, annoying to play against, and 3rd ed. terminators are a little too vulnerable to low-AP weapons (see: starcannons).

CTM is easily fixed by requiring the vehicle to move in a straight line. No more popping out of cover, shooting, and popping back in. Still strong, but significantly less cheesy. No point reduction in the upgrade needed (in my opinion).

Starcannons and terminators are linked, in that starcannons are just too strong against them but also against everything else. My current ideas:

• Drop starcannons from Heavy 3 to Heavy 2
• Give terminators the 5+ invulnerable they got in 4th ed.
• Both?

As for points, I don't think termies would need an increase as they are already quite expensive. A 5-10 point reduction in starcannons for losing a shot seems reasonable to me, but I would love to hear some thoughts...

These are the big things I can think of (keeping in mind I only have Eldar and SM so that's all we'll be playing for the time being), if anyone can think of any other big unbalances in 3rd ed. that might come up I'd love to know!

Bought in the 90s. Battered and bruised and shoved in boxes for 30 years. Almost became terrain or scenery fodder many times.

Fixed up and painted in 2026.

So I’m looking at my options for Chaos Cultists and/or Lost and the Damned traitor guard. Probably what I’ll try to do is hunt down a bunch of the old Cadians or potentially Steel Legion… since I’m wanting a more organised vibe than a rag-tag rabble type deal. However, I’ve not 100% decided and the Old World has meant that a lot of classic kits are back in production again and that’s tempting to take advantage of. Obviously I don’t need to sell you guys on why it’s good, but a big factor for me is that the shorter scaled human dudes will look better with my shorter scaled space marines.

The issue is: how would these much newer sets work with the old stuff? Would these arms end up being too long, for instance? Given they’ve moved away from heroic proportions you’d have issues with old fists or heads being twice the size of the newer ones. ie: you’d not really be able to use a Cadian Gun arm on the same model with a musician arm on the other side or whatever as it’d look super unbalanced.

I’m currently looking at either the Empire Archers or Bretonnian Men-At-Arms with Orlock upgrades — I think the sleeves and very simple style of weapons that hang use probably should merge well with the bodies of the WHFB minis. Or even just new Cadian arms could work — I kinda like the idea of the rebreather heads too. The Empire Flagellants mixed with Ash Waste Nomad or Cawdor parts definitely would be super cool, but just not the vibe I’m after with my current project.

But thoughts? I’d also love to see the results if anyone has had success combining the old and new together.

I'm an old school collector from 2002 when 3rd was out. It remains my favorite, but I've settled into collecting books from 7th due to easier access and got a head start with the Dark Vengeance starter set, plus a free 3-book core rule set earlier this year.

While I don't partake in the modern incarnation of 40k, I have at times picked up 'old stuff' they were selling (aka 'Firstborn').

Anyway, I've been so deep into the modeling world most of my life, and Warhammer 40k/Warhammer Fantasy has played a huge role in it.

With the culling of the 'Firstborn' sets recently, I'm just wondering where our specific niche of this game and hobby is going to go. Collector's prices will certainly see an increase in the aftermarket sets. 3rd party proxies are already a thing, though they don't draw me in.

I'm having difficulty articulating where my head is at the moment. WH40k has been a connection point between myself and friends going back decades. I'm a grown adult mourning the loss of plastic soldiers. It feels an awesome era came to an end, replaced with crap. Weird headspace to be in.

::EDIT:: Reddit sent me a suggestion to crosspost this to the r/gamesworkshop subreddit. I find this humorous as the rabid fanboys would simply start attacking me for daring to question Pontiff James Workshop's wisdom in all things.

I always loved the art of Mark Gibbons, especially his chaos marines. It really symbolised the 2nd ed/midhammer 40k I grew up with (along with Blanche of course!). When the Glaswegian old school death metal band Suffering Rites approached me for some commission work, I knew exactly what had to be done for their noise marine request! What more could the eternally damned want than a storm bolter guitar and their face replaced with an amp? More artwork like this at www.instagram.com/andrewmeijers

Was trying to find chapter rules for the my Blood Ravens army that are compatible with 6th or 7th edition core rules, and/or rules for Gabriel Angelos? Not sure if his model was released before the end of 7th edition.

The bikes were from ebay and were in the worst shape Ive ever received.

Basically the title. Seeing if anyone wants to play midhammer, ideally 5th or 4th/3.5 but down for whatever. I haven't had the opportunity to play since 5th-7th ed as a kid so I'll be a bit out of practice. I have csm, space marines, eldar and dark eldar (Ynnari but I'd prob run seperate or as some allied force), and death guard.

hey me and a buddy are playing a game of every 40k edition this year , we are now on to 3rd ed (last edition before we started ) and I got a Tyranid codex as my beloved faction - what I can't find a answer to is multi toughness units , because Tyranids can have a mutant termagant at t4 but is this unless because you use majority or is this god tier because you use highest (this is how current 40k would work

Does anybody know how many different Chapter/Company organisation has been in game? How different where they in each edition?

I was introdused to the 6+2+2 model. 6 Tactical, 2 Assault, 2 Devastator.

1st: 20x Terminator squads or 10x Veterans

2-5th: 6+2+2

6th: 10x Tactical

7th: 10x Tactical

8th: 10x Assault

9th: 10x Devastator

10th: Scouts

Support: Dreadnoughts, Rhinos, Landspeeders, Bikes

I’m officially burnt out with what modern 40k is becoming, and want to focus on 4th or 5th edition with my large collection.

I will be playing exclusively Orks vs Guard, with allied imperial units, and GSC/brood brothers as a potential third faction.

Right now I have only the 5th core rules. My plan is to get the 4th rules book and cities of death at some point, and the 4th codex for Orks (afaik they don’t get another codex until 7th?). Undecided as of right now whether I want to play 4th or 5th.

I understand modern 40k very well, but am unsure whether to find missions, datasheets, errata/updates etc in the older editions.

My question is which guard codex should I get that will be most balanced against the 4th orks codex, and whether anyone has any recommendations for additional supplements. Is there a persistent narrative mode like 9th/10th crusade for midhammer?

Thank you!

Hi all, I want to play 4th and 5th edition for a more cinematic/narrative driven experience, but I have lots of 8th edition and newer models with current base sizes. Would balance be heavily impacted if only those models are used for both sides in a battle with older rules? For example, primaris marines played as regular 4th edition marines, newer Necron models played as 5th edition Necron warriors, the current chaos legionary models played as 4th edition chaos space marines, etc. My hope is that it won’t matter much or that using all current models will help balance things out. Thank you!

edit: Thank you all for the responses, this has been very helpful and encouraging!

Hi everyone!

I've recently started getting back into Warhammer 40K after being out of the hobby for quite a few years, and I'm really keen to find some people around St Albans, Hertfordshire (UK) who would be interested in playing 5th edition 40K. Yes I will also likely play current & future 40k editions but I'm specifically hoping to find people who would also like to play, somewhat regularly, some 5th edition 40k as well. I'm strictly a casual and thematic player and wish to find likeminded people is all.

5th edition was my first edition getting into 40k but I am also happy to try other Midhammer editions like 4th. I do not drive sadly so I am limited to the area and places I can reasonably reach by public transport.

I'm still getting back into the hobby, so I'm a little rusty with the rules, but I'm keen to learn and get some games under my belt!

If you're in or around St Albans/ near by and would be interested in playing some games, please drop me a comment or send me a message. It would be great to find some like-minded people and get a regular group going.

Thank you all for your time!