Content We Liked: 5/17/2020

The Week Ending May 16th, 2020

Although it’s a big internet out there, the Warhammer digital universe is pretty small and spread out. In Content We Liked, we take a look at the articles, videos, podcasts, and products that caught our eyes or were noteworthy during the prior week you might have missed. Here’s what we liked this week:

In the Wild

Nathaniel Mill's Mechanical Tyranids @natman82 via Instagram Nathaniel's army is one of the coolest full-army conversions I've ever seen, with a fantastic paint job.
LE's Ghazghkull @@1927822LE via Twitter This is just an insanely good paint job on a wonderful new model. The claw is freakin' sick.
Rhu's Titanicus Daemon Primarchs

@_rhubard via Twitter

Rhu's bringing some classic Epic model designs into the modern day with some cool conversions that replicate the Daemon Primarchs in 8mm scale.
Dolthar Sdjath's Death Company Marine @dolthar via Twitter Dolthar is a very cool paint job here and it's always impressive to see good detail work and shading on black armor.
Louise Sugden's Pink(?) Horror @Sughammer via Twitter This horror is so beautiful it makes me angry. How dare you
Baz Watkins' Galatus Hoplite Dreadnought @baz_watkins via Twitter This is just a great conversion. Love the pose, love the detail work.
Steve Wren's Full Aelven Armies @Stevewren via Twitter Steve shows off his full Idoneth and Sylvaneth armies - ll 6,300 points of them - in an extremely cool diorama.
Abhorrent Archregent Spring Heeled Jack Just Singin in the Rain Warplockshoehorn via r/AgeofSigmar Just a wonderful conversion idea that oozes character and fun.
Damien Pedley's BenBailey Marine @DamienPedley via Twitter Damien has done some incredible shading work on this. Love the color transitions on the shoulder pad.
Matt G's excellent White Scars @storm_of_chogoris via Instagram Matt G's White Scars are just beautiful, with some exceptional details.
Sheppb's Vertical Terrain Board Sheppb via r/Warhammer40k This is a really cool, space-efficient way to run terrain for something like Kill Team or Necromunda.

On Goonhammer

Another solid week as we pass the time in lockdown by spitting out 4 thousand-word articles on this wonderful dumb hobby.

Start Competing Space Wolves By Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Jon Kilcullen Our final 40k Start Competing is finally done!
Video Game Review: Blood Bowl II By Jonathan Bernhardt Bernhardt reviews the digital translation of one of GW's most beloved board games.
How to Base Everything Various Authors Battle Brothers continues this week, with some theoretical list building from our two brothers.
- Beach Bases by Rockfish
- Water Bases by Silks
Hammer of Math: Reanimation Protocols By Kevin Genson Kevin was back on 40k this week, talking about how Reanimation Protocols work and improving the odds of getting back up.
Boardhammer: Chain of Command By Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty Lupe talks about one of his favorite wargames this week.
Getting Started Keeps Going! Various Authors If Start Competing is a bit too advanced for what you want to do, consider our Getting Started series, which looks at how to pick up a new faction.
- Getting Started: Orks (40k)
- Getting Started: Slaves to Darkness
- Getting Started: Disciples of Tzeentch
Necromunday: Weekend Campaigns By Dan “SexCannon” Boyd and Merton This week the boys looked at running a campaign over a single weekend, and how to organize the wonderful chaos.
The Fabricator General: How to Make Trees By Michael Bette-Shaffer Michael runs through an excellent tutorial this week on how to make trees for your terrain.
Kill Team Tactics: Gellerpox Infected By Leon Smith and Rob “TheChirurgeon” Jones Guest Author Leon Smith joins Goonhammer to talk about how to play the Gellerpox Infected in Kill Team.

That’s all for this week, stay tuned to Goonhammer for more great articles in the next seven days, and give us a shout in the comments below or at contact@goonhammer.com if you have any feedback or questions.

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