Alexey Gorboot

Chaos War Mammoth that I painted a few years ago!

Chaos Warrior from Battlemasters! Painted up for Olden Demon season!

This is so cool!!! You nailed it!

My version of an orc warboss from Warhammer fantasy

david lynch telling people in 2017 that you should accept trans people or kill yourself. he was so real for this.

I painted this unit of 30 black orcs as the Krimson Killaz from the 8th edition rulebook/Total War: Warhammer games!

My Blood Bowl teams! The Reikland Reavers in Blue and White and Gold, The Orcland Raiders in Oakland Raiders colors, and The Norsca Rampagers in Minnesota Golden Gopher colors!

Ogdruz Swampdigga Da Troll Calla. That a name you only want to say a few times.

This is the new Orc Warboss for the Old World! I had fun painting him, and his naked snotlings.

Today is a little different, I want to talk about the secondary market. Because some friends of mine on discord were astonished at how much my empire units new in box cost and I want to elaborate more on making the best use of kits. Consider this part two of hobbying while being cheap and neurodivergent.

You should have a healthy bits box at all times. You can have several of them. There are a lot of eBay listings for just piles of bits and unfinished minis that you can use to make bespoke Warhammer minis out of just spare parts from multiple kits. Kitbashing is not a revelation, it even predates wargames as it’s a carry over from model railroad hobbyists. But you should buy listings of random bits because you can get some fantastic parts from kits you weren’t thinking of getting for incredible prices.

The re release of these old Warhammer kits comes with a lot of great bits for conversions, I think they really are worth more than people are thinking they are!

The main thing I want to talk about though is how to exploit the chud cycle to maximize your hobby hauls. I won’t get super political in this post because it’s not really what it’s about. But there is a cycle where really negative dudes get into the hobby through a video game like space marine 2 or a lore channel and buy a lot of minis. Then they get upset about how modern games workshop, a multi billion dollar company, has gone woke or whatever. Then they go farther back into earlier editions to try to escape whatever it is they don’t like, only to find that the satire is stronger the farther back they go. A lot of these guys putt around for a while and then give up and sell their armies for really cheap on eBay and Facebook marketplace. A lot of them are willing to haggle.

That isn’t political, it’s economical.

Neither is the satisfaction I get when these guys tell me I don’t belong in the hobby and I show them my armies I’ve painted over almost 30 years.

Take advantage of the deals!

The boys are back in town only once a year. Relish this moment.

I’m 7! I have Warhammer coming in the mail today so I’m pleased as punch about that, but included that box of goodness is a present for my best friend I’m gonna be happy to hand over to her!

A quick chart I tossed togeter a hot moment ago

How is everyone feeling today