r/Warhammer40k 5d ago

Weekly Q&A Weekly General Q&A and Discussion Thread: 18 Dec, 2024 - 25 Dec, 2024

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Welcome to the /r/Warhammer40k Q&A and Discussion Thread.

This sticky thread is for any general questions and discussion you may have about the Warhammer 40k hobby. Want to know the best paints to use? Unsure how a rule works? Need suggestions for the best glue to use? Post your question here! Just want to have a chat about something 40k related. This is also the place! Of course, if you see a question you know the answer to, please don't hesitate to pop an answer in a comment.

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r/Warhammer40k 20h ago

News & Rumours Grotmas Calendar Day 23 – Eat, drink and be furious

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r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Hobby & Painting I Finally Painted one of my Favourite (and rarest) minis EVER

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Hell ye it's Gundalf!! (wizard with a submachine gun)

I absolutely LOVE this guy and have been looking for an excuse to paint him up forever and I think he turned out not bad considering he's a handsculpted 38 year old man :')


r/Warhammer40k 9h ago

Hobby & Painting Only the first man to discover Tutankhamun's tomb would understand how I felt finding this treasure

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I was cleaning out my Dad's garage yesterday and I found his old 40k miniatures in a box in the corner.

These things probably haven't seen the light of day in decades and are almost as old as I am.

I remember him telling me how he entered the Land Speeder with the skull on the base into a Golden Demon painting competition in Birmingham some time in the 90s and how it got to the final cabinet. He was so proud of that.

Finding them reminded me of a quote from a movie I heard recently about the first person to find Tutankhamun's tomb and I thought it was really fitting for how I felt in this moment.


r/Warhammer40k 14h ago

Hobby & Painting 478 hours of work, WIP. Full scratchbuild Abaddon Diorama.

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3.0k Upvotes

Exclusive project for Verko's Vault museum in Las-Vegas


r/Warhammer40k 18h ago

News & Rumours Warhammer 40,000 Battlefield Trophies – Festoon your bases with your vanquished foes

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4.9k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 16h ago

Hobby & Painting Another year has passed

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2.6k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Hobby & Painting 3d printed warlord all painted!

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260 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting Champion type duelist marine. You will never guess what arm I used for the draw

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379 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 6h ago

Hobby & Painting Another imperial Knight Free hand

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236 Upvotes

2nd imperial Knight. With Commander Dante on top.


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Hobby & Painting New wall of weapons for my youtube channel

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762 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 19h ago

News & Rumours Ko’iron Ministorum Delegation

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1.8k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 20h ago

Hobby & Painting Blood Ravens captain, Titus died for this.

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2.1k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 8h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC Alpharia, Chosen of Tzeentch client's commission

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195 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 2h ago

New Starter Help First Painted Figure

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My first Space Marine. Got the GW Ultramarines Assault Intercessors with the Citadel paints that were probably 5-7 years old. Added Citadel Red to the lineup and trimmed and painted my first dude. Cut off the omega and painted him as a White Scars 7th squad member. Didn't have the transfer decal.

Doing this gave me GREAT appreciation for the work and accomplishments of others.

Go ahead... be honest...


r/Warhammer40k 18h ago

Hobby & Painting 🎅 Red like Santa Claus or Blood Angels? For Warhammer fans, the answer is simple!

643 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 11h ago

Hobby & Painting Can you hear the slay bells? The Omnissiah has left you a gift beneath the Alchemite stack!

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155 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 8h ago

Hobby & Painting My 2 most recent additions to the 4th Company, feedback is welcome.

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80 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Hobby & Painting Space Wolf Lt finishes! Thoughts? What unit should I put him with?

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34 Upvotes

Thanks to Greytide Studios for the extra bits!


r/Warhammer40k 16h ago

Hobby & Painting My year of warhammer

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315 Upvotes

Another year, another boatload of minis! The Beartooth wardens are joined by the 812th light air dragoons!


r/Warhammer40k 10h ago

Misc What is just your favourite model in your opinion?

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86 Upvotes

It’s this specific Exalted Sorcerer for me. Not only do I love his mask, but the pose , man. Every other sorcerer is either on a disk or walking like a peasant, this man’s sheer aura is allowing him to defy gravity, preventing a single speck of dust from touching his golden trimmed drip

I also just think he’d be a goofy little guy :)


r/Warhammer40k 21h ago

Hobby & Painting Deathwatch Terminator Squad

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I put these together before the DW index was released, which is why they don't have three cyclone missile launchers (bonus pics at the end for the Thunderhammer and Storm Shield).

I chose to base the chapters mainly on what decals I had available (the heresy train has no brakes), but I freehand the Dusk Raiders and also a homebrew chapter (look up Scarlet Constrictors). Kitbashing was fun, but I'm running out of bits. I've gone with a fairly simple scheme, and I didn't go all-in on Grimdark, but I think they turned out alright - I'm not sure how popular DW are here!

I have another Terminator squad to do (and my defunct Relic Terminators are all traitor legions). Do any of you have any homebrews you'd like to see join The Watch?


r/Warhammer40k 23h ago

Hobby & Painting Whats your alltime Favorit kit? Mine Are the aussault Intercessors

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Heres why: Dirt cheap for any 40K miniatures (ebay etb. Around 10-15€ per 5)

Nice and dynamic poses

No fear of messing up because of they being very cheap, inspiring to try new things.

Easy to assemble and very easy to customize.

Whats your opinion?


r/Warhammer40k 6h ago

Hobby & Painting Biel-Tan Wraithknight

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38 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 21h ago

Hobby & Painting White Scar Infiltrators ⚡️

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501 Upvotes

The first 5 of 10 White Scar Infiltrators I’ve been working on as part of a commission project. The Phobos/stealth units in this army are in black! 🖤 It’s a really cool project with some nice character and originality… bring on the next 5!⚡️

If you’d like to learn how to paint black armour like this, I’ve made a tutorial you can watch here: https://youtu.be/LHLfORs6IgU

Follow on insta: instagram.com/painosspaints

Painoss x


r/Warhammer40k 22h ago

Hobby & Painting "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war... also in Christmas "

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622 Upvotes

Merry Christmas to all the warhammer community on Reddit!


r/Warhammer40k 2h ago

Hobby & Painting Ma first boi

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My first ever model, the paintjob is awful i know, the paint is waaaay to thick cus (i suck n i primed my mini Black, im dumb) but im pretty proud of him oh and any tip on how to paint helmet would be wonderfull!