Content We Liked: September 6, 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. 

On the Internet at Large

• The Forge Temple's Heresy era Deathwing @the_forge_temple via Instagram This is a great paint job that oozes character and shows off how cool the Horus Heresy Dark Angels models are.
• NOVA Open’s Summer Raffles NOVA Open Charitable Foundation We were deeply saddened (but in complete understanding) when NOVA was canceled this year. However that doesn’t mean it’s all cancelled – now through September 12th you can buy tickets to their raffle for a chance to win wonderfully painted miniatures from artists around the world.
• Aaron's Marble Bases @GivenAaron via Twitter This is probably the best marbling effect I've ever seen and the work Aaron puts in to give his base a precious gem inlay makes these something spectacular. The account's a pretty pro follow generally.
• Legion of the Damned Indomitus Captain @knoxminis via Instagram This is an insanely cool conversion of an Indomitus Captain. We picked this one to showcase because of the amazing work done on the shield, but if you check out the account you can find a host of other Legion of the Damned Primaris marines conversions that rip.
• Sean's Smash Chaplain @seanzor21 via Twitter A very cool primaris chaplain conversion with a winged jump pack.
• Wayne Mak's Catachan Knight @wanesminis via Instagram This thing is so great. I can't stop giggling at it every time I see it.
• Andy's Imperial Fists Repulsor @AndyKilloch via Twitter This project is shaping up nicely but what's really notable about it is that Andy has done some cool work magnetizing the underside of the turret to make it easy to store the tank's alternative weapon options. Very clever.
• Kyle's Orks @Skari2 via Twitter Kyle poses with his 70,000+ points of painted orks. I feel like it's always Ork players I see in these insane, wonderful photos of hobby dedication. Get your shit together, other faction havers.
• Custom Outrider by Master Crafted Minis @MCMiniatures via Twitter The tribal decal is cool but what really makes this conversion work is the custom wheels, which look fantastic and completely change the look of the model.

The Week on Goonhammer

Lots of great content this week on Goonhammer, here’s what you may have missed:

• Competitive Innovations in 9th: Varbergs GT By James “One_Wing” Grover Wings looks at some winning lists from the recent Varbergs GT in Sweden and looks at the pure Chaos Daemons list that placed 2nd.
• Start Competing: How Unit Roles are Changing in 9th By James “One_Wing” Grover Wings updates his older article on unit roles and talks about how those roles have changed in importance in the transition from 8th to 9th.
• One Weird Tip: Use More Stuff That Sucks By Greg Chiasson Greg talks about an important topic in the Warhammer 40,000 community: A lot of you are too worried about using units that are good.
• Ruleshammer Returns By Rob "Vre'kais" Chilton Ruleshammer is back this week with a host of new articles and a new format! We're tackling reader questions and moving to more of a wiki-style approach.
  • Ruleshammer Returns!
  • Ruleshammer - Transports
  • Ruleshammer - Types of Move
  • Ruleshammer Q&A - September 4, 2020
• Getting Started: Blades of Khorne By FlamingFig This week FlamingFigt takes a look at how to get started with one of the original factions in Age of Sigmar, the Blades of Khorne.
• Horus Heresy Legion Overview: The Raven Guard By LordTwisted In his ongoing mission to cover the entirety of the HH legions, this week LordTwisted tackled the XIX legion, the Raven Guard.
• Dawn of Fire: Avenging Son Review by Tyler "Coda" Moore Tyler reviews the first novel in the new Dawn of Fire series from the Black Library, talks about the massive narrative weight placed on its shoulders, and parallels to the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels.
• Revolution of 1828 Review by Needs of the One In this week’s board game review we look at a 2-player game that sees players taking on the role of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson vying for the chance to become the next president of the United States.
• Modern Focus: Mill By Craig Marlatt In this Magic: The Gathering piece, we look at how to build mill decks for the Modern format.
• Necromunday: Assumptions and Overlooked Rules By Ghengis Cohen This week Ghengis Cohen looks at a lot of the little assumptions and overlooked rules that pepper the Necromunda landscape.
• Warlord Wednesdays: Legion Focus - Legio Vulturum By Condit, Soggy, and Da Bair This week the WW lads went back to talking about legions, this time focusing on the Gore Crows of Legio Vulturum.
• Commander Focus: Gavi, Nest Warden By Phillip York This week Phillip talked about building a Commander deck around Gavi, Nest Warden and some of the interesting things you can do with the Cycling mechanic.
• How to Base Everything: Historicals By Various Authors This week the Historicals crew are covering new ground - literally - and talking about how you can base your regiments and phalanxes and columns.

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.