Chris Dann
@chrisdann
Senior Thing Doer for Warhammer Licensing. I'm here for memes and minis. Views are my own, though you're welcome to share them. Taller than Henry Cavill. Pronouns of a polite butler clearing his throat (he/him).
Haven't doodled in a while, so last night I just started drawing and this is what I ended up with.
As soon as I started reading the extract from novel my otherwise normal reading-in-my-head voice immediately switched to Richard Reed's voice. Like, it wasn't even a conscious decision. Those words just unlocked something in my brain and it had to be his dulcet tones reading them to me.
The feeling of successfully glazing a hyperphase blade is inversely proportional to the feeling of having to do it for three more minis afterwards. It's a great process, but not one done quickly or easily.
Whilst visiting the South Jordan, UT Warhammer store last month the lovely staff member gave me an Infernus Marine "as a souvenir". I have painted it in what I feel is an appropriate scheme to really solidify it as a token of my visit.
Thr thing about doing a Hyperphase Blade is that you always have to do it twice. Each side feels like a new start!
Rank and file of my Necron force done. Having gotten so used to painting Deathwatch for so long, this is a major shift in quantity of models painted per hobby session. I could never fathom batch painting 10 at a time with Deathwatch.
Blood for the Blood God! But also for the NHS. (Actual donation site cropped out in case you're squeamish.) If you also want to save lives, go to blood.co.uk and register today!
Rereading this for the first time since finishing the Siege of Terra series, and boy does it hit different now. The tragedy and foreshadowing are so much more impactful.
I reject the absolutely BASELESS accusations that my Necron Warriors aren't done yet.
Some as-yet-unpainted Wolf Scouts with sculpted facial hair in various styles.
Quite chuffed with how this test paint for the scenery worked out. Not chuffed at all with how long it took (~3 hours) considering the number of walls left to paint 😅
In 40K lore, the Leagues ask their ancestral supercomupters (the Votann) for wisdom and must wait some times wait an age for the answer. I'm currently feeling the same way about live chat with Virgin Media customer service.
I love this scene where Trazyn is fighting a dinosaur, resulting in probably one of the greatest smilies in all fiction.
This very British graph shows the inverse temperature of custard. If the food is hot (e.g. Apple pie) the custard must be cold. If cold (e.g. Ice cream) the custard must be hot. Custard donuts are room temperature and therefore in equilibrium. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Took half an hour queuing in bitterly cold wind, but more than worth it to secure my new copy of The Infinite and the Divine. Just needs signing by @robertrath.bsky.social next time he's in this neck of the woods. Also, I will definitely be reading this with Richard Reed's voice from the audiobook.
Absolutely has to be Heldenhammer. The Legend of Sigmar Trilogy by @grahammcneill.bsky.social are some of the best books I've ever read. Not just best Warhammer books, mind you, but best of any genre. Go and vote for it so you can buy a copy in due course! warhammer.typeform.com/to/PUv4crPR
I picked up Sergeant Jovan at the Warhammer World Anniversary yesterday, and immediately seconded him to the Deathwatch. As far as kitbashes go it was extremely minimal (literally just the one shoulder pad) but he just looks so Deathwatch-y already I didn't need to do anything else.
Mind your head, neck, and possibly shoulders too. Staying in a 17th century cottage in the Lake District, which might as well be a hobbit hole considering how low some of these doorways are.
How I imagine the design meeting for this car park went. "I need to know how wide a typical car is." "So you can add on a suitable margin to allow people to get out of their cars?" "Lol. Lmao, even."
Potentially controversial question - what are your thoughts on repurposing previously "completed" minis? I had these five Reivers from a custom chapter I never fleshed out, so I'm seconding them to the Deathwatch. But I realise some hobbyists might consider this sacrilege.
Sifting through my display cabinet and came across one of my earliest attempts at properly reposing a miniature - Ironbreaker at rest.
A "near miss" is actually a "near hit". It's didn't nearly miss, it nearly 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 miss.
What qualification do you need to become a Servitor? BTEC (Say it out loud if you don't get it.) (If you still don't get it then you just need to acquaint yourself with British vocational qualifications.)
I second this. Great book, as is the sequel. I can also recommend This Way Up by always informative and entertaining Map Men if you've even the slightest interest in geography.
"I'm gonna need two flamers for this purging!" I should be sorting my bits boxes right now. Instead I'm using stuff from my bits boxes.
See more dioramas from some of my very talented colleagues in this Warhammer Community article: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
☑️My minis displayed in a Warhammer Store That's a bucket item list ticked off. See below for closer images of the minis (dioramas) in question. All three of these were projects centred around creating dioramas within a Wicked Brick display case, a fun chance to challenge my hobby skills.