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Daily Gallery- Army of One

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, November 30, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Jkin brought this cool Scarab Occult Thousand Son Chaos Lord by the other day. I really dig its Egyptian styling, and the chaos feel.

Lets take a look at how he made it.

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Daily Gallery- Armies on Parade

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, November 29, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

Well I'm back with yet more fruits of my thanksgiving labor, delicious Necrons conversions!!!!

Today I have what I like to call Facehugger Pattern Canoptek Scarabs that I accidentally discovered when making my Cryptek conversion.

Daily Gallery- Army of One 'Eavy Duty

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, November 28, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Check out how I spent last weekend, well besides the normal eating and drinking too much, I ended up messing around with all the new Necron bits, and made models for all the units not released yet!

Check out this Cryptek with Temorstave conversion I came up with.

Don't miss the last day of our HUGE bits sale. Over at the Spikey Bits Online store, we have all BITS items 25% off their normal daily prices.

Plus if that wasn't enough, get FREE SHIPPING on bits everyday to the USA.

Daily Gallery- Armies on Parade PUNK ROCKER CHAOS

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, November 27, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

So I was surfing around the blog-o-sphere yesterday killing time, and I happened on a very well written article on Hero's blog about making army lists.

I really agree with most of his points, so I figured the post was so awesome I would share it here.

TanksGiving Entries due today by Midnight Eastern!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Saturday, November 26, 2011 View Comments

Just a friendly reminder, entries are due this Today! by midnight Eastern Time.

Don't wait, get cracking now you still have like 12 hours, lol!

This time around we're having a miniature market on one of the biggest shopping days of the year, during Black Friday weekend!

So it's don't miss out, this one's going to be good!

Daily Gallery- Armies on Parade

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, November 25, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

WOOT, it's sale time again!  Over at the Spikey Bits Online store, we have all BITS items 25% off their normal daily prices.

Plus if that wasn't enough, get FREE SHIPPING on bits everyday to the USA.

Reflections: Grand Tournaments of Years Past

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, November 24, 2011 View Comments

Well, I've been going to Grand Tournaments and conventions for quite a few years now and boy do I have the pics to show for it. That I am definitively thankful for!

Since this is a day of reflection, I figured I'd whip out some of the old photos for a little walk down memory lane.

Daily Gallery- Apocalypse Now

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Welcome to Apocalypse Now, a new segment here on Spikey Bits where we show off some great shots from various Apocalypse games at the store, and abroad.

These are the final flash rules we hashed out over the past month at the shop.  They work pretty well, and keep the pace of play moving well.

I encourage you to try them if you looking for something new to spice up some 40k play.  Please comment back with how it goes!

MERCS! Yellow Jacket Squad Painted Showcase

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, November 23, 2011 View Comments

MERCS is gaining in popularity as it's been out almost a year now, and only requires a few models to play.

Plus the models rock, and there is a certain real world appeal to them as well that make people keep coming back for more.

Necron Bits Now Available

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First off sorry for the hijacking of blog content, but I thought you might like to know just posted up Necron Bits!!!

That's right! It took us a little while, (got tied up with Feast of Blades convention) but Necron Bits are now available in the Spikey Bits Online Store.

Just a friendly reminder, entries are due this Saturday by midnight Eastern Time.

Don't wait, get cracking now before the holiday hits!

Daily Gallery- Armies on Parade: SQUATS!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, November 22, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

Daily Gallery- Army of One

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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Conversion Corner- Adeptus Custodes Flying Rhino

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, November 21, 2011 View Comments

Well the timing on this article seems rather fortuitous as Big red just published my How to Custodes Article over on BoLS.

Coincidence aside check out this flying Adeptus Custodes Rhino from the Feast of Blades GT.

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

Meeker wrote up these 40K 'ard boyz style mission scenarios awhile ago for us to use at the shop. 


They went over well, so I thought I'd post em up for others to use. 

Game Day Armies on Parade Winner

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, November 20, 2011 View Comments

If you missed it during it's last year at Baltimore, Games Day 2010 was a blast.

That's also they year they introduced the "Armies on Parade" contest, and hobbyists from all corners of the land flocked to make their army be number one.

Check out this converted Night Goblin Horde Squad by Raging Asian.

Almost every figure has a ninja mask, and they look very intimidating all ranked up like that.

Daily Gallery- Army of One

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, November 18, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

So I've been saving this bit of coverage from Feast of Blades for last (but certainly not least).  You see, there was no painting award on the Feast of Blades Invitational side.

Instead there was players choice, and it went to Mike Haspil for his amazing Knights of Titan army.

Daily Gallery- Army of One: Rambo Edition

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, November 17, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

So Jkin started up a Space Marines Scout recon army for our 500 point Flash League at the shop.

One of the centerpieces of the army is this scout insertion speeder, a'la Black Hawk down.

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Conversion Corner- Flying DreadKnight

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, November 16, 2011 View Comments

I was trolling around e-Bay earlier today, looking for some airbrush parts, and happend upon this cool conversion, a WYSIWYG Dreadknight with Jump Pack.

Pretty cool looking, so I thought I'd share.

I like how the Valkyrie engines are just about the right scale for the project as well.

I just found out today, that Games Workshop's new product from October, Liquid Green stuff is now officially sold out.

Apparently it sold better than they anticipated and they are waiting for more to be made.

Just a friendly reminder, there is about two weeks left in the TanksGiving conversion contest!

Don't wait, get cracking now before the holiday hits!

Army of One- Super Heavy Edition

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, November 15, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

So in the aftermath of Feast of Blades a lot of us have been talking about where the developing pre-sixth edition 40k Meta Game is going.

Right now it seems that Grey Knights have a clear advantage over all comers, but have a distinct lack of scoring ability when fielded power armor heavy (besides the "here are ten paladins come at me bro" strategy).

Army of One- Daily Gallery

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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Feast of Blades Open GT Champion Winner Coverage

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, November 14, 2011 View Comments

Continuing on with my Feast of Blades Coverage, today I have the Open GT winner Casey Christopher's list and pictures.

Casey has been playing for awhile now, and has been finishing near the top of almost every event he's participated in lately.

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Daily Gallery- Army of One

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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

Daily Gallery- Armies on Parade

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, November 13, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

So if you haven't heard yet, Nick Rose aka Darkwynn won the Feast of Blades Invitational, with of all things: Black Templars.

Why? Well, since the FAQ making all their rules the same as the other Space Marine Books, they are pretty good.

Daily Gallery- Armies on Parade

Posted by Man Boy Genius Saturday, November 12, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around.

FTW Games (the home of Spikey Bits) will be hosting a 40k Rogue Trader Tournament This Saturday November 12th at noon.

So make a day of it, stop by and check out FTW Games/ Spikey Bits, and get your game on!

Big Red's Tau- Armies on Parade: Daily Gallery

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, November 11, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

My buddy Beast brought his Grey Knights army by the other day (yes a real Grey Knights army, no counts as or anything), and it's pretty hot.

The centerpiece of the army is a converted Dreadknight that I wanted to share today.

Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States.

Feast of Blades Army Lists- 3nd Place Grey Knights

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, November 10, 2011 View Comments

Today I have a two-fer, an article on Grey Knights and Goat Boy all in one. MIND BLOWN!

Yup its true, Thomas placed third at Feast of Blades over the weekend (not second like I said on Monday). What do I know anyways, lol?

Jump below for his Army list and Pics!

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By nature I am a competitive tournament player, but my true passion is converting and painting. I will spend more time making a figure than actually playing with it, lol.

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