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Apocalypse Now- Mechanized Edition

Posted by Man Boy Genius Saturday, December 31, 2011 View Comments

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

Armies on Parade- Oreo (Two Toned) Dark Angels

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, December 30, 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.

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

Apocalypse Now- Vile Forces of Chaos!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, December 29, 2011 View Comments

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

Welcome to a new segment here on Spikey Bits, where I go over some rules clarifications and "gotchas" for 5th Edition.

I realize that there may only be less than a year left for this rules set, but there is still tons of time for gaming!

Army of One- Super Heavy Templar

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, December 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.

Well another holiday break has borne more conversionary? fruit, lol. Check out my newest Necron conversion, the Canoptek Wraith.

Armies on Parade- Death Guard

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

Army of One- Aim High

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, December 27, 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.

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

Holiday Sale 30% OFF Bits & FREE Shipping Ends Tonight

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, December 26, 2011 View Comments

WOOT, it's sale time again!

Until midnight tonight, get 30% OFF all Bits items, and an extra 5% OFF the already marked down prices on everything else in the store.


Every wonder what one of the most expensive kits Forge World makes looks like in real life?


Me and Jkin were taking the other day about how cool it would be to have a Tau Manta, and then we wonder just how much work it would actually be to assemble, lol. 

Ho, Ho, Ho- New Vampire Counts with Pics

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, December 25, 2011 View Comments

Coming second week of January, via warseer.

Posted by the infamous "Harry" GW's rumored leaker.

Here is a list I peeped the other day that looks pretty solid. It's from Togashi Shinkaze, who just smashed the 40k 'Ard Boyz scene a few months ago. 

First off Happy Holidays from the Spikey Bits crew! It's been a great year for modeling as we have been gifted with some awesome kits.

Thanks also for all the support this year. We've grown a lot in the past year, and look forward to 2012.

New Forge World Ahoy!

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New Goodies from Forgeworld, just in time for the Holidays. I'm still stoked about all the new stuff lately, and have bought more than my fair share.

Santa Has a Lightning Claw!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Saturday, December 24, 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 this sweet Necron Glow Effect Tutorial by Zail.

He posted this up earlier, and though I would share- cause it's really good.

Ho, Ho, Ho from Papa Nurgle

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, December 23, 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.

WOOT, it's sale time again!

From now until Monday night get 30% OFF all Bits items, and an extra 5% OFF the already marked down prices on everything else in the store.

It's true. I guess the guy that made the Java scripts that were "broken" fixed them, and all is right with the world now.

Enjoy the recent Conversions, Painted, Army Lists, and Army showcase widgets as normal.

Army of One- Super Detailed Blood Angels Rhino

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, December 22, 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.

Welcome to a new segment here on Spikey Bits, where I go over some rules clarifications and "gotchas" for 5th Edition.

 I realize that there may only be less than a year left for this rules set, but there is still tons of time for gaming!

It's true. I broke Spikey Bits....sigh. Apparently some sweet Java widgets I was using do not work anymore, and Blogger did me a favor and took them down.

Army of One- Renegade Titan!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, December 21, 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.

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


Don't wait, WargamesCon is coming soon (well okay its like six months away, but still) get your ticket today!

There are several must attend events to go to each year, and this is one of them.

I've been the past two years (I think- I don't remember much of one of them due to an unrelated issue), and they were a blast.

Armies on Parade Mechanids

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, December 20, 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.

That's right, this little guy has paint on him now! Jkin appropriated my airbrush the other day to lay down the paint so to speak on his scout speeder!

It turned out pretty good! Camouflage is one of the toughest things to paint in my opinion, and he pulled it off without a hitch.

Army of One- Mechanids

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, December 19, 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.

Army of One- Deathwatch

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, December 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.

Armies on Parade- Tzeenchy Goodness

Posted by Man Boy Genius Saturday, December 17, 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.

New Bits & More Spikey Update

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Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know about some items we just put back for sale on the website, and some other general updates.

First off I just updated prices on the categories below.  We started getting a ton of backstock on some of this stuff, so it time to mooooove it out!

Our loss is your gain :D

Armies on Parade- TYRANIDS!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, December 16, 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.

Over on Zail's Warhammer blog is a new Tutorial on how to make the Triarch stalker out of a Ghost Ark kit.

He did a great job with his version, which is sorta a hybrid from the Games Workshop conversion they posted up on Facebook.

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.

Warkitteh- LolCats Meets 40k

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, December 15, 2011 View Comments

Welcome to the new segment here on Spikey Bits called Warkitteh (or War Kitty), which is basically pics of my cats being stupid.

I happen to have several cats, and they all seem to dig my toy soldiers. By dig I mean do dumb things around them, and that my friends is funny.

So I've been thinking a lot lately about how to sort this whole mess out. I want to give this Baneblade away, but I feel like this whole thing got a little out of hand for a variety of reasons.

Lets take a look shall we at what went wrong and how to maybe fix it for the future.

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.

Armies on Parade- Space Wolf Razor Spam

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, December 14, 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.

Har, Har, Har! Check out this amazing Scratch built Ork Stompa.

I just recently found all my Games Day pictures (YEAH!) and this guy was one of the last things I snapped! 

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.

NEW- Necron Ankh Pattern Heavy Destroyer Conversion

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, December 13, 2011 View Comments

So I spent the weekend posting about all the sweet Necron conversions I found out on different sites.  Most notably were these Triach Stalker conversions that really, really resemble the artwork from the codex.

Today however I'm featuring another one of my new Necron conversions, the Ankh Pattern Destroyer.

Well if the questionable Tau Titan entry wasn't enough I noticed a ton of questionable votes over the course of that last day on the blogger poll.

Seriously it's a free contest....

Army of One- Flyboyz

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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.

Armies on Parade- Eldar Edition

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, December 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.

We it saddens me to have to report this, but late last week I was contacted by someone who called into question an entry from the TanksGiving Contest...

So I looked into it and it appears that the Tau Titan submitted by Rogue Trader Maitreya (aka Dan Hyman), may not have been his work in the first place.

Jump below for the details.

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.

Apocalypse Now- Monkey in the Middle

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, December 11, 2011 View Comments

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

More fun Necron Conversions, this time I have a Canoptek Wraith to showcase.  I found this guy over on Zail's Warhammer Blog, and thought I would share!

Let's take a look at how he made this bad boy below!

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Spikey Bits is a blog about the hobby of Warhammer 40k and Fantasy Battles, both tabletop wargames. I try to cover all of the aspects of that hobby from converting and painting models to actually playing the game.

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.

The aim of this blog it to keep me motivated to produce new work, and to share my experiences along the way. I very much value all feedback about my work, and will answer any questions about it.

Feel free to send me an email or post a comment about anything on here.

However please no cursing, first offenses will be edited, second offense results in a ban. You can disagree with me of course, just don't curse!

Thanks for reading, and happy gaming. -MBG