Victory Pointless

Pyrovores, for when raw biomass gets old and the Hive Mind fancies a barbecue. #warhammercommunity #40k #tyranids #nerdlings

youtu.beTyranids vs Space Wolves 2 - Another Warhammer 40,000 11e Battle ReportYouTube video by VictoryPointless

New 40k battle report: Tyranids v Space Wolves 2: youtu.be/FrN0sK2snFM?... #warhammercommunity #40k #nerdlings

youtu.beTyranids vs Space Wolves - A Warhammer 40,000 11e Battle ReportYouTube video by VictoryPointless

11 Sept

New short-form *video* battle report: Tyranids vs Space Wolves: youtu.be/C_fHQjv6Zic This is a bit of a test run to trial the workflow of making this style of battle report and see if it's worth the effort. #warhammercommunity #40k #nerdlings

6 Sept

RIP to my Hammerfall Bunker and the Whirlwind I sometimes ran its top half as. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #40k #nerdlings

victorypointless.comTyranids vs Space WolvesTyranids – Assimilation Swarm + Talons of the Norn Queen – Priority Assets (Me): Swarmlord, Norn Emissary, Norn Assimilator, Maleceptor, 2 x Tyrannofex, 2 x Psychophage, Haruspex,…

24 Aug

New battle report: Tyranids vs Space Wolves: victorypointless.com/2026/08/23/t... 30 Terminators vs 8 monsters - what happens when an immovable object meets... another immovable object? #warhammercommunity #40k #nerdlings

22 Aug

Looking at the, uh, 'previews' of the Ork codex and sadly the 'Careen' stratagem seems to have gone. A shame - I think in 10 games I only got the chance to actually use it once or twice, but when it did go off it was a lot of fun. #warhammercommunity #40k

victorypointless.comTyranids vs HarlequinsTyranids – Vanguard Onslaught + Talons of the Norn Queen – Recon: Winged Hive Tyrant, Deathleaper, Norn Emissary, Norn Assimilator, Broodlord + 10 Genestealers, Broodlord + 5 Genesteale…

18 Aug

New battle report: Tyranids vs Harlequins: victorypointless.com/2026/08/18/t... Who is scarier? Aliens or Clowns? We find out. #warhammercommunity #40k #nerdlings

victorypointless.comCunnin’ Schemes: How I paint Blood AngelsThis is an expanded and tidied-up version of a tutorial originally done as a live BlueSky thread. I was asked by a few people how I paint my Blood Angels and so I thought I’d do a step-…

9 Aug

I've rejigged and expanded the Blood Angels painting tutorial thread I did a while ago into an article: victorypointless.com/2026/08/09/c.... Now includes more discussion of the colour and stylistic choices behind the scheme and roasting of other space marine chapters. #nerdlings #paintingwarhammer

9 Aug

Here's the original: bsky.app/profile/vict... #nerdlings #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity

Victory Pointless@victorypointless.bsky.social

I've been asked how I paint my blood angels and so I thought I'd do a step-by-step guide (partly for my own benefit, so I can remember how to do it when I come back to this army in future). Here's some examples of where we're heading. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

victorypointless.comWW Special: Tyranids v Astra Militarum/OrksThis is a twofer based on a trip a few friends and I took to Warhammer World in Nottingham, during which we got a pair of games in. We also met minor Warhammer celebrity Nick Bayton, who was just o…

5 Aug

New 2-for-1 battle report(s) from a recent trip to Warhammer World: Tyranid big-bugs vs Guard tanks and an Ork horde: victorypointless.com/2026/08/05/w... #warhammer #40k #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

25 July

New battle report: Tyranids vs Thousand Sons: victorypointless.com/2026/07/25/t...

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21 Feb

Between takes on set Peter Cushing painted wargaming figures. He'd invite female costars to join him if they were new, looked lonely or being perved on by others on set. "Scream Queen" Ingrid Pitt proudly showed me the little figures they painted together once. Kept them all her life #nerdlings

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we need new, non-Stancilian discourse someone with a large follower count say "hear me out" about a deranged public figure or fictional character or something be a hero you can save us

22 July

Some test models for a Genestealer Cults scheme, intended to mesh with my existing Tyranid scheme. I'm considering going for more of a blue-green denim effect on their trousers. You know, make their jeans tealer. #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer

victorypointless.comFirst game of 11th – Tyranids vs Imperial KnightsBig Robots! Big Kaiju! Smash! This was the thought process that lead to this game. Probably this is not the ideal way to learn a new edition, but I’ve been wanting to do a m…

21 July

New 40k 11th ed Battle Report, big bugs vs big bots: victorypointless.com/2026/07/21/f... #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #nerdlings

@mxhollyclara.bsky.social

21 July

Trying something new this time with adding annotations and special effects to the images to hopefully make it a bit clearer what's going on.

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9 July

Only a few days left on this auction with all money (rounded up) going to The Alzheimer’s Society. It’d be great to get a bigger donation! ebay.io/m/kCcLqZ

ebay.ioWe Are Legion - Skeleton Diorama John Blanche Inspired - Beautifully Painted | eBay UKThis diorama was created as part of an online painting competition, and was fortunate enough to win. It’s inspired by classic piece of art by John Blanche that graced the cover of the Skeleton Horde box from the 1980s.

victorypointless.comA farewell to 40k 10th edition through the medium of statistical analysisThe 11th edition of Warhammer 40,000 is basically here now and I’m unlikely to fit in any more games of 10th, so this seemed like a good time to look back over all the games I’ve played…

19 June

I see off 40k 10th edition by looking back over the 55 games of it I played and Having Some Opinions about them: victorypointless.com/2026/06/19/a... #warhammercommunity #40k #new40k

9 June

Broodlord, Lord of Brooding. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

4 May

Death Company marines. Just painting assault intercessors black seemed dull to me, so I added chains and Stormcast helms for added 'Man in the Iron Mask' vibes. #nerdlings #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #bloodangels

3 May

First they out his name and now his location...?

2 May

I realised that I forgot to post the full squad of these guys when they were done. Here they are! #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #bloodangels

Victory Pointless@victorypointless.bsky.social

This marine is now done! He isn't going to win Golden Demon, but personally I'm happy with how he looks given the relatively small amount of time invested. I can easily bash out a squad to this standard in 2-3 evenings and not get bored doing it. #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer

14 Apr

Blood Angels Terminator Chaplain #warhammercommunity #paintingWarhammer #nerdlings

victorypointless.comBoarding Actions: Space Marines vs Space MarinesThese were a pair of games played at the London Wargaming Guild’s Boarding Actions night in March. Forces Blood Angels (Me) – Shield of the Void: Ancient, 3 Aggressors, 10 Terminators D…

11 Apr

Boarding Actions battle report: victorypointless.com/2026/04/09/b...

11 Apr

Blood Angels scouts. #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #40k #bloodangels

Anyway, back to Blood Angels. I'm using purple as a shadow colour because it will make the red 'pop' and look a lot brighter and more saturated than if we went straight from black to red. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings #colourtheory

For the same reasons, the black bits I basecoat with a very dark purple. It's a bit hard to recommend a colour match since this is Leviathan Purple, but a pot I accidentally left open for a few hours, so it dried out and ended a bit darker than usual. Probably just using Corvus Black is fine too.

So we've now got a nice gradient lighting effect that we'll use as our base for most of the model for basically zero effort, we're going to shade and highlight this a bit more and do details. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

I use a similar 'cheat' for most of my armies with different colour combinations, for example my Tyranids use Red-Purple-Cyan and my Orks use Purple-Red-Yellow. Even if you don't use these colours directly you can use it to suggest mood and lighting conditions. #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

Now dark red (Army Painter Dragon Red) from about 45° above the horizontal. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

Aaand finally bright red (Army Painter Pure Red) directly from above. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

I'm very lazy and want to get the priming step to do as much work for me as possible. So we're going to do a multi-step coloured zenithal prime. We'll start by spraying black (any black will do - I'm using Army Painter matt black) from below. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

Next we'll spray a dark purple (Colour Forge Imperial Purple, in this case) from just above the horizontal - say 10° up. Don't go too heavy and leave some black showing in the recesses. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

Step 1 is to build them. I don't hate Primaris but there are some aspects I don't like (the helmets, the weird kneepad rim, the lack of back banners). I've done some mild conversion work to 'fix' these but this is optional. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

Step 2: It's Prime time! I like to prime on what my partner calls 'goblin sticks' - dowels with blue-tack on the ends jammed through a cardboard box. It lets me rotate each model individually while keeping my hand (mostly) paint-free. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

This is going to be a 'live'(ish) thread so I'll post each step as I do it. I'm going to be painting an Blood Angels Assault Intercessor squad. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

28 Feb

A kitbashed Chaos Spawn / Abomination for use in an Armageddon campaign we're just about to start. #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

27 Feb

"...so I played the game with my wife, Milla Jovovich. From doing that I clearly understood that the most important part of the experience that I had to bring to the screen was my wife, Milla Jovovich."

thecolourforge.comProduct Recall Notice - Basing Sand - The Colour ForgePlease find below further information subsequent to the product announcement we released on Thursday, 5th February. After carrying out tests on two of our products, we are announcing a recall for Moss...

10 Feb

Good news for Death Guard players who really want to commit to the bit.

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URGENT PRODUCT RECALL FROM COLOUR FORGE: thecolourforge.com/product-reca... Two of their basing sands have been found to contain Asbestos! See link for recall details including safety info for handling the product.

victorypointless.comBoarding Actions: Space Marines vs Leagues of Votann+++997.M41+++The space hulk ‘Tide of Heresy’ has emerged from the warp in the Koruxis system.+++Blood Angels strike frigate Mercy of Hate intercepting.+++Squad Trevore of the 1st Compan…

30 Jan

I had a fun Boarding Actions game earlier this week and wrote up a battle report on it: victorypointless.com/2026/01/29/b... #warhammercommunity #40k

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Dumb Robot Stuff

@dumbrobotstuff.bsky.social

23 Jan

The new thallax with a few of my other admech "heavy infantry"-types, the skitarii praetorians and a UR-025 Quite often I make things that don't fit neatly into official army units, but my admech is primarily just a collection of mechanical minis I like

16 Jan

Finally, some decent Sanguinary Guard models...

14 Jan

I've seen a few people posting skeletons today and I'm not sure if there's a reason behind it or if it's pure coincidence, but I'm going to leap wildly onto this bandwagon that may or may not exist. #nerdlings #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity

4 Jan

Hobby experiment: Using tape, thinner masking tape and yellow spray paint to make small-scale hazard stripes. Results: Meh. It sort-of works, but I'm not sure it's that much quicker, easier or better looking than just freehanding it. #nerdlings #paintingwarhammer #minipainting #warhammercommunity

2 Jan

I haven't really kept track, but I think my models-painted tally for 2025 goes something like this: Orks: 144 Tyranids: 26 Necrons: 33 Blood Angels: 23 AdMech: 2 Terrain: 22 Misc: 2 Total: 252 (ish) #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer

26 Dec 2025

POV: Your library books are overdue. #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer

15 Dec 2025

WIP: Experimenting with a new way of doing power swords.