So, with a brand-new book now on its way, and finally seeing Blackshields enter Heresy 2nd Edition, we thought it would be nice to have a look at how you could go about making some example blackshields. And yes, I am going to type ‘Blackshield’ that many times in this piece.

In 2022 when the Casual and the Damned team started this project, we were riding high. The new edition had come out, new plastic miniatures were rife, and we all had time on our hands to start new things and grow our forces. And we as a team threw ourselves into both making articles and miniatures both.

Another Op-Ed I know. Primarily because my return to the workplace has minimised my hobby time - especially for sorting project logs. But this is a very ‘In Vogue’ question right now.

Welcome to 2023, and the revival of blogging. We’ve been a bit quiet these last few months, spending it getting our teeth stuck deep into the community and the game itself. Which has left us little time to blog about the various Warhammer World or Independent events we’ve been to, or even to post much about our hobby progress over that time.
Thankfully the eternal Optimist on the team thought it would be a good idea to start up a slow-grow project and that’s given me a good…

I’d like to take a moment to preface this article by saying that The Prince originally dared me to play Iron Warriors Drop Pod Assault last edition, when it was bad. The same Prince also was one of the voices complaining about me playing Drop Pod Assault in this edition, when it is good. Unsurprisingly, I did not know this in advance, so I guess I lucked out!