Victory Pointless

The first half is quite good and then the second half beats itself to death with poorly integrated catchphrases and Prometheus nonsense.

A 5-man squad of Blood Angels Intercessors.

I've been painting some ooky spooky vampire space marines. Because I'm an old man who hates change I have de-primarisified them as much as reasonably possible. #nerdlings #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #bloodangels #givememk7helmetsorgivemedeath

Probably this one at Warhammer World (it's very pretty as radioactive wastelands go, anyway).

A small army of Fishmen for Warhammer: The Old World, with one Warshoal Leader (counts as Saurus Hero) and a unit of Carpies (counts as Saurus Warriors with spears and shields).

A close up of the Carpies. A unit of 15, arrayed 5 wide by 3 deep, painted like koi carp in orange and white with black speckling.

A close-up of the vacant expression on the Totem Bearer. I wonder what icons inspire fish-people?

Bright Shallows, the Warshoal Leader. A big, hulking fishman, with the golden scales and pale fins of a koi carp. He carries a macuahuitl, and is probably making gurgling noises.

GW consistently refused to give us Warhammer Armies: Fishmen, so I was forced to make my own!

My cat does this. He's seen me turn the shower on and off and gets extremely annoyed that I can't be bothered to do the same for the rain outside.

The Macrocytes seem interesting to follow a Wraith blob around and potentially get them hitting on 2s, but its going to be fiddly to keep them within 3" and outside of that use case they seem very over-costed.

The deep-strike denial should be useful for me in Nachmund and I'm personally a fan of movement slowing tricks, so not bad. I was hoping it would get to lead Ophydians, but that was always unlikely.

They remembered!

A Necron Geomancer, showing off his pet rock.

Painted the new Geomancer. GW seem to have forgotten about giving them 40k rules (why do you hate Necron Kill Teams, GW?), so I guess they're a spare Technomancer for now. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter 8: The Excavation (Necrons v Blood Angels) Farreskh crept forwards, low amongst the rubble, noise suppression systems at full.  She could see her prey ahead of her.  She was close, almost within striking range, but the prey was sk…

Chapter 8: The Excavation (Necrons v Blood Angels) victorypointless.com/2025/10/14/n... The Shakhara uncover a hidden tomb complex which may contain the artifact they seek, but they are not the only ones seeking buried secrets... #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter 7: Crossing a Line (Necrons v Tau) The Black Council convened in an artificial sub-dimension they reserved for such meetings.  One by one portals slid open and the Crypteks of the council shuffled, floated and slithered to thei…

Chapter 7: Crossing A Line (Necrons v Tau): victorypointless.com/2025/10/11/n... The Black Council of Crypteks meet to discuss their current predicament and in a battle against the Tau see an opportunity to eliminate the troublesom Lady Farreskh once and for all... #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter 6: The Fallen Executioner Klotophis remembered standing on a hill, much like this one, looking up at a starry sky, much like this one.  Long, long ago.The other children had made fun of him for his nascent love of astronomy…

Chapter 6: The Fallen Executioner: victorypointless.com/2025/10/09/n... #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

It comes pre-filled with a bunch of stolen clothes.

There's often some nuance to these cases which the defendant isn't really motivated to publicise (my guess is its more about *how* they were selling them than the models themselves), so I tend to take such statements with a pinch of salt. But yeah on the face of it this is dumb and bad.

Probably Chess, technically. Then Diplomacy, Risk, and some game I made up myself to let my Lego pirates fight each other. Warhammer 40k 2nd ed is when the trouble really began, though...

For a second there I was certain the sign read 'Stronger Economy, Stronger Bonkers'.

Except for Blood Angels - they just have a teardrop icon on their right pauldron because of how sad they are that people keep stacking them upside down.

I thought the 'Mountains of Madness'-esque setting was interesting, or at least would have been if it was a completely different movie that wasn't tied to either of those two franchises.

"There's a program which is detrimental to this country... and *we* ought to be running it!"

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter Five: Blood Hunt Barrakhad stalked through the ruins, enjoying the solitude.  At least, as much solitude as a Phaeron could ever enjoy.  Glokht the master of Assassins had joined the hunt and no doubt had…

Chapter 5: Blood Hunt (Necrons & Tyranids v Blood Angels) victorypointless.com/2025/10/01/n... King Barrakhad leads a hunting party and forges an unusual partnership. Meanwhile Lady Farraskh takes time out to do some light reading... #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

Several sections of painted Tomb World wall terrain.

I've painted up a few sections of Necron Tomb World terrain. I originally wanted this just to use as background for photographing other models, but I'm now tempted to get a second set to use for Boarding Actions. #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #nerdlings

I know what you mean. Modern White Dwarf feels very sterile.

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter 4: A Trap For Lions (Necrons v Space Marines) “Ah, Klotophis.  Good to see you back on your…”  Farreskh glanced down at the mass of metallic tendrils that comprised the lower half of the Chronomancer.  “…whatever you call …

Chapter 4: A Trap For Lions (Necrons v Space Marines): victorypointless.com/2025/09/23/n... Farreskh and Klotophis continue to bicker about who should be in charge, but manage to plan an ambush for the Celestial Lions. #warhammercommunity

Burna boyz!

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter 3: Encircled (Necrons v Thousand Sons) Farreskh stepped out of the translocation beam and marched forwards, her Lychguard in lockstep behind her.  The Night Scythe that had delivered them peeled away back into the upper atmosphere, dodg…

Chapter Three: Encircled (Necrons v Thousand Sons): victorypointless.com/2025/09/03/n... The Necrons make planetfall on Sangua Terra and come under attack from the twin forces of Chaos and cultural appropriation. #warhammercommunity #40k

Nachmund Gauntlet – Chapter 2: The Shattered Claimants Klotophis studied the hardlight glyphs swirling in the air in front of him and frowned as much as his rigid metal faceplate would allow.The Tomb Ship now hung at the edge of the Sanguis system, its…

Chapter Two:The Shattered Claimants: victorypointless.com/2025/09/01/n... Chronomancer Klotophis sets his devious plans in motion and recruits a motley array of new allies. #warhammercommunity

Chapter One: Love, Death and Necrons: victorypointless.com/2025/08/27/n... Lady Farreskh awakens from 60 million years of slumber to find her husband and his kingdom much diminished. #warhammercommunity

My #40k crusade group has started a new Nachmund Gauntlet campaign and as usual I’m writing a campaign diary at victorypointless.com. This time though I’m trying to keep everything in-narrative so it can be read as one continuous story. First 3 entries up.
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Not very mighty... but definitely useful!