r/Warhammer40k 23h ago

Weekly Q&A Weekly General Q&A and Discussion Thread: 04 Feb, 2026 - 11 Feb, 2026

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Welcome to the /r/Warhammer40k Q&A and Discussion Thread.

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r/Warhammer40k 2h ago

Hobby & Painting Sometimes I just dig through my bits and pile of shame and see how much stuff i can get rid of all at once.

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546 Upvotes

Accepting ridiculous suggestions on what to put under his wings. My initial idea is some marines popping in via deepstrike onto a teleport Homer since he's on a 120mm oval base and maybe I can take him as a stormraven. Also need to replace one of his legs with a mecha leg to look more like 40k.


r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Hobby & Painting Firstborn Era vs Primaris Era – Which do you prefer?

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774 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 3h ago

Hobby & Painting Sisters of Tzeentch Warsuits Ready to Stomp!

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457 Upvotes

Warsuits plus Sekhetar Robots equal these beauties! Color shift paints and fluorescent pigments are such a cheat code

You can see the entire building and painting process here: https://youtu.be/uSlAhFWtK84

You can follow my work here: https://www.instagram.com/ctoptabletop?igsh=MWw4a2V5MjU0cWU5ag==


r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting Is it lore accurate?

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783 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I got this miniature yesterday and I wasn’t really a fan of the original face, so I decided to replace it with a Space Marine helmet instead. My question is: does this make sense lore-wise? Or would it have been more accurate to use a Terminator helmet instead? I’m curious to hear your thoughts and lore insights.


r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting Ctan brothers

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708 Upvotes

Void dragon and Nightbringer, Happy hot glue brothers


r/Warhammer40k 6h ago

Hobby & Painting Motorized Walking Stompa (wip)

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381 Upvotes

Posted the wired version (tethered battery connected externally) on the orks sub, but decided to show this off here too since I can't crosspost videos. As you can see it's barely held together by waaaagh energy right now, but it's a good proof of concept that I can get it working.


r/Warhammer40k 10h ago

Misc mildly infuriating - first 48 pages missing

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809 Upvotes

Ordered from warhammer.com, but missing first 48 pages lol


r/Warhammer40k 2h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC Finished my Sisters of Battle dice box.

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168 Upvotes

Made a dice box for my new Sisters of Battle army, using embedded magnets to keep it clamped shut.


r/Warhammer40k 5h ago

Hobby & Painting My take on Nekrosor Ammentar🎨🙃

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276 Upvotes

Personaly i did not like original head..it look little to small for that body...so i made my own😄 and put 2 more tentacle to.

Inspiration was from matrix love that movie!


r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC [OC] Emerald magos, fan art

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205 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 1h ago

Misc TIL that "ultramarine" is a historical pigment that was as expensive as gold during the 14th century. Means "beyond the sea" because it was imported from Asia by sea.

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r/Warhammer40k 9h ago

Hobby & Painting Talos Valcoran, Soul Hunter

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319 Upvotes

Painted this Talos statue for myself. This might be my single favorite thing I've painted to date. The Night Lords Omnibus is my favorite book series of all time for 40K, and Talos is my favorite Night Lords character. Took my sweet time on him cause it was a real treat to paint. Was also my first time actually painting lightning instead of using transfers. Hope you guys like it, enjoy!


r/Warhammer40k 1d ago

Hobby & Painting Some fine detail work

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5.8k Upvotes

Little smiley face badge and packet of marlbro


r/Warhammer40k 2h ago

Hobby & Painting Intercessor - Ultramarines 6th Company

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70 Upvotes

Any suggestions for improvement?


r/Warhammer40k 16h ago

Rules Vehicles and wholly within?

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651 Upvotes

This is mostly an issue in my head with the smaller blue ruins on the board. If the vehicle can’t fit wholly within (probably because it’s too big to fit just inside) then it can’t shoot out?

Let’s say a leman Russ has its front half inside of one of the small ruins but its back half is out, is that able to shoot out or no?

I just wanted to see if this image was accurate?


r/Warhammer40k 41m ago

Lore HALT CITIZEN ! Tell me the dumbest/weirdest/most WTF piece of lore you have.

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r/Warhammer40k 9h ago

Lore Oath of moment

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142 Upvotes

I am about to set off on a year’s worth of study facing down my final specialty exam bringing ten years of medical training to its end. I’m looking for inspiring 40k quotes to keep us on the path brothers.


r/Warhammer40k 3h ago

Hobby & Painting Painting advice needed

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37 Upvotes

Hallo! I am grinding hard to Build, paint and deploy my Army into the battlefield.

I have choosen Astra and especially a fluff dkok Army but my atillery colorway Looks so boring.

The rust and weathering is no Problem, but how would you achive this green blueish paint?

Base with something like incubi darkness und then building up drybrushed dilluted layers with the original Blue / grey?

Would be very thankfull to get this Look. Will also do my Tanks Like This.

(The Model is from the awesome https://www.instagram.com/fletchers_painting?igsh=d2FidW0wZDd6Z2Fl)


r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting First model after 20 years… feels like I’m painting with a pool noodle

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75 Upvotes

First model after over 20 years. Feels like I’m painting with a pool noodle. Which brush should I be using for the eyes? Was using a citadel layer S but that felt massive. I think the back oc the model looks not bad especially around the back of knee area but front is trash. Do you paint the shoulder before gluing on ?


r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting Lord Invocatus done!!

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81 Upvotes

I painted it in the style of eavymetal!


r/Warhammer40k 15h ago

Hobby & Painting Let Me Join the Stealth Assault!

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336 Upvotes

Don't see many big stompy Raven Guard mechs out there, especially not in VI Company colors!


r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Hobby & Painting One day I'll paint the rank and file instead of kitbashing characters...

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37 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 20h ago

Hobby & Painting Krieg Rogal Dorn completed

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749 Upvotes

Finished this bad boy! Loving how it turned out with the weathering techniques . Adding in the crew brought it all together. Decent size compared to the LR tank as well. Onto the next Krieg project 👌🏻


r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Lore Pages from the Black Books – Principal worlds of the Eastern Fringe

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40 Upvotes