Editorials

Hello Internet, its Jstove here, and we can’t shut up about Space Marines.The good news is, the Nids are starting to trickle in on the rumor front, so we’ll only be riding this space marine gravy train for… Oh, I don’t know, the rest of eternity? This new 6e SM codex is objectively a pretty sweet […]

A few months ago, a Kickstarter by PoweredPlay Gaming set out to develop plug and; play LED lighting kits for wargames, minis and hobbies.The project was 350% funded in June, and the tech has already delivered to all of its supporters – not only on-time, but with extra bonuses for their one week delay. While one […]

Hello internet.  Well, I think it’s pretty safe to say it, us chaos players are pissed. Larry Vela has said it, Black Blowfly has said it, Goatboy has said it… View Post You’ve heard it from pretty much every corner of BoLS, We as chaos players have pretty much broken up with Phil Kelly and […]

Everybody at some point or another has played with, or played against somebody with those goofy looking dice with a club symbol or something else engraved on a facing in lieu of the traditional 6 pips. When watching those dice roll, you likely noticed how they wobble and just roll funny. There is a reason- […]

Like the Joker said . . . “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” Hey, if it works for the Joker, it should work for miniature painting/commission services. The trick is how to you determine if someone is indeed GOOD at something.  Good is such a speculative word.  Maybe what I look […]

Dear GW,  It’s me, JStove, and we need to talk. About us.We’re having some problems lately, well actually, I’m having some problems lately. Yea, I guess its all me. You see, there’s not a lot I don’t like about you lately. I actually think you’re doing pretty good. When the Joneses down the street are […]

Greetings fellow wargamers!  I was recently contacted by a repeat client who wants a customer squad of ‘The Eight’ created.The Eight are the members of Ta Commander Farsights personal bodyguard, consisting of a handful of crisis suits, a broadside, and a riptide!Needless to say I was overjoyed at the prospect of building this squad, not […]

Well it’s August now and Games Workshop is once again set to release another digital supplement. So what does it all mean?  Will GW continue to drop these supplements on is first via digital, and then via paper form?  Well no one really knows, but I read a great article the other day, that has […]

Good morning Spikey Bits… Or afternoon, or evening. It’s morning somewhere.Don’t ask me, I do all my writing after the sun goes down. It’s Jstove here and I’ve got a story to tell. Editor’s note- Recasting copyrighted miniatures is wrong. It ranks up there with pirating music, buying bootleg DVD’s etc etc.  That being said […]

Hey guys, Rage of Khorne here from The Order of Chaos and today I’d like to talk about the fundamentals of winning games of Warhammer 40k at tournaments.  If you don’t attend tournaments or never plan on attending them, this article might not be for you as I’m simply analyzing army lists based on their […]

Well there has been a ton of speculation as of late about the recent/ ongoing events at GW, and this one just adds more fuel to the fire. The continued tightening of their belt, enforcing their IP more “aggressively” (but strangely leaving all the eBay counterfeiters and trinket sellers alone), and ramping up their release schedule to drive stock prices all seem […]

Hey internet, its the J Stove again, and you probably haven’t heard of me. That’s not because I’m a hipster though, its because I’m a relatively new contributor to Spikey Bits. I’ve got a sweet storm eagle I want to show you soon and how I built it, but before we get to that, I […]

Well the cat is out of the bag- sort of. Tau had an amazing potential to splash 2 Missile drones in just about any squad, adding 4 STR 7 shots to whatever other armament that squad had. Looks like our plans for Tau domination have suffered a set back as GW released a stealth FAQ for the […]

In light of recent events that I am sure many of you are aware of, we have been fielding a ton of questions about the future of Spikey Bits, and our position on the matter in question.Well our official position is that, we have no official position.  Nothing has been presented to us by any […]

One day after dumping it’s bombshell of questionable legal mumbo-jumbo on it’s “partner stores” and it’s distributors in North America, the Tau are conviently leaked. Which leads some to believe that this was all planned to divert attention away from this new “policy change” that has so many people from retailers to customers up in arms.So whats wagging got to do […]

It’s been a long strange road to even get to this point folks, but you can rest assured this is not the last any of us will hear about this for a long while.In true Shakespearean fashion GW has dropped another bomb, this time on the Ides of March. More to come but for now, alea iacta […]

The crescendo of rumors for Tau this week are starting to come to a head. Once again someone out there obviously knows something (or again is doing a really good job making it up).Either way it makes for a fun read about what just could be.  Plus Faeit has been digging up all sorts of seeming creditable […]

Well love it or hate it Death from the Skies has struck, and will undoubtedly leave it’s mark on this hobby, as well as some of our wallets.I really, really tried to be positive with this review, but honestly besides the fact that this volume collects all the flyer rules in once handy place for quick reference, […]