February Game: Illustris War Campaign Game

 Today we played the third operation of the Illustris Season I Kerkops Operations. We used the Boarding Action rules with the multiplayer scenario Supply Run but four Kill Team Arena boards. We had my Death Guard, Thom's Orks, Nathan's Tyranid Genestealer brood, and Jimmi's Aeldari. 

In the end Nathan won by capturing the mobile Farseer objective. The game was fun but a learning exprience for us. We liked the dynamic of Boarding Actions but made some rules mistakes. The Boarding Action Companion is not a good book and not worth the money. The scenario also was not that good, as it fostered two seperate battles. Finally I mucked up with the movable objective rules. Still the Genestealers won mainly because in the cramped quarters of Boarding Actions their numbers blocked arteries of movement. It felt like proper 40k. 

You can find the narrative Operation wrap up here 

Some photos of the action 

More below

Painting Report January 2026

 In December and January I mostly focused on contuning to build and paint my 500 points Imperial Agents force. I also did some loose ends for Battletech and Battlefleet Gothic. I also started working on the other store 40k army (Tyranids), so I have something to paint when I do not have my own miniatures. 

Gaming Report: January 2026

The combination of my mother and sister visiting until Jan 10 and the frequent snow days meant that I only got three games in this month. A good haul still. This included

1) A game of Brave Little Belgium for our once a month Historical Day at Challenges- Won as the Entente

2) A  game of Battle Fleet Gothic- Lost as Chaos Nurgle against Imperial Navy

3) The first game in our League of Thousand 1000 point Warhammer 40000 League at Challenges - Won with my Death Guard against World Eaters. All shall rot!

Unit done: Astor Sabbathiel and her Retinue circa Indomitus Era

 Finally finished a retinue for Astor Sabbathiel that I am happy with. This includes figures from the following companies

DMG Minis

Green Miniatures 

Alternative Armies-Halycon Miniatures

Victoria Miniatures

7TV Miniatures

Generic Cults3d

Mammoth Factory 

Here is the one page narrative 

New Fan Narrations

 I added two more fan narrations by me 

1) BlackHeart Chapter 3, The Temple of the Hunt 

2) Road Rage by Mike Brooks. A orky story

Fin both at https://newleadheadphd.blogspot.com/p/audio-stories-narrated-by-dyslexic.html

My Space Marine Chapter : The Kleidokratores, Keepers of the Key

 Every 40k player should create their own Space Marine Chapter at some point. Here is mine, the Keepers of the Key. I do not plan any army for them, but slowly slowly will build a collection (including BFG elements) 

First Project of 2026 done: 1000 points of Death Guard, for real this time

 I finished the seven miniatures I got from the Kill Team starter set in order to get my Death Guard army back to 1000 points after having so sell about 750 points of them last year. This time I am sticking to 1000 points. I helped organize a 1000 point 40k game league at the store, so have a reason to be at that point level, and stick to it (I know, famous last words..) Well here it is. A small tidy force, including enough stuff for the Combat Patrol, Boarding Actions, and 1k games. 

And here is the Narrative Sheet