Hey there everyone! Part 3 of the requested OSL Tutorials is here! If you want to see the previous steps/work, check out the Painting Tutorial page on this site and see OSL Ground and the OSL Sensors and Blades posts. Today, we are going to do my favorite OSL, plasma coils! I will be demonstratingContinue reading “OSL Tutorial – Blue Plasma Coils”
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OSL Tutorial – Sensors and Blades
Hey everyone! Today we are going through the second OSL effect on my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers. I forgot to mention that these may seem a tad speckled. That is because the rattle can did not do a smooth job, and when combined with the gloss coat is more noticeable. The camera makes it look worse thanContinue reading “OSL Tutorial – Sensors and Blades”
Painting Tutorial – OSL Ground
Object Source Lighting is a painting technique to make it look like part of a miniature, its scenic base, or even off camera light is causing a glow or reflection on it. For today’s tutorial, I am demonstrating warp energy showing through the cracks as it breaks down the material world from beneath. The conceptContinue reading “Painting Tutorial – OSL Ground”
Lux and Tenebris at Tremendicon!
Hey everyone! The startup I have been working with is copyrighted so I can open up a lot more about it! I will be hosting live demos at Tremendicon in Springfield MO. It is taking place on 5/29/26 through 5/31/26. Sorry for the late notice, it has been absolutely hectic lately! I have not beenContinue reading “Lux and Tenebris at Tremendicon!”
5/1/26 Eldar Hotfix
Hey everyone! Really short bulletin. Travis Vayda spotted that we were missing two units. Iryllith Shade of Twilight is a discontinued FW model. This character is a potent force multiplier for Shadow Specters. This Phoenix Lord can use his Spear of Twilight as a focal point, massively boosting range and Vehicle Damage results thanks toContinue reading “5/1/26 Eldar Hotfix”
4/29/26 Stragglers Added, A4R 100% Complete!
StatisticsStart to Present Day: 4 Years, 4 Months. Day of Becoming Fully Playable.Man Hours: 5,034 (roughly).Burnouts: 3.Total Unique Datasheets: 1,264 (not counting duplicate entries. Many are combined because there is simply no reason to have them separate). Website Views: 41,383Website Visitors: 21,021Website Total Downloads: 100,333. We only had 30,000 downloads at the end of 2025.Continue reading “4/29/26 Stragglers Added, A4R 100% Complete!”
4/28/26 Inquisition Codex is Live!
Hey everyone! The last Codex is finally live! After a long developmental phase we are fully operational! I will go more into that later this week. We have so many items to cover its best to keep the Eldar, Inquisition, and touch ups as separate newsletters. The Inquisition is a potent force that dabbles inContinue reading “4/28/26 Inquisition Codex is Live!”
4/27/26 Eldar Rework Complete!
After a very long 8 months of rebuilding the Eldar from scratch we are very happy to announce it is publicly available! Our goals were:1) Not be a horde army. Given their lighter weight stat lines, even in historical editions, they tend to be rather affordable and spam the field with numbers. This doesn’t fitContinue reading “4/27/26 Eldar Rework Complete!”
4/13/26 All Chaos Update!
Hello there! Just going through the Codexes and making a final sweep to ensure everything is up to date as we near 100% status for the first time since this project started! We have several Chaos players amongst our play testers, so there have only been a few new additions to A4R. This update alsoContinue reading “4/13/26 All Chaos Update!”
4/11/26 Sisters of Battle Complete!
Hey everyone! This one has been long in the test queue. Some players from across the world have been testing it to help us out and no one has found any issues except a few typos which I have corrected. For those that don’t know what Alternate 40k Rules is its a fan made, freeContinue reading “4/11/26 Sisters of Battle Complete!”
