r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Weekly Q&A Weekly General Q&A and Discussion Thread: 22 Jul, 2026 - 29 Jul, 2026

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

This sticky thread is for any general questions and discussion you may have about the Warhammer 40k hobby. Want to know the best paints to use? Unsure how a rule works? Need suggestions for the best glue to use? Post your question here! Just want to have a chat about something 40k related. This is also the place! Of course, if you see a question you know the answer to, please don't hesitate to pop an answer in a comment.

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r/Warhammer40k 9h ago

Hobby & Painting Blurred. Broken. Beautiful.

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3.6k Upvotes

It started as a painting challenge. A checkerboard. A touch of chromatic aberration. An illusion.
One square became hundreds, each demanding the next until I could no longer tell whether I was painting the pattern... or the pattern was painting me.

Now the colors refuse to stay still. The edges breathe.
I can't tell if the model is out of focus...
...or if m̵̱̚y̶͙̿ ̵͔͝m̴̹̿ḯ̷͎ǹ̶̠d̷͓̓ has simply forgotten what reality is supposed to look like."
I finished the miniature...
...but I'm not convinced i̸̫̓t̶͉͋ ̷͍̕l̶̮̚e̶̞͋t̶̝̾ ̵̺̾m̷̼̕ë̴̬́ ̷̩͂g̸͚͗o̷͛͜.

[Thanks everyone for being part of my maddening adventure, now I'll retreat back into the stasis chamber until next time, when my mad mind will be useful once again]

( ̄﹃ ̄)


r/Warhammer40k 10h ago

Hobby & Painting Warhammer 40,000(x2): 80,000 points of Chaos enter into real space

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2.3k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Misc Do you like box feed heavy bolter or belt feed?

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651 Upvotes

Belt feed for me


r/Warhammer40k 8h ago

Misc Is there any art depicting the psykers that are sacrificed to the Emperor?

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363 Upvotes

I’m looking for artwork depicting the psykers that are sacrificed to the Emperor, but haven’t been able to find any. Any suggestions?


r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting Converted Telemon

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276 Upvotes

I finished up my Telemon ahead of an event this weekend. Kitbashed from a Saturnine dreadnought with Telemon parts.


r/Warhammer40k 23h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC I made custom t-shirts for my gang for our trip to Warhammer World.

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4.9k Upvotes

Me, my wife and our two friends just recently visited Warhammer World. To make sure we went max nerd I had t-shirts printed with some of my fan art. We had a great time, and the t-shirts will be a nice little piece of memorabilia.


r/Warhammer40k 5h ago

Hobby & Painting Crimson Fists Infiltrator Squad from the Armageddon Era Complete!

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168 Upvotes

*My first squad of Infiltrators is completed! Repainted the bases to something more Armageddon inspired.

( My old bases were getting confused with Martian basing 🤣)
*Reupload due to wrong pictures


r/Warhammer40k 54m ago

Misc Is it frowned upon to bring a Knight to a 1000 point game?

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I’m fairly new to the hobby, played a few casual games amongst friends and was thinking of entertaining a tournament at my local store. My only feasible way of getting a 1K list it to attach a knight to my admech army.

I’ve seen memes and heard stories about people bringing knights or other high wound models to amateur games and getting a “wtf dude” reaction.

I’m gonna check with the people running the tournament if it’s definitely okay first but I’m just curious what the overall opinion on this is.


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Hobby & Painting Iron Warriors kitbash

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678 Upvotes

Iron Warriors kitbash


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Hobby & Painting A less-than-Greenskin. now for 50 more

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528 Upvotes

I painted an ork again.

pretty happy with him. the NMM was just a test to try and get a good scuffed metal look (and then i made the arm a bit cleaner so it stood out more). its a bit brighter than id like but its a first of many where i am trying to improve. however im very happy with the copper NMM on the bolts and barrel.

the base was absurdly simple because i wanted to try getting the scorched earth look where shrapnel has burned the ground. worked well... but the ork covers the effect so its not the most prominent here.

looking forward to messing around with the rest of the beast boys box and then working on the armageddon bunch.


r/Warhammer40k 5h ago

Hobby & Painting All the units that got finished tonight!

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132 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 3h ago

Hobby & Painting New Weirdboy seconds before head explode.

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84 Upvotes

It's just a migraine.


r/Warhammer40k 2h ago

Hobby & Painting Family photo before I begin working on the 4th company

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69 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 15h ago

Hobby & Painting What’re these for

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701 Upvotes

Hey so I ordered the retro terminators from gamesworkshop and I recently got mine and I was assembling the chaplain and I have no clue where these scrolls go. Can someone plz let me know where they go because I have been looking through pictures online and none of them have these scrolls on them.


r/Warhammer40k 18h ago

News & Rumours Exodite Datasheets for 40k

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677 Upvotes

Kinda disappointing ngl


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Hobby & Painting Imperial fist WIP

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243 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 1h ago

Hobby & Painting Chimera Transport ready to disembark

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Sharing my favorite transport to paint. A mix of paint, sweat, kit bashing, and dedication to paint these up.


r/Warhammer40k 22h ago

Hobby & Painting Dark Angel Successor Calgar conversion. Love all tbe new Term characters GW have been releasing lately

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1.3k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 12h ago

Hobby & Painting Now there are two of them

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169 Upvotes

Finished up my other Hippogriff table ready, time for each to earn a callsign.

These two being finished take me to my final unit to paint and my 2k Krieg list is table ready, I'm sure you can spot the outliers in that last photo


r/Warhammer40k 7h ago

Hobby & Painting Some more Bad Moon Orks

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78 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 16h ago

Hobby & Painting My recipe for Space Marine white armour

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300 Upvotes

Do you think it reads good as white? It's a speedpainting process of about 35 mins per model max.


r/Warhammer40k 15h ago

Lore New Galaxy In Flames Cover

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237 Upvotes

Man that 30K art gets better and better


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

New Starter Help Help a clueless girlfriend understand Warhammer

171 Upvotes

Hi everyone! This post is especially for the girlfriends, wives, or partners of Warhammer fans, but I’d love to hear from anyone.

My boyfriend absolutely LOVES Warhammer. He can talk about it for hours, and I genuinely love listening to him because seeing him so passionate about something makes me happy. The only problem is… I have absolutely no idea what he’s talking about most of the time. I just smile, nod, and try my best to keep up. 😭

I’ve tried watching YouTube lore videos, but for some reason they make me so sleepy. It’s not because I think Warhammer is boring. I think it’s just the way I’ve been trying to learn it.

For the girlfriends or partners who ended up getting into Warhammer because of your significant other, how did you do it? Did you start with certain books, YouTubers, podcasts, games, or even painting minis together? (He paints really well, on the other hand, I don't have any experience 😭) Was there something that finally made everything click?

I really want to surprise him one day by casually bringing up a faction, a character, or some piece of lore and actually know what I’m talking about. I know he’d absolutely light up if I did.

I’d really appreciate any recommendations or advice for someone who’s starting from literally zero. Thank you!


r/Warhammer40k 17h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC Grey Knight 🔨🐦

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288 Upvotes

Done by yours truly.

Was a ton of fun to do.

(No arm bolter as it felt too busy)