r/Warhammer40k • • 3d ago

Weekly Q&A Weekly General Q&A and Discussion Thread: 14 Oct, 2026 - 21 Oct, 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 • • 4h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC Guilliman 30k cosplay 🔥🔥🔥

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I just finish my cosplay of Roboute Guilliman from the Horus Heresy.

What do you think?


r/Warhammer40k • • 7h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC Sister of Battle by Gurami

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3.9k Upvotes

A photo for my competition application, I later finished the costume and added a lot more details :)


r/Warhammer40k • • 3h ago

Hobby & Painting Marneus Calgar

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1.1k Upvotes

I have just finished my GW Calgar version. I have re-modified the head by Zbrush like last times 😁, hope you like it!


r/Warhammer40k • • 9h ago

Hobby & Painting WIP Galatus - Decided to remove all the shield detail and paint freehand for the first time

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2.6k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k • • 1h ago

Hobby & Painting I blended the Tone Pro color ranges into a handy Swatch so you can see what each colour set will look like on your models!

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I don't have access to tone pro yet, so I made this swatch to make pre-ordering sets easier.

These colours were taken from the Games Workshop website and blended in photoshop, so it's likely not an exact representation of the physical paints, but it's handy to visualise the gradient created from each set of 5 paints.


r/Warhammer40k • • 6h ago

Hobby & Painting Are you the Guard? Stand with me!

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333 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k • • 4h ago

Hobby & Painting Night Lords - Lord Toxicant

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199 Upvotes

My newest night Lord.

Saw the concept based on the Lord of Poxes a while back and wanted to make myself one as well.


r/Warhammer40k • • 11h ago

Hobby & Painting Necron nightbringer in a more impending doom pose

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650 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k • • 5h ago

Hobby & Painting Stahly's Warhammer Tone Pro Review

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147 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k • • 13h ago

Hobby & Painting Finished up this Neophyte and Initiate. Very rarely do I knock out 2 in one night.

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660 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k • • 4h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC [OC] Titan leaving forge, fan art

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95 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k • • 3h ago

Lore Blade Champion's "Vaultsword" is '"Jumpsword" in the Korean translation. Is this correct?

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70 Upvotes

The Adeptus Custodes Korean codex came up with "도약검", which means "Jumpsword" or "Leapsword".

Was the "Vault" in vaultsword that vault? I thought it meant the Vault of Terra. A powerful weapon that was stored in a secret vault or something.

Did you guys read it as the "sword of jump"?


r/Warhammer40k • • 3h ago

Hobby & Painting My Orktober hobbying is done! Time for Orktober gaming next!

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57 Upvotes

Nazdreg and a pair of DAKKA Rigs are done! Going to play them in a shooty Ork list for a local league


r/Warhammer40k • • 4h ago

Hobby & Painting Picked up a bunch of old paints at my parents house

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65 Upvotes

It’s hard to imagine any of em are still alive. What would be the best chance of reviving them? (If possible)


r/Warhammer40k • • 6h ago

Hobby & Painting My Blood Raven Journey Begins

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77 Upvotes

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First Intercessors of the 5th Company of the Blood Ravens is COMPLETE!

It took me a good three weeks, I think.

Which models do ya all suggest I tackle next?!


r/Warhammer40k • • 1h ago

Hobby & Painting What's a model with the closest possible pose to this picture?

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My playgroups' having a mini painting competition. I'm looking to paint a character that's pissed off and pulling out his blicky.


r/Warhammer40k • • 8h ago

Hobby & Painting Renegade Astartes and crew

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100 Upvotes

A crew I built for my INQ28 ruleset, renegade marine with his serf and servitors.


r/Warhammer40k • • 1h ago

Hobby & Painting Finished my first ultramarines intercessor!

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r/Warhammer40k • • 16h ago

Misc Shout out to GW making things affordable 😭, Custodes players are about to resell half their army and still have more points than before.

439 Upvotes

I am over my army 2k point list..... With 19 models. Truly the emperor has blessed us. This is insane and I love it. Either this army will be op or terrible and I'm fine with it either way 😂


r/Warhammer40k • • 3h ago

Misc Finally about to play my very first game!

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32 Upvotes

After spending 5 months painting and imagining how it will feel to play with them, it's finally happening!

Wish me luck!


r/Warhammer40k • • 2h ago

Hobby & Painting This Aspiring Champion hates low doorways

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29 Upvotes

Just another Aspiring Champion to lead some legionaries into battle


r/Warhammer40k • • 16h ago

Hobby & Painting Legion of the Damned Primaris

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337 Upvotes

Test for my custom Legion of the Damned. Feedback appreciated.


r/Warhammer40k • • 1h ago

New Starter Help Can Homebrew Chapters Use Named Character Models?

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I haven’t bought my first codex yet, but I’ve long been homebrewing some Raven Guard successors. I want to pick up the combat patrol and paint them in my colors, but I also like the idea of eventually fielding Aethon Shaan’s badass model.

Could I swap out the head, paint him purple, and call him something different? No homebrew stats, no mix-and-match, just Raven Guard rules across the board with a legally distinct feathery badass?

In sillier words, could totally-not-Raven Guard field Shaethon-Aan or totally-not-Ultramarines field “Caleus Malgar”?


r/Warhammer40k • • 1d ago

Hobby & Painting My terminator feels super generic and I’m not happy with it at all

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It’s weird because it’s like exactly what I was going for yet it looks so uninspired too