With the upcoming release of the new Chaos Defiler, I wanted to share my thoughts on the new kit, its predecessor, and the Thousand Sons’ relationship to daemon engines. The funny thing is, you get a little desensitised to the age of some of the Games Workshop kits. Things you swear  aren’t that old turn out to be exactly that, and the old Chaos Defiler is a perfect example. Released in the same year I left school, the original Defiler marked the moment the Chaos range really started to...

Returning to Ruin: Ignis Master of Ruin of the Thousand Sons Over the last year or so, I’ve returned to my Thousand Sons army , painting infantry, tanks, and characters—usually with the next idea already lined up in the paint queue. So when I finished my Powerslave  Noise Marine combo, I moved on to another project I’d been meaning to tackle for some time: Ignis, the Thousand Sons’ Master of Ruin . Ignis and Credence are characters mentioned throughout the Ahriman  novels. While Ignis...

Fatshark’s long-awaited new Darktide class has arrived—only to leave fans underwhelmed. Explore why the Hive Scum reveal fell flat, what players expected, and how monetisation may have shaped the decision.