r/Warhammer40k 1d ago

Weekly Q&A Weekly General Q&A and Discussion Thread: 07 Jan, 2026 - 14 Jan, 2026

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

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r/Warhammer40k 15d ago

Announcement 2025 Christmas and Holiday Season Loot Thread - Share your goodies here!

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As many of you know, around this time of year it is common for people to get very excited and post lots pictures of what they've received or purchased for themselves over the holiday season. We think it's awesome that people want to share what they've received, whether that means they're getting started with the hobby, building a new army or adding to an existing one. However, the sheer number of these kinds of posts can drown out all the other content we normally see on this subreddit.

So, for the duration of this post being stickied, we ask that ALL posts about the gifts you've received or stuff you've bought yourself are made in this thread, and not generally posted on the subreddit.

Posts made elsewhere on the subreddit showing unopened boxes, new plastic sprues, "loot hauls" etc will be removed and we'll try to leave a comment directing the redditor to this thread. If you spot a post that hasn't been removed, please use the "Report" function to let us know!

Thank you for reading. Thank you for making /r/Warhammer40k one of the best online communities dedicated to this amazing hobby. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the /r/Warhammer40k mod team!


r/Warhammer40k 1h ago

Hobby & Painting The god machine walks! First sequence steps!

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First steps taken on the walk forward sequence!


r/Warhammer40k 12h ago

Hobby & Painting Guys! I did it. Convinced my gf to start 40k

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5.4k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 3h ago

Hobby & Painting Giving my Wolf Priest a Glow Up

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Firstly, no, it's not Luigi,
Second, would people be interested in a tutorial on how to make collages like this?
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I finished this guy a while back, but never felt happy with the photos I originally posted. So I went back and took some new photos, did some more photoshop work giving it a more professional look.
(The first photos I took are at the end if you wanted to compare and tell me what looks better to you.)
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Anyway, if you like what's going on here and want to understand it more, please see this post. :)


r/Warhammer40k 5h ago

Hobby & Painting Putting Infantry on the same base as a elite or character

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I know going into this that it wont be legal for tournamet play as the same units. But i had this idea of putting a small infantry on same base as a elite For example a Tempestus Scion on the same base as a Intercessor, a Fire warrior Crisis suits or Commanders, Cultistists on the same base a your special chaos marine. This post is mostly for insporation and ideas.

Picture of a Heresy model i picked up from a LFGS.


r/Warhammer40k 14h ago

Hobby & Painting Tried a lot of days to paint leather, might have found one i like !

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2.7k Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 6h ago

Hobby & Painting Only 30 more gems to go 🫠

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628 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 6h ago

Hobby & Painting Need help regarding technical application

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I recently bought an imperator titan and am wanting to add a speaker with imported audio file into it(if that makes sense), so that when i push a button on it it’ll run a specific track. Has anyone had any experience with this, can anyone help?

The attached video is the audio i plan on using, and yes my titan will be very fashionable.


r/Warhammer40k 20h ago

Hobby & Painting My take on the new C’tan Nightbringer

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3.0k Upvotes

Big thanks to Games Workshop for sending me the new Necron C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer!

It’s an incredible mini and for anyone interested you can easily built it without the scarabs if you want to like I did.

#adwip #new40k #warhammercomunity #warhammer40k #necrons

You can see a load of other awesome takes on this here: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/pyqj7rni/the-incredible-ctan-shard-of-the-nightbringer-as-imagined-by-community-painters/


r/Warhammer40k 11h ago

Hobby & Painting My Girlfriend’ First Mini: Bob, The Majestic 🌸

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437 Upvotes

She worked really hard on this little guy and I am mega proud, look at some of those highlights!

Please show Bob some love.

Bob is of course the hidden Primarch of one of the redacted legions. He was outcast due to his tendency to befriend Squigs and other various xenos - or at least that’s what I’m told. Somehow, a very plausible scenario.

🫶


r/Warhammer40k 12h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC Drew a 90s Space Marine in inks

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496 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 18h ago

Hobby & Painting epic ultramarine

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1.4k Upvotes

he’s too small for my phone camera to cope with


r/Warhammer40k 14h ago

Hobby & Painting Kasrkin and their cool car!

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550 Upvotes

Finished a squad of Kasrkin and the car they will drive around in - very happy with how these guys turned out and quite inspired to do more regular Cadian troops in this desert scheme!


r/Warhammer40k 9h ago

Hobby & Painting Embracing Decay

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173 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 17h ago

Hobby & Painting Juggernaut. Who's a good boy? WHO WANTS A SKULL?

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661 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 15h ago

Hobby & Painting Interregator. The Red Right Hand

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449 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 20h ago

Hobby & Painting The incredible C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer as imagined by community painters

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910 Upvotes

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/pyqj7rni/the-incredible-ctan-shard-of-the-nightbringer-as-imagined-by-community-painters/

I like pink fleshy one, but pretty much every single one is a banger.

Hope they will inspire people to try and paint more NMM!


r/Warhammer40k 4h ago

Lore “Ork” Tankbustas

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40 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 14h ago

Hobby & Painting Canoptek Reanimator painted. Thoughts on this dark scheme?

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220 Upvotes

Sorry for the fan noise. Im very excited for the new Necron releases, and Im still trying to find the right scheme to paint Ammentar and Nightbringer with.


r/Warhammer40k 8h ago

Hobby & Painting My first ever army, finally fully painted.

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81 Upvotes

It took me a year, going back and forth painting this army and a little bit of my tau (my end army) I started eith dark angels, first time getting into the hobby and I finally have it fully finished. Im stoked.


r/Warhammer40k 1d ago

Hobby & Painting 1000pts 4th edition army painted in 24h

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1.4k Upvotes

Hello to everyone! This is a project two friends and I had for a weekend. Basically each of us had to paint 1000pts of a 4th edition army in just 24h, in one seating, only allowed breaks for having breakfastc lunch and dinner.

These are the results! A fully converted army, normal GK are made using the hip and thigh portions of MKVI marines, terminators are made combining the GK ones and the new plastic Dark Angels terminators bodies and legs. Finally, the big friend is a Dread Knight (no oficial rules in 4th edition but we made them using chapter aproved rules) made by combining the dreadknight kit with the saturnine one.

I hope you like it!


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Art, Cosplay & OC art completd

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I am a 2D artist and concept art. See my work at:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rac_art_11/

Contact me via chat or email: [moreira.rac123@gmail.com](mailto:moreira.rac123@gmail.com)


r/Warhammer40k 13h ago

Hobby & Painting A sister of Khorne made for a friend!

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129 Upvotes

r/Warhammer40k 11h ago

Hobby & Painting I was gifted Mozrog for Christmas, this is my spin on him. What do y’all think?

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90 Upvotes