Gaming with Brad: GorkaMorka
Feeling so weighted down.Anyone following our blog for the last few months has undoubtedly noticed that we have been gearing up to start playing GorkaMorka. Having just created some scrap tokens, we...
View ArticleResin Casting: more Rebel Grot molds
Several Got Away.After finding a host of old GorkaMorka Rebel Grots, and converting one of them, we wondered which to convert next. To make this easier, I decided to make some simple one-piece cut...
View ArticleGorkaMorka: Scrap token conversions
Land of Some Other Order.For the last few months, we have been converting and casting Rebel Grots in the hopes of eventually playing GorkaMorka again after many years. When looking through boxes of our...
View ArticleDragged into Turbolasers 134: More Space Ork Impressions
One of the best Space Ork models ever made!We talk with our friend Brad about more newly revealed Warhammer 40k Space Ork models. We discuss the new Ork Nobz and warbikes, as well as Ork boyz.Listen to...
View ArticleGames with Brad: Arcane Dual
White Dwarf issue 524 came with the rules and everything needed to play the mini-game Arcane Duel (you need to provide the wizards and some dice).We recently started this recurring column to talk about...
View ArticleGorkaMorka: What Rebel Grot to convert next?!
More Rebel Grots to join Da Revolushun!We just converted a Rebel Grot to follow the Red Gobbo we converted earlier this year. The process was fun and rewarding, improving a model we have loved for...
View ArticleConversion Corner: Chaos Cultist
I will never die a silent death.It has been quite some time since our last Conversion Corner post, which we started years ago to document relatively quick conversions, often focused on making better...
View ArticleGorkaMorka: Rebel Grot Conversion
The diminutive greenskins are spelling trouble...Starting with the Red Gobbo, I began converting Rebel Grot models to build a mob for future games. When creating a mold for the Red Gobbo, I also made...
View ArticleDragged into Turbolasers 133: Unboxing and discussing two 2026 Warhammer 40K...
Two models released in 2026.Fate brought us together in the same location, so the three of us recorded a discussion about two models we purchased, an Aeldari Kharseth and Commissar Yarrick. We opened...
View ArticleGames with Brad: A new beginning
There is nothing that orcs like better than a good brawl (the two very nicely painted models are courtesy @wraithwisp).Here at Between the Bolter and Me, my brothers and I spend most of our time...
View ArticleLooking Back: Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Gretchin
I've got a war inside my head.Over the last few months, we have been thinking a lot about greenskins in various forms, from painting a longsnout, to playing Space Gits, to converting the Red Gobbo, to...
View ArticleDragged into Turbolasers Episode 132: An Ode to John Blanche, Games Workshop...
John Blanche 1948 - 2026We begin this episode expressing our sadness at the passing of John Blanche, a luminary that defined Games Workshop’s artstyle and vision for decades. We then touch on how just...
View ArticleResin Casting: Red Gobbo Conversion
Third Side of the Moon.Throughout May, I have been doing a lot of mold making and resin casting, including creating some casts for Nemessos Miniatures and creating a casting gate for future molds....
View ArticleResin Casting: Between the Bolter and Me Casting Gate
We created a gate for attaching to future resin casting projects!We started creating silicone molds and doing some small scale resin casting recently for our friend Nemessos Miniatures. One of the most...
View ArticleDragged into Turbolasers Episode 131: A major disappointment - Warhammer...
What happened to the necks of orks over the years?We talk with our friend Brad about all of the newly revealed Warhammer 40k Armageddon Space Ork models. We discuss how disappointed we are with the new...
View ArticleResin Casting: Molds for Nemessos Miniatures
I am back to silicone mold making!Over the years, we have experimented with creating silicone molds to create resin copies of some of our conversions. Eventually, we shifted to creating single-piece...
View ArticleGorkaMorka: Red Gobbo Conversion
For Da Revolushun!Over the last few weeks, we have been excited about greenskins in various forms, from painting a longsnout, to discussing the upcoming editions of Warhammer 40,000 featuring new Ork...
View ArticleTrench Crusade: Terrain by Redwetskeleton
A Life Entombed.Recently, we commissioned Redwetskeleton to create a Trench Crusade Communicant. It is a stunningly grotesque model that fits perfectly in the horrific setting. In addition to having...
View ArticleTrench Crusade: Printed Rulebook
The Trench Crusade Core Rulebook!Over the last year or two, we have been dabbling with the miniature-based skirmish game Trench Crusade. We wrote about our first impressions with the ruleset and how we...
View ArticleDragged into Turbolasers 130: Impressions of the new Warhammer 40k Space Orks
We talk with our friend Brad about the newly revealed Warhammer 40k 11th edition ork models. We discuss how ork design has changed during the last few decades and our hopes for the future.Consider...
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