Featured this month is “She who thirsts, devours”, a phenomenal diorama by Ethan Wilcox featuring the Dread Pageant in a really cool layout, with NMM, OSL, freehand, a beheading, Grecian pottery, you name it. The project took several months to complete and is legitimately Golden Daemon level stuff. I mean, look at it… Christ on a Cracker!

Check out Web Highlights from previous months here, or dive in by category below!

Content Creators

Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz came out this month, and I did my first warband review on Spent Glory! I also had the opportunity to do the same for the Edge of the Knife Rivals Deck. I’m looking for ways to improve my reviews for future releases, so I’d appreciate your feedback.

Another cool thing that doesn’t quite fit into the other categories is the Nemesis Statistics Project, which has long run on a big old Google sheet, now has a Dashboard for easy viewing, filtering and analysis. Check it out and see what your favorite warband/deck pairing is looking like for competitive play!

PODCASTS

What the Hex published an audio battle report with play by play and retrospective analysis in a unique format that is pretty cool to get a read on some great players and their decks/choices throughout the match. Davy runs an Edge of the Knife build with Grymwatch, while Phil tries his hand at grabbing some beasts. Skyler emcees.

Path to Glory covers the January FaR and Errata after the newness of it has had time to settle, and Mark and George give their expert takes on what the changes mean for the metagame

Jason and Jerod of Battlemallet give their beginner-oriented review of the two newest products: Edge of the Knife and Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz

YOUTUBE

A new Youtube channel named Glorkazworka with Polish language audio and English subtitles has launched this month. Always good to see more video content spring up, and the Polish community is among the most robust worldwide for our game.

Critical Focus Channel has a battle report showcasing Myari’s Purifiers against Morgok’s Krushas, guest starring the inestimable Jonas Faering and his Kustom Ork terrain

Cinderfall Gaming has posted a Rivals video battle report with Hexbane’s Hunters with Edge of the Knife against Zarbag’s Gitz running Emberstone Sentinels. There were a few rules mistakes which didn’t affect the outcome of the game, but viewer beware!

La Prima Sfera has released another Italian battle report, this time as a Rivals throwdown between Jaws of Itzl using Reckless Fury and Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz using Edge of the Knife.in what turns out to be a surprisingly tight match.

A French Language Channel, Kikord, has posted a video discussion of Edge of the Knife which I believe features MoonGob, a Worlds-level competitor from the French scene.

Raggy Painting has posted an airbrush tutorial for Grandfather’s Gardeners

HobbyHunterz has a recap of their experience at LVO which includes a rundown of Duncan’s run with Thricefold in Underworlds. Watch to see Cabanas, Friend of the Page, steamroll him into saltiness on the B reel outtakes

Critical Hit Games Maryland posted a video “What is Warhammer Underworlds” introducing their audience to the game and having a live demo which features Jake of Goonhammer fame

And of course, the ever-present Agents of Sigmar posted their video review of Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz which you can view here

BLOGS

Tier Lists! Everyone’s favorite. Critico y Culo has released their initial Nemesis tierlist as of February 2025 and while I may not agree with everything there, it’s always nice for someone to have put in the effort to compose one.

What the Hex has fired up a new blog to complement their release reviews and podcast lineup. This first entry, titled “Step by Step Volume 1” follows Zach “TheMisterDoctor” as he goes through the process of selecting a warband to take to Adepticon.

Bacon’s Bits is back at Path to Glory! Mark covers his thoughts on the foundations of building a Nemesis deck and makes a strong case for choosing Blazing Assault, Pillage & Plunder, or Countdown to Cataclysm as the backbone of your build.

Staggerers published a cool concept article called ‘Dexamples’ wherein they look at Edge of the Knife paired with every other deck (except cataclysm because they both have plot cards) to create 5 different Nemesis decks and suggestions for warbands to pair them with.

Goonhammer/Starting Hex has a list of what warbands are legal for Organized Play and where you can find them, since it can get a little confusing for new people (and some old timers too).

Laura from the Magmahold attended the Warhammer World Grand Clash that had 124 competitors and took Cyreni’s Razors. You can read her writeup of the event here and hear how she went 4-2 to tie for 22nd, and then read a nice little analysis of the warband representation and deck choices at the event.

Critico y Culo has a writeup of the Grymwatch Deck taken by Volomir, WHW Grand Clash winner, with 15 objectives and wild strategy of angling for Underdog status to get more out of In the Name of the King.

Events/Organized Play

WHW held a ‘warm-up’ Nemesis Clash on February 7th, the evening before the Grand Clash clash in a three round event that featured 72 players! It was won by Val and his Jaws of Itzl using CtC/BA. You can read Val’s Write-up here (and he also took this warband to second place in the main event the following day). There were several other undefeated players, it being a huge field with short rounds, but surprises in those 9 were Adam Pearson with Farstiders and Mads Birch with Zondara’s Gravebreakers – two warbands I have apparently been overlooking.

WHW Grand Clash happened the following day, and was won by Volomir playimng the Grymwatch, which holy smokes I didn’t see coming. That warband on top in a field of 124 players. Critico y Culo has a writeup of the Grymwatch Deck Volomir, WHW Grand Clash winner, took to the top with 15 objectives and wild strategy of angling for Underdog status to get more out of In the Name of the King, and there is another perspective written up by Laura of the Magmahold blog detailing her run with Cyreni’s Razors. Let’s peek at her chart showing warband selection below because it’s really insightful.

One thing I found particularly interesting about the WHW Grand Clash is that since there were so many players, we were able to get a great look at what the ‘meta’ is. We learned two major things: Countdown to Cataclysm is pretty good (not news), and the breadth of warband selection is really healthy. Every warband that’s legal in the game save for five were taken by at least one player (and only 6 of the warbands were singletons!). Two of those not taken (Blackpowder and Hexbane) will be helped out by the release of the Edge of the Knife deck. The Farstriders weren’t taken that day, but they also podiumed in the Clash the day prior, going undefeated across three games out of a field of 72 players. That really only leaves us with Grinkrak’s Looncourt (who were taken to the 3 rounder and tied for 46th/72) and The Brethren of the Bolt stuck on the bench. Considering that means you have a Grand Clash use case for 31 of the total 33 eligible bands, this game’s variety looks to be in a really comfortable place and I couldn’t be happier.

A 23-man tournament was held in Granada, Spain and was won by Dread Pageant WnR/CC piloted by Fran Torres. Here’s the deck list, which has a few significant differences from my own second-place winning Wrack Me Harder, Zaddy. Glad to see both that DP is doing well internationally and that there isn’t a settled ‘best build’ even within the same pairing!

The Philipines continues their march toward glory, holding the nation’s first ever Nemesis event at Atelier Tabletop Brewspace this month. Keep the dice rolling!

The Cherokee Open was held on 2/22, and Zack Newcome came away the winner with Thundrik’s Profiteers using Pillage & Plunder/Wrack & Ruin, winning a tight one over Spiteclaw’s Swarm. An interesting matchup and an interesting deck pairing that even comes with both a deck guide and a tournament report he wrote for Battle Mallet!

UPCOMING

Buy a premium ticket to the US Open in Tacoma and bag one of these on your way to hang out with me….

As usual, check out Check out the Global Events Calendar here: you can filter by country and see what’s happening in your corner of the world. Note this is in GMT so hours may be off for you depending on your time zone.

To open this segment, I wanted to throw out the big announcement that as of the Nemesis Clash on the 27th of February, ALL monthly Bugman’s Nemesis Clashes at Warhammer World in Nottingham will be Golden Ticket events sending people to Worlds. All of them. One per month! The first one has already come and gone, and was pillaged and plundered by the Zarbag’s Gitz piloted by Michael K of Austria who runs the Staggerers website. Exciting to have so many more tickets out there, and I expect worlds will have plenty of UK/European representation this year as a result.

Adepticon will be held March 26th – 30th, 2025, and while Underworlds registration has unfortunately already been closed, expect it to be a HUGE event. You an read the impressive players’ pack here while you eagerly await the results.

The Copenhagen Grand Clash will take place March 22nd in Copenhagen Denmark and will send two people off to the World Championships in Atlanta. The finals will be streamed on CFC for anybody interested in watching!

Stuttgart Grand Tournament in Germany will also be 3/22. Nemesis format event features 3 rounds of best-of-three matches, Swiss pairings, and a competitive, yet friendly atmosphere. Secure your spot on Best Coast Pairings by March 19th

Polish Team Championships are running at least two events this year- One on the 29th-30th of March and another on the weekend of September 20th

On April 5th, Agents of Sigmar have a Golden Ticket Event in Redhill UK. There are only a few tickets left, so jump fast!

Busy Weekend in the UK – on April 6th the Element Legends will hold a Nemesis Event in Stockport UK

The Alberta Classic is taking place in Calgary on May 3rd and has THREE golden tickets available.

The Canadian Tabletop Championships is May 24-25, and is offering 3 tickets to Worlds again! 6 rounds, 4 pool games Saturday and 2 bracket games on Sunday with 120-minute rounds in Ottawa, Ontario. Here’s the BCP link where you can register directly

15 June 2025 in the Netherlands will see the Benelux Clash put on by Straight Outta Shadespire and the Rotterdam White Scars, and it carries a Golden Ticket!

July 5th-6th will host the World Team Championships in Vienna, Austria which will host 5-player teams from countries around the world fighting for the world team title. If you have five competitors from your nation, consider hitting up Vienna this July and see if you can’t take the championship! It will be a 6 round Nemesis event over two days.

August 2nd will feature Into the Under-Ekeren III, held in Ekeren, Belgium which has also been selected to be a Golden Ticket event. Get busy, Europe!

Finally, the US Open series has finally put tickets on sale, though I suppose it shouldn’t be the US Open since they added a Canadian event! Here’s a link to buy tickets of July 19-20 in Tacoma, Washington where you’ll get to meet me and hang out for a weekend of good times.

Painting/Hobby

Emphilim’s Pandaemonium by Honza Skypala in a remarkable color palette – bright and candied without being overly so, somehow horrifying and hideous, and all of it with amazing technical execution. Exactly what Tzeentch wanted us to see. Love it.

Liam Hopkins shares some progress on the ‘Cyreni riding a giant shark’ diorama

The second prize in the Master category at Duncan Rhodes’ Sir Coats painting contest went to Vernon Lees for their Gorlak Blackpowder. Check it out!

Crazy double-light-source OSL on the Grymwatch by Dagg3rsB, and I love the two-tone effect. Very spooky! Here’s their gorgeous Grandfather’s Gardeners, and they also completed a converted Magore’s Fiends this month which look HARDCORE

You want more Magore? Me too! Here’s a cool one by Go_will_do with excellent blending, solid NMM, and a very smooth effect. They also painted up Ghartok Flayskull in the same Metal AF scheme. Not one to slow down, they also shared the Wurmspat with remarkable texture work that really pops.

Cyreni’s Razors that features the Great Wave of Kanagawa (that famous Japanese painting) on her cloak, done up by Dan Knight. The rest of the warband is there too, and he posted some Bretonnian Condemnors conversions for good measure.

Piggyyy posted up what they’re calling Ylthari’s Punishers, which have awesome headswaps to make those treemen BIG MAD and the effect is great. I especially appreciate the alterations in pose and weapon placement – Galanghann particularly looks threatening and it’s such a contrast with the soft pink colors

Retro Space Wolves themed Farasa by Minimalist_Basing, which looks like something right out of my old 3rd ed 40K codex, complete with a Goblin Green base rim!

Mir Kainan in a great black, red, and NMM gold by Bravesheep16. Especially enjoy the gritty snow basing which has top tier realism and elevates the whole paintjob which is already quite remarkable on its own

Awesome detail and blending on Gryselle, The Slaughterer by EspiKira. She even has lightning arcing from her blade!

Great color saturation and an exciting almost rainbow variety on the Tunnelpack by OpusWild – makes me want to try oil paints out for myself

Emberwatch painted as bright teal Celestial Vindicators by KPminis. Love the lightning blades and the magenta cloaks!

Kaptin Squigbeard by ShorelessSkies – awesome orruk conversion on Blackpowder complete with a pirate hat like God intended.

Dark purple and brass Zikkit’s Tunnelpack by Kruks_Minis and let me tell you, the photography takes it to the next level

Cool rusty Grinkrak’s Looncourt in a grimdark style by anatolikav

Waterpaper has continued their Dread Pageant, finishing Hadzu this month. Looking gorgeous as always, boo.

Mollog’s Mob in a “Zangarmarsh’ theme – brightly colored orange spots like on the crazy plants in World of Warcraft. Nice touch by Tooupi

Borgit Wolf-Killa with a cherry red nose and great highlighting effects on the robe by Aggravating-Ad-1543

Slunge with blue-grey skin and almost neon wounds, perched over a crazy blue-green swamp by QuixoticQuandary. Excellent color choice and great contrast on this piece.

Rainbow colors, a different hue for each Git on Zarbag’s crew painted by Jovit Jansenn Farenas. Poppy and fun!

Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz by Nico Van den Winckel with an awesome green-yellow skintone

Awesome Deep Red and Turquoise Khagra’s Ravagers by József Nagy

NMM Gold all up on Kro-Jax the Aegis by ch41n54w and the choice of that blue-jade just tickles my color wheel so well

Brethren of the Bolt in dark red and turquoise by ArtfulDodger8-7

Otapatl from the Starblood Stalkers in a two-tone color shift chameleon scheme by chunchingblental

Emberwatch by Daniel Davies – I love the yellow gold weaponry!

Thricefold Discord in a cool reddish and pale blue scheme by Matthew Young

Quad-God Khagra’s Ravagers by Karma_is_absent – you love to see it. The pink on Razek is particularly impressive

MISCELLANEOUS

More awesome fan art from Vanja, this time portraying Zarbag’s Gitz, and he also posted his Zikkit’s Tunnelpack for us all to enjoy as well.

Gorechosen of Dromm custom reshaped into a Soulblight/Vampire Counts team by Ben Byrne, naming them Carmilla’s Blood Hunt. Cool idea to re-skin something to make it your own without bringing up custom warband balance issues.

Custom Warscroll for Hrothgorn’s Mantrappers in Embergard by Zin333 which feels like it carries over a lot of the original warband flavor

That’s a wrap! Tune in next month for March’s highlights, and don’t forget to Spend your Glory!