Featured this month is the stunning ‘Moonwatch” by Amnoon with the kind of OSL I can only dream of. Reds and oranges from the torchlight and an otherwise entirely desaturated palette is just top tier stuff. Amazing!

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

Content Creators

PODCASTS

I’m very, VERY pleased to announce that Underworlds Underground is back. Thomas and I put out an incredibly brief review of our World Championships experience here, and then put up a 1 hour overview of the factions available to playing Khorne Warbands in Underworlds. It’s tailored to both existing Underworlds players who are looking to explore a new faction as well as non-Underworlds players who just happen to be Khorne Fans. Spread it around and see if we can’t get some more people into the game! We also covered the current meta and what we expect to see in an upcoming rules update following Thomas’ win at the Palm Springs Open.

Be on the lookout for more UWU episodes, as we have lots more planned and will be keeping the show on a much more regular schedule this year.

What the Hex has two episodes out this month: The first covers Phil and Davy’s experience with Hunting Grounds and how they’ve found use for it some distance after release. The second is a ‘Wheel of Warbands’ episode where they’re randomly assigned a warband and deck pairing, then have to face off against each other to see if they can make it work. Fun concept and great discussion following.

YOUTUBE

Wizz Game TV gives a French-Language overview of the ‘five best Warhammer games’, and Underworlds clocks in at Second Place! She states (based on youtube’s auto-translate anyway, I don’t speak French) “It’s really nice, it’s easy to get the hang of, and it’s fun to play… I like the format and there is tension from beginning to end. It’s perfect for players who like strategy and fast-paced gameplay. It’s definitely one of my favorite games to play several rounds in a row without ever getting bored”

Agents of Sigmar have a video out titled “What could make these Underworlds warbands better?” focusing on the warbands that struggle the most and some changes to their rules that might make them more competitive. They also have a battle report for Sons of Velmorn vs Exiled Dead

A brand new channel emerged this month: Dadhammer Underworlds. Here’s their first video, a Rivals battle report featuring Sons of Velmorn/Deadly Synergy and Ironsoul’s Condemnors/Blazing Assault, which is full of fun banter and cuss words between the two who obviously have been friends for a while. Looking forward to more!

Another new channel popped up! Here’s an Emberwatch overview by Misfit Guild, and they also have a brief look at Blood of the Bull

Cinderfall Gaming has a rivals battle video with Sons of Velmorn/Pillage and Plunder vs Starblood Stalkers/Emberstone Sentinels.

Critical Focus Channel has a video covering the lore from the Blazing Assault Rivals Deck

Tom Murrath gives a brief overview of the Shadeborn

Ojo de Cuervo has a Spanish language battle report featuring Sons of Velmorn and the Emberwatch

BLOGS

The Nemesis Stats Project has an update on the most recent data uploads, and Borni reached out to me to suggest that you all track your games to contribute to the effort if possible, as well as submit tournament data when you have it. Pass the word along! This one takes a lot of effort for him to maintain, and he needs our help as a community. Even chill games with your friends count, so help us gather data!

An old-timer’s favorite is back: Hexodus by Davy from What the Hex. He writes his experience with playing several games with the same warband, this time featuring Cyreni’s Razors. He’s running the project’s relaunch in tandem with Jake from Goonhammer, who also played Cyreni’s Razors in the same time interval and has his own writeup here. AWESOME to see this not only be revived, but be a group project. The more the merrier!

Starting Hex covers the importance of having access to heavy hitters in your warband over at Goonhammer – Jake runs down the list of fighters than can hit 3+ damage.

Michael of Staggerers explores the potency of being able to give move tokens to your opponents (preventing charge actions) and looks at the available tools to accomplish this. They also celebrated the site’s 3 year anniversary with a review of which warbands best utilize each Stagger card in game. Finally, they posted a Jaws of Itzl discussion by Quint who has developed strategy for playing Reckless Fury without attempting ‘aggro’ – a new way to look at the combo for sure.

R77 has moved to a new hosting site and penned his first blog post there – this one about how the game might become too boring if the core decks remain so strong and popular – I don’t necessarily agree but think it’s worth talking about. He provides some suggestions for subsequent Rivals deck releases and warband designs that might spice things up.

Jon Grant Miniatures reviews Thorns of the Briar Queen

Events/Organized Play

January 11th in Vancouver BC was the Richmond Reroll as a one dayer saw Max Zdor take gold running Wurmspat, while Alain Maille (Wurmspat) and Neel Dosaj (Kurnoth’s Heralds) rounded out the podium.

The Palm Springs Open was a GW official event held in California January 17th-18th. Thomas/Saxthom (my boy) took first with Shadeborn BA/RS and is headed to the World Championships, and Best overall, also qualifying for Worlds, was Gator Dave with ES/PP Starblood Stalkers.

An Italian tournament was held 1/17-18, and in the end, Flavio took first place with Starblood Stalkers ES/PP. Giovanni won second with Grymwatch, and Matteo took third with Skinnerkin.

WHW in Nottingham held their Nemesis Clash on 1/24, with first place going to… Brethren of the Bolt!? Dan Davies took first place with Brethren CtC/DS, and also undefeated and rounding out the podium were Jason Brown with Thundrik’s Profiteers CtC/DS and Dan Knight’s Kamandora’s Blades with DS/RS.

UPCOMING

First Edition afficionados may be pleased to hear that Wathlab is kicking off the 2026 competitive season for V1+ over on the first edition Vassal discord. It will feature weekly gaming nights, custom warbands, and some tournaments to boot.

February 20th Zack Newcome will T.O. the Friday one-dayer at Frontline Gaming’s Cherokee Open in North Carolina. A Golden Ticket is supposedly available, and I hear the woods are gorgeous out there if you’d rather not play another game system on the weekend following.

February 21st, Agents of Sigmar is running an event called the Pre-Clash Clash in order the prepare you for the big weekender to come. Check out the South East Spitewood Smash Up, which will be 5 rounds, best of 1. Redhill is only 10 mins from Gatwick Airport by train, so don’t hesitate, grab one of those 48 spots! there are TWO World Championship Qualifier Tickets on the line!

February 28th, Saxthom/Thomas of Underworlds Underground is TO-ing a one-dayer at the Scorched Earth Open in Phoenix. Nothing’s confirmed, but there is a small possibility of a worlds ticket on the line! Registration here for $15, and it’s Nemesis best of 3 with 2.5 hour rounds.

Warhammer World is having a huge spread of events across a weekend in March! If you have a chance to swing by, you simply must. March 13-15, the Underworlds Weekender will be held, with a Bugman’s evening clash, followed by a Grand Clash, followed again by a ‘legacy clash’, in which you play out-of-rotation warbands in a rivals setting using a Grand Alliance warscroll. Three events, one price. I’m not jealous AT ALL

March 29th will also feature a Nemesis Best of 2 in Brescia, Italy with TWO golden tickets on the line.

Adepticon will be held the 25th-29th of March at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, WI. Come check out America’s premiere event! There is a pods play event sponsored by Games Workshop, followed by the Grand Clash over the weekend. I’ll be attending both events, so swing by and say hello, get a sticker, and maybe a few games in with me!

March 28th and 29th will feature the Copenhagen Grand Clash in Denmark. It will be formatted to run ten 70-minute rounds of best of one nemesis play – the first 6 rounds determine a top 16 cut, which will be held the second day.

March 29th will also feature the Benelux Clash in Ekeren, Belgium. I’m told there will be pizza, and a Golden Ticket opportunity! Info and tickets can be coordinated by emailing Warhammer.Underworlds@telenet.be – Straight Outta Shadespire always hosts good events.

April 18-19 in Paris France will be Ludiverse 2026. The 75 euro tickets covers meals for both days, so don’t be scared off! 16 tickets available and a golden Ticket will be in play.

 April 24th–26th, 2026, “The Warhammer Open: Maastricht will bring the full Open experience to The Netherlands” according to Warhammer Community. Word on the street is they will have a Golden Ticket for Underworlds as well! Same as Palm Springs, it should be 7 rounds of best of 3 nemesis across two days, 2 hour rounds.

May 2-3 is the Alberta Classic at the Ogre’s Den in Calgary, AB Canada. The event has at least one golden ticket on the line, with 3 best of 3 rounds on day one, followed by a top cut for day two – the remainder of the contestants forming up for a one-day team tournament on Sunday! BCP link here.

May 30-31 will be with Polish Championship in Poznań. More info to come, so keep your eyes on the website for details!

June 13th, the Madtown Throwdown will happen in Fitchburg, Wisconsin and will have THREE golden tickets!? Head on up to play with the What the Hex guys and punch your ticket to the World Championships.

August 2nd, 2026 will host Into the Under-Ekeren IV in Antwerp, Belgium. A 5 round best-of-one nemesis event with a special prize for the highest ranking warband from the legends section! Registration here

Painting/Hobby

A frankly Horrifying Young Master Kretch by Javier Rodríguez Lozano

Crazy lava base on Tokkor the Immolator as well as some Custom dreadlocks conversions by Toni Garcia. I love the flames trim on the skirt too!

Incredibly sharp Zharshia Bittersoul by BeePatience which has impeccable warpfire glow effects and brilliant highlighting. NMM Chaos Trim? No problem, apparently. Holy smokes. Not finished yet, they also painted Razek Godblessed which looks FIRE

why yes, I AM posting Grashrak the Despoiler. You can never take him away from me. Glad to see Johnny B put such a nice finish on him, and that square base for The Old World looks just right.

Amazing Stormsire’s Cursebreakers with HEAVY conversions and a themed diorama base to make them a trio of Nurgle Sorcerers by Ontoshkyo

Shond Headclaimer of the Godsworn Hunt with contest-entry level highlighting and a diorama base by Mamikon Khatchikian

The Headsmen’s Curse in super smooth deep blue by Katarzyna Gutowska

Ironskull’s Boyz in substantial quality by Hector Olivar. The red-orange metals are to die for and contrast with the vivid green skin so nicely

Blazing orange highlights in an otherwise muted Kurnoth’s Heralds really stand out – nice work from AJB Minis. They also posted a smooth blue-armored Zikkit Rockgnaw which works with the cream cloth he’s got going on.

Excellent dark pallet with vivid green glow effects on Blood of the Bull by Wojciech Podsiadly. The ruddy noses are an awesome touch too.

Slick blue accents on a dark Eyes of the Nine WIP by Justin Lynch – looking forward to the final outcome!

Knives of the Crone’s Kaerna Vix and Krieta by Karsharp – excellent work on the white wraps and hair

Heavily converted and maximum Grimdark Kamandora’s Blades by I_Am_Not_Alpharius. Not finished yet, of course, they also posted The Wurmspat which are stunning in such remarkable detail, excellent rust, and beautiful cloth textures. Phenomenal work as usual.

WIP of some NMM and shimmering blue on Steelheart’s Champions by MaximumBright. Amazing work, and always good to see the OG’s!

Aleksandra from Craftworld Studio has a super realistic NMM finish on Thain Fourth-and-Last, and the striped cloth is just perfect

Gurzag Ironskull in his regal majesty as painted by Hingekotzt. Remarkable detail and light on the armor, cloth textures, and more.

Absolutely perfect Xandire’s Truthseekers by Additional-Bad-7829 which puts the box art to shame. Check out the satin effect on the capes! They weren’t finished yet, and posted up these black green and brass Zikkit’s Tunnelpack that are so sweet

Sage Green Mollog with some bright red minions by Andre Levin

Slick Khagra’s Ravagers in blue with flame weapons by dahksinol

Swaggalicious Kindlefinger by Tabletop with Tom and what looks like a shadeglass base!

Cyreni’s Razors in a teal NMM by adjb560. Check out the purple, white, and gold pattern on Cephanyr – looks otherworldly.

Great veined jade effects on the Jaws of Itzl by Leather_Photograph_1

Ojox23 shows off the warbands they finished in 2025, and there’s some really good stuff in there. The Starblood Stalkers and Emberwatch are both really unique takes that look great.

Clean Jaws of Itzl by Affectionate-Hat5175 – the pink scarring and the pink scale accents really pair well with Kro-Jax’s pale pattern, and it’s striking alongside the more traditional blue green of the rest of the band.

Jon Grant shares his Kurnoth’s Heralds which look extra crisp – I especially like the basing. He also painted up Thorns of the Briar Queen in the colors of The Emerald Host

Melissan Star-Sighted by swordandstonehobbies done up in the Anvils of the Heldenhammer livery. Beautiful work on black armor with a magenta cloak to offset the gold trim. Nice a nice color scheme

Kickass Skabbik in great dark greens by Total-Calendar-422

Maleficent-Turn8907 shares some great Stormsire’s Cursebreakers

A dark yet colorful Antro Krast in a really unique style by Xamptis. Excited to see the rest of Kamandora’s Blades in the future!

The Emberwatch with some vivid blue and deep silver by FritzeHaarmann

WOLLOP DA SKUL! Props to LordKenzington86

Gritty greens on the Wurmspat bu J Paints 14. Here’s Gulgoch, Sepsimus, and Fecula in closeups

Neat poison effects on the blades of Kreep and Snyp from Skitershank’s Clawpack by Mattmattmaaatt. Is that an unspooled cotton swab?

Neat red-moon backdrop on some spooky Drepur’s Wraithcreepers by Muted_Asparagus_1017

Dan Knight’s skeletally face painted Kamandora’s Blades

MISCELLANEOUS

Zikkit fan art by Scott Knees/Spectralidax

Discord user Pughie from New Zealand put together this Ylarin fan art you see above

Sick custom 3D printed board with flocking and texture by Boubidibiou

Custom 3D terrain to fit the spitewood board by Upossing_Supplement – these are expected to be available to print for yourself on Cults3D soon!

Fed up with the lackluster Velmorn warscroll, Trungel Dénes has come up with an improved custom one. Give it a look!

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