The Riddle of Resin

This is a place for me to share updates, thoughts, and photos on different hobby projects I’m working on, mostly for Warhammer 40k, The Horus Heresy, Necromunda, and a bunch of other Historicals. You can also find game reports, and random lore bits for narrative games, campaigns, and TTRPGs that I’m playing or am interested in.

  • Adepticon Hobby Progress – February

    With March finally here, and Adepticon only a few short weeks away, I’ve had to pick up the hobby pace and put the finishing touches on my Horus Heresy army that I am bringing to Saturday’s Grand Team event. Over the course of February I’ve managed to finish painting a Rhino for my Death Guard…

    Adepticon Hobby Progress – January

    With Adepticon fast approaching ,and the weather here in Chicago being pretty awful, I managed to make good progress towards my Shattered Legions force for Saturday’s Grand Team event. In the meantime, the Martian Civil War campaign at Dice Dojo kicked off, and there’s been a great amount of players showing up on Sundays to…

    End of Year Heresy Hobby Recap

    With 2025 over and my Winter Break coming to an end I thought it would be worth recapping some of my hobby progress on my new Shattered Legions force for the Horus Heresy. I came down with a terrible cold after Thanksgiving which is why I haven’t had a chance to update this blog, but…

    Bolt Action 4-Star Open 2025 Recap

    This past Saturday, Chicagoland Games Dice Dojo hosted the fourth and final Bolt Action 4-Star tournament. To make a long story short, this event was the best Bolt Action tournament since I played in Chicago Dice’s Border Wars event this past spring at Old Guard Games in Milwaukee. (My Italians and I also managed to…

    Sunday Afternoon Bolt Action

    This past Sunday my buddy Jeff and I got together to play a game of Bolt Action. Both of us were testing out lists ahead of the Bolt Action Four Star Open, hosted by Dice Dojo and run by the best Bolt Action TOs, Chicago Dice. It’s been a few months since either of use…

    Badger 105 AirBrush – First Impressions

    Recently I made the leap into name-brand airbrushes when I picked up a new Badger 105 Patriot. The decision to upgrade from my cheapo no name airbrush came after a number of frustrating air brush sessions, or attempts at sessions. My most recent endeavor was trying to base coat 6 (lol) vehicles I had recently…

    Building the New FellBlade Super Heavy Tank

    Games Plus, a suburban Chicagoland LGS, recently ran one of their auctions. I had a large box of Star Wars X-Wing stuff sitting around, so to the auction it went. I wasn’t able to attend any of the auction this time around, but I did get nearly $200 in store credit from the X-Wing stuff.…