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Paint too thick, a wash gone wrong, drybrushing that looks like chalk. Every painter has a horror story. This is the troubleshooting guide — because almost every mistake in this hobby is recoverable.

Six o'clock comes and goes at The Wildlings, and for the first ten minutes or so, the room is quieter than you'd expect. Then the door starts swinging. People trickle in through their own version of "just leaving now": after work, after tea, after the school run, because that's just how Friday works for us. Nobody minds. We don't start on the clock, we start when enough of the right people are in the room to make a bit of noise. That's West Allotment Wildlings on a normal Fri

From a childhood Blood Angels starter set to a Duke Nukem 3D bar and back again, Kev's road through the hobby has taken some detours. We sat down with him to talk Baharroth, Genestealer Cults, and what community meant when he needed it most.

Some Friday nights at the Wildlings settle into one big game. This one didn't, and it was better for it. Walk round Bay Games this week and you'd have passed a Warmachine warcaster marshalling their warjacks in one corner, a Warhammer 40k army holding the line a few feet away, Horus Heresy legionaries advancing in perfect formation beside them, and the sharp, stylised ranks of Conquest fighting their own battle entirely. Four systems, four completely different eras and aesthe

One of our longest serving members, Liam Wise has brought games like Marvel Crisis Protocol to the club and quietly helped countless members with their painting and airbrushing along the way. We sat down with him to talk Space Hulk, Cursed City, and a silver plated Emperor's Champion.

Something new has been creeping into Dungeon Crawler Friday at Bay Games ” dice that roll low instead of high, character sheets with Ages instead of classes, and a lot of Wildlings asking "wait, why does rolling a 1 mean I just did something amazing?" The answer is Dragonbane, and it's shaping up to be one of the best things we've added to the club calendar this year. What is Dragonbane? Dragonbane is a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game from Free League Publishing, the studio

Last weekend marked a first for West Allotment Wildlings: our first tournament weekend held at Bay Games, and the club couldn't have asked for a better welcome from the venue. Day 1 — Bay of Wildlings Open I A singles tournament is the classic test of a Warhammer army: one player, one list, three or more rounds against whoever the pairings throw at you. It's where you find out whether your list actually holds up under pressure, whether your painting matches your ambition on t

Friday nights at the Wildlings always throw up a few showstoppers, but this week two models in particular had everyone crowding round the table before a single dice was rolled. Between the club's new Space Marines contingent and its ever-growing daemon collection, the paint stations have clearly been busy. The Land Speeder Touches Down Fresh off the sprue from the new Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon 11th Edition launch box, the Land Speeder is one of the box's headline models —

Dungeon Crawler Friday delivered again this week, as we swapped fantasy dungeons for the cold, dark corridors of the 41st Millennium with a full session of Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress. The table filled up fast, and it was brilliant to see a real mix of faces around it - a good few regulars back for more exploring, alongside several people trying the game, and Dungeon Crawler Friday, for the very first time. A Full Table and a Great Game There's a particular energy to

A machine when it comes to painting and a proud pledger in our Million Miniatures Challenge, Colin has been part of the Wildlings family for a while now. We sat down with him to talk Space Crusade, kitbashed dragons, and why he calls this club a safe space.

We're teaming up with Of Oil and Iron, a brilliant new dieselpunk mech skirmish wargame on Kickstarter. Here's what it is, how it plays, and how to get involved with DNL Models supporting us.

There are games that look impressive in a box. Then there are games that, once laid out on a table with painted models and detailed terrain, stop people in their tracks. Legion Imperialis is absolutely the latter. This past weekend the Wildlings gathered for a session of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy - Legion Imperialis, and it was one of those evenings that reminds you exactly why this hobby is so special. The battlefield laid out - Legion Imperialis in full swing at West Allo

Something big is coming to West Allotment Wildlings this summer. Not one league. Two. Whether you live for the competitive grind or the unfolding drama of a narrative campaign, there is a place for you at the table. Registration is open now for both leagues, with sign-ups closing on 24 July 2026 and first pairings drawn on 1 August. League of Wildlings V - The Competitive League Proudly sponsored by Bay Games and Different Not Less, League of Wildlings V is back for its fifth

If you have been keeping an eye on the world of Warhammer 40,000 lately, you will know that 11th Edition landed on 20 June 2026, and while a lot of the conversation has been about the new Armageddon starter set, the Detachment Points system, and the death of stratagem stacking, there is one change that has quietly created a significant challenge for clubs and event organisers up and down the country. The terrain rules have been overhauled, and the competitive table setup that

Friday nights at the Wildlings are rarely short of something special, and last week was no exception. Joining the ever-growing roster of games played at the club, Drew and Paul sat down to push some beautifully painted World War Two miniatures across one of the most stunning terrain setups we've seen on a club table. The game? O Group, a battalion-level WWII wargame that had us all stopping to take a look. So, What is O Group? O Group (short for Orders Group, the real-world m

There's something that happens at our painting tables that I didn't fully expect when we started. We began with a simple idea: give people a space to come and paint their miniatures together. No pressure, no agenda, no tournament prep. Just a table, some brushes, and a few hobby-minded people in the same room. What I didn't anticipate was how quickly it would become one of the most important nights in our calendar — not because of what people were painting, but because of wha

Saturday was something special. We headed into Bay Games for our Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon launch day event not quite knowing what to expect — and came away genuinely buzzing. A huge thank you to Kieren and the whole Bay Games team for opening their doors and giving us the space to make it happen. Events like this only work with a venue that gets what we're about, and Bay Games absolutely delivered. For anyone who hasn't visited, Bay Games is one of those places that just

Friday night at the club had a different feel to it. Gone were the usual tables of open ground and scattered ruins, replaced instead by the cramped, claustrophobic corridors of Gallowdark, the perfect setting for a night of Kill Team carnage. With two tables running side by side, the hall was full of the quiet tension that only narrow corridors and blind corners can bring. Operatives crept through gantries and maintenance shafts, lines of sight snapping open and shut in an in

One of our earliest members and one of the most knowledgeable hobbyists we know, Lee Burns has been part of the WAW family since almost the very beginning. We sat down with him to find out how it all started, what he is playing now, and why that first Night Goblin still holds a special place in his heart.

Our second Mind Over Minis morning at Bay Games was everything it needed to be — good people, good coffee, and honest conversation. Here's a little bit about how it went.