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.

  • 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.…