Salamander
@sallywargaming.bsky.social
Amateur writer, amateur tabletop game designer, sci-fi and tabletop video essayist and host of the channel Salamander's Forge on YouTube, gender goblin (they/them)
I've been playing a lot of Vermintide 2 recently so of course my zoomer brainrotted ass had to make a tier list. The list is for all the different careers but I don't think a binary letter grade system is good enough because Vermintide 2 is a very nuanced game.
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I've been playing a lot of Vermintide 2 recently so of course my zoomer brainrotted ass had to make a tier list. The list is for all the different careers but I don't think a binary letter grade system is good enough because Vermintide 2 is a very nuanced game.
I feel like I'm in that one scene in the Hellsing Ultimate Abridged series where a bunch of Jews pretended to be Catholic so that they could join in on killing the vampire nazis invading London.
"Ehhh, if we're killing ChatGPT, we'll worship a side of bacon."
"Ehhh, if we're killing ChatGPT, we'll worship a side of bacon."
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I feel like I'm in that one scene in the Hellsing Ultimate Abridged series where a bunch of Jews pretended to be Catholic so that they could join in on killing the vampire nazis invading London.
"Ehhh, if we're killing ChatGPT, we'll worship a side of bacon."
"Ehhh, if we're killing ChatGPT, we'll worship a side of bacon."
I just imagine him zooming across a screen with blue afterimages trailing behind him before he delivers this shit. 6 frame invincible instant overhead.
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I just imagine him zooming across a screen with blue afterimages trailing behind him before he delivers this shit. 6 frame invincible instant overhead.
Now here's a few painted models for miniatures I haven't recruited yet. A Janissary with a Siege Jezzail, and an Assassin with twin Assassin's Daggers. Super fun warband to paint up! I love the color scheme I came up with. 30 Victory Points to anyone who can guess what I based the scheme off of!
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Now here's a few painted models for miniatures I haven't recruited yet. A Janissary with a Siege Jezzail, and an Assassin with twin Assassin's Daggers. Super fun warband to paint up! I love the color scheme I came up with. 30 Victory Points to anyone who can guess what I based the scheme off of!
Azebs are the backbone of the Hawks of Allah, and all the incendiary machine guns, siege jezzails, masterwork jezzails, and so on, exist entirely to give an Azeb with a flamethrower the blood markers he needs to smite Allah's enemies. And no battle would be won without Azebs to hold objectives.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Azebs are the backbone of the Hawks of Allah, and all the incendiary machine guns, siege jezzails, masterwork jezzails, and so on, exist entirely to give an Azeb with a flamethrower the blood markers he needs to smite Allah's enemies. And no battle would be won without Azebs to hold objectives.
And here is Fajr, the Standard Bearer and Musician of the Hawks of Allah. On the battlefield she sings hymns to the glory of God and his creations, to whip up the Hawks into a battle-frenzy.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
And here is Fajr, the Standard Bearer and Musician of the Hawks of Allah. On the battlefield she sings hymns to the glory of God and his creations, to whip up the Hawks into a battle-frenzy.
Then we have Fakhir, a Sultanate Sapper I was able to promote. He wields a Masterwork Jezzail which gives him a ridiculous amount of dice on to-hit rolls. He's from a wealthy artisan family back home and the Hawks of Allah are funded largely by dipping into his family's coffers.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Then we have Fakhir, a Sultanate Sapper I was able to promote. He wields a Masterwork Jezzail which gives him a ridiculous amount of dice on to-hit rolls. He's from a wealthy artisan family back home and the Hawks of Allah are funded largely by dipping into his family's coffers.
Then we have Nasser, one of two Lions of Jabir tasked with bodyguarding Djamila and ensuring that neither infidel nor servant of Jahannam get into melee and disrupt her ability to ping a shitload of blood onto things.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Then we have Nasser, one of two Lions of Jabir tasked with bodyguarding Djamila and ensuring that neither infidel nor servant of Jahannam get into melee and disrupt her ability to ping a shitload of blood onto things.
Then we have the alchemist Djamila, who's the real star of the show. She's carrying a machine gun across her back she keeps loaded with alchemically infused incendiary ammunition. She's been the MvP of nearly every game, with her ability to ping 6 blood onto a target in a single shooting action.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Then we have the alchemist Djamila, who's the real star of the show. She's carrying a machine gun across her back she keeps loaded with alchemically infused incendiary ammunition. She's been the MvP of nearly every game, with her ability to ping 6 blood onto a target in a single shooting action.
This is the leader of my warband, though this isn't the mini I intend on using for him forever. This is my old Yuzbasi Captain from a previous campaign. Abdul Rahman is the leader of the Hawks of Allah, a stunning tactician with a missing arm. He just generates me 2 Glory per game these days.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is the leader of my warband, though this isn't the mini I intend on using for him forever. This is my old Yuzbasi Captain from a previous campaign. Abdul Rahman is the leader of the Hawks of Allah, a stunning tactician with a missing arm. He just generates me 2 Glory per game these days.
The Hawks of Allah are my Iron Sultanate warband in the campaign I'm currently running at my two local game stores. We meet twice a week to play games of Trench Crusade. We're at the halfway checkpoint of the campaign so while I wait for people to catch up, I've been painting my soldiers up.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Hawks of Allah are my Iron Sultanate warband in the campaign I'm currently running at my two local game stores. We meet twice a week to play games of Trench Crusade. We're at the halfway checkpoint of the campaign so while I wait for people to catch up, I've been painting my soldiers up.
It's not an Escher though. The customization variant they picked looks like an Escher because she's a lady with a mohawk but there's no such thing as male Escher. If the class was named Escher the character on the right would be a little bizarre LMAO.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's not an Escher though. The customization variant they picked looks like an Escher because she's a lady with a mohawk but there's no such thing as male Escher. If the class was named Escher the character on the right would be a little bizarre LMAO.
Got some great work on Trench Crusade minis tonight. Currently playing Iron Sultanate in this campaign, and I've come up with a scheme I really like for them.
In the center is Djamila, my Alchemist with a machine gun who has been my MvP every game so far.
In the center is Djamila, my Alchemist with a machine gun who has been my MvP every game so far.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Got some great work on Trench Crusade minis tonight. Currently playing Iron Sultanate in this campaign, and I've come up with a scheme I really like for them.
In the center is Djamila, my Alchemist with a machine gun who has been my MvP every game so far.
In the center is Djamila, my Alchemist with a machine gun who has been my MvP every game so far.
And also the tattoo Graham Platner did get it covered with was, of course, some bullshit neo-pagan thing. Because famously neo-nazis don't indulge in Pagan imagery *at aaaallll.*
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
And also the tattoo Graham Platner did get it covered with was, of course, some bullshit neo-pagan thing. Because famously neo-nazis don't indulge in Pagan imagery *at aaaallll.*
THAT'S WHAT I FUCKING THOUGHT YEAAAAH HUMANS WIN AGAIN
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
THAT'S WHAT I FUCKING THOUGHT YEAAAAH HUMANS WIN AGAIN
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
October 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
Oh, how the fuck-
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Oh, how the fuck-
I'm uh. I'm gonna need bigger shelves for my Trench Crusade collection...
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'm uh. I'm gonna need bigger shelves for my Trench Crusade collection...
hey YouTube, what in the *goddamn* do you mean 'auto-dubbing' is now enabled on my videos???
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
hey YouTube, what in the *goddamn* do you mean 'auto-dubbing' is now enabled on my videos???
Sonic the Hedgehog on Yom Kippur be like
"Gotta go fast"
"Gotta go fast"
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog on Yom Kippur be like
"Gotta go fast"
"Gotta go fast"
Hell, even their knightly crusader aesthetic is just directly aping the Dark Angels' schtick. Them not-so-secretly legionbuilding is also just a Space Wolves thing. Nothing makes them special beyond the constant in-universe insistence of their uniqueness. And people call The Ultramarines Mary Sues.
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Hell, even their knightly crusader aesthetic is just directly aping the Dark Angels' schtick. Them not-so-secretly legionbuilding is also just a Space Wolves thing. Nothing makes them special beyond the constant in-universe insistence of their uniqueness. And people call The Ultramarines Mary Sues.
This means that basically nothing about the Black Templars can't be found in some form in other chapters. You want black armored melee berserkers? Blood Angels Death Company. Religious veneration of the Emperor? The Space Wolves literally call him the Allfather and essentially treat him like Odin.
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This means that basically nothing about the Black Templars can't be found in some form in other chapters. You want black armored melee berserkers? Blood Angels Death Company. Religious veneration of the Emperor? The Space Wolves literally call him the Allfather and essentially treat him like Odin.
Black Templars, meanwhile, still have access to some of the best weaponry mankind can produce, even having chapter-specific Land Raider patterns, still generally prefer to get stuck in for a melee, and are religiously devoted to the service of the Emperor, but just like... Moreso, on all fronts.
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Black Templars, meanwhile, still have access to some of the best weaponry mankind can produce, even having chapter-specific Land Raider patterns, still generally prefer to get stuck in for a melee, and are religiously devoted to the service of the Emperor, but just like... Moreso, on all fronts.
Space Marines are deeply indoctrinated, zealously devoted elite shock troops. While they have access to some of the strongest ranged weapons humanity can produce, their augmented nature makes them especially deadly in melee combat. Chapters are defined by how they diverge from this template.
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Space Marines are deeply indoctrinated, zealously devoted elite shock troops. While they have access to some of the strongest ranged weapons humanity can produce, their augmented nature makes them especially deadly in melee combat. Chapters are defined by how they diverge from this template.
I find the Black Templars generally pretty boring as a Space Marine Chapter because as much as their lore likes to hype them up as these renegade anti-codex marines who don't play by the rules, they are in practice just an extreme version of what all Space Marine chapters already are?
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I find the Black Templars generally pretty boring as a Space Marine Chapter because as much as their lore likes to hype them up as these renegade anti-codex marines who don't play by the rules, they are in practice just an extreme version of what all Space Marine chapters already are?