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Henry Cavill, Ed Sheeran, Robin Williams and more - these are the celebrities who genuinely paint and play Warhammer, with the actual interviews, posts and photos to prove it. No internet rumours, no "my mate's cousin worked at Games Workshop" stories, just six A-listers who've admitted, on the record, that they're into Warhammer 40k exactly like the rest of us.

In this video, I go through Henry Cavill's favourite Space Marine faction, the celebrity who's actually won Golden Demon awards for miniature painting, and the Warhammer 40k tweets from a My Chemical Romance frontman that somehow sum up this entire hobby in two lines. Plus the famous names that show up on every "celebrities who love Warhammer" list online, with zero proof behind any of them.

If you've ever hidden a nerdy hobby from the people at work, this one's for you.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 — Intro — Celebrities Who Actually Play Warhammer
1:18 — Why This Warhammer Hobby Stayed Secret For So Long
3:17 — Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40k Confession
4:40 — Ansel Elgort's Golden Demon Wins
5:38 — Gerard Way's "Grown Assed Man" Warhammer Tweets
6:55 — Ed Sheeran Building Space Marines Backstage
7:32 — Robin Williams' Secret Warhammer Titan Collection
8:38 — David Tennant Was Already One Of Us
9:19 — Bonus: Brian May Sculpted An Ork
9:55 — The Rumour Pile — Unproven Celebrity Claims
10:31 — Final Thoughts

Which celebrity surprised you most? And if you've got actual proof on a Warhammer fan I missed — an interview, a post, a photo — drop it below, I'll do a part two.

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#warhammer40k #warhammer #gamesworkshop #tabletophobby #miniaturepainting

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I spent a day at the Loxwood Joust — the UK's biggest jousting festival and the closest thing this country has to a real renaissance faire.

Loxwood Joust is a full-scale medieval and fantasy festival held every August at Loxwood Meadow in West Sussex, England — the UK's answer to an American-style renaissance faire, built around full-contact jousting instead of just a marketplace and a stage show.

In this video, I go hands-on with the whole thing: the in-character medieval kingdom, the real history of jousting (starting as 11th-century military training and ending, unexpectedly, with the death of a French king), what a day actually costs, whether it's worth it with zero costume and zero medieval history, and my honest verdict on whether I'd go back.

0:00 Intro
1:13 What Loxwood Joust Actually Is
4:09 The Real History Of Jousting (& Renaissance Faires)
8:15 Why You Should Actually Go
10:35 My Honest Verdict

Also covered: the Eglinton Tournament of 1839 — Britain's own real-life Renaissance Faire revival — Normal Person Mode vs Full Send, and why grown men are quietly getting back into hobbies like Warhammer, D&D and LARP.

@TheLoxwoodJoust

Loxwood Joust official site & tickets: https://loxwoodjoust.co.uk

Loxwood Joust on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loxwood_joust

Watch next — https://youtu.be/F4OO_fG4jEI?si=nIX8F1gHNlIaMym_

Have you ever been to a renaissance faire, jousting tournament, or medieval festival — worth it, or a bit much? Let me know below, I read every comment.

#LoxwoodJoust #renaissancefaire #renfaire #medievalfestival #jousting #warhammer40k

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Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K series for Amazon still doesn't have a release date — but here's everything that's actually been confirmed, the second Amazon Warhammer project nobody's talking about, and exactly where I'd start getting into Warhammer 40K before either one airs.

In this video I walk through the full timeline of Cavill's live-action Warhammer 40K show — from the original 2022 announcement, through Mike Flanagan being confirmed as writer, right up to Cavill's own August 2026 update on Instagram. I also cover the newly announced Deathwatch animated series, a spin-off of the Warhammer 40K episode of Secret Level, which could genuinely reach screens first. Then I break down why nobody — veteran or brand new — is actually ahead of you on this particular show, and give you three simple ways to get into Warhammer 40K this week: what to watch, what to listen to, and what to buy.

If you've been curious about Warhammer 40K but felt like you'd already missed your window, or you just want to know what's confirmed and what's still rumour about Henry Cavill's Amazon series, this one's for you.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro — Is It Too Late to Get Into Warhammer 40K
1:18 - Part 1 — Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K Show: Everything Confirmed So Far
4:32 - Part 2 — The Second Amazon Warhammer Show (Deathwatch, Explained)
6:49 - Part 3 — Why Nobody Is Actually Ahead of You Right Now
9:11 - Part 4 — 3 Ways to Get Into Warhammer 40K This Week
11:26 - Conclusions — Where I'd Actually Start

🔗 LINKS

Warhammer 40K beginner playlist:    • Warhammer  

Eisenhorn audiobooks (Dan Abnett, Black Library): https://www.audible.com/series/Eisenh...

Official Combat Patrol boxes: https://warhammer40000.com/combat-pat...

Watch Secret Level's Warhammer 40K episode: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Level-S...

My previous video on what Warhammer 40K actually costs to start:    • The Cost to Start WARHAMMER 40K in 2026 (N...  

💬 Who do you think Cavill's actually playing? Eisenhorn, Titus, a Custodes, or something nobody's guessed yet — drop your theory in the comments.

🎖️ NEW TO WARHAMMER — tell us where you're starting from. No question is too basic, and this is exactly the thread to ask it in.

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#Warhammer40K #henrycavill #WH40K #GamesWorkshop #amazonprimevideo

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Who is Halbrand, really - and why is Rings of Power Season 3 making everyone Google him again? Everything you need to know about Sauron's most famous disguise, explained with zero book-reading required.

In Season 1 of The Rings of Power, Halbrand turned out to be Sauron in disguise - and if you've only watched the Lord of the Rings films, that twist can feel like it came from nowhere. This video breaks down exactly who Halbrand is, how Tolkien seeded the idea decades before the show existed, and why nobody watching had a "secret advantage" over you.

We also cover what the Season 3 teaser confirmed at Comic-Con: Sauron forging the One Ring, a five-year time jump since the fall of Eregion, Jamie Campbell Bower joining as Celeborn, and Simon Pegg voicing the Balrog. Season 3 premieres November 11, 2026 - this gets you fully caught up before then.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Intro

2:06 - Who Halbrand Actually Is (The Disguise Explainer)

4:43 - The Season 1 Story: Shipwreck to Reveal

8:17 - Where This Leaves Us Going Into Season 3

12:35 - Who Else to Watch For (New Cast)

16:38 - The Payoff & Final Thoughts

🔗 LINKS

Official Season 3 teaser trailer:    • The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power ...  

Official premiere date announcement (Amazon MGM Studios): https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us...

Jamie Campbell Bower confirmed as Celeborn (Empire): https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/...

Did the Halbrand reveal work for you, or did you clock it early? Drop a comment with the exact moment you got suspicious - and if this cleared things up, send it to whoever you've been having the "wait, who's Halbrand again" conversation with this week.

New here? This channel is for people getting into Tolkien, Warhammer, and tabletop as adults — no gatekeeping, ever. Subscribe for more.

#RingsOfPower #LordOfTheRings #Halbrand #Sauron #TolkienExplained

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What does it ACTUALLY cost to start Warhammer 40k in 2026? I priced the exact same shopping list 3 ways - no upsells, no surprises.

Getting into Warhammer 40k always feels like the hardest part is money — everyone online seems to be dropping £180 on the latest launch box, and it's easy to assume you need all of it just to get started. You don't. In this video I break down what it actually costs to start Warhammer 40k with one Combat Patrol and a full hobby tool kit, priced three realistic ways: buying everything direct from Games Workshop, buying the exact same list from a discount retailer like Element Games, and going fully secondhand + DIY via eBay, Vinted and Facebook Marketplace. I also cover why Combat Patrol beats a big two-army starter set for beginners, and a quick look at what the WTC 2026 rankings say about which factions people are actually playing right now.

No jargon, no gatekeeping, no "just buy another box" - just the real shopping list and the real totals for each budget, so you can pick a starting point that actually fits what you've got to spend.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro: why Warhammer 40k feels so expensive
3:45 - Why Combat Patrol beats a starter set
7:10 - Buying everything direct from Games Workshop (£247.50)
9:05 - Buying from a discount retailer (£210.44)
11:13 - Buying secondhand + DIY (£128)
16:23 - The final numbers, side by side

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
Combat Patrol (Games Workshop, official): https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/...
Element Games (discount retailer used in this video): https://elementgames.co.uk/
eBay — Combat Patrol secondhand listings: https://www.ebay.co.uk/

If this is the kind of no-nonsense, beginner-first breakdown you've been looking for, that's basically the whole channel - subscribe for more real budgets and real starting points, no gatekeeping.

#Warhammer40k #Warhammer #TabletopHobby #Wargaming #Miniatures

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NOTE: my Halbrand video will follow this one

Every new Lord of the Rings project happening right now - explained, ranked, and given an honest verdict. No fence-sitting.

From Andy Serkis directing himself as Gollum in The Hunt for Gollum, to Stephen Colbert's surprise new script Shadow of the Past, to Rings of Power Season 3, to a leaked War in the North remaster and Warhorse Studios' newly confirmed open-world Lord of the Rings RPG — Middle-earth is busier right now than it's been in years. I go through every single one, tell you what's actually worth your time, and read two passages straight from Tolkien himself along the way.

0:00 Intro
1:13 The Hunt for Gollum (Andy Serkis, Jamie Dornan, Kate Winslet)
8:31 Shadow of the Past (Stephen Colbert's new script)
11:21 Rings of Power Season 3
12:58 The Games (War in the North Legacy Edition & the Warhorse RPG) 14:30 LEGO, Board Games, MESBG, Magic: The Gathering & More
15:39 Final Verdict

Also covered: the LEGO Icons Minas Tirith set, Circle of Conflict and the new War of the Ring expansion, Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game's new releases, Magic: The Gathering's Hobbit set, and Lord of the Rings in Concert.

Do you think The Hunt for Gollum should actually exist, or is this one fan service too far?

#LordOfTheRings #RingsOfPower #HuntForGollum #Tolkien #MiddleEarth

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Games Workshop just quietly released the biggest Combat Patrol update Warhammer 40K has ever had — a 184-page Companion book, six new missions, and a full rules refresh — and almost nobody's talking about it.

In this video I break down exactly what's changed, why I think this is genuinely the best entry point Games Workshop has ever built, and why — despite an entire wall of Combat Patrol boxes in every Warhammer shop in the country — it barely got a mention during the 11th Edition preview cycle. I go through what Combat Patrol actually is for complete beginners, whether it's actually good value compared to buying kits separately, my honest theory on why it's flying under the radar, and exactly which Combat Patrol I'd buy first if I was starting completely from scratch today.

If you've been thinking about getting into Warhammer, you've got a Combat Patrol box gathering dust, or you're just after a way to play a full game without clearing the dining table until Thursday — this one's for you.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro — Why Nobody's Talking About GW's Biggest Combat Patrol Update 0:58 - Why This Actually Matters (And What GW Got Right) 3:41 - What Combat Patrol Actually Is — Full Beginner Breakdown 9:03 - The Real Cost — Is Combat Patrol Actually Good Value? 13:32 - Why Nobody's Talking About It (My Honest Theory) 18:42 - Which Combat Patrol You Should Actually Buy 22:26 - Final Verdict — Is This The Best Way Into Warhammer?

🔗 LINKS

All my Warhammer videos playlist:    • Warhammer  

Combat Patrol PDFs: https://www.warhammer-community.com/e...

Combat Patrol Support: https://www.warhammer-community.com/e...
All current Combat Patrol boxes: https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/...

My previous video on GW's beginner push:    • DON'T Buy A WARHAMMER Starter Set Until Yo...  

💬 Which Combat Patrol are you picking up? Drop it in the comments — new players, no question is too basic, and if you're a veteran, this is a good place to help someone out.

🎖️ Already playing Combat Patrol? Tell us what you'd add to this list, or which box you think is the weakest value right now.

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#warhammer40K #combatpatrol #gamesworkshop #WH40K #tabletopgaming

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Gondor went nearly 1,000 years without a king. This is the Tolkien lore behind Minas Tirith that most people never hear about.

This is Part 1 of the Minas Tirith series. We're building the LEGO Minas Tirith set and going deep into the history at the same time. Last video we put the city together brick by brick. This time we find out what was happening inside it.

We cover the Stewards of Gondor and how a temporary arrangement lasted almost a millennium. The dead White Tree standing forgotten in the Citadel because nobody could bring themselves to remove it. Aragorn's secret history inside Gondor long before the War of the Ring. And how Sauron spent years using a palantír to convince Gondor's Steward that the fight was already over.

All the Lord of the Rings lore explained properly. No gatekeeping. No assumed knowledge. Never read the books or watched the films fifty times — it doesn't matter. You're welcome here.

Part 2 will cover the siege of Minas Tirith itself.

New to the series? Here is the playlist:    • The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith LEGO  

If there's a Tolkien moment that has always stayed with you, drop it in the comments. I read every single one.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
2:09 The Stewards of Gondor
5:13 The Watchful Peace
7:59 The White Tower of Ecthelion
9:56 The Dead White Tree
12:50 The Steward Who Rebuilt Gondor
14:34 Aragorn's Secret
19:04 How Sauron Broke Gondor From the Inside
21:53 Conclusion

#LordOfTheRings #Tolkien #MinasTirith #LEGO #TolkienLore

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There's a GTA 6 fan theory going around that Jason might actually be related to Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2. I couldn't ignore it, so let's talk about it.

Rockstar just dropped a new GTA VI trailer and a load of screenshots, and within days the internet had stitched together a theory linking Jason Duval to Arthur Morgan - comparing jawlines, timelines, and everything in between. It started on Reddit months ago, quietly, then got picked back up on TikTok and properly exploded.

I've replayed Red Dead Redemption 2 four times. I still can't play Arthur as anything other than a good man. So when this theory landed on my feed, I went further down the Reddit and TikTok rabbit hole than I'd like to admit - and along the way I remembered a detail from Arthur's story that I think breaks the whole thing.

This isn't a long, heavily-produced deep dive. It's more of a chat - the theory, why it looks convincing, where it falls apart, and why I think we're all still a little bit in love with Arthur Morgan nearly eight years on.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 — The Theory That Broke My Brain
1:14 — What Rockstar Actually Just Announced
1:56 — Why Red Dead Redemption 2 Means So Much To Me
3:25 — From a Reddit Post to a Viral TikTok
5:06 — The Resemblance (And Why the Timeline Checks Out)
6:46 —The Isaac & Eliza Scene That Changes Everything
8:50 — Can the Theory Survive This?
10:19 — What This Really Says About Rockstar Fans
12:04 — Why Arthur Morgan Still Matters
13:02 — My Honest Verdict

If you're the kind of person who can't play Arthur as anything other than a good man either, or you've got your own game you've replayed more times than you'd like to admit, subscribe — this is the kind of thing I make videos about.

Theory originally spotted via:
TikTok comparison: https://www.tiktok.com/@nnwiaas/video...
Original Reddit thread (r/GTA6):   / jason_is_related_to_arthur_morgan  

#GTA6 #RedDeadRedemption2 #ArthurMorgan #RockstarGames #GamingTheories

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Games Workshop just put five new Warhammer 40K starter sets up for pre-order...and one of them isn't the one most beginners should actually buy.

I came into this hobby through the lore, not the tabletop, and I made pretty much every mistake a beginner painter can make on the way in. In this video I go through all five new starter products — the two-player Starter Set, the Introductory Set, the two faction paint sets, the Hobby Set, and the Getting Started With sets — exactly what's in each box, who it's genuinely built for, and which one I'd actually tell you to buy depending on your budget.

I also cover what to buy next once you've started, and give my honest verdict on whether now is actually the right time to get into Warhammer 40,000.

Whether you've never touched a Space Marine in your life or you're dusting off an army from twenty years ago, this one's for you.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Why Getting Into Warhammer Feels So Confusing
3:33 - The Two-Player Starter Set Explained
6:15 - The Introductory Set Explained
8:52 - The New Faction Paint Sets Explained
11:04 - The Hobby Set Explained
12:47 - The Getting Started With Sets Explained
15:00 - What To Buy Next (The Progression Path)
17:22 - Conclusions — Which Box You Should Actually Buy

🔗 LINKS

Warhammer 40K beginner playlist:    • Warhammer  

My previous video on GW's beginner push:    • WARHAMMER Is Finally Getting Easier to Sta...  

💬 NEW PLAYERS - drop your questions in the comments. No question is too basic, someone will answer it.

🎖️ VETERANS - leave your own advice down there, or have a scroll through and see if there's a comment you can help with. New players need you.

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#warhammer40K #WH40K #gamesworkshop #tabletopgaming #miniatures

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