Chris Thursten
@cjpt.bsky.social
Author and game developer. Former Principal Creative Lead on Hytale at Hypixel Studios. Stories for Black Library. He/him https://linktr.ee/cthursten
Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is now available for preorder in hardback, ebook and audiobook!
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October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is now available for preorder in hardback, ebook and audiobook!
Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/h...
Ebook/Audiobook: www.blacklibrary.com/prod-home/ne...
Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/h...
Ebook/Audiobook: www.blacklibrary.com/prod-home/ne...
My own Cities of Sigmar project stalled out a little bit, but they’re still some of my favourites to work on. So much storytelling in each mini, and it’s rewarding to put your own twist on them - converting a Khainite whisperblade, for example, or a Morrda-worshipping war surgeon.
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My own Cities of Sigmar project stalled out a little bit, but they’re still some of my favourites to work on. So much storytelling in each mini, and it’s rewarding to put your own twist on them - converting a Khainite whisperblade, for example, or a Morrda-worshipping war surgeon.
For all the amazing centrepiece models that Age of Sigmar has had over the last ten years (not least Abraxia!) my vote has gone to the Freeguild Cavalier Marshall. It’s such a beautiful sculpt - it sells the world as well as a specific character. 100% Warhammer, but full of little subversions.
October 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
For all the amazing centrepiece models that Age of Sigmar has had over the last ten years (not least Abraxia!) my vote has gone to the Freeguild Cavalier Marshall. It’s such a beautiful sculpt - it sells the world as well as a specific character. 100% Warhammer, but full of little subversions.
The limited edition of my latest novel for Black Library - Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen - is now available for preorder! www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/a...
August 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The limited edition of my latest novel for Black Library - Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen - is now available for preorder! www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/a...
Black Library do such lovely work with these limited edition hardcovers and it’s really exciting to see my first in the wild. Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is up for preorder next Saturday!
August 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Black Library do such lovely work with these limited edition hardcovers and it’s really exciting to see my first in the wild. Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen is up for preorder next Saturday!
Happy 10th birthday, Age of Sigmar! Silver Tower and First Edition got me back into Warhammer after a decade-long hiatus. I'm grateful for everything the hobby has given me since then, and it's still surreal to think that I've had the opportunity to leave my own mark on the setting. More to come!
July 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Happy 10th birthday, Age of Sigmar! Silver Tower and First Edition got me back into Warhammer after a decade-long hiatus. I'm grateful for everything the hobby has given me since then, and it's still surreal to think that I've had the opportunity to leave my own mark on the setting. More to come!
Following the cancellation of Hytale, I'm now looking for work after seven years at Hypixel Studios. Please reach out if you'd like to talk game design, worldbuilding, or creative direction.
Or books, obviously. I also write books.
Or books, obviously. I also write books.
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Following the cancellation of Hytale, I'm now looking for work after seven years at Hypixel Studios. Please reach out if you'd like to talk game design, worldbuilding, or creative direction.
Or books, obviously. I also write books.
Or books, obviously. I also write books.
DARKOATH is out in paperback today! It’s the perfect size to be carried in a small bag, a large pocket, or perhaps among the mass of skulls and bloody trophies with which you gird yourself.
May 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
DARKOATH is out in paperback today! It’s the perfect size to be carried in a small bag, a large pocket, or perhaps among the mass of skulls and bloody trophies with which you gird yourself.
My third novel for Black Library, Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen, was announced today! A return to Chaos, albeit on the opposite end of the Path to Glory to Darkoath. As someone who got into AoS with books like Call of Archaon, this was a real treat to write. A grim treat, but a treat even so.
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My third novel for Black Library, Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen, was announced today! A return to Chaos, albeit on the opposite end of the Path to Glory to Darkoath. As someone who got into AoS with books like Call of Archaon, this was a real treat to write. A grim treat, but a treat even so.
Really happy to have won Judges’ Choice with my Slaves to Darkness at the Warhammer World Age of Sigmar GT this weekend! It was a sprint to get Abraxia and co. painted in time - proper photos to come.
March 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Really happy to have won Judges’ Choice with my Slaves to Darkness at the Warhammer World Age of Sigmar GT this weekend! It was a sprint to get Abraxia and co. painted in time - proper photos to come.
I'm only just finding time to paint minis again after a frantic start to the year, but the first unit of my rebooted Slaves to Darkness project for AoS is finally done. Here, have some Chaos Warriors.
March 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I'm only just finding time to paint minis again after a frantic start to the year, but the first unit of my rebooted Slaves to Darkness project for AoS is finally done. Here, have some Chaos Warriors.
Happy publication day, Grombrindal! A Realms-spanning story of gods and fate and unlikely fellowship, and - above all else - an excuse to come up with names for a bunch of new kinds of duardin ale.
February 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Happy publication day, Grombrindal! A Realms-spanning story of gods and fate and unlikely fellowship, and - above all else - an excuse to come up with names for a bunch of new kinds of duardin ale.
Grombrindal: Ancestor’s Burden is available for preorder today! It looks like the Warhammer webstore has sold out already (at least in the UK) but indies should have it and ebooks and audiobooks are available from Black Library as usual. Out Feb 1!
January 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Grombrindal: Ancestor’s Burden is available for preorder today! It looks like the Warhammer webstore has sold out already (at least in the UK) but indies should have it and ebooks and audiobooks are available from Black Library as usual. Out Feb 1!
Done! Done. After a 75-hour Honour Mode run, I guess I'm done with BG3. Until update 8 comes out.
December 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Done! Done. After a 75-hour Honour Mode run, I guess I'm done with BG3. Until update 8 comes out.
Some years you write a book about the White Dwarf, some years you paint the White Dwarf, some years you do both. Left: Golden Demon Youngbloods, 1999 or 2000. Right: A model I finished last weekend.
In the in-between: one (1) Grombrindal novel, coming soon!
In the in-between: one (1) Grombrindal novel, coming soon!
December 4, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Some years you write a book about the White Dwarf, some years you paint the White Dwarf, some years you do both. Left: Golden Demon Youngbloods, 1999 or 2000. Right: A model I finished last weekend.
In the in-between: one (1) Grombrindal novel, coming soon!
In the in-between: one (1) Grombrindal novel, coming soon!
GROMBRINDAL: ANCESTOR'S BURDEN is my next book from Black Library! Includes the full serial that was published in White Dwarf last year alongside a new novel.
October 21, 2024 at 1:35 PM
GROMBRINDAL: ANCESTOR'S BURDEN is my next book from Black Library! Includes the full serial that was published in White Dwarf last year alongside a new novel.
Happy publication day, Darkoath! I loved writing this book, and I can’t wait to hear what people think. Also, what a treat to see my first Black Library hardback in the wild.
June 8, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Happy publication day, Darkoath! I loved writing this book, and I can’t wait to hear what people think. Also, what a treat to see my first Black Library hardback in the wild.
Preorders are live for my debut Black Library novel, DARKOATH!
'...even now they whisper to him, for they know the road Gunnar Brand travels, and call his exodus by another name: the Path to Glory.'
Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/d...
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'...even now they whisper to him, for they know the road Gunnar Brand travels, and call his exodus by another name: the Path to Glory.'
Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/d...
eBook/Audiobook: www.blacklibrary.com/prod-home/ne...
May 25, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Preorders are live for my debut Black Library novel, DARKOATH!
'...even now they whisper to him, for they know the road Gunnar Brand travels, and call his exodus by another name: the Path to Glory.'
Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/d...
eBook/Audiobook: www.blacklibrary.com/prod-home/ne...
'...even now they whisper to him, for they know the road Gunnar Brand travels, and call his exodus by another name: the Path to Glory.'
Hardback: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/d...
eBook/Audiobook: www.blacklibrary.com/prod-home/ne...
Proud to have had the chance to close out the 500th issue of White Dwarf magazine with a new Grombrindal story! Grots at the gates of a city in the sky are confronted by an old, old, old foe.
May 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Proud to have had the chance to close out the 500th issue of White Dwarf magazine with a new Grombrindal story! Grots at the gates of a city in the sky are confronted by an old, old, old foe.
DARKOATH is my first full-length novel for Black Library! So excited to see it announced today. I’m really proud of this story.
March 2, 2024 at 12:31 PM
DARKOATH is my first full-length novel for Black Library! So excited to see it announced today. I’m really proud of this story.
I've had less time to paint minis in 2023, but I've done some work I'm proud of. Lots more practice with freehand and oil paints. At one point, I won a big gold hammer (not pictured.)
December 31, 2023 at 4:21 PM
I've had less time to paint minis in 2023, but I've done some work I'm proud of. Lots more practice with freehand and oil paints. At one point, I won a big gold hammer (not pictured.)
This has been my busiest year in terms of fiction. I've had stories in two paperback collections (THE RESTING PLACES and UNTAMED REALMS) as well as a serialised novella in White Dwarf. Lots more to come in 2024!
December 31, 2023 at 4:17 PM
This has been my busiest year in terms of fiction. I've had stories in two paperback collections (THE RESTING PLACES and UNTAMED REALMS) as well as a serialised novella in White Dwarf. Lots more to come in 2024!