New 40k Flyers

Games Workshop have just announced the lovely new 40k flyers. Rumours and pictures have been floating around the Internet wargaming community for a couple of weeks now, and now the Space Marine Stormtalon Gunship, the Ork Bommer and the Necron Doom/Night Scythe are available for advance order, at the uncharacteristically reasonable price of £27.50.

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The Stormtalon is nice, if a bit boxy, but hey, it’s the same with all Marine vehicles. The rules look sweet, with the Supersonic, Deep-Striking, Assault Cannon-armed skimmer coming in at 130 points, with a variety of weapon upgrade options.
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The Bommer is spot-on Orky goodness. Ramshackle and clunky, but deadly nonetheless, with plenty of dakka! The plastic kit can be assembled as one of 3 different flyers, the Dakkajet, an anti-infantry fighter with 6 twin-linked S6 shots/turn. Second, the Burna-Bommer, a flyer armed with Burna-bombs, which we have already seen in the Apocalypse book. Lastly, the Blitza-Bommer, a bomber with a possibly suicidal bombing manuever.
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The Necron flyer, I’m not so keen on. It can be built as a Doom Scythe or a Night Scythe, but the only difference is that one has a bigger cannon strapped to the bottom. The pilot looks out of place, just sitting on top of a supersonic fighter, without even a seatbelt! :P

The rules for all 3 (or is that 6) flyers can be found in June’s White Dwarf, number 390, and they can be advance-ordered here for release on the 2nd of June.

Scratchbuilding a Titan

I have begun to build a Warhound Titan, using cereal box card, PVC pipe, various household items, 40k bitz, and the templates found on www.build-40k.com The Titan will be of the Legio Crucius, aptly named in Low Gothic “The Warmongers”.

Here’s a visual log of my progress.

Feet/ankles

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Using bits of plastic coat-hanger and drinking straws for supports/pistons.

It was at this point I got a glue gun, which makes assembly a heck of a lot easier.

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Chaos Marine appears frequently for size comparison purposes.

Lower hull section

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And that’s everything as of now! The project is kind of being put on hold as I have exams coming up, and studying will be a more productive use of my time, no matter how much fun building a Titan is!

New Forge World 40k stuff

Forge World have just put up these awesome 40k things on their site. The Deimos-Pattern Predator Executioner.

I’m not a fan of the Deimos-Pattern hull, but the rules are sweet! (found here -> ) A Predator with a Plasma Destroyer or a Heavy Conversion beamer. With the HCB the Predator would be an excellent long-range tank. My favourite part or the model are the cool sponsons, drum-fed Heavy Bolters similar to the Contemptor Dreadnought ones. Unfortunately, the kit is quite expensive at £46.

The second new product is a pack of 2 Space Marine Apothecaries, one in MKII armour and one in MKIV.
They are quite characterful models, and have excellent details. I especially like the torso of the MKIV Marine. The kit costs £20.

Both kits are available for pre-order for despatch on the 27th of April.

More Codex Chaos Legion Rumours

Reblogged from The Shell Case

More rumours are flying around for the looming Codex Chaos Legions book. As we draw ever closer to the release of 6th edition it would appear that there may well be two Chaos Space Marine books after all, bringing the number of Codices up to 3.

Continued here -> More Codex Chaos Legion Rumours.

Empire Releases & New Citadel Paints

Tomorrow marks the launch of Games Workshop’s new overhauled paint range, along with a host of weird and wonderful new Empire models. There are some excellent war engines, like the Luminark Of Hysh, which is a giant magical laser array.

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I think the Empire is rather confused when it comes to the contrast between their war machines and other units. You’ve got Warrior Priests, State Troops, Pistoliers, and Steam Tanks, Magic-Lazors, and Celestial Hurricanums. They’re sort of stuck somewhere between fantasy and steampunk, which slightly disconcerts me.
My favourite model in the new releases has to be the Witch Hunter. He looks distinguished and possibly a little drunk, and carries a bloody great sword! I’m trying to justify buying the model to myself, but I can’t find a way of shoehorning him into 40k. (Necromunda? Discuss.)

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As for the new paint range, I have heard word of the metallics being better, but now all the names are less descriptive of what the colour actually is. Nuln Oil, anyone?

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I think the name changes are a way for Workshop to enforce copyrights better, because the “old” range was basically copied colour-for-colour with all the same names by most other paint manufacturers. All the new names incorporate GW trademarks, for example Slaanesh Grey, Calgar Blue, and Leadbelcher, which replaces Boltgun Metal. They have also produced a handy conversion chart, so painters can stick as closely as they can to their old schemes even with the changes.

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If the word on the metallics is true, I’m picking up some Gehenna’s Gold first thing tomorrow. But definitely not this “Agrax Earthshade” rubbish! Devlan Mud forever!

Stormeagle on general release

Forgeworld have announced the release date for their Stormeagle gunship. The model is currently available to preorder here, for dispatch on the 27th of April, at the price of £80, which isn’t bad. The model is also compatible with Forgeworld’s range of Land Raider doors, for that personalised look.
They have also produced experimental rules, which can be found here.

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More pictures can be found on it’s page on the Forgeworld site.
Forgeworld have also produced a video, with suitably dramatic music and some nice, if dark, shots of the model, but is overall a bit meh.

Stormeagle Rules

Reblogged from The Shell Case, rules for the new Forgeworld Space Marine Stormeagle gunship.

Stormeagle Rules

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Khorne Berserkers

For this Miniature Monday, I finished my Khorne Berserker squad and their Rhino. 7 ‘Zerkers and a Skull Champion from the Chaos Marine battleforce, and the Rhino that I picked up at Vapnartak earlier this year. And the best part is, the whole squad only took me just over a week from start to finish! Okay, here are the pictures.

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The Skull Champion has the severed head of an Imperial Fist on his base.

In other news, this is my 25th blog post!

Forge World Live

It’s Forge World Live tomorrow (Sunday 1st April) and I’m intensely jealous of the lucky few people I know who are going, because they can buy these awesome new Forge World kits before their actual release.

First, the Tartaros Pattern Terminators, which many of you will already have seen.

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I’m not too worried about missing out on these, because I’ve just preordered mine off the FW website :)

However, the Space Marine Stormeagle is limited to buy at the event. It’s not a bad price for a largish FW kit at £80.

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Say hello to the boxiest flyer ever! Much of the online wargaming community thinks that this model is a hoax for some reason, another elaborate April Fool’s joke from Games Workshop. Other than it looking like and extended Stormraven, and the day of the event coinciding with April Fool’s Day, I personally see no reason to think this.

Now I just have to sit back and be proven wrong. Have fun at FW Live if you’re going!

Citadel Paint Comparison Chart

Reblogged from TheShellCase

 

Citadel Paint Comparison Chart.

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