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Warmaster is one of those games which I really like, but actually never do very much with in terms of modelling, painting or gaming! Maybe it’s time to do something about it in 2010!
This is one of the many Warmaster games which was on show at GW’s Bristol Conflict back in 2004.
In the middle of the photograph you can see an Imperial Steam Tank.
See more photographs from Bristol Conflict 2004.
See more photographs of Warmaster miniatures and games.
Yay!
Managed to get not just one set of the Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps, but got two sets!
I popped into my local Games Workshop, not expecting to get them, but one can live in hope. I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a fair few in stock, so I picked up a couple of sets.
I wonder if they had some left as they weren’t out on the shelves but behind the counter!
Didn’t think much of the front box art.
Don’t get me wrong it’s a great photograph, but at first glance it looks more like a box of Space Marines then a box of counters! The artwork from the website was better.
You get a fair lot of resin, 27 pieces all together. Nine mines, three mine field warning signs, four booby traps and six bombs.
Glad I managed to get two sets, one will be painted for my Cities of Death style games and one for the verdant grass scenery that I usually use. I have been thinking I might really need a third set for my desert scenery.
Of course I now need the Planetstrike rules, which true to form, were sold out at my local Games Workshop store.
The main focus of Bristol Conflict 2003 (was it really six years ago now) was the tournament games. Yes there was a Forge World stand and yes there were demonstration games and yes there was a very very small Games Workshop retail stand, however the main reason people went was to play games.
One Imperial Guard army which caught my eye was a Victorian Science Fiction themed army which made extensive use of the Praetorian Imperial Guard figures.
The main tank used was a “Leman Russ” though as you can see the actual model took elements of the Leman Russ and combined it with an Imperial Steam Tank from Warhammer Fantasy.
It was a really nice army.
More photographs from Bristol Conflict 2003.
More photographs of Imperial Guard.
Great blog on someone else’s Praetorian Imperial Guard army.
I popped into my local gaming store (an independent) and was disappointed with their limited range of Planetstrike models, they had the landing pad and the bastion, but nowt much else.
I was hoping to get the Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps set.
This box set contains four sets of resin counters, including: three sign posts, six bases of bombs, four booby traps and nine clusters of mines.
Ah well I thought I’ll order it online, it’s only been out for a week.
Then I noticed on the website….
Availability: No Longer Available
What!
I know the image says ‘while stocks last’ but it’s only been a week and they’ve already sold out!
I am guessing that Blastscape which is also a ‘while stocks last’ product, so I suspect that may go the same way…
Before the plastic Shadowsword was released this year, Forge World had their resin version.
Back at GamesDay 2001 I remember being very impressed with the model and thinking if I only had the money…
Of course I don’t play Imperial Guard so why would I have one…
More photographs of Shadowswords. More photographs from GamesDay 2001.
There were some great new models at the Forge World Open Day 2009. Will Hayes had a fair few Ork concepts on his table including this very nice Ork Supa-Zappa.
At the Forge World Open Day in April we saw various work in progress models from Will Hayes.
I have always liked this model, but wasn’t sure a) where it came from, b) what it was called, so I could never find it in the stores or on the online store.
It was only recently when reading through an old White Dwarf that I saw it was part of the Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus and Retinue Boxed Set.
So now I knew which boxed set it came from, I could work out what it was called and find it in the online store. It is available either as part of a boxed set or individually. As I wasn’t too bothered about the other miniatures in the boxed set I purchased it individually through Mail Order.
I will be using it as part of my Inquisitorial retinue.
Having cleaned the model and basing it with GW modelling sand, I gave the model a white undercoat.
See the full workbench feature on the Black Templar Cenobyte with Relic.
I think my favourite model from GamesDay 2008 was Forge World’s Ork Flakk Wagon.
We first saw the Forge World Ork Flakk Wagon at GamesDay 2008, still no sign of it been available. It was also on show at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Still looking good. Wondering though when it will become available?
From a gaming perspective it can’t really be considered too important as I guess not too many gamers use aircraft in their games (but hey you never know).
From a model perspective it is just a conversion kit, it is not a full resin kit.
I really do like the way it looks, very Orky.
I also like it, because it means that Forge World are making more Ork stuff.
So what’s going to be next?
What do you think?
You can now see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
There were some wonderful armies on display at GamesDay 2007.
More photographs of Space Marines.
Tonight sees the return of Torchwood.
Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones return for a brand-new adventure in Torchwood: Children Of Earth, a new five-part series for BBC One.
Unlike previous series, this takes place over the next five nights.
An ordinary day becomes a world of terror as every single child in the world stops. A message is sent to all the governments of Earth: ‘We are coming’. But as a trap closes around Captain Jack, sins of the past are returning, as long-forgotten events from 1965 threaten to reveal an awful truth.
Looking forward to it.