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Imperial Guard "Comedy" BaneBlade

Today I had my first game of Warhammer 40K fifth edition. Set in the ruins of an Imperial City, a force of Orks tried to take over a ruined tank factory. An opposing force of Imperial Guard were tasked with stopping them.

In turn four, I allowed Simon to bring on his new Imperial Guard BaneBlade.

Super Heavy Imperial Guard Baneblade from Simon’s collection.

It was interesting playing to the new rules, you have to remind yourself to remove your assumptions based on the fourth edition.

Simon’s BaneBlade which is nearly finished is very BIG! He’s done a really nice job on it and it looked very impressive on the battlefield. Though it couldn’t hit much on the table and when it did, it did very little damage. It actually did more damage to itself when its forward Demolisher Cannon “missed” its target and hit itself!

I expect in the next game it will do more damage – I am going to need something to take it out!

Imperial Guard “Comedy” BaneBlade

In turn four, I allowed Simon to bring on his new Imperial Guard BaneBlade.

Imperial Guard BaneBlade

It was interesting playing to the new rules, you have to remind yourself to remove your assumptions based on the fourth edition.

I expect in the next game it will do more damage – I am going to need something to take it out!

Spitfire, 70 years old

Today is the 70th anniversary of the RAF’s most iconic WWII fighter plane entering service.

Tallarn Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

As well as my other Daemonhunters Inquisitorial Stormtroopers which are based on the Cadian Kasrkin I have also decided to add a unit based on the Tallarn or I may just use them as inducted Imperial Guard.

Having fitted them to their bases and flocked the bases I gave them a white undercoat.

I do like these models.

See the full workbench feature on the Tallarn Inquisitorial Stormtroopers.

Tau Vespid Stingwing

An excellent ‘Eavy Metal Tau Vespid Stingwing from the display cabinets at GamesDay 2005.

More photographs of Tau.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published!

The BBC reports on the publication of the The Tales of Beedle the Bard:

A collection of fairytales penned by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be published to raise money for a children’s charity.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Rowling first mentioned in The Deathly Hallows, will go on sale on 4 December.

A handwritten copy of the book was sold at auction for £1.95m last year.
Rowling wrote and illustrated seven copies of the book, but offered only one for sale. It was thought the book would never be published.

I expect many Potter fans are very happy about this.

You will be able to buy a standard edition and a special collector’s edition.

Grot Bomb Launcha

The Forge World Grot Bomb Launcha is probably my favourite model of all time.

Having given my Grot Bomb (from my Grot Bomb Launcha) a base coat of Desert Yellow, the next stage was a wash.

I gave the bomb a wash consisting of Chestnut Ink, Scorched Brown paint (which helps remove the gloss of the ink) and some water to thin the wash down.

I gave the launch structure a basecoat of Chaos Black. For some reason the resin has warped a bit, not sure how that happened, but I think as it is quite Orky, I am going to leave it as it is.