One of the vehicles Simon has in his collection is this very nice Space Marine Whirlwind.
This is a really nice model and I like what Simon has done with it.
More pictures of Whirlwinds.
Author: Felix
Heresy today, heresy tomorrow, heresy soon
Well after the announcement that the Black Library was no longer going to produce Dark Heresy raised a few eyebrows, especially after the initial print run sold out it was interesting to read that there may have been reason behind the madness.
According to a press release from Fantasy Flight Games they now have the licence to publish the role-playing, board and card games set in the Games Workshop universe.
Fantasy Flight Games (“FFG”) and Games Workshop (“GW”) jointly announced today that they have reached an agreement for Fantasy Flight Games to become the exclusive publisher of board games, card games (including collectible card games), and roleplaying games based on Games Workshop’s family of renowned intellectual properties including Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Warhammer 40,000.
Further down the press release we read:
FFG will continue production and new-product support for the Universal Fighting System CCG, the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay RPG, and the new smash-hit Dark Heresy RPG.
So it looks like Dark Heresy is here today and will be here tomorrow.
The new Dark Heresy will be released in July 2008.
You can pre-order from Amazon.co.uk
Cloudships of Mars
I have always liked the concept of Space 1889 and over the years bought the game, models and other stuff.
Through the community feed and via this blog I did find this excellent Cloudships of Mars website (update: link is dead, but here is a different site with photos of the models), which has some fantastic photos and models form the Space 1889 demonstration game which has been at Salute a few years back.
I have always wanted to do an Epic version of 1889, but never got much further than just thinking about it.
It’s these kinds of websites and images which inspire you to get the stuff out and have a game.
Indiana Jones takes $126m
BBC reports on how well Indiana Jones has done at the cinema.
The new Indiana Jones film has shot to the top of the North American box office chart, taking $126m (£63.7m) in its first four days on release.
Released 19 years after the last Indiana Jones film, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened on Thursday following mixed reviews at Cannes.
Still have yet to see it myself, hopefully soon. In the meantime why not look at some photographs inspired by Indiana Jones.
Buy Indiana Jones stuff from Amazon.
Update: Buy Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dwarf Artillery
This photograph of Dwarf stone throwers is part of a display game at GamesDay 2006.
More photographs from GamesDay 2006.
Basing the commander
The Ork Sqwadron Commander is a really nice model (only available as a show model from Forge World).
I used Citadel sand to base the model.
I do like Citadel sand as it has small rocks included which add interest to the base.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Sqwadron Commander.
Abandoned Looted Rhino
Though I have not quite finished my Looted Ork Rhino I have been using it in my games as an abandoned vehicle.
Just added a bit of lichen to make it look abandoned. Glad I modelled the rear door to open, the interior and that the top hatch is separate.
Pulsa Rokkits
One model which worked well in Epic was Pulsa Rokkits.
There use to be a metal version for Warhammer 40K, but Pulsa Rokkits were kind of ignored for a few years
In the current version of Warhammer 40K there are no models and no rules in the new Ork Codex. However there are rules for Apocalypse.
As a result I am thinking about building one for my 40K Orks.
Ruined houses
One of the games I enjoyed a lot at GamesDay 2007 was Aly Morrison and Dave Andrews’ excellent World War One demonstration game.
Here is an overhead shot of a ruined village.
You can see many more pictures of the game on my website.
Russell T Davies is to step down
BBC reports on Doctor Who Executive Producer, Russell T Davies is to step down.
Russell T Davies is to step down as executive producer of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced.
Davies is credited with breathing new life into the show which he brought back to television screens in 2005.
Taking over is the renowned and well respected Steven Moffat.
Bafta-winning writer Steven Moffat will succeed Davies as lead writer and executive producer of the fifth series of Doctor Who.
Moffat said that the whole of his career had been “a secret plan to get this job”.
Steven has written some classic and excellent episodes, including the superb Blink. Makes me thing Doctor Who is in safe hands.
So there will be a fifth season of Doctor Who, the question is will David Tennant still play the Doctor?