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Back in 2012 NASA said they were working on a “warp drive” though it would take some time before we would see ships capable of faster than light travel.
Well we might not see them for a while, but thanks to artist Mark Rademaker, we can see what it might look like.
More photographs and analysis from The Verge.
I wasn’t expecting to see new Ork stuff so soon, or has it been longer than I think since we last saw new Ork releases.
The new Ork Morkanaut certainly is a nice new design, that I quite like.
Personally built and piloted by an Ork Mekboy, the Morkanaut possesses all the lethal kunnin’ of Mork. Packed with glowy gubbinz from the Mek’s own workshop these mighty engines exist purely to cause carnage.
The Morkanaut’s main weapon is a profusion of worky gubbinz and zappy bits known as the kustom mega-kannon. It is also armed with two twin-linked big shootas, two rokkit launchas, a kustom mega-blasta and the Klaw of Gork (or possibly Mork).
Will I get one? Well I might once my Stompa eventually gets finished.
I really didn’t like the new Taurox Prime from Citadel, however I do think the Astra Militarum Wyvern is a much better designed model.
The Wyvern Suppression Tank exchanges the Hydra’s anti-aircraft autocannons for a pair of twin-linked stormshard mortars. The tank excels in the claustrophobic environment of urban warfare, raining curtains of shrapnel down upon enemy infantry with ever exposing itself to harm.
This plastic kit can be assembled as either a Hydra or a Wyvern with 2 crewmen: a gunner and a spotter and has the option to equip a heavy bolter or a heavy flamer.
In many ways better than the Hydra, which you can also construct from the same box. Possibly a little tall, but that’s probably the only thing I don’t like.
The Taurox Prime is a robust infantry assault vehicle. It is heavily armoured with thick plates and is equipped with an array of heavy weapons to support the Scions on the battlefield.
Is it just me, or does the design of this model just look wrong?
The Taurox Prime is a new model from Games Workshop, and I really don’t like it. I think it’s too tall and the tracked “wheels” fail to work for me.
What are your thoughts?
Not much to see here….
I quite like the idea of a digital version of Talisman. What about you?
An interesting move from that Games Workshop.
Their magazine, White Dwarf, is now going to be weekly.
Available exclusively through Games Workshop stores, independent retailers, and games-workshop.com. White Dwarf is an exciting and essential weekly hobby magazine that contains something for every hobbyist, every week – guaranteed!
I think this a strategic approach to get people to physically go to gaming stores. With weekly visits, are you more likely to spend more money? I am sure that is what GW want to happen. However I am sure like others you will remember in the UK when they stopped selling White Dwarf in WHSmiths, that certainly had an impact I am sure, it wasn’t that long before White Dwarf found its way back there.
A physically weekly magazine is an interesting approach and I wonder if it will be digital at some point?
In addition GW are also launching, Warhammer: Visions, a new magazine which will be their monthly journal, and I suspect that it will be available in places like WHSmith.
Experience a visual feast of super high-quality Citadel Miniatures. In more than 230 pages you’ll find a completely new take on the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 in a stunning new extended pictorial style.
Much more of an approach for the casual browser in the newsagents, looking for something visually attractive.
I find it interesting that this is relatively a quick change from the recent big change to White Dwarf. Very interesting approach for sure, will it work? Who knows?
Here are my top ten blog posts in reverse order. As is typical most posts are from previous years.
10. Dwarf City under attack
9. Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines’ Land Raider
8. How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Tau Empire
7. Warhammer Fantasy Village
6. Flames of War – Battle of the Bulge
5. Warhammer Siege Diorama
4. Forge World Diorama – Games Day 2012
3. Death Korps of Krieg
2. Duel
1. Beautiful Dystopian Wars
Really quite looking forward to this.
Really pleased to see that Battlefront are looking at moving into a new era, with the Arab-Israeli conflict for Flames of War.
I always liked the tank models for the Vietnam era, but as I said back in 2011 when Battlefront returned to Vietnam, that:
Quite like the models. Not so sure I will be buying into the era though. Apart from NVA and Vietcong infantry, the US seem to have all the firepower and armour (as they did in Vietnam).
For me the gaming would have not been tank versus tank, more tank versus hidden infantry. With Fate of a Nation, there will be tank versus tank battles, complete with APCs, helicopters and planes.
Will be interesting to see how they support the free supplement, which models they will produce for the era.
Having posted the Space Marine Stalker model yesterday, here is an image of the Space Marine Hunter AA vehicle.
The Hunter model comes with a single barrel, whereas the Stalker has three. It is an anti aircraft tank for the Space Marines.
Having now seen both models, I much prefer the Hunter over the Stalker.
Presented here as a news item.