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I have been enjoying the The Day Of The Triffids
I think that there is quite a bit of gaming potential with The Day Of The Triffids, small groups of survivors trying to get past hordes of triffids. Even groups of survivors fighting each other over food caches.
Might try and think of some rules and look for models.
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…
Ork Boyz from my Ork army moving across the battlefield.
A photograph of two of Simon’s Leman Russ Main Battle Tanks from one of our games.
As you can see these Imperial Guard tanks have been inducted to support a detachment of Grey Knights.
The Centaur Artillery Tractor is one of many Centaur variants, designed to manoeuvre and deploy light artillery in the field.
This is one from Simon’s collection.
As you can see, compared to the Baneblade that it is quite small.
Really nice model.
A photograph of one of Simon’s Leman Russ Main Battle Tanks.
One of the huge demonstration games on display at Bristol Conflict 2003 was the excellent Helm’s Deep from the Lord of the Rings game.
An amazing looking piece of scenery.
There are some really nice Imperial Guard releases in May from Games Workshop. As well as the nice plastic Valkyrie, one other release is looking like a possible purchase, the Imperial Guard Regimental Advisors.
The commander of an Imperial Guard army is assisted by a host of orderlies, adjutants, aides de camps and specialist advisors from outside the regiment who are able to liaise with other elements of the battle group.
This blister contains three metal Imperial Guard Advisors, including: an Officer of the Fleet, a Master of Ordinance and an Astropath.
I am thinking they might make good characters for the Warhammer 40K role-playing game or as part of an Inquisitorial retinue.
I managed to get a sneak at the rules, the Master of Ordinance as you might expect can bring down the fury of an ordnance barrage, whilst I do like what the Officer of the Fleet can do. He has an impact on the reserves your opponent can bring to the game, reducing the reserves roll by one. Like the idea of this rule, you can imagine large Imperial ships stopping the enemy starships from supporting the battle, or aircraft of the Imperial Navy strafing a supply column or reinforcements just off the gaming table.
Nice miniature too!
There are some gaming things I buy which I later think, why on earth did I buy that! Then there are gaming things I buy which I now wish I had bought at least five times rather than just the once!
One of those things is the Urban Basing Kit which was released as part of Cities of Death. The box set contains 2 pots of slate, 2 pots of resin details and 1 pot of razorwire that can be used to decorate the bases of your miniatures or cityfight buildings. It was a limited edition and though since then Games Workshop have released a Warhammer 40k Basing Kit, personally I don’t think it is as good as the original urban basing kit.
I would have bought five, but they were very difficult to get hold of, and when I did find them, the shop only had one left…
One of the urban bases I have made using the kit was given (as per my Ork bases) a base coat of Codex Grey.
See the full workbench feature on how I am using the Urban Basing Kit.
There are some gaming things I buy which I later think, why on earth did I buy that! Then there are gaming things I buy which I now wish I had bought at least five times rather than just the once!
One of those things is the Urban Basing Kit which was released as part of Cities of Death. The box set contains 2 pots of slate, 2 pots of resin details and 1 pot of razorwire that can be used to decorate the bases of your miniatures or cityfight buildings. It was a limited edition and though since then Games Workshop have released a Warhammer 40k Basing Kit, personally I don’t think it is as good as the original urban basing kit.
I would have bought five, but they were very difficult to get hold of, and when I did find them, the shop only had one left…
One of the urban bases I have made using the kit was given (as per my Ork bases) a base coat of Codex Grey.
See the full workbench feature on how I am using the Urban Basing Kit.