This photograph was taken at Games Day 2008 and uploaded live to the blog during the event.
Category: warhammer 40k
Ork WarBike
This photograph was taken at Games Day 2008 and uploaded live to the blog during the event.
Ork Flakk Wagon
This photograph was taken at Games Day 2008 and uploaded live to the blog during the event.
£18 for the Drop Pod!
Later this year we shall see a new Space Marine Codex and with the codex comes a bundle of new Space Marine miniatures out on the 4th of October.
One of the new kits will be a plastic Space Marine Drop Pod and I was pleasantly surprised to find it will only be £18 ($30).
This is based on the Forge World resin model which costs a massive £45!
You can get it “early” by buying the Space Marine Spearhead boxed set which comes out on the 20th September. I suspect they may have a few at GamesDay 2008 in Birmingham the week before.
Metal Deffkoptaz
Though I am growing to like the new plastic Deffkoptaz, I still prefer the metal ones.
I have a flight of three of them and though they never seem to last very long in the games I play, if they do get in range open fire with all those twin-linked Big Shootaz, then they can make a very nasty mess of Simon’s Imperal Guard infantry units.
I even modelled them with bombz, before they were included in the rules in the new codex.
Oh, plastic Deffkoptaz!
Okay so I said earlier on my blog that
I have to admit I am not that impressed. They look a lot smaller than the original metal variants, and more like the (new’ish) Epic Armageddon version.
I was basing that on this picture.
I have since seen a side profile in Apocalypse Reload and today I saw them in the flesh (well in the plastic) at my local GW store.
I am now really growing to like them. They are really nice models.
They are much bigger than they appear in the photograph, a similar size to the current metal model. The detail is excellent and with a good paint job look like they could be really nice. Main challenge appears to be painting them, especially the pilot.
Space Marine Drop Pod (in plastic)
Later this year we shall see a new Space Marine Codex and with the codex comes a bundle of new Space Marine miniatures. One of the new kits will be a plastic Space Marine Drop Pod.
This is based on the Forge World resin model.
Hopefully it won’t be too expensive as unlike a Land Raider, you really need a few of these dropping onto the table.
You can get it “early” by buying the Space Marine Spearhead boxed set which comes out on the 20th September. I suspect they may have a few at GamesDay 2008 in Birmingham the week before.
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.
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
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.
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!
Assault on Black Reach on pre-order
The starter boxed set for Warhammer 40K, the Assault on Black Reach is now available to pre-order on the Games Workshop online store.
For only £40 I think it represents “amazing” value for money.
An ideal first purchase for anyone new to wargaming or existing gamers who want to begin playing Warhammer 40,000, the enclosed starter booklet has easy-to-follow examples and a step-by-step introduction to the game, while the rulebook contains all of the information you’ll need to play the game proper. The two armies provided will allow you and a friend to begin playing right away – these finely detailed, plastic, citadel miniatures have been specially designed to allow you to quickly assemble an army ready for your first battle. For existing Warhammer 40,000 players, this set provides some unique scenery and a handy, pocket-sized rule book, great for taking along to tournaments and events. This boxed game contains a 112-page Rulebook, a 33-page Getting Started booklet, Dice, Templates, Range Rulers and almost 50 Citadel miniatures, including: a Space Marine Captain, 10 Tactical Space Marines, Five Space Marine Terminators, a Space Marine Dreadnought, an Ork Warboss, 20 Ork Boyz, five Ork Nobz and three Ork Deffkoptas.
Despite my earlier reservations about the Deffkopta, having now seen the side view in Apocalypse Reload I am growing to like them.
I think I will be getting a box (or even two).