End of an era

Tonight sees the final episode of Doctor Who with David Tennant in the lead role. Though this sees the end of David’s tenure, it also sees the end of Russell T Davies who breathed fresh life into the Doctor Who franchise.

I have really enjoyed the new Doctor Who and I am also really pleased it has been such a success too.

I have some trepidations about the direction that Steven Moffat will take the Doctor, though if my prediction is accurate then I think it might be interesting to watch.

I am looking forward to the final episode tonight.

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 sorted the bases I gave them a white undercoat.

See the workbench feature on these Inquisitorial Stormtroopers.

You can see how they will look by checking out the workbench feature on the Tallarn blister.

Feral Ork Cyboars

Having put the boars together I gave them both a white undercoat. The right view.

The left view.


Next stage will be the metal parts, which I will then drybrush with Boltgun Metal.

Unlike my other three Boars, for these models I am using some metal Cyboar heads from the old Snakebitez bitz range – this was before Games Workshop rationalised their online bitz store.

See the full workbench feature on these Feral Ork Cyboars.

The Triffids are back…

Tonight (and part two tomorrow night) sees the new interpretation of The Day of the Triffids. I mentioned this back in November 2008 and quoted the BBC back then saying:

The drama, about menacing plants taking over the world, will be shown in two feature-length episodes next year.

Well, here we are in the final week of “next year” and the drama is on this week!

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.

Superglue

I have been making some of the Forge World models I got at GamesDay 2009. I think I need a different superglue as the one I am using. The Loctite Precision sounds like it should be good, but basically it takes too long to dry… which is not why I use superglue!

Need to find a different glue. Don’t like Games Workshop superglue as when I tried it, after a couple of sessions using it, it became impossible to open!

Doctor Who Prediction

To be honest I have not read any fan websites out there or even much of the official coverage, however I do have the following prediction to make about the end of and beginning of Doctor Who.

My prediction is… well select (highlight) the text below  to see what it is.

My prediction is that we see the Doctor go back in time to the beginning of his life. A kind of reboot for Doctor Who.

Why?

Well first we see the return of the Time Lords which is a bit of a reboot!

Secondly look at William Hartnell’s TARDIS from the 1960s…

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Now look at Matt Smith’s TARDIS.

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Compare that to David Tennant’s TARDIS.

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Notice that Matt’s and William’s TARDIS have the same white windows.

Well not long now to find out for sure…. though we might have to wait until April!