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I have undercoated my Warhammer Chapel.
As you can see the detail can still be seen through the black undercoat.
Next stage will be adding the basecoat.
Though designed for Warhammer Fantasy, I will be using this in the main for Warhammer 40,000.
See the full workbench feature on the Warhammer Chapel.
And the new Doctor Who is…
Well…
Matt Smith.
Who?
Exactly.
The eleventh Doctor has been named, and it will be played by 26 year old Matt Smith, pretty much an unknown actor.
Not sure about this. He is younger than Peter Davison, but only by a couple of years.
Well. we’re going to have to wait now until Spring 2010 to see how it works out (and work out it might).
I was lucky enough to get two games for my Sony PSP
Squad Command is a strategy based game which will be very familar to those who play the Warhammer 40000.
Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command marks the first time that the brutal, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe will be playable on the PSP. Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command features fast, action-packed combat through turn-based strategy and an engaging, authentic single-player storyline. Gamers play as the elite Space Marines of the Ultramarines chapter and strive to combat the encroaching evil of the ruthless and daemonic influenced Chaos Space Marines through 13 cinematically-tied missions. With a robust multiplayer mode featuring 9 unique missions, gamers will team up and go head-to-head with other gamers worldwide as either the Imperium of Man or Chaos Space Marines, ensuring hours of unique replayability. Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command will also fully utilize all the portable functionality of the PSP and Nintendo DS, including the dual-screen and stylus, bringing the Warhammer 40,000 universe to life on handheld.
For those looking for an action game you would be better off looking elsewhere. I am enjoying the game and find it tactically stimulating.Gripshift is a different game altogether, a driving puzzle game which I am also enjoying. Basically there are various tracks which you drive over.
GripShift is the first video game for the PSP portable entertainment system to combine high-flying stunt driving and unique puzzle-solving action in an all-out, pedal-to-the-metal driving experience.
Players race as one of six unique characters in supped-up vehicles as they stunt their way through insane twisting levels while collecting power-ups, avoiding traps, beating the clock and challenging friends.Featuring enhanced aerial physics with an intuitive control system, players perform awesome aerial jumps for massive hang time in puzzle-like driving challenges with multiple routes, short-cuts, loops, jumps and power ups. Compete in single player race mode against the CPU, or enjoy multiplayer action with your friends in head-to-head wireless multiplayer. Create and design custom levels to share with your friends or play in one of eight bonus games for outrageous fun.It’s an original break-thru combination of stunt driving, platform action and puzzle solving, designed exclusively for the PSP system.
The new Doctor Who will be announced tomorrow at 17:35 on BBC1.
The name of the actor who will replace David Tennant in Doctor Who will be announced on Saturday.
Tennant said in October that he would stand down from the show after filming four special episodes in 2009.
His replacement – the eleventh Doctor of the TV series – will be revealed in a Doctor Who Confidential programme on BBC One at 1735 on 3 January.
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With Warhammer Historical available, GamesDay 2008 wasn’t just Fantasy and 40K, in Hall 1 there were a fair few historical wargames on show using the various Warhammer Historical rules.
This was a nice game featuring an amphibious invasion, old style!
You can see more pictures of historical wargaming on the site.
I have undercoated my Mark IIb Land Raider with a black undercoat.
This is to be a Grey Knights Land Raider, though I may use it now and again as an Inquisitor transport. As you can see from this shot though, the undercoat didn’t really cover the front, so I might need to give it another coat.
Next stage will be the basecoat.
Full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Have just spent a good hour undercoating various models. Some with a white undercoat and others with a black undercoat. I also took the opportunity to give my Ork Desert Fort a spray of dark red.
Once they are dry will take some photographs which will eventually appear on the workbench feature of my website and here on the blog.
I took a wealth of photographs at GamesDay 2007. There were many games on display including some very nice Warhammer Historical games of which the Vikings game looked very nice. The scenery was excellent and very inspiring.
You can see more pictures of historical wargaming in the historical miniatures gallery.
Having started painting some Old West miniatures, I started to think about scenery. I remembered from years ago that Snapdragon Studio made some Old West Scenery. So let’s “Google” them. I did find them and found their wonderful Old West buldings, however I was also pleasantly surprised to see that Snapdragon had started to sell some of their 1/300th SF range again.
I was always a fan of their buildings and have quite a few in my collection including this bunker.
Simon has one as well.
My Epic battle reports shows many of their buildings off (there are some Forge World ones in the reports as well).
Time to think about which buildings I am going to buy.
I was lucky enough to get for Christmas two packs of Foundry Old West Outlaws (thank you Simon).
There twelve miniatures in total, which should be more than enough for some Old West games.
I shall be using the Legends of the Old West Warhammer Historical rules which I purchased when I was at GamesDay 2008.
A tabletop miniatures game which allows you to bring to life the deeds of the brave lawmen and gunfighters of the most famous period in America’s history. This lavish, full-colour manual contains all the rules you need to gather your posse and play games set on the harsh American frontier. Within you will find eight action-packed scenarios, and a campaign system that allows you to develop your fighters into hard-bitten heroes and villains of the Old West.
Fight alongside some of the deadliest figures of Western legend – such as Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. Rob a stagecoach with the James gang, or try to out-draw Wild Bill Hickock. Grab your sixgun, saddle your mustang and prepare to take part in the wildest adventure of them all!
First stage will be to base them and then give them an undercoat.
Have a look at my Old West miniatures Gallery.