So for a few years now, Forgeworld has been dribbling out Pre-Heresy goodies, including the Conteptor pattern Dreadnought. I've heard yes and no, from high to low, for the whole time, including definitive evidence that the next book would be X vs Y countless times. Today I've gotten this lovely little teaser from the gents at the resin works.
Horus Heresy Announcement
I'm excited. This coupled with the new rules set and the pending release of Codex: CSM...
Anyone else excited? I mean, if the word on the street is correct and the FW lists gain legitimacy, then there could be all kinds of amazing allies combinations on the horizon.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Nostalgia
So I was sitting around thinking about the Allies post I worked up earlier, and I got to thinking about the game as I got into it way back into it last decade...
A buddy of mine had some small assortment of D&D figs, as well as some randomly chosen 40k minis... one of which was a Space Marine with Heavy Bolter. The figure caught my eye and my brain flashed back to 1998 and one of my friends in high school showing me an impressive collection of Second Edition Space Marines. I had only a passing interest at the time, playing Decipher's Star Wars CCG and MTG, as well as the MB classics; ie Axis & Allies.
My interest, which had imprinted unknowingly, was to be fully sparked now.
I inquired as to where my friend had gotten his few scifi minis, and he told me of the first FLGS I was to attend. Over the course of the next couple months, I bought anything Space Marines that caught my eye. I had quite the collection of special characters, including this Black Templar Marshall (the one on the left), and this Games Day 1999 Limited ed. fig. I painted with a scheme that was somewhat original. No one around here was using it, and the internet was a little guy back then. The seeds of the community were there. Terragenesis, one of the first terrain sites I found, is still around.
So one day the guy who was using his 40k figs for D&D came around and discovered my collection of figures. He asked, when did I start playing? I replied, Just collecting. He informed me that I had the makings of a decent army in sheer number of figs. It was at this point that I first considered a rulebook and codex...
A buddy of mine had some small assortment of D&D figs, as well as some randomly chosen 40k minis... one of which was a Space Marine with Heavy Bolter. The figure caught my eye and my brain flashed back to 1998 and one of my friends in high school showing me an impressive collection of Second Edition Space Marines. I had only a passing interest at the time, playing Decipher's Star Wars CCG and MTG, as well as the MB classics; ie Axis & Allies.
My interest, which had imprinted unknowingly, was to be fully sparked now.
I inquired as to where my friend had gotten his few scifi minis, and he told me of the first FLGS I was to attend. Over the course of the next couple months, I bought anything Space Marines that caught my eye. I had quite the collection of special characters, including this Black Templar Marshall (the one on the left), and this Games Day 1999 Limited ed. fig. I painted with a scheme that was somewhat original. No one around here was using it, and the internet was a little guy back then. The seeds of the community were there. Terragenesis, one of the first terrain sites I found, is still around.
So one day the guy who was using his 40k figs for D&D came around and discovered my collection of figures. He asked, when did I start playing? I replied, Just collecting. He informed me that I had the makings of a decent army in sheer number of figs. It was at this point that I first considered a rulebook and codex...
Allies and Collecting
So one of my favorite parts of 6th ed is the new Allies rules. This is a great excuse to collect more awesome for my shelves. To reflect this, I'd like to repost a bit I offered about collecting from circa 2009.
"I got a large armoured reinforcement for my Imperial Guard over this most recent weekend. One of my gaming acquaintance who is leaving the 40k hobby sold them to me. I got six Leman Russ tanks with a variety of turrets, five Chimeras, four Sentinels, two Hell Hounds, a Thunderer Siege tank, a Laser Destroyer, a Medusa Siege gun, a Salamander scout, and an Earthshaker platform. Well now I'm not gloating (not too much), but this month's Standard Bearer in White Dwarf magazine was about the collection aspect of the hobby. With this new armoured influx, my collection of Imperial Guard now numbers over 40 vehicles, including a mighty Bane Blade. What do I do with them? Play Apocalypse games? Not really, actually. Right now I look for an out of the way place to stash them so they aren't underfoot or in reach of my toddler daughter. I am ever so slowly working through the process of painting and repairing them all, since most of them I have gotten in trade. This last batch I bought outright, but at a serious discount. Where was I? Collecting, that's right. Most of my friends in the hobby collect exactly what they need for their army and thats it. If they find a unit that works better, they replace something and shelf it from their army until it can be traded away or sold. My Imperial Guard collection has been growing since the release of the codex in 2003. I have Steel Legion, Cadians, Stormtroopers, and Death Korps of Krieg, and Adeptus Mechanicus models. There are lots of conversions in my army since I can't seem to leave well enough alone, and I expect it will be true of my Orks as well. I'm all about my collection. It's what does it for me about the hobby. I've played one whole game since the launch of 5th edition. I hope to play more with my Orks and I have high hopes for the new Guard codex release in May. More for me to add to my collection. I guess my point is, don't be afraid to collect the figures that you like from what ever you play. Even if you never use them, as long as they make you happy, go with it."
Since then around 99% of my hobby stuff was lost to me. I'm slowly working on my forces, but instead of collecting a pile of work that needs to be done, now I'm finishing the bits I have before collecting more. Getting into this habit has helped me follow the mantra some hobbyists try to achieve: one unit at a time.
Now everywhere you look on the web, people are offering different power lists made of the myriad of combos available on the new allies matrix. These are great for the competitive gamer, but I'm looking for something a little more fluffy. So besides thinking what I could add, I am also considering how I can cast it in the allies role. For example, Adeptus Mechanicus-counts-as-Space Marines.
"I got a large armoured reinforcement for my Imperial Guard over this most recent weekend. One of my gaming acquaintance who is leaving the 40k hobby sold them to me. I got six Leman Russ tanks with a variety of turrets, five Chimeras, four Sentinels, two Hell Hounds, a Thunderer Siege tank, a Laser Destroyer, a Medusa Siege gun, a Salamander scout, and an Earthshaker platform. Well now I'm not gloating (not too much), but this month's Standard Bearer in White Dwarf magazine was about the collection aspect of the hobby. With this new armoured influx, my collection of Imperial Guard now numbers over 40 vehicles, including a mighty Bane Blade. What do I do with them? Play Apocalypse games? Not really, actually. Right now I look for an out of the way place to stash them so they aren't underfoot or in reach of my toddler daughter. I am ever so slowly working through the process of painting and repairing them all, since most of them I have gotten in trade. This last batch I bought outright, but at a serious discount. Where was I? Collecting, that's right. Most of my friends in the hobby collect exactly what they need for their army and thats it. If they find a unit that works better, they replace something and shelf it from their army until it can be traded away or sold. My Imperial Guard collection has been growing since the release of the codex in 2003. I have Steel Legion, Cadians, Stormtroopers, and Death Korps of Krieg, and Adeptus Mechanicus models. There are lots of conversions in my army since I can't seem to leave well enough alone, and I expect it will be true of my Orks as well. I'm all about my collection. It's what does it for me about the hobby. I've played one whole game since the launch of 5th edition. I hope to play more with my Orks and I have high hopes for the new Guard codex release in May. More for me to add to my collection. I guess my point is, don't be afraid to collect the figures that you like from what ever you play. Even if you never use them, as long as they make you happy, go with it."
Since then around 99% of my hobby stuff was lost to me. I'm slowly working on my forces, but instead of collecting a pile of work that needs to be done, now I'm finishing the bits I have before collecting more. Getting into this habit has helped me follow the mantra some hobbyists try to achieve: one unit at a time.
Now everywhere you look on the web, people are offering different power lists made of the myriad of combos available on the new allies matrix. These are great for the competitive gamer, but I'm looking for something a little more fluffy. So besides thinking what I could add, I am also considering how I can cast it in the allies role. For example, Adeptus Mechanicus-counts-as-Space Marines.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
On the Shelf
I'm in Barnes & Noble at The Gateway SLC, perusing the latest scifi offerings, and to my surprise there are 10 Black Library books.
Here is a list of em:
The Emperor's Gift - Aaron Dembski-Bowden
The Macharian Crusade Angel of Fire - William King
Dead Winter - C.L. Werner
Path of the Seer - Gav Thorpe
Void Stalker - Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Phalanx - Ben Counter
Ultramarines The Second Omnibus - Graham McNeill
Gotrek and Felix The Anthology
The Best of Hammer and Bolter vol I
- both edited by Christian Dunn
Now there has been BL novels available for quite some time at B&N, but this is the first time I've ever seen so many at once on the new rack, regardless of how many had been released... And it makes me happy.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
6th Edition Launches
Here are some shots of the guys getting their first look at the new rules. One dedicated gamer read the rules front to back while others read for games in progress, and the whole lot put their heads together to come to a consensus on how some of the rules play.
Adam directs Ork fire against Joe's Crimson Fists
Necrons vs Orks and Marines
Eldar vs Tau vs Orks
Another gamer was assembling his new Chaos Daemon Horrors for his allied contingent to his Chaos Space Marines.
And one of the employees demonstrated proper tool safety...
...don't do what he did.
Cheers,
Xi
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