One of the things to consider when painting a miniature from a comic book background is do you go with a Comicbook paint scheme or something a little more realistic?
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| The 8 miniatures included in the Justice department boxset. |
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
JUDGE DREDD #2
I managed to get my Justice Department crew painted up over the weekend. The models below are from the Judge Dredd range of miniatures by Mongoose Publishing. You can also download a free rules pdf from the Mongoose site here. Hendybadger over at 'Tales of a Tabletop Skirmisher' has written up a quick battle report which took place between him and myself last week.
One of the things to consider when painting a miniature from a comic book background is do you go with a Comicbook paint scheme or something a little more realistic?
I will be posting some more coverage of our adventures in Mega City 1 over the next few weeks.
One of the things to consider when painting a miniature from a comic book background is do you go with a Comicbook paint scheme or something a little more realistic?
Monday, 14 May 2012
Warhammer: March Of Chaos
Hello All,
A few weeks ago I was having a strong urge to play some Warhammer Fantasy. This feeling usually passes after a few hours and things return to normal. However this time it didn't. Now let me explain where I normally stand with Warhammer Fantasy.
10+ years ago I was a very big Warriors of Chaos player. When I mean big I'm talking 5000 point battles once a week, sometimes 10,000 on a bank holiday. I knew the army book inside out...if fact I knew all the army books. And then I stopped. Real life commitments managed to suck up all of my time.
Last year Games Workshop released 'Storm Of Magic' this really stoked the Warhammer fires within. I even ventured into the 'All Consuming Darkness' formerly known as the attic to release the Forces Of Chaos once again (Evil Laugh). I even set about refrubing the old models as much of paintjobs back then were very poor (I was more gamer than painter). But unfortunately real life step in once again and crushed any plans for world domination.
So anyways....
Last weekend I was chatting to a friend (Jim) about wanting to play a few 'soft' games of Warhammer Fantasy. Lucky for me that Jim was also a player. He arranged to bring to armies (Dwarves & Lizardmen) along to our next club night. WOW what a great time!!! It didn't take long to get a feel for the game again...and I would say the match-up ended pretty evenly. Less then 2 hours after the match I was thumbing the latest Warriors Of Chaos army book and formulating a new Chaos army to crush all who dared challenge the Gods Of Chaos.....it wasn't as dramatic as that .....more like....' Whats an additional hand weapon do again?' type of thing but you get the idea.
So lastnight myself and Jim took to the battlefield again. His Dwarves and my old Warriors of Chaos. It was only a small battle of about 1750pts which didn't leave me with enough room for a Chaos Sorcerer but even so the action was fast (for Chaos anyways) and bloody. We played 'The Watchtower' which means after turn 4 you roll a D6, add the turn (4) and the roll from the D6 if the result is 10 or more then the following turn is the last of the battle. Jim managed to roll a 6. Having captured the Watchtower, the Warriors of Chaos took the win.
10 years is along time for a bunch of blood thirsty, armour clad, axe-welding, madmen to be out of action....and it showed.
Myself and Jim have decided to run a series of linked battles to slow ease my return to Warhammer Fantasy. Jim will be using Lizardmen while I'm sticking to my old Chaos army. The next battle is in a couple of weeks which hopefully gives me some time to start refrub'in the old models....I might even read the rulebook....but I doubt it.
Below are a couple of photos showing the how the game ended.
A few weeks ago I was having a strong urge to play some Warhammer Fantasy. This feeling usually passes after a few hours and things return to normal. However this time it didn't. Now let me explain where I normally stand with Warhammer Fantasy.
10+ years ago I was a very big Warriors of Chaos player. When I mean big I'm talking 5000 point battles once a week, sometimes 10,000 on a bank holiday. I knew the army book inside out...if fact I knew all the army books. And then I stopped. Real life commitments managed to suck up all of my time.
Last year Games Workshop released 'Storm Of Magic' this really stoked the Warhammer fires within. I even ventured into the 'All Consuming Darkness' formerly known as the attic to release the Forces Of Chaos once again (Evil Laugh). I even set about refrubing the old models as much of paintjobs back then were very poor (I was more gamer than painter). But unfortunately real life step in once again and crushed any plans for world domination.
So anyways....
Last weekend I was chatting to a friend (Jim) about wanting to play a few 'soft' games of Warhammer Fantasy. Lucky for me that Jim was also a player. He arranged to bring to armies (Dwarves & Lizardmen) along to our next club night. WOW what a great time!!! It didn't take long to get a feel for the game again...and I would say the match-up ended pretty evenly. Less then 2 hours after the match I was thumbing the latest Warriors Of Chaos army book and formulating a new Chaos army to crush all who dared challenge the Gods Of Chaos.....it wasn't as dramatic as that .....more like....' Whats an additional hand weapon do again?' type of thing but you get the idea.
So lastnight myself and Jim took to the battlefield again. His Dwarves and my old Warriors of Chaos. It was only a small battle of about 1750pts which didn't leave me with enough room for a Chaos Sorcerer but even so the action was fast (for Chaos anyways) and bloody. We played 'The Watchtower' which means after turn 4 you roll a D6, add the turn (4) and the roll from the D6 if the result is 10 or more then the following turn is the last of the battle. Jim managed to roll a 6. Having captured the Watchtower, the Warriors of Chaos took the win.
10 years is along time for a bunch of blood thirsty, armour clad, axe-welding, madmen to be out of action....and it showed.
Myself and Jim have decided to run a series of linked battles to slow ease my return to Warhammer Fantasy. Jim will be using Lizardmen while I'm sticking to my old Chaos army. The next battle is in a couple of weeks which hopefully gives me some time to start refrub'in the old models....I might even read the rulebook....but I doubt it.
Below are a couple of photos showing the how the game ended.
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| A band of Chaos Warriors give chase to a lone Rune Priest...who dies after being overrun. This group also carries capture standard bearers (not sure thats in the rules or not) |
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| Here the warriors keep the tower as the Dwarves make a last ditched attempt to drive them out. If the dwarves win the resulting combat and had driven the warriors out of the tower then the victory would've gone to Jim as his unit was closer to the objective. They didn't and Chaos claimed the prize. |
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Thunder and Steel (Warhammer Omnibus) By Dan Abnett
Product Description
An omnibus of Dan Abnett fantasy novels, also including short stories and a new introduction for the author.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #37501 in Books
- Published on: 2011-02-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.80" h x 1.81" w x 5.08" l, 1.04 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 768 pages
Features
- New
- Mint Condition
- Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon
- Guaranteed packaging
- No quibbles returns
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Dan Abnett is a novelist and award-winning comic book writer. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and, with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent. Dan's Website can be found at www.danabnett.com
Dan Abnett is a novelist and award-winning comic book writer. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and, with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent. Dan's Website can be found at www.danabnett.com
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Some good, some bad
By Flemming Nielsen
Thunder and Steel is a collection of different Dan Abnett Warhammer material; mostly novels and short stories, but with a few graphic novels thrown in as well. Not all of it is all that great, but some of the stories are well worth the purchase. The omnibus contains a bit of a rant from the Dan, mainly about when, why and how he wrote the stories, a feature which I personally find very enjoyable.
The two first novels in Thunder and Steel are Gilead's Blood and Hammers of Ulrich. Both of them started out as a collection of short stories, which have later been worked into novels. Unfortunately, it shows. Especially Gilead's Blood is rather disjointed. It is also, very clearly, from the earlier days of the Warhammer universe. The style of the stories has changed since then and to my mind, Gilead's Blood is the weakest of the novels in the omnibus. It took me quite a while to chew my way through it, I'm afraid. Hammers of Ulrich works somewhat better, even though it is a joint venture between several authors. At times it is pretty great, but overall it doesn't quite reach the mark. The third, and last, novel in the omnibus is Riders of the Dead, which in my opinion is the best part of Thunder and Steel. This is the novel that makes the omnibus worth buying. The final two shorts stories (Swords of the Empire and Shyi-zar) work. They aren't great, but they are well worth a read as well.
The last 30 or so pages are given over to graphic novels and, frankly, they shouldn't have bothered. Now, I'm not a big fan of Black Library's graphic novels, so I don't really know how well the graphic novels worked originally, but in grainy black-and-white and printed on small pages in a paperback; they simply don't work on any level.
All in all, I sort of liked Thunder and Steel, but it does have a few problems, which makes me feel it only deserves three stars.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Abnett Magic in Omnibus Gold
By Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
Omnibus' are all the rage and what could be finer from the Black Library than to bring together the finest Warhammer Fantasy standalone titles from Dan Abnett, writer and expert extraordinaire.
Within this title you get, Gilead's Blood, Hammers of Ulric, Riders of the Dead, Swords of the Empire, Shyi-zar alongside Dan's graphic novel story, The Warhammer. It's a seriously big title, backed up with typical Abnett prose alongside bloody, gruelling battles tied up with misery, hardship and victory which makes this a real treat for fans of the Warhammer world. My only complaint is that I felt that the graphic novel part should have been darker in places in order to give the reader the full experience, instead it felt more like a washed out representation which was the only real let down of this piece.
All in, this is a real touch of magic to help kick off the new year and when backed up with a surprising price, makes this a real bargain.
For more reviews and information click HERE
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Judge Dredd
A few days ago myself and Mr Hendybadger at Tales Of A Tabletop Skimisher managed to test out Judge Dredd by Mongoose Publishing. Head over to Ian's site for a full battle report.
The rules for Judge Dredd are in pdf format and can be download HERE for free.
The rules for Judge Dredd are in pdf format and can be download HERE for free.
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Wargamer Book Review
Wargamer Book Review (WBR) have just reached the 1000 page visits since its launch on Jan 5th. With a new Wargamming product review posted everyday, email subs, etc, WBR hasn't had much time to thank everyone who have taken the time to visit the site. So from SOC & WBR thank you for your support. With more reviews already edited and more product being added to the store (125 new Pathfinder items added just today) the future reads very well.
Once again thanks for the support and happy reading!!!!
WARGAMER BOOK REVIEW
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Weekly Round Up;; 15th Jan 2012
Hello All,
Female Spotted With Dice Shocker!!!
2 very good friends have taken to the inner-web with new 'Warmachine/Hordes' blogs. Both are die-hard PP gamers and I'm sure that Claire (yes shes a female) and Richard would welcome your page visits and comments.
You can check out the blogs here:-
Female Spotted With Dice Shocker!!!
2 very good friends have taken to the inner-web with new 'Warmachine/Hordes' blogs. Both are die-hard PP gamers and I'm sure that Claire (yes shes a female) and Richard would welcome your page visits and comments.
You can check out the blogs here:-
Adventures of a Jack Marshal
Journal of a Blighted Nyss
100 Visits a day!!! (nearly)
Wargamer Book Review has received nearly 1000 page visit since its launch 10 days ago. This has far exceeded the Admins expectations as much of the initial design/logos/features are still to be added. WBR post a new Wargame Review everyday so be sure to check the website or follow WBR on Twitter.
8th Edition WFB Vampire Counts Review.
Bell Of Lost Soul are running a great review of the new Vampire Counts Army Book. Check it out HERE.
How to Make Banners and Pennants for Miniatures By General Splatton.
The always impressive General Splatton shares this great hobby tip. Why not check out his Youtube channel and subscribe!!!
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
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