Next to GI Joe, Robotech was my favorite show to watch as a kid, seeing all three series as ten year old on Saturday mornings. While GI Joe never held up well as I got older Robotech did and was my intro to Animie.
Palladium Books has hooked with Ninja…
http://apocalypse40k.blogspot.com/2013/05/gw-drops-specialist-games-collector.html
Looks like GW is dropping all Specialist Games that are made in metal with their push to plastic and finecast. The speculation is that this is because GW is prepping for a…
I’ve moved my blog (thebattlestandard.wordpress.com) and changed the name.
I decided to go to Word Press because while I like Tumblr, I found the tools around commenting and having a greater dialogue with readers difficult to use. Word Press will make it…
Adepticon 2013 has come and gone. Spikey Bits has more extensive coverage then I could ever hope to provide so I’ll just give a topline of what I really liked from this years event.
Looking forward to 2014!
This is the Kensei crowdfunding to create a complete serie of miniatures inspired in the Japanese Mythology and creatures.
I blogged about this when it launched and so far the campaign is looking like a success! All the Phase 1 goals were met and they half way through Phase 2 with a new faction, the Otokodate announced. They haven’t released the fluff but they look like they fit in the vein of seven samuari. Concept art looks very cool.
A mass battle fantasy set in feudal Japan universe is going to be awesome!!
Check it out!
That was the news to come out of Foregeworld’s Open day. It’s unfortunate to hear given that Tamurkhan is an awesome WHFB supplement. I can think of a few reason why it might delayed, Horus Heresy is doing fantastic and taking up lots of resources, fantasy is not selling as well or holding onto this book until the Dwarfs get a new codex.
Here are lots of cool pictures from the event.
https://plus.google.com/photos/113133076298418698776/albums/5863987692951380769?banner=pwa
Thoughts on being a wargamer…
I was pretty excited about Demons of Chaos after reading the army book although I don’t think that I’ll be playing my demons anytime soon. What I love about WHFB, is that the flavor of most armies matches the fluff. Skaven literally have strength in numbers but when things take a turn for the worse, the whole army can start running away and Orcs love to fight but can be prone attacking each other.
Until the recent codex’s, playing a themed army was very difficult for both Demons and WOC. Their new army books have fixed that especially for Demons. It’s now easier then ever to play themed armies around a God with rules that support and encourage like no stand your ground if unit is from a different God the the BSB.
What I think this points to is a big change in how allied armies work in 9th edition. I think in 9th edition, allied armies will be similar to 40K. Essentially, you will run two demon armies in your force (ie Khorne and Nurgle) to maximize how they can work together since they will be allied. This will be truer to the fluff and make for better game play.
Warriors fo Chaos have the distinction of not only being my first WHFB but also my only fully painted army (well, mostly painted). I eagerly picked up the new codex on Saturday. I only had a chance to skim through the book but my initial reaction was disappointment since many of the internet…
What’s the hint of 9th?
Sorry, I left that out. I’ve updated this post with my thoughts.
Source: thestandardbearer
It’s been awhile since I blogged about the latest Infinity models but the new sculpts are great.
Feb brings us an updated Ko Dali who has a badass sculpt to go with her new role as an agent in the Combined Army. A box of Kaplans who look very similar to the blister that was released last year. Both Tohaa and Crusader Bretheren have nice dynamic poses to represent them as jump troops. Yu-Jing gets the Bao troops who have some cool fluff. The sculpts fit within the Yu-Jing style and these guys give some much needed MSV to ISS and a vanilla Yu-Jing force.
For March Aleph gets Pentheslia. Her bike looks the ones we’ve already seen from Yu-Jing.
Nomads get a Reverend Moria box. This provides a resculpt and all models you need in one box.
Combined get the Caliban. This guy is the clear winner in bunch for the March releases. Badass model with Kakuri head on his sword. Can’t wait to get this guy.
Lastly, Ariadna get some love with Caledonian Volunteer with an HMG. If you run these guys in a link this model is a must have.
