Friday, 8 January 2010

CONVERT: Ripper Swarm - Missile Operator

The wishes of Warhammer 39,999 are but my command...

I long while back I went to work on a number of bases to 'bulk up' my ripper swarms into more obvious units. Now, unless you buy the forgeworld swarms, the individual ripper swarms are a little dissapointing. Therefore I decided to dive into the bits-box and have some fun...

Here the 'piece-de-resistance' - Missile Operator Ripper!


Basically a load of vehicle bits put together with some greenstuff smoke plumes to demonstrate the launch. A nice touch is the 'red' button on the unlaunched missile and a 'green' button on the launching one...

If only I could model the surprise on the Rippers face?!?

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Light Relief: The Adventures of Commissar Tighthead #1

Commissar Tighthead #1: Why Tyranids are so hard to fight...


Is it a Tervigon, Trygon, Mawloc, Carnifex or Tyrant ...
problems of identifying big bugs... Click for the 800/600 frame.

Monday, 4 January 2010

Commander's Field Handbook: Calling all stations...


Do you ever feel like your command was just slipping away from you?
Faced Tyranids recently? Or Orks? Or Guardsmen?
Struggled to keep up with the ridiculous number of rules, special characters and unique individuals spawning everyday?

You do?

Well you need is
THE COMMANDER'S FIELD HANDBOOK

The Imperial Guard 5th Edition Handbook

Introduction

This is a concept developed in conjunction with Ron over at From the Warp. The idea is simple, a one to two page crib sheet to give you the lowdown on the strengths and weaknesses of every army on the battlefield.

Are you new to 40k - this'll mean you're never caught 'surprised' again. Played many games, but struggle to remember to place those markerlights or issue commands - this sheet is designed for you!

Codex: Tau Empire Cribsheet

Story so far ...

After a lot of hard work, the crib sheets for Tyranids, Guards, Tau and Eldar were completed... the publishing process took the longest - with Ron's hectic schedule playing havok with delivery.

As the year turned, I received an email from Ron ... he wished to hang up his 'Field Book' boots. FromTheWarp would continue to support and host the links to the fieldbooks, but Ron could no longer prioritise the production in his (Frankly fairly scary) schedule.

So Welcome to the new home of the Field Commander's Handbook.

Please find below a link to the FTW page ... and feel free to download the documents below:

+ Tyranids v3.0
+ Tau v1.0
+ Imperial Guard v2.0
+ Imperial Guard Orders Sheet v1.0
+ Eldar (coming soon)

Eldar Handbook - Created, but in need of an editor...

THE FUTURE OF CFHB

The furture of the Handbook is squarely with you - oh learned reader... have a scan of the above. The Eldar handbook is mostly complete and available on request (via email) for you to look at... after which the world is your mollusc...

The Tyranid Handbook: Soon to need a major overhaul

The Tyranids will need updating, and Space MArines are gagging for a copy ... as for Chaos Marines, Orks, Space Wolves or Deamons - I'm keen to see who'd like to step up to the plate.

So give it some thought and contact me... and see your name in lights on some seriously useful documentation...


NB: It's first come, first served for the Handbook, so whoever produces documentation in powerpoint/word for editing will get top billing... let me know if you're looking at a particular army and I'll put that one aside - but the challenge is out there.

Sunday, 3 January 2010

Surprise Christmas Presents...

Hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! This one's been a weird one for me... the 40k Crimbo's have always been a little fortutous...
  • Christmas 2007 - I buy my brother 40k 4th Edition and get us both back into 40k.
  • Christmas 2008 - I discover a pile of Tau at the local '2nd hand specialist' and land £125 of Tau for £25.
  • Christmas 2009 - My parents are looking to sell up and dig out the original set of lead miniatures I'd been missing since 1992 (I know this as it's written on the bases).

Objects of interest recovered from the detritus of 1992, 2nd Edition madness:

  • 1992 Commissar Yarrick (interesting ... in a very weird way)
  • 1992 Valhallan Squad with flamer and Mortar
  • 1992 5 off Rough Riders (YEAH I KNEW I HAD SOME!)
  • Old School Chaos Dreadnought (It's SOOO cute)
  • A Zoat (yeah, a ZOAT!)
  • 5 Squats ... including an Exoarmour Squat!
Photo's to follow!