Badger's Log - Squat Infantry Completed!

Morning folks,

Over the last 2 weeks I've been in full painting flow (mostly as stress relief to a busy period of work), to try and shift some of my backlog and to get out of the hobby lothargy I was in.

It took me a while to finally get a clear day, where I was off work and had time to spray them up - but I managed to get the Squats sprayed up in that time.

Backlog for these guys now stands at:
- 1 Archconfessor Kyrinov
- 5 Dominions
- 6 Crusader Henchmen
- 20 Sisters of Battle
- 5 Command Squad Celestians
- 10 Seraphim
- 1 Saint Celestine
- 1 Immolator

Now, onto some piccies!:

Group shot of all the remaining Squat infantry. Here we've got 20 Warriors, a 5 man Celestian command squad, Arch Confessor Kyrinov, 6 Crusaders and 5 Dominions. Took the pic while the black wash was settling, so the bases aren't finished here...

Celestian Command Squad:

This is my Celestian Command Squad. I know there was a lot of moaning about how they (and other Non-Guard command squads) aren't so hot, but I really liked the idea of modelling them. I think I messed up though and made the model with a Flamer instead of a Heavy Flamer as I intended. Oh well!

These guys have Green cloaks to separate them from my other cloaked squads (standard Celestians have Black, Retributors have Blue). The way I see it is, the more experienced they are is dictated by the colour of their cloak. Bog standard Celestians have no colour, then their cloak is coloured when they specialise.

This is my Apothecary, which is the real reason I wanted to make the command squad. Feel No Pain is always good, and I liked the idea of a Dwarf Apothecary. What's the best pain relief for Dwarves? Ale of course!! So he's heartily drinking a mug of it and lugging around a barrel of it for his chums.

Last unique one is this fella with the Loud Hailer (if that's what it's still called), with his trumpet from the Dwarf Miners kit. Originally I was going to give them a drum, but I thought the trumpet looked better on the figure.

Arch Confessor Kyrinov:

This is one of the special characters I fancied making, just so I've got pretty much every unit in the codex now. For his iconic items, he is the only model in the army to carry a Hammer (his Mace of Valaan) and his Miner's light counts as the Icon he carries (I think it's the Icon of Quenelles, but I'm probably wrong). He's got a cream cloak, so that he should be really easy to spot on the battlefield amongst the others.

Squat Dominions:

Everyone swears by Dominions, and I figured they would be my dedicated anti-tank unit, combined with an Immolator. So I converted these guys up to have 2 Meltas. Also, being a scout unit, I thought that they would carry a much smaller version of an Imagifier, as opposed to a big hefty banner the other units carry.

The Dominions are painted with Red capes to distinguish them. I figured since they're scouts, they're normally fastest to the fight... and we all know that Red ones go faster!

Squat Crusaders:

When the changes were made so that Death Cult assassins were now part of a Battle Conclave unit, I fancied rounding my 3 man unit of Death Cults up to a 10 man mixed unit. So I made these 6 Crusaders with Power Weapons (not sure if they're named "power swords" in the army list). I tried to bulk these guys up with some shoulder armour too, since they'd need to be well equipped for close combat.

Squat Warrior Squads:

These guys are more of the same. 10 man squads, Imagifier, Sergeant with power axe, Melta, Flamer. I've decided to name all my squads after Dwarves from Lord of the Rings, starting with Thorin's company from The Hobbit. I just need to work out a way of distinguishing them on the tabletop.

Squat Seraphim:

Rolling straight on while I'm in painting mode, I started touching up the areas where the spray had missed on these guys.

Then when I couldn't get back to sleep this morning, I figured I'd crack on with the Seraphim and drybrushed the metal areas. So well on the way to getting this army complete now. Just these fellas and the Immolator to go!

Cheers,
SB

Badger's Log - Back in Backlog Part 2

Morning all,

Just checking on the blog this morning and noticed a comment on a post I did back in May about my backlog and lack of hobby drive at the time and thought I'd do a follow up on that. Especially since over the last week, I've actually managed to get some hobbying done.

On the previous post - Back in Backlog - I listed pretty much everything that I had still to get organised hobbywise.

Eldar:

 

 Strip:
- 4 Guardians These aren't getting stripped as I'm sticking with Ulthwe for quick painting.

Assemble:
- 8 Guardians DONE
- 3 x Wave Serpent Weapon sets to magnetise DONE

Spray:
- 3 Wave Serpents
- 1 Falcon
- 6 War Walkers
- 20 Dire Avengers
- 1 Farseer
- 5 Jetbikes
- 1 Autarch on Jetbike

Paint:
- 20 Dire Avengers
- 1 Farseer
- 5 Jetbikes
- 1 Autarch on Jetbike
- 10 Guardians and Weapons Platform

 Dark Eldar

Spray:
- 30 Kabalite Warriors
- 8 Trueborn
- 6 Hekatrix Bloodbrides
- 3 Venoms

I managed to get this lot's bases sanded, but that's about all. I'm toying with the idea of just flogging them on eBay (apart from the Venoms) as I'm not sure whether how bad a state some of them are in, justifies me spending money and time on spray and painting. These are on hold for the time being.

Necrons

Spray:
- 1 Imotekh
- 1 Trazyn
- 1 Cryptek
- 10 Immortals with Tesla Carbines
- 5 Lychguard with Shields
- 1 Ghost Ark
- 1 Catacomb Command Barge

As with the Dark Eldar, nothing more done on these, apart from sanding the bases up. I ran out of spray before I could get to these chaps, but I'm hoping once I get round to them, the infantry are going to be pretty quick to get done.

Brotherhood of the Forge

Spray:
- 1 Archconfessor Kyrinov
- 5 Dominions
- 6 Crusader Henchmen
- 10 Seraphim
- 20 Sisters of Battle
- 5 Command Squad Celestians
- 1 Saint Celestine
- 1 Immolator
These guys are where I've spent most of my time. Everything for this army is now sprayed up and ready to go.

Paint:
- 1 Archconfessor Kyrinov
- 5 Dominions
- 6 Crusader Henchmen
- 10 Seraphim
- 20 Sisters of Battle
- 5 Command Squad Celestians
- 1 Saint Celestine
- 1 Immolator

So everything is on the paint desk and ready. The stuff in italics is almost done now, I think I'm just needing to paint the flesh and reset any black areas and they're ready for a Black Wash and basing. Not bad going over the space of 2 or 3 weeks, considering it's took me nearly a year to start on them.

Bretonnians

  Paint:
- 5 Bretonnian Mounted Yeomen
- 2 Bretonnian Damsels
- 8 Bretonnian Grail Knights
- 1 Grail Reliquae with 20 Battle Pilgrims
- 3 Pegasus Knights
- 10 Knights Errant

These guys just haven't even been thought about, besides maybe "Do I want to chuck them on eBay?". I'm still trying to work out what to do with them, and whether they're worth keeping. Part of me wants to , since they're my first and only Fantasy army and I would like to play. However, I've no time for any wargaming at the moment, let alone a system that rarely gets played by the group.

Although if I remember right, I have painted both the Damsels in that list (no idea when though!) so that's a victory for me!

LOTR Dwarves:

Spray:
- Gimli
- Dain
- Dwarf King
- Balin
- Dwarf Captain
- 7 Khazad Guard
- 24 Dwarf Rangers

Now, in July, I was a very naughty boy. A few of us got into playing Lord of the Rings, which prompted me on an eBaying spree to fulfill a wish I had a few years ago of having a Dwarf army for LOTR (which is what the pic above is from).

I sold most of my original stuff off, including the Dwarf King above, Gimli and some other bits and bobs... so ended up buying replacements off eBay. It also meant these were the first metal models I've bought for ages.

Conclusion
In short, I've chipped some away and clearing off the Brotherhood of the Forge from the paint desk will be a helpful chunk. Next up is the Eldar army to get cleared off since at the moment, that's taking up space in the dining room, spread across the table.

But in that time, I've ruined any progress by getting the LOTR dwarf stuff. So in short, I'm back to square 1!

SB.

40k Starter Set Pics

Morning folks,

Came across these online over the last week and thought I'd chime in with some thoughts. The new starter set really intrigues me, since I'd plan on using the Chaos stuff as allies for my Daemons (or vice versa) and now that the marines are Dark Angels themed.... it means I can add more and more to my Deathwing on the cheap!

First up... Chaos:

These guys look cool, and the Chosen remind me a bit of the BA terminators from Space Hulk. I think the Chaos Lord is a bit weedy compared to the rest of his chums though, although his pose is pretty nice.

Now, these guys are where it's at. Lots of people (me included) have wanted Cultists in the Chaos Codex for a while. I much prefer the Autogun carrying models, rather than the pistol / ccw versions though.

And I also figured, since I had a picture of it, I'd offer a close up of the Hellbrute. The way I see it is, this guy is some cross between a Dreadnought and an Obliterator in terms of look. But he does look ace, and considering this is going to be a snap fit plastic, the pose is great.

Now, onto the Dark Angels:

I like the character models a lot with these, they're simple but cool and with lots of DA iconography. But the best thing on this page..... PLASMA GUNS AND CANNON! I'm glad I held off on buying tons of AOBR marines and Plasma bits.

Also, there's a limited edition Interrogator Chaplain in the top corner. I'm not sure exactly what he's about... whether it's just a splash release Finecast / Plastic mini or whether it's for the first X number of starter sets.

Deathwing look cool, some of the poses are a bit awkward however. Whilst I'm glad they've included the assault cannon model, I'd rather have had 4 Storm Bolter Terminators instead, and get the appropriate special weapon myself (a Cyclone Missile rack).

The Ravenwing look cool and I think the best thing about them is they do look like they're in motion, as opposed to the standard Marine bikes.


So.. what's the verdict and who's planning on picking this up? I'd like to get a starter set myself for the Chaos allies and Dark Angels reinforcements and then plan to pick up various Dark Angels bits over next year from eBay.

Cheers,
SB

Britcon games 5 + 6

So continuing on, today we had the last two games and I was severely hung over with 3 hours sleep and a lot of sugar and caffeine keeping me going.

First game I was pitched against a Deathwing list with a squad of Ravenwing bikers. We were playing Scourging and I had a combination of 8 VP while he only had 7 on the objectives I was unsure how this game would play out as I had weight of fire, but he had 32 terminators and a lot of 3++ invul saves. As it ended he had 4 models left and I had captured 2 of my own objectives (he made one unit run on his last turn) and one of his. Zandrehk and Belial beat each other to a pulp for 6 turns until they both failed their last save at the same time. Another win for me giving me 3 wins and 2 losses and pushing me up to 3rd I was joint with two other people but winning on Victory Points all I had to do was beat or equal their next results Angryman was pitted against the Blood Angels and completely destroyed him while Mike was facing Guard and fought to a draw (the only draw of the tournament).

In the last game I was facing the number one place who had yet to lose a game, and Tyranids to boot with 6 monstrous creatures, one thing my army lacks is anti-monstrous creature weapons. Mike and Angryman were facing each other, my two rivals got matched with two people who were joint 8th and had armies theirs were built to destroy. My dice decided to abandon me and I lost a lot in the first turn, I went with a plan to kill the most Nids I could (gaunts and gargoyles) and ended the game with just my Destroyer Lord left while my opponent had most of his army left. Angryman got a big win against Mike while my two rival 3rd placers both got easy wins pushing me down to 5th.

In the end the final results were Angryman in 2nd, me in 5th and Mole in 7th (I think). Angryman will post the results on here shortly.

For the top 5 armies (out of 12) we had:

1st: Tyranids
2nd: Tyranids
3rd: Blood Angels
4th: Sisters of Battle
5th: Necrons

Britcon Games 1-4

I had planned to do a detailed game by game post, but I have been so tired it hasn't happened.

So basically first round on Friday night I was put against Lynette and her Sisters Of Battle, it is the same army I played 4 years ago at Britcon, with 6 penitent engines, celestine, couple of Repentia squads a couple of Sister squads, a seraphim squad and Jacobus. I forgot all about my scarabs until turn 4 so I left them off and forgot my Flyer on the first turn. Generally it was a close game and it ended with her winning by pulling me off my objective with Celestine (who had died twice). So that was a Loss for me

Second game I was facing a Nurgle Chaos Marine army with Daemon Allies (Epidermus) in Kill Points (Victory points). I got unlucky trying to kill his defiler and it took two turns, u managed to kill Epidermus early negating his tally, and managed to get a win as I ran everything with one wound left away and hid them. So my first win.

Third game I was facing a Guard army with two BIG blobs of conscripts in big guns never tire. This guy had two manticores which really scared me and I made a bee-line for them. My scarabs showed me why people love them, 8 of them just ate his armour, I didn't even get to roll to penetrate. I ended up winning the game with a Lucky Everliving roll in the last turn to contest one of the objectives. Second win for me!

My last game so far (two more on Sunday) was against a Blood Angels jump army, I was dreading playing this guy as everyone had had argument with him about the rules so far. I had also said to him that I was just there to have fun (and try to win) so I tend to play the rules in my opponents favour if I am unsure of it is ambiguous and he said he just wanted to win. Anyway, first thing he said to me was "Do you want to see my army list, because I WANT to see YOURS" in a tone to suggest I was cheating, I very nearly walked away then but just smiled and handed it him. The game ran quite smoothly, any rules he thought were too good for me he asked for proof (which I was happy to show), and there was a lot of me saying, let's just check to be sure and showing him rules he had misread or misplayed. As I was so nice to him I quite enjoyed the game and got completely trounced once he got into combat. It is a shame that he was so arrogant about the rules and wanting to win. That was a big loss for me (I only had my Flyer left).

So, so far two wins and two loses. I am happy with those results, Mike B has also had two wins and two loses, Ste is steaming into the top pile with 3 wins to 1 loss against the only other Nid Player that has powered into first now.

Those of you that say Nids are useless, just need to learn how to play them better, because so far they are demolishing everyone!

Now for some pictures...

GW Rumour Dump for 2013

Morning folks,

Thought I'd share this with the blog as I've just found it while noseying on Twitter.

Here's a big rumour dump of upcoming GW releases for 2013 (from June onwards it seems), apparently from a now deleted Scribd document:

Copy of the deleted scribd document:

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2.  
3. Games Workshop release plan
4. 281041230110209 Imperial Agents Enforcer with Heavy Stubber     RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
5. 284054630110202 Kroot Kroothawks        RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
6. 286010311080200 Cult Hybrid Upgrade Pack        PL      a10     XianD   02      cc
7. 286011130110208 Patriarch Dumas, The Veiled Fiend       RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
8. 280002330140207 Sisters of Battle Canoness with Power Axe       RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
9. 280000211440200 Sisters of Battle Seraphim / Patronica Squad    PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
10. 280000111440201 Sisters of Battle Battle Sisters        PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
11. 280000411840206 Sisters of Battle Exorcist / Catafalque of Sins PL      a18     Len_A   02      cc
12. 500061211470209 Dwarves: Kili & Fili & Longbeard Archers        PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
13. 500062630170206 Dwarves: Bombur with Kettle     RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
14. 504018730770200 Wargs: Dire Warg        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
15. 505007311470201 Dol Guldur: Leaping Spiders / Shiverfang Spiders        PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
16. 505007630170202 Dol Guldur: Spiderlings RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
17. 281047530110208 Imperial Agents Obsideo Assassin        RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
18. 281049111440209 Imperial Agents Deathwatch Kill Team    PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
19. 281049230140202 Imperial Agents Deathwatch Librarian    RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
20. 280002430140206 Sisters of Battle Prioress Lazarea Verata       RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
21. 280002230140208 Sisters of Battle Sister Superior Magdalenia    RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
22. 280000330740205 Sisters of Battle Repentia Squad        RE      b07     Len_A   02      cc
23. 500063330170206 Dwarves: Drogo Baggins & The Tavern Maid        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
24. 507012730970209 White Council: Mounted Rivendell Nobles RE      b09     Sou_A   02      cc
25. 288023030140207 Harlequin Solitaire     RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
26. 283041230710209 Cabal Tarellian Cotor with Dragontongue RE      b07     Len_B   02      cc
27. 283041530110204 Cabal Alpha Psyker      RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
28. 282021211440203 Mechanicus Battle-Servitors / Khorne Caedes Engines     PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
29. 287018930140205 Freebooters Ogreen Kaptain      RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
30. 285000030110204 Cypher  RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
31. 999023630110289 Frodo with Red Book     RE      c01     Len_B   02      pr
32. 505000112070298 Adventure: Gandalf's Quest      PL      a20     Sou_A   02      507060412070297
33. 507060412070297 Adventure: Gandalf's Quest      PL      a20     Sou_A   02      505000112070298
34. 507017730170208 White Council: Lindir the Harper        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
35. 256145512010301 Tau Empire Nautilus Defence Platform    PL      a20     Len_B   03      cc
36. 256146011840307 Tau Empire Mako PL      a18     Len_A   03      cc
37. 256145730740301 Commander Farsight      RE      b07     Len_A   03      cc
38. 256146211440307 Tau Empire Vespid Stingwings / Vespid Spinewings        PL      a14     Len_A   03      cc
39. 500071011870291 Adventure: The Battle at the East Gate  PL      a18     Sou_A   02      501100211870295
40. 501100211870295 Adventure: The Battle at the East Gate  PL      a18     Sou_A   02      500071011870291
41. 500071411470206 Dwarves: Dáin & Iron Hill Berserkers   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
42. 500071511470205 Dwarves: King Thráin & Longbeard Vanguard      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
43. 500071711470203 Dwarves: Young Thorin & Longbeard Mattockguard  PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
44. 500072030170201 Dwarves: King Thrór    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
45. 501061111470209 Mountain Orcs: Azog & Orc Needlers      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
46. 501063230170206 Mountain Orcs: Azog (Wounded)   RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
47. 208263530941100 The Avatar of Khaine    RE      b09     Len_A   11      cc
48. 208284511450206 Eldar Wraithguard / Cataphracts PL      a14     Len_C   02      cc
49. 208284711550201 Eldar Sky Chariots / Shining Spears     PL      a15     Len_C   02      cc
50. 208285011450208 Eldar Warpspiders / Everguard   PL      a14     Len_C   02      cc
51. 208285230150200 Eldar Black Warden      RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
52. 208297830180402 Phoenix Lord Kyme'doc, The Planetwister RE      c01     XianD   04      cc
53. 506005530170208 Men of Esgaroth: King Girion    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
54. 504019211470206 Wargs: Grinnah & Mirkwood Werewolves    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
55. 508000011570292 Adventure: The Fall of Dale     PL      a15     Sou_A   02      506000111570293
56. 506000111570293 Adventure: The Fall of Dale     PL      a15     Sou_A   02      508000011570292
57. 508000811570201 Grey Mountain Dragons: Fire-wyrms       PL      a15     Sou_A   02      cc
58. 208281811450202 Eldar Eldritch Raiders  PL      a14     Len_C   02      cc
59. 208282112050207 Eldar Webway Gate       PL      a20     Len_C   02      cc
60. 208283411250206 Eldar Phoenix Lord Nuadhu, The Fireheart / Alean Vyper  PL      a12     Len_C   02      cc
61. 208283512050200 Eldar Spirit Warrior    PL      a20     Len_C   02      cc
62. 208283911550202 Eldar Dragon Riders     PL      a15     Len_C   02      cc
63. 503024630170201 Beornings: Woodmen Healer       RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
64. 503025130170203 Beornings: Fair Daughter        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
65. 507020230170203 White Council: Arwen & Estel    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
66. 507021430170208 White Council: Galadriel (Barrel)       RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
67. 208286130150208 Eldar Fire Dragon Xentarch      RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
68. 208286230150207 Eldar Dire Avenger Xentarch     RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
69. 208286330150206 Eldar Howling Banshee Xentarch  RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
70. 208286430150205 Eldar Striking Scorpion Xentarch        RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
71. 208286530150204 The Avatar of the Young King    RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
72. 506000112070297 Adventure: The Belltower        PL      a20     Sou_A   02      508020112070293
73. 508020112070293 Adventure: The Belltower        PL      a20     Sou_A   02      506000112070297
74. 508008011870299 Adventure: A Thief in the Night PL      a18     Sou_A   02      500100511870293
75. 500100511870293 Adventure: A Thief in the Night PL      a18     Sou_A   02      508008011870299
76. 206304411040306 Chaos Dark Chapel Upgrade Pack  PL      a10     Len_A   03      cc
77. 206304711540308 Chaos Bike Squadron     PL      a15     Len_A   03      cc
78. 206305211440303 Chaos Noise Marines     PL      a14     Len_A   03      cc
79. 206304811440300 Chaos Thousand Sons     PL      a14     Len_A   03      cc
80. 999030530110288 White Dwarf 5   RE      c01     Len_B   02      pr
81. 506006230170208 Men of Esgaroth: Fram the Watchman      RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
82. 506004130170205 Men of Esgaroth: The Master of Lake-Town        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
83. 508009912070207 Smaug the Golden        PL      a20     Sou_A   02      cc
84. 508008211470206 Grey Mountain Dragons: Braga & Goldscale Worshippers    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
85. 508008730170205 Grey Mountain Dragons: Venomblade Assassin      RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
86. 508008930170203 Grey Mountain Dragons: Goldscale Priest RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
87. 200462312010203 Space Marine Astartes Battle Fortress Defence Wall      PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
88. 200462412010202 Space Marine Astartes Battle Fortress Tower / Pillar of Heroes  PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
89. 200462512340209 Space Marine Astartes Battle Fortress Monastery PL      a23     Len_A   02      cc
90. 503024411570206 Beornings: Meneldor & Swiftbeak Flock   PL      a15     Sou_A   02      cc
91. 506007411470209 Men of Esgaroth: Bard & Greystreak Bowmen       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
92. 506003211470203 Men of Esgaroth: Bain & Quickstrings Gang / Trout Guild Militia PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
93. 508000611570296 Adventure: Assault on the Aerie PL      a15     Sou_A   02      503030111570293
94. 503030111570293 Adventure: Assault on the Aerie PL      a15     Sou_A   02      508000611570296
95. 508000730770201 Grey Mountain Dragons: Bofur on Cold-Drake      RE      b07     Sou_A   02      cc
96. 508009130170208 Grey Mountain Dragons: Dragon Thrall    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
97. 208281612050205 Eldar Lamia Strike Fighter / Moon Siren Bomber  PL      a20     Len_C   02      cc
98. 208283611550205 Eldar Jetbikes  PL      a15     Len_C   02      cc
99. 208287930150207 Eldar Warlock with Force Staff  RE      c01     Len_C   02      cc
100. 208288530950204 Eldar Swooping Hawks    RE      b09     Len_C   02      cc
101. 502065111470299 Adventure: The Clearing of Foul Roots   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      505040111470293
102. 505040111470293 Adventure: The Clearing of Foul Roots   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      502065111470299
103. 505016330970203 Dol Guldur: The Willowhags      RE      b09     Sou_A   02      cc
104. 507010912070297 Adventure: Assault on the Barrows       PL      a20     Sou_A   02      505040712070298
105. 505040712070298 Adventure: Assault on the Barrows       PL      a20     Sou_A   02      507010912070297
106. 200470512040203 Space Marine Land Avenger       PL      a20     Len_A   02      cc
107. 200468512010203 Space Marine Praetor Warmachine PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
108. 200465411540206 Space Marine Bike Squadron / Crusader Bike Squadron     PL      a15     Len_A   02      cc
109. 200467830740205 Space Marine Skyshatter Cannon  RE      b07     Len_A   02      cc
110. 200469630140209 Space Marine Terminator First Hand      RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
111. 200469230140203 Space Marine Librarian with Jump Pack   RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
112. 502054111470200 Silvan Elves: Legolas & Mirkwood Fire Archers   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
113. 503025511470205 Beornings: Gorm & Woodmen Axethrowers / Skin-Changers   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
114. 503025711870201 Beornings: Whisperbark / Gnarlfir       PL      a18     Sou_A   02      cc
115. 504017811870297 Adventure: Clash of the Beasts  PL      a18     Sou_A   02      503030711870298
116. 503030711870298 Adventure: Clash of the Beasts  PL      a18     Sou_A   02      504017811870297
117. 505017830770201 Dol Guldur: Bloodwraiths        RE      b07     Sou_A   02      cc
118. 505017930170277 Dol Guldur: Gwethil     RE      c01     Sou_A   02      li
119. 200462811440204 Space Marine Neophytes  PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
120. 200464511440201 Space Marine Techmarine with Artificer Squad    PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
121. 200468011440204 Space Marine Sword Brethren / Nightflame Veteran Squad  PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
122. 200472230140203 Space Marine Librarian Epistolary       RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
123. 200475630110203 Paladin Marshall Sieghelm       RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
124. 503023811570205 Beornings: Black Bear Pack      PL      a15     Sou_A   02      cc
125. 504017211470202 Wargs: Feral Wolf Pack  PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
126. 504018111870208 Wargs: The Werebeast    PL      a18     Sou_A   02      cc
127. 200470612040202 Space Marine Land Avenger Vulkan / Land Avenger Invictus        PL      a20     Len_A   02      cc
128. 200470331080275 Space Marine Bionics Upgrade Pack       RE      a10     XianD   02      li
129. 200470231080276 Space Marine Defender Upgrade Pack      RE      a10     XianD   02      li
130. 200471330110208 Iron Father Maalthun    RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
131. 200471730110204 Chapter Master Tu’Shan        RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
132. 200480130110202 Severus Agemman, Regent of Ultramar     RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
133. 200480630110207 Helveticus the Ancient, Bearer of Honour        RE      c01     Len_B   02      cc
134. 501084411870296 Adventure: Raid on the Wizard Hut       PL      a18     Sou_A   02      504030111870293
135. 504030111870293 Adventure: Raid on the Wizard Hut       PL      a18     Sou_A   02      501084411870296
136. 504016311470204 Wargs: Lagdush & Orc Wolfcloak Warriors PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
137. 504018211470209 Wargs: Narzug & Orc Warg-Riders PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
138. 504018430770203 Wargs: Dol Guldur Orc Overlords RE      b07     Sou_A   02      cc
139. 507013330170204 White Council: Radagast with Roäc & Swoop      RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
140. 507015330170208 White Council: Galadriel (Water Steed)  RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
141. 201278911240205 Ork Warbuggy / Deff Racer       PL      a12     Len_A   02      cc
142. 201281911240205 Ork Wartrakk Skorcha / Flakk Trakk      PL      a12     Len_A   02      cc
143. 201279011540202 Ork Deff Koptas PL      a15     Len_A   02      cc
144. 201286730140200 Wazzdakka Gutsmek       RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
145. 227162030941106 Dark Eldar Grotesque Squad      RE      b09     Len_A   11      cc
146. 202321411411107 Imperial Guard Storm Troopers / Iron Cloak Veterans     PL      a14     Len_B   11      cc
147. 202342311811101 Imperial Guard Hydra    PL      a18     Len_B   11      cc
148. 271074511840390 Bloodthirster   PL      a18     Len_A   03      186080111840398
149. 271074611840399 Lord of Change  PL      a18     Len_A   03      186080211840397
150. 271074811440399 Chaos Daemons Warp Stalkers / Chaos Furies      PL      a14     Len_A   03      186080311440398
151. 504018530770202 Wargs: Orc Chieftain on Warg    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
152. 504018930770208 Wargs: Orc Wolfbone Shaman      RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
153. 507013130770208 White Council: The War Council  RE      b07     Sou_A   02      cc
154. 507021730170205 Gandalf (Dual Sword)    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
155. 999023730110288 Turin, The Dragonslayer RE      c01     Len_B   02      pr
156. 500075811470293 Adventure: The Last Stand       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      501100511470294
157. 501100511470294 Adventure: The Last Stand       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      500075811470293
158. 500076330970202 Dwarves: Dragon Mithril Company of Dwarves      RE      b09     Sou_A   02      cc
159. 502074211470290 Adventure: The Raven Hill       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      501100811470291
160. 501100811470291 Adventure: The Raven Hill       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      502074211470290
161. 503026230970205 Beornings: Enraged Beorn        RE      b09     Sou_A   02      cc
162. 506006311470296 Adventure: Thorin's Folly       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      500100411470296
163. 500100411470296 Adventure: Thorin's Folly       PL      a14     Sou_A   02      506006311470296
164. 506005811470294 Adventure: The Battle of Five Armies    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      502090111470291
165. 502090111470291 Adventure: The Battle of Five Armies    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      506005811470294
166. 500076111870295 Adventure: Breaking the Siege   PL      a18     Sou_A   02      508020711870294
167. 508020711870294 Adventure: Breaking the Siege   PL      a18     Sou_A   02      500076111870295
168. 500075611470202 Dwarves: Dáin Ironfoot & Iron Hill Boar Riders PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
169. 501085611470200 Adventure: Revenge of the Goblin King   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
170. 501085711470209 Mountain Orcs: Bolg & Great Goblin Bodyguard    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
171. 502074530770200 Silvan Elves: Mirkwood Warhost  RE      b07     Sou_A   02      cc
172. 506002311470205 Men of Esgaroth: Alfrid & Loyal Town Guard      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
173. 506007711470206 Men of Esgaroth: Garf & Footsoldiers of the Dale        PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
174. 504017611470291 Adventure: Blacksoil Slope      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      500100111470299
175. 500100111470299 Adventure: Blacksoil Slope      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      504017611470291
176. 504019411470204 Adventure: The Final Onslaught  PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
177. 508008411470204 Grey Mountain Dragons: Money Bags & Hired Knives        PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
178. 201281712010205 Ork Flying Fortress / Rokk Launcha      PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
179. 201279412010205 Ork Gun Fortress / Mega Tellyporta      PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
180. 201283811440204 Ork Flash Gitz / Tellyporta Nobz        PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
181. 201279911440206 Ork Meganobz / Painboy Cyborks  PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
182. 201285130140209 Ork Warphead    RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
183. 501087411470206 Mountain Orcs: Armoured Hill-Trolls / Frenzied Trolls   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
184. 501085930170201 Mountain Orcs: Orc Stone Thrower        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
185. 502055430170208 Silvan Elves: King Thranduil (Battle Garb)      RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
186. 502055630170206 Silvan Elves: Tauriel (Mounted) RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
187. 502055930170203 Silvan Elves: Castellan Amroth  RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
188. 503026411870201 Adventure: The Clouds Burst     PL      a18     Sou_A   02      cc
189. 505025011470208 Adventure: The Ritual   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
190. 505025111870205 Dol Guldur: The Necromancer / Flesh Avatar      PL      a18     Sou_A   02      cc
191. 505024830770209 Dol Guldur: Narzug & Orc Summoner Coven RE      b07     Sou_A   02      cc
192. 201283912010207 Ork Klan Fort   PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
193. 201284130740204 Ork Boar Squigs RE      b07     Len_A   02      cc
194. 201284430940212 Ork Squiggotaur RE      b09     Len_A   02      mf
195. 505014611470206 Dol Guldur: Tomb Wights PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
196. 505015211470207 Dol Guldur: Mounted Tomb Wights PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
197. 507011511470204 White Council: Galadriel & Lórien Drumhooves   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
198. 507012511270207 White Council: Chief Aravir & Dúnedain Rangers PL      a12     Sou_A   02      cc
199. 507021630170206 White Council:  Dúnedain Runecaster    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
200. 201283611540203 Ork Big Guns / Pulsa Launchas   PL      a15     Len_A   02      cc
201. 201285230140208 Ork Painboy with Cleava Harness RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
202. 201285630140204 Ork Grot Nurses RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
203. 201286930140208 Gorbuzz ThreeEye        RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
204. 201287430140200 Gritlegg Maksmesh       RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
205. 201288330140208 Boss-Kommissa Grotzki   RE      c01     Len_A   02      cc
206. 505026311470202 Dol Guldur: Saruman & The Ringwraiths   PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
207. 505024611470205 Dol Guldur: Vampire Bat Swarms  PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
208. 507010211470293 Adventure: The Haunted Tombs    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      502090611470296
209. 502090611470296 Adventure: The Haunted Tombs    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      507010211470293
210. 507011811470201 White Council: Elrond & Rivendell Spearguard    PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
211. 507012011470206 White Council: Elros & Rivendell Outriders      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      cc
212. 200461211440203 Space Marine Scouts with Astartes Grenade Launchers     PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
213. 200467911540205 Space Marine Gale Claw Supremacy Fighter        PL      a15     Len_A   02      cc
214. 200465011440203 Space Marine Space Marine Tactical Squad        PL      a14     Len_A   02      cc
215. 200465512010202 Space Marine Land Raider Medusa PL      a20     Len_B   02      cc
216. 999030630110287 White Dwarf 6   RE      c01     Len_B   02      pr
217. 503023512070295 Adventure: The Blight Breach    PL      a20     Sou_A   02      505040312070291
218. 505040312070291 Adventure: The Blight Breach    PL      a20     Sou_A   02      503023512070295
219. 503025030170204 Beornings: Grimbeorn (Greataxe) RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
220. 507012111070207 White Council: Radagast's Chariot / Spellfire Cart      PL      a10     Sou_A   02      cc
221. 508012330170206 Grey Mountain Dragons: Fell Hatchlings  RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
222. 500076630170203 Dwarves: Dís, Mother of Kili and Fili  RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
223. 500076830170201 Dwarves: Gimli (Stubble)        RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
224. 500077230170204 Dwarves: Samwise Gamgee (Red Book)      RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
225. 271081411840399 Great Unclean One       PL      a18     Len_A   03      186083311840397
226. 271081511840398 Keeper of Secrets       PL      a18     Len_A   03      186083411840396
227. 507010611470299 Adventure: Gollum's Escape      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      505040611470298
228. 505040611470298 Adventure: Gollum's Escape      PL      a14     Sou_A   02      507010611470299
229. 507020530170200 White Council: Cirdan the Shipwright    RE      c01     Sou_A   02      cc
230.  
231. Note: does not contain re-releases, non-miniature products or the miniature range with codes below 2xxx
232. Note: contains only boxes that are currently NOT in mass production, expect release beginning in june 2013 at the earliest, the bulk of the releases for the first movie are done by then  
233. Note: leaked before the announcement of the third movie, unknown if this is accounted for
234. Note: not every release has to be based on the movie, Games Workshop has released miniatures before that were omitted by PJ, like Glorfindel, Elladan & Elrohir, and so on

 Original source is found here: http://pastebin.com/9EC3qw3b

Lots and lots and LOTS of interesting stuff there, like:
- New Sisters of Battle stuff (updated codex? Another WD update with these new units?)
- Tons of LOTR stuff (due to The Hobbit obviously) but these plastic "Adventure" sets sound promising. Hopefully they're something more than just the film scene boxsets from the first LOTR. I'm thinking like, minigames / campaigns using those figures.
- Lots and lots of splash releases of small ranges of stuff like plastic Greater Daemons, Deathwatch etc.

So what do you guys reckon to it all?

The Road to Britcon: Stops 3+4

A couple of Mondays ago I played against our local New Guy Andy, and his Imperial guard. This was the first game I faced a fortification (a Bastion) and the Eradicator (which really hurt). This was more of a friendly game and we both made mistakes and then jumped back to redo things. I destroyed the bastion after we both forgot about it shooting in the first turn, then Creed stabbed himself from Mindshackling. When my Nightscythe appeared and dropped 15 warriors infront of his Eradicator hoping to glance it to death, instead it was left with one hull point and it then turned round and blasted the lot into dust. The game ended with a win to the Necrons but Andy had managed to almost grab the win back with some lucky dice, unfortunately he wasn't quite lucky enough.

My last practice game I swapped the 5 destroyers for 8 Scarabs (because I had them to hand) and added two normal Destroyers with the Heavy destroyers for a couple extra wounds. I was up against Angryman and his Tyranids again and we we playing Big guns never tire, meaning his Trygons were now scoring and my Monolith. Angryman also rolled for the Swarmlord to be a scoring unit giving Angryman 8 scoring units!!! Against my 5. I had a decent start wounding a Tervigon 3 times and holding up an entire flank with my scarabs. Angryman then blasted my destroyers with everything gaining First Blood and making me believe I was going to lose as I don't have any other Anti-Monsterous Creature weapons.

Fortunately my Destroyer Lord managed to challenge and make his Alpha Warrior and Swarmlord with his Mindshakle, unfortunately we remembered the next day that they both had eternal warrior. The game ended with me desperately trying to kill a final Trygon with 2 wounds left, after my Stalker somehow miraculously beating his other. It ended at 9-(5 or 6) to Angryman, it was a lot closer than I was expecting and a good final practice.

Now all eyes towards tomorrow and Game 1. I will try to keep a running Blog of MAWS progress and my own personal battles (hopefully with Pics)

Angrymans road to Britcon 2012

Hi all,

Angryman here, its my turn to post about my army, once again Hive Fleet Tattybojangles will be gracing Britcon's tables.  the link to the competition is here

Britcon 2012

This will be my first 6th edition competition, I'm looking forward to it but a little worried as I haven't had that long to practise.

Unfortunately Geoff Hamlton, the regular umpire, has had to drop out last minute so I stepped in to help run the competition along with a fellow competitor Martin Jeanes.

I'm hoping to finish in the top 3 this year, the past 2 years I've attended I've finished 4th and I'd like my beloved Hive Fleet to take home a prize.

The Hive fleet

The Swarmlord and Hive Guard

Tyranid Prime

2 units of Hive Guard

The Doom of Malan'Tai with a Mysetic Spore

Tyranid Warriors

2 units of Termagants

2 Tervigons

2 Trygons

I like this model so much I had to take a separate picture of it, this is my version of the Tremorbeast (a gargantuan Trygon featured in White Dwarf)

objective markers

the entire army

This army has 5 scoring units, with the ability to make more using the Tervigons, its contains 5 monstrous creature, which can each deal out a lot of damage.  The Doom will have his innate spirit leech and will using the the new the ed powers.  The Swarmlord will also be using the new powers but from the Biomancy table.  The Swarmlord along with the 2 Trygons will be spearheading my assaults with the Doom and the Hive guard providing support and the Tervigons and Termagants acting as a second wave.

I'll be taking pictures of the event and of opponents armies that I'll post next week.

As usual, all comments welcome.

Games workshop annual financials

Hi All,

Angryman here,

Financial statement

The above link is to the GW annual financial statement.  A lot of it is higher management speak but the meat and bones of it is - we are doig well, everything we have done has increased profits.  What it doesn't give you is decent customer feedback

So what do you think, all comments welcome