News: GW Ultimate Paint Set!

Check out the latest release from Games-Workshop - the new Ultimate Paint Set tops out at 144 paints!

From GW's site:

"The Ultimate Paint Set is surely the mightiest set of paints that Games Workshop has ever produced, and contains every one of our 144 Citadel Paints. Yep, that's 34 Base paints, 12 Shades, 70 Layer paints, 6 Texture paints, 15 Dry Compounds, 4 Glazes and 3 Technical paints - what's more, all of these come packed into six drawers in a robust cardboard unit. Whether or not you have a dedicated hobby area, this is a fantastic way to organise your paints."

This is great for someone looking to go all out with the painting aspect of the hobby but for the typical gamer it may be too much. It is nice that the box is organized with drawers to keep things organized for those without dedicated hobby space. Will you order an Ultimate Paint Set?

News: Warriors of Chaos teaser video from GW

Warriors of Chaos are on their way! Check out the latest GW teaser video:

BREAKING! Dystopian Legions quickplay rulebook available soon! (Thursday Oct 25th)

Spartan Games has made quickplay rules available for download on their website, you can find all the details right HERE!

Dark Age: Painted Core Starter

Slick here with an update for Dark Age. Today we have some pics from one of our local players' Core faction, and he just happens to be one of the game's designers as well, Bryan Steele! As you can see, these machines are armed with all sorts of brutal weapons including buzz saws! We'll have some commentary from Bryan regarding the starter he painted shortly so keep checking this post for updates. In the mean time, please feel free to let us know what you think about the Core or Dark Age of if you have any questions.

Imperial Guard: Armageddon Medusa (wip)

Slick here again with another update for my Imperial Guard. After finishing up my Armageddon pattern Basilisk I wanted to keep going with tanks and decided to finish off my Armageddon pattern Medusa. Check out some wip pics below and let me know what you think!

Dystopian Wars: Team Battle (pics)

Slick here again. Today we have a few action shots from a recent game of Dystpopian Wars with French/Prussians vs. FSA/BlazingSuns. It was a bloody battle with both sides taking major damage.

Hobby Update: Bone Griffons for Uncharted Seas

Slick here again with the first entry for my Bone Griffons painting log for Uncharted Seas. One of the fleets that really benefited from the new sculpts were the Bone Griffons which really drew me to starting a new fleet. The most obvious improvement for the Bone Griffons was in the size and quality of their undead Orcas which are almost as big as some cruisers! This first pic features all 6 from the starter. I will have some more updates soon so stay tuned! Comments welcome!

Discussion: Keeping a tidy store and satisfied customers

Is your local game store a fun place to play and hang around? Or is it messy and dirty? Take a look at this helpful video from Wizards of the Coast about maintaining a store. There is some good stuff for players and store owners alike. What do you guys think?





Photo above via © Blake Coffee. Website: churchwhisperer.com 
All rights theirs.

BREAKING: Dystopian Wars Terrain from Studio Sparta

Dystopian Wars fans are in for a treat with the imminent release of two amazing terrain sets from Studio Sparta!

First up is the Secret Military Island Base set featuring 3 islands and quite a few drop-on components allowing for varied setups.

The second set is an Industrial Complex:

These terrain pieces will make for excellent objectives and be useful for campaigns as well. We will definitely be getting these when they become available!

Uncharted Seas News: 4 new ships sighted!

Uncharted Seas fans rejoice as Spartan Games is coming out with some new models for several factions!

(Clockwise from top right) Shroud Mages Beacon Class Platform, Orc Raiders Pyre Class Frigate, Bone Griffons Reanimator Class Troop Ship, Iron Dwarves Foundry Class Heavy Cruiser

Each of these deadly new additions are available for pre-order on the Spartan Games online store:

Orc Raiders Pyre Class Frigate (6 models per blister)

Iron Dwarves Foundry Class Heavy Cruiser (2 models per blister)

Bone Griffons Reanimator Class Troop Ship (1 model per blister)

Shroud Mages Beacon Class Platform (1 model per blister)

Shroud Mages getting a flying ship is definitely going to bring them some more flexibility and might help push them back to being the top fleet. Bone Griffons are sure to get a boost with the reanimator ship as well. We will have to wait and see what the stats and special rules are for each of these.

Imperial Guard: Sentinel 1

Slick here again, with another update for my Imperial Guard painting log. Today I have a work in progress sentinel to share with you guys. This one had been sitting unpainted for about a year in my case and with a recent painting competition at our local store as part of a 40K league, I decided to enter him in the dreadnought/monstrous creature category, as guard really do not have many choices in that area. Let's get into the pic:

I wanted to add a little bit of drama to the base and using a spare Ork I had laying around I decided to pose the sentinel stepping on the Ork's arm which was holding a big shoota. As with my other vehicles, I am using a specific cammo scheme.

The army symbol for my Imperial Guard

 The ork reaching over trying to yank out his gun

Got some lens flare for the pilot

Let me know what you guys think!

Firestorm Armada News: Marauders of the Rift

Slick here again. Firestorm Armada is getting a slew of exciting new models with the Release of the Marauders of the Rift campaign!

The Syndicate and Corsairs (left) join the battle!

The current release features models for the Syndicate, Corsairs, OmniDyne, and Pathogen X9-V!

The following models are already available from Spartan Games' online store:

Syndicate Phantom Class Battleship (1 model per blister)

Syndicate Spur Class Heavy Cruiser (1 model per blister)

OmniDyne Foundry Class Dreadnought (1 model per blister)

Corsairs Brigand Class Cruiser (2 models per blister)

Corsairs Outlaw Class Frigate (6 models per blister)

Pathogen X9-V Infected Battleship (1 model per blister)

Pathogen X9-V Infected Escort (2 models per blister)

Dystopian Wars News: More alliance nations arrive

Slick here again. Dystopian Wars is heating up again as some more minis for alliance nations are shipping. Next up are some Belgian reinforcements:

Protectorate of Belgium N-3 Liege Class Land Ship and R-4 Class Medium Tank

The Prussians are also getting some reinforcements with an excellent new airship:

Prussian Empire Aufseher Class Assault Airship and Faust Class Robot

In addition, the following alliance models are available to order from the Spartan Online store:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Zamiec Class Sky Fortress (1 model per blister)

Dominion of Canada Steele Class Robot (2 models per blister)

Kingdom of Denmark Korsor Class Minelayer (6 models per blister)

Kingdom of Denmark Skagerrak Class Gunship (3 models per blister)

Prussian Scandinavia Aufseher Class Assault Airship (1 model per blister)

Prussian Scandinavia Faust Class Robot (12 models/6 bases per blister)

Protectorate of Belgium N-3 Liege Class Land Ship (1 model per blister)

Protectorate of Belgium R-4 Class Medium Tank (6 models per blister)

Infantry Token Set (10 tokens and 20 dice per blister)

Will you be adding alliance nations to your forces?

Pic of the Day: 10-8-12

Dystopian Wars - French/Prussians taking on FSA/Blazing Suns

Imperial Guard: Armageddon Pattern Basilisk

Slick here again. Today I have an update for my imperial guard. I have been working on a bunch of my vehicles lately and the first one that is getting close to being finished is my Armageddon Pattern Basilisk. I decided to go with something similar to the German hinterhalt (ambush) cammo scheme. I really wanted to go all out on my armageddon pattern tanks and I added quite a bit of stowage which you can see in the pics below:

I used a spare tank figure from the baneblade kit to add a tank commander to the basilisk.

 More stowage on this side with a backpack and spare fuel cans.

Interior detail. Still needs some finishing touches in here.

I will be finishing up some small details and then adding weather details. Let me know what you guys think!

Pic of the Day: 10-04-12

Two vendettas arrive to seriously put a dent in some space marines!

Pic of the Day: 10-01-12

Giant cockroach incoming!