Necrons: C'tan finished

Slick here with a painting update. I'm working on a huge Necron commission at the moment and thought I'd share one of the recent pieces I finished for it - the mighty C'tan! Comments welcome!

News: September Firestorm Armada releases

Zenian League players rejoice as the Kedorian Coalition will make its Firestorm Armada debut this September! This faction takes a radical departure from conventional ship design with a each of their vessels being akin to a floating citadel.

From Spartan Games:

The Kedorian Coalition is an ancient race gifted with intelligence and devious political cunning. A valued member of the Zenian League, the Kedorians entered the war in the Storm Zone relishing the chance to stretch their fingers into the sector, seizing territory from the Kurak Alliance and bringing its worlds under their dominance.

Warships of the Kedorian fleet take the form of enormous floating citadels, the likes of which have never been seen in the Storm Zone. With banks of pulse-lasers encircling their grand spires, Kedorian ships are able to move and fire in any direction with equal lethality, giving them a major advantage in battle. See for yourself as you now have two new and exciting Kedorian boxed sets to add to your growing Zenian League force. 

News: September Dystopian Legions releases

Spartan Games is adding a couple of new releases for FSA and Blazing Suns in their September releases for Dystopian Legions.

The Federated States of America Armoured Infantry and Empire of the Blazing Sun Imperial Rifles are now joined by their own imposing Sergeants. Armed to lead from the front, these commanding figures will inspire their troops to new heights of valour.

Leadership is one thing in battle, but there are times when you just need to go into combat with plenty of firepower. The Armoured Infantry Specialist is outfitted with a powerful 'M3' Rocket Launcher, projecting 2-pdr explosive rockets that can split ironclads wide open in a blaze of flame. In contrast the Empire of the Blazing Sun Marksman is armed with a customised 'Long Teppo' rifle, these supremely skilled sharpshooters will pick off enemy infantry from unbelievable ranges - thinning out the opposition and seeding panic through their ranks. These soldiers are armed with two very different types of weapon, but each equally dangerous in the right hands.

Will you be adding these deadly new units to your forces?

News: September Dystopian Wars releases

Spartan Games continues its steady release schedule with a whole host of new ships and units for its various games. Check out the upcoming September releases below:

After releasing upgrade boxes for the first four core nations, our attention turns to releasing new models for the Covenant of Antarctica, Republique of France and Russian Coalition. The goal was to give each a unique feel, with models that work in concert to lend each of the boxes a different gaming style. For example, the CoA box centres on the incredible Euclid Class Dreadnought which can devastate vast areas of the battlefield with its colossal particle accelerator, rocket batteries and energy cannons. The Russian Coalition box, on the other hand, combines advanced generators and powerful mortars for battlefield control with the sheer brute that is the White Navy's staple. Look out for the Khatanga Class Ice Breaker, its mechanical ram is as effective as demolishing ships as it is shattering the thick ice sheets of the White Sea. Finally, the Attack Flotilla enhances the close-range might of the Republique of France with a plethora of Heat Lances. Then, once the enemy's hulls have been vaporised, Assault Corvettes close in to finish them off with elite boarding marines.

Republique of France Attack Flotilla

Russian Coalition Strike Flotilla

Covenant of Antarctica Aerial Support Group

The following Dystopian Wars boxed sets are now available to pre-order from the Spartan Games Online Store. Click the links to learn more:

Covenant of Antarctica Aerial Support Group

Republique of France Attack Flotilla

Russian Coalition Strike Flotilla

Forgeworld: Imperial Armour Apocalypse

The latest Forgeworld newsletter brings us an updated Imperial Armour Apocalypse hot on the heels of the new Apocalypse rules! All of the usual suspects from Forgeworld are contained within:

"Contained within this tome are over 75 updated unit profiles, ready to be added to armies for both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse, as well as 16 Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse Formations, and additional rules and options for the immense Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan. From the hideously warped Chaos Reaver and Warhound Titans and the sprawling precincts of the Necron City of the Dead, to the lightning-fast Eldar Hornet, this book contains vital additions to the arsenal of every major faction embroiled in the eternal war for control of the galaxy."

2013 Indiana 40K State Championship is coming!

Slick here again with some information about an exciting tournament coming up in the fall to close out this year's 40K action! In conjunction with the IndyOpen we are developing a GT circuit for Indiana which will culminate in a yearly 40K State Championship. This year will be the inaugural Indiana championship! There will be three GTs throughout the year which lead up to the state championship. Doing well in these GTs can not only earn you a reduced fee for the State Championship, it could earn you a free entry if you place in the top 2 spots at any of them.

The Indiana GTs will be as follows:

FrostyCon (Jan-Feb)
Indy Open (March-April)
TippCon (June)

The Top 2 players from this year's Indy Open and TippCon have a free entry into the Championship. The remaining Top 8 players from each event receive an automatic invite to the championships and a reduced entry fee ($25).

In addition, there are 32 open spots available for players who did not Top 8 the Indy Open or TippCon. These tickets are going for $35 until September 30. After that the price increases to $40 until the day before the tournament. Tickets are $45 at the door for those who do not pre-register.

To make this event truly special and to start building a tradition, players will be playing for the Indiana 40K cup, a massive trophy with plenty of space to have their names engraved each year. Who wants to have their name be the first to grace the trophy?! In addition there will be several major prizes awarded!

2013 Indiana 40K State Champion  

Second in Command  

Third Place  

Best Imperial Showing 

Best Heretical Showing  

Best Xenos Showing  

Master Tactician  

The Headhunter  

The Opportunist  

The Aggressor  

The 40K Championship will be held in Lafayette, Indiana on November 2-3, 2013. We will post the venue later this week.

Detailed tournament information can be found in the tournament packet linked below:

2013 Indiana 40K State Championship

We look forward to seeing you there! Stay tuned as there will be many more updates coming over the next days and weeks!

Rumors: Latest Codex: Space Marines info

Codex: Space Marines



We have some more Space Marine Rumors!  I'm excited this Codex will be received with open arms.  I haven't heard anything new on a flyer kit, or new developments on the Rhino assault ramp rumors.  I guess we'll have to wait and see.

From Best_Pone on Warseer

Up for release in September is the new Codex: Space Marines. 

(If I were a betting man I would assume it drops either on the 14th or 28th of September).

- There will be 7 Ltd Ed varients. 6 of these will be covers for First Founding chapters, whilst the 7th will have Black Templars on the cover.
This is interesting because all along we have been reading that the new Space Marine Codex would not include Black Templars.

- New weapon family: Grav weapons. I believe these wound against the armour save (so terminators would be wounded as if they had a toughness of 2).


- First Founding chapters will be getting a substantial section each to themselves, so hopefully this can be looked as as Codex: Space Marines instead of Codex: Ultramarines. This will also show in a rule called Chapter Tactics, for which the effects depend on the chapter being played.

- There is a new armour type that at first glance looks to be somewhere between a terminator and a dreadnought - looking more closely, it appears to go over the marine's power armour however.

- This new armour can be armed in 2 ways, depending on the user. The devastator version has either a bolter array or missile launchers mounted on the chest armour, whilst the gauntlets can be armed with heavy bolters, lascannons or grav cannons. The assault version has a bolter array or frag launchers mounted on the chest armour, with assault drills mounted on the gauntlets.

- There are 2 new AA tanks. One tank veterans will already be familiar with as the Hunter, armed an AA missile launcher. The other tank mounts 2 tri-barreled turrets instead.



- There is a new tactical squad. Lots of options as you'd expect, but of particular interest will probably be the grav pistol and grav rifle.

- A new plastic Sternguard veteran squad.

- A new plastic Vanguard veteran squad.

- New plastic characters: a captain, a librarian and a chaplain.

Well, we won't have to wait to long!

 Thanks to Best_Pone, for the update!