The first Warhammer fantasy army I started collecting was a Tomb Kings one and with the new incoming Tomb Kings, 3 things/rumors have peaked my interests. The first is the War-sphinx, I can't wait to get the chance to paint it.
The second is the new magic system for them. The focus seems to be more on constructs for this army (as opposed to endless troops for Vampire Counts) as the spells are more buff/debuff and only the lore attribute can restore wounds/models to a unit. So it seems a large force of skeletons may seem to be reduced to a sort of 50/50 skeleton/construct. I just wonder how this new lore (as well as lore of death/lore of light) will affect my liche's.
Finally is the rumor of a special character: Arkhan the Black.
Apparently he's a lev 5 wizard (being Nagash's second in command), but this is where I'm getting confused. The Tomb Kings hate Nagash and as such, all who serve him, so why stick him in the book. Surely the Vamp book would have been better as from his past history and even the recent Nagash novels, Arkhan isn't exactly good buddies with the dead kings. If anything, each time Nagash returns he sides with him, so why Tomb Kings? Perhaps when they release the book and if he is in it they may have an explanation for me.
Oh well, wait n see....
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Sunday, 6 February 2011
I'm baaaaaack!
My apologies for lack of up-dates but things have been rather problematic. With recovering from Hernia surgery and the natural desasters here in Queensland, it's been hard to focus on things. Rest assured, I will have a number of updates up soon.
Monday, 25 October 2010
After the Battle.
The mad rush is finally over. With the Island of Blood battle day gone, I can finally sit back, relax and focus on other projects now. I still have a Master-bred Rat Ogre and a few skaven projects to finish, but I have a few side chaos & seasonal projects to start on.
As for the battle day, it was 3 choices only and since everyone for Skaven were using their blood island box set, I had been asked to bring something more unusual. Since the Master-bred wasn't complete I chose my Globadiers, Jezzails and the Forgemaster (a 'count's as' Ikit Claw). After a crazy battle with various extra rules thrown in the resault was a Skaven victory (but only just). Needless to say, Grey Seer's a pushy, so in future I must remember to ensure that a few stray poison wind globes fall near them.
I'll post up a brief report soon.
As for the battle day, it was 3 choices only and since everyone for Skaven were using their blood island box set, I had been asked to bring something more unusual. Since the Master-bred wasn't complete I chose my Globadiers, Jezzails and the Forgemaster (a 'count's as' Ikit Claw). After a crazy battle with various extra rules thrown in the resault was a Skaven victory (but only just). Needless to say, Grey Seer's a pushy, so in future I must remember to ensure that a few stray poison wind globes fall near them.
I'll post up a brief report soon.
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Be very,very quiet...We're hunting Art thieves.
As I check on deviantArt regually (I'm here), I was reading the journal of one of the artists I have on deviantwatch.
Journal Update
Now I know art theft is common on the internet, but I must say I am impressed that this artist and her friends have managed to find various individuals who have stolen her art and claimed it as their own. She then links their sites and exposes them as art thieves. While it may not seem like much, an artist is very protective of their work and that simple art theft is a major blow to the artist. Sometimes a simple email to the thief will cause them to take the work down, but in many cases that thief may choose to insult the artist back and thus a vulgar and violent language slinging match between the artist's fans and the thief's allies begins. In some cases legal action may be threatened (an artists published work is copyrighted and they can sue you for theft) and in a minority of those cases it actually goes to court.
I applaud this artists actions and hope that down the track people will stop stealing her work, which is fantastic I must say. Now if only I could draw that good.
Journal Update
Now I know art theft is common on the internet, but I must say I am impressed that this artist and her friends have managed to find various individuals who have stolen her art and claimed it as their own. She then links their sites and exposes them as art thieves. While it may not seem like much, an artist is very protective of their work and that simple art theft is a major blow to the artist. Sometimes a simple email to the thief will cause them to take the work down, but in many cases that thief may choose to insult the artist back and thus a vulgar and violent language slinging match between the artist's fans and the thief's allies begins. In some cases legal action may be threatened (an artists published work is copyrighted and they can sue you for theft) and in a minority of those cases it actually goes to court.
I applaud this artists actions and hope that down the track people will stop stealing her work, which is fantastic I must say. Now if only I could draw that good.
Alas poor MundoRare..
MundoRare Closes
In a recent looking through sites I visit occasionally, I was shocked to discover that MundoRare, a fan site of Rare, had decided they could no longer continue. MundoRare has been a great sorce of Rareware info and to see them having no choice but to close is disheartening. I admit that this whole 'wii' clone style that Microsoft is doing is rather boring as having both an Xbox 360 and a Wii there is no way in hell I'm going to get a wii-style game for my Xbox, cause that's what the wii was for duh! (plus Nintendo have had time to fine-tune their system games, unlike Microsoft). So while people like myself wait for another Conker or Perfect Dark game, Microsoft will keep pushing companies like Rare into whatever direction they like.
That said, I don't think Rare is itself without blame, though the recent fan abuse is somewhat uncalled for. Even MundoRare coped it too. For those that didn't understand, they were planning on closing it down but decided to go for an all-or-nothing shot with a documentary. When Rare shot them down, they had really no choice. Another publicity attempt to win back fans blundered and any hope of redemption for Rare (atleast in MundoRare's point of view) was lost. I admit that trying to run an up to date website on something that appears to be dying in your eyes is not worth the amount of time it takes up.
As for the future of Rare itself, I wonder if they suffer poor sales for Kinect Sports will cause Microsoft to distance itself from Rare or will Microsoft accept responsibility and admit their Natal (seriously, is that what the things called?!) project seemed doomed from the start. Somehow, I doubt the latter will occur.
In a recent looking through sites I visit occasionally, I was shocked to discover that MundoRare, a fan site of Rare, had decided they could no longer continue. MundoRare has been a great sorce of Rareware info and to see them having no choice but to close is disheartening. I admit that this whole 'wii' clone style that Microsoft is doing is rather boring as having both an Xbox 360 and a Wii there is no way in hell I'm going to get a wii-style game for my Xbox, cause that's what the wii was for duh! (plus Nintendo have had time to fine-tune their system games, unlike Microsoft). So while people like myself wait for another Conker or Perfect Dark game, Microsoft will keep pushing companies like Rare into whatever direction they like.
That said, I don't think Rare is itself without blame, though the recent fan abuse is somewhat uncalled for. Even MundoRare coped it too. For those that didn't understand, they were planning on closing it down but decided to go for an all-or-nothing shot with a documentary. When Rare shot them down, they had really no choice. Another publicity attempt to win back fans blundered and any hope of redemption for Rare (atleast in MundoRare's point of view) was lost. I admit that trying to run an up to date website on something that appears to be dying in your eyes is not worth the amount of time it takes up.
As for the future of Rare itself, I wonder if they suffer poor sales for Kinect Sports will cause Microsoft to distance itself from Rare or will Microsoft accept responsibility and admit their Natal (seriously, is that what the things called?!) project seemed doomed from the start. Somehow, I doubt the latter will occur.
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Ken vs Archie update
It seems many have expressed their...concern over the issue. This has forced Ian into fan cooldown by giving a brief personal view on the matter.
Ian says :)
While this is also my point of view, it at least shows that they are taking it seriously and still pushing for the future.
Ian says :)
While this is also my point of view, it at least shows that they are taking it seriously and still pushing for the future.
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Skaven March On
Sat - 10th
The battle was a multi-force battle with Chaos, Greenskin and Vampire allies vs Dwarf, Dark Elf and Empire alliance. My force was Snikkitch and his 50 strong Skavenslave unit. Unfortunately for me, the opponents had limited numbers and so were given a Steam Tank. The tank went for me, but where as the Vamp lord character Mannfred and his skeleton group got beat in turn 2, mine lasted till turn 3. I re-arranged my slaves now into a single group.
Wed - 14th
My first battle vs Greenskins at 1,000pts proved to be interesting. It finish in turn 5 with a Greenskin victory, but it was a very rocking battle. My Doomwheel was just crazy and ultimately destroyed a large unit of Goblins and magic n Jezzails shrunk down the unit of Black Orcs and their Warboss. More embarrassingly for them, they got beaten by the Slaves in turn 4 and fled being overrunned by the slaves. The Globadiers win the award for comedy, 4 killing themselves by dropping their orbs, yet the 6 or so hits failed to wound the enemy.
I have been 'encouraged' by the staff to drop Gnithnik and put a chieftain instead for Ld and hitting/survival. As such, I have begun working on Glitch - Skith's Chosen Champion, a converted Skryre Chieftain. Expect to see him soon on my deviantART page.
The battle was a multi-force battle with Chaos, Greenskin and Vampire allies vs Dwarf, Dark Elf and Empire alliance. My force was Snikkitch and his 50 strong Skavenslave unit. Unfortunately for me, the opponents had limited numbers and so were given a Steam Tank. The tank went for me, but where as the Vamp lord character Mannfred and his skeleton group got beat in turn 2, mine lasted till turn 3. I re-arranged my slaves now into a single group.
Wed - 14th
My first battle vs Greenskins at 1,000pts proved to be interesting. It finish in turn 5 with a Greenskin victory, but it was a very rocking battle. My Doomwheel was just crazy and ultimately destroyed a large unit of Goblins and magic n Jezzails shrunk down the unit of Black Orcs and their Warboss. More embarrassingly for them, they got beaten by the Slaves in turn 4 and fled being overrunned by the slaves. The Globadiers win the award for comedy, 4 killing themselves by dropping their orbs, yet the 6 or so hits failed to wound the enemy.
I have been 'encouraged' by the staff to drop Gnithnik and put a chieftain instead for Ld and hitting/survival. As such, I have begun working on Glitch - Skith's Chosen Champion, a converted Skryre Chieftain. Expect to see him soon on my deviantART page.
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