Throne of Skulls - Mike - Day 2

Sorry about the big gap. Real Life trumps blogging life I'm afraid.


Game 4 Vs. Blood Angels.
Mission - Annihilation, Deployment - Pitched Battle.
Result - Win

Opponents Army List.
2 x Meks with Kustom Force Field,
2 x 5 Lootas,
Deff Dred,
3 x 3 Killer Kanz,
10 Grotz,
2 x 30 Boyz,
20 Shoota Boyz,
Trukk with Ram,
3 x 1 Deffkoptaz.

Significant Events.
BAD DICE! (I'm guessing he's referring to his own dice as he lost this game).

That's a lot of Orks.

That's still a lot of Orks...

Shouldn't some of those Orks be dead by now.....

The respect Ork players have for their own models is outstanding, lol.

Game 5 Vs. Dark Eldar
Mission - Sieze Ground, Deployment - Dawn of War.
Result - Draw

Opponents Army List.
2x Succubus,
2 x 10 Wyches + Hekatrix in Raider with Night Shields, Flicker Fields and Aethersails,
1 x 9 Wyches + Hekatrix in Raider with Night Shields, Flicker Fields and Aethersails,
1 x 5 in Venom with Night Shields,
1x 8 Hekatrix Bloodbrides in Raider with Night Shields, Flicker Fields and Aethersails,
3 x Beastmasters with 6 x Razorwing Flocks,
2 x Razorwing Jet Fighter.

Significant Events.
Essentially tabled in two turns.
Assault Squad with Librarian arrived via Deep Strike and got a draw.

That's a lot of stuff immobilised if those 4's on the dice mean what I think they mean.

Tomorrow will most probably have an Eye-Candy post to coincide with my Tuesday iHoP article which amusingly I haven't even wrote yet.....

Forge World Newsletter 287

 Forge World Newsletter #287

Hi there,
            This week’s newsletter has a plethora of exciting Space Marine Rhino-related releases: the MkIc Deimos Pattern Rhino, first available at Games Day UK, Rhino and Land Raider door sets for the Minotaurs Chapter, and our redesigned Rhino/Predator Reinforced Armour set. As well as all this there’s a snippet of events news for you too.

MkIc Deimos Pattern Rhino
The ubiquitous Rhino Armoured Personnel Carrier is a mainstay of the Space Marine Chapters, and has been in continuous use for over ten thousand years. Its true origins are more distant still, and ancient records mention the RH1-N-0 Tracked Exploration and Multi-purpose Defence Vehicle accompanying explorator missions during Mankind’s Golden Age. Later, as the armies of the Imperium marched across the galaxy, the Rhino was re-armed and re-purposed for military use, and remains a mainstay of its might to this day.

There are many patterns and designs of this robust vehicle, and the MkIc Deimos Pattern Rhino is amongst one of the oldest variants, first issued en-masse to the Space Marine Legions of the Great Crusade. This pattern is armed with two turret-mounted bolters, slaved to the target-logis systems of the Rhino’s machine spirit, rather than the pintle-mounted storm bolter seen on the later MkIIc design that was more readily adopted after the Horus Heresy.

The MkIc Deimos Pattern Rhino, designed by Daren Parrwood, is a complete resin and plastic kit that contains a standard Games Workshop Rhino kit as well as sufficient resin conversion components to construct the MkIc Deimos Pattern variant. This detailed and evocative kit is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 28th November.

Minotaurs Land Raider and Rhino Door Sets
A mysterious and darkly famed Chapter, the Minotaurs played a major part in the prosecution of the Badab War. Adding their full strength to the Loyalist cause, they were most lauded for their brutal and unrelenting near-destruction of the Secessionist Lamenters during the Battle of Optera.

Designed by Simon Egan, this set of detailed Minotaurs Land Raider Doors and Minotaurs Rhino Doors will be despatched in the week commencing 28th November. Both of these accessory kits are compatible with the full range of Space Marine vehicles available both from Forge World and Games Workshop, except for the MkIc Deimos Pattern Rhino which they are not compatible with.

Rhino/Predator Reinforced Armour
Our final release to be announced this week is a set of Rhino/Predator Reinforced Armour. This popular kit has been remodelled by Will Hayes, and now features different details and optional turret armour plates so that it can also be used on the plastic Predator kit.

Designed to fit the full range of Rhino-based plastic kits, the Rhino/Predator Reinforced Armour is perfect for both adding detail and variety to a Space Marine force and also for representing the Extra Armour upgrade option.
This kit is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 28th November.

Forge World Events News

Warhammer 40,000 Titanicus: Liberation of Forge World Orestes
Warhammer World – 5th November
The Forge World Sales team, and Forge World designer Simon Egan, will be joining the Warhammer World Events team and Black Library for this exciting event based upon Dan Abnett’s Sabbat Worlds novel Titanicus.

We’ll have our Event Only Space Marine Boarding Captain and Chaos Dwarf Hellsmith available to buy, and Simon Egan will be on hand to explain the finer points of designing the amazing interiors of our Titans. We hope to see you there!

IPMS Scale ModelWorld: The International Centre, Telford, 12th – 13th November 2011
Forge World will soon be trekking to Telford’s International Centre for the IPMS Scale ModelWorld 2011 event. We’ll be bringing you more news about our presence at this show in the coming weeks, but can announce that we are now accepting reservation orders for this event.

As with our other UK shows this year, we’ll be taking payment in advance for reservation orders so that it’s quicker and easier for you to collect them at the sales stand at your leisure, at any point throughout the weekend.

A reservation order is the best way of ensuring that we have exactly what you want, including our Show Only figures, so please call the Forge World Customer Service team on 0115 900 4995 to place your reservation. We’ll need your name and a contact e-mail address, and you’ll need your credit card or debit card to hand as well. Remember that the cut-off date for IPMS Scale ModelWorld reservation orders is 7th November. After this we can’t guarantee that we’ll have everything available for you.

Thanks,
Ead Brown
Customer Service Manager
Forge World

Deathwatch - Forge Master Mortis : Current Status.

E-Mail In :

I've been reading through your Deathwatch stuff and was interested in your current stats for your 'Mortis' character. We've been doing Dark Heresy for a while with a very political sort of campaign and now we're looking for something a bit more visceral. I know you've done the 'Fluff' bits but I'm interested in the actual characteristic scores, talents and whatever for a Techmarine character that's been going for a while as that's the speciality I plan on taking and we want to go right up to the top ranks (though that will obviously take a while we realise).

Reply :

Okay then, but this might be a bit dull for anybody not actually interested in such things, lol.

He's got a lot more stuff now and I'm currently building a new model for him.

Last Edited : 07/11/2011

Character Name - Garrett 'Cog' Mortis.
Chapter - Night Reapers (2nd Company)
Chapter Demeanour - By Any Means Necessary***
Personal Demeanour - Calculating
Speciality - Forge Master
Rank - 5, Renown - 67 (Famed).

*** This isn't a standard Chapter Demeanour, it's one I made up for my Night Reapers Chapter.

Characteristic Scores (Characteristic Bonus in Brackets)
WS 58, BS 58, S (20)84, T (18) 84, Ag (2)25, Int (6)64, Per (4)49, WP (4)44, Fel (3)38

Editors Note : Making a Tech-Marine character into a 'Tank that can open doors' is fairly easy, however if you have a less traditional idea of how your character is going to progress then you need to discuss 'Elite Advances' (Page 59, Deathwatch Core Rulebook) with your GM right at the beginning. My GM is very strict with them, yours may have different ideas.

Wounds - 22
Fate Points - 4
Insanity - 10, Corruption - 10.
Movement - Half (4), Full (8), Charge (12), Run (24).

Equipment/Gear.
Astartes Artificer Armour (Thy strength be legend, Bring Death from Afar), Astartes Servo Harness with Breaching Auger, Astartes Storm Bolter, 3 Frag Grenades, 3 Krak Grenades, Thunder Hammer.

Editors Note : His Bolt Pistol and Combat Knife are now integrated into his arms as concealed bionics as you'll see in the next section ;-)

Bionics.
Most are of 'exceptional' craftsmanship as there's no real in-game benefits for having them at 'Master'.
Augur Array, Bionic Arm (Right), Bionic Arm (Left), Bionic Heart, Bionic Locomotion, Bionic Lungs, Calculus Logi Implant, Concealed Weapon Bionic (Bolt Pistol), Concealed Weapon Bionic (Power Knife), Cranial Armour, Hermetic Infusion, Manipulator Mechadendrite, Mind Impulse Unit, Mining Helot Augmetics, Optical Mechadendrite, Subdermal Armour, Utility Mechadendrite.

Editors Note : As my own Chapters background has them with very close ties to a particular Forge World, their Techmarines share many of the Adeptus Mechanicums preferences for upgrades. Thus my GM agreed to allow me bionic upgrades from other systems (Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, etc.) and also to alter any part of my body that could have been considered to have 'failed' my character in some way.

Skills.
Those with an * next to them come as standard though some have been subsequently upgraded, those with ** are standard for a Techmarine.
Awareness +20*, Barter*, Carouse*, Charm*, Ciphers (Chapter Runes*), Climb*, Command*, Common Lore (Adeptus Astartes*, Deathwatch*, Imperium*, War*), Concealment*, Contortionist*, Deceive*, Demolition, Disguise*, Dodge +20*, Drive* (Ground Vehicles), Evaluate*, Forbidden Lore (Xenos*, Archeotech +20), Gamble*, Inquiry*, Intimidate*, Literacy*, Logic*, Navigation (Surface*), Scholastic Lore (Codex Astartes*), Scrutiny*, Search*, Security +20, Silent Move*, Speak Language (High and Low Gothic*, Techna-Lingua**), Swim*, Tactics* (Select One - Armoured Tactics), Tech-Use +20**, Tracking*).

Talents and Traits.
Those with an * next to them come as standard, those with ** are standard for a Techmarine.
Ambidextrous*, Armour Monger, Autosanguine, Astartes Weapon Training*, Bulging Biceps*, Deathwatch Training*, Electro-Graft Use**, Heightened Senses (Hearing*, Sight*), Killing Strike*, Logis Implant, Luminen Charge, Machinator Array, Machine (2), Mechandendrite Use (Servo Arm)**, Mechanicus Implants**, Mighty Shot, Nerves of Steel*, Quick Draw*, Rapid Reload, Resistance (Psychic Powers*), Servo-Harness Integration, Signature Wargear (Master) (Storm Bolter), Signature Wargear (Combat Servitor), Sound Constitution (2), Talented (Security, Tech-Use), The Flesh is Weak (2), True Grit*, Two-Weapon Wielder (Ballistic, Melee), Unarmed Master*, Unarmed Warrior*, Unnatural Strength (x2)*, Unnatural Toughness (x2)*, Weapon Tech.

Special Abilities.
Blessed by the Omnissiah, Improve Cover, Master Armourer.

Deeds.
Blessing of the Omnissiah.

Distinctions.
Jaws of Intellect.

Editors Note : For those of you familiar with other Fantasy Flight 40K RPG systems a Space Marines staring abilities are approximately equivalent to a spend of 12000 XP according to the Deathwatch Core rulebook. If I'm being honest though, I'd put it at closer to 15000 XP due to the 'Unnatural Characteristics' being so bloody useful, not to mention the extra abilities gained when you pick a 'speciality'.

Also, Here's the 'work in progress' that is Forge Master Mortis,

So I hope that interested more of you than just the guy who sent in the original e-mail, lol.

House of Paincakes Article No.40ish

The article can be found here.

As it was Halloween recently I thought some kind of Horror themed Eye-Candy would be in order.....

Asia Argento in Land of the Dead.
I'm not sure how practical that outfit is for fighting zombies now I think about it...

Jessica Alba in Idle Hands.
It has a tied-up Jessica Alba in it.....what more do you want, lol?

Natasha Henstridge in Species.
Is this horror or Sci-fi...doesn't really matter I suppose...

Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn.
The highlight of the film for most men I would have thought.

Kelly Brook and Riley Steele in Piranha 3D.
I think the following pictures tell you all you need to know about the movie really.

Given the fact that the entire genre centres around pretty girls being murdered by weirdos, pretty girls turning into Vampires, pretty girls turning into daemons, pretty girls.....well you get the idea.....I could do the next hundred eye-candies on this subject and still have material to spare but I thought I'd just crowbar a picture of Kate Beckinsale into yet another Tuesday and call it a day (for the moment at least) ;-)

For those of you who care about such things there will be actual 40K war-gaming content up tomorrow. For those of you who don't care then see you next Tuesday.