Weekly Finds

Officio Assassinorum Assassins by Third Eye Nuke from Tale of Painters - TEN's style of painting helps to make these old school miniatures just pop. Not sure if I could pull off the same style or approach. Suspect I'd go for more of the latex approach with gloss black.

Rebasing Fantasy Models by Tyler Mengel from Mengel Miniatures - For all those Warhammer Fantasy players that suddenly felt the need to pull their models off bases, this is possibly the best solution. This could also work for Space Marine players. An alternative is the 32mm conversion rings from Secret Weapon Miniatures.

White Dwarf 378 June 2011 - Citadel Finecast

Inside this month's issue:

Citadel Finecast - The new product is presented as if it has dawned a new age in wargaming. In some ways it is true as there will be less metal miniatures on the board to have painted chipped off... of course I prefer metal over resin so this is a sad day for me.

Assembling Citadel Finecast - Continuing on from the blatant advertising of the new release, we get even more advertising in the form putting together resin miniatures. It is interesting to note that there is next to no flash on Warlord Queek.

Painting Citadel Finecast - Because Finecast resin is so very different to plastic, metal or even Forge World resin.

The Lords of Pain - This month sees the release of some storming new Dark Eldar skimmers a horde of twisted Haemonculi goodness. Simon Grant catches up with Phil Kelly, Jes Godwiin, and the designers responsible for the new miniatures.

Idols of the Desert God - Following on from the Tomb King release we get shown some of the Tomb KIng models that have been released in Finecast resin. The Ushabti have been re-released and there is the new Liche Priest, Necrotects and Prince Apophas. This includes some background on the cursed scarab lord as well as his rules.

Tactica Tomb Kings - I don't play Tomb Kings or Warhammer Fantasy, so can't make any comments on the advice given by Robin Cruddace. Of course this is White Dwarf so we can assume it is bad or pointless.

Tactica Grey Knights - Mat Ward doesn't touch on tactics. Rather it is a review of the codex with a look at some of the units, wargear and special rules. Of course the interwebz is full of such reviews. On a side note a comment by Mr Ward makes it clear that the design team are actually aware of how the game mechanics work. He pointed out that taking vehicles offers added speed and fire power.

Battle Report Kinstrike - To be honest didn't bother reading the Battle Report. They aren't interesting. Just another way to advertise miniatures... this time the new Dark Eldar miniatures. Maybe if the armies were private collections of the players it would be more interesting. But as it is just boring.

Standard Bearer - Following on from last month get a look at the last four of the "Top 8 Miniatures". The fifth miniature is Mephiston, the sixth is Sam and Bill the Pony, the seventh is the Baneblade and the eighth is Witchfate Tor.  

Armies on Parade - Get a look at some High Elves, Tyranids, Orks & Goblins, Tau and Dwarves. The Carnifex by Tom Hutchlings is posed to look like the old Screamer. Shame the actual unit is so weak in terms of the game.

Matt Weaver's Space Wolves - This army was featured on the Games Workshop blog can't find where. The paint job is just table top and there isn't much in terms of kitbash conversions. However, the Thunder Wolf Lord conversion is ducking awesome. A Techmarine hardwired into the wolf...

White Dwarf 377 May 2011 - Tomb Kings

Inside this month's issue:

Sand and Stone - Andy Hall has a talk with the author and sculptors of the Tomb King release. Get shown some new miniatures, rules for the Warsphinx, bits that make up the Necropolis Knights and the usual sort of army lists.

Illuminations: Tomb Kings - Get six pages of Tomb King artwork as well as some commentary by Andy Hall.

Citadel Hall of Fame - In this month's Hall of Fame Jes Goodwin's Eldrad is nominated. Can find the interviews, pictures and other Hall of Fame miniatures on the website here.

Battle Missions: Grey Knights - Game Developers Phil Kelly, Mat Ward, Robin Cruddace and Matthew Hobday present three new Battle Missions for Grey Knights.

Tribes of the Orcs and Goblins - Jeremy Vetock shares his thoughts on adding character to an Orcs and Goblins tribe/mob/horde.

The Land of the Dead - A quick tutorial on painting Tomb King terrain as well as a look at some of the bits and kits that went into making the terrain.

The Valley of the Dead - A boring battle report between the Tomb Kings and High Elves...

Standard Bearer - In this month's issue Jervis Johnson shares 4 of the 'Top 8 Miniatures of All Time". The first is Chaos Warrior with Bone Armour, Second is Space Marine Tactical Squad, Third is Goblin Regiment and fourth is Morg 'N Thorg from Blood Bowl.

'Eavy Metal - Get some pictures of Tomb Kings and little comments... but nothing in the way of real advice on painting miniatures.

Army Workshop: Rise of the Crimson King - Despite being nothing more than table top standard, Duncan Rhodes' Tomb King army looks stunning. The use of black, red, white and bone gives some great contrast. Shame there weren't more displays of different armies like this one.

Tomb King Models

I'm super excited about the up coming release of all new Tomb King miniatures despite having no interest at present in collecting a Fantasy army. They look cool, and like the Dark Eldar range, they fit in nicely with the established image of the background same cannot be said for the Dreadknight. The miniatures are also filled with loads of modelling potential. The entire range could be used for Thousand Son army... especially, with the release of the all psyker Grey Knights. Now, for any imaginary friends that have been living under a rock the past 24 or so hours, here are the new miniatures which can also be found on the GW website...

Seeing that beast makes me want to revisit Egypt... just looks stunning. As I mention on One Inch Warriors, I'm really hoping the torso is big enough to cover up the chest on the Dreadknight. Also hoping that the 'Eavy Metal team do a proper tutorial on how they painted the Warsphinx/Necrosphinx.

Don't know about the rest of the interwebz, but when I first took a look at the Sepulchral Stalkers my mind went to converting some Slaanesh styled medusa. Just need to replace the upper body with something suitable... suspect that it will be a conversion requiring a commission.

Bit strange only see three boxes being released for an updated army book, but this seems to becoming a trend with Games Workshop. Producing kits that can be used to create multiple unit entries. Just take a look at the Grey Knights. I suspect that there will be some Tomb King players who will sprinkle bits from this kit in with their rank and file miniatures to give some character.

If you want to see the White Dwarf pictures before next months magazine is released, than head over to Drinkin' and Modelin'. Remember boys and girls, don't drink and paint.