Community Shoutout - Golden Vinci 2012

A shoutout for an online painting competition being run by the guys over at dieVincis. Below are the details...

For 2012 we organize our first big painting competition the “Golden Vinci 2012”. This competition will start every following year. It gives four categories and in every choice there is a bronze, silver and golden Vinci to win. We think a small statue represent a successful competition more than a small voucher ore money prize.

Community Shoutout - Heroes of Armageddon

After the success of the Storm Warden project, as well as work of Dave Taylor with his Custodian auction, the interwebz is at it again. However, this time it is back bigger and better than ever before...

Shout Out: Mid-Life Gaming Crisis

After my last shout out I figured there should be more. This time it is for a blogger who is doing something very similar to myself. He is collecting all useful articles on Tyranids into a library in a hope to improve the quality of army lists and tactics. Unlike me he has focused specifically on the 'Nids, is putting up content of his own and is deserving of more followers. So without further ado I present Mid-Life Gaming Crisis.

And don't forget you still have a few more days to enter an Army List for Dave Taylor's Steel Legion competition. Emails have been sent out to several bloggers including Kirby and The League of Dastards.

Shout Out: Community Involvement

First up is a shout out for Dave Taylor. Hopefully you all know who he is and the amazing work he does. If not then here are some links to give you some ideas. Click me and me and me! So why is Dave getting a shout out? Well, other then being an awesome guy and an Aussie, he has a project he will be involved in next year and is in need of a 3000 point Apocalypse army list. But, he also wants some competitive 1500-1850 point lists that can be built from those 3000 points. This is something I believe alot of my imaginary friends will be able to help out with. So if your interested then here is the link.

Next is a shout out for Col. Corbane who is in need of some help for a side project of his, Going On Campaign. If you don't know who the Colonel is then now is your chance. A tutorial of his is also include in my finds for the week, which should be appearing on the blog-o-sphere in the next few hours.

Community Shoutout - Dave Taylor's Heart of Gold

It is hard to imagine hobbyists not knowing who Dave Taylor is. But incase you live under a rock. He is one of the guys who has constantly contributed amazing armies to White Dwarf as well as working as the Oz White Dwarf Editor and in the US Tournament Scene. Dave was also one of the guys who took part in the Storm Warden Project.

And for those who have been living under a rock. The Storm Warden Project was an example of how members of our small community can come together and produce great results. In this case it was a bunch of guys coming together to build an army with the support of companies, LGS and even The Bolter and Chainsword. They then did a raffle with the proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.

Recently two of Dave's friends suffered from personal losses. To help them out he will be selling two of his armies. But not just any armies. Dave will be selling his stunning Custodian Army that has featured on the Games Workshop website and in White Dwarf (Oz Issue: 303).

He will also be selling his Hive Fleet Kraken Tyranid Army. This is another high profile army that can be seen on pages 216 and 217 of our 5th Edition Rule books. If you haven't taken the time to admire the armies feature on pages 214-219 then I strongly encourage you to do so. Dave has announced that there will be other charity projects over the year aimed at helping out these two guys. Full details can be found here.

The more exposure this gets the better. And it is not the only example of members of our small community coming together to help others which can be seen all over the place like here and here.