Space Sharks Bikers WIP

 

Some more WIP shots of the bikers, complete squad.  Some more highlights, some scribbles, basing, etc. still to come (though will probably wait and base all the figs at once).

Free sci-fi skirmish rules

Screwed Up Dice posted a heads-up about Mongoose putting their Judge Dredd minis rules up for free download, and I wanted to pass it along!  I haven't read them yet but I would expect them to be a decent small scale shoot-em-up set.

The Mongoose minis are also pretty cool, I thought about getting some gangers a while back for use in my Scythiak, and they have lots of other mutants, apes (alternative Jokaero perhaps?), and of course Judges (could make for a fun alternative commissar). 

So go download them, pop open a bag of Umpty Candy and give 'em a read!

Fly me to Terra first

 

 Beasts of War just broke some details of the alleged flyers coming out, a Necron flying crescent thing, three Ork Waaaghplanes (probably with one kit, just different weapon options) and a Space Marine Storm Talon gunship.

The marine one doesn't really interest me at the moment, IMO it fills the same role as landspeeders, why have something different?  Meh.  The Ork ones though will have to be purchased!

With a number of the rules they have, plus things that have come out in the last few books, I'm more convinced that at least some of the leaked "Prisoner" set is fairly close to the mark.

Strafing runs.

Storm Talons having a special rule to help protect other deep striking units - making me think that the changes to deep strike and defensive fire/overwatch are more likely.

Other rumors also pointed to other fliers, like Chaos, perhaps there will be another wave of releases later.

Look forward to the Ork flyers, more info on 6th, and more Chaos info!

For more info, check your regular rumor sites soon! (like Faeit 212 which has details).

Also supposedly 6th ed due July 7th (with rules leaks due in the next month or two), and starter set in September.

Space Sharks WIP Ironclad

Jaws - "Eat or be eaten"

Venerable Brother Spielberg, WIP. There are transfers on each shoulder, still needs to be touched up a bit and sealed.

On another note, I'm finding blogger's changes to be rather annoying. It won't even let me type in the compose field, have to do in the HTML box. Pfft.

New Beginnings

 It is a time of new beginnings.  

Bell of Lost Souls is updating their blogrolls after a while of not doing so.  If you were on them before, go get back on them.  If you're a blogger and weren't on them before, I'd suggest doing so.  BoLS is one of the big sites out there; being on their rolls gets you a lot of eyes and interest; after Google, BoLS is responsible for the most hits here.  Thanks guys!  You can get on the rolls by posting a comment here at Bell of Lost Souls.

Speaking of getting exposure from BoLS, one of the ones I just spotted there is Screwed Up Dice.  In the theme of new beginnings, he has a series of intro posts for parents of kids getting into GW games that I found interesting.  If you or someone you know is thinking of getting into the games or miniatures you or they may find them helpful. 

Space Sharks WIP

Just a shot of some WIP Space Sharks.  I still need to detail these and paint the rest, but this is pretty close to how they should turn out!

Space Sharks: Bikers WIP

I've repaired second-hand bikers before, but never really built any space marine bikes from scratch before.  I think that they've updated the kit at some point in the past 20 years or so, as I think I remember a few extra fiddly bits in the older versions.  These though went together very nicely.  A simple but pretty well-designed kit.

What I Like About You (if you were my army)

I was musing today about what it is that I like about various armies, why I pick certain armies and avoid others.  Here's the result of my introspection.