Warhammer World Photobomb 3

Penultimate Photobomb from the Warhammer World Exhibition. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves really, there's not much more I can say about them than is present in the image, although this pic was some Ork flying craft/space junker, not sure which but it was impressive.

Love this model.

Wraithlord on a rampage.

All the Empire Wizards

Terrain is everything - Forge World Realm of Battle Cityscape boards

These have been out for a while now and I'm sure if you've got £280 for all four boards they're awesome but White Dwarf Daily reposted the YouTube video below of the boards painted and in use. I think for your average hobbyist on a budget there's plenty of inspiration in the video to consider creating their own board. Some of the plinths and plazas are very simple shapes and a few sheets of foamboard or man-made hill or two could easily recreate the same effect for much less. Even then you may as well just watch it for the sense of drama in the set up - enjoy!

Look around you - more real OLD world inspiration

Came across this website the other day featuring old photographs of a variety of industrial buildings - iron smelters, water and gas towers, mining buildings. For those who are into the terrain building aspects I thought it might inspire.

Not least because these sort of containers are easily modelled as illustrated by the legendary Bugbait_NZ who was the original inspiration for me making terrain in the first place. His models can be incredibly simple to do, just requiring patience and care to get the good results. A true genius in the field.

Some more pics of the the amazing buildings:

Check out the website for more examples:

http://poulwebb.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/bernd-and-hilla-becher-photography.html

40k addict on Youtube - quick 'Look Out Sir' dice rolls

Happy Christmas everyone and to celebrate I thought I'd throw in an extra post and what better post than my first and perhaps last youtube video taking into account the mind numbing and depressing monotone delivery that will undoubtedly cause many of you to think suicidal thoughts! Still, Merry Christmas and all that ;)

So essentially when I was at Throne of Skulls I was doing so many Look Out Sir! rolls I ended up adopting a speed rolling technique that I found useful and improved the pace a little. What you will need is:

• your usual dice and [mine are yellow]
• a single dice in a different colour [mine is red and was gifted by the gaming fairies ;) ]

The process is detailed in the video below:

But, if you haven't access to Youtube the simple explanation is your normal dice form the 'Wound Pool' [WP] and your single dice is the Look Out Sir! [LOS!] dice.

1. Put the WP dice in a pile your opponent can see
2. Pick up 1 WP dice and the LOS! dice
3. Roll the two dice
4. If the LOS! roll passes apply the WP dice to your units saving throw
5. If the LOS! roll fails apply the WP dice to your unit leader's saving throw
6. Remove models or add wounds if the saving roll fails
7. Move WP dice into a new pile of 'spent' WP dice
8. Repeat until the Wound Pool is empty or all your figures have died.

Now the first time I did this I was rolling the LOS! dice separately and the WP dice but doing them simultaneously speeds things up. Since then I've experienced a number of things to be careful about:

• Ensure you make it clear what your saving throws are
• Make sure you are using the correct LOS! value - 4+ for unit upgrades, 2+ for Independent Characters
• Ensure you correctly identify
  

  "LOS! roll is passed, unit fails saving throw", or
  

  "LOS! roll is passed, unit passes saving throw", or
  

  "LOS! roll is failed, leader fails saving throw", or
  

  "LOS! roll is failed, leader passes saving throw"
  it's easy to get mixed up so it helps to verbally confirm what the dice say
• Ensure the 'spent' WP pile is clear for your opponent - nothing worse than going through the WP only for them to say you've only done 6 rolls out of 7 and you're convinced you've doen them all - the spent pile proves this, thoguh equally the lack of dice in your Wound Pool should also prove where you're at.

Lastly, remember it's sometimes handy to want to fail Look Out Sir! because your unit leader may have a better saving throw. And also if your opponent believes something shady is going on because you have a 'special' LOS! dice they're not really thinking the process through because if you've got a 'special' dice that always rolls 4+ then you'd be using them for your main dice! 

Warhammer World Photobomb 2

Yet more pictures from the Warhammer World Exhibition [I've four lots, so two more left] I was a bit giddy taking pics. For the most part I'll let the pictures speak for themselves really, there's not much more I can say about them than is present in the image, so enjoy:

Now that's a horde!

Warhammer World Photobomb 1

After losing atrociously in the Pub Quiz we snuck upstairs to the current exhibition. For the most part I'll let the pictures speak for themselves really, there's not much more I can say about them than is present in the image, so enjoy:

Here are the two nigh identical Astoraths from the Studio Blood Angel army, although I can see now the one on the left is slightly more muted in colour.

It'd be cool to have a unit of Chaplains like this...