Second Wave Orks
First, a few special characters
These are supposedly due out in January 2009:
Ork Nob sprue. Lots of keen and unusual looking weapons on there. Should replace the current clunky pewter figures (five to a box).
The Grot box. You can see the body for the runt-herd to the middle left there.
The Grot kit all painted up. Is this the entire contents of the box. If so, I wonder how much it will be? I predict it will be a $22 kit like the other types.
Battlewagon sprue.
Battlewagon all put together. Larger than a land raider. I heard it is going to be $50. Booking for November
Need… to set up…. projects… for…
November.
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I’m serious people.
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Vote with your wallet.
On the Block
Picture: an Empire Heavens Wizard converted from a bretonnian sorceress (hand and staff converted). This is one of many items I put up for sale today.
I am currently booking projects for November. We are under-booked. Projects can get immediate attention.
Wardemon from Ultraforge
This is from a company called Ultraforge. They are putting out some absolutely amazing figures.
PS- We didn’t paint this figure.
Imperial Guard Rumors
Here’s some tasty flotsam I picked up about Imperial Guard, followed by my own comments:
The focus of the new IG dex is troops and so is the only information I have regarding new Dex.
First of all Guard are now 4 points each, but this is the “Ground level” guard so to speak. They can have no Special weapons or heavy weapons at all, in all respects they are the new conscripts but with normal guard stats.
There are several types of Platoon as we have already heard, Heavy Weapons, Forward Team, Armoured Devision, Airborne
In addition, each platoon is able to include 1 supporting unit, and this will NOT count towards the FOC.
The supporting unit varys in accordence to how its platoon is organised.
Heavy weapon platoons may take 3 heavy weapons per squad (10 man squad) but no special weapons, these is a points increase per guardsmen but he didn’t reveal these. The heavy weapons platoon may take a Fire Support Squad or a Standard Leman Russ. There is additional heavy weapons being given to the guard which are only avaliable in this Fire support squad and not in the main platoon squads.
Forward Team is able to take 3 special weapons (Flamer, Melta, Plasma, GL) but no heavy weapons, in addition they gain Infiltrate. Their supporting units include Veteran Squad and Sentinel Squad. The Veteran squad also gains Infiltrate.
Armoured division is mounted in Chimeras. They can take a combination of either 3 special weapons or 1 heavy and 1 special weapon. Their support units are Leman Russ Battle tank and Veteran Squad who must also be mounted in a Chimera.
Airborne I was not given much information about but I am guessing it is deepstrike and probably something revolving around Storm Troopers and Valkarey.
The reason Leman Russ are being included in the platoons as they want to push it being the main battle tank of the Imperial Guard and have it represented so.
Shawn’s Comments (who cares?)
I’m going on record here saying that I predict that Storm Troopers will become Troops choices.
This generally seems in line with the army book changes GW is making: more options, and cheaper troops choices. This is a good business move since it make the game require a lot of models. This dovetails nicely with GWs move deeper into plastics. But Shawn, GW does a lot of plastics already. Well, haven’t you noticed that even traditionally pewter figures are becoming plastic? eg the Lizardmen Stegadon. I think this is a good thing. I’m a huge fan of plastics.
I also predict the demise of the doctrines, similar to what happened with Space Marines. This will be thankfully accompanied by a widening of the list. A current problem is that the Guard have so many sexy tank options, but only three Heavy slots. It makes me sad.
I’d be glad to see Basilisks available as a squadron of three.
Firebase #7
All Hail Firebase!
Issue #7 is here.
This FREE online magazine is out of this world. This is what a gaming magazing should be.
Tuesday October 21 2008
Picture: a band of ferocious Orcs. These are from a game called Confrontation. They are one of about a hundred new items I’m putting up for sale in the coming days (unless I get a mass buyer). It’s out with the old and in with the new! PS- there is actually an eighth orc with this one.
If you want to buy anything from the BTP for sale section you can also email me and set up Paypal. I do bulk deals and combined shipping.
I’ve decided that the wargaming content on this blog is seriously lacking. Time to step it up a notch.
I am booking projects for November. At this stage, projects can get near-immediate attention. I am very sad to have idled two painters. It’s not helping that the media is running around and screaming the end of the world (unless it really is!). Oh wait, I’m doing that, too.
At this moment I am typing wearily. I just put the kids to bed, and I can hear them chirping and thumping like gerbils in their rooms. There is an apple core mashed into the carpet, and piles of unfolded laundry in stacked white baskets. I am nursing a tall and frosty glass of OJ.
At the studio today we unpacked all sorts of packages, and I got the painters set up with various projects for the week. Now, there are a few stragglers. I will be working on those tomorrow.
Monday October 20 2008 Wheels Turning
Hey all. I express my deep appreciation for those that come here to read about the life of a man and a studio.
Blue Table Painting is now booking projects for November. We can start on your project straitaway.
I awoke not knowing what time it was. I was dismayed to find that it was 3am. My mind churning about various problems, I started getting the work of the day done. By 5:30am I collapsed again, having eaten an early breakfast.
I got up again at 8am, the kids already well, late to go to school. Griffin came down and I put on his favorite cartoon. He snugged with me on the couch for a while. He’s the apple of my eye. He is in constant motion.
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I awoke the two older children and started them getting dressed and going for school. I drove them to school and headed to the office.
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I found Sarah already at the studio, with a veritable mountain of packages ready to be shipped out. We hit the ground running, getting everything organized. I picked up some cheap chinese food for lunch and then pretty much plowed through at the desk all day long.
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About eight packages came in, but we were not able to get them unpacked.
If you have a project that is time-sensitive, please contact me right away (unless you have heard from me in the last 36 hours). I am getting things sorted out, and the schedule is shaping up nicely.
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I have the rest of my Dark Elves in the studio now and I plan on painting them up over the next two weekends: 15x Dark Riders, Sorceress on Steed, Master on Cold One, 15x more Black Guard, 2x Bolt Throwers. This will actually bring it close to 2000 pts. I am looking forward to two games in early November. At long last we’ll have some action with Warhammer Fantasy.
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Don’t worry, we’ll still be doing plenty of 40K. Oh, and if I have my way we’ll have a War Machine demo coming up.
My current goal, on which I am focused like a laser beam, is to get rid of debt. I would sell all painted models that the studio owns at $0.38 cents on the dollar if I found a buyer. If you are interested, let me know. This includes all painted figures, a veritable treasure trove of “daddy’s personal stash”, all the terrain, and any useful kits including some Forge World kits, too.
