Wednesday Night Gaming: 3-Player Campaign

Here at Wednesday Night Gaming, we’re big fans of the Broken Alliance 3-player battle setup, as there are 3 of us in the group, this being me (Imperial Guard, Grey Knights), Dougie (Orks, Chaos Space Marines) and Laur (Space Marines, Tau, Tyranids). 

While in most of our games 2 of us face off, with the odd one out invigilating, setting up the terrain and/or doing some painting on the sidelines and resolving rules queries, but all in all we do enjoy the anarchy and fun factor when it comes to the brilliant 3-player battles, especially the randomised game turn which is prone to abuse, with hilarious results.

Lately we’ve been noticing something missing in our games. We’ve been busy playing each other, adapting, list tailoring, but we’ve noticed a stagnation, a lack of development if you will.

AYO GORKHALI 40K!

Better to die than live a coward - Gurkha saying

Further to my last post, here are the initial mock-ups of my counts-as Gurkha conversions, using the assembled kit of parts (dark elf daggers, cadian bodies, Catachan vox backpacks, some alien suns arms, and maxmini Anzac heads). I think they’re looking pretty sweet!

GURKHA 40k?

Bought myself some Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) heads from maxmini.eu, courtesy of wargamersworld.com, and am very pleased with my purchase, for you see I fancied making myself 40k-counterparts of the Gurkhas to scour the battlefields of the 41^st millennium! (For those not in the know as to the fearsome reputation of the Gurkhas, please see here, here and here).

Spec Ops: Killzone – Artwork (Cover)

The completed cover, featuring an Imperial Guard Stormtrooper Kill-Team (the classics, not Kasrkins which I'm equally fond of, nor the moon-suits, which I detest), for your enjoyment!

I also intend to start work on a new piece of art, as a contribution to the ongoing Spec Ops: Killzone project. Watch this space!

Note: All illustration work depicted here is fan art which is completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd.

Spec Ops: Killzone - Artwork Tease!

Note: All illustration work depicted here is fan art which is completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd.

10/10/10 - Killzone Revolution

It has begun.

Spec Ops: Killzone - Artwork

More images produced for Big Jim's homebrew extravaganza Special Operations: Killzone! If you haven't already checked it out yet, please do! I'll eventually introduce it to my local gaming crew (The Wednesday Night Gaming mobs) and I'm in-between juggling art projects, but for now, here are some 'shopped images, courtesy of the generous sonsoftaurus.

Enjoy!

Dakka dakka dakka urrrgg

Khorne cares not from where the blood flows..

To be continued..

Project Big Kahuna: Battlefield Sighting

1st completed member in action!

To be continued...

Spec Ops: Killzone - Artwork idea!

I'm proud to be involved in Big Jim's latest project, the fan-produced Special Operations: Killzone supplement for skirmish games of 40K. Check it out!!

Project Big Kahuna: Prototype Squad

Sergeant Van Stoken's squad basecoated, cleaned and washed with ink, ready for greater detail.

To be continued...

Project Big Kahuna: Prototype Squad

A month on, it's time to slap on that Khaki!

To be continued...

Note: All illustration work depicted here is fan art and all fan supplement rules are completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd. All models are converted from Games Workshop Ltd parts and components with other non-official sources and are completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd.

Khaki Malarkey In The 40K

In the grim darkness of the future there is only khaki.

As part of the process of my development of a prototype squad for Project Big Kahuna, this has involved undercoating the models black (my standard procedure), and now I have to apply Kommando Khaki paint as a basecoat for all the armour, shoulder pads, knee pads, etc.

What I can say is, unlike the joyous simplicity of painting Codex Grey onto my Cadian 512th models, Kommando Khaki is a real b!tch to paint!

Project Big Kahuna: Prototype Squad

Sergeant Van Stoken and his men need a lick of paint!

To be continued...

Note: All illustration work depicted here is fan art and all fan supplement rules are completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd. All models are converted from Games Workshop Ltd parts and components with other non-official sources and are completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Ltd.

Project Big Kahuna: Progress so far.

Slow but steady conversion work on the headless and armless Cadian 8th models, into playtest 'concept' models for Project Big Kahuna.

Project Big Kahuna: Volunteers At The Ready!

I present to you the remnants of a squad from the Cadian 8th ‘The Lord Castellan’s Own’ regiment, after struggling through a bitter campaign on board the infested Space Hulk, “The Hammer of Ecstasy Bay”. On board the dastardly and claustrophobic transport, this brave squad was involved in fierce close-quarters fighting against the nefarious forces of the Royal Male.

This is what’s left of them.

Overcome That Stumbling Block

New month, new blog banner, and new blog colour scheme I'm trying out!

Designer's Notes: Count Radu

Welcome all, to the first of a series of hopefully many blog posts, entitled ‘Designer’s Notes’!

As Project Big Kahuna continues apace towards the golden goal of the Beta Test release, consider this a ‘leaked preview’ document of one of the many homebrewed new special characters and units, to be released into an unsuspecting 40K-playing public. You lucky, lucky people.

{click to embiggen rules & points cost}

Please also visit Atrotos on Rules Manufactorum, and check out his Character Design competition (in which a summarised version of this character has been submitted to), and vote for your favourite!

Now, onwards to the notes!

Once You Pop You Can't Stop

Apologies to all! No Wednesday Gaming Night (again) for the 2nd week in a row, us lot being busy and all. Still, next Wednesday comes round it’ll be a battle royale between Laur’s Ultramarines VS Doug’s Chaos Marines in their first proper outing! Chaos has only ever reared its’ spiky head twice on Wednesday Gaming Night, once in an 800 point battle, and another in a 3-way battle as well. They’ve performed well so far, and now with an all new Defiler in the mix, we’ll see how this goes.


AN UPDATE FROM THE 512th CADIAN

Just thought I’d put a little post here to take stock of what I’m intending to do, 40K-wise. Real-life really does get in the way, but here’s what’s happening:

Homebrew Rules & Fandexes

If you build it they will come

Great starter article by Big Jim over at Galaxy in Flames regarding fan-dex design, a must-read for all fans of fan-dexes and homebrew rules afficianadoes alike.