Afterlife project on Kickstarter seems interesting (one day left only)

In the past, I've bought several miniatures from Anvil Industry and they are of very high quality. Especially their recent creations are impressive resin casts. For this reason, I believe their Kickstarter project is worthy supporting , if one is looking for some non-standard Marines and Guardsmen...With free shipping it may be a good deal, and delivery time is not so distant (Jan 2014).

AFTERLIFE project link

I suppose that these miniatures will be available in Anvil Industry webstore next year (project is already funded), but during the campaign they should be cheaper.

GW guards their secrets (quite) well

As many fans of WH40K, I was looking recently through the range of new Space Marines miniatures, especially interrogating all photographs of the plastic sprues. To my surprise, all of them are dated 2012 (see photo below)! This means more than 9 months between  final acceptance and the release. Taking into account that first leaks appeared no more than one month ago (during White Dwarf printing, I bet), this shows how serious (and effective) the company is about keeping their secrets, despite efforts of some bloggers to publish rumors early. 

I wonder, what they have in the office desks already (beside the tyranids, of course)!

Kickstarter worthy support

Maybe some of you can support this kickstarter campaign? It could be a beginning of new miniatures company...

LINK

Something sweet for Christmas

Do you like Titans? If so, check this link and you will not be disappointed...At least, I am really enthusiastic about this kit!

Or, maybe you are looking for custom (and hand-made) gift for Christmas/New Year? Take a look at THIS and THAT charity auctions...

What about such Lord/Obliterator/Demon Prince models? Not so expensive even, at ~20 USD each...

There is a hope for the Stormraven!

Disdainful from Capture and Control blog has posted the pictures taken during constructing his new (now finally-official) Stormraven. As so many other people, I do not like this model too much, but looking over the different construction stages, I have seen these photos:

So, what is basically making SR ugly for me is the top intake and turret - without them the model is already OK. Sure, you can go further and try improving its wing design - a plenty of possibilities, starting from angle or placement modification to complete exchange for Valkyrie wings, this needs testing with actual model in hands.

 I'm planning to extend the hull by adding Valkyrie troop compartment, which I got cheaply from US eBay. Not sure about the result (it may be too big) but worthy to try...

Thunderwolves models - once again

Maybe a little old topic but I just returned to this problem. What to choose for my T-Wolves cavalry? Not interested in joke-conversions, like Marines on Chaos Warhounds, I dug again the net to get something fast and ready. None of these choices below is perfect, but all are acceptable...

1) MrDandy offers a resin set which obviously want to match the look of Canis model. At moderate price you are getting one big advantage - each model is different just from the box, no converting necessary. I strongly advise changing the chinchilla-like tails to the regular wolfy ones.

2) Paulson Games just start offering set of 3 resin models. They are differ in concept from those mentioned above and because total cost (models + shipment) is very similar, it is purely a matter of taste, which set is better.

3) eBay seller irina_est from St. Petersburg (Russia) has two T-wolves at 32 USD apiece. The models shows nice Space Wolves iconografy, not beating about the bush, and each have its own scenic base, but this option is clearly most expensive and still the wolves muzzles are not perfect.

4) Another eBay seller from Russia,  mrs-velard has maybe most regular-wolfy proposition, without admixing a monstrous character. The model is the cheapest one from all these, but comes as a single pose. This problem can be partly fixed by cutting the head and repositioning it a little and, by cutting and closing the bottom jaw. Unfortunately, both modifications require re-sculpting the fur at cutting place - small task for some, but big one for the others.

 (UPDATE) Now, Paulson Games sells separate wolf heads. Maybe useful to convert this Russian model.

5) Micro Art Studio has two wolf models, now. Very interesting but they do not include saddle nor marine-type legs (but they said at their forum that they are working to offer some in the future).

(UPDATE 2)

If still looking for another option, check this post and this one also, please.

Happy choosing!

Bloody God will be pleased with new BA ruleset

Latest Blood Angel codex gives some nice alternatives for khornate Chaos SM armies. Saying this, I'm preparing my own iteration, using some of the models picked up during last Christmas shopping fever.
As typical in such a case, I really had no clear plan for them, but now I'm going with 2ooo pts mech-type list. It has an obvious flaw against assault-heavy armies, but what is BA-related force without one :-). Usually, I like to have a lot of folks in my marines armies and this list will give me some change.
At the moment, it is as following:

Librarian
Librarian

Terminators Assault Squad x5 - thunder hammers/storm shield
Furioso Dreadnought - blood talons

Assault Squad w/o jump packs x5 - meltagun, in Razorback (lascannon/TL-plasma)
Assault Squad w/o jump packs x5 - meltagun, in Razorback (lascannon/TL-plasma)
Assault Squad w/o jump packs x5 - meltagun, in Razorback (lascannon/TL-plasma)
Assault Squad w/o jump packs x5 - meltagun, in Razorback (lascannon/TL-plasma)

Baal Predator (magnetized to have both turret options)
Baal Predator

Vindicator - dozerblade
Vindicator - dozerblade
Stormraven

Total - 2000 pts with Blood Angels codex.

Librarians are giving psychic protection (hood and Shield of Sanguinus), as well as some offensive option (Blood Lance or Force Weapon).

Terminators are riding in Stormraven with Furioso, but should disembark quickly as SR is definitely not a Landrider (Av 12 vs 14, respectively). Both, Termis and Dread models from Forgeworld.

Troops are typical mech spam, but as they don't have staying power of Plaguemarines, maybe I will swap 2 squads for one big going with power-fisted Sergeant in a Rhino. Another option is to drop only one squad but include powerfist as a sixth body to the rest. Forgeworld models for dudes and transports.

Fast Attack choice is easy. I just have to do small conversions and to magnetize weapon options.

Vindicators I already have from some 3-in-a-box bargain, and they need finally affiliation.

Stormraven will be created from a mix of Landrider and Valkyrie bits, in a way similar to Spikey Bits approach.

In more distant future I want to expand this force to something more versatile. This will include few special characters and some jump-packed squads. The pictures below shows my ideas for HQ choices.

Thunderwolf Cavalry from Cytadela.pl

Many people are looking these days for good miniature to convert an average Space Wolf marine into mighty Thunderwolf rider. To address this problem, Mortimer at Cytadela.pl used a decent wolf model from Hordes, namely Circle Orboros Laris. The result is below, more photos here.


He prepared some movies which you can see at Youtube by looking for "CYTADELAPL", but they are in polish.

Simplest Rhino conversion ever

Probably everybody though about this mix for a second, but maybe nobody tried to put these parts together, as it's veeery obvious idea. I tried to do this and below are some results:

There isn't much to say - like it or not, you decide.

Space Wolves marines sprues

Just another photo of new Space Wolves marines sprue. These are very nice details for SW squads although the bits are not so useful for other chapters (unlike Dark Angels or Black Templars), IMO.


From the first sprue, I like an ax and a body front. From the other, a walking legs (knee-pad on one said only) and a skull-decorated shoulder pad.
Additionally, there are many interesting wild heads w/o helmets, which will allow building a very nice Kislevite army for WFB.
P.S. Other photos of this sprues you can find on BoLS. If you have a link to SW Terminator sprues, paste it in the comments, please.