Heroes Assembled

 

Easily assembled during the course of a movie (Deep Rising) the seven figures of Strike Force Justian are a great looking set. (Looking at at this pic I just noticed I haven't drilled out the sniper rifle barrel. D'oh. I'll fix that forthwith!) 

Here we have Flavian the Phobos Sniper, Combat Monster Captain Justian, and Gravis Heavy Gunner, Acules.

Smoke grenade aficionado Brother Thysor, Veteran Sergeant Marius, Auto boltrifle gunner Vignius, and extra stabby Decian round out the team. 

They came in a lovely dark blue plastic, which I will prime grey and then paint blue once more. Such is The Way. I can't wait to paint them and get them on the field.

Go Build Something

Nothing Wrong With Easy Assembly

Space Marine Heroes Found

Hello? It this thing on? Hopefully we will now resume normal posting. 

The Space Marine/Warhammer Heroes line is a Japanese product made under license from GW.  It is what is known as a Gashapon, a blind buy line of toys. Hugely popular in Japan, they come in a all types and sizes. Being made and distributed by a Japanese company, Games Workshop themselves cannot sell them directly. 

The previous series of figures, (Space Marines, Blood Angels, and Plague Marines) were kind of hit and miss to find without spending big bucks on Ebay. They would show up in games stores, comic book shops and even general hobby stores. 

This newest line of minis are structured to be a Kill Team for GW's Kill Team skirmish game and each figure comes with its own stat card. Thankfully in English as well as Japanese. Thoughtfully setup so if you bought a full case of eight figures you would get one each of the seven unique minis, plus one duplicate. 

I really wanted to find a full set for less than the currently crazy eBay prices, but I had no luck.  I needed to go out and find some paint for all my new Tyranids, so I ventured a bit up north to a decent gaming shop. As I was checking out, they had a sealed case of the new Warhammer Heroes just sitting on next to the Pokemon cards next to the register. I tried not to squeal like a fanboy, and cooly picked it up and sat it next to my paints. The cashier told me he had no idea what it was or why they have got it, but sold it to me anyway.

As expected I got one of each of the figs and a spare boltgun dude. The models are push fit with a nicely detailed base. I am well pleased, and will assemble them forthwith!

Go Out Questing

Bring Back a Prize. Hopefully a Good One

 

 

Troubles Upon the Noospheres

 

A rousing battle between the Orks and my newly painted AdMech. It was initially part of an experiment, to compare 9th edition 40K to One Page Rules Grimdark Future using the (mostly) same lists.

Well, due to me being locked out of my blog for five weeks, and the bad timing of 10th edition coming out...we will try this again soon. 

Oh, and of course, Amazon has dropped me as an associate, which is fine, because their new model is really poor for low traffic people like me.

Yes, for five frakking weeks I could not access my blog. Many nearly helpful emails back and forth, until two days ago I was able to rest the password, and all was fine. No explanation offered. I wonder how hard it is to migrate over to my own website?

Expect slightly more content to come!

The Emperor Protects

But Has a Wicked Sense of Humor

Scale Creep: Leviathan Edition

 

They grow up so fast! The Space Marines have slowly been getting bigger over the past three decades. That's fine. An old metal Mk.7 is absolutely tiny compared to a new Guardsmen let alone a Primaris marine. Many (including me) have voiced the opinion that the Terminators were far too small. 

That has finally been addressed. The newest Tactical Dreadnought Armor suits are of goodly size and fine detail. Of course, now all my old, and really old Termies look a bit "Aren't you a little short for the Emperor's elite?" My first gen metal Termies got sent to be Space Hulk figures full time after the plastic ones came out. Now that I have 36 Deathwing Terminators? Hope that a newer and far more awesome Deathwing set never comes out? I'll just wait and see for a bit.

Shooty McRedemptor.  Really the same size, just legs straightened out and posed on a Tactical Rock. I'm certain this will be sold separately, just not sure it will get a new version with a few more options.

The older Carnifex does really bad posture. The Norn Queen is always telling it to stand up straight.

The new Screamer-Killer has listened to her. A little bulkier overall, the standing tall dramatic pose gives it the intimidation factor it deserves. Going to a 90mm base helps as well. I would love an Old One Eye re-done with this kind of extreme posing.

And finally we have the simplest, but very effective re-do. A little taller, more gangly, and more detail.

I hope the Hormagaunt and Genestealer get similar makeovers.  
  
  

Change Never Stops

Nor Should You