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Retro Spacewolves
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:05:21 GMT
First little test group for a Retro Spacewolf army. I've had a load of old 40K stuff soaking in Detol for months in a effort to strip the paint from plastic models without damaging them, it works wonderfully.
My plan is to repaint my old Space Marine army from the early 90s. Keeping the paint jobs very simple.
This is a project I'll come back to later.
I've already repainted seven Rhino vehicles, including one converted into a Predator and one as a Whirlwind. With one more still soaking in the detol. I'll get pics of the vehicles up soon.
Chimera
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:11:45 GMT
An old monster model I've had half painted in a draw for years. Finally got it finished of and based up. It's destined for a game of Song of Blades sometime soon. Rules for it are in Song of Wind and Water.
The Return of The Son of The Mummy: Teams
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:04:08 GMT
Back in the mists of time, greedy Prince Karis murdered his father in an attempt to claim the throne of Egypt.
But Karis never sat upon the Throne, the Pharaoh's loyal guardians the Medjai discovered the plot and took terrible revenge.
The Medjai performed upon Karis the Hom Dai, a ritual to seal Karis away as the undead, forever alive but trapped within his sarcophacus.
And there Karis has remained, for 3,000 years.
Until the Treasure Hunters came and disturbed his prison.
Now four powers fight to decide the fate of Karis, and with him the world.
For he would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind, an unholy flesh-eater with the strength of the ages, power over the sands, and the glory of invincibility!
And here are our four teams, two of courageous heroes and two of dastardly villains, for The Return of The Son of The Mummy.
The Fezmen
Descendants of those who served Prince Karis now seeking to raise him from the dead and return him to power.
The Germans
The German Army are looking to wield the power of Prince Karis as a weapon, they seek to raise him and use him to conquer the world.
The Medjai
Guardians of the Tomb of Karis, if they can complete the ritual they can seal Karis away for another 1,000 years.
The Americans
Treasure Hunters from the United States, it was their meddling that has awoken Karis' Guards. They need to complete the ritual to ask him where the loot is kept then send him back to the land of the dead.
The rules and scenario are all locked down and we're happy with them now. Changes from the last game made for a more exciting finish.
I'll post up some pics of the Objectives soon.
The Return of The Son of The Mummy
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:44:29 GMT
We have a title for the game.
Still have to do fancier versions of the Event Cards, then the Team Cards and we're set.
The Mummy Progress
Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:06:12 GMT
Further progress on getting The Mummy ready for BLAM.
I've finished the counters and put together mock ups of the Event Cards. Still have the Unit Cards to do.
Painted a pair of DAK troops to replace the Germans we had been using, completing all the figures needed for the game. I'll get some pictures up of all the teams soon.
The Altar is completed, so all the scenery is done. I'm painting a new version of the Dagger on a desert base to fit in better with the scenery.
We'll get another play through tonight before Stargate, trying out the changes after last week game.
The Mummy
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:14 GMT
The big guy himself, Prince Karis, The Mummy.
All Mummies are from the Gothic Horror range by West Wind.
The Mummy Progress, Mummies!
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:43:46 GMT
After nine months of being lost in the brain, I've finally been able to sit down and paint again. So I'm back to The Mummy, with some actual Mummies!
Click the image for a close up.
Kingmaker on Hold, Stargate Tomorrow
Mon, 16 May 2011 22:51:15 GMT
Addam is busy with exams for the next few weeks, so we're holding off Kingmaker until he returns. Without him it's just Maker and sounds less exciting.
In it's place is part one of an exciting (hopefully) new Traveller game based in the Stargate Universe. I'm desperately bashing together the players guide for this at the moment but we should be ready to roll by game time.
Long Time No Update, New Game Idea
Mon, 16 May 2011 13:40:14 GMT
I've been very slack and lost track of the internet for a few months. I'm more or less back with it now, I'll get this updated with our current games soon.
Meanwhile after talking to Harvey the other night, I've been inspired to start working on a new game for Tuesdays once we've reached the first checkpoint in Kingmaker.
Debian 6.0, Squeeze released
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:44:29 GMT
Over the weekend Debian 6.0, codename Squeeze was released.
Thanks and congratulations to Debian, next stop Wheezy.
Firefox 4 beta 9 improves CSS3 support
Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:03:44 GMT
Playing around with the latest beta of Firefox (or to be exact Iceweasel) and it looks like all the CSS3 code I use on the site is finally supported without special -moz properties.
This means when Firefox 4 is released, I can drop all the non-standard CSS from the site, which will speed up the load time a tiny bit and make me happier because everything will validate.
Chrome, along with it's WebKit cousins like Safari and Epiphany, as well as Opera already support these features.
As an aside, I've updated the script for YouTube videos used on the site to call the HTML5 video player for WebM video where supported, but fall back to Flash where it's not. Before long we'll be free of Flash.
More on embedding the HTML5 player and WebM here:
A New Way To Embed YouTube Videos
About the WebM Project
No double standards: supporting Google's push for WebM
No Giants this week, Lego Ninja instead
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:11:29 GMT
No Addam this week, the Giraffe called him back. So we're going with Plan B instead, Spinjitzu the Lego Ninja game.
It doesn't happen often, so take a moment to enjoy the intro video to tonight's game, complete with brain melting theme song.
Tron Times
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:07:02 GMT
Show times for Tron Legacy in IMAX 3D:
We should sort our shit out and get over there this Wednesday.
Tuesday Games This Week
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:13:19 GMT
Not sure what the plan is for this week, if people are up for it then it's back to the regular games.
If not, then we can have The Mummy or Zombies.
Stargate Universe Cancelled
Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:50:16 GMT
Syfy cancels Stargate Universe after two seasons
Bastards.
Double Bastards as from the sound of things it all ends on a cliffhanger.
Bastards.
Beer and Board Games next week
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:24:16 GMT
Next Tuesday is Beer and Board Games week, so bring both. :)
I'll be breaking out the Zombies too, so anyone who wants to bring a gang of Zombie hunters, come get some. It's going to be on a small board to leave room for other games.
Dave is bringing the Warhammer Chaos card game I can't remember the name of, any other games people want to bring along, that's cool.
The Mummy Progress, Campsite Complete
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:27:47 GMT
Finished this a little while back but I've just got the pictures done. The completed campsite for the Egyptologists.
I've made a start on the Palm Tree Stands, I'll try and get some WIP pics of them up soon.
Late Change to tonight's game early becomes Dairy of the Dead II: Cabin of Carnage
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:06:54 GMT
Addam had to drop out this evening, so the early game is going to be a special presentation of Dairy of the Dead, but not just any Dairy of the Dead, tonight we have the first showing of:
Dairy of the Dead II
Cabin of Carnage
Donpimpom's Mummy
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:37:11 GMT
Not progress on my Mummy stuff, but a great game report from Lead Adventurer Donpimpom. Great scenery and a great example of how I'd like our games to work out.
You've got to love a game with a Mummy called HipHopHep. :)
The Mummy Campsite update
Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:37:07 GMT
The WIP pics I promised the other day. First up, the second stand of Supplies.
The Tents, before paint and canvas.
The Tents have had some paint on them since this was taken. Hopefully I'll get the Canvas on them soon and they'll be finished by Tuesday.
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