"brick". it's not just the name of a character from "anchorman".

first, space marine players got this:

then they got this:

now they're getting this:

which has the same aerodynamic properties as this:

and really reminds me of this:

yo joe. 

thunderhawk image property of forgeworld

stormraven image property of games workshop

stormtalon drawing image courtesy of beastsofwar.com

stormtalon wd images courtesy of eldargal on the BOLS forums.

thunderhawk hurr image property of xenite (credit or ask permission, bitches!)

skyhawk image is taken from yojoe.com and is probably originally property of hasbro

 

the answer is " sheer awesomeness".

what do you get when you take three former games workshop employees, give 'em the opportunity to build out their ideal game space, and drop it into the same space where the gw headquarters battle bunker used to be?

good luck, tom, terry, and dan!

little mens in progress

lately i've been swinging back and forth between flames of war and warmachine. after returning from adepticon, i've been on a pretty big warmachine kick. as you can see below, khador has gotten some love...

my goal is to get these man-o-wars finished, based and sealed by this thursday night to roll into battle at chicagoland games. i'll post some finished pics later this week with the other khador stuff i've finished. 

sharp-eyed readers may notice a bit of variation on the green. the sergeant's armor is the final green color for the unit (less a bit of shading and highlights). i'm still basecoating the green on the rest of the squad.

as always feedback is welcome and appreciated. 

well, that was fun - adepticon 2012 recap

this adepticon was the tenth time that gamers in chicagoland had gotten together for one of the biggest gaming celebrations, and it was one helluva anniversary! if you're familiar with adepticon, the photo below will seem old hat. if you've never been, well, this is just the 40k tourney and vendor room

bigger than ever, it pretty much dominated the entire lombard westin hotel from entrance to exit (several arriving wedding parties looked suitably miffed). warhammer 40k, and warhammer were represented by some of the largest tournaments, but other companies like privateer press, battlefront, forge world, wyrd, mantic, armorcast, chessex, and cool mini or not had great booths and were chatting up hobbyists all weekend long.

for all you privateer press fans, here's a couple of peeks at a pair of khadoran colossals taking on a couple of trollblood mountain kings:

more pics coming soon!

adepticon is here again!

officially kicking off on thursday 19 april, adepticon returns for its tenth year of awesomeness! visit their website here to check out what's going on.

I'll be attempting to update little mens during the weekend so those of you who can't make it can game vicariously!

hope to see you all there!

we like it when our friends do cool stuff...

congrats to steve morgan (former fellow gw employee and friend of little mens) on the warlord games' new supplement "pike & shotte".

this new supplement (authored by genuinely nice guy steve) covers the italian wars, tudor wars, and english civil war among others.

it's always fun to see someone you know have a bit of success. cheers, steve!

if you have to tell 'em you're classy...

i've recently started trying to spend more time on the community aspect of the hobby, and sometimes it's as easy as keeping an eye out for what some of your friends are doing.

if you're looking to shake your head at shenanigans and occasionally laugh out loud, you should check out joe and steve, and their podcast "game classy".

find it here.

their latest 'cast asks the questions i've been wondering about regarding games workshop's second wave releases for the wolves and 'nids (primarily "what the fuck were they thinking?"), delves a wee bit into painting an army you love versus painting an army to play with, takes a look at some of the d&d board games, and much much more.

if you need something to lighten your mood, then check 'em out. and tell 'em the little mens sent you.

the image is off of game classy's blog/podcast site, but it's also a 'shopped golden demon statue, so i'm going to go with: the image above is property of game classy and games workshop and they can indian leg wrestle for who gets to sue me...