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A lot has been going on behind the scenes here at mybattalion and to better keep those of you who want to know in the know we have launched a quick and dirty developer blog. We will try to keep these items updated daily with the goings on of mybattalions back rooms...or office anywho. 

Developer Blog

 

 

 

Soda Pop Miniatures are are happy to announce that our next models: Sword Paladin, Isabeau Durand and the Doctrine Codifier, Kisa along with her cypher, Scratch are now available from the Soda Pop Store.  

Kisa & Scratch is a numbered limited edition of only 499 models available exclusively through our website and CMON.  We expect her to be very popular so don't miss out!

Both models were sculpted by the talented Thomas David.  Kisa & Scratch's lovely paint job is by Jennifer Haley.  Also, be sure to check out Kisa's updated character page on our website for her full color art and bio.

Soda Pop Miniatures

 

Okay we have been having serious reports of several odd bugs on the site. I have turned on error reporting so if you see any funky warning messages please email them to us This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . I think this weekend I was able to nail down and fix the main issue plaguing the site the infamous firefox white screen of death. (could happen in chrome too) anywho I have been unable to replicate it at this point but if you get any errors and trust me you will know when you see them please email them to us. If we get no more responses we will turn off error reporting at the end of the week.

 

Thank you guys for your patience. I apologize for the issues, this is not a full time gig for us, so we get to these items as fast as we can, some times neglecting our families and hobby in the process. We appreciate your understanding.

 

-Warren Falconer aka Falconator 

From their recently released news letter: 

 

Phobos Pattern Bolter Pack
Phobos Pattern BoltersThe Phobos Pattern Bolter Pack is closely associated with Mk II ‘Crusade’ Armour and is perhaps the most venerable design of the sacred Bolter used by the Astartes. Both were hand-crafted by the Fabricators of Mars at the very birth of the Imperium, to ensure that every Marine had the finest wargear with which to reunite the scattered elements of Humanity.

Designed by Phil Stutcinskas and Will Hayes, the Phobos Pattern Bolter pack contains 10 finely detailed, resin weapons, with optional combat blade attachments, and can be pre-ordered here for despatch in the week commencing August 23rd. Like the other Forge World Weapon Sets currently available to pre-order, the Phobos pattern Bolters can be combined with the full range of plastic Games Workshop and resin Forge World Space Marine sets.

Space Marine Infantry Upgrade Sets Available to Pre-Order Now:
We have even more Space Marine armour variants available for you to pre-order this week. Designed by Will Hayes and Phil Stutcinskas, all of these detailed resin kits contain enough parts to build 5 Space Marines - each set includes two different poses of legs, as well as separate torsos, helmets, backpacks, shoulder pads and arms.

MkII ‘Crusade’ Armour Set
Mk II Crusade ArmourThe first of our Space Marine armour sets is this fantastic Mk II ‘Crusade’ Armour Setsculpted by Will Hayes and Phil Stutcinskas. Mk II Armour represented a significant technological step forward compared to the original Thunder Armour, and was supplied by the Adeptus Mechanicus, who hand-crafted each component to the highest specification. The few surviving examples of this pattern are still maintained by some of the oldest Space Marine Chapters, venerated as sacred relics.

 

MkV ‘Heresy’ Armour Set
Mk V Heresy ArmourThe iconic Mk V ‘Heresy’ Armour Set is an archaic pattern of Power Armour, first created during the dark and shadowed days of the Great Betrayal, which saw several layers of inferior-quality materials bonded with adamantium studs. As some Forge Worlds sided with Horus and some remained loyal to the Emperor, the supply lines from the Forge Worlds that manufactured arms and armour for the Legions were heavily disrupted, forcing the Legions to develop the MkV pattern.

 

MkVI ‘Corvus’ Armour Set
Mk VI Corvus ArmourPerhaps the most recognisable of all marks of power armour, the Mk VI ‘Corvus’ Armour Set is most associated with the Raven Guard Chapter, but also sees service in many other Chapters. Designed as a successor to the advanced Mk IV ‘Maximus’ armour that was derailed by the Horus Heresy, Mk VI ‘Corvus’ Armour is distinctive for its’ relatively clean appearance and elongated, conical nose – designed to house additional systems including advanced Autosenses. The studded left shoulder pad, taken from the previous Mk V pattern, commemorates the glory of those heroes who stood at the Eternity Gate alongside the Emperor himself.

You can see all of these sets here; along with a gallery of photos showing examples of how these brilliant parts can be combined with plastic Space Marine kits, as well as other Forge World resin accessories such as our Bolter sets and Special Weapons packs. All of these kits are available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing August 23rd, and while this is the last batch of Space Marine kits we will be unveiling for now, keep an eye on Forge World Newsletters over September for news of a few top secret models that we are hoping to release at UK Games Day…

Raven Guard and Flesh Tearers Etched Brass

Raven Guard Etched Brass SymbolsThe first in the expansion to our range of Chapter-specific etched brass accessories are these detailed sets of Raven Guard Etched Brass and Flesh Tearers Etched Brass from the talented hands of Forge World graphic artist Kenton Mills. These detailed frames provide a range of Chapter insignia that can be applied to both infantry and vehicles as you can see here and these symbols are perfect for adding detail and variety to your Raven Guard and Flesh Tearers squads. Both frames will be shipped from August 23rd.

 

Iron Hands and Imperial Fists Transfer Sheets
Iron Hands TransfersNot content to rest on his Etched Brass laurels, Kenton has also put together a new range of Chapter-specific A4 decal sheets, the first of which are Iron Hands Transfers and Imperial Fists Transfers.

These A4 sheets are packed with over 500 individual Chapter badges, squad markings and numbers, as well as vehicle markings and Clan-Company badges in the case of the Iron Hands – all perfect for adding additional detail to your Imperial Fists and Iron Hands units.
Both of these fantastic transfer sheets are available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing August 23rd.

All these new releases are available to pre-order along with the Caestus Assault Ram, Umbra Pattern Bolter Pack, MkIII ‘Iron Armour’, Special Weapons Pack, MkIV ‘Maximus’ Armour and the Umbra Ferrox Bolter Pack – you can find all these kits here.

Forge World Events News
Sneak peekForge World will be attending Games Day Baltimore on August 21st, and in addition to our usual array of kits available from our Sales Stand, we will be selling extremely limited numbers of all our recent Space Marine kits as exclusive pre-release items.

Paul Rudge from our Book Production team will also be in attendance, showcasing final proof copies of the forthcoming, oft-hinted, Imperial Armour project which our recent range of Space Marine releases all link to…

The Hare is in the Bag!

Congratulations to Vincent Vanderschaeve, the winner of the Find the Hare competition from Issue 1 of Warheads: Medieval Tales. Well done Vincent, you can decide whether to jug or roast that hare while you wait for your prize to arrive.

There is still time to enter the competition for Issue Two, so download your free copy and submit your entry!

www.warheadsthegame.com

Warheads issue 2 and Jolly Jousters & Tourney Tyrants boxed sets shipping now.

Order your copy now here:

http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/Warheads.html

All the best,

Team Mammoth 

 

 

From our forums a tournament GT announcement: 

We’re pleased to announce the latest details and info for the DaBoyz Grand Tournament. This is the fifth year in a row we are running it. 

Ticket Sales and Registration
Ticket sales are now live! Ticket ordering information and the hotel discount can be found on the main web site. Additional events will be added as they are confirmed.
daboyzgt.wordpress.com/da-boyz-gt/

Forums
You can come and visit the DaBoyz forums. Join in on the discussion!
daboyzateam.proboards.com/index.cgi
Sponsorship 
We want to thank the fantastic sponsorship we got from last year. This sponsorship has grown already. We are very grateful for all the donations we received. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors last year, we offered a huge array of perks and rewards for our attendees. We’re very grateful for the generous donations for our gaming and charity events, and for the time and assistance we received from our volunteer staffers.

Da Boyz GT 2010
daboyzgt.wordpress.com/da-boyz-gt/
November 13 and 14, 2010

Frederick Douglass Hall located at the River campus, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. www.rochester.edu/visitors.html

• Featuring a two-day, 80-player Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament, and one day 30-player Warhammer Fantasy Independent Tournament. Both tournaments are part of the National Tournament and will be given invites from Games Workshop for the Nationals in 2011. The National tournament will be held in Las Vegas in 2011, at the end of the first Indy GT season• 

Other great events and features include:

• Large apocalypse event.
• Great prizes, cool swag, and t-shirts

• Vendors area


Limited space is still available for clubs to run events and for retailers in the dealer room. Also welcome are volunteers to help with convention staffing. If you’d like to be a part of one of the premiere events in the Northeast, contact us today!

 

Good evening all. I kind of fell asleep at the wheel here and missed this opportunity that was posted in our forums. One of our genrious members, avid blogger, and amazing painter is looking for a logo for his blog. Now winning gets you a pretty snazzy prize, this awesome dragon he is working on. So hop on over to his blog here. And jump to the competition rules here.

Good luck I know we have some great artists in our community so have at it.  

 
Games workshop has just released a new wave of chaos daemons. Finally many of the long metal models have made an astonishing jump to plastic. These models are astonishing so bee bop over to gamesworkshop.com for more images and prices.

Released:

Daemon Prince
Seekers of Slaanesh
Pink Horrors
The Changeling 

 

The Dice Like Thunder crew has released their latest minidex/army list for the Soul Drinkers Marine Chapter:
 
"An Army list for players and groups that love the Soul Drinkers novels by Ben Counter and want to see Sarpedon and the boys on the tabletop."

Check out their weekly/biweekly podcast on itunes. Catch them on the web here at DiceLikeThunder.com and download their campaign supplements and settings here on their website.

Dice Like Thunder is one of the premier (if not #1) 40k gaming podcast and you home for all things awesome.

Give em a listen if you do not do so already. 

throne of lies
 
Okay so better late then never on this one. I have been a little hesitant to review Black Library audio books as the majority of the comments that are returned from various communities come in the form of "wow that was short", and "man that sucked...its not near as good as book 'X' ".  I have had the opportunity, thanks to the Black library, to take in most of their audio books this year and it has taken me awhile to get into the proper mindset. it is a very different medium, and while I tend to favor books, as I figure most of you do, I have come to appreciate the black library audio books for what they are...my lunchtime reprieve from the horrors of an brutal programming language ; ).
 
Anywho as far as audio books stack up this one falls in line behind my favorite thus far, firedrake. Throne of Lies gives you a glimpse of the night lords legion on their hunt to do what they will with their past. Bowden does a great job highlighting the cruelty(yes we know they are evil...but damn they are plain hard core in this one) of the traitor marines and successfully builds a tale that grabs the listeners interest. I love the audio book, but as all the others it left me wanting for more. The story was interesting, I was hooked until the end, but I anxiously anticipate future audio books in the series...I know there is not much on what happens in this review, but the plot is rather straight forward. 
 
I rate it as worth a listen and among the top of the audio books produced by the black library. As their other audio books, don't expect a full novel here its a short story but a solid one.

 

FROM Games Workshop: Island of Blood Starter kit is now available for preorder!

Here it is, the full contents of The Island of Blood. Over 70 finely detailed Citadel Miniatures, a 200-page full-colour Warhammer rulebook, a 32 page getting started booklet, dice, templates and two range rulers. Everything you need to start a new Warhammer army, add some amazing models to your existing army or start playing Warhammer for the first time. 

In total you get 27 High Elf miniatures and 47 Skaven miniatures, which is great for lots of reasons: you can swap either force with a friend, start or add to a Skaven or High Elf army or lend one of the armies to a friend who doesn't play Warhammer and you'll have an instant opponent. What's even cooler is that the models all snap together so you don't need to glue them to get gaming straight away. 

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