Written by Warren Falconer | 15 March 2010

Okay so I know this has been around forever. But this piece of art from the 3rd Edition 40k rule book started my spiral into all things tabletop wargaming. In all reality, this site is here in a large part because of this art. I was at a friends house just hanging out, he showed me this book, I started flipping through it, found this picture, and within weeks all my hard earned allowance was gone, and it stayed that way for a long long time...still kinda is that way. If I see the remainder of my paycheck after everything as my allowance for being a good falconator...hmmm, anyway what got you started in the hobby? How did you find it and fall in love? 

Written by Luis Fernandez | 12 March 2010

Everybody that plays roleplaying games or wargames become a little supersticious about throwing dices and their types; maybe the probabilities for throwing a dice is always the very same but you could figure out that some people use to get high numbers and others use to get bad numbers or lots of "Snake Eyes" losing terrible. Some people even stop playing and surrender if they think they have bad luck, something wrong because is not about luck but is about strategy. 

Well maybe there should be a possibility that some people have good dices result than others, and maybe not; maybe is about you concentrating on get high numbers, rolling them a lot in the surface, throwing in a fancy manner, throw one by one, putting them in salty water for a whole weekend, blowing before rolling, punish them for a week.

 BUT...

 if you want to be a good player: "you should not rely on good dice results, because that´s something you can´t control,  but in giving the best chances and take advantage of the situations to your troops, that is something that you can control" 

Maybe i´m trying to play TZUN TZU here, but you should realize that throwing the most dices could get more Success than throwing less and fully of hope dices. 

For example: if you are trying to kill a unit of terrible terminators that save with 2+ and have inv 5+,  if you shoot one lascannon he saves with one die, could be lucky but is less saves, but if you shoot all your imperial guards rapid fire over them with 20 shoots, you put them to throw more dices and there is more chance to get 1 and kill maybe 2 o 3 outright. 

Specially in closecombat people use to think in 2 attacks with a powerful weapon (a power fist) hoping the instant death, but better is to score 5 or 6 medium attacks because you throw more dices and ensure to score some damage.

Usually this is the receipt that local WINNERS apply, and you found that they get the best dices results or simply win more times than other players. 

 Warhammer and Warhammer 40k are a logical game based on strategic and some success on dices, is a rational game; "where you want the most in the least time with the less losses" . o is better to start thinking on that than in thinking about your bad luck on dices. 

If you saw Batman Dark Knight, you found that harvey Dent (two faces) decided everything on a coin, but is not about luck cause both sides of the coin had the very same symbol... it was about thrust in himself and others to thrust that the chances are with them. 

You cant control luck on game but control how you deploy and move your troops so.. MOVE THEM WELL! AND WIN! 

"Destiny favours the Bold"

.... in any case GOOD LUCK!

Written by Beau Cameron | 12 March 2010

Hey All!

With work well under way on the Ultramarines movie and the recent announcements regarding its cast, there is understandably a great deal of excitement building up over the project. I for one am looking forward to it and with Dan Abnett writing the story and some damn good actors involved (If I don't see John Hurt as a Librarian, I will be one sad panda) I think its safe to say that it certainly looks promising.

 When I was at our Club on Sunday however, I heard one of the younger gamers remark that it was great someone finally decided to make a warhammer movie. Well thats not right I said to myself... I've been wondering since how many people are actually aware that there have been multiple attempts at a 40k movie, long before Ultramarines. Seeing as no-one has beaten me to it, I thought I'd provide some interesting links to those that came before Ultramarines.

 Now Brave Reader, I must warn you. What I have to show, isn't necessarily all good. Some of it is good, some of it is ok if a little awkward and some of it is just laughably terrible. If special effects and A-list, Oscar award winning Jeff Bridges level quality acting mean the world to you, this may upset you.

 With that out of the way:

INQUISITOR

Made in the early 90's, Inquisitor is a veritable relic. Hell, Its nearly as old as me. As a result of that, several things stand out besides the film's age. Namely as this was made around the days of Rogue Trader and 2nd ed 40k so there are some inconsistencies with current established 40k canon. It follows the Dark Angels Captain Darius and a squad of Dark Angels as they accompany the mysterious Inquisitor Krieger into some eerie ruins where they are ambushed by Chaos Marines.

It was originally made as a pitch to GW to make a full length movie and for its time, its quite well done. I'm not sure what to say about Inquisitor. It was great in some ways and kinda awkward in others. It was very cool to see an astropath delivering a message to a fleet admiral, and the bolter blazing action of the Dark Angel vs Chaos marine shoot out was also pretty cool, just a shame the marines seemed to be rolling plenty of 1's to hit. Pretty good with their to wound rolls as well.

On the downside, its ending seemed a bit rushed and confusing and its incredibly weird seeing world eaters toting boltguns and firing in a relatively disciplined manner. Let alone the fact their lord is quite level headed and well spoken. Like I said. Awkward. Still, its worth a look.

BLOODQUEST

The movie that never was. Bloodquest was to be an animated feature much like Ultramarines following the exploits of the warhammer monthly comics Blood Angel character Captain Leonidas and his battle brothers as they strove to fight off an Ork Waagh. Unfortunately they made a rough trailer before Exile Films, the developers of Bloodquest, went bust and the project never eventuated as nobody was willing to pick up the project.

All that exists of Bloodquest:

 DAMNATUS: The Enemy Within

2005's Damnatus was the most recent attempt at a warhammer 40,000 inspired film and for what it was, it was quite impressive. It took 4 years to make and was an independent fan film made by a very dedicated and rather talented group of fans. It follows a group of mercenaries as they journey into the depths of a hive city, coming to blows with a sinister chaos cult, but not all is as it seems... There are crazy, raving loonies, Tech priests, a ruthless inquisitor and rather menacing Daemon. Unfortunately no Space Marines though. The costumes and CGI is fairly impressive for something that these guys did in their spare time. That it is all in German is a tad frustrating if you watch it without subtitles. A damn cool movie, just a terrible shame GW's lawyers had the project shot down for IP infringement. A seriously stupid move in my opinion.

 Here's the trailer, the full version wouldn't be hard to find...

Written by Warren Falconer | 09 March 2010

I am putting a call out to help Hodagmaster he is looking for some info on airbrushes. Like me he is relatively ignorant of what to look for in a good air brush, the best info on how to get your paints prepared and how to use it to its best effect.  You airbrusher's lets help him out.

Thanks in advance! 

-Falconator