There has been a new trailer released for the Dark millenium MMO which is currently in production that announces the first playable race in the game: The Imperium. Now im sure most that have known this game was coming and had seen the teaser trailer had already guessed this, however it has outlined more the playable classes in it - Space marines, Tech priests and the Imperial Guard.
The graphics look crisp and amazing, and i really hope my computer will run it, although im assuming i will need to upgrade it to do so. Im certainly getting the feel of a strong PvP element from the trailers, alot of the areas remind me of the RvR in Warhammer: Age of reckoning, although i hope it is a much better game and is not rushed out like WAoR was. THQ have not failed yet in their forays into the 40k genre, even way back in the turn of the decade with fire warrior - moving onto the legendary Dawn of War series's and the upcoming Space Marine. My faith is justly placed.
What will i play? well... like most im sure my first character will be a space marine! but i do like the look of the tech priest, and who knows what other races will become available, there were certainly Orks and Chaos in the first trailer and i may fancy a trip down a darker path. Having said that the imperium arnt really what i would call good guys either, there are no good guys in 40k if were all honest >:)
No, its not some wierd Sexual fantasy!! I had one of my most fun nights on DDO tonight as i ran my first 5 man dungeon party with some of my old mates from my WoW days, weve all known each other for it must be about four years and it was the first time weve all been togther like this for a few months. None of us are taking the game to seriously and were just having a great laugh chilling out with a few beers decapitating Orcs, Golins, bugbears and such like :) Mind you having run a hard dungeon and been in it for going on near an hour and reciving a old shield, 200 Gold and a moderate potion of repair as my final reward from the chest after keeping the party alive for alot of the time i felt a little bit robbed!! But we all had to laugh about it.
Oglington - Nik (Ogi!)
Stimpidity - Stu (sorry Stu... we only really call you Stu!)
Neytery - Clas (Des/Minscy!)
Dargik - Lee (Darders!)
Cheers guys, big respect to you
Dont you just love it when the postman comes and get given a large box! its especially awsome when its for you and you know it has your new gaming order inside.my Army Painter dragon red has arrived from wayland games and im really looking forward to trying that papa out, also in my 40k care package was my jump pack chaplain i ordered for my Blood Angels.As you can see the model looks great with a very dynamic pose, just what u want from you HQ choice and the model has alot of nice little details. I especially like his feet which to me make him look very knightly and gothic, just as a chaplain should be.Now...onto my gripe, its a pretty obvious mistake for them to have made while sculpting and i dont know how it got through to the final model.The Jump pack does not line up properly, it clashes with the shoulder pad holding the chaplains crosius power weapon, now its not really a huge gripe but the pack has to be positioned (as you can see from the pic) slightly on the wonk. Its not a total disaster as it makes him look like his twisting slightly in the air, but even so... its a bit of a bad point on what is otherwise a very nice model.
So... i was due to have two days off work starting this monday with the view of using up some excess holiday and have a general chillout, do a bit of painting, and a bit of DDO.Got to midday monday and the net mysteriously goes!!I didnt get the net back until this morning, so it felt like i had wasted a bit of my holiday, all was not a total loss however as i got a little painting done, as much as i could without my dragon red spray arriving. However i needed a rest after 2-3 hours of painting assult marine heads but with the TV and net out (thankyou Virgin media!!) i was coming up short with ways to ammuse myself.The Emperor and Sangunius blessed me when i was looking through my old PC games and came across the Original Dawn of war series. So, i popped it in and had a good couple hours doing some of the old skirmish maps i used to enjoy playing. I forgot how good the skirmish/multiplayer was in the original games. Now dont get me wrong DoW2 is superior in many ways but for a quick get into quick meatgrinder of a multiplayer game DoW takes some beating...
After seeing the great paiting tutorial of the BA marine on beasts of war and having seen it mentioned several times by Jawaballs ive finally decided to try it out myself. Im now looking forward to it arriving from wayland games.Im hoping this will speed my painting up no end. I will post my thoughts on it as i try it out.
Well i said on an earlier post that i was done with MMO's until DMo was released... Got a text from my old mate Nik who i met playing WoW that he and some of my old WoW mates were trying Dungeons and dragons online (DDO) for a break before the new wow expansion is released. The guys are the same as me, theve got tired of wow and were having a break. I used to play DDO briefly before i started WoW and i have to say im enjoying it more than what i did 4 years ago, add to the fact that its free and has no subscription fee is a great bonus. So there will be upates on my times playing my Dwarf Cleric ''Calmingwind Beerheart'' instead...atliest until DMo is released....... Now where have i heared that before???
This is my first book review so naturally it had to be about my beloved Blood Angels.Enjoy!
Finally my blood angels are starting to come along nicely, after alot of interferance from RL!Im going away for the bank holiday weekend down the coast but in tow will be my BA.with no internet down in the house at southwold i will be spending any time that i have spare from my lovely GF ellie doing a little painting.It will actually be nice to be away from facebook, youtube and other sites a frequent for a bit of Us time. :)I hope to upload some nice pictures of how things are moving along soon
I never thought the day would come.. but i have now not played the game for 3-4 weeks and i can honestly say i dont miss it. Like alot of people woho have played and sull play this great game it took up alot of my spare time, to much time infact. now i dont blame WoW for this specificly its the whole MMO genre that can cause such games to be fiercely addictive. Im not going to slate the game as it has given me 4 years of enjoyment but the fact remained that there was little left of originality for me and i found my self repeating things quite a bit within it. It seemed like a good a time as any.I will surely miss alot of the people i have met through the game and some of them i do truely consider as friends now in RL. I will keep in contact with the majority of them and hopefully do some more different things with them in future. Dark Millenium OnlineThat leads me on nicely to my next point which is i will be taking a break from all MMO's until the release of Dark Millenium online (DMO) which is the new MMO being created set in the 40k universe. to me this is the only thing that would pull me back into MMO's and from what ive seen of it so far it looks outstanding and i cant wait for more news on it as it develops. Here is a link to the webpage with trailerDark Millenium Online
Ok an update on my blood angels...
Well i wish i could say more lol! RL (real life) so far has gotten in the way.
My weekends in the past fortnight have involved me being away up North in Stockton visiting relatives and down in London with the other half but this weekend being free (that im aware) im looking to finally finish up and preparing my marines for under coating and hopefully a bit of actual painting. Im considering even taking them into work to paint them on my lunch break... may seem a little radical to some but it would be an hour or so without interuption!
If i did that for even just a week it would be five hours of painting i wouldnt normally do and hopefully should speed the process along so i can catch up on some time from the last fortnight.
Hey guys, its been a long time coming but before Xmas 2009 i was doing my shopping and decided to enter my local GW, now...i usually forbid myself from doing so as i usually end up parting with a good amount of money, get the models home and then never get round to doing something with them. However this time its different (Pffft yeah yeah!!) well anyway im going off on a tangent...i was handed a leaflet from the manager saying that they had started up a gaming club...all that i needed to do minimum was to have a 750 pt core army to start with fully painted!Easier said than done i thought to myself, models not a prob i have those in spades...however ive never found the time to get them together and painted.I left the shop determined to get this done, ive never played 40k properly in an organised environment, and its always been on my to do list. Now 7 months on... im still no further ahead!!Bust as i write this post i have infront of me the starting blocks of my new Blood Angels army.So why did i choose Blood Angels??Ive always liked and been a fan of space marines but i wanted to have a chapter that had a great amount of depth.Ultramarines and Imperial Fists i find to clean cut.Space wolves?...well they arnt bad but i fond the grey armour dull and with me finding it hard to focus on painting as it is i wanted to give myself the greatest chance of staying focused.Dark Angels?... i like the look especially with the newer models having the hoods and tabards but still they just didnt do it for me....Blood Angels??? the main reason i chose them was because of the Extra colour i feel they bring to the tabletop. with the nice red armour and the different coloured Helms i thought i would have something that would keep me interested during the painting process. Back that up with an awsome history and variety of units and i was hooked.Right now i am working on my first assult squad, setting myself small targets throughout the week with the aim of gradually building on what ive done a day or two before. Little and often hopefully will see me finish them in a good amount of time.The list im aiming to field for 750 points is thus.HQReclusiarch+Jump Pack155 ptsTroops10 Man Assult Squad+Two Infernus Pistols+Power Weapon235 pts10 Man Tactical Squad+Lascannon+Plasma Gun+Rhino with Extra Armour255 ptsElitesSanguinary Priest+Jump Pack+Power Sword100 ptsTotal: 745 ptsI know ive fallen a bit short of 750, however im just trying to get the feel of what i will be doing and as a core of an army i think its pretty solid. one thing i did think of doing was dropping the extra armour from the rhino leaving out the priest and taking a Baal predator... or i could add another assult squad of five marines instead of the priest? i will see how things go ^^the Reclusiarch will join my assult squad giving them more added punch on the charge with Lithurgies of Blood... add this to the sanguinary priests feel no pain and Furious charge and im looking to wreck any unit i assult in one turnFor Anti-Armour/Troops and objectives i will be looking to bring up my tactical squad in their Rhino, the idea i have is to have them in a good vantage point contorling the battlefiled with the Las Cannon picking off any Armour and if any infantry get close to their position i will have the rapid fire with bolters and the plasma gunI will add some pics of my army once things start to move along. For now thanks for reading.
