Now i've realised in my years of flirting with several different games that Ipswich my home town is not a hotbed of gaming activity, frustratingly so infact which has added to the fact ive actually played far less than i would of liked the past few years.New years resolution is to find a gaming club and make sure i play regularly, the search is on going but i have come up with a few leads. Dont get me wrong i enjoy games workshop, but i find some of their little rules a bit represive, end of the day we still all buy the products but they still enforce the rules of having an army fully painted.Ok yeah i can understand it that it looks a whole lot better on the table and i would like nothing better than to have my army fully painted, but its not! ... If the store was open to the public when the ''club'' was playing i could understand it, but its not... its just the guys who turn up and play the games so why not just have an army with a few base coated minatures? it does not hurt anybody certainly not GW, and does not affect the way the army plays in the slightest.sorry rant /cancelits because of this i'm throwing my net wider to see if i can find a more lax (painting wise) gaming community. time will tell if i'm succesfull.
Greetings, this is my first post for some time. largely down to time constraints of real life (shakes big mailed fist at the world) but as it is my first for a while it may as well be about something worth talking about... the first 40k feature length movie!Like a good little geek, i had to get the collectors edition once they were available. this set me back about £25 if memory serves. good value i thought considering what you get.-the Movie + bonus disc of special features-special metal case with the film logo on one side and the imperial aquilla on the reverse-graphic novel pre-qualing what happened to the characters in the film before the storyline in the movie.
The MovieThe film i thought was a very good effort for a first attempt! the story was slick and understandable to someone who knew nothing about the 40k hobby but was also involved enough for even the biggest fan boy of the 41st millenium - you will never please everyone though and i could pick some holes in the film myself but the boys at Codex pictures largely did good.there is one main reason for this - Dan AbnettYes, the godfather of all 40k books was the writer of the screen play.some fans of the ultramarines books would say hey why not graham mcneill? as he wrote the UM books... well i don't know. im sure he would of done a stella job but really DA for me if i was making a 40k film would be my choice.The cast in the film are fantastic for such a small production, british acting legends of terrance stamp and john Hurt and solid actors like sean pertwee do a awsome job bringing character and depth to the characters. The film has to be watched just to hear john hurt yelling BUUUUUUURNNNN HEEEERITICS!!!For an computer animated movie the detail and depth of the scenary, and especially the armour and weapons is outstanding, but alot of people online have complained and queiried about the detail and rendering on the faces of the characters in the film. Its does not look incredable compared to other details in the animation but there is a reason for this that is explained in the bonus disc... which you will have to watch for yourselves :)
Bonus Discyou will find your usual DVD extras on the bonus disc, making of the movie, cast interviews and background on 40k for the people new to the 41st millenium. I enjoyed all of them for what they were and spent a good two hours messing about with the various things availableGraphic NovelWriten by Dan Abnett - it gives you a little taster and background on the main characters in the film and explains to you how they arrived at their present postion at the start of the film. the artwork is not incredable and i found this to be the most disapointing aspect of the whole collectors edition bundle as a whole.Overall opinionIts a 40k movie! - what more could any fan boy really want when we get down to it, weve all wanted one for years.I would recommend this to any 40k fan - it was made for the fans after all, but then also to bring people into the hobby.If anyone has any friends thinking about getting into 40k, i would advise you to sit them down with this. this is the main reason why the ultramarines as a chapter were chosen. they are the generic, ginger beer, vanilla marines of 40k and not much needs explaining about them or their background, but they can also still continue to offer something to the hardened 40k enthusiast.chances are if your reading this though - you will already have the film! or at least seen it.
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.
Now i've realised in my years of flirting with several different games that Ipswich my home town is not a hotbed of gaming activity, frustratingly so infact which has added to the fact ive actually played far less than i would of liked the past few years.
