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The best Warhammer Forum and the Friendliest

...then join ours, there's only 95 of us but it's the friendliest Warhammer forum you'll find and there are no forum trolls in our corner of the Warhammer World.

the friendliest Warhammer Forum
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PS. we welcome both new comers to the game and gnarled old verterans with open arms (6 arms for some of our Tzeentch players)

Image is courtesy of Luckless Diceman, one of our forum members

White Dwarf DW347 November 2008 Contents Review

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WD347 Summary

A great White Dwarf for Fantasy Battle gamers, especially those looking forward to the Warriors of Chaos.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle

A) 6 pages of adverts for new Chaos Models and the new Citadel Realm of Battle Gameboard.

models on sale 1st November:-

Chaos Warriors Army Book (£15, e22.50, 175dkr, 210nkr, 200sek)
5 Chaos Knights (£12, e17.5, 135dkr, 165nkr, 160sek)
10 Chaos Warhounds (£12, e17.50, 135dkr, 165nkr, 160sek)
5 metal Chaos Chosen Command (£18, e25, 200dkr, 260nkr, 250sek)
Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount (£18, e25, 200dkr, 260nkr, 250sek)
Khorne Chaos Champion (£8, e12.50, 100dkr, 120nkr, 115sek)
Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer (£8, e12.50, 100dkr, 120nkr, 115sek)

models on sale 15th November:-

5 Chaos Warriors Chosen (£18, e25, 200dkr, 260nkr, 250sek)
5 Chaos Marauder Horsemen (£12, e17.50, 135dkr, 165nkr, 160sek)
Wulfrik the Wanderer (£8, e12.50, 100dkr, 120nkr, 115sek)
Sigvald the Magnificent (£8, e12.50, 100dkr, 120nkr, 115sek)
Khorne Chas Lord on Juggernaut (£18, e25, 200dkr, 260nkr, 250sek)



Citadel Realm of Battle Gameboard (£100, e160, 1250dkr, 1600nkr, 1500sek)
* I think this is cheaper than originally advertised

B) 3 new BLack Library books (2 fantasy, 1 40k)

C) 1 page advert showing Forgeworld Nurgle Ogryns

D) 16 pages of design notes on Warriors of Chaos (great piccies + 2 sample 2000pt army lists)

E) 8 pages on the new Citadel Relam of Battle board (showing alternative layouts, some optional special rules and how to paint and flock a new board)

F) The Altar of Khorne - 20 page battle report, Warriors of Chaos vs Dwarfs 3000 pts

G) 3 pages Standard Bearer column by Jervis Johnson "making painting a habit"

Warhammer 40k

A) 2 page Assault on Black Reach advert

B) 9 pages, a tale of 4 gamers - covering painting and gaming progress

C) 10 pages - tips on assembling and painting space marines

d) 6 page Eavy Metal master class - Captain Sicarius

LOTR

A) 6 pages - The Magic of Middle Earth - Part Two

Chaos Knights picture / photo from White Dwarf WD347

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Chaos Knights - Warriors of Chaos Warhammer Army

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copied from White Dwarf WD347 November 2008.
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Chaos Marauders Picture / photo from WD347

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Marauders - Warriors of Chaos Warhammer Army

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copied from White Dwarf WD347 November 2008.
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Chaos Champions and Sorcerers - Warriors of Chaos Warhammer Army

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Sorcerer of Nurgle, Champion of Slaanesh, Sorcerer of Tzeentch, Champion of Khorne

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copied from White Dwarf WD347 November 2008.
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Chaos Spawn - Warhammer Warriors of Chaos Army unit

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Two model variations of the Chaos Spawn sprue

GW claim that this kit is one of the most customisable that they make. It certainly looks like they might have a point from these two very different spawnings. They say there are countless configurations and loads of options (tentacles, claws, horns etc).

click image to greatly enlarge it

Prices: £15, e22.50, 175dkr, 200sek, 210nkr

copied from White Dwarf WD347 November 2008.
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Knights of Chaos Sprue Contents

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Warhammer Army - Warriors of Chaos Knights sprue

Superb Knights of Chaos sprue contents

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Copied from White Dwarf WD347 November 2008.
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Slay the Credit Crunch !

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Stop worrying about the credit crunch.

Suspend (or ignore) reality and join our band of merry Slayers in:-

battlereporter.freeforums.org

Image is courtesy of Luckless Diceman (forum member). Great painting Luckless.

Warriors of Chaos Army List rules pdf (interim rules published in White Dwarf)

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Warriors of Chaos Army List pdf

Note:- this is NOT the new army book but the rules that were published in White Dwarf after the Daemons of Chaos rules were released. They were published as an interim measure until the new Warriors of Chaos Army book was published in October 2008.

They are useful to give you a rough idea of what the new army book is like.

Warriors of Chaos Giant pdf rules

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Chaos Giant Rules pdf link

I managed to find the Chaos Giant rules pdf on the GW site - horray and thanks to warphammer.wordpress.com who pointed me in the right direction.



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Chaos Hell Cannon Rules pdf - Warriors of Chaos Army

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Hellcannon rules pdf

Hell Cannon of Chaos...



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Podhammer number 33 online (Magic Discussion and Lizardmen Rumours)

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I don't often listen to the Podhammer casts but I did this time while I updated my blog. Podhammer #33 has a chat about using magic and some of the recent Lizardmen rumours. I can recommend it, it's  quite entertaining and thought provoking.

Games Workshop Scenery Painting Pack

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Scenery Painting Pack from Games Workshop

Might be useful if you want to get a gaming board up and running quickly.

"This set contains one 400ml tub of brown paint, one 40ml pot of ochre paint, one 200g bag of Scorched Grass, one 25g bag of Grass, one 118 ml tub of PVA glue and one 2" scenery brush."

£25.00 GBP (released 29th Nov 2008)
(check it out on the GW site, under >Paints and Tools > Painting & Tools advance orders.)

Chaos Warriors Storm of Steel Boxed Set Details

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Warriors of Chaos Storm of Steel

Released 29th November, £140 GBP. Check it out in GW advance orders.

"This set contains 101 finely-detailed Citadel miniatures, including: one metal Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount, one metal Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer, one metal Tzeentch Chaos Sorcerer, 52 multi-part plastic Chaos Marauders, five multi-part plastic Chaos Marauder Horsemen, five multi-part plastic Chaos Knights, 24 multi-part plastic Warriors of Chaos, 10 multi-part plastic Chaos Warhounds and two multi-part plastic Spawn of Chaos."

By my reckoning this adds up to about £166, so you get a saving of 15% again. This looks like a somewhat smaller force in terms of points cost in comparison to the Chaos Hordes set. You had better make sure you like Chaos Marauders before jumping in, because this set has 52 of them !

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Warriors of Chaos Horde Boxed Set Details

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Chaos Warriors Horde boxed set

Released 29th November, £185 GBP. Check it out in GW advance orders.

"This set contains 97 finely-detailed Citadel miniatures, including: one metal Chaos Lord on Juggernaut, one metal Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount, one metal Wulfrik the Wanderer, one metal Tzeentch Chaos Sorcerer. Five multi-part plastic Chaos Marauder Horsemen, 32 multi-part plastic Warriors of Chaos, 10 multi-part plastic Chaos Knights, 10 multi-part plastic Chaos Warhounds, 20 multi-part plastic Chaos Marauders, 10 metal Chaos Chosen and two multi-part plastic Spawn of Chaos."

By my reckoning the above adds up to £216 GBP, that's about a 15% discount. I guess the choice is yours, they're certainly worth getting if you were planning to buy all of the above anyway.

I don't have the army book yet so I can't tell you how many points the above would add up to, sorry.

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New Warhammer Chaos Warriors Miniatures

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Intricately modelled Chaos miniatures

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source : gioconomicon.net

New Lizardmen Warhammer Army Rumours - Feb 2009 Release

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Lizardmen army book rumours

Expected Release date : February 9th 2009.

Blessed Spawnings
New spawnings : limitations / restrictions / allowances currently unknown.

Spawning of Huanchi:

+1 WS and move through cover with no penalty

Other spawnings (no details) Spawning of Sotek, Spawning of Chotec, Spawning of Quetzl, Spawning of Tlazcotl, Spawning of Tepok, Spawning of Tzunki

Army-wide special rule - Cold-blooded

Rumour: Lizardmen roll the same number of dice as everyone else for Ld tests (i.e. 2), but any double counts as Insane Courage and will be an auto-pass regardless of any other factors (modifiers, outnumbered by Fear, etc.).

Lore of the Old Ones

- Slanns only
- spells all of the high cost / high effect type

Magic items

Charm of the Jaguar Warrior is dropped

Lizardmen Lord Characters

Slann

- speculated to get a spell lore of their own

Saurus Oldblood

- may be mounted on a Stegadon

Lizardmen Heroes

Saurus Scar-Veteran

- may be mounted on a Stegadon

Skink Chief

- may be mounted on a Stegadon

Skink Priest

- may be mounted on an Engine of the Gods

Character mounts

Engine of the Gods (Skink Priest only)

- possibly like the Stegadon in Lustria supplement with a war machine-like weapon on top
- takes up an additional Hero choice

Stegadon

- possibility that character may ride a Stegadon
- takes up an additional Hero choice

Core Lizardmen Units

Skink Fast Cavalry ?

a lot of speculation re skink fast cavalry but nothing confirmed

Saurus Warriors

- 2 pts cheaper
- scaly skin save is rumoured to be going back to 5+

Skink Skirmishers

- can get Spawnings

Temple Guard

- cheaper
- can get Spawnings

Special Lizardmen Units

Saurus Cavalry

- 4 pts cheaper
- can get Spawnings

Kroxigor

- new set of metal models
- get light armour in addition to their scaly skin
- can get Spawnings

Stegadon

- new plastic model
- moved from Rare to Special !!!

Terradons

- new metal models

Salamander Hunting Packs

- moved from Rare to Special
- now use the breath weapon template instead of the artillery dice
- stats of the attack not known
- not known whether you can still form units of more than one pack (having a monsters and handlers unit with multiple monsters is a bit tricky ruleswise) or if you might, say, get 1-2 independant packs per Special unit

Rare Lizardmen Units

Ancient Stegadon

- somewhat altered stats compared to the regular Steggy
- has a different weapon than the bolt thrower the normal Steggy has

Barbed Razordon Hunting Party

- a new kind of dinosaur unit, also herded by skinks
- fires spikes that has a number of shots equal to the roll on an artillery dice, that roll to his using BS 4, not known if it ingores any of the normal to-hit modifiers
- when standing and shooting it gets two artillery dice worth of shots

Lizardmen Army Special characters

Lord Kroak (Slann)

Kroq-Gar (Saurus Lord)

Nakai the Wanderer (possibly Kroxigor character)

Tenehauin (Skink Lord/Hero)

Tiktaq'To, Master of Skies (possibly Skink on Terradon?)

Chakax, Eternity Warden (possibly Saurus Temple Guard)

2 more unknown characters.

Warhammer Lizardmen rule rumours (unconfirmed)

- Spawnings becoming more widespread and available to more units (like in the Sacred Spawning variant lists)
- Ranked Skink units (like in the Lustria book) and possibly with Kroxigors added (like in 5th edition)
- Skink Horned One Riders (like in the Lustria book)
- a separate Lore for Slann
- more mount options for Skink characters (like in 5th edition)

New Lizardmen miniatures / models:

- plastic Temple Guard, 10 per box, £12 / $25
- plastic Stegadon, 1 per box with options for all three variants, $40
- metal Kroxigor, 1 model per blister, $20
- metal Terradons, 1 model per blister, $17
- Barbed Razordon Hunting Party $25
- Scar Veteran wity army standard $15
- Tiktaq'To, Master of Skies $17
- Chakax, Eternity Warden $15

source : warseer

New Lizardmen Army book rumours

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Lizardmen Army book rumours

Latest rumour Lizardmen army book is printed and release for the armybook is late march 2009. Army models to follow 2nd week of April.

Sotek:
For units: They get +1 A on the turn they charge.
For Characters: Frenzy (still have to take test for Stupidity)

Xthol: 5+ ward, in addition, If: For units: they use this mark during the battle phase, then they can choose only one Save “Scaly skin or this” For characters: If they cannot save a wound, then the unit that attacks the character with this mark take S4 hit on a D6 Limited to; Saurus Warriors, Temple guards, Skinks (skirmesher/cohorts) and Saurus Calvary.

Tlazcotl: this you take this mark: Units: Immune to Psychology (still suffer from stupidity and frenzy)
Characters: Immune to Psychology (doesn’t suffer stupidity or frenzy) and are consider stubborn in battle
Limited to: Saururs Warriors, Skinks(Cohorts/Calvary only), Temple Guards, Kroxigors, and Saurus Calvary.

Tzunki: +1 I in addition, If: For units: They become aquatic and doesn’t suffer any penelty for walking on water. For characters: They become aquatic and have First strike rules (possible, not sure.)
Limited to; Saurus Warriors, Temple guards, Skinks (skirmesher), and Kroxigors.

Huanchi: +1 WS Limited to; Saurus Warriors, Temple guards, Skinks (skirmesher/cohorts), Saurus Calvary, and Kroxigors. Note: you cannot take up the same blessed mark in the same unit.

Ruling of how blessed mark is taken: Not all units can they up to two, for some they can up to one (i.e Saurus Calvary) while other can take up to three (unknown). If they take one, they stay as core/special. If they take up two, they move to special/rare.

Lore of the Old ones is coming back.

Special Characters:
Lords:
Kroq-Gar
Venerable Lord Kroak
Tehenhauin, Prophet of Sotek
Geomancer Lord Mazdamundi
Nakai, the Wanderer

Heroes:
Oxayotl, Firstspawned Stalker
Ten-Zlati, Herald of Kroak (bought as upgrade for Kroak)
A Skink on a special HornedOne.
Lotl Botl (tough champion upgrade)
New Skink hero, blessed of Tlazcotl, with a special mirror (?)
New (intelligent) Saurus hero, blessed by Tepok, wears the skin of a feathered serpent.

ARMY WIDE Jungle Fighter: All models move through jungle, woods, and forest as open ground and do not suffer any penalty. (Excluding Mounts)

*Temple Guard: The 0-1 choice per Slaan will be gone, though you won’t be able to bring an entire army of them…maybe 1 per 1 Saurus unit? Also can have upgrade (or come with it?) that all their Attacks count as Magical!

*Terradons: Cheaper, still Unit Strength 1, 2 Spawnings available to them (Quetzel/Sotek).

*Saurus Warriors: 2 pts cheaper, Magical Banner for 1 unit if you’re lead by Saurus Old Blood (as general), one of the Spawnings is changing-move through Difficult/Woods as if it were open.

*Saurus Cav: 4 pts cheaper, can take one Spawning only, limited to Quetzel, Sotek, and 2 others…

*Temple guards will be cheaper by 2 points, plastic instead of metel, going back to being special (With slann on the field CORE). Better options (blessed mark, carry great weapon, light armour) and still able to carry magic banner

*Skink will have th option of cohorts or skrimisher, will have “hate skeven”, able to mount on horn ones once again(in that case, they will have light armour and sheild). carry blessed mark (yay!) and will have the option of kroxigor/skinks skirmisher as a unit

*Skink preist and Skink Chief will have the option of blessed mark (including Itzl), have the option on mounts (terradon, horn ones, or cold ones) Not bad so far! There’s more.

*Predetory fighter will change into what might give the saurus warriors the advantage in combat. Something to do with stubbornness (I’ll get more info later on)

*Kroxigors will or might get light armour

*Arcanodaon will become a real model

*Snakemen will be introduce as archer with poison attack and are not slow in terrain.


Thanks to riddleofsteel.wordpress.com for this rumour update.

New Classes for Warhammer Online

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New Warhammer Online Classes

Two new clases have been announced, Knights of the Blazing Sun for the Order Faction and Dark Elf Black Guard for the Destruction Faction. Due this winter 2008/09.

Knights of the Blazing Sun:-
"... are devoted to the cult of Myrmidia, goddess of warfare and protector of civilization. These frontline combatants specialize in Battlefield Commands, using applied tactical knowledge to outmaneuver their enemies and lead their allies to victory."

Dark Elf Black Guard:-
"...on the other hand, care little for tactics or guile. The embodiment of hatred and disdain, they make up the elite of the Witch King's soldiers. Equipped with the finest armor and sharpest blades, the Black Guard is an indestructible wall of hate against which all foes are crushed."



source: uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/warhammer-online/921039p1.html

Warhammer Fantasy Battle Errata .pdf for All Warhammer Armies

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Warhammer errata .pdf and FAQ on Games Workshop

All errata and Frequently asked questions on the new GW website.

New Fallen Giant Template from Games Workshop

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GW's plastic fallen giant template for Warhammer Fantasy Battle

Fallen Giant Template

GW have removed the old .pdf template and replaced it with this one. I assume it has been designed to neatly cover (or encase) models the giant falls on so it's easier to determine which ones are affected. Useful for opponents who find it difficult to come to a "gentlemen's" agreement when a giant tumbles.

Warhammer rules pdf - To hit / To wound, Weapon Skill and Strength / Toughness tables

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"To hit" and "To Wound" tables
(plus movement, shooting, combat and magic phase dice)

Lot's of people are always googling for this* so here it is:-

Warhammer Rules Reference pdf

* I bet they're at work/school/college and can't remember the stats :)

.pdf hosted on GW site.

Games Workshops Modular Gaming Board

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Citadel Realm of Battle Gameboard

A very nice piece of kit indeed, yours for £150 GBP :-
Modular Gaming Board from Games Workshop It's a 6 x 4 ft board, there seems to be a fair number of variations and it looks quite well thought out - I like this board. Here's some of the blurb from GW:-

"The six distinct board sections are highly detailed and can be arranged to create three styles of board: a central hill, a large valley or an open plain. You can arrange the sections in a number of different ways to create further variation within these three types."

There's more piccies on GW's site (link above)

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Warhammer Armies (All Army Lists / Reference Sheets for ALL races)

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All Warhammer Army list pdfs

Say thank you to Games Workshop for providing all these Army lists these online. I have just put all the links in one place for your convenience.
(pdf format - there's a link to a free adobe reader at the below GW links)

updated: 17-Oct-2008

GW have posted links to all army lists here:-

All Warhammer Army Reference lists

Includes:-

Beasts of Chaos
Bretonnia
Dark Elves
Dwarfs
Empire
High Elves
Hordes of Chaos *
Lizardmen
Ogre Kingdoms
Orcs & Goblins
Skaven
Tomb Kings
Vampire Counts
Wood Elves

* replaced by Warriors of Chaos in White Dwarf May 2008 **
** a new Warriors of Chaos army book to replace the White Dwarf list is released Oct 2008.

Dogs of War is missing (I'm looking for it)

Note: (Oct 2008) the new Daemons of Chaos .pdf has still not been posted by Games Workshop.

Which Warhammer army is best for beating Dark Elves ? It's Vampire Counts again !!

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Vampire Counts and High Elves are best for beating Dark Elves

"which 2000pt armies are most capable of defeating Dark Elves ?"

votes / % / Army
45 (41%) Vampire Counts
41 (37%) High Elves
40 (36%) Chaos Daemons
30 (27%) Dwarfs
30 (27%) Lizardmen
26 (23%) Bretonnia
26 (23%) Wood Elves
24 (22%) Tomb Kings
23 (21%) The Empire
22 (20%) Skaven
21 (19%) Warriors of Chaos
10 (9%) Ogre Kingdoms
4 (3%) Beasts of Chaos
4 (3%) Dark Elves
4 (3%) Dogs of War

Once again the Vamps and the great of Ulthuan come out on top. The results were very similar to the poll about which army can beat Daemons. Interesting, Daemons of Chaos didn't take top spot which is suprising given the plaudits they are receiving on all the forums.

* note - I made a big error with this poll because I forgot to include Orcs & Goblins on it - sorry folks !

Which Warhammer Army is best for beating Chaos Daemons ? - Vampire Counts !

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Vampire Counts and High Elves are best for beating Daemons of Chaos

"which 2000pt armies are most capable of defeating Chaos Daemons ?"

votes / (%) / Army
55 (44%) Vampire Counts
48 (39%) High Elves
45 (36%) Lizardmen
42 (34%) Dwarfs
34 (27%) The Empire
25 (20%) Dark Elves
24 (19%) Bretonnia
22 (17%) Skaven
21 (17%) Wood Elves
19 (15%) Tomb Kings
16 (13%) Chaos Daemons
16 (13%) Ogre Kingdoms
14 (11%) Warriors of Chaos
13 (10%) Orcs and Goblins
5 (4%) Dogs of War
3 (2%) Beasts of Chaos

I think the only big suprise is the relatively low position of Wood Elves given how well they usually perform in tournaments.

thanks for voting.

Warhammer Online 750,000 players but a touch imbalanced in favour of forces of Destruction

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Forces of Order are a numbered !

It sounds like most people are chosing to join the forces of destruction in Warhammer Online so Mythic are offering a 20% bonus in experience and renown for forces of Order players.

forces of destruction prove most popular

escapistmagazine.com

Nautican Army List updated (12-Oct-2008)

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Nautican Warhammer Army draft 1.1

The Nautican army list has been updated with all of the suggested changes up to October 12th except the Aqua Lore suggestions which I am still considering.

Nautican Army list changes

The Army List home site

Please leave comments on the Nautican blog.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle Royale now has it's own blog !

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Warhammer Fantasy Battle Royale Video Blog

I thought I'd try to do my Fantasy Battle Royale videos some justice so I put them on a separate blog.

Hopefully, this will encourage me to finish off the fighting videos.

Chaos Daemons Warhammer Army - Chaos Daemon Prince photo

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Chaos Daemon Prince - alternative assembly

An Alternative assembly, photo from brueckenkopf-online.com

Modelling Desert Style Miniature Bases

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Sun Baked Desert bases for Fantasy Miniatures

A detailed article from librarium-online.com giving a step-by-step guide to modelling desert style terrain bases - particularly useful for Tomb Kings Armies.

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librarium-online.com/modeling/easy-desert-bases-864.html

Chaos Mortals sprue photos (Warriors of Chaos Army)

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Pictures of new Chaos Mortals for Chaos Warriors Army

This is just a sample, for more visit Bell of Lost Souls:-
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Golden Demon Award Winners and Games Workshop Games Day 2008 Birmingham NEC

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Golden Demon award winners 2008 (UK)

The Golden Demon award winning models are totally awesome, check them out here.

If you were there, you might even spot yourself here !

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Games Workshop Chicago Grand Tournament Results - 2008

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Chaos Daemons and Dark Elves are on top !

There were 46 games played, the table shows the average army score and the number of games each army was involved in.

The average score was 56, Daemons, Dark Elves, Wood Elves, Vampires and Empire all did better than average. That is, generally, the newer army books performed better than the older ones.

data extracted from tournament results posted on gwuscommunity.com

Warhammer Fantasy Army Book Release Schedule - rumoured

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the next Warhammer Army Book releases

Here's an extract of a great post on warseer about the current state of play and future expected army releases...

Army books released so far during 7th edition
Orcs & Goblins (oct 2006)
Empire (jan 2007)
High Elves (nov 2007)
Vampire Counts (mar 2008)
Daemons of Chaos (may 2008)
Dark Elves (aug 2008)

Upcoming known army books (in order)
Warriors of Chaos (nov 2008)
Lizardmen (feb/mar 2009)
Skaven (apr/may 2009)
Beasts of Chaos (autumn 2009)

Army books just behind the horizon (order not known)
Tomb Kings (late 2009 or early 2010)
Ogre Kingdoms (late 2009 or early 2010)
Bretonnia (late 2009 or early 2010)

Note that releases more than a year away are always subject to change, so we can only know things that are reasonably close for certain anyway.

There is some speculation as to when the 8th edition of the Warhammer rules will be released. At the moment, it's expected about mid-2010.

For the whole article :- warseer.com/rumours/warhammer_fantasy_rumours

Warhammer Spider Rider Customization

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Forest Goblin spiders made a little bit different

boring spiders

cool spiders !

I thought this was a very cool modelling article by Perplexe at coolminiornot on how to easily differentiate your goblin spiders from the rest of the spiders's nest !

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coolminiornot.com/article/aid/717/page/1

Terrain and Scenery for Warhammer Fantasy - defended obstacle

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Walled defended obstacle

I really like this walled enclosure which could act as a good defended obstacle which can be filled with your favourite fantasy buildings. Good against Bretonnians and all other cavalry who will lose their charge bonus, your opponent might not like it though :)

If you're interested it's supplied by Cresent Root Studio:-
crescent-root.com/product/15mm/15tb/15tb3.htm

Image used without permission.

Wargame tokens for Warhammer Fantasy Battle - wounds and "remains in play" spells

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Remains in play and models with multiple wounds

Here are some decent and cheap tokens from Jim's Product Lab (www.litkoaero.com/page/LAI/JIMSLAB) which I reckon make good pointers for models which have taken wounds and remains in play spells.
(I usually use dice as markers but keep rolling them by accident !)

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Warhammer Dark Elves - Alternative Cold One Riders

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Cold One Rider alternative models for a Dark Elf Army

Cold One rider 1

Cold One Rider 2

I found these in the Coolminiornot.com store (October listing) and I think they're quite cool. They're a bit different in style but could make a nice alternative addition to a Dark Elves Army.

Images from coolminiornot, used without permission.

UK Golden Demons 2008 - pictures / photos of award winning entries

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Slayer Sword winning entry for Games Workshop's Golden Demon UK 2008.


The rest are all posted on the Stuff of Legends website (sodemons.com/gd28uk/index.htm)

Image belongs to Stuff of Legends, used without permission.

Chaos Dwarf Online release the Word of Hashut # 2

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Warhammer Chaos Dwarf fan site magazine

Covers Warhammer, Mordheim and Bloodbowl.

(chaos-dwarfs.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3506)

I would tell you more about it but I need to update my Adobe Acrobat reader so I can scroll through it properly.

It should open ok in newer versions of Acrobat.

New Warhammer Warriors of Chaos pictures / photos - Champions and Knights

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Warhammer Chaos Warriors from Podhammer.net

Interview with Gav Thorpe (ex Games Workshop) and Designer of the new Dark Elves Army Book

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Gav Thorpe recently left GW and worked on some big projects while he was there. Extract...

"Which parts of working for GW did you enjoy the most; rules dev, White Dwarf, writing novels?

The novels were never part of the day job; they were freelance projects in my own time (and now full time!). White Dwarf was very exciting, but also lots of hard work with many weekends spent working, especially when we moved over to ‘Fat Dwarf’. Games Dev is the most fun overall, as you get to play in lots of different sandpits – rules, background, hobby articles, range planning, talking to artists and miniatures designers. Some of the best memories are from when projects were just starting up, and especially with totally new subjects like Inquisitor or a new army such as Ogres – or even a big revamp of an army like Bretonnians and Wood Elves. We would have great chats with the artists and designers about what was possible and it was a very creative atmosphere. Working with such talented people is very rewarding and it’s those opportunities that I’ll miss the most. Running around on deadline day getting corrections inputted, checking photography, getting approvals and all that are things I won’t miss!"

Full Interview :- (thegamingkingdom.org.uk/blogs.htm?blogentryid=4036581)