tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23498766839283254532023-11-16T21:45:32.900+10:00fester 40k- fester with a little 'f'festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-10703039703610685892012-04-14T22:34:00.001+10:002012-04-14T22:34:00.969+10:00Luna Wolves WIP 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/43fcde28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" qda="true" src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/43fcde28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Some guys painted recently.<br />
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Rhino #2, less weathered.<br />
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Forgeworld Rapier :Dfesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-61295625349967240992012-04-13T22:22:00.000+10:002012-04-13T22:22:00.383+10:00Luna Wolves WIP 7Doors?<br />
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EDIT: its still WIPfesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-49374316636910824492012-04-11T22:17:00.000+10:002012-04-11T22:17:00.474+10:00Luna Wolves WIP 5Sprayed white, washed, and minor detail.<br />
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First weathering - a 50/50 bleached bone/white low-light<br />
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Sponge weathering<br />
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Codex Grey in the big scratches<br />
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Fortress Grey in the grey scratches.<br />
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I have whacked some battle damage on a few bits and bobs...<br />
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And the below is the result.<br />
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I have 4 of these puppies for my army :)<br />
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The finished banner Sarge<br />
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A dude.<br />
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Some more dudes.<br />
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C&C appreciated.festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-80644073731145458122012-04-07T22:13:00.002+10:002012-04-07T22:13:00.173+10:00Luna Wolves WIP 3A comparison of the 3 model "types" of painting so far.<br />
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Top: Sarge as above with another coat or 2 of white<br />
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Left: Completed Devestator with battle scratching<br />
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Right: Clean, yet to be battle damaged Tactical Marine<br />
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I need to re-yellow up the sarge for the dust/grime look, and then battle damage him to see how it all come up.<br />
For the record, he was undercoated in White Gesso/Water 30-50/70-50 (ish)festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-58420534147025942632012-04-06T22:12:00.000+10:002012-04-06T22:12:00.078+10:00Luna Wolves WIP 2Been working on my next batch of marines<br />
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Haven't got the white as well covered as last time, which you can see in these pics, but one the weathering is complete it should be fine - I hope.<br />
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I did however have a win with the banner on this sarge.<br />
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I have to still black line the fist and probably do another white touch up around places. <br />
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Thoughts?festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-29675834980563629952012-04-04T22:11:00.001+10:002012-04-04T22:24:24.023+10:00Luna Wolves WIPThis will be the start of a few posts in a row - me throwing up WIP posts of my Luna Wolves and the repaint they are going through.<br />
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A few of the models completed/WIP<br />
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The right 3 guys have NMM shoulder pad trims, Horus doesn't, the termie has a bit, an the banner sarge has NMM banner/bits but my standard from colour.<br />
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To compare models with and without NMM pads:<br />
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Banner sarge model:<br />
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Just painting.<br />
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Since this photo (which was 2 days ago), I ahve added another 8ish guys.festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-65986869139872795072011-09-07T22:03:00.000+10:002011-09-07T22:03:32.252+10:00WIP TerminatorJust a quicky, a WIP Terminator repaint for your perusal :)<br />
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Then the "gold" is beastial brown, snakebite leather and dwarf flesh (maybe, the label is covered in boltgun metal).festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-42471064395069522252011-08-25T21:21:00.000+10:002011-08-25T21:21:28.773+10:00More Horuswing lists.<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://under30ceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/list.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" qaa="true" src="http://under30ceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/list.jpg" width="320" /></a>These are here for my reference as much as for turning on my beloved followers!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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1500<br />
Logan<br />
Rune Priest<br />
Wolf Scouts, Meltagun<br />
Wolf Scouts, Meltagun<br />
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5 Wolf Guard, Combimelta, Terminator, CML, PF<br />
5 Wolf Guard, Combimelta, Terminator, CML, PF<br />
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5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, CF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, CF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, PW<br />
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Long Fangs, 3 ML<br />
Long Fangs, 4 ML<br />
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15pts left<br />
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1750<br />
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Logan<br />
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Rune Priest<br />
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Wolf Scouts, Meltagun<br />
Wolf Scouts, Meltagun<br />
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5 Wolf Guard, Combimelta, Terminator, CML, PF<br />
5 Wolf Guard, Combimelta, Terminator, CML, PF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, CF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, CF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, PW<br />
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TWC, PF<br />
TWC, PF<br />
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Long Fangs, 3 ML<br />
Long Fangs, 4 ML<br />
Long Fangs, 4 ML<br />
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2000<br />
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Logan<br />
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Rune Priest<br />
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Wolf Scouts, Meltagun<br />
Wolf Scouts, Meltagun<br />
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5 Wolf Guard, Combimelta, Terminator, CML, PF<br />
5 Wolf Guard, Combimelta, Terminator, CML, PF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, CF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, CF<br />
5 Wolf Guard Terminator, CML, PW<br />
TWC PF, TWC<br />
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TWC PF, TWC<br />
TWC PF, TWC<br />
Long Fangs, 4 ML<br />
Long Fangs, 4 ML<br />
Long Fangs, 4 ML<br />
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festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-90549294847487037212011-08-14T22:19:00.000+10:002011-08-14T22:19:38.876+10:00DIY Stormshield testSo I put my daughter to bed at 8.20, she started coughing at 8.40 and I took her into our bedroom 45 minutes later. <br />
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So much for a good hobby night - or so I thought...<br />
I am chasing some C&C on the demo storm shield for my possible Lone Wolf for my Loganwing.<br />
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Thoughts?<br />
I know I need to do some detail to the back of the hand area, but apart from that?<br />
Size OK? Style OK?<br />
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All I have done is shave down a Stormbolter hand and cut the shape from plasticard. I am thinking it might need some riveting around the edges, but I don't want it feeling too Orky in the same thought...<br />
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Oh, and to the other fathers out there - how do you manage Hobby Time with 2 rugrats. One kid I could do, but DS (dear son for those not in the know) has thrown a huge spanner in the works. I don't even have time to glue models together! Tonight was the first night in 4 weeks I managed to get something done - and even then it was a fight. Gah!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/03/greetings-from-warmaster.html">Dave Taylor's Horus (not mine!)</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So SneakyDan came around to meet little fester Jnr the other day and suprisingly, we were talking shop (aka 40k).</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">He suggested, instead of buggering around with the BA / C:SM lists I have been working on (which are basically mech marines + 10 shooty-nators), I should instead consider looking into Space Wolves.</div><br />
Now, I have been avoiding Wolves like the plague, simply because they are still the favour of the month, and seen (here in comp-land), as the worst thing since sliced Lash Princes.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So anyway, he talks me into looking at Logan Grumblebum or whatever his name is, and given the slant I have towards the Luna Wolves / Sons of Horus, he probably is the best Horus matchup in the game right now.</div><br />
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Onto the list. Seeing as I am in comp land, I have completely ignored comp and tried to write a list that will actually work, instead of one that is softy soft.<br />
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1750 Loganwing - fester style. (1745 points)<br />
<strike>Horus</strike> Logan Grimnar<br />
Rune Priest (Living Lightning, Tempest's Wrath)<br />
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2 x Wolf Guard Pack (5 models)<br />
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Razorback, Lascannon/Twin Linked Plasma Gun<br />
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1 x Wolf Guard Pack (10 models)<br />
- 2 Terminator Armor, Cyclone Missile, Powerweapon<br />
- 2 Power Weapon<br />
- 2 Combi Melta<br />
- 4 with no upgrades<br />
Razorback, Lascannon/Twin Linked Plasma Gun<br />
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2 x Landspeeder Typhoon, Heavy Flamer <br />
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3 x 5 Long fangs with 4 Missiles. <br />
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We are a little light on troops and melta, sure, but 24 missiles a turn has to make someone cry :) <br />
Oh, and the 3 Razorbacks and the Rune priest for lols :) <br />
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I am going to be running a 1500 tourney later this year and am thinking of taking a very similar list... just not sure how to trim it back. The troops have to stay as-is, so to cut 250 points out is something like: <br />
2 Razors and the Rune Priest, 2 Speeders and a Razor, all the Razors (and another 20 points), or some long fangs and speeder/razor/priest. <br />
Really, none of which are options I want to take.festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-85520225664883795232011-07-22T14:34:00.001+10:002011-07-22T14:41:25.880+10:00I had a Tournament!Hi lads and ladettes,<br />
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Long time no see. And well, will be longer again until the next time given that I have just welcomed fester Jnr into this world (that's #2 for those who are counting) and I have all but been stopped playing 40k until 2012. Joy!<br />
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Anyway, onto the tournament.<br />
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The last weekend of June was the local RTT - Cowcon.<br />
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I turned up with the Cursed Ork Army of Doom (aka MVB/Archies/The Ork build). More on the curse later.<br />
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Knowing this tournament was a comp'd event, and knowing that for this list to place I had to major win 5/5 games, I had my game face on, big time. The event was also comp seeded, meaning that the first round you played against another player with the similar comp score as you. I knew I was just about the toughest list there, so it was going to be rough.<br />
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<strong>Game 1: Razor Wolves.</strong><br />
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Thankfully, I drew a high KP army on the KP mission. Phew.<br />
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<strong>Game 2: Blood Angels</strong><br />
A hybrid style force that I had actually beat (this exact army and player) at the previous RTT I attended.<br />
Mission was "Milk the Cows", you get one token for each objective you control at the end of your turn. Win conditions are decided by the margin. Once again, major victory.<br />
Highlight of the game for me: He brings a squad of jumpers and surrounds a trukk. He then Wrecks it, Kareen result is the "Explode" equivalent. He loses 2 guys, deliberately takes 2 plebs and breaks coherency, then fails the leadership test and flees. Did you know that you cannot rally if you are not in coherency, and that by the letter of the law, you cannot move in any way but straight back (unless you are blocked of course), even on a run move, to get back into coherency. That basicall won me the game as his nerve was then broken.<br />
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<strong>Game 3: Thousand Sons.</strong><br />
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Mission: Escape Capsule. End of Game turn 2/3, a capsule falls from the sky (random location in the middle of the board), only objective. Win margin based on VP's of troops on the objective.<br />
He saw my army, (he and I are good mates regardless), shook my hand and said "I have no chance". I simply said that I had to deal with his Daemon Prince and Greater Daemon, and if I couldn't he won. Those daemons ate all 9 kans, 2 squads of boys and everything else I could find, just to keep them off the only objective.<br />
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<strong>Game 4: Orks</strong><br />
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5 Objectives as per NOVA placing. Major Victory to me again, only after I managed a last turn charge to pull him off one of his two objectives.<br />
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<strong>Game 5: Footdar</strong><br />
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Mission, Spearhead, KP. I knew I had no chance in this mission. I had 22 KP to his 12. He outranged me, out gunned me, and I had basically nothing that could deal with his Wraithlords or his Avatar. Sigh.<br />
Result, massacre defeat. <br />
Turn 1 he took 4 KP off me. This pretty much summed up the game for me. Anything he shot at died in a ball of flame, and no kareen results went my way. Apart from that, yeah, I made a few mistakes, and they hurt. Killa Kans in terrain (all 3 squads) moved 9 inches over 3 turns, running each turn. What can you do when the dice finally fail.<br />
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<strong>The Curse:</strong><br />
So the curse, I hear you say?<br />
This list has lost only 3 games across 3 tournaments. Each time, it lost to the eventual tourney winner. This list is cursed to be always beaten by the eventual winner.<br />
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Regardless, a great time was had by all, and I got knocked from 1st overall at the start of Game 5, to 7th overall, and not even best general (by a long margin).festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-70158516254505530552011-06-01T07:50:00.000+10:002011-06-01T07:50:17.472+10:00More Luna Wolves - AOBR dread.So amongst the ruins of everything, I had been slowly putting paint on more models. <br />
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The primary colours on these are white (duh) and charadon granite for the dark contrast. It keeps everything a little warmer, which is nice. <br />
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To Games Workshop,<br />
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Why? No seriously, why? I'm sure the excuse of cutting off Australasia and other countries (Canada, India, Korea, South American countries, etc.) to benefit the independent and GW store sales in Australia sounded good but unless you cut the prices here to not be a ridiculous 200% higher price than overseas, it's not going to happen. Let's look at this logically. You've stopped us from buying from stores like Maelstrom and Wayland with an embargo agreement in your Terms and Conditions (remember globalisation? how's that going btw?). Does this mean we are going to now buy at RRP in Australia or other countries? No.<br />
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There are other outlets overseas we can buy from which are still much cheaper (hi America), other companies which you cannot touch without raising a helluva lot of crap (hi ebay) and people who are willing to ship to us overseas (hello family and friends) without the 200% tax. We won't be getting as huge a discount as before but it's much better than buying here at RRP. The other option is of course going to be quitting which I imagine some people are going to do. Check out this thread on WargamerAU where a lot of people are indicating they are. The ultimate bottom line? Your bottom line suffers (more people leaving) and the retailers in Australia do not benefit.<br />
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Now I'm all for one in supporting the locals. I buy all my products such as spray paint, paints, plasticard, magnets, drills + bits, modelling putty, brushes, etc. from Australia. As an aside, do you actually stock good quality merchandise for all of those options? I don't see you selling plasticard, magnets, good sized drillbits, custom bases, etc. I'd be happy to pay a 5-10% premium on these objects compared to other stores to support your business but then again, I don't really want to support your business currently do I? The point of any business is to make a profit but the problem with your business model is you do not do this whilst concurrently supporting your customer base. We don't ask for much but a short list would look like...<br />
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•not raising prices every year, without fail, regardless of the economic situation or inflation rates<br />
•basing prices around the world upon exchange rates (I wouldn't be averse to paying 20% more in Australia compared to the UK or America locally but I am adverse to paying twice as much) - there are circumstances in each country that make operating there more or less expensive but you need a base retail price for your product which is then translated by exchange rates at a given time (i.e. quarterly) rather than a price set many, many years ago. It's part of being in a global market.<br />
•regular and quick FAQs - you've done a fantastic job IMO of creating some pretty balanced books for 5th edition, fix the grey areas quickly.<br />
•official erratas - man up and admit you've made mistakes (hi Tyranids) and work on erratas that are official and re-print the books with these amendments. Admitting a mistake and fixing it isn't a problem and I'd applaud you for it. Ignoring a problem is.<br />
•fix Fantasy - you did it with 40k, why go backwards with Fantasy?<br />
•don't think your customer base is moronic - the resin re-cast to be cheaper than metals whilst hiking prices, not fooling anyone.<br />
Ultimately people in Australia and other countries go overseas for their Games Workshop products for a reason: it's significantly cheaper (I.e. half price). What motivation is there to therefore buy from our locals when you aren't treating your customers with loyalty and support? People will walk away and your bottom line will hurt. A simple solution: care about your customers. Change the Australian (and other countries) prices so they are at least similar to the UK and US. This doesn't have to be the exact same price but some parity would be greatly appreciated.<br />
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Here's a quick example. If you could buy a similar product for $45 compared to $150, what would you do? How about if the product was the exact same but if you ordered it overseas it was $80 compared to $150 by the time it reached your door step? I'm pretty sure you'd want to take the cheaper option correct? For you as a company, you make your profit margin through the reseller regardless of where it is purchased. You may make more money off a direct sale at an Australian store compared to an Internet sale from the UK but you have already achieved the profit margin from the Internet sale already. The Australian stores may be hurting but this is down to the initial price you have set, not market trends. Simply put, you are alienating customers from a large and developing market.<br />
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I and many of the readers here obviously enjoy your game. We've played it through thick and thin (4th edition...) or come back thanks to an improvement game balance (5th edition) and don't want to leave. We will though sooner or later if you keep piling on idiotic choices on us. Other companies like Privateer Press did very well in the early to mid-2000s for a reason and people will migrate to other gaming systems if you continue to mistreat them and their loyalty.<br />
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As it stands I question why you do the things you do. Raising prices every year annoys me but I cannot complain too loudly as your products are a luxury item but you do not provide excellent customer service one usually expects with such goods. I certainly find minimal fault with your staff or when your product is damaged/faulty but your overarching business model seems counter-intuitive to maintaining a customer base. Even if you are getting a large amount of new customers imagine how much better off your company would be if you had maintained a significant portion of your repeat customers. The model you are running currently to me does not seem sustainable as your turnover rate in customers is just too high. I applaud your efforts in making 40k 5th edition a more competitive game but what you've done to Fantasy 8th edition doesn't bode well for the future.<br />
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Please, look to satisfy both the shareholders and the customer rather than just the former.<br />
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<strike>Kirby</strike> fester.festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-86176500830387350172011-05-15T16:26:00.001+10:002011-05-15T16:35:07.530+10:00More Luna Wolves<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/warhammer/14c529c2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/warhammer/14c529c2.jpg" width="238" /></a>So I have embarked on painting these white bad boys, and I have 2 test models left to do.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Of course, I have to finish the Captain as well :)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Before I get sidetracked, thanks to <a href="http://warpaintguy.blogspot.com/">Warpaintguy</a> for the stylish blogger vote, and I will get to that response in time :) I have to work out a few things before I do my big post.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway, instead of doing that post, I was painting.</div>Some more pics beloooooww.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/warhammer/ca1c8a15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/warhammer/ca1c8a15.jpg" width="238" /></a><a href="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/warhammer/78632149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/warhammer/78632149.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>I need to paint his feet, but I dont want to paint them white - not because its hard, but because I think it might be too much. Saying that, in these photos they feel like they need to be white.<br />
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One day I will get my decent camera and take some shots outside, but too lazy this week :)<br />
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Oh, and another thing, for those who keep track of other people's social lives - I start a new job tomorrow after quitting my job of 5.5yrs to try another challenge in the IT field.festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-64967635470948597662011-05-10T13:22:00.001+10:002011-05-10T13:23:12.205+10:00Luna Wolves AoBR Captain<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/dfccd36c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/dfccd36c.jpg" width="240" /></a>I am trying out my hand at ... well ... painting well instead of vomiting on minis.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Here is the prototype for my marine repaint - Luna Wolves Captain Fester von Festerson (name may not be Warhammer canon).</div><br />
I intend to do decent photos soon, this was a 3 minute this-morning job.<br />
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Some touchups, shoulder pad embellishments and a base TBC.<br />
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If I think its worth the effort will be entered into painting comp @ Cowcon - the local RTT.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish these were mine, link is <a href="http://iloveyellowpaint.blogspot.com/2011/05/imperial-fist-terminator-squad.html">here</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>So I'm slipping on my resolve to paint Howling Griffons... but slipping to Luna Wolves which are, of course, white.<br />
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So much easier..<br />
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Sigh.<br />
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Oh, and my personal note:<br />
http://iloveyellowpaint.blogspot.com/2011/05/imperial-fist-terminator-squad.html<br />
These storm shields are awesome, must do this with my Luna Wolves...festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-49345528440245813522011-04-28T13:27:00.000+10:002011-04-28T13:27:16.639+10:00Quick word in your ear - Marine Repaint<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Just a quicky, I have gotten bored with all these green marines.<br />
Time for some more green, Simple Green that is, and a lot of marines in the bath.<br />
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As such I have also re-written my army a bit to fit these changes, and allow me to up the anti a little for the new army paint job.<br />
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First, list.<br />
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<b>HQ</b> <br />
Librarian<br />
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<b>Elites</b><br />
10 Terminators, 2 Cyclone Missile Launchers<br />
Dreadnought (Multimelta)<br />
Dreadnought (Multimelta)<br />
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<b>Troops</b><br />
10 Tactical Marines, Meltagun, Missile Launcher, Rhino <br />
10 Tactical Marines, Meltagun, Missile Launcher, Rhino<br />
10 Tactical Marines, Meltagun, Multimelta, Rhino<br />
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<b>Fast Attack</b><br />
Landspeeder Typhoon (Typhoon Missile Launchers, Heavy Flamer)<br />
Landspeeder Typhoon (Typhoon Missile Launchers, Heavy Flamer)<br />
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<b>Heavy Support</b><br />
Predator, Heavy Bolter Sponsons <br />
Predator, Heavy Bolter Sponsons<br />
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41 infantry (30 scoring), 9 vehicles, 1750 points.<br />
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Now as for the scheme? Howling Griffons. Something easy to paint.<br />
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I have dug out a Terminator, my own AoBR captain (soon to be just a sargeant) and I will be getting a start on finding out just how hard these guys are to paint.<br />
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"WIP photos coming?" you might ask... I'd like to think so but who knows.festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-65840537912670161482011-04-25T10:06:00.001+10:002011-04-25T10:10:02.203+10:00Da Horde Returnz<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdttq50V0O2sv15BONF2wZcPnTUzgGfByd8lV8gimBu7_6P_6FBckbKGUXFKemqN2U9KFq1QVmUdTmQHjq0y8WHU17fIaxwfsCrKhmgP0iqDws7IVsOi_Zca5tiDCvBuVs6cW15Ptejfo/s1600/shield.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdttq50V0O2sv15BONF2wZcPnTUzgGfByd8lV8gimBu7_6P_6FBckbKGUXFKemqN2U9KFq1QVmUdTmQHjq0y8WHU17fIaxwfsCrKhmgP0iqDws7IVsOi_Zca5tiDCvBuVs6cW15Ptejfo/s320/shield.png" width="320" /></a></div>I feel terrible for not keeping the blog going, but once more life takes over.<br />
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I am going though the 6th month of my #2 bub's pregnancy (no, I'm the Dad not the Mum, but I still have to live with it), a new car we picked up on Friday, starting a new job in 3 weeks and a whole host of other stuff that really is neither here nor there, but all adds up to - I get 1 hr of painting every other night and I haven't seen the value in using it to write a blog post.<br />
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Anyway, without further ado, the reason I have been painting is so that I can re-complete the MVB list I am running for this year's Tourney Season.<br />
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0/10 Comp, here we come!<br />
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[PIC HEAVY] Some of these are doozies!<br />
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Full Pic (~4.4mb in Hi Res)<br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Still more work to go, namely rivets and detailing, but that baby should catch some bullets :)</div>festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-37126942975115996362011-03-03T21:49:00.001+10:002011-03-17T22:38:38.978+10:00ThunderKan #2Just a real quicky, I have like a day to paint this bad boy for the tournament, its 9.50 pm and my wife will turn up shortly asking for me to go to bed.<br />
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Kan # 2 done!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brolo of 3++ fame is shipping me 3 kans that were supposed to be here yesterday.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sigh.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Oh well, digging through a trade I found a new plastic Kan!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Winnah!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So to start on the last 3 models, I have whipped up this.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the army's vehicles, minus 3 more Killa Kans. Count the vehicles (and dont miss the trukk in the back of the battlewagon). Add 3 for the other Kans. What you get?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">22? Correct.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and this is 1750 btw :)</div>festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349876683928325453.post-74449177347931495272011-02-28T10:53:00.001+10:002011-02-28T20:54:42.510+10:00CENTURION PRIZES<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9zgobknB7YExdL8aVETYV5xNnIOq23kPter1LD_qZkeRNPiKzrYlrjvgOvXTAnKFSyWl38hvVgr97piwgChVS0ddBuPcf4O8pKqXMr0HtHALs8Cz7NO-2sq9PV4uBsS-vJeXintt5V0/s1600/photo-756255.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578525822883667170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9zgobknB7YExdL8aVETYV5xNnIOq23kPter1LD_qZkeRNPiKzrYlrjvgOvXTAnKFSyWl38hvVgr97piwgChVS0ddBuPcf4O8pKqXMr0HtHALs8Cz7NO-2sq9PV4uBsS-vJeXintt5V0/s320/photo-756255.JPG" /></a></div><br />
So I arrived home Friday, and there was a ticket saying I had a package to collect at the post office, collect by 5pm. I get the ticket at 5.10pm. Bugger. As this week is holidays for Centurion prep (and family <strike></strike>time) I run down to the post Office and grab the prizes from Alpha Hobbies (will hyperlink this later, I'm email-posting from my iPhone :) ). <br />
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Excellent. <br />
Now, to put in the big box with the other prizes... <br />
Crap, they don't fit! <br />
The box above is the prize pool in all its overflowing glory. (The rulebook is for scale, I'm not giving that away!) I hope to lay it all out either this week or at Cent to show off :) There is sooo much stuff. More door prizes than players at the moment! <br />
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Prizes have come from : <br />
Forgeworld (major and door prizes) <br />
Alpha Hobbies (major prizes and discount cards inc donated major prize) <br />
A Gentleman's Ones (thanks b. He donated 5 door prizes from what I got from his banner comp) <br />
My personal collection of stuff (about 10 door prizes, mainly resin bases etc) <br />
Lurking Horror (local gamer who donated 4 2nd ed blisters) <br />
The Capricorn Model House (hobby door prizes & airbrush) <br />
Millennium Comics (standard dice) <br />
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There is about 1 spot left to make it even numbers (30 ppl)! Come on lads!festerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696875815801425052noreply@blogger.com0