Today Forge World released the latest of their incredibly late 'Next Babab War' releases, one of which was pedestrian at best - namely the blinking Space Sharks for Nurgle's sake! - but the other i'll admit is quite interesting..
Especially when you consider this paragraph.
A Space Marine Contemptor Dreadnought is an Elites Choice in
a Codex Space Marine, Codex Dark Angels, Codex Space Wolves,
Codex Blood Angels or Codex Black Templars army. Until a
specific variant of this unit is featured in a forthcoming book, the
Contemptor as listed here may also be used in a Codex Chaos Space
Marines army.
That's right... WE FINALLY HAVE A VENERABLE DREADNOUGHT AND we have confirmation of a forthcoming book, either IA: Apoc 3 perhaps (for the Phantom) or IA 12, as afterall IA 11 is already Eldar, being a Chaos vs. Imperium book. Again. Only this time with Mareens. Of the Chaos AND Imperial variety. And yet another attempt to shoehorn Culln into being super smexy awesomeness. That's both good and bad, admittedly, at the same time, I suppose. Hope that it's Emperors Children/Thousand Sons vs. Iron Hands - three really strapped for releases armies in one go and the chance to finish off a Resin Cult Legion quartet? Sign me up.
But what is the 'Contemptor Dreadnought' as this is being called? Well, it's a mix of Defiler (AV) and Death Company DreadI guess (with the statline), but comes at the premium price of 175 pts for 2 Strength 7(10) attacks and a Heavy Bolter... And the equivilent of a Storm Shield integrated. Huh - that explains the egg shell then, eh?
The options are pretty standard for a Dreadnought - mix of Furioso and Normal I guess - but what intrigues me is the 6 blanked out parts which must be, respectively:
- Heavy X (8 or 9 letters)....................+20pts
- Twin Linked X (6 letters?)................+25pts
- Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with Inbuilt X (5 letters?) Y (6, 7 letters?)......+20pts
- Replace Boltguns with Heavy X (5 letters?) +20pts each
- Replace Boltguns with X (Looks like Surge, 5/6 letters?) Y (6-8 letters) +30pts each
- Add X Y (can't see anything) +1/2/3-0pts
I'm no ancient body when it comes to this, but presumably these are revamped versions of 2nd edition weaponry to match the blatantly 2nd edition dreadnought.
Anyway, it's a good release, and presumably one which also fits into the Siege Company list I guess as a linebreaker. Still only 15 Dreadnoughts - 9 Troop, 3 Heavy, 3 Elite - allowed in it but... I guess that's enough until Dreadknights get canonised for all of the chapters rather than just GK to shift more units.
Good day, ladies and gentlemen! This is what it looks like - an actual post on my actual blog! Please excuse my spelling as I may or may not be totally wasted after celebrating the Royal Wedding (though admittedly that's nothing like the feasting we had on Cadia, but alas I digress)
So, what is this titular challenge? Well, if you read Dick Move, the blog of the (oddly enough) also titular Dethtron then you'll know that this week is DIY FNIF. So, i've chosen to take up this challenge for the mixture of lulz and wewt that it will provide. The topic? This sorry article on BoLS - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2011/04/how-internet-has-made-me-paranoid.html. Why? Because of three things:
- Brent makes for a good battlefield.
- I'm the one who has the blog so i'm the one who has an opinion.
- As I said... Brent makes for a good battlefield.
The Hero of the piece... that's yours to judge. As is, as one poster put it, what the fuck this topic is actually about.
Names have not been changed but avatars have for the sake of nothing in particular.
So, let the snowmobiling begin.
captgrizz - While some of the pictures are nice Personally I thought the pictures were the worst part but meh what do I know, the last time I used a picture it was to decide what your comedic avatar would be, wtf is the point of the article??? To screw with you, that's what. That theres gay gamers(as opposed to gay anything???? Well why not? wtf) or that you offended women Shouldn't've gone out of my kitchen. or the lgbt population who play wargames(a huge subsect I gather from what I could glean off your post From what i've seen it's larger than the number of your braincells)????? Been enjoyng a lot of the articles around here lately, but this one is so WTF it makes my head hurt. Well at least that explains the grammar and shit.
Obsidian_Wolf - wow, stress much?
/sarcasm> Sacre Bleu!
The point Brent was trying to make was that as a result of the Internet literally putting the world at our fingertips Really? From what I saw it was just a load of shit bound together by a few pwetty pictures, but not having some critical components of human communication included Such as the plague, people misinterpret what another person typed and nerdrage over it, which snowballs into an out of control monster Is this the origin of Goatboy? that the original person never intended.
TL;DR: When you dont know how someone else meant to type something, take a deep breath and calm down before igniting a flame war But if you did that then the eConomy would be in tatters!
captgrizz - I didnt actually read it Awwwww, I just misinterpreted it and nerdraged Looks like I might be out of a job. :(
Moik - I believe that's one of the many points he tried to make. As capt (and B boy himself as evident by him including a "TLDR") said, the article was too scattered. Not one of his bests, the main point was kinda generic too And? BoLS is the definition of generic - if you were expecting something else then, well.
Honestly, Brent I think you're one of my favourite writers on the site for quality of articles. Also, that unicorn thing, I never assumed it was anything more than a joke.
Althought that ridiculous "Anatomy of a Girl Gamer" That reminds me there's probably some previous fight which I could reference here... hmm... makes my blood boil at the mere thought
OverwatchCNC - The point of the article was pretty clear, and reinforced by your comment here. We, the blogosphere community, need to reassess how our comments for these articles and the interactions we have in said comments sound in terms of tone and if these comments are actually representative of how we personally wish to be seen I'm picturing a white knight here for some reason. The point is we all aren't as polarized When did this become about bears? God the amount of slang here. as the comments here on BoLS sometimes would imply and that we should be careful about how polarized as a community we may become. Just take a look at US politics on any level if you want proof positive of how a polarized mentality can ruin a community of people.
Brettila - Exactly! A person cannot utter a, "Good morning" Filthy whore! around here without 100 people attacking their parentage and overall state of being. If someone outside of our somewhat smallish community were to look in on most of our discussions they would soundly denounce us before all who would listen. Bloody Conservatives.
Nurg what the hell are you doing out here at this time?
Some challenge, dunno why.
You're not even doing it right, hon. The comments are meant to actually have something to mock. You're just going down in order...
Oh crap you're right. I should really find something that's actually ANGER inducing.
Surely there's another Brent article you could use instead?
Not really worth it tbh, methinks I should just keep going. There's 278 comments here, surely there's something worthwhile somewhere.
You could just move onto another article? Now? While you've only spent 70 minutes working on this one? How about the one this article was apparently defending?
Latest update for Codex: Chaos Legions...
After a long hiatus, Design Studio is back. With the first update, here is an look back at Codex Chaos Legions.]
Since the previous update, the codex has doubled. While totally incomplete - with most of the fluff missing - this stuff is mostly done. I'm looking for opportunities to playtest them ASAP.
Updates:
- Added Arrax the Brazen, a new Iron Warrior character. Hate having your artillery miss their mark? Arrax will focus your fire.
- Added The High Orator and his Dark Apostles, reduxed Word Bearer characters. Very similar to the Sanguinary Priests, but not as OTT, these can buff your entire force.
- Added Calaesh, Thrall of Alakhar, a new Alpha Legion character. A cult leader exported from Codex: Lost and the Damned (a project in progress btw), the Thrall is your insane psyker, who guarantees your outflanks to destroy the foe.
- Added Talonmaster Torhren, a new Night Lords character. The only character outside of the HQ choices, in Fast Attack, prepare to screw people over in assault.
- Added Greater Daemons to the codex. With unique wargear, albeit at a large cost, these guys actually represent the true power of the gods.
- Added a bunch of unique Daemon Engines - 4 types of Engine Units, to be exact.
- Added some... decent Obliterator stuff? :O
- Added Campaign Chaos Gifts. If in a campaign - say, my Planetary Empires redux - you can use these rules to modify your champions and characters. With 80 options in the list, no character (should) be similar
SCRIBD LINK: http://www.scribd.com/doc/26225522/Warhammer-40-000-Fanmade-Chaos-Legions-5th-Ed
PAGES: 65
CONTAINS: Full Chaos Codex, Updated to 5th Edition standards. Few missing entries - for now - to be updated soon.
Big Guns Never Tire...
That's the story of how I fell in love with the idea of doing Tyrants Legion.
Originally this post was meant to outline the list i'll be doing for this project thing, but thats gonna take some thinkin' out. What I DO know is that i've 80 Guardsmen standing around doing nothing and one of them needs shooting in the kneecaps.
*toddles off for 5 minutes*
Anyway, Tyrants Legion.
Cool story bro, apparently Huron meshed his Guard and (some) Astral Claws together in what has to be the most meh and money grabbing scheme GW has ever done.
Let me say something now - Yes, I have the Blood angels book. Yes, I have Space Wolves. Yes I have Imperial Guard. The problem I have with the book is... what if I didn't? Suddenly I become a sad sad person who wants to kill Jervis Johnson again, despite my restraining order. Why? Because theres not only no weapon summary (except from IA only units), but you also need to have Codex: SM to use the book. And believe me, i've no interest whatsoever in getting that pile of rotten sardines. ;)
Anyway, unit ideas:
- Corpse Taker: I can haz Bile? Using the Chirurgeon Backpack set on GW site to build the actual Apothecary bloke, with a dash of Flagellants + Flayed Ones + Spare Chirg arms OR Tech Servitors for £7 at FW = Vivisection Servitors. Imma thinkin' it might be good to start with the bare unit and see how it goes before I go up.
- Centurion: Thinking basic marine with Helmet Plume, Bare Chest, and as many weapons as possible. Tip for next time, FW? ALLOW ALL ASTRAL CLAW CHARACTERS IN THE TYRANT LEGION!!!!
- Retaliators: Thinking Iron Armour for them. Nuff Said
- Legion Cohort: ...
- Iron Hunters: Scythed Bikes it is!
- Marauders: Thinkin' these should be Flagellants (for Death Cult), Necromunda (for Scout guys), or Penal Legion (for anyone else). Might want to pick up a opened up Chimera for the transport...
My intention is to pretty much build one of every infantry/bike unit in the book, and then load up on metric craptons of tanks, to bring forward the Big Guns. Then, at the end of the project, it's Huron tiem.
The time has come for this corrupt land to be cleansed with redeeming fire...
Flashbacks. Gotta love them. Especially when they remind you of some of your... duties.
I'm not a painter. I'm not a memory... guy. I'm not a hobbyist... in a way. These are all reasons why I flitter between projects... that and the flies.
Another reason? Because something is always better.
Say, for instance... BABAB WAR!
Lamenters vs. Star Phantoms was a 2 week thing. Anyway, i've found something better, thanks to this week's From The Warp own Flashback (lol it's Flashback week. Next week, it's flashdance)... here: http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2010/11/tuesday-top-ten-91.html
Anyway... BOOM! http://thefallenprinces.blogspot.com/2010/11/badab-project.html
Meet Babab War Awesome Group of Awesomeness Complete With A Label no Jutsu (or BWAGA CWULJ... pronounce from the depth of your throat, bwah-aga, cuh-wuljuh)... Label no Jutsu being here...
So yeah... Babab War Project!
My intention is for this to be a side project to my other side projects, which are themselves aside glances from the big side project, y'know being PURE EVIL (and afraid of puppies, but thats beside the point)
So. What chapter... No, it's not Phantoms or Lamenters.
All about teh Astral Claws! Gonna go down to WHW to pick up the stuff I need for it - namely Huron (the decent model) and some of those armor packs. Gonna be a blast.
I mean seriously. I revamp the site, post some stuff saying content is coming back, start, stop... return 6 months later... and put the old template back up.
Anyway, yeah. Back again for now. But what does that mean?
Well, it means one certain thing - i'm going to be posting some of the stuff i've been working on for the past few months, whether its crap or not lol. I'm not one for writing long sappy stupid posts which end eventually in my continuance in doing whatever the problem i've felt and advertised in the post, so lets keep this short.
New link bar, bam. Here's why i've added these 6 particular links - and myself - to the side:
- I have about 60 RSS feeds in my browser already. To add all 60 when not all of them are blogs would be insane.
- BoLS and YTTH are what actually got me into the hobby. They are the solder which keeps me stuck here. They are the building blocks of the hobby, and are totally Yin and Yang. To have the truly pretty much all out killing spree of YTTH without the hobby content of BoLS and the community would be so much worse than it is.
- Galaxy in Flames is there because, lets face it, I love Big Jim's work. The Soul Reapers may be the reason I put as part of his Link, being that they're remarkably similar to my still ongoing Codex: Chaos Legions, but his work in another piece - called Killzone - is so incredibly awesome that even my local GW has - or will - cave into it. Big Jim is so larger than life.
- Dethtron is there because I think that even if he, unlike all of the others in the list, uses his blog as a front for a secret underground awesome band of total bitchingness, his Friday Night Internet Fights make me lol. Sooo much.
- Explained 4, so the rest of them. Hmm. King Elessar is a British dude. From the Warp is the second greatest blog network ever (first being House of Paincakes :P). I'm a sap for self advertising, and the opportunity to lock people into an endless link loop is fascinating (makes me want to make 5 more clones of his blog to really screw with people).
Well, the link bar went on longer than I expected. So, tabs at top.
Currently broken, really, at the top but DIGAF? Herald Highlights, Design Studio, and Tactica Chaotica (aka: Tactics) articles up at the top. Added a Contact feature - my email address is battlefleetchaotic@live.co.uk, as if that wasn't already obvious. Send me hate mail if you want, at least it isn't touching my other email accounts. =)
All of my Design Studio files are being updated this week. If you're wondering, since posting Codex Chaos Legions preview in 2009, we're into version 0.791. Yep, thats the Version. 15 Updates have gone into the codex - 7.8 of them are in the Lounge Blog I have at Bell of Lost Souls.
Please, DO NOT TOUCH THE LINKS ON THE OLD DESIGN STUDIO FILES, as in those pre 2010. They're all broken or totally stupid so theres no point.
I'm hosting all of my new files on http://www.scribd.com/. That's a far better site, and its easier to update them. Plus, you can download the documents as Word Docs so that you can spread the homebrew far and wide!
Anyway, good to be back. Now then, time to make the first of many Killzone articles.
~ Herald of Nurgle
PS: Currently accepting applications for writers on Battlefleet Chaotic. Likewise, i'm registering a domain name. Tiem for funnz0rs!