So I Won Some Grey Knights

As the title states I recently got through the post a package sent by the NoobHammer podcast which I won through there twitter followers giveaway. Being that I 'never' win anything I was really ecstatic when I heard I'd won and couldn't care less if it was a wet towel tied to a stick but was really happy with what I got and thought I'd show you.

As you can see the quality is fantastic and I'm glad to see no damage has been done even after the lengthy travel from the U.S.A.

I have been looking through the Grey Knights codex and realised that these were Interceptors and then thought about how they could be used if I were to make a Grey Knights force which after seeing these I am very tempted and I couldn't not play these guys. So I'm thinking about how I could use them but I'm pretty sure I'd use them in reserve to come on and cause some trouble. The great thing I can see about them is how far they can travel, there personal teleporters should be fun.

Obe last plug for http://www.noobhammer.com/ they are great podcast and are one of my favourites out of the many podcasts I listen to be sure to check them out.

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So without my realising I have hit a rather awesome milestone which I'm really happy about. I never expected to get as much attention as I have gotten and I appreciate everyone of you. I've been trying to think of what to give as a prize and came to the conclusion that £15 from Wayland Games would work. I get around 90% of my stuff from there and I know that not all of you like/want GW stuff and because of that I thought I'd choose somewhere you'd have a little freedom to choose.

So just so it's clear that's one thing worth up to £15 from Wayland Games obviously delivery not included.

So how do you enter?

Well I'll show you....

Free Army Builder....

Hey guys,

So I was looking at army builder and thought should I pay moneys for this? Well at first I thought it seemed a viable good option but then when I did a little search I found an open source army builder by the name of WarFoundry.

Being that I run Linux (thumbs up for Linux) I'm pretty happy when I find open source anything but this was something I was extremely interested in.

It is still in very much development stages at the moment with only 3 active contributors which sucks but I've run it and it seems not to bad.

It's compatible with all major OS's which is pretty awesome.

I urge you everyone to go check it out! WarFoundry

And if by any chance you have the skills to contribute to it please do (get involved).

I really would like to see this software go somewhere!

Thanks!

Ian Watson's Space Marine

I've wanted to read this book for a long time but not had the chance purely because of how expensive it is to buy. But I found a link to read it online, well I was one happy camper haha. I wasn't disappointed whatsoever it's a seriously good book.

Here's a quick review on it I found:
'Space Marine is a rare novel that is set in the Warhammer 40k universe, written by Ian Watson. Space Marine is essentially a piece of history in the Warhammer 40k universe, but one that Games Workshop doesn't actually agree with, and was never re-printed. The novel itself no longer "fit's in" with the modern day interpretation of the Space Marines, but ironically is the best written novel about space marines to date. 

Ian Watson is an incredibly talented writer, having won many Science Fiction awards, was an ideas guy for Stanley Kubrick and helped Stephen Speilburg write the screenplay for the epic film A.I. 

The story begins on the Hive world Necromunda, where a young gang member, Lexandro raids the lower levels of the Hive-city, and encounters Biff, a member of a "scum" gang and Yeremi, a member of a tech gang. 

All 3 boys eventually choose (for thier own reasons) to volunteer to join a raid against a rebel hive-city with the Planetary Defence Force. They are quickly plucked from the ranks to join the Imperial Fist chapter of Space Marines. They are taken to the Imperial Fist stronghold for training, a ruthless process that results in mind wipes for major infactions, and torturous pain for minor ones (mainly using a "pain glove"). 

Eventually trained as full Space Marines, they then have to face the terror of a Tyranid invasion, the ultimate creators of the Genestealers. 

Space Marine is one of the first novels based upon the Warhammer 40k universe, published in 1993, and it is a very accurate representation of the Warhammer 40k universe at the time, before Games Workshop decided to re-write history a bit. As such it is a unique piece of history, one which I was lucky enough to buy new over 17 years ago.'


Well here's the link, it's only a 120 pages but it's brilliant. If you do read it or have read it let me know what you think/thought about it.

Enjoy!