40k HOBBY: Painting stuff I am working on

Most likely these things will get done next week, after Adepticon, but here is a small post on what I am painting.




These are the first two Arbites from a small commission I am doing. He wanted to go with a darker looking style, and I seem to be fit for that haha. I am trying out some different techniques, mixing my more artistic style with a more extreme highlights mix. Sorry for the bad pictures, I need to find room to set up a picture area in my office. I got some hints from BigRed and I am planning on having a nice set up in the coming month.



Next we have the unpainted stuff sitting on my desk. I finished off a big batch of daemons so of course I am looking at my marines next, as well as finishing this one defiler that is just sitting there wondering when he will get painted up and disgusting. The third thing in the picture is a new Plague marine squad that will get done at some point. It is set up with 2 meltas, combi-melta, and a power fist. Now I just need to put together one of my extra rhinos and make it all gross etc.

After I get back it is looking like I will have a high elf commission coming and some marine stuff. I am hoping to finish the Arbites by the middle of April (I have an animation project I need to finish up) and then marines by the end of April. Will see.

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Heading Home & BoLS Tournament Thoughts

I'm on the road again, Its been great time at Adepticon and Chicago.

With the lack of tournaments and the pullout of Games Workshop, we have been scratching our heads trying to figure out a way forward. We are now working under the theory that a yearly BoLS tournament of some type will be happening.

My question for you guys is who would be willing to travel to Austin TX for 2-3 days of 40k fun, and what types of games and events would you like to see there?

~Remember the BoLS crew are the big believers in FUN, FUN, FUN and have a ton of rare and exotic models, armies and titans to spice up custom events. All types of untraditional competitions could be had covering the entire GW product line in addition to the straight tourney stuff. Lets hear what you want folks.

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40k RUMORS: Plastic Hellhound & More

Hi all,

A quick one, but we heard the Games Worksho presentation at Adepticon, and while not offering up pictures, the rep did say that a plastic Hellhound was in the Warhammer 40k pipeline. It will allow buildouts as any of the Hellhound variants, and would "look even better than the Forgeworld Hellhound"

We also got to take a quick peek at the IG codex and can say that The Dude's superb IG summary on Warseer is pretty much 100% correct. Did I mention that Stormtroopers are armed with Hellguns, Hellpistols and a CCW!!! The Hydra ignores the coversave for skimmers moving fast as well as turbo-boosting bikes! Finally, it may be possible to combine some IG options to give their enemies a -2 to all Reserve rolls! Can you guys think of any specific armies that won't like those abilities? I can.

~We offered up our preliminary thoughts on the effect of the new codex on the 40k 5th Edition scene on an upcoming 40K RADIO podcast, so keep an eye out for it. Comment away folks!

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40K EVENTS: Lucky 13s 2009 Edition

Games Workshop's Lucky 13s campaign provided tons of 40K Apocalypse fun for gamers all over the US in 2008 and more than one hundred participants successfully received a special patch (pictured above) and certificate for making it to the "Roll of Honor". Lucky 13s lives again in 2009 with its first major event at Games Day Baltimore on May 9 and continuing for the next six months at hobby centers all over North America.

Those who did not earn a Lucky 13s patch in 2008 will have another chance to do so this year. Warhammer 40,000 players who have already earned their Lucky 13s patch will be designated "Hardened Veterans" with new opportunities and benefits for participating in the new 2009 version of the campaign. For full details on how to get in on the fun, check out the Lucky 13s events pages on the GW website. The Lucky 13s needs you, enlist now!

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ADEPTICON: Closing Images, Adepticon 2009

Hi everybody:

As we are wrapping everything up and preparing to hit the road, the Fly Lords wanted to let you all know how we fared and leave you with some parting images:

Gladiator Champion: Jwolf (Forgeworld Reaver as prize)
Codicer Champion: Jwolf (Won the 40K rules quiz)
Best Sportman - Invitational Championship : Goatboy (proving one can play hardcore AND be an absolute gentlemen)

Here are a few pictures to give you a feel fo the event.



COBRA vs The Spanish Inquisition




40K RADIO's Spencer and his "Girlfriend"




Space Sharks, JAWSOME!


The Fly Lords in Action






~You can expect many more articles coming in the future regarding some of the tactics (Tactica Arvis Lighter), cool tricks (such as the dreaded "Triple-Hodgson") and awesome armies we saw.

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40K NEWS: FW Openday 2009 - Part 2

Yet more goodies brought to us by BoLS shutterbugs: Mike Leach, Nicholas Livesey, Kieron England (Thanks guys!)

~Apparently that Blight Drone IS the Nurgle Daemon Engine! Forgeworld staff were also making noise about future plans for Warlords and Phantoms as part of the longterm schedule!

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40K NEWS: Forgeworld Openday 2009

Images and pics courtesy our good friends at Warseer; Thanks Guys!

Those guys over at Forgeworld have been busy:

Orks: Lots of new trukk stuff, beds, weapons, cabs, halftracks, full tracks

Chaos: Daemons and WIP Reaver

Imperial Guard: Valkyrie conversions, what looks like a conversion kit to make the plastic Valkyrie into a Vulture and Vendetta upgrade pack.

VRAKS III: Deamons, Deamon Engines Grey Knights Chaost and Loyalist SM's looking good. Rules for Zufor are in there.

Future Plans: Orks will appear in the next IA book. The plan is to do models for all the the clans, with the first three likely being the Goffs, Evil Sunz and Deathskulls. Opponents will be the Imperium and its likely to be the Imperial Guard in the form of the Elysians, with some new Elysian models, and possibly Valkyrie variants. Forgeworld may be doing some character models for the Orks and there seems a wish to be a Big Mek Stompas. There might be doing some parts for the Stompa like the Lifta Droppa. Games Workshop have confirmed they wouldn't be producing an accessory sprue for the Stompa.

~CHAOS REAVER!!!! Also, those Khornate Deamon Engines look awesome. No world on the Nurgle one, more as we get it.

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40K: Dark Eldar Musings

Hi, Jwolf here. So, I just picked up a metric ton (I'm not kidding; its like 8000 pts of the spiky little buggers) of Dark Eldar from a friend who has stopped playing. Now I’m trying to figure out what to do with them, and I’m interested in your feedback – especially from you veteran Dark Eldar players. We here at BoLS believe in covering ALL the armies in 40k, and I volunteered for these guys. Here are my first two list ideas.

Archon List
Archon (Shadowfield, Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Combat Drug Dispenser, Xenospasm, Archangel of Pain, Grenades)
Incubi Master (Combat Drug Dispenser, Terrorfex, Hell Mask, Grenades)
5 Incubi (2 Blasters, Plasma Grenades)
3 Warriors (Red Shirts, Plasma Grenades)
Raider (Horrorfex, Night Shields, Trophy Rack)

Wych Drachite (Combat Drug Dispenser, Terrorfex, Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
Succubus (Terrorfex, Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
8 Wyches (Wych Weapons, 2 Blasters, Plasma Grenades)
Raider (Horrorfex, Trophy Rack)

Wych Squad
Succubus (Terrorfex, Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
9 Wyches (Wych Weapons, 2 Blasters, Plasma Grenades)
Raider

3xWarrior Squad
10 Warriors (2 Dark Lances)

2xRaider Squad
10 Warriors (Dark Lance, Blaster)
Raider (Horrorfex, Trophy Rack)

2x Ravager (2x Disentegrator, 1x Dark Lance)

Lelith Hesperax List
Lelith Hesperax
Succubus (Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
8 Wyches (Wych Weapons, 2 Blasters, Plasma Grenades)
Raider (Horrorfex, Trophy Rack)

Wych Drachite (Combat Drug Dispenser, Terrorfex, Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
Succubus (Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
8 Wyches (Wych Weapons, 2 Blasters, Plasma Grenades)
Raider (Horrorfex, Trophy Rack)

3xWych Squad
Succubus (Combat Drug Dispenser, Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Wych Weapons, Grenades)
9 Wyches (Wych Weapons, 2 Blasters, Plasma Grenades)
Raider (Horrorfex)
One Succubus has a Webway Portal

2xWarrior Squad
10 Warriors (2 Dark Lances)

2x Ravager (2x Disentegrator, 1x Dark Lance)

Warp Beast Squad (3 Beasts and a Beastmaster)

~I don’t really know what I’m doing other than painting a few hundred Dark Eldar, so give me your thoughts, dread Lords and Ladies of Commorragh.

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LoTR NEWS: War of the Ring Ships

War of the Ring is out and available for purchase.

Read our Review here.

Games Workshop War of the Ring Product Page.

~Its a good game guys. You should all give the book a quick flip through to see if its your cup of tea. I'm pretty sceptical of LoTR merchandise of any type (not just games), but this one really stands out.

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40K HOBBY: Red Orktober Killcroozer

You all requested more shots of the 12 foot Killcroozer from Adepticon 2009, and here you go. this thing is the display board for one of the Team-tournament teams. How would you score them for theme and team spirit?










~Pretty nice hey. So do you think BoLS should crank out an Apocalypse datasheet for it?

UPDATE: BoLS reader Billy W. photoshopped the Red Orktober together into this nice single shot for you guys:

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40K & WFB NEWS: US 2009 GTs Gone

Hi guys,

We have heard through the grapevine, that the United States Grand Tournament circuit is dead for 2009. Expect this news to be rolled out shortly through official channels.

UPDATE: Official Confirmation Here

~While I'm still somewhat shaken up by what this means towards the future, I see it as an opportunity for the player community to step in and fill the void with independent events. Time will tell if this decision gets reversed eventually, or whether Games Workshop has really decided to leave the dedicated tournament scene.

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GLADIATOR WINNER: JWOLF!!!

Reaver build, demolishes all opposition.

Forgeworld Reaver coming home to TX!

~Pictures and details coming soon!

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40K Army List: Adepticon 2009 Gladiator ~ Part 2

Part 1 of this series, covered Bigred, Jwolf, and Minus67's Reaver builds, but as we were testing out our lists, there was dissention within the ranks! Darkwynn and Bushido Red Panda, decided to try out diffeent approaches to the Gladiator challenge.

The basics first: 2250pts, Forgeworld allowed, Apocalypse rules allowed, no Apocalypse formations, but a single superheavy or gargantuan creature is in. There will be a set of random missions to put the armies through their paces, so flexibility in both maneuver as well at tradtional firepower and assault ability will be a key.

Months back we sat around the table and began the theoryhammer sessions and opened them up for the BoLS readers to check on popular opinion. After several weeks we narrowed the choices down to a handful of serious contenders:

Reaver Builds
8 Destroyer pieplates give them the highest shooting lethality in the game. They can clear elite armies in 2 turns, and cripple horde armies in 3-4. Enemy superheavies are for the most part doomed.

Superheavy Flyer Builds
These are masters of positioning, and can drop off enough elite infantry late game to take objectives or kill ANY single thing in a single firing phase (even Reavers). They have fickle reserves hovever,and only get one chance. They are also useless versus horde armies with lots of long range high-volume shooting (remind you of anyone?)

Angrrath the Unbound-Fateweaver Builds
The most potent assault force in the game bar none. These represent a mortal threat to anything if they can drop in close enough to assault the next turn.

IG Flying Circus Builds
These are able to just loiter and burn down the clock, awaiting last turn objective grabs. They are an almost impossible foe for Chaos Daemon and dedicated assault armies to deal with, but have the same vulnerabilities as the Superheavy flyer builds. They are paradoxically, also vulnerable to dedicated air-to-air flyers, as most of the AV:10 flying transports do not carry AA mounts.

The Plan(s)

Bushido Red Panda: Eldar Superheavy Flyer Build
Bushido is a trickster. He's been playing Eldar a looooooong time and knows many of thier secret ways. His Gladiador game lies in taking his time, and offering up little to no easy targets for an enemy army to sink its teeth into. His ground forces are usually kept out of harms way early game and rely on Eldrad's redeployment to help out. Then the airforce reserves in (quickly with the aid of an Autarch who is not pictured), and begins to take down key enemy units, relying mainly on the Vampire's Pulsar. Those 2 S:D blasts per turn make short work of most targets. Most enemies are hard pressed to repel this much flyer firepower protected by Eldar holofields.

Once the foe is weakened, the Vampire swoops in and unleashes the one-two punch of firedragons to knock out stubborn threats,and guardian-jetbikes to swiftly grab objectives, supported by the original ground based forces. Bushido's list is most potent versus other large expensive targets, elite armies, or Flying Circuses. He runs risks if he hits a massive horde army, but he does win on style points for deploying jetbikes out of a flyer. No one ever said the Eldar weren't cool!


Darkwynn: Anggrath the Unbound-Fateweaver Build
Darkwynn is one of Austin's most aggressive players. He normally runs lists like Black Templars, and prides himself on pretty much steamrollering through the enemy lines, slaying merrily as he goes. Early on in our testing, he decided that the Reaver holding back and blazing away just wouldn't cut it for him. He demanded blood, and there was only one build guaranteed to spill it by the gallon...

His Chaos Deamons list is anchored by a Nurgle Daemon-prince and 3 packs of plaguebearers, who hopefully come in nice an early. Then comes the anvil, as Fateweaver, Anggrath, and another pair of Lords of Change come on down and bring the pain. Anggrath is about the killiest thing in the game; winged, and able to drop even a Reaver in a single round of assualt, or massacring handfuls of infantry at a time. He is already difficult to bring down, and Fateweaver only makes things worse. Add to that the rampaging Nurgle nasties, and the harrassing firepower of the Lords of Change, and you have a recipe for serious pain if the enemy army can't reposition in a big hurry.

No matter how his deployment rolls go, Darkwynn's army will be going straight for the throat.

~By now, the Gladiator is over, and we are all either drinking away our sorrows, or raising our glasses to our triumphs. In any case, we'll let you know how we all did as soon as we can grab a computer. More soon...

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Fly Lords: Gladiator Live Update

+++INQUISITION TRANSMISSION FOLLOWS+++

JWOLF: 2 Massacres of foe
MINUS67: 2 Massacres of foe
Other Fly Lords: Steady Progress


The Eldar Rule the Skies


Check Six Xenos Scum!


Craftworld:1 Titan Legion:0


Vulcan He'stan is gunned down by lasgun fire!


I have to fight THIS?


Killkroozer Inbound

+++TRANSMISSION ENDS+++

~Thought of the Day: The Emperor Protects, 2 rounds down, 2 to go.

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