Golden Demon 2014 – Horus Lucpel and Ferrus Manus

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Ben Jackson

Here are the Horus Heresy entries in the Monstrous Creature category of Golden Demon 2014 at Warhammer Fest. Horus managed to get himself into just about every category in Golden Demon. Monstrous Creature makes the most sense to me. The shading on both of these models is absolutely beautiful. It’s a shame the photo of Horus doesn’t quite have good enough focus for a close up.

HORUS THE WARMASTER PRIMARCH OF THE SONS OF HORUS

FERRUS MANUS PRIMARCH OF THE IRON HANDS Golden Demon 2014 by El Woods Half God Stuadios

FERRUS MANUS PRIMARCH OF THE IRON HANDS Golden Demon 2014

BUST – FERRUS MANUS PRIMARCH OF THE IRON HANDS

ChapterHouse Studios Will Return

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Ben Jackson

It appears ChapterHouse Studios will be open for business by Black Friday, thats 21st November 2014 if you live out side US culture. The owner of Chapter House Studios LLC posted the following information on DakkaDakka today.

“Hello folks, the web store will be up and going by the end of the week and I will ship out any orders that were not disputed this week as well. Hopefully the site will be able to stay profitable and I am hoping the defense lines will sell as well as some new products as well.

Thank you to those that supported Chapterhouse through the last years.

Nick”
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/7140/355433.page

So is seams Chapter House Studios will return. The information around the settlement reached with GamesWorkshop will never be known, however some information is clear. Games Workshop have not achieved they main goal of shutting down Chapter House Studios.

The most we will probably ever find out, will be in the form of the product lines that Chapter House continue to sell. It is clear that Games Workshop have agreed or accepted that the defence lines will continue to be sold. If I ever get a StormRaven for my blood Angels or Grey Knights I will add one of the ChapterHouse Studios conversion kits. I also like the land raider kit although I don’t think I would want more than one. I just like to have verity in my armies. Hopefully these lines will continue to be sold. I may also pick up some of their jet bikes as they are far more reasonably priced than those Games Workshop sell.

I for one am glad Chapter House Studios will continue, like them or loathe them they make the 40k universe a bigger place and offer more support to certain armies (that Games Workshop don’t give equal attention to as some others), they also offer less wealthy games a way to keep playing the hobby as Game Workshop continue on their price escalator.

It is interesting this all comes after games workshop have plugged many of the holes in their model range, by either producing the models such as the Tyranid Trannocyte Spore or removing the units from the Codex. It’s also interesting Games Workshop and have announced the appointment of a new CEO, this week. Perhaps the out going CEO Tom Kirby didn’t want this to take the focus on the incoming SEO Kevin Roundtree.

Games Workshops Storm Raven

Games Workshops Storm Raven with ChapterHouse Studios conversion kit.

It’s will be an interesting week end.

An End to Fort Pain at Warhammer World

Image | Posted on November 12, 2014 by Ben Jackson

During the building works at Warhammer World, Fort Pain has been retired. It is currently unknown if the board is set to return. While being one of the few boards featured in Games Workshop publications it was not the most popular. While it looks great it is not the most balanced or level board. It is great for a game of siege the castle and one of the few ways many people can afford to play on the Forge World Fortress, but not good for a balanced game of 40k. Some general relish this prospect.

I was able to play a game on the board with Ben’s Space Wolves against Gareth Tau and another mystery army. Here are some pictures from my one experiences of Pain!

Fort Pain Spave Wolves vs Tau, Warhammer World

Post 500 – Be a Better Painter and Gamer

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Ben Jackson

This is it. Post 500. It’s been over 2 years of posts from Jon, Gareth and myself. I could dwell on the successes of Chaptermasters.com but I’m not that inventive. Instead I’d like to share a lesson I’ve learnt from all these blog entries. Life is a participation sport. Readers are looking for news like looking at Space Marines models. Below is a table of the most popular posts on chaptermasters.com You will notice one common trend, the word leak, leak, leak appears in most of them. The very posts GW and our sponsor don’t want us to show, are the ones you wanted to see. Given we can’t post unreleased pictures, this has obviously given us a bit of a problem.

Post Title		Post Views out of 129,212
Home page / Archives		15,168
News: Dark Angels White Dwarf January 2013 Pictures leaked		2,743
News From April White Dwarf – Pictures of the new Tau models		2,591
The Eldar pics are here! June 2013 White Dwarf leaked!		2,403
Rogue Trader Ultramarines		2,096
White Dwarf July Leaks early- Apocalypse for Chaos and Necrons		1,818
Eldar rumours: New Eldar Models may not be in the June White Dwarf		1,537
Rumours: All the contents of the new Space Marine Tactical squad		1,480
Codex Dark Angels Cover Art		1,479
The Ultramarines		1,378

If I was thinking about starting a hobby at the moment I would pick something cheaper than 40k. I’d probably like to give Xwing a go. If I was starting out a blog I would pick something other than 40k. F1 or Bigfoot perhaps.

As I said above life is about participation, so be a better gamer, a be a better painter and I hope your creator blesses you.

I hope we have inspired you over the years. This is by no means the end but a refocusing of our blog towards news and reviews and away from pictures, not that we wont be still posting those.

So I will leave you with the excellent video from our friend Gus who won Silver in the Golden Demon 2013 duel.

Dark Angle Chaplin Black Templars Captain Krom Dragongaze 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Golden Demon 2014 – 40k Single Miniature

Gallery | Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ben Jackson

Here are all of the 40k Single Miniature entries I was able to get pictures of. As I’ve already stated the standard was amazing this year. While I had improved my own Golden Demon entry I could completely understand why it didn’t make the finals, maybe next year. There is a lot on the model I wasn’t happy with. I was glad non of the Krom Dragongaze mini’s won (Never enter your 1st idea). Most of the models below didn’t even make the finals.

Golden Demon 2014 40k Single Miniature Entries

Limited Edition Games Day 2013 Blood Angel Captain Golden Demon 2014

Dark Angel Sargent 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Limed Edition Emperors Children Captain 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Eldar Farseer 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Ork Pain boy 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Necron Lord 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Dark Angle Chaplin El Kaye – Half God Studios – 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Space Marine Sergeant 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Ork War Lord 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Haemonculus 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014 Bronze

Empororer’s Children Champion 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Space Wolf Rune Priest Njal Storm Caller 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Space Wolf Rune Priest Njal Strom Caller 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Limited Edition Space Wolf Captain Krom Dragongaze 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Black Templars Captain Krom Dragongaze 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014

Dark Eldar Haemonculus Golden Demon 2014 Bronze Winner

Salamanders Sterngaurd Sergeant 40k Single Miniature Golden Demon 2014 Silver

The image above is from http://volomir.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/golden-demon-2014-first-pics-and-winners.html.

Limited Edition Ultramarine Captain Golden Demon 2014 Gold Winner by Joseph Sommerfield

The image above is from http://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/5848

Apart from it being a bit crowded getting to the cabinets the atmosphere was far nicer this year. In fact I think this was the most enjoyable and cheapest Golden Demon I can remember. There was no freebies for entering and only a certificate for making the finals this year. I guess that will keep out the rubbish next year. It was noticeable some of the better painters had not entered this year although other’s had come from across Europe. Last years winner managed 3rd and I didn’t see Painting Buddha either, although the evidence of his DVDs and you tube videos was everywhere. Some of the old crowd that had turned up, looked a little disappointed the community hadn’t turned out in force. I think there were around 300 tickets remaining. Living fairly locally, I’m not sure if the location was a big put off for many this year. The venue was far nicer, Here’s hoping for the the ICC next year (just wishful thinking, nothing more.)