Today’s Picture: The Red Terror

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Ben Jackson

The problem with the internet is you can write from beyond the grave. Yep this is Ben and while I’m no longer committed to posting to ChapterMasters.com (writing offers welcome), I have a stack of material that I don’t know what to do with, so I’ve set it all to go out at random intervals.

This is the Official GW Red Terror. I have to say I love the paint Job on this thing. I’ve been very unhappy with how my Nids have been looking lately. I’m contemplating repainting my whole army like this. If only the rules for Nids made the effort worth while. (Despaired eye role) But no resentment here for the way GW have moved the goal posts so far that the line is a dot to them. I’m not painting a great deal at the moment which is why I’ve taken a break from writing. However currently I can’t decide between Kracken and what ever hive fleet the Red Terror belonged to.

Undead Lord Ben Jackson

7th edition

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Gareth Jones

Well 7th Edition has finally been released over the weekend. Many people have had very different opinions on the new rule set, some have renounced the hobby altogether some have embraced the new rules and there are still some people picking splinters out of their bum from sitting on the fence.

Unfortunately Ben Jackson is one of the people who has sadly decided enough is enough for him although you wont see the last of his models as Jon and I will be borrowing some to post on the site from time to time as he is such a good painter.

Jon and I will still try to post as much as we can on the site. We would both like to thank Ben for all his hard work and commitment to chaptermasters.com over the years and hope he returns to the hobby in future.

New G(M)orkanaut Spoted

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Gareth Jones

http://darogscompany.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/gorkanaut.html?m=1 The Orks look like they are getting some new toys to go stomping with shortly as seen in the link above..Many Ork players must have felt left out at seeing The Tau get riptides. The Eldar get their Wraithknight. The Marines getting thier teletubbies sorry Centurians. The Tyranids getting all of thier nice new Monstrous creatures and the imperial titan knights all appearing before they got there hands on any thing new well her it is waagh!!! A mini stompa called a Gorkanaut or Morkanaut, that is of similar size to the Forgeworld mega dread but smaller than a Stompa as you can see the towering behemoth in the background behind it in the picture in the link. Does this mean the new Ork codex is just round the corner or will it be a one off sale?

Today’s picture: Vanguard Veterans

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Ben Jackson

I wish this was my own squad. Maybe i’ll get it painted one day. This is the studio’s current and previous Vanguard Veteran squads. In this combination they can be fielded as either two 5 man squads or a single 10 man squad. I still think it’s a shame GW retired the old set. They are fantastic models.

The Boys in Red are Back – Blood Angels on Codex cover not 7th Edition Cover

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Ben Jackson

Retraction: There were rumours on Naftka that Blood Angels were on the cover of the new Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. This will came as no surprise to many given they are also rumoured to be in the box set, however this did give credibility to the rumour about the box sets contents.

Blood Angels represent my personal favourite era of 40k. Although there’s nothing much Grim and dark about bright red space marines. Blood Angels were the main Studio army when I started playing in 1991. My own efforts to start a Blood Angels force have never really got far, but they are still one of my favourite armies to see in the pages of White Dwarf. I expect we are about to see a lot of that.

A few of my Blood Angels, more can be found in the Imperial Menu above.

Unfortunately again the rumour were false. Maybe this was the cover of the 40k box set rather than the book.

Ben

This post is also the 400th on ChapterMasters. Thanks to all those regular readers who keep coming back and checking the site. I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for you.