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

Is 40k Really Too Expensive?

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Jon

A couple of years back Ben wrote an article looking at how much it costs to collect a number of the armies in the 40k universe. Given Games Workshops recent changes in pricing strategy you might wonder how the cost of the armies have changed. I was recently looking through an old rouge trader era White Dwarf, which is always a recipe for a trip down nostalgia lane and a sure way to be shocked at the change in the prices. How does £60 for a 2000 point Space Wolves army sound? What would be your guess at the price of a 2000 point force today, £300, £400?
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Well the 1st thing you have to bear in mind is the points values were completely different in rogue trader and this army also contained 3 special characters. The rest of the army comprises a single Grey Hunter, Blood Claw, Long Fang pack along with four Wolf Guard in Terminator armour. It hardly sound like 2000 pints by today’s standards does it? So out of interest I’ve added up the points for this army using Gareth’s 7th edition Space Wolves codex, the points cost comes in at just over 1400 points (if you only take the available upgrades, e.g. one power fist for the blood claws). I’ve also totalled this up using the 5th edition codex. It comes in at about the same amount. Including all the power fists and cost the hand flamers as flamers add another 100 points to the total. So this is about 1500 points of space wolves.

So what would the purchase price now be?

Ragnar Blackmain £12 (Rouge Trader price £5)
Njal Storm Caller £12 (Rouge Trader price £5)
Ulrik the Slayer £12 (Rouge Trader price £5)

Grey Hunter Pack £23 (Rouge Trader price £12.99)
Blood Claw Pack £23 (Rouge Trader price £12.99)
Long Fang Pack £22.50 (Rouge Trader price £9.99)
Wolf Guard Terminators £28 (Rouge Trader price £11.96)

Total Price
£132.50 (Rouge Trader price £62.90)

The battle report in question is from 1993 over 21 years ago. So in 20 years Games Workshops prices have gone up by over 100 percent. I don’t know about you but I was a bit surprised it wasn’t more than that. If I had managed to invest £62 in a 8%pa investment bond over the last 20 year the investment would now be worth £280.

The current Global economic climate makes Games Workshops prices look totally unreasonable, but it appears the truth is the core model range hasn’t gone up that much.

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

Golden Demon 2014 – Duel Warhammer Fest

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Jon

Golden Demon Duel

The Golden Demon Duel always provides some interesting and some times funny entires. This years winning entry Beauty and the Best was no exception. The winning entries were off for judging when i got to the Duel cabinet, so I don’t think I have photo’s of any.

Fist up we have Forge World’s Fist Captain Ezekyle Abaddon of the Son’s of Horus vs Former Tenth Captain Garviel Loken of the Lunar Wolves.

This World Eaters Comtemptor Dreadnought clearly packs a punch. The Blood Angle’s contempt or looks to have met it’s match.

Who is shouting “turn around” to this Tau Fire-warrior? The merciless Dark Eldar strikes.

Ultramarines Jetbike vs Ork Jet Bike Deff Koppta

Tau crises suit vs Commissar Yarkic

The Battle of Calth Pictures from Warhammer Fest 2014

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Jon

The battle of Calth in pictures from Warhammer Fest 2014. The battle of Calth was the ultimate betrayal of the Emporer’s grand scheme. Friend turned on friend, battle brother on battle brother. The Word Bearers planed methodically to catch the Ultramarines off guard. Expecting assistance, instead the Ultramarines were out numbered at outgunned. whole Chapters of Ultramarines were wiped out before they knew what was happening. A small Ultramarine force mounted a resistance against unbeatable odds.

These pictures below were taken at Warhammer Fest 2014. This was by far the most popular display by Forgeworld and possibly the highlight of the event.