The Core Worlds » Warhammer 40000 http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Gaming Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Figuratively speaking http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2010/03/figuratively-speaking/ http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2010/03/figuratively-speaking/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:30 +0000 David Dorward http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/?p=140 Continue reading →]]> I paid a visit to my local Games Workshop yesterday. Inevitably this resulted in my sacrificing control of my ears to the staff for half an hour during which I discovered that the new Blood Angels codex is very beardy and that the models are gorgeous. GW is doing an amazing job with its plastics these days, the quality is astounding.

Happily I managed to escape having bought nothing more then the three things I went in to buy (two pots of paint and some plastic glue). The afternoon was spent working on some House Deneith figures for my Fantasy Craft game. I have a long way to go, but it should make for an entertaining next session.

]]> http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2010/03/figuratively-speaking/feed/ 0 Army Building http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2008/07/army-building/ http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2008/07/army-building/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:19:00 +0000 David Dorward http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/?p=34 Since I had a little spare time last night, I started work on putting my new army together. I’m really impressed by the quality of the plastics that are available these days.

Building Ork Boyz
]]> http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2008/07/army-building/feed/ 0 Space Hulk Kill Team http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2008/07/space-hulk-kill-team/ http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2008/07/space-hulk-kill-team/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:16:45 +0000 David Dorward http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/?p=31 Continue reading →]]> I only ever managed to play Space Hulk a few times, at least the proper version. The computer game just wasn’t the same (I think it might also have been one of the few games that required me to disable turbo on my old 486 to slow it from 66Mhz to a meagre 7).

Space Hulk on Flickr

Copies are selling on eBay for quite insane prices, so I’m probably not going to be able to relive that particular part of my childhood through that channel.

Happily, Games Workshop have produced some rules that are supposed to recreate the feel of the original game. So, despite my intentions to aid the Green Tide in conquering the galaxy, I might just have to invest in a couple of squads of Terminators and some of those nasty Genestealers in order to build myself a pseudo-Space Hulk set.

Hopefully, it will prove to be a good system for quick games that don’t require much in the way of set up, and keep the measuring down to a minimum. I have quite a few friends who like board games, and this might turn out to be something that will appeal to them.

]]> http://www.thecoreworlds.net/blog/2008/07/space-hulk-kill-team/feed/ 1