Codex Astra Militarum Review

I have managed to get my hands on a copy of the codex so though I would share my thoughts on the codex compared to the previous incarnation. But first I would like to say all though out the codex it calls the army the imperial guard, the two are interchangeable so at least we aren’t stuck calling the army by its stupid name and now have new players know what we are on about. Anyway onto the review.

1850 Tournament lists, which to choose?

At the start of the year I said that I wanted to attend more tournaments than last year and so far I haven’t been able to attend one, so I am attempting to attend one in May. Meaning that I have a fair amount of preparation before the tournament, list being the largest issue.

Eldar vs Ultramarines with Knight 2000: Macragge Air Force

The ground trembles with the footsteps of a knight titan, aiding the forces of Ultramarines. This Battle report is between my Eldar and the Ultramarines air force aided by a knight. The game is 2000 points, with the Relic mission and Dawn of war deployment. 

Infantry Command Squad W.I.P

Well i have already started on making up a few of the models i need and decided to start with the platoon command. With this i wanted the commander to look a little bit different to the sergeants so have attempted to do something i have never done before, work with proper green stuff. As i haven't done this before i have only attempted something simple, but i quite like it so far.

Painting challenge: March/April 2014

With the Beginning of April it means the March Painting challenge is over, and its time to have a look at what i got done. I had a big list of things to do and i'm rather surprised at how much i got done. If you look at some of my older posts such as the 3 day painting challenge, you will see that i am a terribly slow painter. But anyway on to the models.

Eldar vs Imperial Fists and Blood Angels 2000: Angels Combinded

A combined force of Imperial fists and Blood angels attack the Eldar, intent on purging the alien from the planet, and nothing else with suffice. This battle report is a 2000 point game between my Eldar force against a friends Imperial fist and blood angle army in a a game of Purge the Alien with dawn of war deployment. Who will stand once all the dust settles, click to find out.

Void shield Generator Box - Promethium relay pipes?

Back of the box

Yesterday a friend of mine showed me the box of his void shield generator (lucky git!) and on the back we noticed a model attached to the shield generator, what was obviously the promethium pipe relay. Now if you look at the void shield model it even has circular slots in the side of it ready for the pipes to go into it. Now that's a bit for foresight for games workshop, something they don't normally do unless they plan to release the model later on, which quite clearly exists, as its certainly not a conversion. 

Now the thing with that theory is that if you do release the pipes later on, what would be the point as only 1000 people could theoretically use them? Working under the assumption that they are getting released and games workshop aren't stupid (big assumption there) does that mean we will get another model later down the line for the void shield generator? other wise what was the point of producing the pipe model as less than 1000 people will buy it? 

What do you guys think?