Ok, normally I wouldn't share something like this, it is from a friend and avid Ork player in Ca., But this was just too good.... I present the first chapter of Wrenchit.
Wrenchit the Gobbo.
It was cluttered and dark under the boss's work bench. it smelled of old engine oil and squig grease...Wrenchit was hiding from the boss. he felt safe here after breaking the boss's new spanna. " I'z dedd eff da Boss finds me" he thought to himself remembering the boss's promise last time..Wrenchit herd his name screamed outside in the junkyard and a shiver ran down his tiny spine.. "WRENCHIT!! YA WORTLESS GIT!!! WARR Iz YA!?!".....Suddenly a huge filth covered hand grabbed him by his head and yanked him out from under the table..." IF YAZ GONNA HIDE YA OTT NOT TA HIDE N DA SAME SPOT!!" were the last words Wrenchit thought he would ever hear...." Right here Boss " he squeaked...Wrenchit was lifted high in the air and dropped, his stomach rising to his throat. Then with crushing impact the Boss's boot met his backside..Wrenchit sailed through the shop and out into the junkyard, Landing hard on his back and skidding to a stop in a pool of muck. As he stood up he was rocked in the head by the broken spanna..." Gess I souda hidd dat" Wrenchit thought...Smiling to himself he yelled toward the shop defiantly " Tankx Boss fer not kill'n me"...The Boss appeared in the shop doorway. A single shot rang out.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Case by Chuck Williams
The mother of all kitbashes, by Isotope99. (Click for full-sized bad-assery)
Let's start out with an assumption. I believe we can safely assume that if you listen to my podcast or read
this blog, you love wargaming. It's not only a game, but also a means of artistic expression. Personally, I
find modelling to be a very "centering" process that I imagine is similar to meditation for some. I sit, relax,
slow my breathing down (it keeps your hands steady!), and try to get little tiny hands onto little tiny arms.
Fun, right?
When I was a young man, everything was metal. So conversions were a big deal. Even a head swap was a
rigorous process involving complicated cuts, and often there was bloodshed. But today, with the
development of the very advanced plastic kits by GW, a conversion, or kitbash (the proper term for
making something original out of commercially available plastic kits) is an exceptionally easy thing to
do. So let's do it!
But why would I want to convert something?
I suppose that is a fair question. My answer is simple. To be different. People like to be different.
Personally, I love being different. The automobile customization industry is a multi-billion dollar
industry. Why does someone put new rims on their Honda? So it doesnt look like everyone else's Honda.
Sure, some gearhead will say "because they are lighter, and make the car faster", but most people aren't
gearheads. A fancy paint job on a car doesn't improve performance at all, but there are lots of custom
paint jobs in the world. Face it, being different is cool. That's why you play wargames. Because you like it,
and to hell with the people who don't get it.
OK, I get it. But how do I do it?
We can really get into conversions in the next chapter. But why don't we start with something simple. A
head swap. This is the easiest thing you will ever do, especially with modern plastic models. Every one of
you can do this, if you can build a model, you can head swap. So, start with a cool model that has an ugly
head. It doesnt have to have an ugly head, maybe you're just doing this to be different. For me, I'm using
the new Warhammer Chaos Lord. A lot of people hate his head because of his pouty "duck face"
expression. Personally, it doesn't bother me, but let's move on!
Getting A-Head
Sorry for the pun. I should be punished for that. :) Unless you play in a GW store (and why would you?),
there's no rule that says you need to have a GW head on your model. Personally, for this model, I used a
head from Anvil Industries in the UK. But there are dozens of companies all over the world you can use,
including Victoria in Australia, and Secret Weapon Miniatures in California. But if you are sure you want
to use a GW head, you don't have to go and buy the whole kit to do it. There are plenty of bitz retailers on
eBay. Games Workshop has done everything they can to shut down the bitz trade, but there is a market for
it, and the companies seem to be doing well for the most part. So however you choose to move forward,
you'll be doing a head swap in no time.
I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by explaining how to do the head swap. If the scale is right, it
should be simple. It may require some cutting, or putty to make the join happen right, but we can save
that for another chapter.
Finished Project
So what do you think?
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=14378166ba1c3429&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%3fui=2&ik=a0fcb45970&view=att&th=14378166ba1c3429&attid=0.1&disp=safe&zw&sig=AHIEtbQeqpWvX1MRG31ifn3Cfe0ylWs2nQ
Let's start out with an assumption. I believe we can safely assume that if you listen to my podcast or read
this blog, you love wargaming. It's not only a game, but also a means of artistic expression. Personally, I
find modelling to be a very "centering" process that I imagine is similar to meditation for some. I sit, relax,
slow my breathing down (it keeps your hands steady!), and try to get little tiny hands onto little tiny arms.
Fun, right?
When I was a young man, everything was metal. So conversions were a big deal. Even a head swap was a
rigorous process involving complicated cuts, and often there was bloodshed. But today, with the
development of the very advanced plastic kits by GW, a conversion, or kitbash (the proper term for
making something original out of commercially available plastic kits) is an exceptionally easy thing to
do. So let's do it!
But why would I want to convert something?
I suppose that is a fair question. My answer is simple. To be different. People like to be different.
Personally, I love being different. The automobile customization industry is a multi-billion dollar
industry. Why does someone put new rims on their Honda? So it doesnt look like everyone else's Honda.
Sure, some gearhead will say "because they are lighter, and make the car faster", but most people aren't
gearheads. A fancy paint job on a car doesn't improve performance at all, but there are lots of custom
paint jobs in the world. Face it, being different is cool. That's why you play wargames. Because you like it,
and to hell with the people who don't get it.
OK, I get it. But how do I do it?
We can really get into conversions in the next chapter. But why don't we start with something simple. A
head swap. This is the easiest thing you will ever do, especially with modern plastic models. Every one of
you can do this, if you can build a model, you can head swap. So, start with a cool model that has an ugly
head. It doesnt have to have an ugly head, maybe you're just doing this to be different. For me, I'm using
the new Warhammer Chaos Lord. A lot of people hate his head because of his pouty "duck face"
expression. Personally, it doesn't bother me, but let's move on!
Getting A-Head
Sorry for the pun. I should be punished for that. :) Unless you play in a GW store (and why would you?),
there's no rule that says you need to have a GW head on your model. Personally, for this model, I used a
head from Anvil Industries in the UK. But there are dozens of companies all over the world you can use,
including Victoria in Australia, and Secret Weapon Miniatures in California. But if you are sure you want
to use a GW head, you don't have to go and buy the whole kit to do it. There are plenty of bitz retailers on
eBay. Games Workshop has done everything they can to shut down the bitz trade, but there is a market for
it, and the companies seem to be doing well for the most part. So however you choose to move forward,
you'll be doing a head swap in no time.
I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by explaining how to do the head swap. If the scale is right, it
should be simple. It may require some cutting, or putty to make the join happen right, but we can save
that for another chapter.
Finished Project
So what do you think?
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=14378166ba1c3429&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%3fui=2&ik=a0fcb45970&view=att&th=14378166ba1c3429&attid=0.1&disp=safe&zw&sig=AHIEtbQeqpWvX1MRG31ifn3Cfe0ylWs2nQ
GW's Stock plummeted. By Warhamster77
Ok with the financials being all over the interwebs, and most of us having read tons of articles on this subject, the question on everyone's mind is what now?
While I am a long way from a financial expert, I have gleaned that the majority of their stock loss is from licensing. Namely video games licensing. As most of us have played their video games, they never really translated well from the table-top. For me the table-top is my love, whether it is GW, Battletech, FoW or even PP. If we continue to see a decline in GW's stock, then we should worry that they might be going under, or trying for the rumored merger with a certain toy company. They had a lot of questionable fails this last 2 years which I am sure contributed greatly to this decline, the absolute failure of sales in their Hobbit line, the dismal sales of the Fantasy game, and massive disappointment that has accompanied at least three codexes. All table-top games though will suffer if GW fold's up shop. And it will just be a question of which company decides to step up at that point.
While I am a long way from a financial expert, I have gleaned that the majority of their stock loss is from licensing. Namely video games licensing. As most of us have played their video games, they never really translated well from the table-top. For me the table-top is my love, whether it is GW, Battletech, FoW or even PP. If we continue to see a decline in GW's stock, then we should worry that they might be going under, or trying for the rumored merger with a certain toy company. They had a lot of questionable fails this last 2 years which I am sure contributed greatly to this decline, the absolute failure of sales in their Hobbit line, the dismal sales of the Fantasy game, and massive disappointment that has accompanied at least three codexes. All table-top games though will suffer if GW fold's up shop. And it will just be a question of which company decides to step up at that point.
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