Worcester War Update and Preparation

Hi All,

Firstly a little update on Worcester War so far we have 14 players booked in for the event.  Thanks for your great support.  We have another 2 possible players booking so if you would like to join our event please book up soon to avoid disappointment.  The details of the event can be found in this post:

http://code40k.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/code-40k-is-proud-to-present-worcester.html

Now on to the work I'm doing to prepare for Worcester War 2013.  For me the scenery when you go to an event is important.  So we need 10 tables worth of scenery.  Wooo that's a challenge and luckily the Code boys have a lot of experience and decent terrain amongst them.  I'm the proud owner of a realm of battlefield board from GW which I'm currently giving a new lick of paint for the event.  In addition even before we decided to have the event I had started some new terrain see here.

So since this post earlier in the year I have finished up a few new pieces.  First citadel woods... I love these sets and intend to add another set to my collection

So I went autumn which is just a bit different and will fit in with the scheme for the whole board.

Next up:  Aquilla Piece

Scatter Piece:

And I have 4 new buildings on the way:

And some new objective markers:

Finally I repairing all the battle damage on this little lot and trying not to annoy my wife too much with taking over this room completely!

Its going to be a busy but enjoyable few weeks....

Signing Off

DOC

 

Code 40K is Proud to Present Worcester War 2013

Hi All,

Doc here with some news.......................

So we will be running our first event Worcester War 2013 on the 29th June!!!!

We have run many internal events here at code 40k but we have decided to dip our toe in the water and run a small one day 40k event.  Our event will give up to 20 players in Worcester / Midlands area the chance to play 3 games of 40k at a 1500pt level.  We will play 3 different missions throughout the day.

So no doubt you have questions and hopefully we have peaked your interest please look at the event pack here:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_-44W3d5ZfaamNjdHNGODVfTTQ/edit?usp=sharing

and the google image of the site here:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_-44W3d5ZfaRUh4OXUwZlRaQ0U/edit?usp=sharing

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

We look forward to you helping us make Worcester War a success. 

The Code40K Team.

Thunderbolts Forges Working at Maximum Capacity!

Hi All

Continuing with my Thunderbolts 1500pt Drop Pod army, I've now completed the 5 man Devastator squad. This is the first unit I've painted exclusively with GWs new paint range and I'm generally impressed by the improvements, particularly metallics, specifically leadbelcher, ironbreaker and runefang steel which I use to layer up the silver armour and brass scorpion which replaces brazen brass, all four give much smoother coverage and a brighter finish too. Instead of ice blue I'm now using Lothern blue which is slightly darker so I mixed in some white for the base coat and then more for the layers and highlights and it worked out quite well I think. The other colour of note is moot green which is used for the cabling and also gives a much smoother and consistent finish. In all this led to me needing less coats to get the desired finish and thus a much quicker process which is a major bonus since I paint at geological speeds!
Here's a few pics of the finished squad...........

 

Next will be their drop pod...
Till next time.......

Gaming Table

no modelling update of the miniature variety, but i have built myself a games table!
i had built myself one last year with some rather thick chip board  but it was far too heavy to move around and not particularly good for gaming on.
this time i have used 3mm hard board and a strengthening frame made from pine. it is nice and light weight ans a big improvement.
The parts (8*4 hard board, i asked B+Q to trim it to 6*4) some 1" dry wall screws and some L brackets

top view

bottom view

in my living room

set up for its first game

my next project is to paint it and my scenery, as well as try and finish some more of my bikes!

Thunderbolts from the Skies

Hi All

With SvaXIII done and dusted I can now concentrate on my next tournament, a one day affair organised by Doc and others from the code. This will comprise 3 games at 1500pt with all comers and using the "Swis System".
I'm going back to my Marine Drop pod list for this as it gives me an incentive to paint up at least a couple more pods and my Sternguard finally.
I've squeezed a suprising amount into 1500pt; 41 marines and 4 pods to be exact. Once it's all done I'll post piccies of the complete force, for now though you can see here the latest addition; a squad of 5 vanguard veterans with jump packs and power weapons..........