CSM/IG vs Dark Eldar at 1750

by Novus

Sunday I dropped by Frontline Gaming to see if I could get a game in and oddly, the place was empty but for Frankie.  So, in hopes of getting a game with anyone but Frankie (he's really good and I'm kinda bad) I hung out and got some painting done.

Would YOU Play In This Tournament?

by Novus

I had an odd idea for a tournament format last week and it’s been poking me in the back of the head ever since.  Typically, 40k game tournaments are a set number of rounds between a set number of players.  What if rounds didn't matter and there were any number of players?

Nurgle Soup Fail

 

by Novus

So, in my ongoing effort to complete, once and for all, the models in my army, I've finally gotten around to attempting the Nurgle Soup in my Warlords counts-as Palanquin/Bike (above).  I've been putting it off, mostly out of fear of messing it up.

This Weeks Scramble

 

by Novus

Wellllll... I had a battle report planned for this week but for some reason 93.7% of the pictures came out poorly.  I'm not sure what the problem was.  I really hope I don't need a new camera.  Either way, I try to post something every week so this lack of a bat rep left me flat footed and scrambling for content... so I suppose I'll just trot out my WIPs!

New Product - Objective Markers!

So after a few folks at the Bay Area Open asked me if I had objective markers to go along with my Omni-Templates, I thought I should produce some to fill the need.  You can purchase them from the GSI Product Page (or click the big green button in the upper right).  It's $8.00 plus shipping.

I created a set of five markers, laser cut and engraved on 1/8" faux aluminum on a black substrate, with the following five universal hazard symbols:

• Skull and Crossbones, 40mm
• Poison Gas, 40mm
• Radiation, 25mm
• Chemical Weapons, 25mm
• Biological, 25mm

As you can see from the photos, the results turned out pretty good!  The set is specifically designed to fit the Bay Area Open requirements of two 40mm and three 25mm round objectives.

And, the set will fit nicely in the box alongside a Tentacle Maker Tool Box order.

 

I do have some other designs waiting in the wings, but they are in reserve until I see how these beauties do.  If you have any ideas for iconography (that is not GW owned, of course), I'm open for ideas.


 

(Almost) Completed Army!

by Novus

I've been diligently working on my Possessed Vindicator (dozer blade is pictured above) over the last couple of weeks and, having finally purchased Halo 4, completed that last weekend, as well.  I love the Halo universe, those games never disappoint, and #4 provided a much needed break from my Vindi work.  But, while playing #4 I realized that I was only one primed model, some touch-up work for other models, and some basing work for still different models away from a completely painted Chaos Space Marine/Imperial Guard army.

Gore, Fire, and Dragons

 

by Marlon of Evil Fluffy Creatures (Portuguese)

 

In these last few months since my previous guest post, I've been experimenting with a lot of forms, shapes, and ideas to make more eye-catching figures for our tabletops. I just produced three new ones by toying around with the concepts of gore and hellfire - pretty chaotic stuff - and I hope you like what I've done!

Wait... What?!!! 100K Unique Views? HOW?

Well, at some point over the weekend this modest blog surpassed 100,000 views.  That's in just over about 16 months.  Which to me is sorta crazy.

100,000!!!!

Latest Review: The Screaming Heretic

In other news, Joe and the folks over at The Screaming Heretic did a fine review of the Tentacle Maker.  They really liked it and I'll be joining them on their podcast in the very near future as a follow up to the review.  Here are links to the page and podcast in question.

The part of the review that struck me, that I hadn't really thought about before, was that they really liked how easy it is for a novice Greenstuffer to get great results quickly.  It's really great to hear when you are successful in reaching your design goal!

Product News

I'm expecting a new prototype of Tentacle Maker this week.  If all goes to plan, it should be a pretty damned cool looking pattern... provided the thing works out.

I'm also creating more template-like game aids in the coming weeks, as well.

Stay tuned!

New Art In The Gallery

Be sure to look at the other great new work hanging in the gallery, too!  Just click on this link or the green Gallery button in the upper right of this page!

Guest Contributors Wanted!

GSI is still accepting guest posts submissions!  Just let me know what you want to post about and we'll hammer out the "when" of it all.  Send your ideas to...

tentaclemaker(at)gmail(dot)com

and...

Thanks to all of you out there who check in on GSI every once in awhile!