WargamerNZ Launched

As I mentioned last week a few of us have been working on creating a community based forum for wargaming here in New Zealand. The intention is to have it as a standalone venture not attached to any group, club, blog or gaming system.

I'm pleased to announce that it launches today February 1. The forum has its own website:

www.wargamerNZ.com

I urge you to load the address into your browsers, check it out and sign-up. During its formative stage I have included a direct link through the Fields of Blood banner and it would be great if other people could do the same.

Membership is open to all gamers, including any interested internationals (and of course ex-pat Kiwis).

The Forum has a list of Moderators from around the country and their word is the law. A set of forum rules has been included but it effectively all boils down to one simple rule "Don't be a douche".

It would be great if you can circulate this through your gaming groups and publicise its genesis. In the end the forum will only be as good and as strong as the members that frequent it so....it's up to you.

If there are any sections that you would like added drop the Administrator a PM.

"If you build it, they will come"

Forgeworld Releases Night Lords

I've always like the Night Lords. Their background fluff and mode of fighting has always appealed to me. However GW never really did them right. Rather than terrifying the upgrade kits released 10 years ago gave them "bunny ears" - cue jokes about stealth impossibility - and so I never got any.

I think this might now change. Forgeworld have released Sevetar, the First Captain of the Night Lords and what a great figure.

The model comes on a display base with decapitated White Scar (Hurrah). I've also seen the Konrad Curze model and that only adds to the appeal. So I may add a unit of Night Lords as an ally to the Death Guard in the very near future.

 

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F.A.T. Gaming Mats Available Locally

If you attended a Fields of Blood event this year you would have seen the Frontline Gaming Mats I purchased early in 2014. I did a blog post featuring a game on the snow mat which you can find here.


Well these mats are now available locally through the Gateway Cyber Café in Tauranga. You can check out their range here.


The prices are comparable to what it cost me to import them.


I think they are a great product especially if you are wanting to limit yourself to one gaming map.


And if you do buy one please mention Fields of Blood. There's nothing in it for us but I like to support local suppliers where we can.

New NZ Wargaming Forum Set Up

After last week posting on why I avoid forums over blogs this post may come as a surprise.

One of the things I am envious of the Australian Wargaming community for is the wide acceptance and use of WargamerAu. This is a general Wargaming forum that covers the country, is multi-system and acts a a general focal point for their community. It has been running for the past 12-13 years and is generally the first port of call for Oz Wargaming news both nationally and internationally.

I had been giving some thought to whether the concept would work here in New Zealand where a similar focal point for the whole country is missing. There are local forums but no nationwide one. In the end I decided that the best way to see if there was a need and/or sufficient interest.

To this end - with the help of Jack - I've created a forum which will launch next week. This forum is not attached to any club, website or indeed person and has been established as a community venture. It is also not system-specific and is free to grow in response to the demands of its members.

Initially it has a general forum section covering news, events, hobby and a marketplace, and system sections for Warmachine, Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy. That doesn't mean other systems aren't welcome and happy to set up sections for any game/genre that would like to use it.

To help establish this forum I have reached out and asked people within those three communities whether they are willing to moderate the forum for their particular interest. Jeff Kent, James Brown and Tim Joss will be doing this for Fantasy. Hagen Kerr and Pascal Roggen have signed up for 40k (and I'm talking to a third person). I have also asked Sean Lincoln, Chris Otton and Dave Stent whether they would be interested in looking after the Warmachine forum and hopefully that will come to pass.

The forum is not meant to replace blogs but act as an alternative discussion place. Given that it is outside the control of any one person, club or system I'm hoping that it can become a community hub and be a place gamers across the country can contribute or get info.

It is also completely separate from this blog. I have purchased a suitable domain name for the site and set up initial architecture but that's where my direct influence finishes. From here the Mods can shape it and frame it how they like. For it to succeed it needs to be community run.

I will put up a button on the blog next week so that people can find the site once it launches but from then it's its own entity.

Let's test "If you build it, they will come".

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Hmmmmmm.......

The Sheffield Slaughter was held over the weekend and attracted a field of over 100 players. What was interesting was that this was the first of the big events to use End Times lists.

The results were not totally unexpected. Here's the Top 10:

1. Host of the Eternity King
2. Host of the Eternity King
3. Host of the Eternity King
4. Host of the Eternity King
5. Empire
6. Host of the Eternity King
7. Dark Elves
8. Legions of Chaos
9. Undead Legion
10. Legion of Chaos

So, the End Times books do feature quite heavily in the Top 10.

A breakdown of the Top 20 showed:

• 5 Malekiths
• 2 Imriks
• 1 KFA
• 1 Alarielle
• 3 Kairos + Lords
• 3 Triple Lord Legions of Chaos
• 1 Vampire Counts with 2 Blender Lords
• Teclis
• Morathi

There is a certain amount of griping going on on Twitter at the moment but I'm not sure why. Giving people to bring the best bits of 2-3 lists and some super-steroid characters was always likely to result in this. Nobody should be surprised.

The Question They Should Have Asked

The Bell of Lost Souls website has an interview with Gav Thorpe which you can find here

Unfortunately they didn't ask the question that they should have asked:

"How do you live with the shame of authoring the abortion that was the 4th Edition Codex: Chaos Space Marines where you singlehandedly destroyed all the phenomenal work done by Pete Haines and the other Index Astartes authors?"

Weekend Hobby Update

Spent Friday evening finishing the last buildings for the Imperial Sector. I then took some pics and posted them (previous post). Apart from some scatter terrain I'm happy that's near complete.

Saturday morning I ultra sounded and then cleaned my brushes with brush soap. That brought them back to near new ready for me to abuse for another month.

Last weekend I had received some painted Wild Riders so I based these, meaning I now have 22 of the spiky little things. Looking at the Woodies I have two Sisters to finish and I may paint up some GG scouts. There is also a WarGamma Treeman but then I'm pretty much got all my WE finished.

Plans for next weekend are to start re-painting a Gameboard ROB so that I can have a 14' x 4' table for some bigger games I have planned.

As always I'll try to get photos and a tutorial.

 

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Tablescapes Imperial Sector Table Complete

Over the past fortnight I have been reconditioning my old imperial sector terrain for my new Tablescapes table.

Here are some photos of the finished product. Sorry they are taken in my garage where I've been doing the work so lighting isn't fantastic and background does detract.

Tried some different techniques on different buildings and will continue to work on them when I get more washes and powders.

Looking forward to getting my 30k Death Guard Legion out to crush some loyalist scum.

 

 

 

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Necron Lord - Excellent New Model

Recently I haven't been commenting on new 40k models as I haven't been invested enough in the game to really have an opinion.

However I saw the cover of next week's White Dwarf and I really like the Necron Lord model featured.

The model seems to tip its hat to the very first Necron models GW released over 16 years ago. They were metals and I remember they gave one away in the White Dwarf.

Here's some more photos showing details of the figure.

I really like the scaled cloak and the broad carapace.

Well done GW! An excellent sculpt.

 

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FOB NZ Rankings - WHFB Updated for Archenemy

Last weekend Archenemy was held in Auckland with the Fantasy event attracting 12 players.


High Elves dominated with both 1st and 2nd places going to players running PEGs.


The rankings have been updated to reflect the results.


Next events I am aware of are OTT in Hamilton mid February followed by Fluffycon at Battlecry a week later. Into March there is Equinox in Auckland and then Natcon at the same venue the first weekend in April.


All events I get notice of are posted in the Events Calendar on the top banner.