GW News: New High Elves Revealed

Over the weekend, pictures of the new High Elf models began leaking across the internets. Of course, we'd be remiss if we didn't post them here for your viewing pleasure ...

Kickstarter: Secret Weapon Miniatures' Tablescapes.

If you're a fan of tabletop gaming of any kind (and, if you're not, I'm curious as to what you're doing here), I've got a Kickstarter project that you ought to get behind.

These Tablescapes are 'an injection molded plastic 12x12" tile set designed to give tabletop gamers themed gaming environments that are fully compatible with new and existing terrain and basing options from Secret Weapon Miniatures.'

From what they've posted on their Facebook page, it sounds like they're also mindful of making these compatible with Games Workshop's 'Realm of Battle' tiles -- at a fraction of the cost.

They are initially offering "Scrap Yard" tiles, which don't really fit the fantasy environment (large rubber tires will be hard to explain in the deep, dark Drakwald forest), but their stretch will include themed tiles like "Urban Streets," "'Generic' Fields," "Ruined Temple," "Trench Works," "Lost Desert" and more.

Rumors of Warhammer: High Elves.

There appears to be news breaking on European blogs this afternoon with more details of what to expect from the upcoming High Elves release for Warhammer Fantasy. As a guy who is in the midst of converting a High Elf army (you know, alongside my other vast, unfinished Warhammer armies and projects), I'm a bit excited to see what's coming ...

2013 Pinewood Derby Champion!

Congrats to my eldest son, Jacob, on winning his Pinewood Derby last night.

Not only was he the top finisher in the Boys division, he also won the Overall -- by, literally, on hundredth of a second -- and finished the night undefeated. He has a couple of nice, new trophies to add to his shelf.

( With that concluded, we now return to our regularly scheduled Warhammer hobby ... )

Pinewood Derby Week!

That's right, readers, it's that time of year again. For the past two weeks, I've put away the sculpting tools and Green Stuff and stepped away from the Warhammer world to test my skills in engineering, to build the fastest 5oz. wooden car possible. Thankfully, the time for the race is fast approaching and, tomorrow night, we can sweep up the saw dust and put away the plastic wheels and sandpaper and tungsten weights for another season.

Wednesday Workbench: Crocotaurs.

The past couple of days, I've begun the long process of changing River Trolls into the Crocs that I'll be using to stand in for Minotaurs in my Beast Kings army.

Originally, I'd intended to simply use the Beloved of Sobek minis from Crocodile Games' Wargods of Aegyptus line but ran into several issues shortly in:

First, they're metal which makes modifying them nearly impossible and I'm dead set on not having 'duplicate' figures in my army. This would mean either much Dremeling or much recasting and I'm not a big fan of either of those options.

Second, they're expensive. Collecting them in the number I'd need would quickly get cost-prohibitive.

The Return of the Geek.

While the intermission probably has extended beyond what I'm legitimately able to call 'brief,' I think that the dust around our house has finally settled to the point that I'm able to get back into hobbying with some semblance of regularity.

There will still be interruptions here and there for house projects and honey-do lists and such, but I think that, with a bit of luck, we can now officially return to our regularly scheduled programming ...