The Eternal Warriors

Well, Episode 39 took a couple weeks, but here we are with a couple interesting new contests and interviews! We also have a very positive review of a new Happy Seppuku product, their “Sewers and Grates” press mold. There will be a more in depth review in the future, but this episode kinda gives the gist of my (positive) opinion of them.

First off, the contests, the first being hosted by me, The Baron:

Chris West of 2 Ton Miniatures was nice enough to paint my spare Nightmare Edition Lady Justice box set, (adding some Secret Weapon corpse field resin bases), and we’re going to be giving the set away for free! You can have an entire starting Malifaux army for the cost of nothing.

Well, nothing but a story. I want to hear your gamer story. Could be happy or sad, funny or terrifying, just something interesting. Send it to thebaron@theeternalwarriors.com or post it on the forums or facebook page under our appropriate contest header, and we’ll decide which one we like best. The winner gets their story read on the show AND gets the box set. The deadline for this contest is July 4th.

The second contest is Dan’s pet, and the rules are thus:

Make us laugh! Post on our facebook any funny jokes, demotivational pictures, etc that you find amusing and involve the gaming culture, and click Like for the ones you like. Enough likes gets you some really awesome resin bases from James of War Gamma. They’re great pieces from a great company. The deadline for that one is Dan’s birthday, June 24th.

Aside from contests, we’re also featuring two interviews. The first is Chris West of the aforementioned 2 Ton Studios about what it’s like being a professional painter. Here at TEW we have to highly recommend him, as I have seen his work and it is simply top notch. His work is cheap, professional, and quick. Seriously, the dude has some skills.

After that is an interview with Lathan of Burn In Designs. He’s an ubernerd and friend of the show, so being able to sit down with him is always a pleasure. If you need custom laser cut work done, he’s the man for the job.

You can find Chris and 2 Ton Studios at:

http://2tonstudios.blogspot.com/

You can find Lathan and Burn In Designs at:

http://www.facebook.com/BurnInDesigns

or

http://burnindesigns.blogspot.com/

You can also see the Wargamma bases we’re giving out at his site: http://www.mrdandy.com/wargamma/

Listen to Episode 39 here!

Have a great one everybody, and may Zalgo be with you.

~The Baron

Welcome to the Eternal Warriors episode 33, brought to you by the letter H and the numbers 5, 2, and 47. Features include special guest Roy (again) and we talked about how to beat Grey Knights, the troubles of owning too much paint, and tales of airport intrigue!

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Well, Episode 32 is here, a long time coming!

In it we discuss what we’ve been up to since the hiatus, shooting the breeze with Roy from The Screaming Heretics and special guest Carl. We are switching to a shorter format starting with this episode, let us know on the forums what you think of it!

Image a detail of “Phoenix Orb,” painted by Patrick McEvoy.

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this post are C Swizzy’s and his alone. They do not reflect the views of TEW in it’s entirety. 

That’s right, I’m not going to BUYcott GW as we have in the past with Planetstrike. As it turns out the term Buycott is the exact opposite of Boycott, as in buying goods from a company in order to show your support. So I would recommend everyone to get their terminology straight…

Now that I got that little PSA out of the way, let’s get down to business. GW, unsurprisingly, announced another price hike that goes into effect at the end of May. Yup, it’s that time of year again. You can almost set your watch to it.  Here’s the best link I could find that has a list of the price increases http://www.3sdgames.com/iumaddog/?cat=5. Props to these guys for the info. On average we’re looking at a 22% increase.

There is also a list of the new Citadel Finecast prices. For those who don’t know, the Finecast stuff is the resin replacement for the old school metal models we all loved or hated. Shockingly enough, they upped the prices on these as well and rumor has it they are direct order only.

On top of all of this “good news” GW decided to screw over the whole southern hemisphere by putting an embargo on retailers selling and shipping GW product down there. I have already heard the rantings from the Aussies and a certain someone in Asia is already planning to make one last bulk purchase before this goes into effect. It appears that GW is trying their hardest to exploit the conversion rate of foreign currencies. This is such a great way to treat your customers….

So let’s get this straight. A few months ago GW stated that their sales were down. What’s the best way to increase sales? Apparently it’s by increasing prices, again….

I seriously have had enough. I’m done. My Astral Claws project is on hold, if not axed all together. I’ll probably make a squad or two from bits I have but that might be it. I hope (but doubt at the same time) that when my Templars get a new book, I’ll be able to use my old BT stuff, but then again look at the Grey Knights book. A lot of the old figs the old school GK players had can’t really be used as much as they were in the past.

I hereby vow that I will NEVER buy from a GW store again. I am officially boycotting GW but there are stipulations. I will still continue to support Black Library as much as humanly possible and I will leave open the option of dabbling in some Forgeworld from time to time.

Now I know some of you will say that Privateer Press isn’t that much cheaper and you might be right to some extent. I still believe that it’s a better bargain because of the support that PP delivers and due to a lower model count, you can get away without buying as much in order to get into Warmachine/Hordes. I still believe you can get a decent 25 point army for right around $100. Malifaux and most of the games put out by Spartan can be started up for just under $100 and this includes a decent sized tournament ready army, not just a beginner army.

I’ve just had enough of GW’s oppression and I’m going to let my wallet do the talking from here on out. I know I’m not the only one who will be doing this, and if you feel as I do, I encourage you to do the same. E Bay is always an option if you just can’t pry yourself away from 40K or Fantasy.

I made a prediciton last year that GW will go under in 5 years. We’re one year in and I think they’re making excellent progress. I even made a wager with Carl from the Independent Characters about this. So Carl, you better start getting sized up for that Sister of Battle costume! LOL

It’s that time of the year again! Packing has begun (and God do I hate to pack) and last minute plans are being made. We have our Dan Abnet interview lined up for later today and I’m sure we will already be running into you guys later tonight. I’m bringing some of my Khador (with not as much as I wanted painted) and 1850 points worth of Black Templars. Due to space issues I can only bring the list I was going to use for the GT that I backed out of.

Hope to see ya there!

Well I’m posting these up a day late but I guess that’s better than never. I don’t know how to use She-Swizzy’s awesome DSLR I got her for Xmas so I had to resort to my shitty cell phone camera.

I’m the Juggernaut Bitch!

This is the best pic out of 10 that I’ve taken.

I’m some what sticking to the traditional Khador color scheme and why not? It’s an AWESOME paint scheme but I will try to add a little more black here and there.

So far I’ve been loving the P3 paints. Their red is outstanding and blows GW’s Blood Red out of the water. So far I only have the paints in the Khador painting set but I hope to expand.

I’m sure my future figs will look better, these were the test dummies.

What do you think?

There’s a nice pic to show the size of the new Battle Engines coming out for Warmachine. Now when I first heard about the battle engines I didn’t know what to think. Part of me thought that PP was going the route of Apoc and part of me thought that PP was going to begin to introduce vehicles into the game. I would have been ok with the engines used in a Apoc style game but if PP decided to go the vehicle route ala GW, I would have been pretty mad. I’ve seen enough of vehicles in 40K and I don’t want to see another game system go that route.

Apparently I was wrong on both accounts. Rumors that I’ve been hearing (that are pretty reliable) stated that the Khador Battle Engine will be FA:2. For newbies that means you can take up to 2 of them. It is also said that it’ll cost about 9 points, so roughly the same as a Warjack. This means a few things right off the bat. First they can be used in normal sized games. If you want to be the jag off that puts 2 of these into their 25 point list, feel free, but you’ll be gimping yourself severely. These are HUGE units that everyone can see and pull LOS to because of the enormous base. You’re also playing on a 4 x 4 board which means your opponent should have no problem getting to the thing pretty quickly. Also with the thing only costing 9 points that tells me that they are not going to be game breaking. If anyone can correctly balance a new unit type into a game, it’s PP.

So I’m pretty excited now after hearing about the rumored FA and points cost. I wonder if I can make some Budweiser barrels and fit them on the carriage somehow….

From Bing Crosby to Spike Jones, Ep 10 pays homage to the mule train and Warmachine.

In segment 1, we bring you our usual blend of what we’ve done (with none of Dave’s battle reports) along with news and other things from around the internet.

In segment 2, we bring you two interview help requests before launching into a Warmachine segment.

In segment 3, we end the show with post-Warmachine discussion and our good byes!

We hope you enjoy this show and remind you that what was once funny 60 years ago may not be so funny today.

L I S T E N !!!

Wait a second, a rule book isn’t a unit!

I know, I know but hear me out on this.

So GW came out with a new FAQ for 40k, (available here) and it kind of got me going a little. Let me bring your attention to the very first sentence “Although we strive to ensure that our books are perfect, sometimes mistakes do creep in”. And then there’s 6 pages of amendments, clarifications and errata. So I read all 6 pages and it really affirmed my belief that 5th edition 40K is very flawed. The rules are way too broad and general, not enough specifics. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate GW attempting to fix their mistakes, but there’s just too much to fix at times…

So after reading the FAQ, I picked up my Warmachine Prime MKII book and gave it a quick glancing. Comparing 5th edition to MKII is like comparing day and night. You are very very hard pressed to find a vague rule description in MKII, in fact at times the rules are overly wordy and complex. Do I find that annoying at times, yes, but at lease I know all bases are covered. Privateer Press has also put out FAQs, but nowhere near as bing as that 6 page monster that GW just put out.

So do yourself a favor, pick up a copy of MKII and see what a well written rule set is like.

So registration has already begun for the most bad ass Con in the world! Just head over to www.adepticon.org and get signed up! Yours truly has already registered and signed up for the 40K GT which I will be bringing my Black Templars to. I previously stated I will only be playing my Templars up until Adepticon because I want to be the highest ranked Black Templars player there.

I also signed up for the Killzone event on Sunday. If you don’t know what Killzone is, it’s a homebrew rule set made by the infamous Big Jim (aka BDJV) and all the info you need about it is over at www.galaxyinflames.blogspot.com. It is quite the awesome ruleset for some skirmish action. I’m also contemplating giving my Eldar another whirl in combat patrol which will probably end up being on Saturday. Also look for the She-Swizzy to make her combat patrol debut during Adepticon 2011 as well

I really wanted to sign up for a Warmachine tournament (and get my ass smoked in the process) but the Hardcore tournament interferes with the 40K GT. There is however a nice Tier 1 25 point tournament on Saturday but it starts at 11pm and ends at 7am Sunday which might interfere with any social get togethers me and the boys will probably have planned for that night. So I guess I’ll have to settle for some pick up games. Wiggles, this means you!

So get signed up and prepare for the time of your life!

See ya there!!