Games Workshop Customer Service for the win

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I spent Father’s day enjoying myself and doing little of importance.  After How to Train Your Dragon 2 I was inspired to assemble three Beasts of Nurgle and a set of ten Plague Bearers.  My beasts are older metals kits, back when they came on 40mm bases.  Only 1 of them still was in the blister pack.  Anyway, out of all of them, the model in the blister was missing a piece, the small elbow.  A quick call to GW customer service this morning and I’m expecting a replacement piece in the mail in 8-10 days.

For all of the things I don’t like about the compnay, Games Workshop has always had top notch customer service.  It is the one thing that makes me willing to buy product and keep in on the shelf so that if/when I want it later I have it.  I know that as long as the product is current they will stand by the model and fix any problems.

Hobby Progress Update

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Wow, it’s been a few months since I’ve been able to write an update.  My apologies.  My wife and I took a trip to the east coast, I finished out one job and then I changed jobs about 6 weeks ago.  The last two months have been a whirlwind.  I played about 5 games in all this time, 3 of which were a team tournament; more on that later.  I guess, then, it was unavoidable that I got sick last week.  Turns out it was a good stimulus for my hobbying.

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New Rumor – Tzeentch 40K Supplement incoming – December 2013

First off, this is MY rumor, based upon nothing other than wild speculation and while I’m probably wrong, it would be awesome if I’m right.  I know nothing about what could be in such a book, but this is what I think SHOULD be in a proper Tzeentch supplement.

Restrictions:

  • All units must be marked or daemons of Tzeentch (or CSM vehicle units that cannot be marked).

Benefits:

  • Daemonic instability rule is relaxed to allow cross joining of ICs and units between codices.

If we got NOTHING else, this would be freaking awesome!

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Daemon Prince of Tzeentch (part 2)

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In this installment of the Daemon Prince of Tzeentch build, eagle style, I continue constructing the model I started in part 1, here. When I left off the last article I was searching for a solution to my “wing problem.” I had acquired a metal set of folded wings from a Fateweaver model; however, their weight more than tripled the model’s total weight and I was less than comfortable with the spindly eagle legs’ ability to hold the weight of the wings aloft without long-term damage to the model itself. I stumbled across the Cockatrice model at the local GW store while looking for possible alternatives.  A bit pricey (but not as much as Fateweaver or a Lord of Change) and I think I can use the rest of the bits for other conversions.  The snake tail will make a good Slaanesh conversion and the head might work on another Tzeentch Soul Grinder.  As it turns out, I like the half reptilian, half avian flair to the wings.  They blend the daemon prince and eagle aesthetic nicely. Continue reading

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch (part 1)

I’ve been meaning to build another Daemon Prince to add to my Tzeentch themed Chaos Daemon/ Chaos Space Marine Army.  I’ve seen a few conversions on the internets that use parts from the Island of Blood Griffon.  The problem with them has been the wings.  The Griffon wings just don’t work.  I think I’ve got a solution to that problem, but it will have to wait for part 2.

Here is the progress I’ve made this weekend; play-by-play (since the 49ers have a bye week).  I started by adding some green stuff to the inside of the back torso half.  When I magnetized wings on my regular daemon prince I needed this mass to allow me to drill into the body.  For this model I think I’m going to need the extra mass to anchor the wings I’m going to use.

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Forge World Squiggoth

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I purchased this Ork Squiggoth back in 2007 at Gamesday Chicago.  I got it out as soon as I got back home to start modeling and playing with it for the casual games with friends.  I even picked up the imperial armour update that it was included in at something like $25 for a book for the rules for a single model.  Needless to say I was in love with the model, or at least the idea of owning a painted ork squiggoth.  Then reality set in and I realized what a beast of a time I was going to have getting the sucker painted up for playing with, so back in the box she went; for six and a half long years.

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