Faces by Matthew Farrer (A Book Review)

As I mentioned in my last book review, I like to read novels that center on the project I'm working on. Unfortunately for me, there are only two novels for the Harlequins (The Victim's Dance doesn't count). So I picked up Faces by Matthew Farrer shortly after finishing The Masque of Vyle and dived right in. This is minimum spoilers country, people. You've been warned... More after the jump.

The Masque of Vyle by Andy Chambers (A Book Review)

Note: This Is A Minor-Spoiler Review

I often like to read novels/information about what I'm painting for a couple of reasons. First it opens the doors to ideas in the painting/conversion process that you previously didn't even know were there. Secondly it keeps me more vested in the project during the tedious lows of every project (as there often are). A certain level of excitement to move forward with a project comes along with some of the 40K novels out there and this book is one of them, despite some disappointment that came along with it. More after the jump.

Look What I Did: New Tattoo And Swag

Hey there! I'm out of town for a day, so I thought this would be a great time to bring in a filler post. I've gotten a lot done over the past month and I mean a lot. And when I mean done, I'm talking about tattoos on my body (no naughty parts, sorry ladies,) painting and purchases to enhance my 6th Edition experience. Since I don't want to overwhelm with too big of a picture dump I'll show you all what's been depleting my wallet lately and save the painting album for later this week. More after the jump.

Codex: Necrons Re-Review Part III

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Welcome to the third and final installment of the Necron re-review. In this section I'll be going over the larger changes made to the dex in the wargear and special rules sections of the book as well as summing up my thoughts on the dex as a whole now that we've hit 6th Edition. It's time we settle the debate once and for all; are the Necrons uber powerful? The answer, after the jump.

Codex: Necrons Re-Review Part II

And we're back with Part 2 on the Necron codex re-review. From this point we'll cover the vehicles, and characters, following up with wargear and special rules in a future post. I thought this was going to be a two-parter, but I severely underestimated my ability to ramble. Remember that I'll be breezing through and only going through things that I feel are worth noting on changes from the 6th Edition release. As always, if you do feel that I've missed something or have something way off-base feel free to let me know via the comments box below. Anyway, enough chit-chat. Let's get to it!

Codex: Necrons Re-Review Part I

After my last article I realized even five minutes after its posting that I left so many things out and any continuation of the article will only result in several other continuation articles as my brain slowly reminds me of things I've left out throughout my day. So, to ensure I've analyzed every nook and cranny of the Necrons I'm going to do something I haven't done before. A codex re-review! Over at MWC last year I ran through my initial thoughts of the codex when the new 'crons hit store shelves and that was all fine and dandy for 5th Edition, but we're in 6th now and the robot zombies deserve a fresh once-over.

Review: Ultramarines Movie

Yes, I know. I'm extremely late on the whole Ultramarines movie viewing. Much to my chagrin, I was put-off on taking the time to see it as friends informed me the animation was almost painful to watch. While other reviews I had read made smaller mention of this imperfection, the overall assessment of the movie seemed to be an acclaimed one, critically or otherwise. After almost a year since the movie has come out, I've found a few things in the movie I don't feel others have picked up on. More after the break.

Conversion: Titan Tech-Priest

So much to post about these days... With the fandex going, the Necrons coming out soon and all of this conversion work, I've been strolling the streets of Busytown as of late. Speaking of the fandex, I'd like to thank Porky's Expanse! and Miniature Wargame Conversions for their posts on it. I had seen a laps in downloads of the new version, which I'm having a hard time explaining since I've gotten few complaints since its release last month. Anyway, I appreciate both of their efforts to help me out in this dex's creation as well as a big thanks to everyone out there who has promoted my site, the fandex, playtested or emailed me on the dex. Every bit helps and I'm very grateful. On the subject of "pimping" my site, I've added a section on the left called "The Magnet Pro Mentions", with links to mentions about my blog. Okay, all of that aside, here's the meat of the post; I recently purchased my first Forge World model, a Titan Tech-Priest. More after the break.

Review: Micro Art Studios

Hello again. As I'm sure you all know from my previous post, I had purchased a slew of models from Micro Art Studios last week for my first stab at my Adeptus Mechanicus models. Shortly after gleefully ripping the mailbox from its hinges and prancing up the driveway to have my way with these miniatures I went to work and had quite an experience along the way. More after the break.

It's Loc-Tite, Dawg!

I realized during my last post that every time I tell my readers to glue something, I'm making a very vague statement. Glue isn't just glue. Some glues really suck for plastics, while some are great! Some can't hold metal to metal for the life of them, some hang on and never let go. As an avid model builder for years, I've been through my fair share of glues. And I want to make 1 thing very clear to everyone out there, there is one glue that beats every other glue out there for 40k.

Some guy who is wrong - "But Lantz, I have this glue and I'm pretty sure it's the best."

Lantz - "You're wrong, some guy who is wrong."