tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89332415708189102002026-09-01T11:00:30.948+01:00Insanity with a Pith Helmet.Col.Gravishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146317077934073291noreply@blogger.comBlogger516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933241570818910200.post-42173353931704913582016-10-13T21:11:00.001+01:002016-10-13T21:11:44.767+01:00

I've been bullied into posting! Kirton Games is staging a Painting Contest this month, on the theme of Warhammer! Its a bit of an experiment, but theres a cool prize, a Games Workshop Hobby set worth £40! For more details, or to take part jump on over to the new (work in progress!), Kirton Games Forum I might even dig out a paint brush myself if I can put down the rollers!

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Its been a long time coming its true, but I've finally got the refreshed Pith Helmeted & Dragoon Guard heads, this time in resin, up and for sale! There was some minor tweeks to the Pith heads, with a couple of them retired and replaced, and four all new heads added to the Dragoon Guard heads. The whole Curious Constructs range has also moved with the closure of my old webstore, it now

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Kirton Games is offering the brand new Horus Heresy - Betrayal at Calth box set at 15% and with FREE shipping, theres also a bulk discount offer - five sets for £375 including delivery - thats a £100 saving! Don't miss out! http://www.kirtongames.com

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3 Days Later Gravis awoke in a cot, the medicae bay was in darkness. Everything hurt like hell, though his leg felt oddly cold, he couldn’t quite remember why, in the darkness his mind wondered. He remembered. Praetorian Guardsmen he did not recognise jumping from the Vendetta Gunship attached to his own regiment as it hovered precariously at the edge of the ruined Leviathans 

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On the Front The Doomsday Cannon roared once more, and Ork bodies were thrown high into the air. Still the Orks swept forward. Shots pattered off the mega-armoured nobs closing upon the Leviathan, both the battlements of the Leviathan, even as the Storm Troopers were annihilated by Skorchas, nothing seemed able to stop them. Private Bone placed a well-aimed shot from his

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At the Front The smoke cleared. For a moment Gravis' was dumbstruck, where once there had been nought but green bodies now, now there was a sea of green, backed up by a multitude of vehicles - and now the artillery fire had ceased entirely they were swarming forwards en mass. It was time to be bold, to gamble, before all was lost. The Leviathan smashed aside the ruined Stompa in

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On the Front The Artillery Fire was becoming sporadic. Even with the powerful comms arrays of the Leviathan, there was no response from the Artillery positions. Gravis cursed, something was very wrong. Still no word from Winterbourne either, though his troops were at last appearing on the right flank, though a single Leman Russ and a few support weapons joined his own depleted lines. A

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The Front With every passing second the two lines drew closer, Artillery shells fell, much of it to the right flank in Support of Admiral Drax’ infantry.   The Deathkorps pushed forward from the bridge engaging the Orks there with Flamer, Lasgun and Bayonet - the fanatical and seemingly fearless Guardsmen drove the Orks backwards one step at a time.   Now the

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The Front   From his vantage point atop the Leviathan's fighting platform Gravis’ had a commanding view of the battlefield below. The command vehicle was amply equipped with auspex arrays and cogitators, enough that a planetary assault could be commanded by just a small command staff from within the safety of the Leviathans thick armour and void shields. However, Gravis’ view was that

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Just in case you missed it (and because there are no excuses) here, posted on the good Admiral Drax's blog is the first bit of background, setting the scene to this summers main event, the clock is ticking down, watch this space, that space, and of course this space right here for more! Admiral Drax: 516 - The Second Seige of Agratha - Part 1: Situat...: Next month will see the last hurrah of

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++++ Transmission Intercept ++++ ++++ Signal Acquired ++++ ++++ Static ++++ ++++ Static ++++ "Agratha? I thought Drax's mob had the place secured?" (Voice identified as Colonel Gravis, CO 4th Praetorian Foot) "So High Command thought sir, but the latest intel directly from Agratha Command has revised the situation significantly." (Voice identified as Strategos Gellar, Munitorum Tactica Cadre)

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Kirton Games is offering a FREE set of Space Marine Datacards with all Codex: Space Marine pre-orders, plus FREE delivery!

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Enemies of the Imperium, fear the shadows, the Imperial Assassins have been unleashed! Pre-Order the fantastic new standalone game, Assassinorum: Execution Force, now from Kirton Games! This fantastic value box set includes four brand new multi-part plastic Imperial Assassins – Callidus; Culexus; Eversor; and Vindicare. As well as a Chaos Space Marine Terminator Lord (and Familiar);

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So a big game got me painting tanks, this time it's getting me working in Artillery. This Wednesday my Guardsmen will be lining the walls as part of the defence of the outer most walls of the Imperial Palace as the Rygas Roughnecks Heresy campaign nears its climax. With no vehicles on the defenders side it calls for Artillery - and luckily I've got plenty of that thanks to the past two

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First objective achieved, 5 vehicles painted to a 'useable' standard - yes I know the Chimera dont have their hull mounts on here, forgot the blue-tack(!). They saw action on Wednesday for the first time in the Horus Heresy pitted against Word Bearers Space Marines and their demonic allies, it was a tough match up in an ongoing campaign with the Word Bearers trying to set off a munitions

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This springs to mind....

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That right, I'm actually painting some Guard! I'm starting on my concerted effort to get a bit of paint on everything, the theory being its better to have an army with 3 or 4 colours, and so useable, rather then moutains of bare metal, resin and plastic. Certainly this falls outside my normal efforts of consistency, which I'm admittedly quite anal over normally - see Col.Winterbournes recent

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Right! 2015 is going to be a good hobby year for me, I've decided that, I'm going to finally get on with a few projects! So whats first up, well that'll be the Life Guards! With the heads in production I'm putting together my first Squad, for now they will have a Plasma Gun & Meltagun, a mix I rather like with tank stopping power of the Melta and the extra shot and range of the Plasma.

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Kirton Games and Rygas Roughnecks are proud to announce Exe-Wing 2015. Our first co-hosted X-Wing Store Championship 2015 Event taking place on Saturday the 28th February 2015 at Whipton Institute, Exeter Devon EX4 8AW. The Tournament The store championship tournament has 32 player slots, and will be four rounds played over one day using the Swiss-System. Prizes Champion: Receives a

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Another fantastic new Deal of the Week from Kirton Games! This time, get 3 of the fantastic new Tyrannocyte models for just £90.00 INCLUDING shipping, thats a saving of £24+.

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One of those other projects I mentioned, I treated myself to the Bolt Action starter set recently as I've always had a weakness for historical gaming, though I've only ever dabbled on the side lines. With Kirton Games up and running, and now stocking Warlord Games items I've decided to take the plunge and give it a go! You get 10 Wehrmacht, a Half-track, 20 US Army Infantry and a couple of

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Its not all Kirton Games & Kickstarters! I've got a few projects on the go, a couple of commissions which are near finished, one a skills exchange, the other some Guard character conversions. I've even got a few projects on the go for myself and Curious Constructs, infact some which are overdue a blog post really. A long time a go you might remember my original Life Guard conversions,

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  To celebrate the opening of Kirton Games brand new and BIGGER store in the Creedy Centre, Crediton we are giving away of Fantasy Flights fantastic board game, Relic!   For every £10.00 spent either in store, or on our webstore, between now and 4:00pm on Saturday 11th October you will receive one entry into the prize draw! WWW.KIRTONGAMES.COM

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The Grey Knights have returned! Pre-Order the brand new Grey Knight Codex from Kirton Games at our usual excellent discount, with free UK Shipping, and you'll also get the Grey Knight Data Cards absolutely FREE! This is a strictly limited offer, so don't miss out and ORDER NOW!

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