tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:40:05 +0000Toy SoldierBlood AngelsManutiaSlaanesh-FAQWeaponsSkavenElitesUltramarinesOrksLord of the RingsNottinghamSisters of BattleNurgleInquisitionChaosRulebookConversionTheoryhammermotivationEditorialIncomingBrotherhood of the Forgestory fictionDawn of War 2PlasmaMeltaRetributionFTWBandwagonWarhammerHead to HeadZombiesAutarchNewsLeft 40k DeadEye of TerrorPaintingModellingOrlockGoliathStormravenEldarDemo GamesChristmasGame 09LeagueBlood BowlRulesBattlefleet GothicSternguardPlanetary EmpiresNew MembersWarbootKhorneBeastmenTournamentWarlordPaint LogHordesDaemonsGrey KnightsfunPrivateer PressDaemonhuntersTantalus landerFan FictionEventTzeentchUpcomingCounts AsCities of DeathMAWSImperial GuarddoublesBattle ReportTroopsWishlistPodcastsReviewDeath SquadsSneak PeekCompetitionsDark AngelsBattle MissionsTyranidsWar of the RingSpace WolvesAvatarRumourSceneryWarhammer WorldBacklogFluffImportantArticles40kDeathwingKrootSpace MarineMobileBritconCawdorCombat PatrolWeirdboyRavenwingSpace MarinesKhadorApocalypseDark EldarUnits2010DoW 2Witch HuntersArmageddonManchesterHobbyDeathwatchWarmachineFarseer[HOBBY]NecronsNecromundaFantasyNight LordsWaaagh NobrotPrimarchPhalanxHQSpearheadHrudUpdatebretonniaTauSpecial CharactersSpace HulkA blog site for the players of Warhammer 40,000 (40k) and the GW specialist games at the Manchester Area Wargames Society (MAWS). We are always looking for new members for this well established and long running club!http://maws40k.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)Blogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-2886624770724691854Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:15:00 +00002012-01-22T12:23:16.779ZI've just finished posting my personal blog (see the links section.. ) and wanted to re-post it here for the wider MAWs followers being the fairly the new kid in the club still and not known to the greater community. I do really badly at updating my blog as 1) I keep updating my hobby-fanatical friends on Facebook who live in Swansea and 2) Blogspot requires me to log into my PC as the iPad http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2012/01/taffehs-blog-thunderhawk-hooo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (taffeh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-9058632887008165957Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +00002012-01-17T09:42:53.861ZRulesFAQMorning all, For those not in the loop, there's been a big FAQ release by GW yesterday, covering pretty much every codex. There's some, like the Necron one, that are pretty intensive, but for the smaller ones, I'll try and do a summary of major changes or rules clarifications that we've debated at the club. I'll add download links as well for you. Here goes... 5th Edition Rulebook FAQ - http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2012/01/big-batch-of-40k-faqs-released.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-8395454055835502080Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:01:00 +00002012-01-11T13:48:37.225ZBlood BowlMorning folks, I've been meaning to post this for a few days now, but I've had other stuff be getting in the way... Over the last few weeks I've been talking a lot about playing and getting involved more with Blood Bowl. So before Xmas, I'd planned a game with Col. Straken to get back used to the rules of Blood Bowl, so I could use this as a refresher to help other people start to play. Then,http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2012/01/badgers-log-blood-bowl-goings-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-6664521424308823418Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +00002012-01-09T13:49:25.225ZHi All, Angryman here with my 1st post of 2012. How many of you achieved your holiday gaming objectives? Mine were 1. Build Stompa - achieved 2. Build Baneblade - achieved 3. Fix terrain - achieved 4. Sort in table boxes of terrain - achieved 5. Build Orks - failed 6. Build daemons - failed 4 out of 6 isn't bad, considering I hammered the PS3 over Christmas and drank A LOT. So what were http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2012/01/holiday-achievements.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-6030622771916562150Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:40:00 +00002012-01-05T08:40:54.317ZMorning all, I've got something to share this morning, that was brought to my attention through the Librarium Online forums. It's a fan made animation for 40K, that the bloke's been working on for the last 18 months to show off his CGi skills. Quote below is from the LO post: You may or may not have heard/followed the prodction of the CGI animation movie 'Lord Inquisitor', which it's creatorhttp://maws40k.blogspot.com/2012/01/40k-fan-mademovie-lord-inquisitor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-3826541104764988690Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +00002012-01-03T16:28:24.136ZDark EldarAfternoon all, It's been a bit without a blog over the festive period, people have been busy with family, Xmas goodies and various projects. I had a moderately productive hobbying break, mostly just assembling stuff. What I did do, whilst I had a free house for the day, was strip a load of second hand Dark Eldar that I'd gotten at the last Warboot, in a trade for some old LOTR stuff. A few of http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2012/01/badgers-log-vintage-dark-eldar-rescue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-427280820313372297Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:28:00 +00002011-12-26T21:30:07.489ZJust thought I would do a post on what I got over Christmas and what I plan to do in the near future. So firstly, my present pile, I got a batch of beastmen models that came out earlier this month. My wife (I) bought me a gorgon, a jabberslythe and a box of minotaurs. She also bought me mighty empires so we can get a campaign started an blood in badlands, a limited edition campaign addon. I alsohttp://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/boxing-day-blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Col.Straken)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-7019905675046500903Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +00002011-12-24T11:00:00.116ZEventDemo GamesAfter my post yesterday, he's some more ideas that I forgot to add onto the list. I thought I'd do them as a separate blog post, rather than add them onto the previous list. Lord of the Rings LOTR has a fantastic amount of scope for a scenario to be as big as you want (using War of the Ring) or as intricate and small scale as you would like with the Skirmish game.  One thing I do like about http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/demo-games-for-2012-pt2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-1644702787743728546Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:54:00 +00002011-12-23T09:54:08.459ZEventDemo GamesMorning all, Over the last few days I've had some emails from The Spartans Wargames Society in St. Helens, who are responsible for running the Phalanx show (http://www.phalanxshow.co.uk/) which we attended with our first demo game for the club. Now, I really enjoyed spending the day running a demo game, rather than playing in a tournament. Last year we ran an apocalypse game loosely based on http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/demo-games-for-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-3513479515172202884Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:41:00 +00002011-12-22T09:41:00.681ZConversionBrotherhood of the ForgeMorning folks, After some time in exile, my Brotherhood of the Forge are currently underway and hopefully will be finished by the end of Christmas break from work. It's taking a fair while to assemble them though, mostly because of the awkwardness of converting the guns. Either way, over the last 2 nights I've finished off some bits and BOBs... Arch Confessor Kyrinov Part of my plan for the http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/badgers-log-brotherhood-of-forge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-573210319219145561Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:52:00 +00002011-12-21T10:52:04.412ZWishlistScenerybretonniaNecronsDark EldarFantasyBrotherhood of the ForgeMorning all, So pretty soon, it'll be Xmas and everyone will (hopefully) be getting some time off work and unwrapping lots of hobby goodies that are under the tree. Whilst I was assembling some dwarfs last night, I started thinking about what I'm going to try to get done whilst I'm off work. 1. Brotherhood of the Forge I've made a fair bit of progress with these, as they've been sat in a box http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/festive-projects.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-1362980979472439674Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:02:00 +00002011-12-12T12:02:38.421ZPaint LogDark AngelsEllo folks, I had a fairly productive week last week, with a push to try and get my remaining Dark Angels bits completed. The plan was to get them finished before Christmas, so that I could make a start on other projects (build Dwarfs, paint strip some Dark Eldar, etc.) that have been backlogged. So yeah, last thing for my Dark Angels was 20 tactical marines, along with a Captain - all from thehttp://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/badgers-log-dark-angels-complete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-5713978254889093671Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:55:00 +00002011-12-09T10:05:50.187ZHi all, Angryman here.  One of our long time club members Col Straken and his wife have just had a new baby boy named Ben.  (not actual baby ben) In the run up to the birth there was a lot of banter about what he should call the new baby, my personal favourite was Little Horus but Col Straken preferred Konrad Curze after his favourite traitor legion the Night Lords.  Sadly we were all http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/col-straken-baby-names.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-1198540378799998268Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:43:00 +00002011-12-07T14:01:55.507ZDark AngelsDeathwingEllo folks, As most of you can see from the past few months of my painting log, and those that have been down at the club recently, I've been using my Deathwing army. Over the last 3 games, I've used 3 different lists at 3 different points values. Game 1 - 900pts Belial w/ Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield Deathwing Terminator Squad A - 2 Thunder Hammers, 1 Thunder Hammer w/ Cyclone, 2 http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/deathwing-my-initial-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-348628334338802020Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:16:00 +00002011-12-06T16:21:33.191ZHi all, Angryman here with a short rant I REALLY FUCKING HATE FLICKERFIELDS how many 5+ invul saves can a paper aeroplane make????? how many of you hate these things as much as me OR how many of you Dark Eldar pain boy lovers don't leave your webway without them?? all comments welcomehttp://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/flicker-fields.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-4795705145546241984Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:57:00 +00002011-12-03T14:41:36.826ZWhere's Your Moustache Boy?!So when your working on a project and reading a background and come across such lines as the one above you know your onto a winner - taken from Rebel Winter by Steve Parker.My name is Pete / Taffeh and I'm one of the newest members of the MAWS club to date having moved to Manchester a few months back for the next step in my career. I've been on and off with Games http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/taffehs-log.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (taffeh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-308287093981081854Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:49:00 +00002011-12-01T16:23:28.472ZHi All, Angryman here.  Another weekend another tournament!! the wife wasn't too happy about me having back to back tournaments but I go where the dice will. This weekend was a 3 game 2000 point tournament held by the Lost Boys war gaming club (no, they are not vampires).  It was a campaign styled tournament, the thread to the tournament is here Arminius I was running out my old faithful http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/arminius-tournament-results.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-1715584607065568288Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +00002011-12-01T18:52:11.544ZBlood BowlMorning folks, After the Doubles tournament 2 weeks ago and after having a clearout of some gaming stuff last weekend, I've fancied wanting to play some other games instead of just 40k. This got me thinking about what other games to play. I kept my WHFB army, with the intention to start playing that some more next year. I also was looking into splitting the Warmachine starter set and getting thehttp://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/12/blood-bowl-and-getting-started.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-879222501305513831Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:29:00 +00002011-11-29T08:45:36.044ZRulesFAQNecronsMorning folks, I was planning on writing up my initial thoughts on the new Necron codex after my first game last night, then logged on to find BOLS talking about Scarabs and the "Entropic Strike" special rule. This cropped up in my game last night, and I thought I'd discuss my point of view on it and how we handled it. On the flip side, if other MAWS members could read this and make a http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/rules-debate-necrons-entropic-strike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-7246643631240150547Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:47:00 +00002011-11-28T10:35:19.247ZEllo all, It's been a bit without a blog on here, the last one up was Angryman's write up for the Stockport "Toy Soldier Doubles" tournament we went to last weekend. So I thought I'd do one from Team Daemon's point of view. I can't remember most of the details, or the missions, so it's more of an overview. Game 1: First game we played against the worst list we could possibly face. Grey http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/toy-soldier-doubles-afterthoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-8811162398044512396Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:24:00 +00002011-11-23T10:13:35.569ZHi all, Angryman here.  Following on from Col Strakens post regarding the recent tournament we attended, here is the link to the final results http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=95141 We finished 7th out of 12 teams and scored 53 out of a maximum 100 tournament points.  Considering there was 10 points between 4th and 8th place (7 between us and 4th) I'm very happy with where wehttp://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/silly-puppies-40k-doubles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-6941861187943501242Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:29:00 +00002011-11-21T15:51:24.408ZToy SoldierMAWSTournament40kAngryman and I attended the above tournament this weekend, and we had some fun games and a lot of close ones. Our first game was against a space wolf and guard combo. They had three vendettas, surprise surprise, and a smattering of troops. We had expected this sort of list so with a melta dread, an assault cannon dread and an ironclad dread all in pods, along with two units of missile long http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/toy-soldier-doubles-40k-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Col.Straken)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-6631029257708711730Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:01:00 +00002011-11-17T11:23:37.304ZPaint LogDark AngelsEllo, Over the last week or so I've been trying to make a push on my Dark Angels stuff, freeing up my December to be spent Christmas shopping, doing odd jobs around the house and able to buy and paint some Dark Eldar or Necrons. In the mean time however, I've managed to get 2/3 of my Dark Angels backlog complete this week. Firstly, the last of the Ravenwing (for now) - 6 Ravenwing Bikers. http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/badgers-log-drop-pods-and-ravenwing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SuicideBadger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-4804139634218011997Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:20:00 +00002011-11-16T12:37:14.455ZHi all, Angryman here, 2 weeks 2 tournaments.  This weekend I'm teaming up with Col.Straken for a 1800 doubles tournament (see previous posts for details) but the weekend after I'm attending a 1 day 3 game 2K event in Merseyside with 2 club members (Pete and Mike). The link to the tournament is here Arminius Hive Fleet Tattybojangles will be gracing the tables again with a few changes from http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/armimius.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123071460913314072.post-394223694377518862Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:18:00 +00002011-11-11T13:29:50.554ZHi all, Angryman here,  next weekend there is a doubles tournament at Marurder games in Stockport.  1800 points split between 2 forces.  I'll be teaming up with Col Straken, we had thought about a few combinations but ultimately it boiled down to what we had painting.  We'll be using Salamanders and Space Wolves, here are the lists. HQ Rune priest ElitesDreadnought Heavy flamer Drop pod http://maws40k.blogspot.com/2011/11/doubles-tournament.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Angryman)5