Battle Missions & Dreadnoughts

Games Workshop announced the release date for these two goodies. On March 6th, the new Battle Missions supplement comes out. It's basically a set of all new missions for Warhammer 40k. Looks like some of the missions are tailored to each of the different armies in the game and it also includes a couple of generic missions that can be played no matter what army you own. It's also full of backgrounds and maps. Niice.

To go along with the new supplement, GW has released a plastic Space Marine Venerable Dreadnought. Ya gotta love the plastic kits. The Imperial Guard and Orks are getting some love too with plastic Deff Dreads and Killa Kans. The Chimera and Basilisk has also been updated to include variations in the new IG Codex.

It looks like March is going to be a 40k month. Now, when are they going to make some more Wolves???

WFB - Beastmen

It's been a number of years since I've spent any kind of time, playing Warhammer Fantasy. 40k has simply become more appealing to me. That doesn't mean that I exlcude all other GW products. I do continue to collect all codices and army books for all three game systems. But with the release of the new Beastmen Army Book, my interest in returning to Fantasy, at least on a small, limited scale is increasing. I picked up a copy of the army book yesterday and figured that I'd read through it and see what the new book has to offer. The models are fantastic and with the ever-increasing line of plastic models, it's hard to resist. The other aspect I like are the primitive weapons and shields that the new Beastmen are using. What could be cooler than a Space Wolf Grey Hunter adorned with trophies from a fallen mutant?

Over the coming days, I'll read through the book and maybe consider a 1,000 point army, just to get my feet wet. If the interest doesn't stike, at least I'll have some cool-looking bad guys for my Space Wolves to hunt. Can you say Space Wolf custom version of Space Hulk?