Thursday, February 24, 2011

How to beat castle deployed armies with Blood Angels

Here's a good article on how to fight against turtle/castling armies:

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2011/02/40k-tactics-besieging-castles-doa-style.html

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

GW Post: New picts, a new Blood Angels Battle Mission and Apocalypse Data Sheets

Here's a nice Blood Angels GW post that has some new picts, a new Blood Angels Battle Mission called "Surgical Strike" and some new Apocalypse Data Sheets for Blood Angels:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=15600008a



Thursday, February 10, 2011

GW Furioso Dreadnought Article

Good all around article about the new Plastic Furioso kit.   Talks about Dreads in general, the CAD design process, simple tactics and some tips on painting your new Blood Angels Furioso kit.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=13700019a



Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Some nicely painted Space Hulk Terminators by Jawaballs

Here are some nice Space Hulk Terminators by Jawaballs.   He has a really nice gradient blending technique.  They look really sharp.

http://warhammer40kbloodangels.blogspot.com/2011/02/space-hulk-terminator-commission-done.html



How to kill Blood Angels and some more nicely painted models by Lukasz Fraczek

Kind of a blatant sales focused blog, but it does give some tips on killing red MEQs.  Also, some nicely painted gold marines with Dante by Lukasz Fraczek from Poland.  They have a rather unique half metal, half non metal metal look to them. 

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=15200017a


Monday, February 7, 2011

Painted Stormravens and Flesh Tearer Stormraven

Here are some more painted Stormravens at GW's site, including a Flesh Tearer Stormraven.   The Flesh Tearer version looks somewhat similar to the scheme I was gonna do for my Blood Angels Stormraven, except I would be using the warmer, more "orange" Mechrite Red for my base.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=15100094a


The Pros and Cons of Blood Angels Death Company

Personally, if outfitted and deployed correctly, I am a big fan of the Blood Angels Death Company.   I use them as a flanking and distraction/fire magnet unit.   I'll generally run them up a flank that so there is only one direction they can go... towards the enemy in the middle of the field (you cant control them because of the Rage rule). 

Also, if you're going up horde armies like Orks and Tyranids, the Death Company Dreadnought is a must have with its Blood Talons that slice and dice mass infantry.

Here's their take on the Death Company:

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2011/02/40k-death-company-worth-it.html

Stormraven Building and Magnetization

Great article from Bell of Lost Souls on ways to assemble and magnetize your Stormraven.   I may have to do it this way with the magnetized wings because I use Sabol Designs' Army Transport foam trays.   Its either that or spend $80 on a monster sized GW carrying case... don't wanna do that.

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2011/02/40k-hobby-stormraven-tips-tricks-bits.html

GWs Stormraven Stage-by-Stage Painting guide

Here's a link to Games-Workshop's Stormraven painting guide:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=&pageMode=multi&categoryId=&section=&pIndex=0&aId=13700012a&start=1

Some nicely painted Blood Angels by Michal Gmitrasiuk

GW has a Blood Angels article showcasing some nicely painted stuff by Poland resident, Michal Gmitrasiuk.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=15100086a



Thursday, February 3, 2011

Stormraven closeups at GW site

Here are some closeups of the Stormraven from GW (and the link):

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=15100075a

A Nice Death Company version of the Stormraven

Regular Blood Angels Stormraven

Magnagrapple for your Furioso

Cockpit closeup

Cockpit interior

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Stormraven Color Scheme Template!

Hey guys, just made a line drawing illustration of the Stormraven to help me figure out my Blood Angels color scheme.   Check out my color scheme and let me know what you think.  Also, feel free to use the blank template for whatever scheme you want.  You should be able to just fill in colors in any photo/paint program like Photoshop or Microsoft Paint.  Enjoy!



Very cool Planetary Empires based Armageddon campaign

Here's a link to a Planetary Empires based Armageddon campaign:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=13700017a

I love the markers for the army leaders.  Here are some picts: