Dusted off my old copy of Games Workshop Necromunda for a game this last week. Managed a short skirmish between a Delaque (sneaky guys in long jackets) and Escher gang (Punk Girlz) . Both local gamers Agent of Ping and Kevin joined the game and discovered quickly how easy it is to start jamming the unreliable weapons used in the Underhive. It was interesting how, even with a Heavy Plasma carried by the Escher Ganger “Candy” it was difficult for the house to bring any arms to bear on the sneaky Delaque.
You can view more pictures of the game over in the gallery here: Necromunda Game May 2007.
If you are thinking of integrating a forum with the blog software wordpress you will find an excellent resource over at the Blogger Help website. The article goes into detail on Simple Machines Forum, Vanilla, BBPress (The Wordpress Forum) and phpBB. A very concise guide and well worth a read if forum use is important for your blog.
I spotted a very interesting article on the classic British comic 2000AD over at the BBC website. The comic, first published in 1977 at a cost of just 8pence, is the subject of an article highlighting some interesting parallels between the comic and modern society.
Who needs Nostradamus when you can pick up a copy of 2000AD and read the full story. It feels like the obese life of the Fatties has become a reality!
Have a browse over to the BBC site to have a read of all the wildly interesting similarities between modern life and 2000AD. All in very good taste!
Are we in the middle of a folk renaissance? I think I am and I am especially enjoying the work of Kate Rusby and more recently Julie Fowlis.
Kate Rusby
I have been lucky to watch Kate live at the Corn Exchange in Brighton (UK) over the last few years and she is magic! Kate has such a clean and pure voice that carries you into her songs with a goose bump. In the style of many folk singers she also narrates the performance with interesting notes about the songs, where she learnt them and other quaint details. There are also a couple of her songs that call for audience participation on the chorus which adds to the fun. I would recommend you catch a Kate Rusby gig soon and be prepared to sing-along!
Julie Fowlis
I first heard Julie Fowlis on BBC4 in a recording of the Cambridge Folk festival in 2006. She was performing a Gaelic song called Puirt a Beul which is very striking. Her vocals are most gymnastic and she also switches to the whistle near the close of the track. The recorded track on the Album does not do the live perfromance justice! Julie is playing this coming Wednesday 8th Nov06 at the Komedia in Brighton (a very fine Venue) and I will drop another journal entry in after the event with news of the performance!
If you are interested in a taste of Julie Fowlis you can purchase her latest music from the album Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe in MP3 format here: Tradtunes Download for Julie Fowlis You can also purchase the CD and find out about gigs on the Julie Fowlis official site here: Julie Fowlis Home
Julie Fowlis
I have finished painting the first squad of open-helm 15mm Hammers Slammers. I really like these figures, the 15mm scale gives them enough detail without the time requirement that the extra coverage a 25mm figure requires. The smaller scale is also more forgiving and allows for a quicker job.
The level of detail on these is great and I was tempted to add different coloured ammo pouches and webbing, but this would have made them look a little easy to spot. I hit a problem with GW green ink, which did not agree with my paint on Vallejo matte varnish and resulted in some smearing.
I did paint the battle armour and helmets grey which allowed them to stand out a little more. I think one colour all over would hide a lot of the detail, at least that’s my rationale! I also added a tiny red detail to the retracted visors which stick out under the helmets.
I would go as far as saying that I like the “squat” look of these more in 15mm than the 25mm models. They are also much easier to fast paint and I finished the squad in just a couple of sittings.
15mm Hammers Slammers Gallery Photos
I have finished the SCI-FI fiction book “The Algebraist” by Iain M. Banks. I was pleased with the way the plot evolved with his usual style for slices back through time to slowly build up a better picture of the current action. A strange sensation grabs me when I slowly realise that a vital chunk of info is just around the corner, which is what Iain Banks is very good at stimulating.
A really gripping read with superb new technology and a cool vibe for the futuristic. As with his past novels I find that Iain Banks lets you fill in the blanks with technology. He is writing for the SCI-FI technologically enlightened, rather than having to force feed lengthy descriptions.
Continue reading ‘The Algebraist’
I have uploaded some photos from the Sussex Old West game I attended last Month. Please have a browse over to the Skirmish Wargames GALLERY to view.
Click the Link:Old West Game in Slinfold
Thanks to Neil for this Write up of the Battle for Vraath keep in our weekly D&D D20 Roleplaying Game
As told by Malakite (after a few lot of well deserved ale).
After battlin’ the Goblins and Worgs Kira discussed sumthin in private with Tiamo and the two of them flew off over the battlements. I trust both of ‘em with me life so I know that whatever it was that called them away must’a been important, and I surely know they’ll be back as soon as their done.
Fortunate for us Arimil arrived, however he bought grave news of an army amassing some way to the north.
As I moved across the courtyard to greet him I accidentally scraped me shield on one of the boulders which let out a screeching sound like rat bein’ crushed underfoot. This must have alerted the guards as the doors at the base of the tower burst open and out rushed a band of Hobgoblins an’ a fearsome Minotaur.
Continue reading ‘The Battle for Vraath Keep’
Using instructions for integrating the Falbum plugin with the K2 mobile theme I have been able to link my Flickr gallery into the blog. Please have a browse over to the gallery which is a direct feed from my Flickr account. There were some minor changes required to the K2 header and an additional falbum.php file was required in the K2 theme folder. I failled to get it to use friendly URL’s but at least the link up is working.
Summary:
falbum is a plugin for Wordpress created by RandomByte. Download falbum for flickr integration from the RandomByte web site.
You can find out how to integrate Falbum with the K2 theme here falbum and K2 integration
Basic falbum installation for Wordpress blogs can be found here falbum installation