Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer 40,000 or simply Warhammer 40K is a miniature-based tabletop game. It involves building and painting your own miniature army and pit them against others' on a dioramic 6x4 or 4x4 feet table using a standardized set of game rules. Miniature armies come in various factions, from Imperial commandos to space-faring orks, each with its own background stories (what 40K players call "fluff") and combat units.

My army, a sub-faction of the Adeptus Astartes or the Space Marines, is of the so-called Dark Angels Chapter - one of thousands of regiments of bio-enhanced supersoldiers created by the Emperor of Man to impose his will throughout the grim universe of the 41st millennium.


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Dark Angels of the Adeptus Astartes
The Dark Angels Chapter is first among legions of Space Marines bred by the Emperor from his own genetic imprints. Enhanced physiologically for combat operations, they are literally Angels of Death in the battlefield, sowing fear to anyone who dared oppose their mandate. Their homeworld, Caliban - now reduced to a barren asteroid after an epic battle against their traitorous Brothers - holds the Chapter's mobile fortress-monastery called the Tower of Angels. Here, deep within the labyrinthine pathways to the underground caverns, lies the key to their monastic nature. The Dark Angels hides a millenia-long secret that compromised their honor. It is with this reason that they and their Successor Chapters are called the Unforgiven.


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Monday, December 12, 2005

Ravenwing Land Speeder Tornado (Tempest)

Finally, I was able to finish painting my first "Leeeeeendspeeder"! I like it when Gelo says that word. (Decals to follow...)



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Ok, first off... purist Dark Angels players will comment on how the hell my Land Speeder and its Space Marine operators had a color other than jet black?? I like violet. I want the color to appear on my "dark green" army and my "black" Ravenwing squadron. As consequence, I need to justify it via a fluff... thus, they are not a "basic" Dark Angels army but more of a "rogue" one - a splinter detachment... something like a successor Chapter but is not.

Second, f#$k my camera. Hehe. I'm not saying that this fig should have looked better, but there are several spots in the Land Speeder that's not given justice with on this photos. An example is the headlamp (supposed to be that white thing past the right wing of the aquila symbol). O, kita ba?? Hindi di ba?? Crap. And I'd rather buy a few more Land Speeders than a new digital camera. Heh.

Third, I want my Speeders durrty. I wish I'd made them so. Besides, that's what I'm good with... keeping stuffs a mess. Hehe.

Fourth, by the power vested upon me by the Priest Adepts of Mars, I name thy machine spirit... Tempest! ...'stig!

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I went to the IPMS Nationals last Saturday at the Megamall Atrium, and among the contestants, this is my favorite entry...

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That's a USS Nimitz aircraft carrier... a fully detailed one!

There were a couple of cooL entries on the Sci-Fi genre too... but still my personal favorite (and not because he's my Ork Warboss chum) is the 1000+ part PG Gundam by Pork (Paul) the Mork Spawn...

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I stole 4 Ogre Leadbelchers from Emp last Saturday too. Bwahahahaha. Nice paint job man.

Inscribed by Interrogator-Chaplain Randel on 1:16 PM              

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