The Wolf Pack has arived

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Bitz and bobs:
Ok so after the space hulk rant I suppose I should put on the brakes for awhile (even if I have barely been getting a post in) but The new IG bitz on the new release page grabbed my attention, both in a good and bad manner. I love the gun crew and the tank commander, how ever the poor excuse for heads they are offering just blew me away with the absolute lack of wow factor, a few of them look ok but as they appear to be attempting to offer some sort of variety in the selection you get they fall damn short in my book. Now don't get me wrong I love GW has finally cracked the seal on kitbashing for the IG but come on, for the money I can still honestly say I would rather stick with my pig iron heads, they don't have the variety but you get more and they are about the same price. I am sure this will raise much disagreement among some of the GW loyalists but I was just not happy with the offering. The fact that they are also pumping out more metal minis is also disparaging as a lot of us are still hoping for the great plastic change over.

All in all there are some interesting bitz there but nothing really special, as I said the gun crew was a great little set and if your looking to kit out your Russ with the Pask like character the tank commanders set seems a solid bet. But as for the other offerings such as the Aquilas and tank baggage it just fails to perk my interest or indeed serve a purpose other then make a feeble attempt to reconcile us for the loss of the bitz service.

Cheers

Scott
BH Senior Editor

P.S.
If your looking for a chaos defiler at a damn good price buy this F#$! thing so I can win my bet and continue to support BH, I swear its cursed.

NEWS: You can put away your gauss rifles

Recently sources have indicated that its going to be tyranids that get the next codex update, now while I cannot say 100% the markers for an update are in place. You simply have to look around your FLGS or ask at a GW store for a Codex or battleforce, that's right as of this month GW has pulled both Codex:Tyranids and the nid battleforce from there retail catalog. This came as some what of a surprise when I glanced over there latest retail SKU book and found both items suspiciously missing but if GWs past release practices are any indicator you can bet that they will be going over nids next.

How do I feel about this. Well as a Guard/SM player and veteran Eldar Seer I am not overly pleased that neither my space elves or there pigment challenged brethren did not get the update bracket but speaking bluntly the nids deserve it, now not to say they got blind sided like DE or the Necrons but this is a popularity contest and lets be honest a lot more people have been picking up nids lately so GW goes where the money is. So in short its wonder full that one of the older books/races is getting an update and while its not on of my personal taste at least GW is actually doing it.

What's wrong with space hulk?
I have been meaning to get this short rant off my chest since I got a crack at the set so here it goes. GW botched the marketing of Space Hulk, now don't get me wrong good on them for bringing it back but this space hulk has absolutely no soul. It was concocted in the labs of GWs marketing dept to make all our wallets a little lighter. Instead of putting forth a game with in the genera of 40k to entice new and interested/younger players they have brought forth a limited release monster packed with detailed models that even I am having trouble getting in every detail to make them presentable (though not to say you couldn't play unpainted but come on) it is how ever still the great game it always has been made greater by better molding techniques and new rules but I have to say that a hulking price tag along with a overwhelming set of detailed models is to far beyond the reach of the casual board gamer. I think if anything GW owes us at least a secondary release this Christmas. Speaking of the holidays if you have the remote chance of getting a copy of SH before they haul out the tinsel do so because retail sources are indicating available copies could rise in price to over $199.00 based on demand, and GW has already sold out online. WCC might still have a few so get a copy while you can or hey buy two and resell and twice the value and go pick up that forge world model you have always wanted.

Cheers

Scott
BH Senior Editor

Contest Winner

Lets have a hand for Jhon Dickerman for his winning entry into the conest, after several showings to both readers and friends and constant split decisions his entry of a Blood letter/Warrior was deemed the best choice out of the three fantastic entrys. Here is his entry again in more vivid detail for you. We all felt that his entry exemplified the theme the most and so congrats again. And as promised he has his pick of any GW product valued up to $30 through our sponsor West Coast Comics and Collectibles who have been supporting us almost since day one and will continue to offer our readers the same low pricing on all GW products (except space hulk so read the P.S.) I would like to thank everyone who submitted an entry (two of which are CA bay area locals) you both made wonderfull and unique pieces that I hope will grace one of your games in future. Hopefully we will be running more contests like this in future and be able to offer more prize support for the runners up (once we get them Ill hook everyone up with BH radio T's) again thanks for reading and sticking with us while we sorted out all the fun life stuff, and remember Bay Hammer was started for all us west coast gammers who have always seemed to be over looked when it comes to the 40k world, so thank you all for supporting us.

Cheers

Scott

BH Senior Editor

P.S.

Alright so in my last post I told you all WCC got in a large stock of space hulk at the discounted price, well thats half what happend, WCC is not a major operation in a warehouse or part of a large distrubution network, so when they sold off the first 10 in the course of $48 at the discount price they couldent break even on the sales. But they do have them in stock and there are about 10 left and going fast. So help support your local game Suppliers and shop WCC all of there regular GW items are still competivly priced at 25% off which is still the best deal out there so far.

Back online

From the depths of the logistics hell that has been the last month and a half we are back, that includes my co host/editor Ian who recently got back from man camp, Alright enough of that, A winner has been chosen and this weekend when I have time to write a more compiled entry the winner will be announced and we will let you know which prize this champion of chaos has chosen. So stay tuned and I may yet be able to pull this wreak from the boggy swap that life.


Cheers

Scott
BH Senior Editor.

P.S.
WCC totally has a huge stock of Space hulk, 20 units in all but only 10 of them will be moving at the 25% off price so hurry on over to there page to snap those up while supplys last, and trust me with prices like those they wont. (Update, I just called them and they havent posted the new stock of hulk so keep checking back)