On A Painting Frenzy

So, just to toot my own horn a little, the last week has been quite a busy week painting.  Having just picked up the Blackstone Fortress game, Warhammer Quest Silver Tower (finally), and adding to my Tzeentch demons, I've painted almost forty miniatures in the last seven days.

Any of you who know me know this is huge.  I'm a master procrastinator, and getting prices painted to completion is not my strong suit.  So to get even one mini fully painted in a week is awesome for me, but forty is ridiculous.  And I hope to keep on this kind of path for as long as I can.

Have any of you found a new drive to complete some paint jobs?  Any plans to show off your pieces at the shop?  I'd like to hear about them in the comments.

Prices Going Up!

So, after some early rumours, then confirmation to our favorite local retailer Game Freaks, we now know that there will be price hikes to Games Workshop's product line soon.  Things like paint pots and start collecting boxes will all see an increase, and an unfortunate casualty is the big boxed sets, like Tooth and Claw, or Imperial Knights: Renegade have been pulled from the web store. 

Also, much of the 2018 run of Kill Team has sold out online.  Will these value boxes get the axe, too?  Let me know what you think in the comments.

Dropping the Ball

So, months ago I heard about something that got me all fired up and my blood pumping.  A really cool new product was coming from Games Workshop, made to help new players ease into Warhammer 40,000, and to help established players grow their collections of two different armies at a measured pace.  This product would also help teach these players painting and gaming techniques, and answer questions they may have about playing.  This product sounded awesome.  It was called Warhammer Conquest, and was subscription based magazine that sent minis, paints, brushes and the magazine to your door each month, or to your local Games Workshop store.

I keep writing about Conquest in the past tense because here we are, months later, and there isn't even a whisper of when it will come to the US.  In fact, the only news I've been able to read on it is that a Spanish edition will be sold in Spain this month.  I've even heard rumours that it may tank.  And this depresses me.

It depresses me because I'm really excited about this idea.  Warhammer 40000 Conquest is totally a gimmick I would buy into.  I collect every army in 40k, and there are times I would love to just follow along with a laid out tutorial.  I have a brother that I would love to gift with a subscription to the magazine.  But I can't.

Which gets me to the crux of the article, Games Workshop kinda dropped the ball here.  They made a huge deal out of the magazine for a little while, got everyone hyped up, and then essentially told us, "sorry, you can't have this."  Even though we really want it.  It wouldn't have been hard to just wait to release it to their whole audience at once, instead of this weird staggered rollout.  I know there will be a few of us die hards that as soon as it makes it to the US will grab it up going, "finally!", myself included.  But most will look at it and just not care as much now.
Its lost it's impetus.  And that pains me, because I'm a real 40k addict, and I always want them to do well.

So, I hope that despite this kerfuffle that Conquest will succeed in making it stateside soon, and it will be successful, until then, hold on mini model makers, and hope for the best.