Storm of Magic

Well, Storm of Magic, Warhammer's first ever expansion has finally been released. I am going to do a quick overview for those of you who don't really know what I am talking about. Storm of Magic, as I had said before, is Warhammers first expansion. As the name implies Storm of Magic revolves around, magic. Wizards are just about the best piece that you can have in a game of Storm of Magic. They can summon monsters, make pacts with demons and other mages, and can cast the very powerful cataclysm spells. Really, if left to its own devises, a wizard can summon up enough energy to wipe out a whole army. Another very important aspect of Storm of Magic are the arcane fulcrums. These are objectives that also hold a larger in game purpose. A wizard must capture them to win the game and they also offer some protection as well as increase the wizards magical abilities.

In a way, I am not a big  fan of Storm of Magic. I like to play more balanced games where one piece can not turn the entire tide of battle just by casting one spell. Also in my case, all my armies have no wizards or any big monsters so I have to buy more pieces just to enjoy one game. Over all though, Storm of Magic looks really fun, but just don't count on playing a balanced game.

Carnifexes, Buildings With Guns, and Defense Lines

This past Fourth of July week has been a very uneventful week for most of the projects I've been working on. I had a cousin over for a few days who also brought along his Tyranid army with him. I was unable to do any painting, simply because the table I paint on, was covered in tons of Tyranids. I did though, magnetize a Carnifex. This was something I had not really tried, I simply never felt I had something that could benefit from being magnetized. Firstly I drilled a small hole into where the two joints would meet. I repeated this step with all the arm options that were going to be magnetized. I then cut a small amount of magnet off a strip of refrigerator magnet I had found around the house. And that was my one slip up. The refrigerator magnet is hard to get into the right size and also has really weird way of magnetizing. I would recommend using a very small, strong, and circular magnet. Lastly I glued the magnets into the holes and I was done. I cant say I did a very good job but I did learn a bit about what kind of magnet is best for this kind of job.

When I was not helping out my cousin with his army or watching The Three Stooges I would play around with some of the buildings I have. When I found lots of guns I had left over from a heavy weapons team, I knew just what I was going to do with them. I grabbed my Imperial Basilica Administratum, some glue, all the heavy weapons, and made a very well armed building.

I aslo went out and bought a Defense Line. I love the way the walls fit together and the turret is really cool. I would recommend this to a person who is starting to build up a collection of landscape pieces.

Well, as I said before, I had a very uneventful week, and this is just about all that happened.