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Liquid Talent (New Product!)

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You've all heard of washes being referred to as "Liquid Talent" I'm sure? Well, I'm excited to announce that I'm releasing a new product - ACTUAL Liquid Talent!

No longer do you need a generous application of the wash Agrax Earthshade. With Wargaming Tradecraft brand Liquid Talent, the difference is seamless. It comes in a convenient dropper bottle too, so there isn't a risk of spilling your traditional talent in a bottle all over the place.

In the following tutorial, you can see just how easy it is to apply!
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Disassembling Miniatures

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Today I'm looking at methods to disassemble miniatures so you can re-use their parts in future projects. As a bonus, there are a few tips on converting and re-posing as well! Thanks to my buddy Mark for the use of his Tau Gunship. Additional thanks to my wife Amanda, brother Adam with his girlfriend Tiffany and parents Gail and Manfred.
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Helping Gamers be Better Cheaters

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[APRIL FOOLS - Learn about Helping cheaters be better players]

I've been playing more Hordes lately, tournaments too and if there's one thing we all hate, it's losing and having to pack up your army while everyone's congratulating whoever won.

Weep no more! Today I'm going to teach you the tricks that all the best players use to play their way to the top of all the professional tournaments. Many of these tricks will work in any system. Need to cheat at Warmachine and Hordes? No problem. Planning to cheat at Warhammer without buying terrain? I got your back. Want to win at Warhammer 40k without buying Space Marines? Read on!

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First trailer for the Warhammer 40k LIVE ACTION Movie!

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Guess this explains GW's moves recently... Finally, a full production, multi-million dollar movie from Games Workshop that looks AWESOME.

They've really gone all out on this trailer! Wow! Just wow! It's hi-res, so give it a moment to load. (I had to hit refresh a few times because of how many people are watching it)


(April Fools)
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Tabletop Day, Saturday March 30th

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So this Saturday, March 30th is Tabletop Day!

What's that mean? Well, basically you can probably go to your FLGS and check out a bunch of gaming activities.

Personally, I'll be over at Hugin and Munin in Windsor, Ontario. They're open from Noon to 10p for the day with tons of great people bringing a wide selection of games. My Hordebloods will be on site, and I'll be bringing some Super Dungeon Explore and Sedition Wars. There's going to be some tester Hordes and Warmachine armies, Blood Bowl, Malifaux, and hopefully some of these games.

You can find plenty of information at the Windsor Gaming Resource on some of the FREE SWAG that's being given away.
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Happy Valentines All

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Do Red Ones Go Fasta' ? The Age Old Question Answered

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 Today I decided to finally look at answering the age old question:

Do "Red ones go fasta' " ?

After all, there are plenty of people who paint their armies red. Perhaps these people have figured out something that the rest of us haven't. If that's the case, then there are all kinds of players taking advantage of this trick in order to gain an unfair benefit during friendly games and certainly using it as an illegal tactic in tournaments.
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Merry Chaotic Christmas!

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Happy Holidays and Merry New Year to all from Wargaming Tradecraft!

A brief Weekly Update on Monday, no posts this next week, and the new year will return things to its regularly scheduled programming!



Video by the folks over at Miniwargaming.com
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Happy Thanksgiving - 25% off GW and PP Minis

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Saints 4 Life
TheWife is awesome and I couldn't ask for a better partner to share a lifetime of geekitude with... that's what I'm thankful for, even if the Americans celebrate it a month later than us Canuks. On that note, an early Christmas present has been ordered - my Hordes army, to compliment the deal we got last weekend on a used one for her.

Here's a HUGE sale....

Get it at the MiniWarGaming Store
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GW website error shows off next codex

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http://www.moddb.com/members/supahchikin
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http://www.moddb.com/members/supahchikin
So, I'm poking around Games Workshop's site tonight, and I get a link to a page that shows this little number...  When I tried browsing though, the links went dead like they realized their mistake. There were updated models and everything, big detailed plastic range.

I was able to grab this from my cache however... Looks like squats aren't too far off.

Photo was located here:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armys/squats/


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Happy Halloween!

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Chaos Pumpkin - Me, 2010

Turtle (Mori) Pumpkin - TheWife, 2010
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Happy Hallow-Month!

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Clive Barker's Pinhead, carved by me, 2007
- Completely Off Topic -

You won't get many posts where I go off topic because I want this to remain a central hub of information for crafting - buuuut I love Halloween. When I was younger, I loved dressing up as a (land) shark or the wolfman and decorating the house. As I could start bending the rules of my bedtime, I'd stay up late and watch Halloweek on Showcase. (Canadian HBO) What this meant was that at midnight for a week leading up to Halloween, they'd play some sort of horror, scary, spooky, thriller, classic, obscure or cheesy B movie. (Usually a mix) This has unfortunately been cancelled for many a year now.

Now, I'm a fan of the "scary movie" genre and greatly enjoy anything as long as it's entertaining - from scary to suspenseful to B movie. (slashers and gorefests are about all I don't enjoy) Since Showcase doesn't play Halloweek anymore, I began holding up the tradition watching a scary movie every day during Halloweek - and generally watch a whole bunch of these movies throughout the month of October.

The following is my tentative lineup for this month (time allowing) and some that I've watched plenty of in the past and would recommend in case you're looking for a selection of movies to enjoy this month. Got some suggestions?
How do I have time for them all? They'll be playing in the background while I paint my Pumpkin Head project and my wife works like crazy at their twice yearly furniture market.

  • Survival of the Dead (newest from Romero, whom you can always trust)
  • Fear Itself
    • This is basically season 3 of Masters of Horror, which I _strongly_ recommend. Each ep is it's own movie about something terrible. Incredible writing, acting, cast, effects - Masters of Horror are some of the best recent scary movies. I'm looking forward to seeing how Fear Itself is.
  • The Hunger
    • TV series, often supernatural, each episode a different story about humanity's vices and weaknesses. First season hosted by Terrance Stamp, second by David Bowie. Birthday present from my bro, I've watched a few already and I aim to indulge.
  • Stan Helsing (This looks terrible, and my brother says it is... but I am intrigued)
  • House of 1000 Corpses (I don't care what you say about Rob Zombie - he knows how to make a movie)
  • Bram Stokers Dracula (Classic)
  • Tales from the Dark Side
    • Aka, Creepshow 3. I highly suggest 1 and 2. More short stories in movie format.
  • Nightbreed (Clive Barker without Pinhead set in rural Canada!)
  • Videodrome (Just crazy... I won't give anything away.)
  • The Shining (Been a long time since I ... something, something)
  • Silent Hill (Goriest thing every created by Disney animators)
  • Thir13en Ghosts (Terrific ghost story)
  • The Wolfman (New version, great cast... looking forward to it)
  • Wristcutters: A Love Story (surprisingly good and fun)
  • Ink (This looks really good and creepy - something about good and evil faeries fighting over your dreams)
  • 1408 (Been wanting to see this for a while)
  • Shaun of the Dead (instant classic)
  • It (Been meaning to see this for a long time)
  • Fido (What could go wrong in a society post-zombiepocalypse where zombies become servants/pets?)
  • American Psycho (It's been a while since I've watched Batman completely lose it)
  • The Lair of the White Worm (Think I'm finally going to bite the bullet and watch this one)
  • Killer Condom (total B movie)
  • The Witches Hammer
  • Bloodsuckers
  • Fright Night 1 and 2
One of Pretty Ugly's Ugly Dolls, carved by The Wife, 2007
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Others I'd recommend:
*Disclaimer: While most of this list is good, if laughing at how terrible B movies are isn't your thing, avoid the movies I point out as bad. The trick is to watch mostly good ones and throw in a terrible one from time to time.

It occurs to me I have a bunch of TV shows, cheesy movies I've been putting off for years and a surprising amount of Canadian Content.There's also a bunch I've never seen before this year that I'm looking forward to. Before you point out that Gremlins isn't on the list - it's part of my Christmas movie lineup.

Bonus - Halloween Music List:

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