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This week’s strip picks up from this one two weeks back.
Forge World’s Contemptor Dreadnoughts are a lovely hark back to days of 40K past. For those unfamiliar with their 40K history, the Contemptor (or “Chuck” as it was affectionately known) was one of three Marine dreadnought varieties.
With Forge World going utterly Rogue Trader of late with the Contemptor Dreadnought, MKIC Deimos Pattern Rhino, Land Raider Proteus (and its gorgeous new variant) and Rapier Laser Destroyer – and the Mole Mortar and Tarantula already released what is left unplundered? Which 1980s Marines hardware will see a resin resurrection?
RTB-03 Land Speeder?
The original Furibundus class Dreadnoughts?
The Deredo Dreadnought?
The Space Crusade Dreadnought?
The Mission: Dreadnought Dreadnought?
The Vincent Blackshadow?
The First Marine Jetcycle?
The Mk14 Bullock Jetcycle?
The plastic Predator?
Place your bets now.
Following on from last week’s strip about upside-down Necron Ghost Arks, Tommie proudly announced yesterday evening he’d submitted a concept for a new plastic monster kit to Games Workshop. Presenting…
The Ogre Kingdown Giant Cave Sloth
Actually, it’s not the first time Games Workshop have pulled this trick. The great Tony Cottrell put together an article in White Dwarf where you could convert the original plastic Land Raider into the Land Raider Spartan by turning it upside down.
And due to popular demand on Twitter, Facebook and Leeds Dark of the Mono shirts are now available in the store for a limited time.
The Octopus is something that’s had it tendrils subtley worked into Ninjabread for several years. You may’ve glimpsed an Octopus poster in the background of the strip, Murderbunga’s Visionary chest or the advertising placeholders. I hope it’s wormed its way into your consciousness.
But what is the Octopus? Well, any member of Flame On that’s had lifts this year has been subjected to it at the full and appropriate volume.
It’s Amplifier’s third, entirely self-financed double-album.
The Octopus is one of the core reasons I’ve been happy this last year. Why? It’s a pure creative vision. There first two albums (2004′s Amplifier and 2006′s Insider) were created with commercial pressures, and (especially with Insider) you can feel the artistic compromise. They’re studio albums released under labels, whereas the Octopus by comparison is a sprawling star god – a celestial deity manifesting on two CDs (with an octopussy eight tracks each). Seeing this come into being inspires me to write Ninjabread’s self realised speculative imagination.
Stand out tracks include Sick Rose – a dark and slightly stormy song based on a William Blake poem. It makes me think of Graham McNeil’s Prospero Burns for no real reason. Faster than Light builds in an epic way, and can only be listened to while driving over the speed limit. Trading Dark Matter On The Stock Exchange has an incredibly cool song name.
You can listen to the Octopus on Bandcamp.
I’m off to see them again this December at Sound Control Manchester. Come along, it shall throb, and be epic.
All fans of Mike will no doubt be aware that his life after Games Workshop and Privateer has been a continous creative hurricane with Studio McVey. I’m particularly fond of the Strain which have been released this year, and will feature in the Sedition Wars game Mike was demoing at Gencon this year.
I tried copying Mike McVey a while back. No, not with nudity. It was fun.
Don’t forget to follow Curis on Twitter to see all the sketches and doodles that happen on any unattended scraps of paper..
Of course, check out Mantic’s upcoming Warpath which is officially released next month.
And, if you want sneak peeks and sketches for Ninjabread before the strips go up, along with odd photos then follow @Curis on Twitter.
