Weekender: Wargaming Kursk & A Brand New Terrain Challenge!

June 23, 2018 by brennon

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Join us for another instalment of The Weekender where we're sitting down to look at some more awesome models from the Celestial Painting Competition AND presenting you folks with a new Terrain Challenge.

We've got lots to get stuck into this week so let's dive in...

Celestial Painting Competition

This week we've got entries from Sergey Chasnyk, Sergio Calvo Rubio, Ben Komets, Antonio Peña Jiménez, and Massimiliano Richiero who have created some sterling projects.

Remember that you can check out all of the entries and more over on the Facebook Group where you can also vote for your favourite. You can also learn about each of the artists HERE.

New Terrain Challenge - The End Is Nigh!

We've teamed up with 4Ground once more to bring you another Terrain Challenge for this year.

end-is-nigh

This one is titled The End Is Nigh and here are the details...

  • Start Date: 23rd June 18 -- End Date: 31st August 18
  • Prizes: 4x £50 vouchers
  • Categories: Best Idea, Best Skill, Best Tutoring & Junior
  • Theme: Apocalyptic / Post Apocalyptic
  • All entries must be through the projects system, tagged as the "Terrain Challenge" and must be linked through to a forum topic for collection

Make sure to get your ideas down into the Projects system and we'll see where this one goes!

Updates

We've got some big updates to remind you of as well. There will be a new Infinity Campaign launching soon and the guys from Corvus Belli have been previewing more about the overall idea and the individual factions in video format. 

We also have the UK Games Expo Press Round-Up where we've teamed up with all manner of press outlets who came to the event to show off their content, views, experiences and more from this wonderful show. 

News

We have a dip into the news to find out what's been going on...

  • Alien Beasts - Some awesome new alien creatures for use in Dropzone Commander
  • Rolled & Told - A new hybrid comic book/choose your own adventure idea coming in September
  • Strontium Dog Rocks Up - Warlord Games are taking us back to the 2000 AD world this year
  • Modern AGE - Get stuck into a toolbox RPG system that allows you to play out your stories however you like
  • PlastCraft's New Terrain - A new selection of Sci-Fi terrain has dropped from the PlastCraft Games crew

What from the news caught your attention?

Wargaming Kursk!

With the anniversary of Kursk around the corner, John and Justin sit down with Jim, our Historical Editor, to go through what you can expect from his new article series which launches on July 2nd.

It features a lot of tanks so John is very happy indeed!

Kickstarter

We also look towards Kickstarter and some new projects which are fundraising right now

  • Tang Garden - A peaceful and meditative game where you look to create wondrous gardens for your visitors
  • Evil Corp - Play as shady and shadowy business giants looking to save the world...just not for you

Which of these would you go for?

Make sure, as always, to get your thoughts into the comments below about the show and everything we've covered and prepare your hobby materials for that terrain challenge!

Have a great weekend!

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