GW Gives away free Codex books... in Japan

Just came across this news story... apparently GW is actually giving things away to gain market share.  In Japan pdf's of the Codex books can be downloaded for free (some, mostly fantasy).  I don't know how long this practice has been going on, but hopefully it works there and they think about doing it for some of the english language ones.

In browsing the site (via google translate) it looks like some of the updates and campaign books are free kind of like how GW used to do this for old WD articles.

Check it out here (you may have to change the country to Japan):
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/articleCategory.jsp?communityArticleCatId=5500004a&articleCatId=5500004a&catId=&section=community


This story was found here:
http://www.fanhammer.es/2013/10/06/gw-japon-los-codex-libres-en-pdf-por-el-pais-del-sol-naciente/

Skycutter WIP (Almost done)

Well, I finally found the will to finish this guy off. Thankfully once I had the base colours done it went pretty quick. The eagle was basically done a while ago, so it was just the flying boat and crew that needed the most attention. In exploring some other blogs I found a neat tip for blending... its using Tamiya thinner (X-20A) instead of the usual acrylic medium. Its an alcohol based thinner and works really well with the new GW paints. I've also heard that it works well for pin striping with acrylics instead of oils, so I'll have to give that a try.

Anyway, these guys are looking good and will be done shortly (with a tutorial to be posted).

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Skycutter WIP

This guy has been taking up room on my painting desk, and I'd really like to finish it off. I think the hard work has been completed (the eagle and base) so it shouldn't take too much work to finish off. I've decided to go with the bolt thrower, so I'm only going to paint those guys for now. The paint scheme will be a pretty standard High Elves colour scheme to go along with the rest of my army.

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Ultramarines Tactical Squad Finished

Alright, the first (of many) Ultramarines guys that I've got to paint up to make an army. These guys will form the backbone of my army, so I'll have to paint up a bunch more of them. I'm using the normal GW colours for these guys, and I'm sure I'll get faster at painting them as I do more of them. Hopefully I'll get a vehicle tutorial posted soon.

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Ogre Gorger Finished

Here's that Gorger I was working on, all done. I have posted a painting tutorial video and the still images (along with the paints) are at the bottom of this post. I'm happy with how the flesh turned out, but I'm probably going to do something different for the other Gorger I've got waiting.

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Ultramarines Tactical Squad WIP

Here's the first tactical squad for my upcoming Ultramarines Army. These guys are from the Assault on Black Reach set, and have been sitting in my to-do box for a long time. I think I'll paint up the whole set in Ultramarines colours, so the Terminators will come soon. I have big plans for my Ultramarines army, and hope to pick up some of the new sets shortly.

I base coated these with black spray primer then Army Painter Ultramarine Blue. I picked up a can, so that should help me do a whole army and should help the blue stay consistent.

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Ogre Gorger Work in Progress

Here's another model that I threw into the batch of Ogres I'm working on, the Gorger. I have two of these actually, but am only painting one. I decided on a dark skin colour and went with the same bright orange/red hair colour as the rest of my army. I think it works. Tutorial will come soon.

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