So, we're finally there. The May monthly is up and its only 4 days late (and thats only coz of RAM - I'm sure you all know enough about the vague mystery that is computers and more specifically Microsoft, so I won't bore you with the details).
To see it, put your mouse over the 'initiatives' tab on the menubar and click on the first link - 'Monthly'.
Hope you enjoy it.
Imdat.
The May Monthly is up!
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The May Monthly is up!
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Yeah, it's working perfect and looks the same, PERFECT Imdat
Great work, HAIL IMDAT! (B)
MDK
Great work, HAIL IMDAT! (B)
MDK
You’re a wreck, an accident.
Forget the freak, your just nature.
Keep the gun oiled, and the temple cleaned shiz
snort, and blaspheme, let the heads cool, and the
engine run. Because in the end, everything we do,
is just everything we’ve done.
Forget the freak, your just nature.
Keep the gun oiled, and the temple cleaned shiz
snort, and blaspheme, let the heads cool, and the
engine run. Because in the end, everything we do,
is just everything we’ve done.
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Well I've had a quick read through it and I must say that it's another great one !
There's just so much to review in this issue that its hard to know where to start, so I'll just look at the main aticles briefly...
Nice article about converting the GoP - that should answer a few of those often-asked questions we get here. (I'd go for the Necron Lord hand myself, as I think it looks the best)
Good overview of the CoP armylist too. People like myself who've played a Slaanesh variant for a long time will know most of this stuff anyway, but for those Druchii who are new to the idea, there are some really valuable insights into the new units and tactics.
The Lizardmen article is of course very timely and most welcome for anybody thinking of getting a suntan down in Lustria this summer, while MDK's wise words on getting the best possible pictures of your minis will be of great help to many people here. Interestingly, the technique I use is similar, but with only one light source - a large window next to the desk.
The Hydra stuff is just amazing (and I'm not saying this just because I edited a few bits of the fluff). This monster raises a lot of questions in the forums, and hopefully these articles will go a long way towards answering them. What I especially love about this is the way that the fluff, the modelling and the tactics are all together in one place (the same goes for the Hotek stuff too).
Tactical insights are always valuable, especially to relatively inexperienced players like me. With this in mind, the "Army of Insane Manuevrability" is great.
With all this talk of tactics, monsters, characters, lists and enemies, it's so easy to forget the nature of the battlefield itself, so Lord Silas' terrain article was a nice surprise.
Finally, the Executioner's Block is as fun as always, with Sneaky losing his head over Enthardon's (re)vision of the HE - I guess our friendly resident Aesenar would like to put the aforementioned head firmly on a spike and throw cheese at it ROFL
All in all, another great Monthly with something for everyone, as usual - informative, fun, and balanced (which is more than you can say about WD these days), so if you haven't looked at it already, then go get it now. You won't be disappointed.
Nice one guys - Hail to everybody involved in putting it together.
There's just so much to review in this issue that its hard to know where to start, so I'll just look at the main aticles briefly...
Nice article about converting the GoP - that should answer a few of those often-asked questions we get here. (I'd go for the Necron Lord hand myself, as I think it looks the best)
Good overview of the CoP armylist too. People like myself who've played a Slaanesh variant for a long time will know most of this stuff anyway, but for those Druchii who are new to the idea, there are some really valuable insights into the new units and tactics.
The Lizardmen article is of course very timely and most welcome for anybody thinking of getting a suntan down in Lustria this summer, while MDK's wise words on getting the best possible pictures of your minis will be of great help to many people here. Interestingly, the technique I use is similar, but with only one light source - a large window next to the desk.
The Hydra stuff is just amazing (and I'm not saying this just because I edited a few bits of the fluff). This monster raises a lot of questions in the forums, and hopefully these articles will go a long way towards answering them. What I especially love about this is the way that the fluff, the modelling and the tactics are all together in one place (the same goes for the Hotek stuff too).
Tactical insights are always valuable, especially to relatively inexperienced players like me. With this in mind, the "Army of Insane Manuevrability" is great.
With all this talk of tactics, monsters, characters, lists and enemies, it's so easy to forget the nature of the battlefield itself, so Lord Silas' terrain article was a nice surprise.
Finally, the Executioner's Block is as fun as always, with Sneaky losing his head over Enthardon's (re)vision of the HE - I guess our friendly resident Aesenar would like to put the aforementioned head firmly on a spike and throw cheese at it ROFL
All in all, another great Monthly with something for everyone, as usual - informative, fun, and balanced (which is more than you can say about WD these days), so if you haven't looked at it already, then go get it now. You won't be disappointed.
Nice one guys - Hail to everybody involved in putting it together.
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Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh
Erotic nighmares beyond any measure
And sensual daydreams to treasure forever
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Give yourself over to absolute pleasure
Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh
Erotic nighmares beyond any measure
And sensual daydreams to treasure forever
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Yet another great Issue.
I'm glad people enjoy it, since it took many long hours to finish it. And the last minute rush was really annoying. But now it's here! Oh what a relief!
Enjoy your reading.
BTW, I just love the last pic. "There wasn't any good picture of Lord Silas, so we took this silly one of Anaryin instead"
:D:D
Loremaster Nagathi
I'm glad people enjoy it, since it took many long hours to finish it. And the last minute rush was really annoying. But now it's here! Oh what a relief!
Enjoy your reading.
BTW, I just love the last pic. "There wasn't any good picture of Lord Silas, so we took this silly one of Anaryin instead"
:D:D
Loremaster Nagathi
Aha, switch PC parts around and it works! I'm a genius!
Yes that is another superb issue. Only a month till the next. The rush aint over Nagathi!
I guess thats a hint to get me to put a pic up isnt it?
Yes that is another superb issue. Only a month till the next. The rush aint over Nagathi!
BTW, I just love the last pic. "There wasn't any good picture of Lord Silas, so we took this silly one of Anaryin instead"
I guess thats a hint to get me to put a pic up isnt it?
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Yes, it turned out that my computer was low on RAM (I will fix this up for next month, and be sure to run a few tests). Thanks on behalf of the Monthly crew for the kind comments. Also, on my behalf, I'd like to publicly thank Imdat for giving me a hand even though he's got a busy life too.
Falahk: I agree, although the humour was unintentional. That should have been done with the April Monthly (you know, coming out on April 1... I was considering uploading a gag one but couldn't be bothered).
Anaryin: Sorry about the comment. My decision to include Silas' Da Bolt Hole article was totally last-minute, so I wrote the caption pretty quickly. I flipped between that picture and the picture of you after you woke up. The idea was to throw in a picture of a gamer, so sorry for not making that clear.
I'm glad you all enjoyed this one. I think it came together better than the April one (I was never entirely happy with the April one). I hope you also liked the Hydra Fluff section in terms of formatting. That took me a LONG time, and there are still a couple of things I wish I'd fixed (lack of pictures, for instance).
Watch out for the June one, because it's gonna be even bigger and better.
And GREAT job on the cover, MDK. The delay was sure worth it.
Falahk: I agree, although the humour was unintentional. That should have been done with the April Monthly (you know, coming out on April 1... I was considering uploading a gag one but couldn't be bothered).
Anaryin: Sorry about the comment. My decision to include Silas' Da Bolt Hole article was totally last-minute, so I wrote the caption pretty quickly. I flipped between that picture and the picture of you after you woke up. The idea was to throw in a picture of a gamer, so sorry for not making that clear.
I'm glad you all enjoyed this one. I think it came together better than the April one (I was never entirely happy with the April one). I hope you also liked the Hydra Fluff section in terms of formatting. That took me a LONG time, and there are still a couple of things I wish I'd fixed (lack of pictures, for instance).
Watch out for the June one, because it's gonna be even bigger and better.
And GREAT job on the cover, MDK. The delay was sure worth it.
Goodbye.
Having finally finished reading the whole monthly i must say that it stood up to first impressions.
Problem though. Probably something to to with it being shoved in at the last minute. My Club article has only the last half of it; the first half is missing!
i know cos i wrote it. But others will be able to tell cos it dont make much sense to start with!
Well bum...that means it will take even longer to load, be more likely to not load etc...oh well...at least it should be worth the effort!
Problem though. Probably something to to with it being shoved in at the last minute. My Club article has only the last half of it; the first half is missing!
i know cos i wrote it. But others will be able to tell cos it dont make much sense to start with!
Watch out for the June one, because it's gonna be even bigger and better.
Well bum...that means it will take even longer to load, be more likely to not load etc...oh well...at least it should be worth the effort!
Thanks you all for the kind compliments, I'm honourt.
But I did only the smalest part of the whole monthly, all
credits go to the others who created a masterpiece once again.
Great work!
MDK
But I did only the smalest part of the whole monthly, all
credits go to the others who created a masterpiece once again.
Great work!
MDK
You’re a wreck, an accident.
Forget the freak, your just nature.
Keep the gun oiled, and the temple cleaned shiz
snort, and blaspheme, let the heads cool, and the
engine run. Because in the end, everything we do,
is just everything we’ve done.
Forget the freak, your just nature.
Keep the gun oiled, and the temple cleaned shiz
snort, and blaspheme, let the heads cool, and the
engine run. Because in the end, everything we do,
is just everything we’ve done.
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Personally I think it was a bit too long (not your fault) and I didn't really like when all the letters streched all the way out to the absolute edge of the page. I know it might be hard to make them fit, but try to keep 'em within the margins.Sneaky wrote:I hope you also liked the Hydra Fluff section in terms of formatting. That took me a LONG time, and there are still a couple of things I wish I'd fixed (lack of pictures, for instance).
Is it just me or is the back cover missing, just as the creds?
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Anaryin: Sorry about the comment. My decision to include Silas' Da Bolt Hole article was totally last-minute, so I wrote the caption pretty quickly. I flipped between that picture and the picture of you after you woke up. The idea was to throw in a picture of a gamer, so sorry for not making that clear.
No problem
Just kidding I usually don't take nothing as an insult.. Feel Free to put my pics there lol, unless you want ppl to read the other Monthlies.. they may get scared.. I've been called the "Death Wig" ... should I cause terror? 
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Over all I liked everything. Pretty good.
My only issue was with the model pictures as it relates to conversion articles. When talking about building a model and doing conversions the pictures play a MUCH more dominant role then they do in relation to other articles. I looked at some of the monthlies in the past and it seems almost random as to if the conversion articles would have pictures large enough to denote detail. The Hydra conversion articles in April had Nice sized picks and you could tell what had been done. But the Hotek conversion pictures for example you could pick out almost nothing from the pics. I simply recognized it as the Dark Eldar fig but nothing else was decernable.
Large pic's with conversion articles please. Would also be nice to always end the article with a 1/2 page pic of the finished model painted.
My only issue was with the model pictures as it relates to conversion articles. When talking about building a model and doing conversions the pictures play a MUCH more dominant role then they do in relation to other articles. I looked at some of the monthlies in the past and it seems almost random as to if the conversion articles would have pictures large enough to denote detail. The Hydra conversion articles in April had Nice sized picks and you could tell what had been done. But the Hotek conversion pictures for example you could pick out almost nothing from the pics. I simply recognized it as the Dark Eldar fig but nothing else was decernable.
Large pic's with conversion articles please. Would also be nice to always end the article with a 1/2 page pic of the finished model painted.
