Alternative Eldar jetbike

This is short addendum to one of my previous posts regarding outdated Eldar jetbike model from GW.

 This alternative jetbike is, from time to time, available on EB as "Jet sky-sсooter, оne-elf fast attack combat vehicle" ;-)

 Source of the picture.

Source of the picture.

It look nice for me, significantly better than current official miniature. But taking into account recent achievements in plastic sprues design and processing, it makes me wonder, what GW may show in this area, once they will finally decide to release new model.

New Ork pilot is looking for da plane...

Quick look at new resin miniature of Ork pilot.

I like orks. I think, it is because opposites attracts...  I believe, I have nothing in common with this part of European football fans, who needs assistance of 50 policemen just to walk from a bus to a stadium... they are orkz of 21 century... But I digress...

This pilot is a part of small line of complete ork miniatures produced by Kromlech, in addition to their ork bits collection.

And comparison with a set of Ork pilot heads, also by Kromlech.

For me, it's really beautiful sculpt, and very good casting as well.

Collapse of competitive gaming scene?

In the (not so distant) past, in the days following a large WH40K tournament the related blog-sphere were full of excitement, discussions, and list analysis. This year the Nova Open went by and ... practically nothing. No posts, no lists, no discussions. I was surprised, but then I've seen the list of winners... Tau/Eldar, Eldar/Tau, Tau/Tau... and this post (see discussion below the main text):
http://yesthetruthhurts.com/2013/09/nova-2013-stop-the-madness-edition/

Very sad. At least, those new miniatures are better and better quality designs... and they do not require a codex for standing in a display cabinet...

GW guards their secrets (quite) well

As many fans of WH40K, I was looking recently through the range of new Space Marines miniatures, especially interrogating all photographs of the plastic sprues. To my surprise, all of them are dated 2012 (see photo below)! This means more than 9 months between  final acceptance and the release. Taking into account that first leaks appeared no more than one month ago (during White Dwarf printing, I bet), this shows how serious (and effective) the company is about keeping their secrets, despite efforts of some bloggers to publish rumors early. 

I wonder, what they have in the office desks already (beside the tyranids, of course)!