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)!

Kickstarter worthy support

Maybe some of you can support this kickstarter campaign? It could be a beginning of new miniatures company...

LINK

Eldar jetbike, a worn out oldie.

Let me fully express my disappointment:

THE LACK OF NEW ELDAR JETBIKE IS AN UTTER FAIL!

Just look at this crappy rider...Is it some ku-klux-klan joke of those Britts, or what?

What about comparison with dark kin? I see the difference, but maybe it's just me? or the paintjob, you say?

And we all remember that test model presented several years ago...Not bad starting point for new plastic set combining regular bikers with Shining Spears elite squad. At least, they should make it available in failcast, as it was prepared bu Goodwin...

I hope, some resin makers will catch opportunity , like it was in the case of Thunderwolves models. Sure, it will be harder to compete with existing official model, but there is much more space for creative imagination in this case... The first attempt already has been made by Chapterhouse, although they modified current GW model instead proposing something original.

 

Do you know about any other jetbike, which isn't of Imperial style (such are many)?