Die Goldene Gurke 2007

Big news!

Over a month ago I took part in a painting/modelling competition called "Goldene Gurke" (english = "Golden Gherkin") at my local miniature store.

Now they have published the list and photos of the nominees on their website. The final results are due tomorrow if I am not mistaken. I submitted my "pink" orc warband in the "Open Fantasy Regiment" cathegory.


I've flipped through the other candidate's submissions and I was VERY impressed. I am still so impressed in fact, that I realise that I have very slim chances of even winning the bronze "gherkin"... but that's not the point. The most important thing is to be part of it, right?

I would like to take a second to show you the strongest candidate (and potential winner) of my cathegory, because I think his regiment is just stunning. He submits under the name of "Roman Art".



Now it stands him vs. me in the "open fantasy regiment" cathegory... we'll see if the judges have a sense of humor :)

Cross your fingers for me guys!

Yours sincerely,
Tom

PS: For those among you who are interested, you can find the other candidate's submissions here (just flip throught the cathegories on the left).

I said FREEZE!

Hi everyone!

I apologise for the long silence that has befallen my blog.

As you might know, this october I have moved to Leicester, UK for one year. I have recieved my internet connection 2 days ago and so I am finally able to post again. Yay!

Me on a lion's statue on Trafalgar square in London

Since I am away from home - where I have all of my Mordheim stuff - creating and posting new things will be nigh impossible for me. Again, I apologise.

The good news is: that this is where you guys can swoop in and save the day! I believe that through my blog and forum, I have managed to inspire a small - yet dedicated - Mordheim community that has been slowly growing over the past months. And I take pride in seeing that it starts to develop a life of its own. People have been posting beautiful pics of their warbands, extensive battle reports, intense discussions about gameplay ("So, does that crossbow bolt slip when pointed downwards?!") and so on.

Now that I am away from the game for nine months, I would like to send out a call for support to those very devoted and friendly people that have been joining me in our little Mordheim community project. I need you guys to keep doing what you do best! Visiting, contributing, beeing creative...
I will be back in no time to feed new stuff into the blog and the forum, but in the meantime I ask all of you to step into the spotlight and keep our community alive. I will be watching from Leicester and doing my best to play my part from this remote location.

Finally I would like to give my very special thanks to the following people that have been contributing very eagerly to the forum:

(in alphabetical order)

Boehm
Erkwin
Hellfoot
JohnYoung
Mark
Tortiou

Thanks to all the others aswell for having joined us and made their contributions!

I hope to hear from you guys very soon and am eager to be back in the game as quickly as it will be possible. Nine months is not as long as it sounds... is it?

Erm... papers please.

Arcs de triomphe

I was on vacation in Croatia for 2 weeks. It was really awesome: the people are very friendly and we had fantastic weather in a beautiful country.

I was walking down a medieval street in the beautiful town of Pula when my eyes beheld the KEWLEST thing: Great pieces of scenery at low cost. I had to buy them (they were at 2,90€ a piece, how cool is THAT?!).

Here are some pics ;-)

Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da.

That's a little project I started recently under the watchful eye of Nicholas :)

Here are the first pics of a very rough outline of the new building. The idea was to show a structure that took an almost direct hit by a meteor. I'll be gone for 2 weeks, but after I get back I'll try to keep you up to date about my progress :)

Take care!
Tom

Mais...mais c'est un faux rhum!

Good news people!

Tom's "Boring Mordheim Forum" has been officially launched! Head over to http://boringmordheimforum.forumieren.com/ to check it out now! Talk to you soon on the forum, have fun and don't forget to register!

Cheers,
Tom

PS: You will also find a link under the "Links" section on this blog!

Work in progress...

Hi guys!

Tom's Boring Mordheim Blog will experience a major add-on soon!

I have been recieving a lot of mail concerning various tabletop-related topics recently, so I have decided to implement a new function to the blog.

I am working on a full fledged forum function to create an exchange platform for all of us! I am hoping for lots of interesting discussions with you guys and I am eager to make this thing work.

Let me know what you think about the idea!
Sincerely,
Tom

Eine Raubschnecke in Germany

Servus!

Ein kleiner Gruß aus dem wunderschönen Nordrhein-Westfalen, dem Geburtsland meiner treuen Raubschnecke Pat ("que je salue très amicalement au passage")!

Anbei ein Paar Photos aus dem Muss-Pilgerort: Dem Games Workshop Laden in Düsseldorf - der wohl bekannteste im Deutschen Sprachraum. Das Geschäft ist wirklich beeindruckend, nicht zuletzt wegen seiner großen Spielhalle wo ein wunderschöner Spieltisch neben dem nächsten steht. Aber mir liegt besonders an einer bestimmte Sache: Dem grossen Lustria Diorama, welches eine riesige Stadt der Echsenmenschen darstellt, die von tausenden und abertausenden Skaven gestürmt wird.

Danke, wir ham nur g'schaut.

Der GW Laden "Drakenburg" in Düsseldorf. Leider haben die Verkäufer auch hier, genau wie im GW Wien, die unangenehme Angewohnheit sich auf jeden Neuankömmling zu stürzen mit dem penetranten Wortlaut "Halloooo, kann ich dir helfen?" ohne das letzterer auch nur den Hauch einer Chance hat sich erst einmal im Geschäft zu orientieren... naja, "et is wie et is".

Das Lustria Diorama, gebaut von den Jungs aus England für irgend einen Games Day. In der Mitte sieht man einen Riesigen "Bohrer", das Herzstück, der durch die Bodenplatten der Stadt bricht und seinen Inhalt - Myriaden von Skaven - über die überraschten Verteidiger ergießt.

Links, zwoooo, dreiiii, vier! Finger sind LANG meine Herr'n!

Das österreichische Bundesheer (brilliant verkleidet als Hochelfen, zwecks Tarnung und Täuschung) eilt den armen Echsenmenschen zur Hilfe.