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March 2007 ISSUE 03

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Firebase Editorial

The Head Monkey: Adam Smith

PR Monkey: Brandon Valee

Assistant Subbing Gibbon: Adam Parkhouse

Specialist Monkey: Simon Fisher

Design Monkey: Steve Gagne

Cover Art: Izzy Davis

Art Monkeys: Logan Lee, Robert

Friis, Jonathan Ho, Loopz, Seth

Bennett,Milan Dubnicky

Writing Chimps: Luke Bardwell, Jason

Chastain, Marc Cook, Ashley Curtis, Simon

Fisher, Michael Glaesar, Sascha Glaesar,

Johan Hansson, Alan Herbert, James Le Grys,

Yves Marie, Stephane Montabert, Bob Ortwin,

Gerard Pitt, Joel Pitt, Dan Quirk, Adam Smith,

Simon Smith, Bob Syko and Brandon Valee.

Crank up the metal, don your spiky leather and shake your long

80s hair as FIREBASE is consumed by chaos to roaring

guitars and thumping drums -Issue 3 is here!

A lot of people play stirring music when playing their

games and my mob of bloodthirsty gamers are no

exception. There’s nothing quite like charging your

Khorne bezerkers across the ield to a bit of Man O’ War

or playing Primal Fear when your ire warriors take

aim to fell the foe! Gerard played a little Daft Punk

when ielding his Eldar for the irst time and even

that went down well.

So if you’re still listening to the same old

rubbish on the radio, or even (gasp!) playing in

silence, get yourself over to a cheap online retailer

and order a couple of cheesy power metal CDs.

Marc’s become quite the convert

and can now be seen racing

to work with Blind

Guardian blaring as

he leads the

commuters

charge with

a plastic sword

held aloft from his noble

petrol fuelled chariot of steel!

FIREBASE is published every three months in association

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of FIREBASE. FIREBASE is a fully independent publication

and its views are not the views of any company mentioned

herein. All characters and artwork shown in this magazine

remain the © and trademark of their respective owners.

No part of this magazine may be reproduced without

the express permission of the Editor or Deputy Editor.

FIREBASE can accept no responsibility for inaccuracies

or complaints arising from editorial or advertising within

this magazine. All letters and emails received will be

considered for publication, but we cannot always provide

personal replies.

This fanzine is completely unoficial and in no way

endorsed by Games Workshop Limited. FIREBASE is a non-

proit making fanzine with the aim of promoting Games

Workshop games, products and hobby.

- Adam Smith

Contents

E ditorial .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

l Et it snow !

What Mike got up to over Christmas with his terrain boards .. . . . . . . . 4

B ack in Black

A Space Crusade chaos army that’s a real blast from the past . . . . . . . 7

l EgEndary l unchtimEs

How to cram a great game into just sixty minutes .. . . . . . . . . . . . 12

t imE to d iE

The perilous world of customized dice .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

a n i nquisitor ’ s J oB is n EvEr d onE

Get the most from your Inquisitors and their retinues .. . . . . . . . . . 18

n oBody E xpEcts thE i nquisition !

The Daemonhunters are ambushed by a Necron raiding party . . . . . . 22

r Eal s pacE m arinEs !

Tim shows off his real life space marine suits .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

a n o rk ’ s t alE F inal c haptEr

The Ard Knucklz go to war! .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

a ll l iFE F orms g rEat and s mall

The Epic armies of Stephane Montabert and Yves Marie .. . . . . . . . . 54

t hE h arlEm s huttlE

A great shuttle kit for your games .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

a l ittlE l Ess c onvErsation a l ittlE m orE a ction

Role playing in the 40k universe .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

i’ ll B E d amnEd !

Bob Ortwin’s Legion of the Damned army .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

a BsolutE c haos

The gods of chaos collide .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

t hank y ou and g oodnight

Firebase bids you a fond farewell .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

modelling

- Snow scatter: The range on this varies. From GamesWorkshop

and Woodland Scenics lock, to small shredded plastic luff, you’re

bound to ind something to your liking.

Let It Snow!

A s winter’s rain falls to the ground, many battles

- Winter trees: Again the range on this varies. If you have

your own “summer” trees, you can simply throw snow scatter over

them.

take place on grassy plains surrounded by trees in

their full green colors. Yes, in the grim darkness of the far

future there is only summer! By the end of this article,

your miniatures will be marching through snow covered

battleields trying to assault the enemy over dead trees

and frozen waterways. I’m sure your troops will love you

for it.

- Small Styrofoam balls: For the trees which I’ll talk about

later.

- Transparency paper: You probably have to go to an ofice

supplies store for this stuff. It’s the “see through” paper used on

overhead projectors.

1. Prep your game table. Take a vacuum and clean off all the

extra sand, chips of paint, etc to prevent them from getting stuck

to your snow roll. Remove all moveable scenery as well.

The irst order of business is the table top itself. I assume most

of you reading this have some sort of a playing surface, be it the

dinner table or an actual game table. If not, go to your nearest

home improvement store and buy yourself a 6x4 ft. polystyrene

panel. You know…that pink/blue/white insulation stuff. Now that

you have your selected surface in place, we can begin.

To limit your trips to the

craft store, here’s a list of

generic supplies that you

will need:

- Snow mat/roll:

These rolls are usually

made from some type

of stretchable iber cloth

and sometimes have the

dreaded glitter to make

them extra sparkly.

Remember to get enough

to cover your entire

table.

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2. Cover your entire table with the snow mat/roll. If you want

to add hills, simply slide a few magazines or some cut polystyrene

underneath. To secure the roll to your table, you can either tape or

tack it to the surface.

3. Cut some oval-esque shapes out of the transparency paper

to form frozen ponds, lakes etc. By cutting and combining several

sheets of paper, you can even create a frozen river running through

the entire table! Once you lay your frozen water on the surface,

apply some snow scatter to the “banks” in order to break up the

outline.

4. Apply the snow scatter over the entire surface to add texture.

It is perfectly alright to sing some holiday/winter songs while doing

so too. You can easily create snow banks by adding more and

more scatter to certain areas. Word of advice: keep it away

from the edges of the table so that a) it doesn’t fall on the

loor and b) it doesn’t get on your clothes.

Flock with troops and vehicles:

5. Once you have the lock down, you can add your trees.

Sometimes trees will come with a lat base so that they can

stand upright. Others just have a metal wire at the bottom to

be “pinned”. This is where the Styrofoam balls come in. Cut

one in half, stick a tree through it and you’re done! Instant

lat base that matches the surroundings!

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