Weekender: Relic Knights Week Cometh & Win a Battle Foam X Pack!
January 14, 2017 by brennon
We're back after a hard earned break to bring you more awesomeness from the world of tabletop gaming.
Sit back, relax, and dive into an awesome show with plenty of ace stuff show off!
Relic Knights Week
Next week we're going to be running our Relic Knights Week where we dive into the background of the game, an overview of the factions, some painting tutorials from Romain and a big Demo Game!
There's plenty to get stuck into as well as an epic prize.
Competition Time
Talking of epic prizes this show will count as one of the videos for Relic Knights Week so get your comments in below. You could be in with a chance of winning...
- 4x Two Player Starter Bundles (pick your factions and you get the rules as well)
- 1x Mega Two Player Starter Bundle + Expanded Forces (pick your factions and you get the rules) PLUS you get to work with the design team on creating a new character for the Relic Knights universe!
...and one lucky winner from THIS Weekender is going to get themselves a Battle Foam X Pack for storing all of those board games you picked up over Christmas.
Flames Of War Boot Camp Details & Webstore Open
In addition to all of that goodness, we're launching the ticket sales for the Flames Of War 4th Edition Boot Camp on Sunday 15th January at 6am for Backstagers. So, if you want to get to this epic event running from the 3rd - 5th March 2017 get your fingers poised.
You'll be able to pick from both a British and a German force and everything will be desert themed! Watch the show to find out more.
Also, our Webstore has launched for you to pick up Satchels, Dice Bags, Token Bags and hopefully more in the future!
News & Bitz Of The Week
As well as diving into some new features including Mat of the Week and Tool of the Week we also got stuck into some news.
- Freebooter's Fate Characters Ahoy - Some great new characters for this stunning skirmish game.
- Fiery Menoth & Skorne Hydras Attack - See how Privateer Press are doing for Menoth & Skorne!
- Gangs Of Commorragh Boxed Game Coming Soon - Will you be trying out this new boxed game?
- Mantic's Brush With Death Painting Competition - Care to test your skills on the Walking Dead range?
What caught your eye from this week?
Unboxing LOAD
We take some time before diving into the Kickstarter to look inside our copy of LOAD from Archon Studio showing off the miniatures inside and planning out our Let's Play for the game in the coming weeks.
Kickstarter Time
Following on from that we're also looking at more from Kickstarter
- Vanguard Of War - The new tower defence board game from Archon Studio.
- Streetscapes - Fantastic facades and buildings for 28mm World War II wargaming.
- The Other Side - An update on this new game from Wyrd as the Kickstarter comes to a close!
Phew, quite a lot of awesomeness for one weekend morning! We hope you had a great holiday season and are looking forward to 2017.
Enjoy!
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Welcome back, it feels like an age !
Why the hell am I awake this early?
You want to be healthy, wealthy and wise????
And eat worms..
well that’s a given Ben
I am currently neither Healthy nor Wealthy, it is debatable whether I am wise. I definitely don’t eat worms at any time of day.
Woohoo a weekender! Will go and get tea .. and maybe a biscuits.. 🙂
Happy Weekend! We’ve missed you guys!
Finally, a weekender! How are we to know what day it is if there are no shows on the docket? This is how we end up with a week full of Monday’s.
Good to see you guys back.
Happy Saturday, new year and all that jazz 🙂
I can’t wait for the Relic Knights week, I just love the art direction of this game and I have never quite understood how the game works so this week is going to be awesome.
I am so glad you have elected to go for the desert campaign for the Flames of War 4th edition boot camp, I don’t think we see enough of the war in the desert, sounds like it going to be a blast.
Hi guys! Welcome back! Relic Knights looks interesting, I’ll be taking a look at this next week videos.
Fantastic … a weekender again. Happy New year lads
Happy New Year guys it seems like ages since the last Weekender.
Whelp, guess I might need ot look at some of that Relic Knights stuff I got from their first Kickstarter….
Nice to have you back again. Really looking forward to the Relic Knights Videos.
It’s the Weekend!! With a Weekender!! Makes it a ‘proper’ weekend…
X-Wing in atmosphere makes sense, especially with the smaller craft. Until we have a way of moving in true 3D then – a bit like DFC – it justifiess the 2D context for my brain which otherwise is always slightly jiggled!
Let me win!!!
Looking forward to the Relic Knight week as it is something that I have seen on the shelf but don’t really know anything about.. Great to see you guys back and looking refreshed.
@warzan great to have a boot camp confirmed but I was also wondering if you guys had any more thoughts on the model painting front. Where a model would be picked and we as a community would then get together and go to work in the same vein as the slaughterpriest last year?
Re: Relic Knights – I agree; I have seen some beautifully painted miniatures, they look very interesting. Looking forward to next week.
@noyjatat not as far as i know, would imagine BoW painting club will happen in some form soon after 2.0 launches… But a LOT more discussion is needed before we have anything concrete to report, that said wouldn’t be a bad idea to start a discussion on the forums to thrash out peoples ideas…
Welcome back 😀
Tip with the greenstuff roller…
If you use both guides – one on each side. Then use then same width texture roller on the bottom and on top – then you get a consistent thickness of tube.
the new music for the hubs is well its not busting my ear drums good but its a little too soft i think i need some time to get use to it
OMG! Ben has secret thoughts. They should be shown more often when Justin is, well, Justin and Warren rambles on and on and on.
John’s Tool was great, neat little toy for green stuff: in plastic it hopefully shouldn’t be too pricey.
I’ve looked at Relic Knight in the past; even my daughter was interested in the Cerci Speed Circuit.
Yay weekender, welcome back!
BOW badges…t-shirts…..
hmm the bag at the store does not ship outside of euro ..
I don’t begrudge you guys your time off, but DAMN I missed having weekenders! Welcome back and here’s to a fantastic 2017 for BoW.
did @brennon just invent a new class? Badass Battle Vicar? lol
we would also have accepted a Battle Pope, except that was already taken
welcome back and happy new year guys.
Nice to see the GSW tentacle maker, I’m a big fan of it it’s a simple but really nice tool. They also do lovely rollers for making detailing for bases and terrain.
I would say for the mountain king that milliputt is better for gap filling than green stuff, simply because it is water soluble.
Poor Ben, having to deal with those tools….
@avernos Plastic putty is a revelation compared to milliputt, the deluxe and vallejo products are a delight for gap filling. Water based and ready mixed easy to work with too, all you need is a wet finger for tidy up For smaller gaps on plastic I now use a home brew solution… 1 x Bottle Tamiya extra thin poly cement (green top) 1 x Sheet of styrene/plasticard (don’t use sprue) Cut sheet into little bits or take a hole punch to it, add styrene to glue and let it dissolve, keep adding styrene until its the consistency of emulsion paint,… Read more »
I may give the putty a go at some point, I always have milliputt on hand though which makes it my go to filler.
The plastic filler sounds interesting, I would suggest you check out EMA’s plastic weld for that you can pick up more for cheaper than the tamiya alternative, it’s a superb glue for styrene.
@avernos the built in brush on the Tamiya is a godsend plus the ultra thin is my goto glue now, its displaced contacta after 20 odd years! And more importantly for me my closest stockist is a mile away next to an ace bakery so it works out cheaper than ordering and paying postage…
But each to own, as long as its a modern ultra thin (I.e. You apply by capillary action, and it’s grabbed after a second or two) any liquid poly cement should work.
Use cigarette ask instead of talc.