Weekender: NEW Aliens Board Game + WIN Flames Of War British Bundle!
March 13, 2020 by crew
We're back with more for you this Friday night as we get stuck into The Weekender and get you well primed for a few days of tabletop goodness.
As always, get involved in the comments below and let us know what you think about all of the content we've covered in the show and you could maybe win yourself a prize!
Listen To The Podcast Here
Warcaster: Neo-Mechanika - 4:05
First off, we got sent some preview models of the new Sci-Fi game by Privateer Press. Warcaster Neo-Mechanika is now available on Kickstarter and there are still a few days left before the campaign closes.
We take a look at the miniatures for The Marcher Worlds and let you know what we think of the quality we've seen so far.
Indie Of The Week - 10:31
This week, Gerry picked out Brigade Games who are an online retailer but also feature all manner of different sculpts of their own design too.
As well as producing a range of awesome Napoleonic figures by Paul Hicks which are akin to Sharpe and his companions they also do some slightly more off-the-wall choices too. For example, you might want to find out what Gnome Wars is all about!
News - 15:58
Come and take a peek at the news that we've picked for this week...
- Victory At Sea - Are you tempted by Warlord Games' new Naval adventure?
- Aliens Board Game - Clash with xenomorphs in Gale Force Nine's new board game for later this year
- Doctors & Gladiators - Take a peek at two more games getting a refresh by Gale Force Nine
- Age Of Sigmar Aelves - Are you going to pick up these new Aelves from Games Workshop?
- Necromunda Teasers - What do you make of these new options for House Escher?
- Blackmane & Ghazghkull - Big Orks and big Space Wolves drop for Warhammer 40,000 soon
Are you tempted by any of the offerings from these companies?
Voodoo Games Interview | Knight Tales - 31:52
We sit down with Andre from Voodoo Games to talk about their Kickstarter for the cooperative tower defence game called Knight Tales which is on Kickstarter right now.
With some fun models, some great board game components and loads of replay value, this is well worth checking out.
Flames Of War D-Day British - 1:20:31
We also got some time to sit down to have a look at the new D-Day British book from Battlefront Miniatures. We dive into a little bit of the book and its many facets, creating different lists which are appropriate to the period. A whole bunch of new kits and more are on the way too!
Kickstarter - 1:30:42
Take a peek at what we've spied on Kickstarter this week...
- HD Bases - Check out this awesome peek at Secret Weapon's new basing options
- PETROLYARD - A set of awesome hand-sculpted resin terrain is available for just a few more days
Which of these two Kickstarters are you most tempted by?
3D Printing - 1:50:45
This week, Warren and Justin sit down to discuss their 3D Printer settings and look at some work from Hero Spawn Spot who are on Patreon, releasing STL Files to those who support them.
Download The Female Paladin File For Yourself Here
We also look at the comparison between FDM and resin printing as well as clean-up techniques with John.
Competition - WIN Flames Of War British Bundle
All you have to do is dive in and comment on the show to be in with a chance of winning a bundle of Flames Of War British goodies for use in the Late War of World War II.
Make sure to also check out the Prize Claim Form where you can see if you maybe won a competition from our previous shows!
Have a great weekend of hobby goodness!
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Happy Weekend!
Don’t mind me, I’m just here for the freebies and the winnings 😉
Fuck! Who’s the small bloke?
Yeah, I think they have a new intern sitting where Lloyd normally does.
It is pretty strange that there is only Gerry that now has a bread in studio….
Have they shaved so they can wear masks with good seals?
I have only an evil seal and neither of us wear masks. The world must know our faces!!!!!!1111!!!!!one!!!
Aren’t seals a predator to OTTers?
Hang on, we’ve already had Aliens mentioned, we don’t need to with those other funny mouthed greeblies.
Happy Weekend!!
It’s the Weekend!
Going to need to pay close attention to the D-Day British info.
Misled and misinformed by the blurb above. The discussion at 1:20:31 is not D-Day British but about another Mid-War booklet about the Paras! Still 8nteresting but not what the blurb suggests.
someone got confuzzled the big book chat as mentioned in the blurb will be on Monday, as mentioned in the video 😀
I’ll be at work on Monday hitting refresh constantly then.
5pm GMT I believe
My keyboard thanks you for this mercy.
@warzan I know you chaps are super busy…..BUT I have (yet another) suggestion 😉 I’d like to share a video from OTT to my club’s Facebook group, however I think that something that is long as the Weekender is a bit long – rather than TLDR it would be a case of TLDW (Too Long Didn’t Watch). Plus we could have some young kids in the group, so perhaps some of the content might be a bit adult for them. My suggestion is a quick intro vid that tells people what OTT is about, the content you put out, etc.… Read more »
Happy weekender.
I think the aliens game is going to be fabulous.
Ok, I got Warren. I can see Justin. And who can miss Gerry?
Who’s the YTS guy?
The hd bases look great.
Some changes on the KS… not bad, just a bit of reshuffling… but if you had already pledged, it got cancelled and is getting a reboot. If you hadn’t pledged, then next week it will be back!
Happy weekend, the new segment with John (both) was great, more please. Also any chance we can have the Bolt Action rambles with Justin and John again, highly entertaining.
Going to resist and watch in the morning…
Love the 3D printing section the scaffold may be useful as terrain?
Guys check out the video on Danny’s you tube channel about easier support settings :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaE7YPvh4E8&t=513s
I’m whining like no one else about the Necromunda books. I’ll shush when the Orlock book come out.
For both FDM and resin printing minis, print more upright. Instead of printing wings “horizontally”, parallel to the base, stand them on their ends and print them “upright”. On an FDM machine, this probably won’t make much difference to speed. On a resin machine, it makes a *lot* of difference. Then again, I leave my prints to run overnight; so whether they take three hours or seven, it’s not really that much difference (though a failed print after three hours is always more disappointing than a successful one that takes six). Prusa Slicer knocks Chitubox into a cocked hat for… Read more »
Fractal black is the Blackstone Fortress one.
Very excited that we finally have the British for D-Day!
Great prize and happy weekend!
Too bad if I’m locked up my work still has me working from home.
Couple of Flames of War questions involving Sherman that I hope some here can clarify… 1. I noticed the US Shermans are all the early variants with the cast hulls. Would it be more accurate to use the British boxes with the welded hulls for Late War US Shermans (or is there stuff on the models that is British specific)? 2. Did the British use MGs on top of the turret commonly? All the pictures I’ve seen don’t show any MGs (certainly no .50 Cals), but I’ve heard of .30 Cals might have been used. If you left them off… Read more »
1. You can if you’d like to. With the lend lease program all varieties of shermans were used in Greater or lesser numbers.
2. They were mostly removed. The tactical doctrine was to command and not spray large calibre shells over the countryside.
3. Yes it’s a plastic kit that can be made into a crocodile or a Churchill, or even a Churchill CS if memory serves
I was on my way to pledge HD Bases by Secret Weapon Miniatures, but: Funding Canceled
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on Mar 13 2020.
Sounds like they are going to relaunch:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secretweapon/hd-bases-by-secret-weapon-miniatures/posts/2784537
Cheeky bastards did they just wait for us to post the show.!
Buy yourself some square bases to cheer yourself up
“Cheeky bastards did they just wait for us to post the show.!”
I would have
racist!
The fact that there were’nt any pledge levels per-se and you had to go to a different site to fill a cart with what you wanted (but not everything was available) before going back to KS and pledging that amount meant:
A) plainly just a pre-order shop rather than a ‘proper’ KS
B) backers sat on their €1 pledge until more info available
C) many potential backers were left uninspired by the thought of waiting a year for something they could pick-up in retail (likely at a discount) soo after backers.
D) who knows what they’ll be building/painting/basing in 2021?
I imagine people mainly wanted squares instead of these lackluster single edged things.
Ya weekender baby !! That’s ah great starter bundle for the British ! What ah great way to get into flames!! Well done guys!
Happy weekend one and all.
Still can’t shake the feeling the new titles give me,like a kids tv show.And by all the gods,@lloyd has a face…Losing the beard takes years off him.
I find myself divided by the Aliens boardgame,the humans look ok,as does the loader,but the queen looks really clunky.Spartacus is one of my gaming loves and i’m honour bound to pick this up asap.
It’s great for getting student rates :p
The Petrolyard stuff would be perfect for the Thunderchild Miniatures Wasteman game.
Like that new Escher stuff.
Knight Tales does look pretty cool too I must say.
The Apocalypse is here and Justin has started too look for an ice cream van. But at least The Weekender is here, plague be damned!!!
Who’s that handsome fella sitting between Gerry and Warren??
Happy Weekend… Must know the maker of the (not) Duke Nukem mini that Gerry mentioned… Please..
https://hardcore-miniatures.com/shop#w–ul-id-63-2/SCI-FI/c/40583847/offset=0&sort=normal–w
enjoy
Thanks mate looks like I need to order like 10 figures 😛
I am blameless