The Terrain Crusade Competition

Terrain For Hippos in association with The Campaigner is proud to bring you the TERRAIN CRUSAD COMPETITION!

Allow me to quote lavishly from the Campaigner (because I am overly lazy and do not wish to write my own spiel)

"Now you can have the talents of The Campaigner’s resident terrain expert, Owen Top, among your own collection. The building Owen created for last issues Terrain Crusade is up for grabs. But it can’t go to just any home, it has to be won by Owen’s most learned student.The challenge is to show Owen what you have learnt by creating a piece of terrain. It can be any size, but must be on a circular base 120mm in diameter (the size of a compact disc… how about that) and can fit any genre, theme or game system you like. The more creative and skilful the more you are likely to impress Owen.
Once completed you can send your entry to contact@thecampaignermagazine.com. Include your name, up to five photos showing the terrain piece from different angles, as well as a brief description on what the piece is and how you built it. Owen will choose the entry he most thinks fulfils the ideals of the Terrain Crusade.
Entries close Friday 25 March. One entry per person. Entry is available worldwide.

GeekFest 2016 and Gippsland Gamers holiday program.

GeekFest returns to Coal Creek, Korumburra this year!

Gasp in horror at the sight of what PuddingWrestler ACTUALLY looks like!
Howl with laughter at drag artistes performing extracts from Star Wars!
Take part in RPGs and Floorgames!
Dress in finest steampunk and cosplay!
Earn prizes by lying about your age and entering the colouring contest!
Talk to people who have done impressive things like work on Star Wars!
Eat sausages prepared by men who own classic cars!
Quote video games in pubic without feeling foolish!
Grumble at the grim fate which means that the event takes place in rural South Gippsland while you live in remote and distant lands such as Europe and the US!

Gippsland Gamers' notorious Holiday Program returns as well! Every Thursday in January (annoyingly, we missed a few due to the whole Christmas and New Year holiday thing in December), Gippsland Gamers is running the holiday program at Coal Creek, Korumburra. Behold details on the relevant website!

Modelling For Hippos Ishoo Eleven: Steel Behemoth.

Hail and well met, hippo fans! At long last a new instalment of bloggery is here! I've been somewhat busy with things like cat maintenance, commissions, the Quarrelsome Quokka, reports and things, so it's been a while, but here it is at last!
Since the death of Warhammer, I've been converting over to Kings of War. One of the cool things Dwarves can get in KoW is the Steel Behemoth - which seems to be some sort of steamtank. (Is it just me, or is it weird that in WFB, the Dwarves taught the Empire engineering, are still regarded as being better at it, AND have gyrocopters, yet the Empire has the steamtanks??) There is no official model, but the rules are so awesome I knew I needed one. I was dropping GeekFest brochures in at Eureka Miniatures on Friday, and it seemed a good idea to see if they had any tank-y bits. Armed with some very cool track units from a Hardlove Steam Charger (among other things which will come into play in the fullness of time) I set out to build some sort of Steel Behemoth.

You will need:
Hardlove Steam Charger track units (from Eureka - I'm sure they'll sell just the tracks to you if you email them)
Citadel Dwarf Cannon/Organ gun sprue
Plasticard
Plastic tube
Plastic rod
Putty

And here is Grot to demonstrate how these disperate elements go together to make a mighty masterpiece of Dwarven engineering!

And there you have it Hippo Fans!
I'm planning to use the barrels from some Orc Shootas for smoke stacks, but I've only got one on hand, and cannot get more until I visit my esteemed flute-riddled opponent this evening. I'm planning to put some Dwarf musician horn end dragon head things on top of them, and run them un the front fenders. I've also left the crew and roof seperate so I can paint the crew, then install the crew and roof after I paint the rest of the thing. I'd also like to make a second Steel Behemoth, but for that one I'm planning of having the tracks in front and the wheels behind, so it'll look very different. I'm also out of Dwarf cannon sprues, so it might be a while before I make it.
This Steel Behemoth will most likely be making it's debut at the infamous HGC New Years Huge Game (this year in KoW!).
Until next time Hippo Fans.