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Spikey Bits Monthly Give-Away: New Winners & Spikey Bits Store!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, September 30, 2010 View Comments

Welcome back. Sorry for the delay in today's post. Unfortunately there was an incident at my apartment this evening as someone attempted to enter my domicile while I was here.  Needless to say it was eventful, but I am safe now and mostly just a little frazzled.

Back to business- as you know I changed the criteria for the Give-Away last week, and not surprisingly that post received the most traffic of any I've made so far on Spikey Bits.
People like free stuff I guess. :-)

If you missed that last week pop on over and check the post here. Basically I made it "harder" to win, to try to get a better response back from potentials winners.   That way the contest doesn't drag on for weeks again.  Judging by the comments from last weeks post, it worked!

40k 1850 Rogue Trader Tournament- Mechanicon GT Primer!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, September 27, 2010 View Comments

Come on by and play in Spikey Bits' / FTW Games' Rogue Trader Tournament on October 16th.

We'll be battling for prestige, and practice for the upcoming Mechanicon GT in November.  This is a Mechanicon GT Primer meaning that we will be running practice Mechanicon GT Missions!

Spikey Bits Month Give-Away: Really Who Wants Free Stuff?

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, September 24, 2010 View Comments

I have to admit I've never had a harder time giving away free stuff (fairly).   So I have come up with a new idea, make it harder to win.

I know, I know it's not what you as a potential winner wants to hear, but give me a second to explain.  People are lazy, myself included.  I tried several times to give something away, and no one could seem to be bothered to check a blog occasionally to see if they were a winner.   Well mostly- one winner was out of the country, but you get my drift.

So I figure if I make it harder to win, then the pool of people who will participate will shrink into a nice neat group of motivated blog readers who will actually check the site at least once a month- perhaps more -to see if they are a winner (or read the blog too, which is what the overall purpose is).

To accomplish this I have changed the requirement to win the Monthly Give-Away.  In order to be eligible to win (and there is no purchase necessary BTW) you must do the following;

  • Comment on a blog post at least once a week on Spikey Bits (you may want to sign up for the RSS feed)
  • Follow the blog
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Like us on Facebook
  • Subscribe to us on YouTube.
Pretty easy stuff in the realm of internet. So I figure if you take to time to do all that, you'll come back to check if you won.

Next Wednesday I will try to select a winner, not only for the Bloodcrushers, but also for the Island of Blood Starter as well.  That's TWO winners in one day!  So what are you waiting for, go sign-up!!!

Thanks for reading- MBG

New Imperial / Traitor Guard Greatcoat Conversions

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, September 17, 2010 View Comments

Recently I went a little crazy with some more Imperial Guard Conversions. I was inspired by the new Wargames Factory Shock Troopers to make some more Renegades / Greatcoats.

My buddy Mike made this great renegade Stormtrooper drop trooper  out of the normal Forgeworld renegade commander, some M.A.S. Wings, and a M.A.S. Base.

Spikey Bits Monthy Give-Away: New Winner Attempt Number Three

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, September 16, 2010 View Comments

Seiously who wants free stuff? I've never had a harder time giving something away, especially something this cool lol.

Since the last three winners never contacted me I have selected a new, new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away!

Stay on Target: Spikey Bits Online Gaming Store Coming Soon!

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, September 14, 2010 View Comments

I've been putting the finishing touches on the Spikey Bits store this week. We'll be launching the brand spanking new Spikey Bits online store very shortly.  Besides getting great customer service from me, and finding all your Hobby Supplies in once place, the store will be an excellent way to support the blog!

We'll also have some cool "Spikey Bits" brand merchandise as well as awesome new stuff you may have never even heard of!

Spikey Bits Monthy Give-Away: Two Days Left for Winner #2

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, September 13, 2010 View Comments

Seiously who wants free stuff? I've never had a harder time giving something away, especially something this cool lol.

Since the last two winners never contacted me I have selected a new, new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away!

Spikey Bits' Iron Painter Challenge

Posted by Man Boy Genius Sunday, September 12, 2010 View Comments

Stop by Spikey Bits' very own game shop, FTW Games, on September 18th and get your paint on! Bring any number of 40k or Fantasy Models, assembled and primed, to the shop at noon. Then paint up as many models as you can in 12 hours, from noon to midnight!

Terrain Workshop: Space Battle Table

Posted by Man Boy Genius Saturday, September 11, 2010 View Comments

Recently I needed a space themed demo table for the Firestorm Armada game (PS- its really fun you should try it).  At first I was a little perplexed on what to do to make it.  There was the traditional toothbrush paint flick method, but the problem with that is it's messy.  I have to mop the floors at FTW Games enough already, so making a mess is not really an option for me.

Conversion Corner: Walking Bloodcrushers, Daemons Evolved.

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, September 10, 2010 View Comments


Check out these "evolved" Bloodcrushers models from Isotope99.  The speed at which this guy cranks stuff out is amazing (I may be secretly jealous). Plus his stuff is always very well done. Kudos to Isotope99!

Spikey Bits Monthy Give-Away: New Winner Attempt Number Two

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, September 9, 2010 View Comments

Seiously who wants free stuff? I've never had a harder time giving something away, especially something this cool lol.

Since the last two winners never contacted me I have selected a new, new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away!

Conversion Corner- Bjorn The Fell Handed

Posted by Man Boy Genius Tuesday, September 7, 2010 View Comments

Recently I had this awesome Bjorn the Fell Handed conversion sent to me by Joe Carlson.  What I like about it is that it's deceptively simple, yet has depth to it.  At first glance you don't see any green stuff or card, but it still has a lot of detail that makes this model very unique.

Blood Angels Stormraven Gunship MKII Finished Product

Posted by Man Boy Genius Monday, September 6, 2010 View Comments

I put the finishing touches on my Stormraven Gunship over the weekend, by adding some landing gear and tightening up a few details that were bugging me.

40k Apocalypse Mega Tank Battle Coverage

Posted by Man Boy Genius Friday, September 3, 2010 View Comments

Here are some pics of a Apocalypse Mega Tank Battle we did a few weeks ago at FTW Games. Representing the Orks/ Chaos was several Stompas and a Great Gargant (painted even!). On the Imperial side was a ton of Baneblades, and Leman Russes. 

Fantasy 'ard Boyz Semi Finals & You.

Posted by Man Boy Genius Thursday, September 2, 2010 View Comments

Well if you ever wanted an excuse to visit the home of Spikey Bits, FTW Games in Richmond Va, and play Fantasy- this may be your chance!  We will be hosting the 2010 Fantasy 'Ard Boyz Semi Finals!

Here are some more Marauder conversions I whipped up for my Warriors of Chaos army. I wanted to field some great weapon models so I could handle high iniative enemies a little better (ELVES)!

Well I didn't hear from Moros so, I selected  have a new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away!

Spikey Bits New Gallery Page

Posted by Man Boy Genius Wednesday, September 1, 2010 View Comments

This is the official Gallery page for Spikey Bits.  Below are the links to the galleries I have made so far. 

I'm still on the fence about what I'll be running at Mechanicon this year. So I tried out a Dred Mob army list today out against my Mech Imperial Guard, and it did quite well.

This is part 2 of an interview that was started over on BOLS. If you came here from there thanks a lot for following along. We pick up with Nick starting to theorize about list design after coming back from competing in the European Team Championships.

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Spikey Bits is a blog about the hobby of Warhammer 40k and Fantasy Battles, both tabletop wargames. I try to cover all of the aspects of that hobby from converting and painting models to actually playing the game.

By nature I am a competitive tournament player, but my true passion is converting and painting. I will spend more time making a figure than actually playing with it, lol.

The aim of this blog it to keep me motivated to produce new work, and to share my experiences along the way. I very much value all feedback about my work, and will answer any questions about it.

Feel free to send me an email or post a comment about anything on here.

However please no cursing, first offenses will be edited, second offense results in a ban. You can disagree with me of course, just don't curse!

Thanks for reading, and happy gaming. -MBG