New Necrons for November

The new and improved Necrons will be hitting our store shelves as of 5 November 2011.  Games Workshop has completely reworked the army, putting out a new hardcover codex, revamping many of the core units, and changing the special characters from pewter to finecast resin.

New plastic models include the Necron Lychguard (49-07, $39.50), the Necron Immortals (49-10, $39.50), the Doomsday Ark (49-11, $59.50), and the Catacomb Command Barge (49-12, $39.50).

New finecast models include the Flayed One pack (49-42, $55.00), the Necron Overlord (49-60, $20.75), the Necron Cryptek (49-62, $19.00), Imotekh the Stormlord (49-63, $20.75), and Trazyn the Infinite (49-65, $20.75).

Several special characters formerly available in metal are now in finecast, including the C’tan Nightbringer and Deceiver models, and the Necron Lord and Resurrection Orb.

Photos have been leaked all over the internet, so I won’t reproduce them here.  They do look amazing!  Richard will be placing orders this week, so if you’ve always wanted a Necron army, give him a call and get him to reserve you some units.

Squigs: Part Animal, Part Fungus, Part … Cupcake?

One of our good friends and customers, Matthew Dey, was recently victorious in the 40K Nation Bake-Off Contest.  His entry, a delicious-looking set of Squigs fashioned entirely from home-made cupcakes, fondant icing, and frosting, triumphed over many other efforts.  Here we have a short movie depicting the creation of the Squig cakes (the movie was actually the entry, since unfortunately 40K Nation is based in — or on — teh interwebs and so the judges could not, unfortunately, taste any of the goodies they were adjudicating.)

Matt reports that the Squig cakes, far from tasting like fungus, were delicious.  (By the way, for those who are not familiar with Games Workshop’s Warhammer universe, Squigs are small round beings with lots of teeth and voracious appetites, used in the game as attack creatures by their handlers, Goblins.)

We know who we are calling on to bake our next Warhammer 40K tournament goodies!  Congratulations, Matt!