BWC Archive

[Flinty]

Inspired by the amazing vehicular work of Mr Knowles in the latest Dark Magenta release, I tried to sign up to the BWC Archive (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive).

My ''Membership is waiting approval from the Group Owner'' for a couple of weeks now. I appreciate that with 11,000 odd members, joining is probably a slow business.

Have I fallen victim to an internet attention span or does it take a while?  

[Kaled]

I don't remember it taking long once I got the registration process to work - at first I couldn't register at all and Kierkegaard had to download the Arvus plans for me. When I tried again a month or two later it worked fine though.

What are you going to build?

[Radu Lykan]

didnt take long for me to join but that was a long time ago. like kaled am interested in what you are after? inq scale warhound for a princeps to ride around in?

[Flinty]

Thanks - I'll try and lodge a second application.

I like the idea of starting with something small, so a lander maybe, but probably not one of the major manufacturers (gives me a bit of lee-way for mistakes... ). Basically, Im probably looking at flying vehicles - trucks and buggies are easy enough to make as is, but maybe some form of non-Rhino APC might be interesting.

However, once I've flicked through whats available for inspiration....I can see a Monodominant would appreciate a Baneblade.

Any suggestions?

[DapperAnarchist]

I'm tempted by the idea of a land speeder storm, but with human pilots. Very useful for a fast reaction Inquisition strike force.

[Flinty]

Ahh...see, I'd completely forgotten about surface hover style vehicles - excellent, well done that man!
Speeders have some nice flat planes (good for cack-handers like me) and which Im sure could be nicely detailed with a plastic helicopter kit bash...

Since it looks like Im not flying anywhere from Heathrow, I might have 3 days off work without partner and small clamouring child - woot! - uninterupted modelling time at last!

[TheNephew]

3 days without partner and child - woot!

Ah, the joys of children.

Anyway, I suspect I've forgotten if I have come across this before - what kind of models/nets does BWC have?
I've seen a couple of papercraft dreadnoughts floating around the tubes, and the odd other vehicle. Would that be the kind of style?
Do they cater to other settings significantly?

[Flinty]

Just been given access to the site - very interesting. Contains paper templates, the old ''fold tab A into tab b'' type as well as some more detailed side/plan views of vehicles, walkers, air/space craft for most races. Also buildings, some nice posters, cartons and boxes - which it might be possible to scale match. All in all, very useful.

Do they cater to other settings significantly?

There are folders for non-40k related stuff - but I didnt have time to lok at them....