G'day guys!
Long time fan of 40k here... not much of a collector and even less of a player unfortunately, but I do love and always have loved the depth of the lore.
Daemonhunters particularly took my fancy back in the day, saw some grey knights in a friends White Dwarf and just had to have. I'm sure many of you know the feeling I'm talking about.
Found this site thanks to an online friend of mine who I met while I was making custom badge and banner packs for Dawn of War (an rts <Real Time Strategy> game based on Warhammer 40k) - these are custom logos and flags to use in the game, and I designed a few back when I was in a bit of a modding phase. My packs have probably about 1,000 downloads altogether. They're still around, on Filefront Dawn of War.
This friend of mine (under the tag Mindlessness on these forums I believe) showed me the Heresy Online Fiction Competition 2010, (HOFC run by the esteemed Comissar Ploss), and as I've been having the urge to try out my writing abilities, I used it as a good excuse to see how I'd go. Only found out about the comp with about a week to go, came up with a story, and started writing it. When I got to 2,500 words of the maximum 5000 I realised my story wouldn't fit, but I just used this more as an opportunity to play around a bit. I have been thinking of writing more short stories based on the characters I've made, from my very own (and quickly made-up) Sons of Corax chapter.
If you'd like to check out my work - and please do - I'd love to hear any and all feedback you might have. It's my first attempt at writing and I'd like to get better. You can find a link to it in my signature.
As for why I'm called CaliBeR - that has been my online/gaming alias for years now. It's great when you stick to one identity, you pop up all over the place. I'm known as a Dawn of War.. badge and banner maker (I don't think that qualifies as skinning), a modder for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (amongst literally thousands of others ) and am known in Counter-Strike: Source at a very competitive level (this time amongst hundreds).
Going back to Warhammer, I'm only 18 right now, and I'd like to get back into it soon if I could. I just have to get a little disposable income.
Epic Armaggedon (I'm not too sure about my names, apologies if I've got it wrong) particularly takes my fancy, as it seems to be on a much grander scale, and much more heavily focused on strategy. As a huge fan of games like the Total War series, and as I do quite well in these (I once won outnumbered 6-1 using only armed citizens), it's much more 'down my street'.
I've also been thinking of modelling up a few of the Sons from my story. I have no idea what this would take but I imagine I could do it.
My favourite memory playing tabletop would be versing my best friend who collected Tau. I was having a bit of a time closing range with my Grey Knights (Tau guns hurt, who knew?), but eventually I did so with a squad and killed his Ethereal. The rest of the force decided to run like hell. It was quite a sight, and ironically, probably the closest he ever got to beating my boys in grey.
So I realise this post has gotten HUGE. I'm bored right now, so there's my excuse for that. Anyway, hope to see you all around.
Long time fan of 40k here... not much of a collector and even less of a player unfortunately, but I do love and always have loved the depth of the lore.
Daemonhunters particularly took my fancy back in the day, saw some grey knights in a friends White Dwarf and just had to have. I'm sure many of you know the feeling I'm talking about.
Found this site thanks to an online friend of mine who I met while I was making custom badge and banner packs for Dawn of War (an rts <Real Time Strategy> game based on Warhammer 40k) - these are custom logos and flags to use in the game, and I designed a few back when I was in a bit of a modding phase. My packs have probably about 1,000 downloads altogether. They're still around, on Filefront Dawn of War.
This friend of mine (under the tag Mindlessness on these forums I believe) showed me the Heresy Online Fiction Competition 2010, (HOFC run by the esteemed Comissar Ploss), and as I've been having the urge to try out my writing abilities, I used it as a good excuse to see how I'd go. Only found out about the comp with about a week to go, came up with a story, and started writing it. When I got to 2,500 words of the maximum 5000 I realised my story wouldn't fit, but I just used this more as an opportunity to play around a bit. I have been thinking of writing more short stories based on the characters I've made, from my very own (and quickly made-up) Sons of Corax chapter.
If you'd like to check out my work - and please do - I'd love to hear any and all feedback you might have. It's my first attempt at writing and I'd like to get better. You can find a link to it in my signature.
As for why I'm called CaliBeR - that has been my online/gaming alias for years now. It's great when you stick to one identity, you pop up all over the place. I'm known as a Dawn of War.. badge and banner maker (I don't think that qualifies as skinning), a modder for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (amongst literally thousands of others ) and am known in Counter-Strike: Source at a very competitive level (this time amongst hundreds).
Going back to Warhammer, I'm only 18 right now, and I'd like to get back into it soon if I could. I just have to get a little disposable income.
Epic Armaggedon (I'm not too sure about my names, apologies if I've got it wrong) particularly takes my fancy, as it seems to be on a much grander scale, and much more heavily focused on strategy. As a huge fan of games like the Total War series, and as I do quite well in these (I once won outnumbered 6-1 using only armed citizens), it's much more 'down my street'.
I've also been thinking of modelling up a few of the Sons from my story. I have no idea what this would take but I imagine I could do it.
My favourite memory playing tabletop would be versing my best friend who collected Tau. I was having a bit of a time closing range with my Grey Knights (Tau guns hurt, who knew?), but eventually I did so with a squad and killed his Ethereal. The rest of the force decided to run like hell. It was quite a sight, and ironically, probably the closest he ever got to beating my boys in grey.
So I realise this post has gotten HUGE. I'm bored right now, so there's my excuse for that. Anyway, hope to see you all around.