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The Southlander The South African Fanzine for Games Issue 15 March 2010 Primarch Chibi Blood Angels Omnibus Review Space Wolves Tactica 1st Cape Town Regional Report And more inside! InIn this Issue The Content The Team Editorials - Page.02 A Word from the Editor Zak “Lemanwulfen” Ludick Editor News and Releases - Page.03 Blood and Thunder! Greetings to all. For those who do not know Nic “The Emperor of Chaos” Kirsten The Fractured Archives me, I am Zak Ludick, Chairman of the Contributor The Blood Angels Omnibus - Page.04 Blouberg Dragons warhammer (or wargames) The Paragon Crusade - Page.05 club in Cape Town. I have some time free late Simon “sie42” Strehler at night around 12 so that is why Nic Kirsten Layout and Design Primarch Chibi - Page.08 decided it would be a good idea to enlist my aid as the Editor. Jan “The Penitent Crusader” Slazus Modelling and Painting Contributor The Basis of Things - Page.09 This issue is a little late, but Simon has been working overtime to get it done and I must Jaap “Java Knight” van Beest van Andel Warhammer 40k applaud his hard work. Luckily for me, I have Cartoonist Tactica - Space Wolves - Page.13 had the pleasure of meeting the Southlander Tyranid Codex Review - Page.15 team (except for Simon) when they came to Lord Hannu stay at my place for the 2009 40k Nationals. Guest Cover Artist Clubs and Stores in the Southlands All of them have done a great job with the 'zine Coversave has itʼs first...- Page.17 and I am only too happy to join the team. Cape Town Regionals - Page.20 Many months ago, Nic Kirsten took on the roll of Editor for the 'zine and at Links Futures - Page.22 that time he mused in the editorial at one of the old White Dwarfs, where the editor stepped down and put someone else in charge. I remember that issue, it was Pual Sawyer I think, the first editor that I knew from the White Download the Southlander at Dwarf. So know Nic knows what it is like to step down from the office and http://the-southlander.deviantart.com although he does it grudgingly, he is going no-where in regards to the Southlander team. With his studies he merely has much less time to spend Official GW and Supporting Companies Special Thanks the 'zine but will be staying on as a Contributor. http://www.games-workshop.com http://www.forgeworld.co.uk Well here goes, the Sister Dialogus is also lost deep in the vaults of the http://www.blacklibrary.com Lord Hannu Librarium so I did not have backup there. Excuse the grammar then. http://lordhannu.deviantart.com/ http://www.specialist-games.com Thys Van Zyl Till next time, keep rolling sixes! http://www.warhammer-historical.com Luca Piemonesti http://www.fantasyflightgames.com Richard Trevor - Zak Support and Contributors http://www.warhammergenerals.co.za Submissions http://www.bloedbowl.co.za To submit photos, articles, letters and advertisements, mail them to [email protected] All photos must be in .jpeg format. All text submissions should be in either .txt or .doc format. Clearly state the game system covered in your article (i.e. Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, Mordheim etc.). The Southlander - Issue.15 - Mar.2010 - Page.01 Clearly state the title of your article. Clearly state the category of your article (i.e. Battle Report, Army List, Rules etc). Editorials ++ SIGNAL:... ++ ++ ++ ...>ERROR ++ The Dirge Caster ++ ...>COMPENSATING NEW VECTORS ++ ++ SIGNAL:...ESTABLISHED...++ So it has come to pass, that I had to make a choice about the Southlander thanks to conditions outside of my control. Either let it ++TEXT ONLY:++ I greet thee fellow readers and gamers. die, or give the editor's chair to someone else. I think I made the right choice in both letting the Southlander live on, and picking/forcing/ +(SUFFICIENT)+ After several skirmishes with Wraith threatening Zak into being editor. Grots, my Telepath received a comm from the Emperor of Chaos that a new commander In any case, I will still be contributing on a regular basis and be would be taking the duties as Editor. available when Zak finds himself in a tight spot. I want to thank everyone who ever supported me and/or the 'zine in Although it is unfortunate that other my time as editor. You guys have made it far more worthwhile than you will ever know. duties had to take priority over the So here goes... Zak, she is all yours man! (plays the Star Wars Imperial March) command of the Southlander team, I am willing to continue with my loyal - Nic support. And to help you sleep... Wow - what a break! And what a way to return than with a zine that I may not know this new commander that almost broke me. Honestly, Engineering is not the degree you should well, but I did cross blades with him do if you fancy your free time in any way! once. If Nic is willing to entrust the command to Zak, then I shall stand by him. Thankfully for all of you, dear readers, this ‘zine is more important to me than one or two assignments, so they day has arrived where Issue 15 shows it’s face! I also want to take the opportunity to welcome our new editor and I full-heartily As far as my modelling painting goes - I have started a new army - hope that he will have a very exiting and Necrons! (Hear some people cringe). For two reasons - during my rewarding time with the team. holidays in American land, I got a chance to play with a Necron army, so kindly lent to me by GW Alamo in California (Keep a look out for an article I’m writing on that experience), and I really enjoy the way the army operates. Also, they’re really easy to Take care and ... HEHEHE!!! ;p paint, compared to my million-step marine paint scheme. So I have made Necron my ++ ...>EЯROЯЯЯ ∂ ++ primary army, and am keeping SM in the rear as a specialist/artistic project, as apposed to an actually playable army. ++ WAЯNING Ω ++ ++ ЩRAITH ĢЯŎT INFЭSTA∏ION ∆ETECTED Ж ++ Thanks to everyone for your patience in waiting for this issue of the Southlander. ++ SIGNAΦ:...SECEDE... Ψ ++ Also thank you to Nic Kirsten for leading this zine from the beginning, that took guts I have to admit, and it has been a pleasure working with him. Of course he’s going no ++ ØR∑LLA CLOSING COMMUNICATIONS ++ where, but now we’re working together under our Ed, Zak! So with that, welcome Zak! I hope you know what you got yourself into! Just kidding… but no seriously… The Southlander - Issue.15 - Mar.2010 - Page.02 - Simon And in other news, the crew of the USS Gloria have suffered a devastating News and Releases malfunction aboard their space craft, and presently there is no way for us to know whether they are alive or dead... New Releases Due to our brief absence, there have been a lot of Warhammer Fantasy new releases since or last issue. For your consideration, here they are! Warhammer Armies: Beastmen Beastmen Minotaurs Beastmen Bestigor Herd Forge World Beastmen Gor Herd Beastmen Ungor Herd Imperial Armour Apocalypse II Beastmen Doombull Raven Guard Venerable Dreadnought Beastmen Razorgor Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought Ghorros Warhoof Ork Mek Boss Buzzgob Malagor, the Dark Omen Elysian Tauros Venator Warhammer 40k Black Library Codex: Tyranids Titanicus Tyranid Trygon / Mawloc Forged by Chaos Tyranid Ravener Brood Malus Darkblade, The chronicles of : Vol 2 Tyranid Gargoyle Brood Thunder from Fenris Tyranid Pyrovore Call to Arms Tyranid Hive Guard Soul Hunter Tyranid Venomthrope The Horus Heresy: A Thousand Sons Legion of the Damned Squad Tournament Calendar The Horus Heresy: Raven’s Flight Damned Sergeant with Bolt Pistol and Power Sons of Dorn Weapon Dark Creed Damned Legionnaires 1 Upcoming Fantasy Tournaments: Blood Angels: The Omnibus Damned Legionnaires 2 *2nd Cape Town Regional - CT - 17 & 18 April Cadian Blood Damned Legionnaires 3 *UPCON - Pretoria - April Steel and Lace - Johannesburg - April Salamander Damned Legionnaires 4 Death & Dishonour Damned Legionnaire with Heavy Flamer Upcoming 40k Tournaments: Time of Legends: Shadow King Damned Legionnaire with Multi-melta *2nd Cape Town Regional - CT - 27&28 March Damned Legionnaire with Flamer Battle Requiem - Johannesburg - April Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 Expansion: Battle Missions *UPCON - Pretoria -April Ork Deff Dread Ork Killa Kans * means it counts towards national ranking. Lord of the Rings Space Marine Venerable Dreadnought Ork Flash Git with Targeting Squig See www.warhammergenerals.co.za for more information. Winged Nazgûl Imperial Guard Basilisk Thrydan Wolfsbane Imperial Guard Chimera Saruman (Orthanc) Grimbold's Helmingas Command Too see more information on new releases, Grimbold The Southlander - Issue.15 - Mar.2010 - Page.03 Éomer, Marshal of the Riddermark head over to www.games-workshop.com TheThe Fractured Archives Book Review – The Blood Angels Omnibus - Zak Ludick The Blood Angels Omnibus – by James Swallow In my experience, most of the characters besides Rafen you will generally dislike as you see how In this two-book sequence, author James Swallow characters are blinded by their faith, their pride brings the Blood Angels Chapter to life. In an epic and the willingness to cling to the prospect of the story of heroism, corruption and betrayal, battle- Red Angel to have been reborn. Of course, brothers Rafen and Arkio find themselves pitted another highlight is seeing Commander Dante against each other in a battle for the very soul of briefly and then seeing a lot of the Lord of Death the Chapter. himself: Mephiston! Can't be bored of seeing him at his splendid work.