Updated Nov 6/09 see below.
June 19/09, My Bio-titans for Epic Tyranids
 - October 13/08. Thought I should
add this Devastator Heavy Warjack for Warmachine
- that I had painted quite
sometime ago.
 - June 18, 2008 -One
of my
new Carnifex's, an excellent miniature
- by one of my favorite designers,
Jes Goodwin.
-
 
Nefarius Clone from Rackham and the Dire
Troll
Mauler for Hordes.
- Music I have been listening to
lately:
Bob Katsionis (jazz/fus), Pantommind
(prog/met) , Threshold
(prog/met) ,
- John
Pertucci (Prog/rock) , David
Hines (jazz/fus).
- Definitely one of my favorite
bands, Pagans
Mind (Pro.Metal).
- More new music I have been
listening
to: Disillusion
(Metal/prog), Indukti
(alter), Ice
Age (prog/met)
- and Redemption
(Prog/metal).
- Feb.10/07 New Music, Dominici (Prog/Metal),
Spheric
Universe Experience (Prog.), Empyrios (Prog/Metal).
- Feb.21/07 More new music: Ark
(prog/met) ,Counter
World Experience (prog/fus), Nico
Stufano (jazz/fusion).
- Mar.23/07,
Khalice (Prog/metal), (Mar.20/07) Circus
Maximus (Prog/metal),
- Nov.6/07 : Planet
X (Prog/met), Dream
Theater (prog), Symphony
X (Met/Prog.) , Atmosfear
(prog/met), Darkwater
(Swed/prog/met).
- Dec.23/07: Winds
(Prog/Experimetal), Gurthie
Govan (Fusion/Guitar), Blotted
Science (Heavy Metal/ Prog)
- Feb.4/08 : Alex
Argento (Prog/Fusion) Nov.01/08, Collins/Wardingham
Project (Excellent metal Fusion),
- And of course one of my all time
favorite bands: Tangerine
Dream (Synthetic) And my favorite guitarist
: Allan
Holdsworth.
- May 29/09Daedalus (Italian
Prog/Metal), Division
Zero (Polish Met/Prog), Exivious
(MetalFusion,awesome stuff),
- July
5/09: Strings 24,
(Italian,prog/metal/fusion),Oct.3/09
Azure Agony
(Italion Prg/metal), Soundscape
(Australian Prog/metal),
- Oct.3/09
Dreamscape (German
Prog/metal)
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- My
Personal Page
Sentry
Box Events
- SHOWCASE(images
of other players armies)
- My
Gaming Collection at Boardgamegeek
- Work
in Progress
- Games Workshop
games
have been my passion
for years now and I will always enjoy
- their products but
I
also have a huge
collection of board games and some of this space
- will be dedicated
to
them. One of my
favorite game companies is Fantasy Flight and
- their web site is
worth
checking out. www.fantasyflightgames.com
- Games we have
been
playing lately:
- Sep./04-
Hero
Quest has seen
a come back again and we are up to quest 11.
- Mutant
Chronicles is
also out on
our gaming nights as is Dungeon and Dragons
- the board game
(still not available
in Can.) and Space Crusade.
- Finally picked
up
Heroscape,
a must have for Hero Quest fans, cool minis
- (already
painted!)
interlocking
terrain system, lots of scenarios.
- (new) Anno 1503,
Camelot Legends,
Tigris and Euphrates and Memoir 44.
- Finally
got
War of the Ring,
a huge board game from Fantasy Flight, also
- the expansion
for a
Game of Thrones
and a remake of a very popular
- game, Titan:
Arena.
Look forward
to trying them all out soon.
- Another
game
I have been
anticipating is Doom the Board game and
- this is one game
that is just packed
with cool stuff. Looks like a mix
- of Hero Quest
meets
Space Hulk.
- Mar./05
Twilight Imperium
3 has been getting tons of play time, a
- fantastic game,
again by Fantasy
Flight.
- June 3/05
: Ok
I just have
to post this, Descent:Journeys in the Dark
- will be the next
Heroquest or close
to it, here are the rules online:
- http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/descent.html
- Sep.18/05 - The
next
great game from
Fantasy Flight will be World of Warcraft. They have the
- web page up with
full
rules in PDF
file, definitely worth checking out:
- http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/worldofwarcraft.html
- All of the above games can be
found
on Boardgamegeek.com.
Check them out.
- A great new
game
from the makers
of Confrontation is Hybrid which is
- somewhat similar to
Space Hulk and/or
Warhammer Quest. The minis are excellent
- as are the game
components and the
mechanics are unique.
- A little history:
- For
Christmas in 1991 I picked up a really cool looking game to play with
my
young family,
- Myles my son was 8 and my
Daughter
Shanda was
6. We all loved the game and really enjoyed
- it's unique game system. Of
course
it was Hero
Quest, I was hooked immediately and there started
- my gaming life. I then acquired
Battle Masters
which was basically a very simple Warhammer
- game and from there bought
Warhammer
4th edition
and the rest is history. I also got into Advanced Hero
- Quest which to this day I still
consider one of
the best Fantasy games I ever played. Here in these pages
- is the accomplishment of all the
games and miniatures
I have collected over the years.
-
- I have included a
selection
of images from
my ever expanding range of Games Workshop and other
- miniatures. I have been playing
and
collecting
since 1992 and find it a very fulfilling activity.
- I have met some great people and
made some good
friends, especially at the events I run at the Sentry
- Box. Above I have links to
images of
many different
armies and fleets and have included tactics
- where I feel I may have
something to
offer. I
hope to have images and new rules posted
- from fellow gamers and anyone
wanting to add something
here please let me know.
-
Along
with all
the posted images, I also own and still play, Gorkamorka,
Spacehulk,
Talisman and the
- Wargames series brought out a
few
years ago by
Jervis Johnson (Battle for Armeggedon, Horus Heresy
- and Doom of the Eldar).
- I would have to say that
my
favorite games
are, in order, Epic Armageddon, Warmaster, 40k and Warhammer.
- My favorite armies are, in
order,
Eldar, Wood
Elves, Tyranids, Orcs, Orks(40k) and Skaven.
- Favorite Boardgames
:
Heroquest,
Hybrid, Nautilis, War of the Ring, Twilight Imperium 3,
- Starfarers of Catan, A Game of
Thrones, Puerto
Rico,Warcraft, Caracasonne, Scarablords,
- Runebound, Tigris and Euphrates,
Starship Catan,
Goa.
- Any comments about my
site,
miniatures,
tactical advice or anything else please e-mail me and I'll be
- sure to reply.
- I would
also like to
share my thoughts on gaming and this hobby in general. It's mainly to
have
fun
- and get together with people for
a
social time
where you can share a mutual interest. Although I know
- most of us have a competitive
urge,
this is best
kept light hearted because winning or loosing it's the
- playing that counts and if you
can
keep the fun
in the game it will be something you can enjoy for a long time.
- Happy gaming.
Regards
RK
-
- Anyone interested
in
advise on painting,
conversions or terrain building please let me know and I will
- add some of my own
techniques that
I have learned over the years and where to obtain supplies and
such.
- My Yahoo Groups : Arkham
Horror, AT-43, Calgary
GW players, Descent,
Dungeon
& Dragons Board game,
- Heroscape, Hybrid,
Marvel
Heroes Boardgame, Mutant
Chronicles mini game, Reins
of Power, Starcraft
the boargame,
- Tannhauser,
Tide
of Iron, War
of the Ring, Warrior
Knights, World
of Warcraft boardgame,
- Past
Updates here
- All the latest news here
  
Some of my old favorite Empire models, no new rules for the
War
wagon though. :(
Updated
Dec.13/08 : So what's new? Well the
year
is coming to a close but there is lots happening when it comes to
gaming.
Some great new titles are
being released by FFG again including, Android,
which apperently uses some unique new mechanics and is basically a who
done it
investigating game in the future with many twists and loads of rules.
Also
a new version of Cosmic
Encounter and also a re-release
of Talisman
4th edition and an expansion. Also we've been playing a lot of Battlestar
Galactica, and awesome semi cooperative
game and being a fan of the shows certainly helps to make it very
appealing. Another game that I am looking forward to is Conan,
designed by the same developers who made War of the Ring, so this
should
be a great strategy game. Finally an expansion for one
my favorite FFG, Blizzard games, Starcraft:
Broodwars. Of course there are also lots of new games
from
Rio Grande, Z-Man,
Asmodee and many Euro games as well. Basically to many to get cause it
will be hard to find the time to play them all let alone the
cost to acquire them. Still playing plenty of 40K, Warhammer, Epic
(Tyranids),
AT-43 and what ever else I can fit in. So with the
Holidays fast approaching I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and
fantastic New Year. Regards, Robert
Updated Dec.21/08 :
Just want to say to all have a wonderful Christmas and fantastic New
Year.
Hope you get lot's of new toys/games under the tree. See
you all in 2009 and let's hope it's a great year for all of us.
Regards
Robert Kuster
Updated
Jan.25/09 : And a new year starts
again
with lots of new games, minis and changes in the economic climate. It's
amazing how this downturn is actually
affecting the whole world so once it starts to bounce back it should be
everyone who gets affected as well. I do believe that there will be
more gaming in the start of this year then there has been in others and
that's because when people are cautious with their spending they
turn to activities that don't cost quite as much and gaming certainly
is
fairly affordable compared to travelling, skiing and those types of
things. We have been playing a lot of games and I am also working hard
on my painting projects. The new Lizardmen will be my next
venture, I have always wanted to start this army but now with all the
new
plastics it's much easier to throw one together and they are a
rock hard Warhammer army, and easy to paint, for me. I hope everyone is
doing well and also playing lots, see you at the games table.
Updated Mar.8/09 :
Well here we are and it's March already, wow the year is moving along
quickly.
Still working on several projects and making some
progress with my Wood Elves and Epic Eldar. Getting lots of play time
in
and picked up lots of new games, Conan, Name of the Rose
and many more. Some events coming up including Calcon and the Comic
convention,
I will be at both running some GW demos. See
you all at the gaming table soon.
Updated Mar.30/09 :
Finally some images updates, added the Eldar on
my Epic page and will be finishing more of the army soon.
Updated April 26/09 :
Not a whole lot of news, just ran some demo's at the Calgary Comic and
Entertainment Expo this weekend and what a turn out
it was packed and even the games room, although well out of the way
from
the main hall, had lots of action. I think they are going to
have to move to even a larger venue next year. I got to meet Edward
Olsom,
Admiral Adama from Battlestar Galactica, fantastic show
IMO and he was a very easy going guy, very nice to talk too. I still
plan
on attending Games Day in June and otherwise continue to play
lots of new games, most recently Le Havre, Eve Conquests and Small
World
all really great games. Of course still getting in lots of
games of Epic, 40K and Warahmmer. Oh I just love my hobby.
Updated May 18/09 :
So far it's been a great month for gaming, just yesterday we played a
6,000
point Epic game, my Tyranids vs John's Imperial Gaurd.
It was a fantastic game, lasted about 6 hours and a marginal victory
for
the Nids. I painted up the Vituperator and a second Heirophant
plus rebased the larger models, I will post some new images of these
soon
on the Epic Tyranid page. Also playing lots of new board
games such as Eve- Conquest based on the online game and is quite good.
An area control game with great production value and
nice game mechanics. Still working on all my miniature projects and
making
some headway on the Eldar, Orks and High Elves.
Updated May 30/09 :
Yes another update in the same month but this is mainly because of a
new
release from Fantasy Flight, Chaos
in the Old World.
A new board game based on the deamons of the Old World in Warhammer and
with this game FFG endeavors on a road of GW
unique products. Now I noticed that it's also related to Warhammer
Online
and they advertise the link between them so the game
does have a duel purpose, for FFG to start producing boardgames and
plastic
playing pieces (not miniatures) set in the GW world
and to advertise for the gaming giant. To me it all looks good, I get
even
more product and gaming stuff for my favorite hobby, cool.
Updated June 19/09 :
Added new images of the Tyranid Bio-titans on the Epic page. Otherwise
keeping busy playing Epic, Gothic and lots of boardgames.
Updated Agust 14/09 : Well the summer is quickly fading
already here in Calgary, cold wet and not a whole lot of sunny warm
days, hopefully the fall will be
better. Haven't worked on any projects at all lately but still playing
lots, mostly board games and occassional mini game. Just getting
Octocon 4 all organized and looking forward to Fallcon in September.
Update on upcoming games again from Fantasy Flight, they
are re-releasing Chaos Marauders an
old game from GW, updating Warhammer Fantasy RPG
to a whole new system which I am
looking forward to and the new edition of Warhammer card game
(Warcry) into a LCG. The future looks bright with lots of new
games to play and maybe I'll even get back to painting some figs again!
Updated Oct.3/09 : Hello everyone it's been a month and a
half since my last update and fall is upon us. Had a good summer and
hope everyone else did as
well. Been working on getting the new Space Hulk figs painted and
played the game a few times already. I played second edition quite
a bit and really like the game, this new edition is not much different
and incorporates many of the first edition rules which I never got to
play. I did have the opportunity but I was more into the fantasy side
of GW at the time, mainly Advanced Hero Quest, Warhammer
Man O War. I will put up images of the finished models soon along with
a layout of the board which I black line with marker, it looks
better to me that way. I also finally get to take out the old case with
the Space Wolves int them. I actually haven't used the models
since second edtion 40K because I wanted to wait for a full codex for
the army. I may have played a quick game with the small add
on Codex once but found it unsatisfying at the time. Also many new
board games as well like Endeavor, Middle Earth Quest, Ad Astra,
Chaos in the Old World and lots more. Octocon 4 is right around the
corner and looks like we'll fill up the spots for the event. Other
that I have also been listening to some great new music and I have
added links to the band web sites above. Happy gaming till next
time.
Updated Nov.6/09 : So the winter is approaching a good
time for more indoor activities like painting figs and playing games
something I can't get enough of.
The newest game of interest for me is Runewars from you
guessed it FFG,
this is a retake on Battlemist a very interesting game developed
a while back by Christian Peterson and quite a good game I might add. A
hex board game with resource management, army building,
conquest and hero adventuring. It incorporated a lot of elements but
could be a long game and used chits for the most part, no mini's.
Now Cory is at the helm of the remake and it just looks fantastic I
sure hope it comes out before Christmas. Have a look on the web
page and you'll see the quality of the production value and get some
insight into the mechanics as well. Otherwise I have been finishing
the Space Hulk models and I will try and get some images up soon, also
the Wood Elves and Tyranids are getting some attention. Happy
gaming.
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