Firebase #06.pdf

April 2008 – Issue #6

Art by Tim Divar

Editorial

WHAT WE GOT HERE IS...

FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.

Firebase is a man-eater. I am convinced this

magazine seduces the hearts of its masters

and devours them with a voracious appetite.

A mere six issues have passed and already

three lovers have been entirely consumed.

But I say no more to this wickedness! This

mighty magazine, full of promise and feral

complexity, shall be tamed. Together with

my accomplished and ever increasing

cohort Firebase will become more elegant,

distinguished, enlightening, and dare I say

regularly released? Aye, I do!

my grubby little hands ﬁ rmly grasping the

helm I hope to do my part in guiding this

magazine to the heights previous editors

have promised.

FIREBASE STAFF

I will not lie. This responsibility is unnerving

to say the least but I refuse to falter in my

mission. I give praise to The God-Emperor

that I am joined by like-minded devotees;

we will support each other in the gallant

and righteous cause we set for ourselves….

Our intention is that Firebase will not just

remain great, but that Firebase will become

illustrious.

Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Schrock

Specialist Games Editor . . . . Ben Skinner

Advisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Smith

Design & Layout . . . . . . . . . .Jon Mattison

Jon Webb

Proofreaders . . . . . . . . . . Greg Alexander

Patrick Cullen

James Maliska

Matthew Phelps

-Gabriel “Gabe” Schrock, Editor

Dear faithful and new readers both, my

name is Gabriel Schrock. I am the newest

sacriﬁ cial lamb to be offered up as the editor

of Firebase. I’ve been on the staff since the

second issue and have been a gung-ho little

monkey from the very ﬁ rst day, but now with

STAFF

Cover Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Divar

Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Andrews

Nacho Fernandez

Comics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Solomon

Paul Wantland

Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rens Jansen

FIREBASE is published every three months in association with Warseer.com. All text and layout remains the

company mentioned herein. All characters and artwork shown in this magazine remain the © and trademark of

their respective owners. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the express permission of the Editor

or Deputy Editor. FIREBASE can accept no responsibility for inaccuracies or complaints arising from editorial or

advertising within this magazine. All letters and emails received will be considered for publication, but we cannot

always provide personal replies.

Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Glaeser

Timo Lorenz

David McGuire

Brian Solomon

This fanzine is completely unofﬁ cial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Limited. FIREBASE is a nonproﬁ t

making fanzine with the aim of promoting Games Workshop games, products and hobby.

Firebase Issue #6 – April 2008

Table of Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

News from the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Imperial Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Interview: Bell of Lost Souls . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Comic: Misﬁ re! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Painting: Eldar Masterclass . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Conversions: Scratch Built Tau Remora . .27

Tutorial: Cadian Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Tutorial: Advanced Urban Basing . . . . . . .43

Terrain Building for Dummies . . . . . . . . . .48

Bat Rep: Tau v Tau v Tau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Snikrot and Ork Kommando Tactika . . . . .66

Introducing Youngsters to the Hobby . . .68

Fiction: Countdown to Midnight . . . . . . . .71

Dark Heresy: Genestealer Cults . . . . . . . .85

Specialist Games Supplement . . . . . . . . .86

Teaser: Issue 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

There has been a delay in transmission,

the Specialist Games supplement will

be included in a future download.

Watch for it to be uploaded to

warseer.com/ﬁ rebasemag soon.

Firebase Issue #6 – April 2008

Firebase Issue #6 – April 2008

Book Reviews

NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY

Only in Death – Dan Abnett

Brought to us by none other

than Dan Abnett “Only in

Death” is the eleventh novel

in the Gaunt’s Ghost series.

What will the Tanith First-

and-Only encounter this

time? You have every right

to be curious!

This issue has it all. Ranging from perfect

to not worth reading, two artefact books,

a new Chaos novel, many gruesome ways

of dying, and a new Gaunt’s Ghost novel

(in which case I highly recommend you

read the ten preceeding novels ﬁ rst).

He presents Chaos and its followers as they

should be presented: torturing, traitorous,

mass murdering and corruptive to both body

and soul.

Dark Apostle Jarulek and his gang of Word

Bearers take over the imperial planet of

Tanakreg, enslaving the population in order

to force them to build a gigantic tower.

Needless to say, in this endeavour he also

knows to make use of the millions of corpses

which his attack has left.

The regiment is to explore and occupy an

old house in the fortress world of Jago,

known as the Hinzerhaus.

Do you have any requests for reviews

of older novels or would like to express

your opinion on recent works?

Upon arriving, the First-and-Only does not

only have to endure the dust storms of Jago,

and the lack of supplies, but also rumours

about eerie sightings. Nothing is as it seems

in the Hinzerhaus, there are noises coming

from all over and the maps are as good as

useless.

Go ahead and send an email to

blacktemplars@gmx.net, I’m looking

forward to hearing from you all.

An armada of the Imperial Guard and the

Adeptus Mechanicus arrive, hurling their

soldiers and servitors at the feet of the

corrupt Word Bearers.

On to the reviews!

Timo Lorenz

Brother Marine of the Book Worm Chapter

In particular, the description of how Deﬁ lers

and Dreadnoughts are sent into battle

bound in chains so making use of the lives

of slaves may calm them down, if needed, is

very well thought through.

Like this isn’t enough to deal with already,

the building is smack in the way the Blood

Pact is using to advance, and the staff

division’s orders are “halt until supplies arrive”.

Dark Apostle — Anthony Reynolds

Horror movies have been

raising the bar on barbarity

and revulsion - as of late, the

Black Library has jumped

on this bandwagon and will

hopefully continue to do

so regarding their Chaos

novels.

Anthony Reynolds manages to shed some

light on single characters in the course of

this meat grinder-like novel, letting them

walk a tightrope between hope and absolute

distress.

A race for life and death ensues.

Once again Dan Abnett makes you say, “This

is the best novel in the Gaunt series”. He

ﬁ nds a fresh tantalizing plot as well as new

character developments every time. The

reader always ends up surprised. You can’t

put this book down until you’ve reached the

“about the author” section.

All in all, this is a very good novel, its style

beﬁ tting the dark atmosphere of Chaos.

Next winter’s release of “Dark Disciple” is

something to be sadistically thrilled about.

After C.L. Werner’s mucous Warhammer

Fantasy book “Palace of the Plague Lord”,

Anthony Reynolds now brings us a new 40k

Chaos novel.

Firebase Issue #6 – April 2008

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