Pro-painted CCC and KemVar Demolition, MERCS Shirts

MERCS Shirts
The votes are in, and the MERCS team will be making prints of both the sefadu and Keizai Waza shirts! No word as to when they'll be available, but from this thread Keith has said that they've been ordered.

CCC and KemVar Demolition Models Pro-painted
Angel Giraldez continues his stunning work on the MERCS models with these photos of the CCC Demolition and KemVar Demolition (Click to enlarge).

Sync out.

Thanks Kassad!

Another Australian that has joined The Cause, Kassad (as known on our MERCS forums), was so kind as to send me one of his old 40K minis, with the hope that I could use it as inspiration for a MERCS scenario.

Ursarkar Creed: Lord Castellan of Cadia

I have gladly, and very gratefully accepted, and already have a few ideas in my head that I'll explore and hopefully be able to expand into an interesting and playable scenario.

The model is a really great inspirational piece - an old grissled veteran, hardened by years of service. With pistols holstered and cigar lit, he won't be taking any lip from the rookies!
I'll be sure to post the scenario I come up with, and the finished model when he's painted.
I'm still playing around with a few colour schemes but for now, here are some photos (as soon as I got him I undercoated him!):

Sync out. Thanks again Kassad!

GenCon 2011

This forum thread has revealed what the MERCS team plan to have for GenCon this year. For those of us who aren't residents of North America, here's the wiki info about GenCon, a prominent annual gaming convention.

Here's the word from Brian:

Anything available at GENCON will be available in the store (though GENCON will be cheaper: no shipping and all that).

• There will be no LE fig for sale at GENCON.
• There should be mats and counters, unless something weird happens in transit.
• The MERCS bag will not be ready, but we should have one to show.
• We cannot say if Waza will be available, because we honestly don't know. It will be very, very close. We should have one or two sets to show at the very least.

Oh . . . and there will be many, many MERCS matches: carnage and laughs and drinks and the first time, a MERCS tourney champion crowned with a really sweet prize package deal (including but not limited to a LE Kat figure painted by Angel himself).

Pro-painted limited edition Kat

Sync out.

Sync's Mini Dice Tower

Here are some pictures of the Mini-Dice Tower I made. I think it's pretty good - it's not too big so as to detract from the rest of the board and scenery. As well as that, and still works as a functional piece of terrain providing full cover and half cover elements, and does all the things a dice tower needs to do.
Since the base is made from some kind of tin, it also makes a satisfying sounds when the dice shoot through!

Action shot!

Face off

Here's how a Dice Tower is supposed to work, and an example of CNC Workshop's dice tower:

CNC Workshop's Dice Tower (Click to enlarge)

And here are some photos that I found online of  Dice Towers that people have made - functional and attractive terrain pieces:

Sync's How-To

Materials:

• Can of Pringles

Equipment:

• Cutting Board
• Stanley Knife
• Marker
• Nail File
• Super Glue
• Spray Paints

Step 1
Take your can of Pringles and eat the deliciousness within. This will give you energy and motivation for the next 12 minutes of construction labour.

Step 2
Using your Stanley Knife, cut the top 3 inches and the bottom 1 inch off the Pringles container (see picture below).
For the rest of these instructions, we'll call the the top 3 inches piece the Top Piece, the bottom 1 inch piece the Bottom Piece, and the remaining middle piece the Middle Piece.
You'll also want to wipe down the insides of the pieces with a damp cloth, to get the extra Pringles flavouring out. If your cuts weren't smooth, use your Nail File to smooth out the cuts on the cardboard.

Step 3
Cut a small section out from the bottom of the Top Piece, 1 inch tall and 2.5 inches wide. Don't worry about being too accurate with these measurements - it's a rough guide.
Hold onto the section you just cut out - we'll be using it later.

Hold onto this!

Step 4
Now we're going to make the Dice Chute. Use the spare piece from Step 3 to the measure the width of the Chute against the Middle Piece (as below). Now, out of the Middle Piece, cut the Chute - about 3 inches tall, and 2.5 inches wide.

Step 5
Phew! That's all the cutting done. Now, glue the Top Piece to the Bottom Piece (see the pictures below).
I used Super Glue because the points of contact between the two pieces are minimal.

Step 6
Slide your Chute in like so. I should sit with its edges in corners of the section you cut in Step 3.
Again, I used Super Glue for a bit more strength.

Step 7
Put your Pringles Lid back on and you're ready to paint it up and add any other detail you want!

 Sync out.

Sefadu Models - Available for Pre-Order

The Sefadu faction and Faction Cards are now available for pre-order in the MERCS store!

Here are some better photos of the models, which definitely live up to my high expectations set by the awesome Sefadu faction art - more great models from the MERCS team!

Sync out.