Faeit 212 is back - and other quick updates

Good morning everyone!

Updates

We are in the home stretch for our DVD Set Season 1 at paintingbuddha.com - I think we can now safely use the Term 'soon(tm)' that Blizzard so beautifully used on such major releases like Starcraft II or Diablo III. 

We are quite literally working around the clock and - if I may say so myself - the final product will be quite awesome. :) 

Stay tuned, as the next few weeks will be full of news, updates, sneakpeaks and celebratory giveaways!

Stretchgoal Giveaway

I am sure every one of you has seen our YAG SWAG STACK ATTACK giveaway by now. If not - check it out! 

The second stretchgoal level - 555 likes on Facebook - is literally around the corner. And once we hit that, we will add the Limited Edition High Elf Army Book (limited to 1000 worldwide) to the already awesomely big prize stack.

Should you have missed it: You can win the 'Happy Monk' painted by Ben Komets!

And yes - sharing this post on Facebook will also enter you in this Giveaway! :) 

Faeit 212 is back - temporarily

Being so busy with our own little project, I almost missed that Gary from Faeit212 has launched a temporary site at faeit.blogspot.com. The launch of his new site is still a little bit away, as he explains on his YouTube channel. 

I love what he put as a tag line for his blog: 

"We live in the End of Times, Besieged from every direction, and Our Existence is on the brink of Annihilation. Mankind has reached its boiling point, but Fear Not, Faeit is at hand, and it is I who shall uncover the secrets of our deliverance."

Check out his temp blog - and I am sure you will not miss when he Faeit 212 is back for good - with a vengeance!

Have a great day everyone! 

Games Workshop - New Eldar Dreadknight! (PICS?)

The new Eldar Release is comming!


Update: We decided to share all leaked pics on our FB account!

Please be aware that this post is classified as news and therefore falls under 'Fair Use' as protected by international press law. 

GW is positioned for one of the most awesome releases that have hit the shelves since... Well, since the Tau, because they were awesome, too :D

Kinda sad, that one has to be afraid to be excited about these kind of things.

As always, someone somewhere took a picture of something and posted it on the internet. And even though Faeit 212 was taken down due to a similar story about the High Elves, our legal representation advised me that posting pictures that were taken by someone other than GW clearly fall under 'news' and are protected by 'fair use'. Should they file a DMCA against me, they could be held liable and will face a counter DMCA for purgery. Our legal war stash is filled and insurred.

However, since we are still in discussion with our lawyer, we are not taking any chances until we have everything we can and can't do in writing.

On the odd chance that GW takes down Warseer for posting unreleased product in this post and just to be on the safe side, I removed the link. 

Update: Warseer has taken the post down already! I will follow suit later I guess.

The whole world is posting these pics on FACEBOOK and I would love to see how GW shuts them down...

Let 'em take that blog down.

All I can say is that I am very sad that GW stifles the excitement in the community by their erradic behavior. I'd rather write about how awesome I think the new release will be instead of shivering with fear from the legal inquisition. If they really want to, they can take down ANY miniature painter's blog or site, no problems... Even the ones that love them.

I still will buy one of those Wraithknights because they are awesome. And there are tons of good people working at GW. Just not in certain departments...

Aaaand I exported my blog, just to be on the safe side ;)

If you have missed all of that hoopla outfall over GW's Legal Department: 

GW's Legal Department takes down Faeit 212

How to protect yourself from GW's Inquisition

Mastermini's Interview with Natfka from Faeit212
GW's Legal Department defeated by SLASH GORDON

And don't forget:

SHARE & ENJOY to WIN! :)

Forgeworld & Horus Heresy: The next releases (many pics!)

Hey fellow citizens under the Throne of Terra!

Also: Share & Enjoy this first picture of the Full Fulgrim!
And: Tons of awesome pics of the event on this blog 

Just before I hit the hay I wanted to share these pictures with you. They were taken at the latest Forge World "Insider Weekend" and show the next releases for the Horus Heresy line. 

First of all, I want 10 of these: 

I mean, come on! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!. I want 10 of them to paint, and one built for traffic in Berlin. Oh, that would be sweeeeet! 

UPDATE: Loken, the owner of Apocalypse40k send me this comment: 

"Please take down MY photos. I was authorized by Tony Cotrell from Forge World to post those and you took them without asking.

The proper way to do this is to post ONE photo and then send people to my site"

As a long time subscriber of Apocalypse40k I will gladly comply, even the use of news & pictures posted on a public blog falls under fair use. 

I was not aware, that the GW Legal Department also held a lecture at those Horus Heresy Weekends. How dare I post community news and then even link to the source of those articles to SHARE & ENJOY! My bad.

Visit the awesome Apocalypse40k blog for all of the pictures. Or just look at one of the dozens of other blogs that posted them without linking back to them. 

About use of my pictures and videos on masterminis.net

SHARE & ENJOY policy

If I ever post pictures - be it from events, tutorials, reviews etc, you guys can share them on FB, g+ or your blog as much as you like. 

All I kindly ask is to put a link with the source into your post.

Simple policy. 

I will now stop shrugging my shoulders because I got better things to do.

SHARE & ENJOY TO WIN THE YAG SWAG STACK ATTACK!

Share this post on Facebook for your chance to win! 

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We welcome our 500th subscriber: 

 DANIEL

Daniel unlocked the first YAG SWAG STACK ATTACK free stretchgoal: 

A Forge World Masterclass Vol. 1 Book, SIGNED by the FW Design Team.

Forge World - 'Full' Fulgrim pictures 'leaked'

Just a quick one for you

Full Fulgrim

So far, Forgeworld only released pictures of the face of Mr. Fulgrim, which brought with it a lot of discussion. As you can see in many forums and on Forge World's FB site, not every one was happy with the - again - screaming face and wanted a more smirky, over-confident Fulgrim. Well, learn sculpting, damnit! :D  Then you can even sculpt him Goldielocks' locks! 

Now the first customers from Open Day shared their packaging material with us. And for the first time we can see the full Fulgrim grimly raging across a - what I can only describe - very well done battlefield. 

I think, he even trumps Angron, which I already liked very much. Why, oh why, did I have to give my two Angrons away to you guys? Now I need to buy a new one :D

So, what do you think? Like it? I surely do. 

It will be available on the Forge World site within the next few days I would think. 

SHARE & ENJOY this post on Facebook for your chance to win in our massive
YAG SWAG STACK ATTACK Giveaway.

Happy Monk on CMON - Top 20 (and you can win it!)

Hey guys and gals of the color-y type!

In spite of some lone and lowly sniper our happy monk laughed all the way to the 6th place in this week's CMON Top of the Week. Here is the link to the happy monk directly. Thanks to all of you who shared our step-by-step article about the monk - we got a tremendous feedback from a lot of new followers of our blog. 

If you like it, you can get it! All you need to do is to share masterminis.net posts on your Facebook account and you will enter our YAG SWAG STACK ATTACK. 

Three more subscribers and you will unlock the first free prize stretchgoal: If we hit 500 followers by our drawing date, we will add (drumroll) a Forge World Imperial Armor Modelling Masterclass (Volume One) to the stash, one of the best modelling guides money can buy. Wait - money can buy this? That's not special you think?Well, this one happens to have been signed by the full Forge World Design team ;)

So, SHARE & ENJOY to win :) 

Stay hoopy, everybody!

Forged Monkey - New Hot Releases

Greetings, my most excellent nerds!

Today I want to share some new sculpts (and paintjobs) of one of the hottest artists on the planet right now: I speak of no other than Raffaele Picca, aka Picster, who most of you know is member of the Massive Voodoo Crew, but what some of you may not know, also has his own little shop called Forged Monkey. 

Raffa is not just one of the great painters and story-tellers of our time, but he has turned into quite a skilled sculptor. And since he just made a bust that I totally fell in love with, I hope that the late Spring will bring you similar feelings.

So here he is, the Tribe Chief Morrow. Just 26€ for an awesome bust. And in a a few weeks, our paintingbuddha.com DVD Set "Season 1 - Target Identified" can show you how you paint this friendly looking fellow. 

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Don't be a Knucklehead. WIN!

Remember, sharing any post from our blog or from FB on Facebook will 'buy' you a ticket for the next big giveaway that we call YAG (yet another giveaway). 

So join your fellow nerds in a full YAG SWAG STACK ATTACK by simply SHARING & ENJOYING! Check out our free stretch goal prizes! Insanity! Bluhawahahaha!

Two more great minis on Forgedmonkey.com

One great bust rarely comes alone. Enters the Knucklehead :D Look at the sculpt and Raffa's awesome paintjobs :)

And last but not least, we have Chosen, the BULL. Unlike some energy drinks, this one comes in a green flavor. Standing 58 mm tall, he will not be laughed at. I double dare you! :D

Anywho. It is 1:22am, after some 19 hours of awesome work on our DVD release, I will now hit the hay. 

Stay hoopy, and don't forget to 

SHARE & ENJOY!

GW Legal Department defeated by Slash, the 20" tall Savior of the Universe

SHARE & ENJOY to win!  By sharing this article with your friends on Facebook, you have a chance to win your piece of the YAG SWAG STACK!

OK Guys. You can blog safely now. 

Should we help the GW Legal Department? No. So: Legal Department. This article is mine, go away. I don't want you to read it. Bye, now. 

Biggest Threat to GW EVAR!

One of the Internet's most trustworthy sources, Bloodofkittens (not affiliated with FOX News) reported this well researched piece of soon-to-be-Pulitzer prize. 

GW feels they need to protect their miniature business. But who protects us from their Legal department? Slash to the rescue!

Now, this time, our subject does not really fall into the 'miniature' business as such... Actually quite the opposite. How about a 20 FOOT TALL "Space marine"? Oh, sorry, I mislabled him. It's SLASH GORDON! He be slashing prices for you! DAUN!

That's right. The company Landmark creations has created this landmark in inflatable sex-toy. A 20 foot tall Gordons. I just wanted to order a unit of 12 for my squad, but they did not fit on legal gaming bases.

Well, I can understand that GW's Legal Department HAS TO react now. Their good reputation is at stake... I mean, what's next? A 70 storey sky-scraper in the shape of a Drop Pod? No, it has to stop and it has to stop now. So we all can be safe again.

Now, Landmark Creations of course cannot be held liable for nothing. Because they clearly know this to be an "electric blue Transformer-type action figure” as stated in their own press release.

What's really happening

Now the news behind the news. All of these giant action figures are being put up by bloggers all over the world. Personally, I think this is actually an ingenious tactic by the blogger community. In putting up these giant "Slash Gordons" all over the world, GW's Legal Departmant is bound to be confused and will focus on "shooting the big ones" and subsequently leaves us alone...

Well, one can dream... :D

I only hope that GW's Legal Department does not invoke the Emperor's Order of the Pointy Sticks to poke and slash at Gordon.