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Lego Lord of the Rings Set Images - Lego this year decided to discontinue the Kingdoms line with only a single exclusive release of a large jousting set. In its place they have the licensed Lo...3 weeks ago
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My Facebook Friend Is Not Really My Friend - Help me!! I am in the most awkward situation ever. A little background. I was in a wedding as a bridesmaid last year to a friend I was decently close with....3 weeks ago
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Better version - I did a big update this weekend, didn't get the amount I needed to fix everything because of the ice fever ;), but did the 25km ride on my skates on the Mo...3 weeks ago
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Rhino II - I recently got my hands on the Forgeworld Masterclass book I've been coveting for ages, and it got me all fired-up to do some tank conversions/ weatherin...
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See you in Valhalla... - Nazis from the dark side of the moon. Iron Sky is finally coming out on 04/04/12.3 weeks ago
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Concept tanks and military vehicles by Feng Guo - George Guo on CGHUB.comKeywords: digital concept military tank transportation vehicles twin quad tread tank art by feng guo george guo shanghai china profe...3 weeks ago
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A big Thanks and Overview of Onslaught GT 2012! - First I would like to start this post with a major thanks to my friend Dave Taylor. His help in directing people to me for the sale of products has helped ...4 weeks ago
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Top 5 Minis I've Not Gotten To Yet! - Been a little longer coming than I'd hoped but I wanted to do a post of the top 5 ideas in my head for minis or armies I want to build/paint but haven't go...
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Nurgle Dread - I decided it was time to pay homage to my patron god of Chaos again since it has been such a while. Not that I haven't been doing much as far as miniature...
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Something BIG is Coming! - My love of Warmachine and Hordes has not really been documented on this blog until now, so let me just say I LOVE PRIVATEER PRESS. Yes, I realize that this...
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Lillie's Shoes (red, buckled, very worn, no good for puddles) - Old Gow turned to Lillie suddenly: “How old are you, child?” “Nine and a quarter”answered Lillie. “But you were nine and a quarter last year” said the wiz...4 weeks ago
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The Remora and Lillian G - Well, here they are… my two build-ups of Ian McQue’s Remora. The red one will be shipped off to Ian in a few days where he’ll do the final rigging and the...4 weeks ago
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Happy belated new year! - Well it's a month into the new year, I hope everyone reading this blog is doing well - I have been extremely busy with all kinds of real-life stuff have sa...4 weeks ago
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Thunder Chiefs Rough Rider Bikers on Parade, Part 2 - It's conversion time for the Thunder Chiefs Now all of the Squats Motor-Bike options have been used. Zigmunt "Revnant" Zobair needs to distract attention ...
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Friday Night Internet Fight: 6th ed up the Wazoo - So here’s what happened- turns out it was Thursday and I didn’t even know it and forgot to write my normal “Gaming on a Budget” post for the blog I still c...5 weeks ago
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The Thirst! - Yo! Apologies for the last false start. I am well and truly ready to get back to it now! I was going to start off with a cheeky Cron army (easy to paint, fe...
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Art: XVIII - XVIII 20"x16"Acrylic on Canvas Some of you might remember the last space marine painting that I posted a while back. This painting was started soon...
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Expansion Joints, part 39: "Pick" / Flash Fearsday - This is my response to Part 39 of the Expansion Joints Challenge, and to the January 12th Flash Fearsday. *************************************************...1 month ago
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New Blog! - This blog is being permanently moved over to http://maddeningwords.wordpress.com please feel free to update your links and tell your friends.1 month ago
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Year Two and Changes! - I've been writing this blog for two years now and I've been posting every day, covering a wide variety of topics, games and campaign settings. I am very p...
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New Space Marine DLC Announced - THQ announced today a new DLC coming to Space Marine. This new DLC will feature a new game mode called Dreadnought which adds a new multiplayer mode calle...1 month ago
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Necromunda is coming to Origins 2012 - Hi Guys and Gals. We are bringin Necromunda to Origins this year with a living gang/ Living city spin. The gangs will grow and evolve over the course of ...1 month ago
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Still Alive - Haven't touched WH40k since a short painting binge over the summer and selling off my terrain. Unfortunately, it will still be some time before I get into ...2 months ago
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WAAAGH! Aki HAS MOVED! - OK, I have finally moved my blog. The old Inquisitor Lord Aki blog has been officially changed to WAAAGH! Aki and can be found here: * http://waaaghaki.bl...2 months ago
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Nostalgia Gaming - Back in the late 90’s, I regularly met with a gaming group and played Torg. Torg was a RPG from West End Games. (Which sadly is no longer in business.)...2 months ago
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RM:The Eulogy - We are gathered here today to pay respects to a short, but bright, project. Launched with a single forum post and a name that didn't exactly roll off the...
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Need Some WHFB Empire Advice - I'd like to get something out of the way right off the top. I'm not asking for advice because I'm too lazy to research, I've done that. It's more a matter...
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Terminators don't give a damn - Behold! Are you not entertained?! Been making a bit of a mess lately with a little bit of yellow and a whole lot of Terminator. The bases you see on the righ...
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Giving the Sarge a Home: Drawing 2 12.09.2011 - CanolliCrusader!! Your name has been drawn, and you have the opportunity to win the ltd. Edition Sgt. Aurelius! Contact me within the alotted time to claim...2 months ago
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Sigmar Omnibus Cover - Stef Kopinski's really outdone himself here with his cover for the Legend of Sigmar omnibus, don't you think? Top job, Mr. Kopinski. Next pint's on me.2 months ago
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Tigger Visits the Big Apple: 19 Nov 2011 (Intro) - It has been some months since I last played Warhammer 40K. In large part, that’s because much of my gaming time this year (2011) has been spent playing t...
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Harker finally gets deployed .... - There's a little bit of me that can't actually believe that I'm typing this. It's been over 18 months since I first started Sgt Harker and his squad of ...
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That would be a Giant... - Ever since the plastic kit came out I've been wanting to get a giant for my Orc and Goblin army. A couple of months ago I finally picked one up. Since then...
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New Digs: Rules Manufactorum - Hi guys! You may have noticed that it's been a bit quite around here of late. While part of it has to do with work, that's not all! You can now find me doi...
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Back At It - After more than a year away (please forgive me), I am trying to get back into the hobby swing of things. So for now, here are a few things I am sporadical...
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Battle for Salvation Grand Tournament 2011 Results - The second annual Battle for Salvation Grand Tournament finished up a couple of weekends ago and we couldn’t be more pleased with how smoothly everything w...4 months ago
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A New Day Dawns - I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE Come check it out. I am going to keep this site alive for a few months as an archive, but come join me at my new website.4 months ago
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GW 8th Street NYC - Last Saturday my wife and I took our daughter down to get here first Games Workshop experience. I figured that it was long past time to get her immersed in...
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Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons (concept) - Although I am proud Blood Angels player and a strong loyalist, I have felt the need to build a Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons army to honor their once proud and ...4 months ago
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It feel like it was a year ago... - Trollblood Champion, WIP. ...and it almost was a year since I last posted. Starting a new job (I'm nowadays graphic designer/art director over at Net Ente...
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Combat Patrol! - So my local game store will be running a small combat patrol league in the coming month. we will be using the adepticon 2011 rules for combat patrol so yo...
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Hello Kitty WIP complete!...wait..what?! - No Space Shark update today, got one one of the girliest post you'll ever see on deck instead. I have had another project on my table to complete with the...
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Back from the Dead! (plus video batrep) - Wow! Has it really been that long since we've updated? Can't believe it... What have we been up to, you may ask? As you can see from the picture abo...
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Tar'Akoona the Fiery (2) - ...continued from previous post Here you can see that the head isn't permanently mounted and while curing it is seperated by some plastic foil. Once I was...
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V is for Vyper. - Who would think that these tiny craft would be the cornerstone for my army reaching 2k. If there's one thing I've learned about Av. 10 skimmers is that o...
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Heh. Long time no post. - I know, I haven't posted in a good long while. And while I doubt many of you care, I apologize for that. My passion for the hobby puttered out a bit, but t...5 months ago
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We're Moving!! - Well bear cubs, IIWPA... is about to change, hopefully for the better. I have partnered up with Pariah Stevo and Wiley the Nord to create Da Deff Komp'ny,...5 months ago
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I Am Back - Well its been a long time since I posted. Computer was being fixed by my friend for quite a while. But hopefully will be getting back in to the swing of th...5 months ago
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A cry for Help! - Hi guys, I'm trying to throw some Scenarios together, and I've come across a bit of a stumbling block- there don't appear to be Scenario templates onlin...
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Another Gencon comes and goes... - This years Gencon, IMHO, was the best so far!! Had a great time running Space Hulk, and met alot of great people. I wan't to thank everyone who had a cha...6 months ago
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Vanguard Veterans WIP - In Keeping with my Woodland Rangers theme, I've decided to add some new units to the list. My first thought was about the majestic, brave, and very bold, ...
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Heroes: The Blood Angels Come home - John and I were finally able to finish up our part of the Heroes of Armageddon Charity Drive. The winner of the Blood Angels army, Peter Dean, lives in O...
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Mystery/Crime/Thriller Must-Reads--help me make a list, please! - Hello, reader friends. (Because I don't have enough reading projects already...) I want to be a more well-rounded mystery/crime/thriller reader, and to t...6 months ago
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News: Forgeworld Newsletter #281 - Forgeworld's latest newsletter brings out some options for the Contemptor dreadnaoght and the cool new Praetor armoured assault launcher! *Contemptor Pla...6 months ago
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Work on the Dragon Rider - Thought I'd update you all with the 'ever more stuff to do' progress on all things Dragon-y. This is the work on the Prince riding him... And the star...
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The Crimson Disciples - Begining Anew - So, I figured I'd chronicle my forray into a new army...... again. I posted about it several months ago, but never got around to starting it, but the time ha...7 months ago
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Giveaway 2 Winner! - Just did the drawing, all I did was take the 14 entries and each got a number 1 - 14. Then I went to a random number generator at random.org and put in 1 ...
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Mantic Undead Review - Long ago when Mantic first released their ghoul models, they sent a sprue to me as a sample. The ghouls were of high quality, except 3 of the 4 base hand...
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Attack of the Evil Plot Clones - This week I was Googling character names for my work in progress. I wanted to be sure I hadn’t inadvertently picked something I thought was cool and obscu...
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Storm of Magic Tomb Kings Empire Allies, Finecast Rant and Giveaway Reminder - Storm of Magic looks cool, I love taking too many mages in every army I play, from not being able to pick my lore in Empire to Goblin Shaman spam and Liche...
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Tomb Kings Army - building - part 1 - Wow it's been ages since my last post and even longer since I posted about Warhammer. What have I been doing? Well I've started a new Warhammer army. Board...
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[Hobby] The Future of Finecast - There seem to be few topics in wargaming right now as polarizing as Citadel Finecast. Internet personalities with an abundance of creativity have ...
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Upcoming 40K Events - June 25, 2011: Only Game in Town 40k Tournament 2k points, 4 rounds @ TOGIT (Somerville, NJ) The Only Game In Town http://www.togit.com/home will be holding...8 months ago
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So Going on Hiatus - It seemed inevitable i guess. I don't want this blog to seem like work and right now i don't have anything to write about. I don't want this to become a "l...8 months ago
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The quest for armored supremacy - * I must admit, of all the recent articles I have read about wargame rules, a single opinion piece, although in two parts, stands out the most. I am referr...9 months ago
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BEA 2011 Post - (I'm only "semi" retired) My trip to the BEA is over. I generally do everything I need to do in one day, the first day of the floor exhibitions. The BEA is...9 months ago
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Relocation: kaptainvon.wordpress.com - Owing to the recent bout of downtime and some ongoing frustrations with the Blogger platform (anything that needs that many external widgets to function as t...9 months ago
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Barrel(s) of Monkeys... - Game 3 of the WH40K league is done, and the Horns once again tasted defeat... But this time, victory was almost in their grasp! My opponent this game playe...
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I've been called out! - My good friend Lantz over at The Magnet Pro has just gotten a position as a guest writer on a well visited and from what I can tell a pretty darn swanky...
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A year in review - Well, its been nearly a year since i last made a post to the blog! The last year has been so hectic for me that writing the blog was often the last thing ...
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Counts-As Mephiston - I posted a bad picture of this a while ago, figured I'd add a higher quality one. Parts are from the Death Company kit, a Dark Angels sword, random plasm...1 year ago
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Turn order and Initiative - There’s three main ways of organising how players take turns in a campaign ranging from the very simple simultaneous method, to the ordered method or the m...1 year ago
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Astro Mag Issue 8! - Hey guys, Astro Mag Issue 8 is out! Go download it, won't you? Also, apologies for the lack of activity. I have a lot of Dark Eldar sitting next to my de...1 year ago
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FAQ'n Power Armor - If you've been living under a rock, blindfolded, with a burlap sack over your head, you may not have seen that Games Workshop FAQ'd power armor all to he...
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Advanced Technique-crushed armor - Someone on Warseer asked this question: "I'm thinking of buying a reaver titan, I was wondering if anyone knew how to crush a rhino or something, I wanna ma...1 year ago
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Malifaux - The Guild - I was originally put off Malifaux by the aesthetic of the game - it looked too cartoony. BUT everyone seems to be playing it at the moment so I thought tha...
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All In A Day’s Work - And thus ended Bacon & Eggs’ first day as Guardsmen! Not bad… looks like Bacon was able to save a can of Waaaghheimer too! Thanks to everyone who’s been re...1 year ago
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Heads Up: GW's Great Gameboard Giveaway. - Games Workshop is giving away a completely finished Realms of Battle gameboard to some lucky person who submits some terrain photos. I know of five people...1 year ago
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Random Mathhammer Fact: "Gets Hot!" - The chances of a Spess Mehreen rapid firing a plasma gun and killing himself, are equal to the same Spess Mehreen shooting himself with a bolt pistol.
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Went shopping (reinforcements inbound) - The next update I bring you will have pictures. This one is just a bunch of blahblahwordstuff. So, I went out to my not-at-all local gaming store yesterday...1 year ago
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Two Words - ...Devlan Mud I used to wash metallics in badab black, but lately I've been using Devlan Mud and I like the results a lot more. The image is a bit washed ou...1 year ago
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Ork Klans : Bad Moonz - *Bad Moonz* The *Bad Moons* are an Ork clan, and as their teeth grow faster than anyone else's, they are the richest of the Ork Clans (this shows that, at l...
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WM: Khador pSorscha WIP - Here is the first warcaster I’m painting. I love the model, the level of detail is great and there are so many textures to work with. Having painted Marin...1 year ago
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Sculpting Spirit Stones - Hey there folks! There's been a few recent inquiries about how to sculpt Spirit Stones. Thing is, there's no "right" way, only whatever works best for you ...
1 year ago -
Finished Grombrindal! - Hey guys, I haven't got much to say about these pics (for once) so here they are! So there he is, I finished him last Thursday. The reason I'm putting him...
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WIP: Fallen Angel - It is really been quite awhile I haven't come up with something new. But thanks for following my blog. This is my new work in progress model. I had this id...
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A New Threat Emerges! - With the anticipated arrival of Warhammer Fantasy I have switched gears for a bit and am working now on my forces of Nurgle. If you would like to get a loo...1 year ago
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For Sale: Dwarf Army - Hello guys! I'm afraid the blog has been rather dead of late, but I am still out there. I'm currently in the middle of a long stretch of straight working d...
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SELLING: Star Wars D6 RPG - Many moons ago I used to play role-playing games and one of my favourites was the Star Wars D6 system. The universe was so well known that it was easy to g...1 year ago
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21 Days of frustration - Well 21 days of little time to work on models give's you plenty of time to break a bunch of them. My Delphan Gruss has hit the floor no less than three ti...
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Pondering Early Retirement - Every time I have a bum game at the table I think about quitting. I've spent so much time and money on the hobby already, even though I've only really bee...2 years ago
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Life is a celebration of awakenings, of new beginnings, and wonderful surprises that enlighten the soul. - Sorry for the nothing being posted, just been getting my essay and project in on time. But for things to come, I have planned building some true scale mar...2 years ago
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Little Sweden: abandoned bar / restaurant / guest house in the Californian Sierra Nevada - Driving on highway 108, On the way back from a camping week end in the sierra, north of the Yosemite National Park we stopped at this location, that I had...
2 years ago
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Glossary of Terms (mostly titan weapon abbreviations)
AML - Apocalypse Missile Launcher
BSM - Blind Support Missile
CAP - Corvus Assault Pod
FCT - Fire Control Tower
GBL - Gatling Blaster
GC - Gargantuan Creature
ING - Inferno Gun
LSB - Lasblaster
MSM - Mine-laying Support Missile
MTC - Melta Cannon
PBG - Plasma Blastgun
PDE - Plasma Destructor
PWR - Power Ram
QKC - Quake Cannon
SH - Superheavy
TCC - Titan Close Combat Weapon
TTL - Twin turbolasers
VLC - Volcano Cannon
VMB - Vulcan Megabolter
VSM - Vortex Support Missile
WSM - Warp Support Missile
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