GAMING NEWS: Happy Belated Birthday Primarch & Net-Epic 2007!

. TOP: The EPICentre - home of Net-Epic!

Hi Everyone,

Well, Net-Epic has lasted another year and so has Peter Ramos, the father of the Net-Epic project!

*** What's Net-Epic you ask? ***

Well, Net-Epic is one of the truly lasting counter-culture movements in the gaming community...

Epic itself was a small-scale (6mm or roughly 1/285 scale) miniatures game that was created some time around 1989 with the first edition called Adeptus Titanicus I, which featured combat between "Titans" or giant robots in the nascent world of Citadel / GW's 40k universe. A few years later, Space Marine 1rst Edition came out, which added vehicles and infantry to the giant robot mix. And a few years after that, Space Marine or Epic Space Marine 2nd Edition came out, sometime in the early 1990s, which made a huge impression in the gaming community. Expansions came out, new miniatures were sculpted... it was a happy time.

And then the unhappy times came to players of what are now known as the Specialist Games line... GW (Games Workshop, the megalithic UK game company that has dominated the miniatures hobby) decided to cancel almost all of their popular side games to concentrate on their main line: the 28mm sci-fi 40k game and the 28mm fantasy game, Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Epic was tossed unceremoniously to the side. It was almost recreated in an abortive game called Epic-40k in the late 1990s, but the company quickly rejected the game and stopped supporting it in something like six months of its initial debut. This was around 1997 to 1998.

The result was that the Epic 6mm sci-fi community was abandoned... We kept playing, but the company had left us behind for other pastures. Enter the Net-Epic project! Peter "Primarch" Ramos organized a team of fans to continue work on the Epic game utilizing the very popular Space Marine 2nd Edition game engine as the basis of a fan-created Epic game. And thus, Net-Epic was born! ...And what a success it has been! It's been "I-don't-know-how-many-years-later" and even the official Epic folks over at GW / Specialist Games have recognized the Net-Epic project.

As a side note, the name of one of the original Net-Epic web sites as well as the Net-Epic fanzine was called the "EPIcentre Incoming" and is still around, to my knowledge, although now it's simply called "Incoming!" and covers games other than Epic.

UPDATE (8:00pm PST, 9 August 2007): Peter wrote in:

Net-Epic was founded January 16th, 1997, several months before the release of Epic-40k. The first version saw its' release in November of 1997 and it's currently in its' 5th version and the Net-Epic team is working hard for the next version to be in full color.

TOP: Ramos Circle, is it named after Peter?

At any rate, Happy belated birthday (...it was yesterday) to Peter Ramos and the rest of the Net-Epic gang!

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For more information about Net-Epic, please check out these sites:

Newest Net-Epic site:
http://www.netepic.org/

http://netepic.org/EPICentre/

Slightly older Net-Epic site:
http://epic40k.com/index.htm

Net-Epic Discussion Group at Yahoo E-groups:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/netepic/

Specialist Games, home of latest official Epic game, Epic-Armageddon:
http://www.specialist-games.com/

And my friend Stephane's site (...in France) with an article about Net-Epic:
http://www.stephane.info/

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Have a great Thursday!

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

P.S.
The center of all Epic gaming can be found here:
http://www.epic40k.co.uk/

Notes regarding photos / pictures / videos: These are not all my images and videos. I am using various images and videos from around the web, mostly from public sources and/or private sources used with permission. I have tried to include only images and videos under public domain, creative commons, or fair use. If I have inadvertently violated any copyrights, please inform me and I will remove your image/s (if it is indeed an infringement).

MINI WARGAMING: Ban's Adeptus Mechanicus Dropship!

. Bans' Adeptus Mechanicus Dropship in 6mm! ...with Space Marines!

Hi All,

Bans has done it again and imagineered something fantastic from cobbled-together trash with a few bitz to embellish that less flashy parts. Bans astonishes me with his creativity!

Here's Bans' commentary:

The front view of Bans' Adeptus Mechanicus Dropship.

Bans: Here you have my latest dropship! It was born from the synthesis of:
- The paper from some used (burned-out) firecrackers for the hull and engines.
- Two cannons provided by Otterman (Thanks, Otterman!).
- Some paint...
- And a little glue!

Bans: Very easy and cheap!!
The main idea is that we can IMAGINE anything with any material!

A better view of the **hand-painted** Adeptus Mechanicus logo.

Bans: The Mechanicus emblem was hard to do!

A side view of the Adeptus Mechanicus Dropship including its defensive armament.

Bans, as previously mentioned, is a talented illustrator and maintains a web site here:
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/risiweb/

Have a great Sunday!

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

P.S.
I played a 28mm WHFB battles with Nils yesterday and lost. His Beast of Chaos army was able to score more victory points than my Vampire Counts army. However, I always say that if you're going to lose, beat the living heck out of the other player and I did!

P.S.S.
I haven't forgotten about the MWS report from June... it's still in the rough draft stage.

Notes regarding photos / pictures / videos: These are not all my images and videos. I am using various images and videos from around the web, mostly from public sources and/or private sources used with permission. I have tried to include only images and videos under public domain, creative commons, or fair use. If I have inadvertently violated any copyrights, please inform me and I will remove your image/s (if it is indeed an infringement).

MINI WARGAMING: Ban's Deluxe Dropship!

.One of Bans' deluxe 6mm bird feeder dropships!
Bans has the dropship photographed next to tiny 6mm Epic Space Marines figures.

Hi All,

One of my favorite forums on the 'Net is the Epicomms forum... Because I meet all kinds of nice folks there. And among those nice folks has been a unfailingly kind and talented fellow who goes by the nickname Bans. And Bans is TRULY talented. And not only does he share my passion for miniatures, but he's a talented illustrator as well... and has recently contributed a number of sketches to the latest version of Net Epic, the online community's version of the classic Epic Space Marine / Epic 40k game.

Just the other day ago at Epicomms, Bans shared these photos:

A front few of the 6mm bird feeder landing ship.

Here's what Bans has to say about his creations:

Remember the GW old days?

I made these dropships thinking about those days, when any bottle could be a city, a tank or whatever you imagined. The project was stopped because I'm now really satisfied with the paint job. Now I think that the two dropships look really fine. They aren't a great models, but they were easy and cheap to make.

The components list to make two cheap Imperial dropships:

- Two birds food box, or any plastic / card box...
- Card paper from the packets that you received via postal service (...the United States postal service boxes are the best!) with it you can cut the wings.
- Green stuff to finish the model.
- White wood glue to paint all the model when it's glued.

And here you have the results:

Bans likes GW's Imperial Fists Space Marine chapter if you hadn't noticed...

A rear view of the dropship with cool flaming engines!

A top view of these bird feeder beauties!

Ban, as previously mentioned, is a talented illustrator and maintains a web site here:

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/risiweb/

If you're looking for an illustrator, he'd probably be interested in some sketch work and I can help put you in contact with him if you'd like.

Have a great Saturday!

Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

P.S.
I can't wait for the MWS meeting later today!
http://www.freewebs.com/mwssacto/

P.S.S.
Epicomms link:
http://www.epic40k.co.uk/

Notes regarding photos / pictures / videos: These are not all my images and videos. I am using various images and videos from around the web, mostly from public sources and/or private sources used with permission. I have tried to include only images and videos under public domain, creative commons, or fair use. If I have inadvertently violated any copyrights, please inform me and I will remove your image/s (if it is indeed an infringement).

GAMING NEWS: Happy Birthday Primarch & Net-Epic!

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Hi Everyone,

Well, Net-Epic has lasted another year and so has Peter Ramos, the father of the Net-Epic project!

*** What's Net-Epic you ask? ***

Well, Net-Epic is one of the truly lasting counter-culture movements in the gaming community...

Epic itself was a small-scale (6mm or roughly 1/285 scale) miniatures game that was created some time around 1989 with the first edition called Adeptus Titanicus I, which featured combat between "Titans" or giant robots in the nascent world of Citadel / GW's 40k universe. A few years later, Space Marine 1rst Edition came out, which added vehicles and infantry to the giant robot mix. And a few years after that, Space Marine or Epic Space Marine 2nd Edition came out, sometime in the early 1990s, which made a huge impression in the gaming community. Expansions came out, new miniatures were sculpted... it was a happy time.

And then the unhappy times came to players of what are now known as the Specialist Games line... GW (Games Workshop, the megalithic UK company that has dominated the miniatures hobby) decided to cancel almost all of their popular side games to concentrate on their main line: the 28mm sci-fi 40k game and the 28mm fantasy game, Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Epic was tossed unceremoniously to the side. It was almost recreated in an abortive game called Epic-40k in the late 1990s, but the company quickly rejected the game and stopped supporting it in something like six months of its initial debut.

The result was that the Epic (6mm sci-fi) community was abandoned... We kept playing, but the company had left us behind for other pastures. Enter the Net-Epic project! Peter "Primarch" Ramos organized a team of fans to continue work on the Epic game utilizing the very popular Space Marine 2nd Edition game engine as the basis of a fan-created Epic game. And thus, Net-Epic was born!...And what a success it has been! It's been "I-don't-know-how-many-years-later" and even the official Epic folks over at GW / Specialist Games have recognized the Net-Epic project.

As a side note, the name of one of the original Net-Epic web sites as well as the Net-Epic fanzine was called the "EPIcentre Incoming" and is still around, to my knowledge, although now it's simply called "Incoming!" and covers games other than Epic.

At any rate, Happy birthday to Peter Ramos and the rest of the Net-Epic gang!

I know it's belated, but better late than never as the saying goes. I spotted Ramos Circle some time ago and decided to share the photo with Peter and the Net-Epic gang as sort of an impromptu birthday gift...

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For more information about Net-Epic, please check out these sites:

Newest Net-Epic site:
http://netepic.org/EPICentre/

Slightly older Net-Epic site:
http://epic40k.com/index.htm

Net-Epic Discussion Group at Yahoo E-groups:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/netepic/

Specialist Games, home of latest official Epic game, Epic-Armageddon:
http://www.specialist-games.com/

And my friend Stephane's site (...in France) with an article about Net-Epic:
http://www.stephane.info/show.php?code=epic

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Have a great weekend!

Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

P.S.
The center of all Epic gaming can be found here:
http://www.epic40k.co.uk/