40K OSR? (4)

Warhammer 40,000, yes, but what's an OSR?

Could be an Old School Renaissance, or Other School Renaissance, even an Optional School Renaissance, maybe something else again. Could even be a Revolution, or another 'R'.

Don't forget there's a 40K OSR logo now too, here to the right, thanks to Colonel Kane over at Tales from the Maelstrom. If you identify with the concept, and especially if you're putting out alternative content or ideas, feel free to use it.

If you do use it, I'd ask only you credit Colonel Kane and think about adding Tales from the Maelstrom to your blogroll. Why? Take a look at the APC up now, have a browse.

This week's update then, and a good mix it is.

• Miniature Wargame Conversions has an interview with Big Jim covering the past and future development of the Killzone ruleset.

• Port Maw has a battle report using the Book of the Arbitrator ruleset, and also gives us an expansion of those rules, for campaigns. Can you help?

• More great terrain at Mordian 7th Regiment, in the set-up for a battle report featuring the adeptus mechanicus, with advice on the setting-up process.

• Mordian7th also posted his robot maniple complete, with one each of the classic minis. If you want to convert some up yourself, try Lantz's latest tutorial. As complex as the old rules were, pure robot on robot skirmish games using an updated version of the program rules could be cool.

• Staying with modelling, Rictus at Recalcitrant Daze has made some resin Ork glyphs, while Unite All Action has an Ork warboss using some of the glyphs from the original battlewagon.

• Especially inspirational modelling for me was this plastic Snikrot converted up at The WarBlog, an approach that may be more necessary over time.

• Some inspirational modelling now on the horizon is CounterFett's plan to build Forgeworld's Vraks Heretics from Skaven.

• A surprise entry this week could be Stelek's suggestions for new vehicle rules. It's similar to the way Lantz does things in his AdMech FanDex.

• Mik at Mik's Minis gives us an overview of his Sons of Minos space marine chapter following the Deathwatch RPG structure.

• This week I posted a new approach to 40K, designed to simulate hives and closed spaces. It looks complex because I try to cover as much of the translation as possible, but the core mechanism is simple.

• I've also been posting very short fiction for Heroes of Armageddon, five entries so far, which could be set in the 40K universe.

• Finally, for a bit of reminiscing, try Dylan Gould's primed marines, which I can almost smell, and look more tempting than if they were painted by the greatest. Check out the whole blog in fact if you love the early days.

And that wraps up my list. If you've seen any other great posts, more alternative ways of looking at 40K, feel free to leave the links. The project's all about openness, variety and breadth. Carry it on at your own blog, do things your way, put cool new stuff out.

Remember the logo's available too if you want to promote the concept.

Update: This post at Blue Table Painting seems to fit, on a hypothetical minis game.
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