Also, make sure you check back here this weekend for info on our datasheet competition where we hope to give away a Stormlord or Stompa as the first place prize (as long as we get enough donations of course!)

Enjoy, and please give us your feedback! We really appreciate it all!
-Kevin

Also, keep on the lookout for a contest that will be formally announced in the mag with details following in a post on here. We are going to try and give away great prizes for it, but that depends on how much in donations we receive. Hopefully we can get enough to give a shiny new toy away, but I’ll save all the nitty gritty details for later

-Kevin

Enjoy! (click the image to download!)

Well my top three artists I use for most issues seem to have fallen into a bit of hardship and do not have the time to finish as many pieces as I need for this next issue. To keep it short, it’s a mixture of job loss and heavy coursework that is preventing them from finishing them. As such, I turn to you, people of the interwebs! If you are even a semi-talented artist I would love for you to submit your work! I need quite a bit of guard and renegade artwork; I have the stories and articles they will be included in so if you need inspiration from them feel free to ask!

Now here’s the big one. . .

We don’t have a cover yet. Two of the guys I had lined up for it are two of the three that I mentioned above. So, please, if you have a piece of 40k fan-art that has been collecting dust at the bottom of your closet (shame on you!) then please feel free to send it to me at theastromag@gmail.com! There are a few guidelines for this, however:
1) Needs to be in color
2) Needs to be based on Imperial Guard, Renegades, or have humans in it….somewhere

Issue 4 is shaping up to be our best publication yet, and with your help we can make it even better!

-Kevin

Well I have some good news, and two parts to it too!

1) Warseer will be promoting future issues of The Astro Mag on their homepage which, as you could imagine, is an amazing help to increase exposure to the hobby-knowledge that we round up!  I am very happy about this!

2) Steve at Turn Signals on a Land Raider will be doing a few short strips for Issue 4!  This is great news for everyone because, as you may know already, TSOALR will be ending in the near future so this is a way to keep the Emperor’s Pointy Sticks spirit alive!

Well, that’s all I have for now.  For those of you still wishing to submit material, remember the deadline is on the 14th so you better hurry!  Email at theastromag@gmail.com

-Kevin

Apologies all around!

(The following are all members of Astronomican)

Chief-Editor: Arkaedin

Copy Editor: Deathboon

Layout/Artwork Editor: Skrall

Hobby Editor: ThePixelGuru (of Issue 3 fame)

Fiction Editor: Ziggy Tempest (of Issue 3 fame)

Tactics Editor: Consadine

Remember, I’m accepting articles until the 14th of March so just submit them to me at theastromag@gmail.com!  The more articles we have the better it is for everyone!

-Kevin

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On a side note, remember that the deadline for submitting articles is March 14th so get them in!  Once again, that’s theastromag@gmail.com

-Kevin

Well I’ve been receiving many emails and such about topics for articles.  It seems most people work better with a more narrow list of things they can do, so why not give out some ideas?

• A collecting guide to Imperial Guard or Renegades.  Where is a good place to start, keeping in mind that a new codex is coming out?  What are some good things to think about with regard to paint schemes and army themes?
• An Imperial Guard/Renegade converting guide.  How can I make my run-of-the-mill Cadians look original?  Easily done for mild, intermediate and expert conversions!
• Painting camo.  What is the easiest and most effective way to give your Guard the camo they deserve (or need!)
• Freehand.  Personally, I love tanks that have freehand on them, a tutorial would certainly be well embraced!
• Terrain.  Build some cool terrain for your armies to fight on!  How do you go about building a bunker or tank traps for cheap?

Tactics, Battle Reports and short stories are far too difficult to pin down to a few ideas.  However, they are very important inclusions because, let’s face it, they’re incredibly fun to read!

Remember, if you have any questions or ideas you can either post them as a comment here (I read them all!) or email me at theastromag@gmail.com

-Kevin

As you can see, The Astro Mag finally has its own web page! We are very excited about this because now it is much easier to update everyone on our progress and, hopefully, get more 40k-nuts involved in every issue! If you want to submit material (remember, anyone can!) just click on the “Submit Content” tab at the top to find out how.

Well, let me tell you a bit about the purpose of this blog first. I will be updating it as each issue progresses letting you know how far we are along with it, how many articles we still need to fill and so on. If there are any supplements being released with an issue (such as the Kill Team rules in issue 3) we will also release them here. I will also post rumors or links to cool tutorials I stumble across to make this blog a mini “breathing” issue as well.

So what kind of work goes into each issue? First thing (something we’re starting ever since the last issue) is we focus on a theme. Issue 3 was Xenos, Issue 4 will be Imperial Guard/Renegades (mainly because the new codex is coming out!) After choosing the theme, we start rounding up articles. This part is totally up to you guys, the 40k fans. Every issue has many different contributors, and we recognize that not everyone has the same level of skill in painting, converting, tactics etc. so we try and publish all sorts of articles for different skill levels to help as many hobbyists as we can. This is a magazine by hobbyists, for hobbyists and it will stay that way. We aren’t looking for monetary gain – the advertising just helps us offset the cost of our publishing software – we’re just looking to help the collective online warhammer community out by producing quality 40k articles.

Speaking of 40k articles, since Issue 4 is well underway, we are looking for any submissions! As previously mentioned, this issue will be Imperial Guard/Renegade focused so all articles pertaining to those armies are very welcome (can be modeling, painting, artwork, short stories, battle reports, tactics, you name it!) That doesn’t mean, mind you, that other types of articles aren’t allowed! If you have any type of article you’d like to submit, just send it in! If it doesn’t get used in this issue, it certainly will in a future one, so no worries! Something I’d like to see more of, personally, are terrain articles. If anyone has good terrain articles, please submit them! Nearly everyone will benefit from them seeing as nearly everyone in the hobby needs terrain to play with (it makes your battles so much more interesting!)

So, to wrap it up, just remember to keep an eye on this blog as I will update as frequently as possible! Also, for those wishing to submit content, note that the deadline is March 14^th so get crackin’!

-Kevin, Astro Mag Chief Editor