The Astro Mag

…of creativity, of course!

We are now accepting articles for Issue 6 of the Astro Mag. What is this issue’s theme? Why, I’m glad you asked, good sirs and lasses, for Issue 6 is all about the pre-Heresy and the Horus Heresy!

While the fiction, aesthetics and competition are going to be about this infamous era in Games Workshop lore, feel free to submit a modeling, painting or tactics article, even a battle report that isn’t set in the Heresy. If you’re new to the Mag, email your article, with pictures, in a Microsoft Word .doc file to theastromag@gmail.com

The deadline for articles is October 2nd! This will ensure that we can release this issue before October ends.

In other news Kevin (Arkaedin) will be stepping down as Chief Editor with myself (Morgan, AKA Consadine) will be taking his place.  Kevin will still be creatively involved with the mag but will be sticking more to a promotional role.

I leave you with an excerpt from one of my favorite pieces of Horus Heresy fiction, The Last Day:

Horus threw his father across the room where he clanged against the bulkhead. The Warmaster stepped toward him, breathing ragged, expression psychotic.

“I will take away your godhood! I will take away your galaxy! I will take away your empire! I will take away your sons! When I have done that, Father, what will you be?”

“A man,” the Emperor whispered.

He focused everything into a lance of bright light. All his pain, all his grief, the despairing rage of a man who has nothing left to lose.

Horus was hit so hard it shocked the very daemons from his soul. In that moment, he knew what he had done, what he had become. He looked the master of mankind in the eye; and then he died.

–The Last Day, by NoPoet

Finally, Issue 5 is released!  I won’t bore you with some fancy-shmancy intro so here it is for all your downloading pleasure!

Lads and lasses,

Work has begun on stitching together Issue #5 of the Astro Mag! The release date is still a secret (read: mystery even to us) but is slated for mid-July.

If you submitted an article or story, many thanks for doing so. Do keep the gears turning for what you can do for Issue #6!

The release of Issue #5: Apocalypse will be announced here, so keep checking back!

Hey everyone, just a reminder that articles are due on JULY 4th if you want them to be included in Issue 5.  If you need a bit of an extension on the deadline to make your article a bit better please feel free to email me and I’m sure we can work something out!  For information on how to submit your article so it doesn’t get “lost” in our inbox, please read this page.

Thanks everyone and I hope your summers are going great so far (and those in the Southern Hemisphere, I hope you’re enjoying your winter!)

-Kevin

… To get those articles completed and submitted! That’s right folks, the deadline for accepting articles for Issue #5: Apocalypse is fast approaching. One week, seven days, one hundred and sixty-eight hours… well, you get the idea.

There’s still lots of time, so if you have an idea for an article or are polishing one up, get to it! Tactics, modeling, or even an Apocalypse battle report are all on the list of “Things We Need”, but don’t limit yourself to those three, especially if your talents lie in other areas of the hobby.

Finished articles, questions, comments and anything else you can think of should be emailed to theastromag@gmail.com

The clock is ticking!

Well it is 12:23am here on June 1st meaning the Apocalypse Datasheet comp has come to a close.  While we didn’t reach our goal for donations, someone will be going home with a $35USD box-set of their choice plus the top three will be featured in the Apocalypse themed Issue 5 due out in June.  (Those wanting to submit articles, the deadline is June 20th!).  I want to thank everyone who participated as we received a total of 14 great entries!  The datasheets are being shipped off to the judges who will come upon a decision by the end of the week so stay tuned!

-Kevin