Good afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen.

I wanted to throw up another sneek peek which shows how the battle report looks (hint: it’s awesome).  The maps were made with Battle Chronicler software, and the armies are two fully painted armies: Chaos Space Marines and Space Marines.   I’m very excited about this, as the format means battle reports will be something that can be done and look good!

Also included is some tinkering I did while waiting for Dow: Dark Crusade to load for Issue 7′s cover… or what I wish it could be!  The portrait style doesn’t mesh well with the landscape format of the Mag.  It’s hard to find good Warhammer art in a landscape format; if you know anyone who is an artist, see if they’ll do something for us.  With our ever growing readership, it’s a good way to get their name out if they’re interested in commissions and the like.

Oh, those Land Raiders with lights?  They’re part of the miniature showcase (another segment that will hopefully become a regular feature), and there’s more where that came from

Excited yet?

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Except instead of delicious, delicious ice cream, it’s two more screen shots from my laptop. Apologies for the disappointment.

Some article titles, some datasheet previews, editing on the Homebrew.

For Issue 6 we’re introducing a homebrew section.  I’d love to see this take off to showcase the hard work of fans creating their own gaming material.

Jetbike article and piccies preview (lots of pics in this tutorial) and the cover for Fallen.

So soon…

Hopefully this is keeping you all intrigued (there is still a lot you all haven’t seen yet!).

Cheers,

Mr C

Hello folks,

As much as I wish I were announcing the release of Issue 6 of the Astro Mag, such is not the case.  Fret not, it really is on the way… to be fair, I do feel like the boy that cried wolf.  The irony being that one of the sneak peeks is an editorial on Space Wolves.

Wait, sneak peeks?  Why, yes citizen!  It’s the least I can do for making you all wait this long.  Just two quick screenshots in between editing proofs…

Here we’ve got the Space Wolves editorial as well as one of the pieces of artwork I hope will find its way into the Mag.  Fingers crossed!

This is something I’m excited about.  It’s a shame these images are in a portrait style, which doesn’t fit too well into the landscape format of the Mag.  It’s still fun to see what we can do… perhaps even mesh two of these together?  That would feel like cheating, but it might work… if you are an artist or know someone who is, or can point us to someone who has posted a gallery of Warhammer pictures, please email us at theastromag@gmail.com!  We’ll be glad to hear from you.  Read more... (464 words, 2 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Hello gentlemen and the occasional lady!

The title of this post might be a bit confusing.  Why’s that?  Well, I mentioned Fantasy because, well… read on, first there’s some Issue 6 to chat about.

We’ve been getting some articles and pictures for Issue 6.  The editorial team (only three of us now) is very excited about this uptick in submissions.  Yet, it’s never enough!  If you have an idea for an article and want to send it in but can’t make the deadline for Issue 6 (December 21st!), email it to theastromag@gmail.com and we can use it in future issues.

On that note, articles aren’t the only thing that we’re looking for!  If you have a miniature/miniatures that you want to showcase, send pictures to the email address given in the previous paragraph.  Same with artwork and fiction; we’ll review every submission!

Now, onto this Fantasy nonesen– er, I mean, business.

Japehlio from the Astronomican forums is heading up the Fantasy edition of the Astro Mag.  It’ll be like the current Mag, but all about Fantasy instead of 40k.  The same submission guidelines and the like apply to this project, and you’ve got until January 22nd to submit your article/picture(s)/fiction to thefantasymag@gmail.com.  Got questions?  Email them to thefantasymag@gmail.com and it’ll get squared away.  Read more... (269 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

As you are all probably aware, there have been a few delays in the production of Issue 6 of our beloved Mag. This is because of a low number of submissions to the projected Pre-heresy theme.

The editorial team has decided to push the release back to early January and include a Christmas theme also.

Anybody who can knock together a Christmassy model or an article for the mag is invited to submit their work for publication by the 21st of December 2009. All efforts will be greatly appreciated and it will be your chance to see your name in the Webs best 40k Webzine!

Please submit the article/photos to theastromag@gmail.com between now and the 21st, the earlier the better.

Again, the new deadline is the 21st of December!

How is this good news?

We have had a good showing so far from the Astronomican forums in the short span of a day, and this Issue is looking to be a promising one!

Thank you all for your continued support and patience; it would be an injustice to deliver a subpar product.
Cheers all around,

-Consadine