News
More updates to GW on a Budget
I know, I know, we've been really quiet again, but I promise that it is because good things are in the works on WarFoundry.
The good news is that the GW GW on a budget article has been updated with a couple of tips from Paper Lilybean. The tips came by email and have been included as a Buying cleverly and an Alternative models section.
Thanks to Paper Lilybean for the contributions, and I hope that people are still finding the article useful!
Fixing the unreadable
Sorry to anyone who recently saw a question mark symbol (e.g. �) in the middle of their pages. To help support multi-lingual content with the translation of WarFoundry, the server got switched from the default (ISO-8859-1 or "latin-1", I think) to UTF-8).
Unfortunately the change broke accented characters (e.g. Ghül) and the £ symbol, but once it was reported I've found it and fixed all occurrences (I think!)
Remember, we may be a bit quiet here, but the next generation of army list management and creation software is being built in the guise of WarFoundry (even after recent threats of legal action against us).
Games Workshop on a Budget - new store
Thanks to a tip from "Kyrogre", our Games Workshop on a budget article has been updated with another online store offering Games Workshop products at a discount. One Stop Wargames have now been added to our list of "online shops offering discounts on Games Workshop".
Games Workshop on a Budget updated
With my focus on the WarFoundry army creator and its first beta releases, this website has been neglected a little. That's not to say it will disappear, just that things don't get added as frequently or quickly as I'd like.
What has just been updated is our Games Workshop on a Budget article. I've added a new subsection on how to get your models cheaper, thanks to a suggestion for a visitor called Mark, and I've also added a sub-section about tools.
Hopefully the new article content helps people find some useful discounts or cheaper ways to fit more gaming in to their budget!
Encyclopedia definition updates
Thanks to Jay Deeftue, our Encyclopedia definition for Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn has now been corrected and updated. During my original research I appear to have found a sentence that seemed to fit my search for the Inquisitor who trained Eisenhorn, however I misunderstood the phrase and incorrectly identified his master.
Online store removed from "GW on a budget" article
Following a tip-off via email, WarhammerDirect.com has been removed from our list of online stores who offer good discounts in the "Games Workshop on a budget" article.
Although we make no guarantees about any of the stores in the list, it appears that WarhammerDirect.com is a trading domain for a company called Millennium Empire, who have an awful record with the Atlanta BBB. As such we decided that it was in the best interests of our visitors if we did not continue to recommend this site for its discount on Games Workshop products.
Join in with WarFoundry development
As has been announced on the forums a while ago, the WarFoundry army creation app is now available as source.
Anyone can currently view the source, and as an open-source project we're looking for developers. If you want to help out with a replacement for Rollcall and something freer than Army Builder then please contact me or post in the WarFoundry forum.
Updates to Games Workshop on a Budget
The Games Workshop on a Budget article - our tips and tricks to be able to make the hobby more affordable and find cheaper models - are perhaps more relevant than ever at the moment.
We've checked the article, updated the list of online suppliers (one I've used has disappeared and some have improved their discounts), and added Wayland Games. Orders placed with Wayland Games through links on this site will not only get you one of the largest discounts available, but will also help support Hive World Terra through the affiliate scheme.
Also, despite the relative quiet of the main site, WarFoundry (the the cross-platform, multi-system army creator) is on the move. To see the developments or join in then please check out the WarFoundry development timeline or drop in to the forum.
The site lives more - and moves!
As part of the preparations for making WarFoundry available for other developers to work on all of our websites are on the move.
The forums moved about a week ago and Skins@HWT moved earlier today. Hive World Terra has now moved to the new server to complete the migration.
The new server is a VPS, which means we have complete control and no other users on the same server to cause problems. This should mean more capabilities for the WarFoundry site and more stability for the other sites.
The site still lives - FanFiction updates
Following the registration of Rahvin Dashiva on the forums and their subsequent posting of two new stories, I've tried to update the FanFiction section.
The following stories have now been added to the FanFiction section:
- Extremis Diabolus by Rahvin Dashiva
- Extremis Diabolus: Aftermath by Rahvin Dashiva[/url]
- Florinus Spacedock by Defestus Reinen
- Hidden Threat by Defestus Reinen
There are also a couple of other stories from Hulls Raven waiting in our Fiction forum, but they're longer than time would permit me to post at the moment, so they'll be added at a later date.
