Andy Jamieson

Sometime Geek Overlord, bi-monthly Dungeon Master, part-time care worker, reigning Husband of the Year, & full-time daddy. Also, proficient proverbial juggler.

WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell

Aug 182011

WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell

(Published by Doubleday, paperback £6.99, OUT NOW)

From the creative team behind the excellent Edge Chronicles and Barnaby Grimes series comes the first in a new trilogy, WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth. This is fantasy but not as you know it; set on a dustbowl planet, the style is future-pulp-western, and features dragons, or wyrmes.

Returner’s Wealth follows young Micah, out to make his fortune in the wilds of the weald, beyond the reach of civilisation. He falls in with a superb array of characters, some good, some bad, all fantastically memorable (Eli Halfwinter is this year’s Obi-Wan).

Micah’s tale is a compelling read, and the fantasy-western style, whilst initially bizarre, is ultimately the defining original feature of this excellent series starter. Stewart is a skilled author and has really pushed himself beyond the comfort zone of his previous works, and Riddell, as ever, matches him with his equally evocative and detailed illustrations. It’s bloody, sexy, enthralling stuff and the only grumble is that the last page comes too quickly.

Andy Jamieson, Editor

Ps – keep a lookout for the latest issue of the Edinburgh Geekzine in your local Edinburgh bookshop, due out within the month, and dedicated to the work of Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. You’ll see this review in there, amongst other articles and features. They’ll be an announcement on the website when the issue is released.

August 18, 2011
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Books, Fantasy, Feature Books

Space Marines of the Lamenters chapter…

Aug 182011

I am building a Space Marine army ready for a campaign. I’m putting the army together first, gradually building outwards from my command to my infantry and support, then I will have a go at painting it up. I have ideas for other armies, but I’m trying to focus on the Lamenters.

I’m going to pop snaps up of the various models in the army as I go, starting with my captain.

So this chap here is my captain model. He doesn’t have a name yet, but is cobbled together with various parts:

– His helmet is a Sanguinary Guard Death Mask.

– His shield is not the standard long Storm Shield that came with the model. It is a Tyranid carapace. Anyone who knows anything about the Lamenters story within the Warhammer 40K universe will know that the Lamenters have had their fair share of scrapes with the foul xenos that are the Tyranids. My captain has scalped him a big ‘un and duly uses this trophy on the battlefield. The purity seals on the shield are from Forge World.