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Flames of War Version 4 Rulebook Upgrade

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As part of the launch of the new 4th edition of Flames of War Battlefront have a program in place for veteran players to upgrade to the new rules. Players who have previously purchased the version 3 rules can get two complimentary rulebooks for the new edition, so please see below for the specifics on how you can claim yours…

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Be in to win with Airfix this March!

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That's right, not only can you save 20% off hundreds of Airfix kits this March, you can also be in to win a massive 1:24 scale Focke Wulf kit worth over $160!

Simply purchase any Airfix kit this month and you'll go into the draw. You receive additional entries for each Airfix product you purchase, so it's a great time to replenish your scale model stash before the weather turns bad.

Entries close Friday March 31st 2017 and we'll be announcing the winner April 3rd, so good luck.
Competition is open to New Zealand residents only.

Blood Bowl: Take part in Blitzmania!

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Get ready sports fans, the greatest league the sport of Blood Bowl has ever seen is about to begin! Prepare your playbook, get your players in shape and practice your moves as Blitzmania is coming in February!

Mighty Ape are proud to be one of the official League Promoters for New Zealand so lets take a look at how you can get involved…

Blitzmania- the official global Blood Bowl League

Blitzmania is the official global Blood Bowl league being run by Games Workshop in 2017, kicking off on February 4th and running until March 12th. During this time you'll be able to log the results of your Blood Bowl games with your local League Promoter (that's us) and they'll be entered into the official league annuals.

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The Walking Dead: Painting Comic Book Style!

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The Walking Dead: All Out War is the fantastic new tabletop miniatures board game from Mantic Games, based of the Robert Kirkman's best selling comic book series.

So it was a great choice for my first hobby project of 2017, as it enabled me to try out a completely new painting style utilising black & white techniques to emulate pen style comic book illustration. Now it's time to see how things turned out…

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How to motivate yourself to finish painting projects.

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“I'm not buying any more models till I've complete the ones I own”

Nearly every modeller and hobbyist has said this to themselves and/or their significant other at least once but for some reason we can never stop ourselves from being tempted by something new and shiny. No matter how many projects we have on the go or models in the stash.

So let's take a look at some ways you can motivate yourself to finish more projects and therefore feel better about buying new ones…

1. Set achievable goals

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Announcing our final Warhammer winner!

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It's hard to believe that in 2016 we've seen the release of Genestealer Cult, Custodians, Sisters of Silence, new Thousand Sons, the return of Blood Bowl & even a plastic Primarch, it truely has been an awesome time to be a Warhammer fan!

So we've been celebrating in true epic style by giving away over $1000 worth of Warhammer prizes!

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Announcing the winner of our Pokemon competition!

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Pokemon trainers from around the country have been eagerly snapping up the new Evolutions series this December, it's been selling so fast that the distributor has had problems keeping up with demand!

So good luck to everyone who has gotten themselves into the draw to win a 20th Anniversary Super Premium Collection as it's now time to draw our lucky winners…

Congratulations to:

  • Andrew Mulligan
  • Ian Arentz

Andrew Mulligan and Ian Arentz will soon be unboxing this awesome limited edtion collection.

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