Next update should be July 1. Waiting with bated breath.

Next update will have:

*Final episode of "Traveller of Both Time and Space"
*Another installment of "Armies of the Jungle"
*Article from Jen on how she built her FT army

...and anything else I can throw in at the last minute. Should be posted this weekend.

So, Tigger, my birthday is on July 31st! Is this update my present, or August 1st?!

Kewl! Can't wait to see what you made of it, and what the rest of you think. But what I'm really looking forward is the end of Traveller.

ACK! Jen, I left my electronic copy of your article on my work computer...which I won't be back to until Monday. Do you have a copy you can e-mail me? kilgore@thewarp.zzn.com

Oops! I'm heading off to work now, but I'll try to get one to you tonight. Hang in there!

Edit: Sent, check your email. I look forward to seeing the result.

Re-Edit: Oops, forgot to attach it, and while it's also copy/pasted in the body of the email, it's copy/pasted twice. So read carefully before you port it over to the Jungle...

Thanks!

What's new?

Well, I'll tell you what's new...

Well, I stayed up late to read it, but it was well worth it!

Excellent ending to ToT&S... and that's all I'll say right now...

As for Jen's thoroughly detailed and thorughly enjoyable article, great work. An amry you care about is an army that will serve you well.

The "Fearful Symetry" is a great idea for a non-Chaos renegade chapter, lots of potential, evne more character, good luck on the table.

All I'm getting is the June update.

Clear your browser cache. The July update is up.

That's what I was gonna do next! 'onest!

It's working now and just in time for lunch.

*leans back in chair, putting feet on desk, and promptly toppling over*

Hm. I was expecting a touch more editing... Either it needs more pics or some nip'n'tuck, because of all the references to pictures you didn't use. I'm thinking particularly of the sections on individual vehicles and characters. They might confuse readers a bit. Thoughts?

That said, I'm very happy it finally saw the light of day. It feels like coming full circle from my first twinge of interest in the Tigers (and with it, the 'Gate and 40K in general). Has it really been eight years?

I loved the ending to Traveller. A bit tragic. Are you developing something new to replace Talwar Chakram?

Fan mail for Jen, from a fellow named Sebastian:



And to answer your question re. "Traveller," yes, I'm developing another character. Expect to see him/her when I revise the FT Codex this fall (to line up with the new SM codex).

Fan mail? Wow. Did you point him over to the 'Gate, where I have (or will be restarting shortly) a "Watch me spill paint" blog in the Modeling section, and a "How I got stomped yesterday" blog in Space Marines, which cover everything he wants to know?

That said, if you want more pics (that haven't been splashed across the 'Gate to bore a large segment of your readers already), I can get them to you. Just give me time to take some more... better... ones. Would you like a step-by-step "how to paint a Fighting Tiger" photo series for the new Codex, by the way?

If you're up for writing a follow-up article, I'm all for it. Because your painting methods and mine are different, I don't know that a step-by-step photo shoot would be useful.

That was a nice update.

I Liked 'Em So Much, I Built My Own was a nice read. The Fearful Symmetry list looks like a good'un and the background is very cool. It also helped to remind me that I, some how, missed a few installments of Traveller of Both Time and Space. I'm gonna have to get caught up on that sooner then later.

Thanks.

"Jen's got a fanboy, Jen's got a fanboy!"

I have been a fan of The Jungle for some time, and have wanted to send in some artical ideas and ask some questions (mostly pretaning to a theme for my IG army) but for some reason always end up getting nerves (for no good reason) and deciding not to.

Now for somthing compleatly different.

May I just say that The Jungle is easily one of my faverate sites and I visit it almost daily (I've probably read most articals 2-3 times) keep up the excelent work good sir .

Emperor protect.

Catachin Devil signing off.

Cat Devil: Thanks for the kind words! And I'm glad you found your way here to the Gate.

Coming in the August 1 update:

*Counter Offensive 5 introduction
*Revised Themed Army Idea for the Dvergar (Space Dwarves)
*Revised Thousand Points of Light for Eldar
*Whatever else I can get together between now and then

So...lookee what I got.

Nice update.

I like the Dvergar list, they look like they would be a tough nut to crack. I do have one question though: The Dvergar are low tech, what are the background for their Zzap guns and Kustom Force Fields?

Your never alone with a caveNome.

Beats me: I just work here.

Fair enough. Can I speak to a manager?

I thought you might go with runes and totems infused with psychic powers of destruction and protection.

Unnoticed by the general populace was how many typos in previously-posted articles that I cleaned up during this update. I try to catch them beforehand, but sometimes I don't. And it doesn't help that I'm always rushing to get updates done.

I really like the Dvergar list. In fact, I'm tempted to make one of my own.

The old fantasy dwarves in my attic are calling me. . .

The CO5 lists are definitely getting me psyched. Great work on them. I look forward to playing against Sudra -- Jirbu will kick his tail. Which reminds me, I must get started on MY list...

Will you be taking guest reports and photos for next month's update?

I'll race you to see who finishes first. I'm about halfway through my first squad.



Yeppers.

I guess most folks don't notice the trees for The Jungle or something like that.

My home PC died on Monday: I think it's the motherboard. September's update will be delayed if I can't get it fixed tout de suite.

Um, would you accept a Dark eldar from idea to reality thingy?

Maybe...although it might be best to hold onto that until after the new codex comes out (though I don't know when that will be).

Well, it wasn't the motherboard: it was some other, power-related piece. Good news is that it will cost $50 to replace. Bad news is that it will be about a week to get in the part. Bad news is that I'll have to get cranking on the update as soon as my PC is working again.

Hey, what are work computers for?

So I'll start on it now and finish it when the new codex comes out?

I suppose I could do a Chaos Marine one, but the story isn't very long or exciting, and Warriors of Chaos is a fantasy army and not meant for the jungle...

I assume (since you're posting) I can still email you my report and photos? Good luck with getting the computer back up. Can you update from another computer if necessary?

Dex: Yeah, start it now, and finish it when the new DE comes out. Thanks.

Jen: Yeah, go ahead and e-mail me your stuff. I could attempt to update from my work PC, but it doesn't have the right software (or my files), so it would be a tremendous pain in the butt.

Gaaaaaah! Websense here at my job has blocked the Jungle ("Category: GAMES"). I don't know whether to be annoyed at the inconvenience or flattered by the attention.

The Jungle is obviously a security risk. Nice. And anyone viewing the Jungle must be some sort of conspiritor! Awesome.

The Powers-That-Be obviously found that hidden link to the adults-only "Girls of Veda" section that I have....

Heh, judging by that last emoticon, Dex just found it too

Wait, adults only you say?

Tiger, I spent a while catching up on the last two month's of updates. Great stuff~!
Mugu

Well, you might have to content yourself with the past two months' updates, because I *still* don't have my PC home from the shop. While I have articles written out, they need to be formatted, and I still have to get the CO5 photos off my digital camera--none of which I can do without my PC.

I told the PC repair place that they need to get it back to me this week, but even if they do, I don't see how I'm going to get an update in place by September 1. Dammit! If those f***tards had just ordered the damned replacement part when they said they were going to, I wouldn't have this problem.

Well Tiger, those of us here at the Gate know what is going on. I admire your desire to gt it updated on the first of every month, but I think everyone here and elsewhere completely understand. Just put a little blurb about it in your update when you post it.

Maybe you can entice the machine spirit of your computer to "infect" the repair place...or just take a flamer and light the place up...

Orion

I will not die from not having a jungle update.

Seriously, most of us are faceless entities that you know nothing about, so you really don't need to snap your back to please us. In fact, you are not required to do anything for us.

Near done with my idea to reality article...

I got my PC back yesterday...I'm off work tomorrow and Monday, so maybe I can put up *something* and load up the October update with content.