December 2011 – Page 4

Brandy Wafers Recipe

Posted by Rick on December 13, 2011 in Recipe 0 Comment

Brandy Wafers Recipe

Ingredients:
2 ounces golden syrup (Light corn syrup is the nearest US equivalent)
2 ounces butter
2 ounces flour
2 ounces caster sugar (Fine granulated sugar)
Half teaspoon brandy
Half teaspoon ground ginger

Method:
Preheat the oven to 450F and grease a baking sheet. Melt the butter, syrup and sugar over a gentle heat and then stir in the flour, ginger and brandy. Keep stirring for about five minutes. Drop small teaspoonsfuls onto the baking sheet, keeping them well apart. Bake for five minutes or until they are a pale golden brown. Using the greased handle of a large wooden spoon, roll the wafers round the handle while they are still hot – take care not to burn yourself! Allow to cool before eating.

Warhammer 40k Imperial Knight Titan

Posted by Rick on December 12, 2011 in Games 0 Comment

Warhammer 40k Imperial Knight Titan

I had this guy up for sale on eBay. Auction listing is here.

This was the absolute crown of my Warhammer 40k Collection. Only seven of these were ever made. This were originally commissioned about 1990 by Games Workshop to be used as a display model in one of their stores. Made of resin, this is the last one created before the molds broke. I’ve fixed the air bubbles in the resin with “Green Stuff,” over the years and keep meaning to finish the paint job but never get there. Both the arms have been attached with magnets so that they can rotate.

I acquired it sometime in the mid 90’s and finally had to downsize in 2011. I would have loved to finish it, or even to have played it in a game, but neither of those things ever happened unfortunately.

From the Warhammer 40k Wiki:

“A Knight is a small combat walker of the Adeptus Mechanicus that is one-man version of a Titan and is smaller than even the smallest class of true Titan, the Warhound-class Scout Titan used by the Titan Legions. Knights normally deploy in squadrons comprised of several of these war machines. The most common type of a Knight is about nine metres tall, with its head serving as the cockpit. Knights are the smallest and weakest of Mechanicus walkers, but they still are formidable and fearsome machines, all armed with an array of weapons beyond the power of even the strongest of Space Marines to bear.”