News - The Bolter & Chainsword Updates

Folks, time for some great news from the Bolter and Chainsword. See the below updates from their facebook group.

Brother Argos here

... I have spent most of the day trying to organise a new server and the tech team who will configure it and get our data back. I ended up feeling a bit useless not being able to do the work myself and was getting frustrated.

However as I was just about to go to bed I decided to check the donations@bolterandchainsword Paypal account to see how we were doing and was completely a...mazed / stunned.

We have raised just over $4000 in less than 18 hrs or so.

This will let us get a very good server for our new home and help considerably with our running costs. We can now afford the linux server guru I want to use to do the work I cannot. After a pretty bad weekend with no server and diminishing hope, my faith in the basic good nature of humanity (gamers especially) is restored.

Looking at the results, I think we need to thank you all for your contributions. No matter how big or small you stood up and were counted. We got donations as large as $500 - $1000, all the way down to $1 or $2.

I am going to leave the donations page up, as the more we get will help with further costs. In the morning I will purchase a new server for us, and let the Techmarines who don't require bionic eyes get down to work.

Well done everyone who donated ...

The Emperor Protects!

- Brother Argos

 

Further update from the B&C:

New server purchased, hardware components being assembled by the hosting team now. They should be finished by 10pm GMT at the latest.

Next stage will be operating system install, which will most probably take place tomorrow.

After that they still have to move 260gb of data from the damaged drive onto the new server and start setting up the web side of things.

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So folks, it looks awesome and soon the B&C will be back! Gives me an excuse to interact more and get some more power armoured models worked on.

 

News - The Bolter & Chainsword is currently Offline

Folks this is too important to leave off the page! Please read and support the nets favourite Power Armoured Forum.

The Bolter & Chainsword is currently Offline.

On Friday 12th the Bolter & Chainsword appeared to suffer a hard drive failure, replacement drives were purchased but failed to remirror correctly when added to the server. Eventually after much testing it was discovered the server hardware was causing the problem and it appears we will need to purchase a new server. Given the age of the server (10yrs - it was installed in 2003) this was expected to some degree and we have some funds from previous donation drives saved for this.

However the timing for this event is not good, Brother Argos who pays for the B&C and is also the technical admin has for the last 6-9 months been fighting severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy, had numerous operations on his eyes and unfortunately has lost a significant amount of his sight. We had hoped he would be recovered enough after his last operation to help us move to the planned new server, however given the timing of the current scenario this will not happen.

We have found a technical resource, who can rebuild and move the B&C to a new home, however this will be chargable. As it currently stands the Bolter & Chainsword needs to raise around $800 - $1000 in addition to the funds we currently have put by to make this happen.

Brother Argos has funded the B&C to the tune of $18,000 dollars over the last 10 years, so that we could all enjoy our community, he is not in a position given his illness to rescue us now.

It is your community, if you wish it to survive you need to raise around a $1000, if we raise more it will all help get a better server for our new home.

There is a paypal button below which sends money to donations@bolterandchainsword.com, if you have enjoyed visiting the Bolter & Chainsword click the button below and show us.

As and when we get more information you can find us at Our Facebook page we will also update this holding page.

Remember the words of Roboute Guilliman Primarch of the Ultramarines - "to admit defeat is to blaspheme against the Emperor"

News: The Nova Open Charity Raffles 2013

That's folks, it's time for this years Charity Painting Event.
This year the Nova Open is running a series of charity raffles, in fact three completely different raffles for three completely different armies, all for Doctors without Borders, The Breast Cancer Society and the Fisher House Foundation:
Please visit them here and donate, I have and urge you to do so as well:

The Nova Open Foundation

Charity Army Built & Painted by 40K Artists
1850 Point Base Army
Headquarters
Azrael, Dark Angels Chapter Master
Dark Angels Librarian w/ Auspex, Force Staff
Troops
5 Deathwing Terminators w/ Heavy Flamer, Chainfist
5 Deathwing Terminators w/ Cyclone Missile Launcher, Chainfist
6 Ravenwing Bikers w/ 2 Meltaguns
10 Tactical Marines w/ Meltagun, Multimelta
5 Tactical Marines w/ Plasma Cannon
10 Scouts w/ Camo Cloaks, Sniper Rifles
Fast Attack
6 Ravenwing Black Knights w/ 1 Ravenwing Grenade Launcher
Heavy Support
Land Raider Redeemer w/ Multimelta, Dozer Blades
Additional Models
These are included with the army, to give the winner flexibility in list design
Belial, Master of the Deathwing
Sammael, Master of the Ravenwing
Ravenwing Apothecary
2 x Rhino Transports
2 Tactical Marines w/ Boltguns
3 Tactical Marines w/ Flamer, Plasmagun, Missile Launcher respectively

35 Point Khador Army
THE LIST:
Butcher1
Juggernaut
Juggernaut
Kodiak
War Dog
Man-o-War Shocktroopers Unit (Min)
Man-o-War Demolition Corp Unit (Min)
Manhunter Solo (x2)
Yuri the Axe

A Charity Army Built & Painted by Stiff Neck Studio Artist, Wes Cogda
1000 Point Army
2 Night Scythes / Doom Scythes
2 Necron Overlords
10 Death Marks
10 Necron Warriors
10 Immortals
2 Crypteks
3 Objective Marker