This is exactly what I'm talking about. You keep calling these kind of bits unimportant and too-small-to-mention-props, personally I'd love some weekly updates with these kind of pictures. That is what I can say from a personal standpoint, I don't know how other people would react to finished and skinned props as "news". If you find this kind of information more likely to be hurtful PR than a way of drumming up anticipation, I can accept that, all I know is that I, personally, would love those images on the front page. It's quality stuff.
If I got to fill up this position, I would squeeze every one of you for pictures, every week. And if I didn't have any real news, I'd make up some faux ones. Obviously those news posts would contain a lot of material that isn't written text, some might find my English charming, but I wouldn't rely on the words. Here are some I came up with right now: "The Top 3 ugliest models of the original N64 game", "Weapon comparisons", "Flowcharts of the original maps", "Will They Get Shut Down", "What do the music guy/coding guy/modelling guy/animation guy/texture guy/sound guy/mapping guy think about this/that", "Other inspirations than the original game", "Best and worst ideas", "Dwayne, the butt-head guard", "The new Bond game will suck, therefore, download this mod instead", etc etc etc . Before the release of each news post I'd ask one of you the green it first. That is what I think should be done on the official home page, of course there's always more to do when it comes to PR.
In relation to first topic, this is a wallpaper that'd be posted:
It's nothing big, but it is original content, it's somewhat humorous, it would relate to the original game as well as the mod. "Why was Dwayne in the original game, will he be in the new one, will Natalya, also a notoriously ugly character in the original game, look good in the new one?"