Wednesday, July 3, 2013

...And We're Off!


I finally found a few minutes to actually start my High Elves.  I finished building my unit of Shadow Warriors, which include the champion, Shadow-walker.

I am diligently working on the models.  I picked up a Mage and a Lothern Skycutter, so now I have everything I need to get the army built.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Peer Pressure


After much prodding from friends, I've decided to try my hand at Warhammer Fantasy.  I'm not wild about block troops as it takes away from the 'individuality' potential of each models (with the exception of the characters).  But I figure that while I'm waiting for the next Imperial codex to release, why not give it a try.

I've chosen High Elves to get started.  I do have the Island of Blood set, so I'm sure I'll pull models from there, but I'm going to start small with a legal list and see how well I can learn the game.

For starters, I'm going with:

Mage - lvl 2, Ring of Fury

Lothern Sea Healm on foot w/ a Shield of the Merwyrm

10 Lothern Sea Guard w/ shields and full command
10 Lothern Sea Guard w/ shields and full command
10 Shadow Warriors w/ Shadow-walker armed w/ a Reaver Bow

Lothern Skycutter w/ Eagle Claw Bolt Thrower

This hovers right around the 850 point mark.  Not a 1,000 point list, but I'm just getting started.  I do have a box of Shadow Warriors that I received as a gift and two sets of Lothern Sea Guard.  All that's left to is to pick up a Mage kit and a Skycutter which includes the Sea Helm model.


Monday, June 3, 2013

Blood Angels Update


I've been very, very busy now that spring has finally arrived here in the midwest, but I have been dedicating some time to my Blood Angels.  I've compiled a small 750 point list and am nearly done building all of the models.  I finished building the second tactical squad yesterday and tonight I'll start on the finally unit, a Predator tank. 

HQ

Reclusiarch - 130

ELITES

Sanguinary Priest - 50

Furioso Dreadnought w/ magna grapple, heavy flamer - 150

TROOPS

Tactical Squad - power fist, bolt pistol (sgt), bolters x4 - 115
Tactical Squad - power weapon, bolt pistol (sgt), bolters x4 - 105

HEAVY SUPPORT

Predator w/ twin-linked lascannon, lascannon sponsons, h/k missile - 190

Total - 730 points




Sunday, April 28, 2013

Getting Drawn Back In....


I still continue to make my forays into my local GW store and this weekend netted me the new issue of White Dwarf.  The new High Elf army book is due out this weekend, which I'll probably buy as the HE are my favorite fantasy army.  But what blew me away was the amazingly awesome Blood Angels army that was featured in the Army of the Month column.  The conversions and paint jobs have inspired me to start collecting Blood Angels now, instead of the Raven Guard I had originally intended.

Let's see how I do with this one.  I'm still looking for that one army that will continue inspire me to build a huge collection over the long term.


Friday, April 26, 2013

New Distraction



So I went a little crazy with our tax refund and picked up the Hordes Two-Player Battle Box.  While I enjoy Warhammer 40k, I'm not particularly happy with GW's business practices.  Which include substantially high annual price hikes.  Soon enough, I will no longer be able to justify the cost.

After checking Privateer Press' site and doing some quick math, I can't deny that they are a better bang for your buck.  I'm actually looking forward to trying this out. Maybe I can use a change of scenery.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Raven Guard Shadow Captain




I finished painting up the Captain for my Raven Guard army.  This army being a relatively easy army to paint, I'm restricting myself to building and painting one unit at a time. My starting list is only 750 points, so it should be able to get that completed in a reasonable amount of time. I'll probably add a Raven Guard decal to the apron, but otherwise - done.

Sorry for the lousy pic, I used my phone.  It's not the best paint job, but I'm trying to get this army done quickly.

Captain w/ power weapon
Command Squad

Dreadnought w/ lascannon

5-man Tac Squad w/ power fist
5-man Tac Squad w/ power fist

Predator w/ autocannons, heavy bolters


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Raven Guard Anyone?


Spring is approaching fast.  And by that I mean that my schedule will be opening a bit more and afford me some time to actually play 40k.  I need to get an army done fast, so I can get on the table.  Again, I'm a space marine fan, so I'll go with the Raven Guard chapter for a couple of reasons.  I like the black ops, stealthy kind of theme and the fact that their armour is all black will make them that much faster to paint.

So I ran out and picked up a SM Commander, an SM Command Squad and a Tactical Squad today so I can get started right away.

See you soon.