Aspirations of Lichdom: Blindly Stumbling Around in Search of a Warcaster
Purchasing models for a new game while you are still learning how to play it can be a frustrating endeavor. I know that fault lies with me and that I should have
Purchasing models for a new game while you are still learning how to play it can be a frustrating endeavor. I know that fault lies with me and that I should have
I am still playing Warhammer 40K and I am still playing my Daemons without allies. I am really enjoying the Flying Monstrous Circus build I have been playing since right after the book released. In addition to the Keeper of Secrets and 2 Daemon Princes pictured above, I have also added a third Daemon Prince, Great Unclean One, Lord of Change, and Fateweaver to the mix. Currently, I am painting up the third Daemon Prince and the Great Unclean One as our escalation league moves into 1750 points. Now, I know the popular choice is the Bloodthirster, and I agree he is full of badassery; however… Read more »
Warmachine and Hordes; this will be my second foray into Warmachine and Hordes. My first foray was a very short three month endeavor about one year ago that resulted in me selling off my Legion of Everblight army.
Wiser men than I, from a diverse set of backgrounds and occupations have said in one way or another than in order to succeed, in order to be successful, you must evolve and/or adapt in order to stay abreast of change. H.G. Wells said it like this, “adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.” Whether you or I like it, the Chaos Daemons have changed. Gone are the days of Fatecrusher, Flamer/Screamer Spam, or Fearless and Eternal Warrior Cavalry Lists. The new codex has ushered in dynamically different book that plays nothing like its predecessor, in terms of style or even model count. Personally, this has led to dramatic changes with my Old Chaos Daemon Army; the first of which is I am now calling it my Chaos Army…. Read more »
Month three is not even over and I have already finished my Monthly commitment for the Independent Character hobby challenge! In case you are counting, that is three for three! This is a big deal to me because last time I tried this challenge, I posted for two months, failed to make either commitment and then got sidetracked playing my Grey (Green) Knights.
I will start this article by saying that I am a fan of the new Chaos Daemon Codex. While it is still early, it really gives me the type of army that I like, an army with a lot of solid choices. The one sad part about the new codex is the fact that I am going to have to paint a whole lot more models as my troops choices are woefully undermanned at this point in time. While I do not mind painting, it is a wee bit disappointing as I am back to about 1250 points of playable Daemons due to the changes the codex brought. Let me say I like these changes, it will just require me to paint more….this is because… …many of the models I had already purchased an painted do not work as a cohesive “tournament” force anymore. This is because I had planned on going all Tzeentch with a few Nurgle Squads for objective holding. While that army is still a valid and playable army (thank you GW), it is not an army that is designed well enough to withstand tournament play. This is because instead of GIFTS, many of the previous powers are now Psychic Abilities and have a greater chance of being shut down. This loss of reliability coupled with a decrease in durability and hitting power means that I am scrambling to get an army together in a rather shortened time frame
Good Afternoon Ladies & Gents, We just wanted to make a quick post and send a SHOUT-OUT to Bill & Dawson of the Imperial Voxcast
Back in December, Snake-Eyes and I ran a Toys for Tots tournament at the FLGS and an interesting thing occurred; we ended up running into a friend that we had not seen in almost 20 years. During the conversation with that friend, we ended up discovering that another friend, Mike was also back in the state of California and still playing 40K. Mike was the person who got me into the hobby in the first place back in 1994. He painted up several of my first miniatures and he even gave me a few models to help me get my collection up to a playable level…. for an entire year, he kicked the living crap out of me and my Space Wolves with his Imperial Guard . A year later, I traded them for Eldar and the tides turned as I was the one who was winning games. We were both in the Marine Corps and I ended up rotating to Okinawa and we lost touch. I continued to play 40K and as Snake-Eyes and I were in the same Military Occupation, we continued to play against each other for the past almost 20 years.
In what is surely a first for me, I have not only managed to meet my monthly hobby goal for the Independent Character hobby challenge , but I managed to exceed it an paint up not one, but 5 additional units! Okay, I have to admit that I have additional motivation in the form of our own escalation league AND the goal of having a 2000 force painted by April so I can play in a tournament with a bunch of my friends who first got me into the hobby some 20 years ago; but still, it is quite an accomplishment for me. Now, having said that, I now have decided to go a more themed direction with the army for the tournament (due to heavy, heavy comp), so my list will be changing…however, I do not want to totally invalidate my work for the challenge this month, so…. Read more »
If you have followed the blog for the past couple of months, you might have noticed that I have returned to 40K and that since December, I have started to slowly collected and paint a 2000 point army. After two months of work, I am currently sitting at about 1000 points painted.
