It's been awhile

Sorry that I've been gone for so long.  My wife made me do things and now I'm in school and back to work and in a much more stressful position.  Then you add the fact that we moved right in the middle of the holiday season with family over.  Finally, well, life.  Needless to say, I haven't had time to do any hobbying.

That is until this week.  That's right- between August and now, I've had no time.  But I finally got a bit of a break when I finished my finals up (and was sick from work).  What have I done with aaaaaaaaall this free time?  I've built a unit for my Warriors of Chaos army.  And I've written this blog.


So what unit did I build?  Everyone who knows my Chaos army knows that I'm a follower of the Blood God, and the new army book finally allowed the Knights-riding-Juggernauts in a normal army.  Needless to say- done!  Skullcrushers have been built.

(It must be noted that the only reason that I play the Warriors of Chaos was because of the beautiful Lord of Khorne on Juggernaut model released somewhere in 2008-2009 area (it's been a long time and even this guru's brain is fading).  That model convinced me to 'fall to the dark side' and pick up Chaos.  So, of course, a unit of Jugg-knights is an obvious choice)

Now, I know, you're wondering why I don't have any pictures of my progress like I usually try to do.  And I'm kinda missing the random spattering of poor photography to put my toys on display.  But, sadly, I don't know where my camera is.  (Remember how we moved a few months ago?)  Soon...  Plus, this gives me a break from trying to paint anything.  Once I find that pesky photo-machine, I may have to open a paint pot or two.  This is, of course, assuming I have time.

You know what I will have time for?  Using those Skullcrushers to run down stunty Dwarfs.  I know that my army shan't fare too well against that much armor and gunpowder, but I'm certainly going to keep a tally.  In my normal Saturday game-group thingie, I shall be facing a buddy in a 2,500 point Warhammer battle.  Our group has finally gotten into the game, and I am getting a Mighty Empires campaign off the ground.  Oh yeah, fantasy has finally come to!  Now if I could just stop sucking at that game so much...

Wish me luck and Happy Gaming!

COMING SOON

That's right, this is gonna happen.  Stay tuned...

Warlord Trait cards

No, seriously, check these out.  These are Warlord Trait 'cards'.  This talented person made them and posted them on his website.  Here's some examples:

He's also got all the published ones for the newer codices, and the supplemental Iyanden ones.  Plus, he's got images for the backs, if you want to print them out and make them all fancy.

I agree with the creator- I don't undertand why GW hasn't done this already.  These are great work and I'll never need them from GW, but I can only begin to describe how handy these trait 'cards' are.  Check them all out and save them.  And all credit to the creator.  Enjoy!

Musings of a 40k Wargamer

Anger and Rage!!!

I had to strip this model for months.  It was well-painted when I acquired him years ago, but not to my liking.  So when I decided to finally do one for my army, I realized I had to take the paint off this one.  And it was on there good.  The original owner painted him (very well, mind you) with the older, thicker GW paints and then sealed them with varnish.  It was rough.

Unfortunately, the age of the metal and the stripping process left the surface of the model mighty rough.  I'm not complaining, but I promise I tried to get it right!

Avatar of Khaine

He's not the Forgeworld model, but I think he came out well.  Plus, he's not that easy to kill!

Happy Hobbying!