Back from the Dead

To put it politely, school's been horridly busy these past few weeks - I'm sure my classmates will agree. Anyway, though, my 40K hobby is back with a vengeance. I've gotten my 2000 point lists for both Guard and Blood Angels finalized, and I have one more order of models to make before I'm set to paint up until Valhalla in late June. Without further ado, though, here's a little update of what I've gotten done:

Here's the first Manticore Missile Platform of the 'Guard list - not quite finished painting, but nearly.

And here's the Guard army brought together in one shot...or at least, I tried to get it into a single frame...

6th Edition Leak Thoughts and More

6^th Edition “Rules” have been leaked recently; am I convinced they’re real or not? Well, barring veracity, I think they’re a superb set or rules, if not a little rough, but to be expected for a supposed early draft of GW’s 6^th edition ruleset.  If all goes as planned, I’ll have a battle report Monday the 16^th with my Blood Angels versus a friend’s Tau using them.

Back on track, though – do I think they’re legit? In short, yes. Yes I do. The amount of work was monumental in both the rules themselves and the codex update document, and for just one or two trolls to make this to poke fun at 40K fans, it just seems odd. But images of Deathnote come to mind – the fact that they thought the work was too much work for Light allowed Light to *nearly* get away with his plan. And as for it being a set of fanmade rules, well, to make these amazing rules and go without credit, it’d be a sad thing. Not to mention GW apparently going on a spree to remove the link in several places (or so I’ve heard); it’s probably a logical fallacy, but one would think that if the set was fake, why bother rushing to remove it?

But enough about that – feel free to check out BellOfLostSouls.net, Kirby’s 40K blog, Blood of Kittens, and The Back 40K for more good input on the “6^th edition” set.  Onto the progress of my armies!

The Urliam 11^th Loyal Guard Regiment is finally finished in acquiring all its units. A large shipment from The WarStore came in, and I now have over 80 infantry models, 9 heavy weapons teams, 2 Sentinel walkers, 6 Chimera transports, 2 Manticore MLRS tanks, and a single Devil Dog melta tank. And all of it has to be painted in time for Valhalla in June – challenge accepted. Furthermore, I have my entire Blood Conquerors Marine force, which consists of about 55 heavy infantry, 2 Rhino transports, 2 Baal-pattern Predator tanks, one Dreadnought, Stormraven gunship, and Land Raider Redeemer – most of which also have to be painted in time.

However, this is good for both you, the reader, and me, the player. Why, exactly? Well, I get to have two fully-painted armies in record time (for me, anyway) and you guys get to watch it come together in record time, as well – if all goes well, it’ll average a unit a week. I’ll have nothing to do with making some pansy blog that barely updates. :D To save myself from hypocrisy, though, I must apologize that this post truly has little in the way of real updates. No pics? Terrible! No batrep? Atrocious! Sorry, all, but do rest assured that I’ll get a review of my two new Sabol Army Transport: Motor Pools up tomorrow, along with an overview of some other products I was able to get my hands on. Stay tuned, and feel free to discuss the 6^th edition leak below in the comments!

PS: If you do want the 6^th edition leak, look on Kirby’s 40K blog (google that) and scroll down a bit – I don’t want to put a direct link for fear that GW goes on a copyright rampage.

Checking In

Yes, I'm alive, but sadly, I have no new substantial post ready yet. This upcoming week consists of semester exams, so I'll have more free time than normal, thankfully. Expect a new post sometime around this coming Wednesday, I believe. Thanks!

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Well, as usual, life's happened and I didn't get as much painting done as I would've liked, but nonetheless, I've made progress and have several Blood Angels vehicles basecoated, dullcoated, and ready for detail painting (Also, pardon blurry photos - I'm working on making a setup to knock that problem out soon).

I've also got two essentially completed vehicles and a Tactical Squad to give you all a taste of the paint scheme I'm aiming for on my so-called "Blood Conquerors"; more on that in a later post if I get some time.

Lastly is a question for anyone reading: on my Manticore, I'm painting up the rockets, and I'm not sure to leave them gunmetal or if I should paint them up with markings, etc., like in GW's. Thoughts or ideas?

(Note that I'm not done painting the targeting lenses; I know they're a bit ugly right now, lol)

Well, that about wraps it up for now. School picks up tomorrow, and the next shot I'll have at painting will most likely be next weekend. In the meantime, I may find time to write an article either about my Marines' homebrew fluff, or perhaps a short showing of my arriving order (it's a biggie, actually, you'll see when I post...). Anywho, you all take care, and thanks for keeping your interest i my blog thus far!

New Year? I'll Play Along with the Festivities...

To be completely honest, New Year's has never had much appeal to me. We get to add 1 to whatever year number we were just in, whoop-dee-doo... Ah well, pardon my 'humbug' of this holiday, but at least this is as good a time as any to examine my resolutions of the hobby.

First off, I'm actually going to get painting done. In the past, which my friends can attest to, I've been all talk and no walk. "Just got a Land Raider, guys!" ...one year later... "Just basecoated my Land Raider, guys!" Yeah. It wasn't pretty. But now's crunch time - I'm aiming to go to Blue Table Painting's Valhalla out at the Sundance Resort in Salt Lake City in June, and I'm going to have my 2000 point lists of Blood Angels and Imperial Guard completed for it, or die trying.

The second resolution is to play more - this depends on my homework load, of course, but after spending years building and tweaking lists with the help of Stelek on YesTheTruthHurts, I figured it's time I start getting better actually putting those supposedly perfected lists to good use. (Legorreta, if you see this, you know all about my...boldness) Not to mention getting another aspect of the hobby here: Battle Reports, video ones if I can have my way, but we'll see.

Lastly is quite straightforward: consistency. Many a time I've started some major project and it's fallen through after just the first stage was completed. Not this time, I say. I'll keep posting my painting updates, battle reports, and more, and I'll do my best to keep you all entertained, informed, and content. In fact, if all goes as planned, expect a hefty painting update tomorrow before school picks up again Tuesday. :]

That's all for now, thanks for giving my blog a look, and if you start to like what you see, pass my name on to your wargaming friends!

Hitting the Ground Running

Well, it's finally here; my 40K-dedicated blog. I doubt many will look here at first, but nonetheless, I'll keep on posting. Hopefully it'll catch on, and who knows - I might be able to run with YTTH and Kirby one day...

In the meantime, I'm currently working on painting up both my (new) Imperial Guard and existing Blood Angels armies in time for June's Valhalla by Blue Table Painting, and here are some pictures to prove it:

  

And there you have it, for now. Hopefully I've piqued your interest, and I'll keep the posts coming. In the meantime, happy wargaming!