The Glottkin Rises

Hey everyone,

I was perusing a Warhammer 40k facebook group and saw a picture that I just had to share. Check this out - GW's new Glottkin standing next to an Imperial Knight. Not only next to...But it's rider actually stands ABOVE the Knight! I can't believe how awesome the latest Nurgle sculpts have been for Fantasy. Beautifully disgusting stuff.

The Other Half, Reporting In

Hey Everyone!

Holy cow. Life is busy. Final year of school, working nights, a lab assistant position for a few of the intro classes...And hobby time when I can, of course!

With all the craziness happening over at GW lately, I've sort of lost motivation to work on anything 40k related. I have, however, worked slowly on some Skaven, but that's about it. I just threw together some test models of clanrats to see what I want to do for a paint scheme. Aiming for a quick and dirty, bloody, rusty, nasty pack of vermin. Here's my first ten:

As for my Retribution army, I've made some progress. I've gotten to play a few games and develop my tactics a little further. I've also picked up several new models. I recently picked up some Mage Hunters + UA, a Mage Hunter Assassin and a Banshee heavy Myrmidon kit. I magnetized the three variants of the Myrmidon, though I mainly plan on running the Banshee. Initially, I wanted to run a Dawnguard exclusive army, but lately I've had a ton of fun playing with the Mage Hunters and look forward to fielding them more often. Sentinels are still my favorite go-to beatstick unit, though.

I've only played two games in the last few weeks, once against a local Convergence player and once against Andy when he was back in town. I won the game against the Convergence player and lost against Andy. Both games, however, were very fun and I definitely learned a lot.

Going forward, I have a good idea as to what I want to pick up next. After I finish painting this most recent lot (I have imposed a strict "No New Stuff Until Everything Else Is Painted" rule), I plan on picking up a few more casters (Ravyn and Issyria) as well as a big bad Hyperion. Can't wait to get that purchase ready to rock and roll.

I also plan on taking better pictures of my whole army, but for now, here's a (potato quality) shot of my Sentinels I finished a while back:

Hopefully I can post more consistently in the future. I'm having a lot of fun with WarmaHordes and can't wait to get better at it.

Until next time!

My Eldar

Well, it looks like it is time to part with one of my armies. The Eldar just don't see enough play, so I think it is best to give them to someone who will get a lot of use out of them. I really enjoyed painting the army, and feel it is the best I've painted. But I will keep on improving and I'm sure I will have an even better looking army then! But here are some last pictures I took

Warhammer 40k tournament tomorrow

Hello everyone, Andy here. Tomorrow I have both my first tournament, as well as my first games since moving down to the Twin Cities.

It is an 1850 point tournament, and I really have no idea what to expect. I have no idea what armies are played around here are anything, so I am really going on blind. And since I am, I decided I'm just going to bring a ragtag army of all my favorite units from both the Ultramarines and Eldar. That way, even if I lose, at least I will have fun with the armies I have to play!

So without further ado, here is the list!

Eldar
HQ - Farseer
Troop - 6 Dire Avengers
DT - Wave Serpent - Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon
Troop - 5 Dire Avengers
DT - Wave Serpent - Scatter Lasers, Shuriken Cannon
Fast Attack - Crimson Hunter - Exarch
Fast Attack - 8 Warp Spiders
Heavy Support - Wraithknight

Space Marines
HQ - Marneus Calgar
6 Honour Guard -  Thunderhammer, Relic Blade
DT - Drop Pod
Troop - 10 Tactical Squad - Melta Bomb, Plasma Gun, Missile Launcher, Combi-Plasma
DT - Rhino - Dozer Blades

So I know this list isn't optimal by any means, but they are models I love and have all painted and enjoy playing. I've found 40k is a lot less fun if you take it to seriously, so I'm going to go out there, throw some dice, and have a good time.

I'll give results and hopefully some pictures tomorrow!

- Andy