Um... hi. I'm back again.

*Blows Dust off blog*

Hi there.  It has been a very long time since I have used this thing.  I did have plans of using a wordpress blog, but it does not get anyway near the traffic that Blogger does.  It was being used (and still will be) for more roleplaying stuff.

I have updated some stuff there, which I didn't include on here.  That being a second Grey Hunter pack and a Rune Priest were completed.  See below..

Space Wolves nearing the end

So, I found a little bit of time this weekend (between getting smashed at Talisman) to get the bases of the wolf squad finished off.  Again, these are quick photos taken on my phone camera so don't expect too much.  So, first of all....

The bases.  I decided that just sand and paint would be boring, so I wanted to add a little bit more character to them.  A quick dig through my assorted ork bitz gave me some stuff to chuck on there next to stones.  The final touch, and I think it adds a lot to them, is the small pieces of static grass.  These are the GW 'Mordheim Turf'.  They are really nice, coming in a pre-made little patch of different sizes, costing £8.  This box should see me through at least another three or four squads.  Not too bad.

Then we have multiple shots of the squad.  I still haven't decided on the Great Company, but otherwise they are complete.  I tried to get a good photo, but without a proper light tent it wasn't going to happen.  Anyway, here they are:

Hopefully I'll get the company mark on there soon, then it is my first squad fully completed!

More hunters

More work today equals two finished Hunters, minus the bases.  Also some quick pictures, not the best I have done.

The first of the Pack

For those who read my previous post, a good month ago, will know that my lamp broke.  And now, it is fixed!  Well, actually I got a new one, an even better one.  I received it on Wednesday, and ever since been plugging away at a wolf.  A Space Wolf.

A while ago I decided that I needed another 40k army, this time something with armour.  And, being a lover of Anglo-Saxon and Viking history, I felt nothing sounded better than - VIKINGS IN SPACE.  Aka, the Space Wolves.  I have had a couple of boxes of stuff sat here since they came out, and just before the lamp went I converted (only very slightly) and prepared my first squad of Grey Hunters.

Of Wolf and Man

I doubt many of you know but I have always had a secret love affair with the space wolves. The main reason for this being as I love the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons as a historic culture, being an archaeology student I have seen some of this. I have read the major recorded Viking sagas and I just love them.

So, with this love in mind I have always found it odd that I never have owned a Wolf army. I've always wanted too, but I think what stopped me was the desire to make and design my marine army (which I did with The Scions of Ra). But I have always wanted a wolf army. So how excited do you think I was when I actually got wind of them being redone? Very, that's the word you're grasping at. I saw this as a chance to actually do the army I want.

I am however disheartened to see the complaints people have spouted about the two known wolf minis of the new range. It seems many are basing their views off of two singular minis - and basic troopers at that. Personally I like them. They look very wolfy and I agree with something I read somewhere in that they look like space wolfs, without the use of a tail and axe to make it clear. I am looking forward to seeing the army as it comes out, and I hope it appears at the UK Gamesday - something I am attending this year for the first time in about four or five years. Having wolves there would make my year.

That said, I have no real plans for my wolves. I am not going to buy any minis for them just yet - not even basic troops - as I am unsure of what might be available in the new codex. At any rate, I am in no hurry to get these marines going - I have my ork army to expand and learn how to play. I plan to make my wolves look the part - full of conversions and painted to a high standard. These will be my showcase marines; and a change of pace (perhaps?) from the orks.