Coillscath

Well, after the Games Workshop fustercluck that was the month of May, I've had to dump my plan of making a Haemonculus Coven army for my Dark Eldar, since a group of 4 grotesques was going to cost me as much as a battleforce. No thanks. Price increases, switching to a cheaper material, and putting an embargo on the only online shop which gives NZ/Australia a decent price to buy Warhammer minis at, all within the same announcement? Bit of a PR blunder, I think.

Serendipitously, Privateer Press are having a very generous sale until the 20th to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Warmachine, and I got myself a starter pack. I thought it was great value. You buy a faction's battlegroup, and a faction-themed token set, and they throw in a set of dice and the MAIN RULEBOOK for free. My Protectorate of Menoth starter pack just arrived yesterday and I've already been assembling and painting my Warcaster and the Warjacks. They're pretty nice. They're the new plastic/resin mix they came out with last year. While I'm apprehensive about resin in general, these seem pretty good quality. The models feel much like a regular plastic one, but much harder. They don't seem to have any of the inherent brittleness of pure resin.

The game seems pretty fun as well. Warmachine and Warhammer work in similar ways, but in Warmachine, your Warcaster (The lone, compulsory HQ unit) is very powerful even by himself, and he has Focus tokens he generates each turn. These are distributed amongst your Warjacks to allow them to charge, and perform special attacks. This means that even if you lose a few 'Jacks, you don't have to spread your Focus as thin, and your remaining units get that much tougher. A warcaster retaining all of his Focus can smash even a Heavy Warjack to pieces.

So I've started painting all my models again. Yay! Our GW has had a gaming leagues thing over the last month so I've been more compelled to get my models done and painted so they look nice for when I take them in, even though almost every played I play against hasn't painted more than one or two models in their army... Derp. I did play against a Deathwing player who'd painted his units really nicely though.

Next week is 1000 point battles, so I've got to get my Sternguard painted up, along with some lightning claw Assault Terminators. I'll also try to get my Land Raider Redeemer finished up, but it's at least mostly done now. I do want to get it finished to take a photo, since I'm pleased with how the colours turned out, and the magnetising I did for all the weapons/hatches.

In case you wonder why I'm listening to the master of 80's cheese Stan Bush, here's why:

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