What's up 40k players! Chaplain Sam here. I've been away for a while doing other stuff but I recently got the itch to start blogging again. Even though I haven't been blogging I've still be getting my hobby on. For my first post back in action I figured I'd share what I've been up to lately. Some of you may remember that I tend to start about one new army a year. I don't plan it that way intentionally but it seems to be the case for whatever reason. Here is the historical break down of my 40k hobby/career.
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So that takes us to 2016. Well, I sold my Tau off as noted above and I've never really regretted it because I fell "out of love" with the paint scheme. I'm not a re-painter. Frankly, I'd rather just start over. That is just what I'm doing! I'm returning to Tau in 2016. It's also going to be the first army I try using an airbrush to paint. Here is where I am at so far:
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Apologies for the mountain of black primed models, but I started building before settling on a paint scheme I liked. I also have a second XV104, a handful of old XV8s and the new Commander. They were too ugly at this stage to include in the picture, ha! I've finally decided on a scheme and I plan on ordering the paints I'll need pretty soon. Here's my inspiration:
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I have to admit that looking at it again makes me a bit nostalgic. Still, I'm very excited about the new collection. I'm a sucker for themed collections (exhibit A: Thunderwolf Army), so this collection will be exclusively battle suits and drones.
Other than that I've still been playing games and attending tournaments. The last ITC event I went to was Guardian Cup 8.5. I took my Tyranids, as promised, and ended up going 2-1 which was good for 8th of 24 people. Not too shabby! There is a game store just down the street from my new place that runs tournaments as well so I've attended a few of their events (non-ITC). The first time I took my Space Wolves and went 1-2 (yikes). Chris came as well and ended up placing second. He was just a few rolls from winning. The second time I took my Tyranids and ended up winning the whole thing for my first tournament win. Chris and I ended up playing for the top spot! He groaned audibly when we matched up. I think he's growing sick of my Tyranid lists. It was a pretty small event though with only like 10 or so people, but still an exciting win for me.
Anyway! That's what I've been up to lately. Stay tuned for more content.
Chaplain Sam signing off.
- 2012 - Blood Angels
- 2013 - Tau (sold off)
- 2014 - Tyranids
- 2015 - Space Wolves
- 2016 - See big reveal below
I never quite finished my Space Wolves collection. I have a handful of models that are just primed or in various stages of completion but it's very playable and the army as a whole is basically painted. I will say that the Wulfen have really caught my eye though. I think they would fit in well with my otherwise entirely mounted Space Wolves army. You can see my Space wolves in the picture below, not very close up but you get the idea. I couldn't bring myself to pull them all out for a picture.
So that takes us to 2016. Well, I sold my Tau off as noted above and I've never really regretted it because I fell "out of love" with the paint scheme. I'm not a re-painter. Frankly, I'd rather just start over. That is just what I'm doing! I'm returning to Tau in 2016. It's also going to be the first army I try using an airbrush to paint. Here is where I am at so far:
Apologies for the mountain of black primed models, but I started building before settling on a paint scheme I liked. I also have a second XV104, a handful of old XV8s and the new Commander. They were too ugly at this stage to include in the picture, ha! I've finally decided on a scheme and I plan on ordering the paints I'll need pretty soon. Here's my inspiration:
Ignore the overall "awesomeness" of the model in the picture. I'll never be able to swing that. I really like the green with edge highlights and green and black accents, which is what I'll be going for. Just for fun here is what my old Tau collection looked like:
I have to admit that looking at it again makes me a bit nostalgic. Still, I'm very excited about the new collection. I'm a sucker for themed collections (exhibit A: Thunderwolf Army), so this collection will be exclusively battle suits and drones.
Other than that I've still been playing games and attending tournaments. The last ITC event I went to was Guardian Cup 8.5. I took my Tyranids, as promised, and ended up going 2-1 which was good for 8th of 24 people. Not too shabby! There is a game store just down the street from my new place that runs tournaments as well so I've attended a few of their events (non-ITC). The first time I took my Space Wolves and went 1-2 (yikes). Chris came as well and ended up placing second. He was just a few rolls from winning. The second time I took my Tyranids and ended up winning the whole thing for my first tournament win. Chris and I ended up playing for the top spot! He groaned audibly when we matched up. I think he's growing sick of my Tyranid lists. It was a pretty small event though with only like 10 or so people, but still an exciting win for me.
Anyway! That's what I've been up to lately. Stay tuned for more content.
Chaplain Sam signing off.