The Return

Coming back to this blog after over a year away... mainly due to spending the fall, winter, and spring in Europe for my first year of uni.Anyway, I find myself back at home in Canada for the foreseeable future, and getting right back into the hobby swing of things.A...

Battle Missions

Invited a buddy of mine over this aft to test out the Battle Missions book. Got five (!) games in - they were relatively quick as we were only playing 1000-1250 points or so.First up was the Close Quarters Action mission, available from the GW website. To capture the...

Guardsmen and Veterans

Got around to some kitbashing today. Here are the results:First up are the plasmagunner and Sergeant for the first squad of my outflanking infantry platoon. The plasmagunner uses legs and a head from the Catachan command sprue, a Cadian torso, and the plasma gun from...

Squeaky Clean and Ready To Build

Just finished thoroughly washing my pile of Forge World conversion pieces. Two sets of Cadian Veteran bitz, a Cadian Upgrade Pack, a Renegade Weapon pack and a Thunderbolt Pilot now join the bitz pile (well, not the Thunderbolt Pilot - he's fine just on his own).Off...

The Sound Of Booted Feet

Well, I'm still here.An excellent ski season and a particularly hectic period at school are drawing to a close, and the men and women of the 157th Aeshaettar Light Infantry are beginning to line up on my workbench. With excess Guardsmen drafted from my Vigilanti army,...