A year of 40k in review

So i picked up this addicting hobby about a year ago now, this blog will follow my continuing adventures to boldly go where no man has gone before... with 40k, building my armies, modeling and painting, battle reports, and thoughts in general from my perspective.

My first army for this year of 40k has been my Grey Knights, when i was poking around online a year ago or so deciding which army i wanted before i had even gone to a game store to see 40k up close i was toying around with...

Tau: Really liked how well they sounded as a shooting army, loved the mech look of them... but HATED the fact all their vehicles look like reject props from The Phantom Menace

Space Wolves: Liked the look of them, but that may of had something to do with the fact i had just blown through all the Song of Ice and Fire books (game of thrones) and had Direwolves on my mind

Grey Knights: Loved the look of them, heard good things about something called "Psycannons" and there was something special about the whole incorruptible thing... the ultimate good guys, space aged Paladins

So after a drive to Battleground games in Plainville and talking with a helpful bearded fellow named Ben i walked out with a codex and a bunch of Grey Knights, after all your supposed to enjoy this hobby so i might as well have an army i will like the look of and i think i would of liked playing Tau since the shooting aspect of the game appeals to me more than the assault but i would of hated looking at those ugly vehicles every day.

The months that followed had me trying pretty much everything in the codex trying to figure out what worked best for me started with Landraiders and Paladins, Dreadknights and Psy-riflemen... they all had their strengths but the Landraider never survived long enough to deliver it's cargo of Draigo and strapping young Paladins to where it needed to go, that and the Draigo deathstar sucked up so many points in my army list there was little left over to spend on other stuff... a bit of a problem in games with multiple objectives to hold.

This evolved to my most recent army incarnation of Castellan Crowe and his merry band of Purifiers, thundering across the foam battlefield 5 rhinos abreast shooting psycannons out the top hatches willy nilly, Psy-rifleman 3 strong in the back making anyone with transports or flyers cringe.

Noob Mistake #1: never buy Rhinos... buy Razorbacks instead because you will end up wanting them sooner or later and you should of just spend the extra 5 bucks to get the Razorback gun pieces

This list worked pretty well for me as the year went on, always came in the top half in tournaments at Battlegrounds but then... the darkness approached, something that would forever change my army list and put the Rhino's in the garage possibly for years... an evil on the wind calling itself...

SIXTH EDITION

to be continued...