Its Been a While & Man Vs. Hobby

Wow so I sort of forgot this blog then! Other things got in the way, not least of all a traumatic head injury, which has left me with pretty nasty post concussion syndrome and a constant splitting headache. I also managed to lose 5 weeks of memories so yeah not fun.

Oh well I shall use it for something right now and try to be a better blogger!
When Stormclaw was announced I realised oh wow there is going to be a huge number of cheap Space Wolves hitting eBay, so I decided, right that's it I am starting Space Wolves. I have been looking for a new project, I also have Eldar on the go, but the Space Wolves have a certain appeal.

More than that I am making it a challenge, between the 1st September and my birthday 5th October I shall be building a Space Wolves army. Now since I decided that a tourney for my birthday has been announced, Sunderland Slaughter 2 at the fantastic Worhamma club, seriously if you are the North East, visit this club it's amazing, also they do some amazing deals on games to buy.

Anyway, my entry at the tournament isn't paid yet, no money until Tuesday, and I originally had some concerns about the restrictions put in place by the TO. Now those who know me will be aware that any restrictions always annoy me, they often are said to be attempts to balance the game, but I tend to find all they do is introduce huge bias and they create an over competitive environment, also I really like the new styles of armies that are coming into games these days with the new supplements, dataslates, datasheets, formations etc.

A few weeks ago I played against an incredible list, it had several detachments and embodied what 7th edition is to me, it contained Adepta Sororitas, Inquisition, Militarum Tempestus, Imperial Knight, Cypher, a Shadowsword and an Imperial Stronghold. It was a 2500pt game and was full of awesomeness, my Dark Angels won the day thanks to mobility, but it was incredible fun to play against. And in a standardish game of 2000pts I played with my Orks against Necrons with a Transcendent C’Tan, got my arse handed to me, but it was fun.

Fun is the point of the game and fun is why I play, when I go to a tournament I do not go to win, I go to enjoy the games I play. Anyway that's my complaint done and dusted.

Right Space Wolves, I have acquired a nice pile of plastic, though I still have more to get, including a few more drop-pods, but this pile shall arise as the Sky Warriors of Russ, The Rout, the Vlka Fenryka. Still working out the list, the original plan was 2000pts but with the tournament being a mere 1500pts it needs reworking a lot. So tomorrow I start, I am also cleaning the house for our landlords annual inspection and developing a business plan for a new venture that a friend and I are looking into, but plan to being building a few of these guys at least, and shall update this blog daily with my progress.

For Russ! For the Wolftime!