All On The Table – Warhammer 40k

Here you’ll see a bunch of bagged miniatures, waiting to be taken out and given some love.

*I apologize for the cruddy photo.  I accidentally deleted the one I took during the day, with sunlight.*

They need some love because I don’t play 40k.  I have in the past, maybe three times, with my Tau battleforce, but they’re on their way to being sold/traded.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the look of the Tau, but I’m not too gung-ho to play them when we get back into the game (later this year).  You know me, I like starting fresh…and spending lots of money needlessly doing so!

So in the picture you will find:

Space Marines: A set of the Tactical Marines (upper left) from the 5th Ed. starter set.  While I don’t think I’d play a Space Marine army (except perhaps Grey Knights), I do like the look of some of their models.  The regular dudes are one group that I like.  I also like the scouts.  And I like the Landspeeder, which I also have (big bag in the lower right).  Other SM models I like are the Drop Pod and the Stormraven.  And Grey Knights stuff.  But I’m still not planning on running Space Marines.

Imperial Guard: One of the armies I do like, but I probably won’t actually run them.  I have a Sentinel (lower left), as I think it’s a great little walker. 

Dark Eldar: And lastly, my most recent pick-up, 20 Kabalite Warriors (upper right).  I decided some time last year that whenever I got back into 40k, I would do so with Dark Eldar.  I’m not usually an ‘evil’ player, but there are various things about the DE that I like.  So I got these guys at 2-for-1 from Heavy Support.  What a deal!  So, I’m already on my way towards a small DE force. 

All but the Dark Eldar stuff I got on ebay.  Last year I bought quite a number of things on ebay, mostly bits and parts for my various armies, sometimes GW terrain, and sometimes 40k stuff like this.  Namely for the reason that even if I don’t play an army, sometimes I like some of their models, and would like to build and paint them someday.  In the future.  Often the far future.  I have a O&G Arachnarok Spider that will one day be built, even though I don’t have plans to play an O&G army (although if I did, it would totally be an all-Goblin force!).

Anyway, this is everything I currently have for 40k (a game I don’t actually play), aside from the only stuff (Tau) that I’ve actually played.  These are more ‘centerpiece’ models for me than anything else.  It’s quite likely that I’ll add more of this kind of stuff to my collection, be it Fantasy or 40k or even other game systems and companies.  I’m just like that. 

But I’m sure you’ve already realised it.

Thanks for reading.

All On The Table – The Empire (WHFB)

As if I don’t have enough ‘segments’ on this blog, I came up with a new one, the title of course referring to “putting it all on the table.”   Inspired by our group’s imminent return to WHFB, and me wanting to sell off some of my minis, I’ve decided to start putting my variuos armies/forces on the table to take pictures and catalogue them.  Unless there is need to, the pictures won’t be of any high quality, as I just want a group shot.  Sometimes, though, like when the army is complete and pretty, I’ll take better shots.

For my first All On The Table post, I present The Empire.

The Empire is the smallest of my WHFB armies, and the one that I started for our Tale of Gamers gig last summer.  As we did with the challenge as a whole, I didn’t get very far with my Empire models.  As you can see, most everything is based, primed and some colour laid down (every model’s base is browned, as well).  The sprues and baggies are either leftovers from built units or stuff I bought on ebay, expecting to build my force further.  I’ve got:

• General on Horseback
• Captain with Battle Standard
• 2x Battle Wizards
• 20 Swordsmen
• 10 Handgunners
• 8 Knightly Orders
• 10 Greatswords
• 5 Pistoliers
• Mortar
• On sprue/in bag: 40 State Troops, 10 Crossbowmen, Mortar, 2x Cannons, 2x Battle Wizards

So, not too much.  I could probably make a 2000 point army after everyone is built, and the Lords and Heroes are figured out.  I might set that as a goal in the near future, actually, especially if we start playing WHFB regularly again.  I did enjoy playing as The Empire, even though they don’t have any outstanding units, stats or abilities.  It’s when the run-of-the-mill troops combine their various abilities that The Empire is strongest.  I may not have a Steamtank to back them up,  but these men are tough as nails and courageous.  Okay, so they’re not so tough and they Flee quite easily…but whatever, I like them!