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So, last time I ranted about GW and their policies... and while I still think they hold up, they tended to redeem themselves a bit by not upping the price on everything... yet. Yes, paints went up, brushes went op... but they were the same price for a few years, so I guess that's fair.
This got dropped in the mail last friday. And yes.. .that's Tau. An army of which I never thought I'd get into it. But I guess one can change. It's not that I hated the army, but I wasn't to sure about the entire "gundam" thing. I'm not big on Japanese stuff like that anyway. But then again, I like Transformers and other silly robot things. So that makes the Riptide somewhat awesome. Looking over the recent codex of their, seeing some shenanigans with people using the army I figured I can't go wrong that much. Afterall, I never thought I'd play Orks either... and I've had the most fun ever kicking around little green dudesmen.
So, what did I get in the mail.
However, somehow I've been able to coerce myself into more GW products. Yes I'm a hypocrite... but wait... wait... hold on a second. What if I told y'all that I bought almost an entire army, new, in plastic off someone as "2nd hand" for way cheaper than retail?
This got dropped in the mail last friday. And yes.. .that's Tau. An army of which I never thought I'd get into it. But I guess one can change. It's not that I hated the army, but I wasn't to sure about the entire "gundam" thing. I'm not big on Japanese stuff like that anyway. But then again, I like Transformers and other silly robot things. So that makes the Riptide somewhat awesome. Looking over the recent codex of their, seeing some shenanigans with people using the army I figured I can't go wrong that much. Afterall, I never thought I'd play Orks either... and I've had the most fun ever kicking around little green dudesmen.
So, what did I get in the mail.
- XV 104 Riptide, which actually sounds way more awesome on Spanish; Cataclismo
- 2 x Pathfinder team
- Devilfish Transport
- Tau Battleforce (the old one; Devilfish, 12 Firewarriors, Stealth team, 1 XV8 Crisis suit, 10 Kroot)
- Darkstrider
- XV89 Battlesuit (Forgeworld kit)
The most hilarious thing about this entire army is that in some way it's a practical joke as well. Because... well... I sometimes like practical jokes.
My friend is on a holiday trip right now for about 2 weeks. He doesn't have a clue I'm building a new army. So it'll be quite a surprise when we'll get together for a game and I'll put a totally new, fully painted army on the table. Granted, I'm quite fast in terms of painting I guess, so 2 weeks isn't unreasonable for me to get the army painted. I've already assembled about 33%.. tomorrow is sunday and I'll go on with at least another 33% if not more in assembly. After that it's painting like I'm working in a sweatshop I guess. But that's the way I usually get my stuff done.
So at least people can expect me to drop some fresh Tau of the assembly line soon. Not entirely sure about the paintscheme, but I have an idea here or there.
Peace out,
M.
I'm still alive, I'm still alive!
G'day anyone who hasn't yet given up on me and unwatched me, lol.
Been almost a year since my last journal update and months since I actually posted some work on here.
The truth is, I've taken a bit of a backseat from painting and gaming. I have a handful of mini's that need to painted and eventually I'll get back in gear painting something and posting. I've been considering buying that new Army in a box deal from Privateer press for Legion of Everblight, so I might paint and upload those somewhere in the next few months, but I'll have to see. Box isn't even on sale yet, so yeah...
Currently I don't even have a lot of figures unpainted;
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Sometimes I just need to update this darn journal
I seem to set a trend with long absence now. It's been close to 6 months before I put up a new journal here. But then again, I don't want it to feel forced either. It's probably why I could never manage to do something that involves active social media. Sometimes I receive updates from people (either privately or professionally active) and it just makes me cringe and wonder "is this all you have to say?" I rather update my journal or state of being once in a while when it could easily double as an essay, but that's probably me. There's more that's "probably just me" bickering about how people and society is. But... this is DeviantArt and not
The shifting of my miniature collection
Guess it's time for an update after a few months.
Anyone who is following me has probably seen the figures I've put out in the past few months. It went from Tau to Chaos, to Warmachine figures, a small bit of Dystopian wars.
I've come to the point where I'll settle with my current 40k armies and won't be upgrading a whole lot at the time. As of now I've got;
Tau; Roughly 1750 points before upgrades
Orks; Roughly 3100 points before upgrades
Chaos (Daemons & Marines); roughly 2700 before upgrades
Those are decent amounts to change around a few armylists. Considering I usually play 1850 points with my friend, it should really be enough. I
Pink daemons are metal as f'k
Nope that title makes no sense... neither does this floating banana.
So... after a random interjection of the Tau I guess I can get on with my life again.
Oh wait, there should be more Tau in the future. Because; why settle with one riptide if you can play 2? Well you can play 3... but I think crisis suits need some love too. And I think my army needs at least a Hammerhead. But that's long term. I haven't even gotten to surprise my friend with my new army. Still haven't told him...
Haven't told him about my new project either. New project... new army, heh. I already started painting up some Chaos marines and some other models for that army
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Nice score.