Return of the Damned

I gave in recently, and bought my first White Dwarf in over a year, mainly because it tied in with the release of the new Tyranids. In it I found the new rules for the Legion of the Damned for 40K.

My first thought was I wouldn't mind running a squad of them in a battle or two, although I don't think they are legal in a Blood Angels army. Of course I can't just go out and buy a box of them at present, but I have had a box of them stashed away for years. These are the older models, still packing the chunky style bolters from 2nd edition. Still cheaper than buying a new box.

I've assembled them overthe last couple of days, and had been planning on using one the  new style plasma cannons for the heavy weapon in the squad. A quick test fit with the cannon revealed that old school devastator bodies are not compatible with  the cuurent style of marine heavy weapons. So I guess my legion squad are going to be like half my blood angels force - retro. The heavy has the shoulder mounted Heavy bolter.

The Legion squad will get a test run on wednesday when I take on Ash with a 1500 point force.

Hopefully my new Tyranids Codex and Vampire Counts army book will arrive soon, and I can reorganize those two armies so i know where I stand. and of course the new Blood Angels codex in April

Raising the dead

Over the last couple days (when not at work) I've been assembling undead, or making movement trays for the War of the Ring. This morning I realised I could add a 4th regiment of skeletons to my core units, and dug my Ring of Rule cursed legion.

These figures actually give me a regiment of skeletons armed and armoured like the legions of Rome. It's bit light comapred with my other skeleton regiments at 24 figures, while the rest are 30.

Of course all this could be changed, as I haven't seen the new army list yet.

The dead have risen

It's been a long time since I posted on my blog, so i thought I would get back into it.

Over the last couple of days I have revisited my Vampire counts army, to the point of digging out my (very) old skeletons. These are actually the original plastic skeletons that GW produced. The advantage of using these, is that I can field two extra regiments of skeletons.

Of course, I don't have a current army book, so I've got that on order at my local supplier. It's not the only army book I require for my various armies, as I also want the new Tyranid, and Blood Angel Codexes, along with the upcoming Menoth forces book for Warmachine.

I'm also going to add a WIP list for my Vampire Counts in the sidebar, so I can track my progress, as with the other armies I have there.