Space Hulk, Wolves and Warmachine...

I'm not quite sure how I managed go the entire month of October without a single post, but I did. I will make no apologies for this, I will instead write some new posts :)

A few weeks ago I managed to get my soiled mitts on a copy of Games Workshop's new, limited edition, version of Space Hulk. How I scoffed when I was repeatedly told it would be limited. How I laughed when I was told it was sold out online. How I was gutted when I was told by my friends at Games Workshop that this was all indeed the case and my chances of getting one without paying upwards of £100 for it on ebay were slim at best. However when I eventually dragged my sorry, jaded butt into my local GW to purchase some Space Wolf wolf guard for my new army, I was forced to part with £60 instead, as my good friend informed me they still had a copy secreted in the back of the store! Glee! I am intending a more thorough right up/ review/ battle report type thing later.

My friend (the previously mentioned Rob) and I have begun a campaign of sorts with Space Hulk, working our way through the missions included in the book. We have decided to play it "Video game style", meaning neither of us will be able to move to the next mission until we have successfully completed the previous one. We take it in turns to play through the missions as Marines and are awarded a point if we complete the mission. Thus far we have played the first mission once each and the score is tied at nil.

In addition to the re awakening of my lagging hobby with Space Hulk, I have also begun work on a Space Wolf army. Thus far I have assembled 2 whole models... I have also been through my many (many) boxes of sprues and the like and located enough stuff to build a pretty comprehensive army out of. Although somewhat stubbornly, I am still going to buy some more of the new miniatures because they are ace. I will post my progress on my army from time to time as it grows and things get painted.

I have also been threatening/ intending to get into Warmachine for quite sometime. I think my good friend Den has given up on me ever getting anything done, or for that matter coming round to play, or just visit come to think of it... But I will prove him (and indeed myself) wrong! I have decided what force I am going to collect and y the time anyone reads this I will have ordered my Khador battle group! Hurrah!

Man versus Alien...

Ahhh the amount of time I spent playing Space Hulk in my youth. The only thing that puts me off of getting the new version when it is released later this year, is the fact that it's being released in conjunction with the original game's 20th anniversary. That makes me old.
The version does look quite fantastic though, the new miniatures are awesome looking and I already have intentions to add the new Genestealers to the already heaving ranks of four armed gribblies in my Tyranid army - not that I will ever get the buggers painted. Alas it has no potato headed Genestealer Hybrids, which is kinda a shame as I always had a soft spot for those guys, even if it was in the same way that you always kinda feel sorry for club footed pigeons.
There is also a pang of disappointment with the Terminators. Don't get me wrong, the new ones are amazing and would look at home in any self respecting Space Marine army (once you have filed off all the dirty Blood Angels gumpf...) It's just that I always like the 2 dimensional nature of the old ones, with their shoe box guns and the neat gimmicky way you could sheath the guns with a lame looking flame thrower attachment. Sod it, they were lame. The funny thing about nostalgia is that when you actually think about it, the old stuff was always shit. Try watching the original Transformers cartoon... go on...
I dare you...