Put some more pictures up today...As of yet they have been a couple of Space Marine pictures, but i'll put some different ones up in a minute.

Theres no real update non 40k wise, so if you arent interested in it, close it down now.

I've finally ordered myself a Valkyrie - and should get it tomorrow, and i cant wait. Havent got a clue how i'll load it out - probably a case of the lascannons and the hellstrike missile, with the heavy bolter sponsons, tho i'm not completely sure...and depending how it goes i might get another one. Note, thats a *might*. Amongst other things that i've ordered, i've ordered some of the dead grass, and i'll go about de-basing the Space Marines and set them on the grass instead - as the guys i play with think (and in fairness i do as well) that the "tiled" bases suck. So, as i say it'll be another job in the pipeline.

In terms of gaming - i've got a tournament coming up in about 2 and 1/2 weeks, and its another thing i cant wait for. Without a doubt, it'll be the Imperial Guard army that will be used. Its quite flexible and in my eyes can be suitable to go up against any different army. With the Manticore it can go against tanks or infantry alike, and theres enough variance possible. But, i guess we'll see on the 14th. Looking forward to it, but i do hope i dont go up against my bosses Space Wolf army - he's hoping to get about 3 drop pods painted up in time...Anyone else and i'm happy. LOL

So...Its been about a month since my last journal...And in fairness, not alot has happened in that time.

Saying that, my foot doesnt hurt, and it hasnt for some time now, which is brilliant news.

In terms of models, i havent really got much done, since finishing off the psykers + veterans which i think were my last post on here. I had started a squad, basically i've done a whole model aside of basing him, and got the torso and legs of another done, but in terms of guard, thats all i've done...Which isnt good. Tho, saying that, i did look in my drawer of things to do, which contains a couple of drop pods amongst other things, and thought of painting one of them up. The one i'm doing atm is going to stand in as a Dreadnought (typo?) drop pod, as i havent done any of the bits in the middle (tho i will with the next one). Realistically, all i have to do now is 3 more of the "fins" the weapon inside, glue it all together and then do the aquila's on the doors...and then it'll be done. And i cant wait to finish it off. Lol. The other things in the drawers include another drop pod (as you should be aware), a Marine command squad, a squad of cadians (the 20man boxes that is) 2 heavy weapon boxes and another cadian command squad...and theres still some blistered models hanging around, an inquisitor for one, ratlings...the list will go on unfortunately. I dare say half the models on the list will never be completed, but such is the way of things. And its not helped that every time i look on the GW website i see a list of other models i want. I'm gonna look at getting another Hellhound model, a valkyrie, basilisk at least. I'm happy with the ammount of footsloggers i have atm, tho you can never have to many. Tho thats just the Guard...

Other news is i've finally got around to finishing Battle for the Abyss. Hasnt been the best book ive read, neither has it been the worst, but its done with. Like Fulgrim, it didnt make me want to read it till near the end - Fulgrim when it got to Itsvaan 4 or 5, and with BftA, near the time when they've attacked the Furious Abyss on the floor onwards...Then again, i dare say an Ultramarine fan would love the book, as with the Emperors Children loving Fulgrim. The worst book in the series - in my opinion - falls to Legion. To me, it was just damn confusing. All the others that i've read have been brilliant, to the stage where i'd go back and read them. I've got Mechanicum and the Tales of Heresy to read yet, then i'd probably continue reading Eisenhorn till thats read, then have a look see what HH books are released, or look somewhere else in the Black Library for something to read.

Still no change in my foot. and its probably worse bearing in mind that my shoes are falling apart and im getting stones in my shoes. O well bugger it.

Last nights battle didnt go so well. Loyalists lost the battle My units didnt do all that much, the manticore missed with the first missile, failed to penetrate a land raider on the 2nd, destroyed a rhino and some troops in the 3rd...and killed a scout in the 4th (friendly fire Guard style) The Banewolf didnt do a lot, as it wouldnt have done much as everything on the flank was in transport, and despite my hopes that the Chaos lord would have destroyed a dreadnaught leaving him + terminators open to the turret. The Executioner did better, immobilized a rhino + killed about 7 Iron Warriors...and was probably the best unit i had on the field. As for the Psykers/veterans i had on the field, they didnt do much - except for try and gang up on the terminators + lord (couldnt shoot as they were in combat with the dread still). I did have 3 units charge them, The psykers wounded once but it was saved (not bad considering ws 2 v ws 6) one vet squad wounded but was saved, and the other didnt get an attack. It also doesnt take into consideration that the Termies should have attacked first...As per the Ultramarines, Marneus/a Captain/tactical squad came down in the first turn, and eventually ended up taking on a Daemon prince and eventually killing it turn 3, only to be destroyed themselves in the Chaos turn 3. All in all, things didnt really go well in the battle; nothing went to plan.

Oh...and the Tyranid thing isnt going to happen. I tried painting up some gaunts but just cant really get to enjoying painting them up as i do the Guard.

Any ways i've signed up for a journal thinge from ~thalon-mercrow so here are the rules (It was in my previous post but i'm gonna keep it up, as there arent that many posts on there)

1) For each of the 14 first people answering this journal I will put his/her name or avatar and the three deviations I like from his/her/its gallery on the list.

2) If you answer, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 15 people.The idea of this is not to get a free feature, it is to spread art around for everyone.

And because I stole this from his journal, the first place goes toooo...



1: [link] Telion the Space Wolf
2: [link] Mad Space Wolf version of Wolverine
3: [link] Crazy Space Wolf




1: [link] Old Fashioned (Sorry) Leman Russ Executioner
2: [link] Imperial Guard Sniper
3: [link] Imperial Guard Sentinels



1: [link] Funny animation, shame bout the ending
2: [link] Lovely cosplay shot of someone i used to work with.
3: [link] Another picture of the same person doing a cosplay for a different anime

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First things first, my foot still hurts. Like Hell. There have been times where its been numb, but other times where its just agonisingly painful. Some people that i know, either through work, or having been educated, or through drinking, have suffered the agonies of a sprained foot, so i know that i'll be ok in the long run, but bloody hell it hurts. There have been many a customer suggest that i dont go into work, but i'm not that "weak" i'll work through the pain...alright, alright i did get out a few hours early and go to a&e but i didnt know what it was at the time, whether i'd done anything more serious to it or not. I dont think that i've done my foot any favours since doing it, as i've done a few hours overtime at work to help out one of the managers there, whos going to do me a favour soon - something i'll come onto later. Since hurting my foot, i've had to walk to work (about 45minutes walk) as well as walk home from the same place. On Monday after a 4hour stint at work, i picked up some ibuprofen at the chemist and asked for his advice, and he said exactly what the doctor in a&e said. I know for a fact that i'm not working on friday or saturday. Friday i'll be venturing down the pub to celebrate my birthday, and saturday i'll be...hungover i assume. As for Sunday i'm helping my manager out by doing a few hours work...then going back down...the pub. lol.

Onto other news, the game that was postponed a few weeks ago is back on. On monday in fact. Contary to what i thought, its going to be UltraMarines + my guard, against i assume The Emperor's Children and the Black Legion. My boss is going to be playing with his Emperor's Children...and he basically knows my army (D'Oh) Saying that, it doesnt matter. The army would have been the same without him knowing, And it basically concentrates around my Manticore and the Banewolf...It would be effective against any army that i went up against, they're both instant kills on a 2+ roll to wound, so unless you have multiple wounds in the banewolf's case, or invunerable saves, anything is screwed...basically. When i said that the Bane wolf would be a pin cushion, to which he said "i know i'll be aiming everything at it"...which is when i found out he was playing chaos. Thankfully, as a fast vehicle it might be able to jump from cover to cover and still fire and avoid all the problems of that...we'll see on Monday. The Manticore should be fine - except for deep strikers...

On the same subject, the Harker model i was going to get is online only. Boo. My sculpting ability sucks, but my boss is nice enough to have offered to make one for me, which is good as he's a brilliant converter. I cant wait to see the model he does, but i dont know when it'll be done. I'm also looking at expanding my models into yet another army. Without a doubt i'm going to stay as an Imperial Guard Commander, that goes without saying, as i'm still going to look at getting a fair amount of troops. I'm gonna look at getting a box of gaunts when i get paid (as well as another Hellhound, dont worry i'm not going to go 'nid crazy) as well as a few of the foundation colours, and if i'm happy with the outcome of the models, i'll look at doing a Tyranid army sometime next year. If you're wondering why so far away, according to The Bell of Lost Souls, theres a possibility of a new codex in 2010... and as i say, it depends on how my paint scheme comes out.

I'm expecting flak out there from the rest of you Loyalist players, but i want to branch away from painting human flesh...and whats better than Tyranids?

Any ways i've signed up for a journal thinge from ~thalon-mercrow so here are the rules (It was in my previous post but i'm gonna keep it up, as there arent that many posts on there)

1) For each of the 14 first people answering this journal I will put his/her name or avatar and the three deviations I like from his/her/its gallery on the list.

2) If you answer, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 15 people.The idea of this is not to get a free feature, it is to spread art around for everyone.

And because I stole this from his journal, the first place goes toooo...



1: [link] Telion the Space Wolf
2: [link] Mad Space Wolf version of Wolverine
3: [link] Crazy Space Wolf




1: [link] Old Fashioned (Sorry) Leman Russ Executioner
2: [link] Imperial Guard Sniper
3: [link] Imperial Guard Sentinels



1: [link] Funny animation, shame bout the ending
2: [link] Lovely cosplay shot of someone i used to work with.
3: [link] Another picture of the same person doing a cosplay for a different anime

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First things first, i've buggered my foot over. On Thursday at work we had a visit from one of the Regional Managers come to the store to see how things were (and if we passed "martini" standards - if we didnt we would stop getting bonuses till the next visit.) Because of an abundance of stock of paint, I got roped into helping to put some of the stock away, and ended up dropping a 750ml can of either gloss or satinwood paint, and instinctively stuck my foot out to prevent it spilling, which is the last thing we want with a regional manager walking round. Thankfully, the paint can didnt spill, and i carried on working as per usual. It came to 4pm and i left work and walked down to the pub, had a couple of drinks and started playing pool, and for a long time, i felt fine. All of a sudden, my foot started to hurt, but carried on playing regardless. It suddenly got extremely painful, so i finished my drink and my burger and left, and (in all fairness) stupidly walked home, when people suggested i stayed in there and called a cab or called home, but i walked regardless, stopped in a shop and grabbed some water and nurofen, and continued walking. The walk took about double the amount it would normally take me, and by the time i got home i was damn near crying. (Listening to Slayers Christ Illusion album helped take my mind off the pain, as well as squeezing a bottle of water). Got home, managed to put my feet up and i was ok for a while. On Friday, it wasnt so bad as for a lot of the time i was sitting down and it wasnt so bad...obviously. I went into work the next day, started to put stock away and the pain gradually got worse and worse, and went down to A&E and i was told id "sprained my foot". In all fairness, i probably should have asked for an X-ray if it wasnt too much hassle, but i didnt bother (stupid me). He basically told me to take nurofen/ibprofen and to keep my feet up as much as possible....I went into work regardless today, and having spoken to the front end supervisors + couple of managers, i was told i could go into telephony if it got really bad, but i "suceeded?" in surviving the day on the shopfloor, despite grimacing the majority of the day and have people (other staff and customers) query why i went into work and didnt pull a sick day. According to my rota, i've got 2 more days work till i have a day off, then im not in again till saturday, so ive got 3 days of "r&r". Worst thing is, at work, a number of people are leaving/have left recently because they're going to Uni or whatnot, and i didnt manage to say goodbye to all of them because of leaving early...and its something im remourseful over, but should see some of them again, or i really will be fed up.

I was told yesterday at work i'd have a battle on Monday, so rushed through painting (to pretty tame standards) a Manticore, it could legally be placed on the battle field, its all there. Due to what i did to my foot i got out of work a (few lol) hours early and went to A&E to see the doctor over my foot. That took all of 10/20min (was expecting longer) and i got out and got some painting already done, i just needed to do a few touch ups and get the tracks on today and it was there.

I started to calculate an Army list for a 1500 point army, and got a message from my boss saying it was postponed as one of the players has personal issues going on, which sucks, but its nothing i can help with. My wishes go out to the guy for things to get sorted...despite him being a Chaos player (He's a nice guy!). Regardless, i still worked out the army list, and could calculate it to all but 1500 points, providing i get about 2 models done, 1 being a veteran with a Melta gun, one being a Harker Model for the veterans with the shotguns, as well as finishing off the Manticore, and getting a Dozer Blade painted up to go with the Banewolf. It includes all the tanks i have, the Leman Russ + Executioner, Banewolf, Chimaira and the Manticore, as well as 3 veteran squads, the Sanctioned Psykers + the Command Squad. In fact, the only models i havent included in the army (painted in the right colours so it excludes the Storm troopers) are the Ratling snipers. Which is a shame as i love the models, but based on their exploits in the last battle they didnt warrant a place (had a few turns shooting and killed bugger all...(tho it was against Space Marines!)


Any ways i've signed up for a journal thinge from ~thalon-mercrow so here are the rules (It was in my previous post but i'm gonna keep it up, as there arent that many posts on there)

1) For each of the 14 first people answering this journal I will put his/her name or avatar and the three deviations I like from his/her/its gallery on the list.

2) If you answer, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 15 people.The idea of this is not to get a free feature, it is to spread art around for everyone.

And because I stole this from his journal, the first place goes toooo...



1: [link] Telion the Space Wolf
2: [link] Mad Space Wolf version of Wolverine
3: [link] Crazy Space Wolf




1: [link] Old Fashioned (Sorry) Leman Russ Executioner
2: [link] Imperial Guard Sniper
3: [link] Imperial Guard Sentinels



1: [link] Funny animation, shame bout the ending
2: [link] Lovely cosplay shot of someone i used to work with.
3: [link] Another picture of the same person doing a cosplay for a different anime

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