Sign of the times...

Today I removed a spam post. This one was about Warhammer Online, walkthroughs and crap like that. Maybe even some gold selling, but I didnt read it long enough to make sure.

Obviously not material I want on my blog, as it had nothing to do with Space Wolves (which was what they had inserted their comment under).

Sadly, this was not the first one Ive dumped, the other was something that had nothing to do with mini wargaming in the slightest sense (though Im pretty sure someone could have made terrain out of it...).

For now, Im not making any changes, as the spam is slow enough for me to catch. If it starts speeding up, I might have to set it to approval, and none of us want that.

Oddly enough, this fills me with a small amount of pride. My little corner of the tubes (prolly right under the mens room closest to a taco bell) is good enough to be spammed... huh...

Planning on the Puppies...

I know, I know, we have about three months (at best) before the new SW codex comes out, not a lot of point in looking at the Space Wolves... But Im doing it anyways. :P

First thing I was looking at was which Great Company? Looking at the "Warlords of the Fang" thing on the inside back cover of the current codex, along with the decal sheet (Ive got abut 60 of them), showed 4 options for current Wolf Lords, and a few other possibles if I want to be creative. I ruled out the Night Runner and Blackmane badges, since Im really not wanting to do a SC based army. That leaves Erik Morkai and Bjorn Stormwolf... Ive always liked the Thunderwolf badge, so I think Ill go with that one.

Next: Priests. They all belong to the Great Wolf's company, so Ill be giving them all the badge of Russ. Im thinking they will all be grey like all the other Space Wolves. Not a big change for the Rune Priest or the Iron Priest, but Ive always seen the Wolf Priest in black armor... which sounds like something those boring book followers do. So, grey armor for them too. Ive got a Wolf Priest I got from somewhere (think it was a gamesday mini) waiting for primer, and Ill use him to nail down my paint scheme, which brings me to:

Painting. Obviously they will be grey, but what shade? Im not terribly fond of the blue-ish Shadow grey or Space Wolf grey, but they are not deal breakers. However, I was thinking of painting them with Codex grey with some black washes... Pack badges will be "old school", the slashes of color instead of icons.

Theme... This actually came really easy to me. The Great Company suffered heavy losses during the 13th Black Crusade and has recently added a lot of new packs to get back up to strength, so they have more Blood Claws then anything else. On the other side, I think Bjorn Stormwolf actually made it to the Long Fangs before being selected to join the Wolf Guard, but once there he quickly made his mark and was selected to be the next Wolf Lord when the old one died. Im half considering looking for an old metal Long Fang model to convert, but this one will definetely wait until I see the new book.

Wolf Scouts: I like the current scouts, but I dont think they fit quite as well as Wolf Scouts. So, having spotted this on Cannonfodder's blog, Ill prolly try the same. Again, waiting on sprue pics.

Think thats all Im gonna put down right now...

Tuesday Top Ten #24

Here I sit, brok.... oh wait, thats not what Im here for....

1. Equinox is making me consider ignoring all Space Wolf rumors until the book comes out, just to test this.
2. Tin Weasel talks about model preparation.
3. Big Jim's Soul Reapers HQ choices look pretty nice!
4. The Drunken Samuri talks about what Games Workshop does right.
5. Karitas shows his painted Inquisitor Lord and retinue.
6. Darkwing gives tips on painting MARPAT.
7. I really like this Terminator Chaplain from the Vanus Temple.
8. Stelek talks about dice, math, and other stuff.
9. Emperors Wrath shows us some minefield markers.
10. Karitas has an "interesting" Daemonhost.... I wonder about those tentacles....

Just a bit of stuff

Been almost two weeks since Ive had a real post, weird... Lets see, what have I been working on?

I picked up Bloodbowl for the PC, and Ive been having a blast with it. My computer is a bit slow, so Ive gotta play with the graphics turned down, but even then its amusing all around. :)

I finally got around to working on some of my Cadians. Pulled out a platoon of them, and got the green all finished over the weekend. Hopefully this week Ill get the skin, boots, and weapons done, then I can decide exactly how Ill be painting the shoulder pads.

Ive been considering working on Space Wolves for a long while now. Ive always liked their look and background, but always found something else Id rather work on at the time. Well, last week I was about to say screw it and start making plans to have some Wolves lined up for when the book hit... then I saw these. Hrm. Right now I think my plan is to pick up 3-4 boxes of the current Grey Hunters, and save the Space Wolf bits for when the new ones come out, cuz you can never have too many bits.... But its almost official that they will be my next new army. Kind of a perfect opposites match with my Red Scorpions.

Now I need to figure how Im going to make them different, and figure out of Im going to make a new Wolf Lord, or go with one of the special characters. Normally an easy answer, but Im actually considering building it around Ragnar Blackmane... We will see as more rumors pour out.