Well, this blogs been ignored for far too long, and my modelling painting activity is certainly waxing because I've managed to achieve something that I mentioned a good few months ago... I played Warhammer!
It's probably been 10 years since I last got to play a GW game, but I managed to convince an old gaming buddy, Geoff, (who recently moved not-too-far down the road) to get the old dice out and test our tactical mettle with 8th Edition. This was back in November, and though we've only had two sessions so far, we've made them all-day Warhammer dedicated get-togethers and managed to play with a couple of different armies (Dark Elves and Vampire Counts) at various pointages, and most importantly, we're thoroughly enjoying it. Definitely a nostalgic experience, plus it gives us an excuse to get together, have a couple of beers and generally put the world to rights in the way that only uber-geek 30-something's can. :)
So as far as Halcyon Daze goes, as its been a good while since my last post and many models have been sold and purchased in the intervening months, I'm declaring this a clean slate. Ignore everything and anything project-wise that's gone before. Warhammer is now my priority as far collecting/painting/modelling goes, and all my work will be aimed towards the games I can't wait to play in 2011.
Having recently sold my VC's, my army of choice now is Chaos, in both Beastman and Warrior form. Essentially I'll look to build two forces which I'll probably use in an allied fashion until I have enough to call them stand alone armies. Geoff has two armies at his disposal, Dark Elves and Vampire Counts, so these will be the foes I will most often face, although I'll probably not gear my collecting towards trying to beat his armies (where's the fun in that) and just focus on collecting the armies I want to field - if I can then work out how to use them effectively against the Dark Elves and Vampire Counts, even better.
However, I've still also got my Empire models ready for a lick of paint, so it'd be a shame to ignore them when I can get them set up as an "alternate" army to play whenever I fancy a change of pace.
So that's pretty much the plan for Halcyon Daze 2011 - expect to see beastmen, Chaos warriors (and some mutants!) and a bit of Empire thrown in along the way.
Happy New Year all!
