When I decided on seriously jumping back into AOS, I was torn between which faction to focus on. Focus has always been an issue for me - too many shinies pulling me in several directions at once; Nurgle, Bloodbound, Skaven (Clan Pestilence), Dwarfs. I could go on and I'm pretty sure a lot of you reading this are just as prone to Shiny-Toy-Soldier syndrome as much as I.

However, the Ironjawz release really grabbed me and after reading over them and dribbling at the new models, I took the plunge and ordered the Battletome and a box of Brutes to start with. But there was still a niggling voice reminding me of all the fun I had with the army of Gromm The Paunch and his Orc & Goblin allies. A quick look at the Grand Alliance: Destruction details and I realised I once again could summon a mighty WAAGH! of greenskins.

And so this arrived today:

A quick glance through and they're all there - Grots, Grot Spider Riders; Troggoths of varying flavours; Savage Orruks and more. It was just like Old Times seeing the different models and a grand plan of greenskin Realm domination began to form.

My plan is to firstly build Gorefang's Ironjawz clan and get some games under my belt, and then expand that into a huge alliance of destruction. Yet every epic saga starts with but one story, and so I've built the Brute Boss Gorefang (before his rise to power) and started painting him.

And here I've learned my first lesson: part assemble the rest of the Brutes and paint in seperate sections. Getting into recesses, skin areas behind armour and so on is proving very troublesome, but I've managed to get the red armour finished and have started on the flesh areas.

Still getting to grips with how best to take a picture - think I was a bit too close for this one but at least the new light box set up works.

Till next time - JP