chris swift

So this feels like it's been a productive few weeks, i'm behind schedule but an army is starting to form. This week I've been able to paint a unit of Liberators to accompany the Retributors I already had finished, and a Lord Relictor so I have my first hero to lead the army in to battle. Next up is going to be a second unit of Liberators, or possibly some Judicators (I'll ramble about them in a second), then i'll work on finishing off the rest of my starter box, before treating myself to something from the expansion set. I've played 4 games now since season of war started, and I've managed to claim 3 victories for the forces of Order, all using an alliance of Freeguild, Devoted Of Sigmar and Stormcast Eternals. In all my opening games I've found my Stormcast units where great at holding up tougher enemy units and my Freeguild could swoop in and claim objectives. In my most recent game I was massively hurt by magic, mortal wounds and range, thus the need for Judicators, I think it's probably true to say my army was more spread out than it should have been too, also.... ...When including a Lord Celestant in your army, don't pay for a Celestant Prime, cheating your way out of 140 points and realise mid-game, it was pretty funny to realise though. Also from the games I've played so far, I can't stress the importance of one character, my Gryphhound, "Beaky", or has he has more recently been known; Ser Beaky The Brave, Beaky's new found notoriety has came about after he snuck in to the enemy deployment zone in my first campaign game and won me the game, and earlier this week against the forces of death, he wounded the fell sorcerer Arkhan The Black before retreating to the sanctity of a nearby ruin, he then survived a barrage of magical attacks from the Necromancer and a round of combat with a unit of Morghasts before drawing the enemy army out of position to allow another win for order, this has seen Beaky included in a lot more games! But in summary, it's gonna be more battleline next, more Liberators, some Judicators, and then some Prosecutors before topping it all off with the Lord Celestant. I have about 7 weeks until I head down to Warhammer World, whilst i'm happy with the rate i'm finishing units, I still feel like I need to paint faster, I think a hobby holiday could be in order to muster the forces of Azyr!

This sounds pretty cool, I really like Battalion Warscrolls, I think they're a really cool way of themeing your army, look forward to reading more.

All sins are forgiven, I think the hobby world has been swept away in Total War, the Warhammer Giant kit has a pretty cool Gibbet in it, but it's a rickety wooden thing.

Where to begin, I've been inspired by the Age Of Sigmar since its release just over a year ago, in that time i've painted odd models, i've recently painted a small force of Freeguild and Devoted Of Sigmar, both of which i'll be expanding in the near future, but since the breaking of Sigmars Storm there was only one army for me, The Stormcast Eternals, when I first saw Vandus Hammerhand sitting proudly atop his majestic Dracoth I was utterly swept away, and now i've devided it's time to get myself in to gear and get an army of these noble warriors painted. The reason for my sudden burst of enthusiasm and energy is simple, a hobby challenge between friends, a week ago a group of friends and I travelled to Warhammer World for the day to take in its majesty and play some games of Age Of Sigmar, and we where all left utterly speechless by the Ironwarp Citadel display, of course we bought the accompanying book to go with it. We've now decided as a group to paint all the miniatures we're going to need to be able to play the battle for the Ironwarp Citadel at Warhammer World on The Fortress of Kah'Rahkel board, it's a stunning gaming table and provides a more than worthy substitute. Now on to the toy soldiers, I've volunteered to paint a whole host of Stormcast Eternal miniatures, admittedly I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but what's a few models between friends, We're going to be painting all the models we need between us, including all of the Batallion Warscrolls found in the Ironwarp Citadel book, meaning as well as painting a massive army of Stormcast Eternals, I also need to paint 4 Stardrakes, A celestant Prime and 25 Retributors, but if we're being honest I didn't take a lot of convincing, to get the ball rolling here's the first few miniatures i've got finished, a unit of Retributors. You can also see my opening purchases, split of course with my girlfriend as she's going to be painting and playing with a large portion of the Bloodbound miniatures, and my Work In Progress Lord Relictor.