“Gather ye round the hearth fire and I’ll tell thee a yarn of dashing heroes, mighty dragons and adventure most high, ‘pon the seas of the Olde World.”
This is the first monthly installment of my Gamers Tale; a diary following my attempts to start a new army for Warhammer, progressively add to it each month, and end with a force worthy of legend.
It’s the classic “Tale of Four Gamers” kind of article first made popular back in White Dwarf 222. Except there’s just one of me!
The only other thing to remember is, I get $50 a month to spend on my army. I’m going to limit myself to six months too, so I can start something new for Christmas.
I’ll talk more about my love/hate relationship with Warhammer another time, but for now all you need to know is, I’ve been out of the loop for a good few years, with only the occasional look at the Games Workshop website to keep me updated. Then lately I got the bug to try things again, but without my usual dive in head first (or wallet first). Instead I’m going to pace myself and try an army in manageable chunks.
But what army?
Ahhh, that old chestnut of a question. Here are a few of the options I considered, and may well come back to visit some day.
- Chaos Warrior army of Khorne. Lots of red armor and bad-assery.
- Vampire Horde… Like painting six months worth of skeletons, kinda-horde.
- Exquisitely painted Lizardmen. By exquisite I mean not blue. Like in the good old days.
In the end I went with a fourth option… Sea-faring Dark Elves! Lots of Corsairs, led by Lokhir Fellheart. A few Cold One Riders here, a bolt thrower there, you get the picture. The models are absolutely gorgeous, and that’s usually all the matters to me!
Anyway, I’ll keep this short as a first installment, but here’s what I started with – a box of Corsairs, and Mr. Fellheart himself… Plus a couple of paints.
One observation I discovered very early on – the quality of sculpting Games Workshop achieve with their plastics nowadays is unbelievable. I mean, wow. Such beauty comes at a price – these things take FOREVER to put together! Still, I guess that’s part of the fun.
Stay tuned to see what color scheme I go with.
Suggestions for next months purchase are, of course, most welcome!
Axis & Aliens 