Recon. Report #1

This morning I decided to be impulsive and stopped by my local Games Workshop supplier with the intention of buying a Space Marine bike. I had decided that instead of waiting till I've saved enough for the Assault on Black Reach (AoBR) box set, or I was on holiday and could get the paper marine going again, that I would buy a Space Marine bike as my first model as they are relatively inexpensive.

Space Marine bike with twin-linked bolters

The stockist however had other ideas, as they had neither the Space Marine bike, nor the Space Marine Scout bike, which I had considered as a back-up purchase. They did have the Chaplain on a bike set though, but I didn't buy it. I plan to rather use a model of Cassius as my Chaplain, which they didn't have either. Taking the limited product range as a sign, I will save my money till the next time I take a wander past the store. They did say that a new shipment is coming in soon, so maybe I'll be able to officially start my army then.

A New Recruit

Recently I decided that I needed a new hobby. Something that would allow my creative side to run rampant, something I could do on my own or with others, something that wouldn't cost the earth. After sitting around my living room with my house mate for a few discussing possibilities such as model aeroplanes, trading card games and the like, I finally considered starting a collection Warhammer 40,000.

I've been looking around the Games Workshop website and several other blogs to get a feel of what I may be getting myself into and have come across some incredible customisations and paint jobs. The quality of which I can only hope to be able to match in a few years time, especially since I've never tried may hand at painting on such a small scale before.

Warhammer 40,000 seems to fill all my prerequisites; I'll be able to build, paint and customise my own legion of warriors, I can sit and paint on my own or head down to the local supplier for a 'quick' game or two, and I'll be able to do it all without breaking the bank... Wait that last bit's lie. After having a look at what's available and compiling a wishlist, it seems I may have to sell my first born child to a horde of gypsies to pay for it all. And that's when I saw the boxed set, Assault on Black Reach, released to coincide with the release of the fifth edition.

Screen shot of the contents of the box from Games Workshop website.

It looks great! It has a relatively small price tag, provides a starter army for two separate factions (Space Marine & Ork), condensed rulebook and all the other odds and ends (dice, templates, etc.) needed to play. All in all, a relatively decent looking deal.

Now that my appetite has been whet, and I more-or-less know my starting point for getting into the hobby, I await my next pay-cheque so that I may get get hold of a box and get started.

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In this blog I intend to keep you updated and informed on how my planned army is coming along and hopefully show off some of my paintwork in the future. In the meantime, I'm playing around with possible paint schemes for an as yet unidentified band of Orks and what will almost certainly be another Ultramarine squad. Hence the name of this blog.