...And So It Begins

Well, look where my hobby activites have finally brought me - creating a hobby-centric blog, just one more voice desperate for the approval of the masses. :)

I'll be using this space to track the progress of my new 40K army. I'll talk about the list I intend to use, how the build is going, paint schemes, etc. I'll post updates whenever progress is made, no matter how often (or rarely). And, eventually, I'll do some battle reports and discuss options as the army is tuned for more competitive play.

And what is this mystery army, you ask? World Eaters. :)

I got into 40K as a regular hobby about 18 months ago, playing vanilla Marines. And the more I played, the more I was dissatisfied with the troop options. Let's face it, tac marines are a joke - they're priced like specialists, but are the ultimate generalist (which means they fail at everything). I got tired of being slapped around in hand-to-hand by every army out there so I jumped ship at the first opportunity and started to run the army as Blood Angels. That army suited me much better, but it still tended to be very shooty for a supposed close combat specialist army. Finally, I just decided to embrace the marine beat-stick and do a full-on Khorne army!

The Chaos Space Marine codex itself really doesn't interest me. Khorne is really just one of the flavours, and since I'm not particularly interested in running a lot of demons  or shooty units there just wasn't enough choice to satisfy. Instead, I'll be running this army as a counts-as Space Wolf army. Now the basic Space Wolf troops aren't perhaps as nasty as CSM berzerkers, but they're plenty assaulty. The army also very flexible and has a lot of variety, which means lots of opportunity for me to convert stuff up and, later on, tune it for effectiveness.

So there you have it - my statement of intent for this blog. Hopefully this whets your appetite enough for you to check back as things develop. Enjoy!