Hey guys, sorry about the ever-changing looks.. the last one was cool, but sort of gave me a headache. I feel that the newer, more minimalist look is more suiting.

Anyway, there's been a distinct lack of well, anything on the blog lately, and I'll seek to remedy that. I'm working on setting up a 1k game to get my Ogres going in the escalation league, so that should force me to rush and get some stuff done (as well as base the 7 ogres I've already got). The game will be on Tuesday, which begins the 75% (of total wounds) painting requirement-- expect pics before the game tuesday!

First off, the Ironguts are almost finished, I should be able to get all the work on them done in the next day or two (pictures soon!).. then I'll figure out just how I'll go about basing the army. On a related note, it sounds like Ogres are next up for an army revamp (though I haven't seen anything definitive on this), and with the recent trend of big monsters (bigger than ogres?!) being a big focus of the books, I'm anticipating having to buy a whole bunch more crap for the army sometime soon. So I think that I'm going to avoid buying more for the army than I already have.

Anyway, the last week or so, I've been overcome by an urge to start (or re-start, rather) 40k. I'd played before for a bit, but between a bad group and an unfriendly local gaming store, I got sort of turned off to the game. I've since found the IFL and the Game Parlor stores and the groups for all the games played there look really friendly. Between that, 40k's awesome background and the superb tourney support, it's just too hard to resist.

Because 40k's got such a good background, I just can't pass up the opportunity to model one of the specific really cool armies that are out there. After pondering several ideas, the one that's sticking with me the most is the Blood Pact. There's some really great stuff to tap into for a force like that.

First thing I'll have to do is look around and see what does and doesn't work (relatively) for a Imperial Guard army. I'm not going for the most competitive force possible, I mostly just want something that looks cool, and is fun to play.

So perhaps I'll toss a list up here soon, and if I've got the stuff I need, possibly a conversion for a basic trooper.

The biggest thing I'm worried about is the fact that my army is going to be compared to Dave Taylor's Blood Pact. I want to borrow a few of his ideas, namely his troop trucks/halftracks as counts-as Chimeras, aiming for a mechanized army. He's got some pretty good tutorials up for them, and just buying the bits will make it more cost-effective than buying normal Chimeras anyway. These'll be a big challenge, because I'm a total noob with scratchbuilding. But I'm determined to learn.

PS- Sorry I write so damned much every time!