Pictures coming tomorrow

I took some pictures of my mostly finished Morghoul tonight. Tomorrow I'm going to install the requisite software, upload the pictures and get them hosted. I don't own a good digital camera so I used my friend's digital camcorder to take some pictures; I hope they turn out all right.

I'm going to finish Morghoul tomorrow while I'm at it since I'll probably have time to get some painting done. I'd like to start on my Titan Gladiator too.

Speaking of photo hosting; does anyone have anything to suggest? I used to use Village Photo to host old pictures for forum avatars not too long ago, but I haven't tried any other websites so there may be something better. Where do you host your photos?

Cyclops Savages: 1 - Me: 1

Well, these Cyclops Savages are proving to be a real pain. I've finally got one assembled, after a little gap filling it will be ready to prime.

The second Savage however is just completely messed up. I have the right arm and the hands/weapon piece assembled but the left arm piece isn't going to fit. It's so far off that I can't just get it close and then fill in some gaps with greenstuff and do some minor sculpting to make it look right. This fix is going to have to involve cutting the arm apart and using wire and greenstuff to completely reshape the angle of the arm.

I was considering dropping one of the Savages for a Krea on the way to 500 points and this is probably going to make the decision for me.

I did finish painting Morghoul. I've finished a base for him too but the slot isn't big enough so I'll need to file Morghoul's tab to get him to fit. I'm not going with the normal red/black/gold color scheme that is normal for Skorne. I've decided to go with a green/white/silver/gold scheme instead. I'll try to get some pictures posted soon to show my progress.

Getting Small

I had the idea of this blog for a couple of months but I wasn't sure I wanted to do it. Then I was listening to the Iron Agenda podcast and they mentioned a blog called Getting Small. I checked it out and saw that is was pretty much the same idea I had but it's been around since October.

I really like reading this blog, it's well written and, most importantly, updated frequently. The blog follows Cereal John's adventures with the Protectorate of Menoth. It's a good read and I would suggest reading it even if you have no interest in the Protectorate.

http://newtowarmachine.blogspot.com/

Gearing up

I'm finally getting some paint on my models. I'm about 80% done with Morghoul, I would have been finished but one of the paints I was going to use dried out since the last time I used it so I'll have to get some more. I wanted to try glaze medium for the first time but I bought the wrong kind so I need to return it to Michaels and get the right stuff.

I still haven't finished assembling the Cyclops Savages. They're taunting me....

I hope to have them assembled by next weekend, if not painted, so that I can drive to Tampa to play my first game.

And the answer is...

Ok, so it wasn't a huge surprise, I chose the Skorne. Why play Skorne you ask?

I spent a lot of time looking at all of the factions. I read the books, looked at forums, read everything I could at the Battle College and listened to every episode of Fell Calls. There's a ton of information to sift through when choosing an army.

I took my time because I'm notorious for changing my mind when it comes to choosing an army/race/class in games that give me options. Don't get me wrong, I love options, but they cause a lot of indecision on my part. After weeks of reading, listening and thinking about what I wanted to play I had it narrowed down to three possible factions: Cryx, Circle Orboros or Skorne.

There was a lot in each of those factions that appealed to me. What ended up being the deciding factor though was the fact that Skorne seems very underplayed. From the many posts that I've read and a poll on the Dakka Dakka forums Skorne is the least popular army among the main factions. This appealed to me because I thought it would be nice to fill a niche and give my opponents the opportunity to play against something they might not get to play often.

Then again I might just show up at the local friendly gaming store only to find out Skorne isn't so unpopular in this area.

Introductions

Seeing as how this is my first blog post I'll start with some pertinent information.

First of all I am new to Warmachine/Hordes. I've been interested in them for quite some time. In fact, I bought the Hordes book when it first came out, but until now, due to real life situations and other hobbies, I haven't taken the plunge.

If you're looking for great tactical insight this isn't going to be the blog for you, at least not for a long time. If, however, you're interested in following my journey in this game from the beginning I hope you stick around.

So I'm new, and I have a passing knowledge of the rules, but as someone who prefers to learn games by playing them I've got a lot to look forward to. That's all before I even start thinking about trying to win a game.

I have to wrap my head around the rules which I'll do mostly by playing the game. I also have to buy, assemble and paint an army before I can even play a game. Well, I have to do the first two at least, I'm not going to rush a paint job just to field a painted army, but I'm also not going to get stuck in the habit of playing a primed army forever.

But first, I have to choose what army to play. What will I choose? Hmmm.....