Expect More!

After a long disappearing act, I'm back! I guess it's been around four months since I last wrote here, but as I'm the only reader I'm sure that's OK.

So, what have I been doing? Well, besides the banalities of every day life, I placed rather well in the Fantasy TSHFT last month with a 2nd place and Best Overall for division A which is more than I could have hoped for for 7th's last hurrah. After the tourney, though, I didn't do much in terms of wargaming. Sure, I've played a game here and there (mostly getting ROFLstomped at Warmachine), but I think the encroaching 8th edition of WHFB really put a damper on things these last few months. I know that I'm probably overreacting with the doom and gloom (actually, the more I think on 8th, the more I realize it'll be fun), but I just can't help feeling trapped in terms of projects to finish.

You see, I had this idea for an awesome Dark Elf army about a year and a half ago. Problem was that I didn't have the funds to do it right away and my time was siphoned away by the very project this blog is about. Add to this the impending massive change that 8th represented and you're left with a man who had little reason to pursue his idea. Still, I collected a few of the key pieces for the project which I guess I'll now have to repurpose, but that's not all bad. I mean, I really like the new plastic Daemonettes and Stegadons anyway so it's not really a huge deal. After reading the changes that 8th is bringing, I do believe I will put the army on the back burner while I figure out what its latest incarnation will look like (the Cult of Pleasure never truly dies out, after all).

I do, however, have something 40k-related to announce: I have been working on my Space Wolves in the mean time! I know, I know, I'm excited too, but it only makes sense as I'm going for max hobby points at the next 40k TSHFT which takes place in September. To this end, I have rewritten my list to include all the units I've already finished while slightly fine tuning my army to fit me a little better.

13th Company x2.0

Wolf Lord
-Thunderwolf, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield, Saga of the Bear, Wolf Tail Talisman, 2xFenrisian Wolves

Rune Priest
-Terminator Armor

Wolf Scouts
-Meltagun

Wolf Guard
-2xWG w/ Combi-Melta, Power Fist
-1xWG w/ Bike, 2xWolf Claws
-1xWG w/ MotW, Combi-Melta
-1xWG w/ Cyclone Missile Launcher, Terminator Armor

Grey Huntersx8
-MotW, Wolf Standard, Meltagun
-Rhino

Grey Huntersx8
-MotW, Wolf Standard, Meltagun
-Rhino

Grey Huntersx8
-MotW, Wolf Standard, Meltagun
-Rhino

Fenrisian Wolvesx10

Thunderwolf Cavalryx3
-Frost Weapon, Meltabomb

Swiftclaw Bikesx5
-Attack Bike w/ Multi-melta, Meltagun, Power Weapon

Long Fangsx6
-5xMissile Launchers

Long Fangsx6
-5xMissile Launchers

Little different from my previous lists mostly as it brings its damage potential right into the mid range/close combat where the wolves should be anyway. I'll have to play a few games trying it out, but I think that it has potential while also sating my need for unique builds even if the unit equipment is standardized. While I still hate netdecking, I feel that enough of the stuff I have in here is from my own head that it doesn't matter if it's super effective as defined by the masses as the whole is definitely my own.