I play Grey Knights. There, I said it. To my eternal shame I play the Daemon Hunters. I play them for all the wrong reasons too.
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Psycannons for everyone! I freely admit, I have a problem. |
My first encounter with them was against Alistair who had bought the 5th edition codex along with some Paladins, Purifiers and Kaldor Draigo. I think about 10 of them 'cleansed' my entire army in a game. Having tried out a few combinations and being a generally decent fellow, Alistair decided that Grey Knights were filth and promptly sold his burgeoning army.
I bought them from him. I tell myself that this was because I was unused to playing MEQ armies and had trouble with a lot of rules, especially vehicles which Nids don't get. The truth is, I just wanted to thrash someone. I'd seen all those dirty lists on the internet spamming razorbacks and psyfleman dreads and I wanted a piece of the action. I converted some starter set dreadnoughts, painted them silver and prepared to kerb stomp some poor, unsuspecting fool. I got my just rewards by losing every game. So I boxed the army up with the firm intention of burying them at the bottom of the garden, never to see the light of day. A bit like all those copies of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 buried in the New Mexico desert. I even hated the fluff, truth be told. I thought that the Ordo Malleus were a bunch of jack-booted, Masonic Nazis from an Orwellian 'Ministry of Love'. Luckily, someone lent me a copy of 'Ravenor' by Dan Abnett and I changed my mind. Members of The Inquisition could be radicals and (un)sanctioned psykers fell through the cracks in the system. Wheelchair bound detective Ravenor was kick-ass. I also found Grey Knights easy to paint and a refreshing break from the dozens of failed Nid colour schemes I had attempted. I painted Draigo in about 3 sessions and was very pleased with him (even if he does remind me of Fagin from Oliver Twist)
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You've got to pick a pocket or twooooo! |
Anyway, I'm rambling. I haven't even looked at my Nid models since Call To Arms and wanted to play around with something completely different. I have bought a much maligned Dreadknight. I'm very dubious of the whole 'baby carrier' thing. However, I have made it my mission in life to try and make him look cool.
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Lets boogie! |
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