Sunday 13 September 2020

Mulan


This is the worst kind of heresy but I can't help it now.  I've crossed the Rubicon and there's no going back.  I even considered investing in an Age of Sigmar army last week.  And not just dirty square basers but damn, dirty Elvish square basers.  Oh, what a world!  Hobby butterfly syndrome has kicked in and there is zero motivation to finish my wardog, even though it's coming along nicely.


I had a moment of weakness where I suddenly decided that I needed to buy the Indomitus Starter Set for 40k.  Of course Nathan, the store manager immediately tried to divert my attention towards AoS models and that new Lumineth army caught my eye.  Yes indeed!  Minotaurs and Invisible dudes and serried ranks of glistening hoplites.  Enduring image isn't it?  Fortunately, sanity reasserted itself and I settled on the Warhammer 40,000 Command Edition box set.  An impulse buy, but I'd recently had my first game of 9th Edition 40k and I didn't hate it.  I thought I was going to hate it, but I didn't.  I was feeling so insecure before the game that I had to bring out Roboute and the blob of doom.  

Rory's Hive Tyrant made its debut and was, of course, ruthlessly dispatched.

Guilliman is like a security blanket.  He makes you feel better about everything really. ('Would you like to roll that again?  High five, bro!').  So I quite liked 9th edition and I may have gotten a teeny bit excited and needed to buy something.  Just a smidgen.


Of course there was zero chance of any spare Indomitus sets just lying around the FLGS, but I'd already checked the price on a couple of internet sites and I could still taste the vomit in my mouth.  Plus I needed a fix right now!  So the only thing to do was to creep down to Games Workshop and exchange large amounts of money for pristine plastic crack.  Then scamper down the nearest side street and mainline that shit.  Does anyone else celebrate their latest score with a trip to McDonalds?  I mean you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, right?  And if you do decide to frequent a local restaraunt, do you end up ripping off the cellophane and pawing at the sprues with grease and mayonnaise stained fingers?  Do nearby patrons look at you out of the corner of their eye and then move to a seat further away?  No?  That's just me?


Anyway, the Command box only has a Captain, 3 Outriders and 5 Assault Intercessors.  It also has a good amount of scenery which will blend seamlessly with my current collection and a ton of Necrons which just happen to be another army I play.  I immediately built the the captain and liked the bare headed option best.  He reminds me of Lorgar.  I was so pleased with it I decided on a bit of light conversion but kept it to a healthy minimum and just reversed the sword.  I really liked the shield and I think those poster boy Primaris might be starting to look a bit grimdark now.  Which reminded me that I didn't get the Judiciar, Chaplain, Bladeguards or Lieutenant in the box.  I especially wanted to own the Indomitus Lieutenant.  Not to worry, surely I could just get one from the shop?  


Well, yes... and no.  You can get the Lieutenant in the 'Recruit' edition starter set and it is very well priced, but I've barely looked at the contents of the Command Starter set which I only just bought.  I decided I could make my own Indomitus Lieutenant.  The special edition Primaris Captain with Power Fist was dusted off and unboxed, having been saved for just such an occasion.  Sadly, it didn't seem right.  Maybe I could do a Calgar conversion with him?  I'm glad I didn't start chopping him up and anyway he doesn't have a Stormshield.  In fact I didn't have any spare Stormshields.  Inconceivable! I nearly pulled the terminator shield off Captain Precarius in the heat of the moment but my eyes fell upon an introductory Sigmarine, half hidden on a bottom shelf. I think it's one of the ones that they give you at the hobby store (Another attempt by Nathan to pull me into the depths of depravity).  You can buy the model in the easy-to-build Stormcast Eternals Sequitor kit now.  

I picked it up, turning it over in my hands and said to myself, 'You know, that just might work'.  Precarius looked on in blank horror as I attached the discarded end of a Skull Cannon of Khorne to the power pack and added a Chaos monocle as well as a  MkIV Plasma gun. I spent ages removing the Stormcast insignia and it still isn't finished.  Precarius ran off in floods of tears at this point and won't come out of the bathroom. It definitely elevates me into arch-heresy status.  I'm just going to paint it up in the Red Scorpions colours and see if anyone actually notices.



17 comments:

  1. You already know my thoughts on this glorious mini. However just wanted to say that again, the running commentary is fantastic!

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    1. Well you were right, I got some pretty weird comments. Cheers Cheef.

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  2. Sounds pretty reasonable to me! Glad, Mr. Precarius did not have to yield his arms.

    I have also been eyeing the Lumineth. But so far I was able to restrain myself as well.

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    1. Yeah I might pick up some sentinels or wardens but not feeling strong enough to start a whole new army in a whole new game system. I might wait till they do a Shadespire war band for them. Those models are usually pretty good and come in nice bite sized chunks.

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  3. First Captain Precarius gives up his spot in the first battle of 9th just to show how Loyal his Brothers are to have the honour of Guilliman fighting for them. Then you go do this to him. No wonder hes ashamed and in hiding. His pride must be crippled, he will roll 2s forever now to show you his displeasure.

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    1. Yeah, he's definitely not speaking to me but I'm building 3 new HQ options for the Scorpions so he's going to have to get used to the idea.

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    1. No they're still a thing. I was going to add one to the model but I dropped it on the floor and couldn't be bothered finding it. Which reminds me, you need a spanner don't you? Sorry for the delay, I'll sort that out tonight.

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    2. I'll be in town tomorrow for an interview at 1pm in Thordon if that helps. Also if you or your pals happen to have any ~'93 Monopose Space Marine two part missile launcher chaps (http://www.solegends.com/citcat1993/cat1993p504-02.htm) I'm trying to bludge two for a couple of monopose units. When they're finished I'll start on the plastic beakies.

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  5. I'll be in town tomorrow around 1pm for an interview. I also need a couple of the two part monopose missile launcher space marines if you or your friends happen to have some 1993 goodness.

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    1. Ah only just read this and haven't brought any stuff with me! I could still do a coffee around lunchtime. Email me if interested or we can arrange another day.

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  6. Great work on the conversions! Looking forward to seeing these added to your Chapter.

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    1. Thanks Mike, yes I need to kick away the Guilliman crutch!

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  7. Big fan of that conversion, good work on it.

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  8. That is a fantastic conversion, bravo! I feel that perhaps we are having similar experiences with 9th Edition. I didn't hate my first game and bought the recruit edition, then cracked open the door of eBay just a smidge and WHAM! Boxes started arriving at my door.

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    1. Yeah, I quite like 9th but I still haven't finished a game! I see you are in the downward spiral of plastic crack addiction too. You buy some minis 'cause you want to paint them. They look good painted so you want to play a game with them. But you could do better so you need to buy more minis. Rinse and repeat until the bailiffs come knocking.

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