New Orcs & Goblins

Wowzers!

I've been looking forward to the new Orcs & Goblins arriving since they were announced before Christmas, and seeing the new models available for advance order has whetted my appetite even further! See the Games Workshop website for pics.

I always had a soft spot for the greenskins when I played as a youngster - the chaotic and unpredictable nature of the army could be a hindrance, but it's balanced with such a sense of fun that you can't help but smile. Units like Night Goblin Fanatics, the Doom Diver catapult and Squig Hoppers are perfect examples of just how fun they can be.  Who cares if they have a tendency to run away at the first sign of trouble!

So to me the new models add a lot to the bag of tricks. The Savage Orcs look ace, and are now a lot more customizable than their metal predecessors. The Night Goblin Nasty Skulkers look great too, can't wait to see how they will play on the battlefield - hopefully they'll be a mobile and hard hitting unit akin to the Skaven Gutter Runners.

But for me the pick of the bunch is the Arachnarok spider. Just look at it! An elephant-sized spider! With goblins on it! How awesomely gobliny!

I for one can't wait to get my hands on one. My compadres had better watch out or spidery death will be scuttling their way!

Better late than never...

Well, despite my best intentions, the blog swiftly died a death - an unhealthy addiction to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the main reason, then inertia kicked in.

Still, with the Blogger app for Android now installed on my phone I thought I'd resurrect things. Despite still being a big PS3 addict, my gaming and painting has continued slowly but steadily over the past year and a bit.

And what a year it was for the hobby - most notably a new release of Warhammer, rendering Skull Pass a thing of the past as The Island of Blood replaced it.

More importantly, though, in the last year our gaming group has now grown to four players, so although other commitments mean we don't play quite as often as we'd maybe like it's always a varied and interesting battle whether Warhammer or 40K is the game of choice.  Not to mention a successful branching out into Dungeons and Dragons which has been lots of fun!

I've also painted the beginning stages of a Tyranid horde which has proved awesome on the battlefield at times, started an Eldar army, nostalgically branched out into Blood Bowl for a while, and even bought and painted a Realm of Battle game board - a big investment, but worth every penny.

More on all of those things later, I hope, but enough rambling for now. If this app works well I'll try to post more regularly.