Snow Day!

I hope everyone is staying warm today! I managed to get out of work today, so I decided to put some long needed love and work onto my Hammerhead! I'm quickly finding out that orange over a large area is a pain in the butt to paint! You can see how I'm watering down the paint to help smooth the process but still, I'm glad my whole army is not primarily orange! 

Signing out,

Igloo

Why an Old Codex Does Not Suck

When I first started playing Warhammer 40k I was told not to get an army with an old codex because they suck. So I picked Necrons because I herd they had a new codex coming out soon. Later some one told me to play against tau because they would be easy cause of the old codex. Now I have a hatred for Tau because I have had my but kicked 3 times in a row. I have also seen Grey Knight (arguably the most overpowered army) get wiped off the table by Orks.

   

Just because a codex is old does not mean its not good. A Old codex is harder to use however. For example Black Templar have the oldest codex in the game right now. To be successful with this army I have to understand how this army should be played.  Black Templar are mainly a close combat space marine army. If i try and turn them into a shooting army I am not going to do well. In Warhammer 40k the codex doesn't suck. The way you play the codex sucks. In order to understand how your army is played you have to study your codex by reading it a lot. You can also search the internet to find out how other people play that army and use their tactics to make your own. In order to win any battle you must understand your own strengths and weaknesses and your enemies strengths and weaknesses. Using an old codex has its strengths and if used properly it can kick but. Also The most important thing is to have fun. If you don't enjoying playing as your army then you probably should play a different one weather it is a new codex or old. 

Mass Effect 3

So anyone that this means something to knows that it came out today. Now I am not the one who owns the console or the game, Stormtrooper does, but I can't wait to play it! As you can probably guess, you might not hear from me in awhile ha ha. ME1 and ME2 were amazing, and I don't think I'll be disappointed with three.

Well, on the Warhammer side... Dragonauthor, Stormtrooper and I played a combined 4500 game. Stormtrooper using his Angels Sanguine and Dragon and I using a combination of Tyranids, Space Marines, and some Tau. Dragon and I won by the way. It was a crazy game and just for fun so I didn't make a battle report out of it, I guess I do need to make another one of those... Hm... Well maybe after I play Mass Effect 3 some.

Signing out,
Igloo

P.S. Tau Shas'o battlesuit commander is boss. I ran it with a plasma rifle, missile pod, shield generator, hard-wired multi-tracker and Iridium armor. The thing survived a round or two of devastator fire! That shield generator is a good investment for your commander!

Our 40k armies

Well I thought I might as well put what my friends and I have army wise.

Myself: a roughly 2000 pt space marine and starting a tau.

Drak/Dragonauthor : roughly 2000 pts of tyranids

Stormtrooper1980 : assortment of blood angels and space wolves half of them not built yet.

Davich: 1500 pts of Necrons

Sagisu: Has grey knights and is thinking about starting dark Eldar.

We normally don't get together to play that often, but I'm gonna try to get some battle reports up. Maybe some close ups of their models if they let me. :)