Hey guys Brad here with my first post for Space Wolves and my first post of 2010.Some of you may have guessed from my profile description on the blog that this year I am taking the step from casual 40k gamer to hard nosed tournament player. My goal is to enter the Throne of Skull Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament at the end of the year with my Space Wolf army.
In preparation for the GT heats I plan to get as many tournaments under my belt from now until the heats as practice. Thinking about it that is probably what any other sensible player would do. Tournament practice is not the only thing I need to do -first, I need an army!
So the first step on my road to GT glory is preparing the troops. Obviously I will taking Space Wolves, I just need to decide what my 1500 point army list will be. I have decided to take this on step by step, a good place to start will be a 1000 point list for the Vapnartak 1000 point tournament in February I have entered. Vapnartak is held in the fantastic city of York, the contest consists of 4 games over one day with pre determined scenarios.
With a tournament looming in the not so distant future it has been a kick up the arse for me to get painting. I have a 1000 point list worked out already with a little help from outside sources. Overall I am happy with how the list has performed in practice games but I will speak about the army list in a future post.
Going back on topic I have come up with a basic step by step plan for collecting and painting my army along with other projects that I have planned for the year:
Step 1) Paint 1000 points in time for Vapnartak in February.
Step 2) Upgrade my 1000 point army to 1500 points then paint the remainding models.
Step 3) Magnetise and paint a 5 man Wolf Guard Terminator unit so they can be fielded with any weapon options in the codex.
I plan to allow a month to complete each step as I have to fit painting in between work and family time leaving me precious little time for gaming, etc.
My head is currently buzzing with grand ideas of building a great company, a mighty Space Wolf bastion and hundreds of other crazy schemes, but I will set myself realistic goals and strive to achieve small goals over a period of time.
So get ready for regular updates as I build, paint and play the great company of wolf lord Erik Morkai.
10 comments:
January 4, 2010 at 5:31 PM
I'm going to the York tournament too :D
Bet you can guess what I'm bringing!
January 4, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Deathwing perhaps?
I had been invited to attend myself.
January 4, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Great to have you with us Brad.
I look forward to reading more about you punishing schedule!
Maybe it will inspire me to do more ( I too have the voices in my head urging me to build more Tyranids, Paint Space Hulk and more....)
Dave.R
January 5, 2010 at 1:52 AM
Great looking minis Brad! Good luck with your searches for glory.
January 5, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Keep up the tempo Brad. Don't want to see any last minute basecoat only jobs at my 1st tourney in York (not my 1st tourney though).
@ Adam: Aye you have been invited but you aint coming are you? Scumbag :P
Still some tickets left if anyone is interested (shameless plug).
January 5, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Put me down for a ticket.
Can you hold another? I'll ask James if he wants to attend.
January 5, 2010 at 1:49 PM
I would possibly be interested if I wasnt getting married in April.
The girly would cut me jacobs off!!
January 5, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Phah! Tis nothing. I remember a few years ago and the GT final one of the Lemmington lads showed up despite his wife being 9 months pregnant and due at any moment.
He got "the call" Saturday evening mid pub quiz.
January 5, 2010 at 10:01 PM
I'll be making my Great Company under Erik Morkai, too! Great choice!
January 7, 2010 at 5:50 AM
"The call" lol I like it, money is tight for now but I wish you chaps good luck.
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