Just a short post today. I completed an Ultramarines Herald I snagged on Marketplace awhile back. Lovely miniature, absolutely oozes character like most of the Horus Heresy character range.

herald

I have the next game setup for the Iron Thorn Crusade - the Ultramarines will be using the 4th edition Space Marine codex to face off against Chaos Daemons (again using the 4th edition codex). I’ll be playing the Recon scenario from ProHammer which is a board control scenario (quarters or sixths - depends on the roll). Narratively the Marines are rallying off of their last major victory to mount an attack into the heart of the Chaos held expanse. If they can secure ground it will provide a staging point to try and expel the salient entirely and set the Crusade up for final victory. The powers of Chaos may have other plans however….

3rdEd

I’ve been going on a bit of a nostalgia trip ordering old 3.5 edition books. I like ProHammer and will definitely play it - however there is something deep in my soul that longs for the simple days of 3rd and 4th edition (I slightly prefer 3rd with the Chapter Approved changes for no other reason than “nostalgia”). Once the Iron Thorn campaign ends its current “leg” I think I will play the next solo event as pure 3.5 edition.

dark eldar

I already have a vague idea for what this might be - I’m working on collecting a Wych Cult Dark Eldar army…

eagle rider

That is all I have time for now. The club will have another meeting next Friday July 18th to (probably) continue our Old World escalation league. Speaking of Old World…I have not yet had time to fully process the massive changes GW made to the game recently. I will try to type up my thoughts once I’ve had a chance to play a game with the new rules.