New home, new goals, progress with the army.

Hi everyone,

I've had a go at this Warhammer blog before, hoping that it will keep me focused on completing at least one hobby project (something that I'm notoriously bad for within my gaming group). Unfortunately life got in the way last time, so I'm having another go. Hopefully I'll be better at staying on track this time round, and maybe you'll hear from some of the other 40kers in my group. The first few things I want to write about, over the next few months, are:-

• Progress on a game board
• How I've come to paint Deathwing and standard Dark Angels
• Possibly my thoughts on the current Dark Angels codex
• I'll also be working on making the site look good and be fully functional.

 So without further ado...

Recently my girlfriend and I have moved in together, which amongst other things, has allowed me to finally get started on a gaming room. Out of the two rooms to which I was planning to be the game rooms, she suggested I should take the larger room as it would be used more (she only had to tell me once!)

Now there was a few things that you need in a Warhammer room, mainly space to play, space to paint and storage. One of the issues I've had playing 40k at friend's places is there is only enough room for one game, everyone else sits and waits. There is obviously a bit of chat and banter going on, but like anything for me, watching isn't as good as playing. While looking for other items for the house, I found an old time baby changer in a charity shop. It's got storage, and the top flips out to right on 30" and the width is about 28", just about big enough for a Kill Team board. I snapped it up as it partially solves the sitting and watching problem. Next thing was a table big enough for 6x4 40k board. I picked up 2 Lifetime 72"x30" folding tablets. Put them side by side and you've got a sturdy table, with room either side for reserves, cards, etc that folds away easily if you need more space. Its a good space to built and paint on too. I'd highly recommend these things, I got mine from Costco in UK. It came to about £90 for the two of them, which isn't perfect if you're on a budget, but at the same time isn't outrageous in this hobby and is definitely worth the investment. Luckily we also managed to pick up a full size fridge that a friend was throwing away. I've still got to stick up some pictures, shelves and get a cupboard as storage for the airbrush.

Most of my stuff is still in boxes under the table, but I'm working on some terrain and a Primaris Master based on the 500th store lieutenant model, so at least that's a start. My first goal is to get a board set up with enough terrain built for a game. Photos of the board will follow as I progress.

Thanks for reading, hopefully I'll stick with it this time,

Ste