It’s been a busy week, but amidst the chaos I’ve been trying to build some good habits and find a bit of time everyday to get a bit of painting in and a bit of reading.
For the last year I’ve been using quite a few spear rats in my games of Kings of War. My hordes have been made up of GW models, which in itself isn’t a bad thing, but all the travelling has been taking its toll on these delicate rodents. Spears and models have been breaking all over the place.
You can say what you want about Mantic models, but something I love about them is their durability. I painted up my Shock Troop and warrior horde over four years ago. They’ve travelled with me to virtually every event I’ve been to during that time, and they are still going strong, with minimal damage. So, as my spear troops have become a bit of an auto-include I’ve been busily painting up Mantic spear rats and I’m happy to report the first horde is ready to go.
Durability hasn’t been the only motivation. I’m also off to a small one-day tournament at Mantic HQ tomorrow, so I wanted to field a fully Mantic army. There’s no requirement to, but it feels fitting. Because of the Mantic only decision, the list has become a bit of a “one of everything list” as I still have some GW units in the infantry heavy lists I’ve been fielding recently, but I’m planning on fixing that, hopefully in time for November.
In between rats I’ve been trying to commit to reading ten pages of Burrows and Badgers every night. I’ve been intrigued by the second edition and I’m now getting more of a feeling for it. I have to admit, I’m quite excited about the prospect of getting a campaign together. In the couple of years running up to the new addition there were loads of cool new factions, rules and ideas in the journals, some more balanced than others. These made for some really fun games, although it sometimes felt there was a lot to get your head around.
So far, the changes I’m seeing look really positive, and seem to give even more opportunities to personalise warbands, whilst allowing space for more non-combat activity. Once I’ve read through everything I’m definitely going to be getting some miniatures out for a game, I like the idea of my Witch Hunters taking on an Arcane Conclave on the moors or chasing them through city streets.
Quite apart from a sense of profound oh-my-god-wow-ness, having a badger amble across a country lane a couple of metres in front of me this morning whilst walking the dog, seems like a sign I need to pull my finger out.
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