The Army

As part of this project, I decided I want to start fresh with a whole new army. I did not want to play Guard. In any game I play, I always pick the most boring character. Case in point: My first character in World of Warcraft was a Human warrior. You cannot get more vanilla than that.

So I’m going to build an army that is not vanilla. It will not be human or Astartes or Inquisition or anything Imperial. That means Xenos or pure demon. Demons and dark eldar strike me as way too goth and way too emo, respectively. Necrons are cool looking, but I have no interest in painting them. Eldar are elves and elves don’t interest me even when they’re elves. And I don’t want to play Tau. From what I’ve heard of their play style, I’d be terrible at them.

That leaves Tyranids.

Tyranids intimidate me. The painting, specifically. While I can do a decent job of painting guard, they’re easy. Armor and clothing aren’t too difficult. But the Tyranids have a whole different organic feel to them. I’m going to have to learn a whole set of new techniques (feathering, getting better at dry brushing). But they’re also much more freeing to paint. I see no reason that they need to all look exactly the same. They’re animals, not manufactured in a factory like a Cadian guardsmen uniform. And there’s so much potential to add splashes of color and personality. I think it can be a really bright and vivid army.

So! Before I get started in earnest, I need to figure out what units to take. I need to avoid wasting money on units that I can’t actually use in the army. I’ve already goofed. In a moment of weakness, I bought a pyrovore. From what I’ve heard, this was a cataclysmic waste of 30 dollars. But I’m going to paint it anyway. Practice.

Once I start choosing units and building my list, I’ll talk about what I picked and why and then we’ll commence to building.

-D-