So it begins...

....evening boyos!

Sorry it took a while but hey i'm here now, I'm really looking forward to contibuting to this exciting hobby project. After some careful deliberation, advice and a calling of emergency braintrust my original army choice of Beasts of Chaos has been dropped, this is chiefly because...

A.) I had no idea what models were going to change in Feb (appart from stupid Warseer speculated hearsay) when the new release drops, so i didn't want to model & paint a fuckload of models to then have to re-do them when they change.
B.) I couldn't get enthused about the prospect of a project with no shiny new models for two months!
C.) And finally..... I can be horrifically indecisive at times when it comes to WFB armies.

....so i decided to choose those stalwart defenders of humanity in the Warhammer World, THE EMPIRE! Huzzah, so over the next few months we'll be following the exploits of Gunther von Fleischer (The Butcher of Ostland) his rise from lowly captain to mighty general of the Empire and the muster of his army.

There were a few thing i wanted out of my Empire army and so these are the main factors of why i chose them over everything else & what i wanted to get out of the whole project.

- I wanted a fun army to play with, as i'm not one for taking an army of a certain competetive build or 'that' army list everyone knows & beards out on.
- After reading Dave Andrews articles in White Dwarf as of late about his Empire army featuring all the crazy conversions and lovely painted models i became instantly inspired.
- A fun painting project, in my opinion all WFB armies look awesome on the table when fully painted but theres somthing (for me) about an Empire army that makes it one of the most impressive armies to behold on the table in it's fully painted glory.
- To own a fully painted WFB army, i have several 40k armies and i just wanted an impressive looking WFB army that i can showcase all the cool painting & conversion ideas i have in this tiny mental brain of mine.
- A steam tank, they're f**king cool, so i want one!!!
- I have alot of empire stuff i can use that is currently un-painted & still on spures & in boxes.

So with this mindset i'm setting out on this journey to collect and paint an awesome Fantasy army i can be very proud of and have a laugh with the other guys in doing so too.

I'll be popping some photos of my exploits from the last month of collecting onto the blog tomorrow morning, but alas i need sleep.

Ciao!

A x