Zen and the Art of List Building

In my yearning to be the greatest Warhammer player in the history of the game (Yeah right!), I have engaged a fair chunk of my spare time pouring over Tabletop forums, and the such, looking for other peoples lists.

I have learnt through this that you can manipulate the rules of Chaos Armies by using a Land Raider as a dedicated Terminator Transport (Free Heavy Support!). Whilst this is a grey area, you are legally able to run the transport empty (leaving the Terminators to run or Deep Strike) and pile anyone in, then move on the second turn. Some people deem this as cheating, others don't. I see nothing in the rules about this, so I take it for being a legtitimate strategy.

I have also learn't that Daemon Prince's (Wings, Sorceror, Slaanesh, Warptime) make a viable, fast moving killing machine that is capable of wiping out Troops and Tanks with ease. The only issue with a Daemon Prince is vulnerability. I sent him onto a squad of Killa Kans over the weekend, he wiped out the Kans, but got himself killed by the trillion other Orks waiting.

Anyway, to finish this little rant off I have to point out that no matter how good your list is it will still fall over flat if your tactics are not up to par. My tactical skills suck badly, so I have a tendency to get steamrolled no matter what I have. Also the luck of the dice plays a massive part, so be prepared for your Plasma Gun to blow up in your face.

Umm.. Which Way Did That Wing Go?

The one thing that I love about good models is the attention to details. Lots of intricate and lovingly crafted pieces may be fine and dandy on things like model planes, cars, etc. Though when it comes to models from places like Games Workshop it becomes a worrying thing.

The reason for the worry is the time, effort and copious amounts of money we are willing to waste in creating a (hopefully) sexy looking models. Only for them to be dragged around the countryside to be manhandled, dropped, scratched and possibly even thrown in anger (I've seen dice fly, still waiting to see models become projectiles).

I have succeeded in snapping spiky bits off my Dreadnought's, Predator and Rhino's. Lost weapons and chipped the hell out of my Obliterator's. Plus a large chunk of my Khorne Berzerker's are missing arms and backpacks. I also kind of smashed someone else's Land Raider by kicking a piece off. This wasn't intentional, I just didn't see it while carrying an obscenely large box of terrain.

I really don't have an answer as to how to fix this problem, other than leaving them at home in a cupboard or display case. But where's the fun in that? I'm willing to have my models systematically fall to pieces (as they do) just so I can enjoy a game of Warhammer. Ti's but a small price to pay. :)

And Now For Something Completely Different!

Got back from our trip into uncharted territory. Well for me it was a place where no Diggler had gone before. For the Missus it was but a return to slightly familiar territory. Where might this be you ask... Sunny Brisbane, in Queensland Australia.

Funnily enough, compared to where we live (around 100km from Brisbane) it wasn't completely sunny, but yet it wasn't pissing down with rain like here.

Anyways, we came to see MUSE, and we were not let down! I was whinging about these big arse curtains taking away 80% of our view. This obscured the support act, though I was actually quite pleased that they were because I wasn't too impressed with them.

MUSE started, and holy crap Batman, I just about wet myself with excitement! Strobes, smoke, bouncy balls, ear splitting squeals (from me) and friggin amazing music was the order of the evening!

If you ever get a chance to see MUSE live (if you like them that is) then I recommend you do so! They offer one of the best live performances available, and to coin a younger persons terms, go off!

Some Pics!
























Here's a small recording!

Eurasia!

Only 1 hour left then I'm off to the Big Smoke, with the wife, to see Muse. We are very excited about this because we not only get to see a bloody great band, but also get away for the night in some dive motel.

If my phone manages to take some decent photos (my luck with camera's, likely not) I'll be posting them up on the site.