Brother Casman

Dipping my toes into the Horus Heresy setting with some White Scars - got my first tactical squad assembled. Couple of angles on the sergeant - he's got a topknot from Archie's Forge, and a "Guan Dao" from Pop goes the Monkey:

Smash Captain, eh? Another Marine classic reinvented for the modern era, haha

Ah, of course - after all, the line can only go up.

I've noticed that the Thought for the Day seems to be stuck on "Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine" for a while now; does something need to be reset?

Well, there's always solo wargaming - I've picked up this ebook to read through: Solo Wargaming (@ Pen and Sword) I recognize it's not a perfect solution for everyone, you need two armies and the space to set them up, etc, but with a blog space here, you could explore HH 2nd Edition and share your adventures with folks online. Maybe something to think about?

I like the shackles - can't risk these enforcers popping off!

Ok, let me see if I have this straight. There's "Total War" the brand and "Total War" the game engine. Does 40k fit in "Total War" the brand? Yes, absolutely - 40k is, in essence, a futuristic total war (note the lower case, I'm referring to the actual state of warfare). Will 40k work in "Total War" the game engine? No, not at present - 40k is not Napoleonic warfare. The engine would have to change in order to accommodate 40k's differences. Bit of a Ship of Theseus debate, I'd say. Do changes in the game engine prevent it from falling under the brand? I would argue, no, it doesn't. No matter how many parts you replace, it's still the Ship of Theseus to me. Your opinion may vary, of course.

Ooh, the one piece of the Wall of Martyrs that I missed out on! Fingers crossed, it does come back eventually.

Yeah, import them into the apps (for all systems that have an app). Toggle on or off, and you're done.

That's entirely fair regarding the Kans and Dreads - trust me, I'm quite fond of mine! It's definitely possible that a modern redo to them would lose out on pose-ability, etc. I think, of all the ones I listed, the bikers would be ones I'd most want a refresh of - ideally one that respects the modular nature of the current kit. Like I said - the Orks hold up well. I really like the idea of Stikkbommerz; them, Tankbustas, and maybe some 'Ardboyz could be fun to see on the table

I'm going to keep my expectations low - I think we'll get refreshed Tankbustas in the near-ish future, maybe a couple redone characters a la the new Big Mek. The Ork line holds up well for me - but if I were in charge, I would consider a refresh for: stormboyz trukks killa kans deff dreads lootas burna boyz biker boyz (with options for Nob bikerz) Plus, there's always the possibility of something new, like the Beast Snaggas or the Speed Freeks. It'll be interesting to see what comes, in any case.

Sure, but for the whole "working for a living" thing, haha.

Wow, there's a lot of panels happening - I'd kind of like to go to this, hopefully they do put up the recordings for people to view after.

(Wherein the author discovers that the Horus Heresy ruleset is more to his liking, even if Orks aren't officially supported) So, earlier this year, around January, I came to the realization that I was burnt out on keeping up with the Space Marine releases. The more that came out, the less I wanted to have anything to do with them; I was just buying them to have. I also admitted to myself that I didn't really like the lore changes that GW's team were applying to the game - this isn't the space to rehash the endless debate about Primaris Marines, but they're not to my taste. The evolving ruleset, as it changed from 8th to 9th, then to 10th, has also pushed me away; the more legalistic emphasis is surprisingly hard to keep straight in my head. So I sold off the new Marines, still in their boxes, and put away the old ones, and poked around other games in the meantime. Helpfully, GW just released a new edition of Age of Sigmar, as well as The Old World (good thing I kept my Tomb Kings!) so I had some background hobby stuff still happening. But where do I go with my far-future aspirations? I'm still fond of the setting, even with *everything* going on. A few friends had been talking up the Horus Heresy 2.0 rules, and it sounded like they were having fun with it! I had a small trial game with the Imperialis Militia, and that was fun, though I'd be rebuilding from scratch. (Mind you, Victoria Miniatures has some gorgeous not-Tallarn Desert Scorpions that I've started collecting). I still wasn't feeling like working on Space Marines, plus my Blood Ravens don't exist in the Heresy era (and I'm pretty tired of jokes about the Thousand Sons...). So that left my Orks. Those of you who've explored the Xenos sections of the site will likely have seen my occasional forays into Ork-dom and I've added to my ladz as the new stuff has been added. I thought that I might be able to pull together something out of the old rulebooks from 5th and 7th Edition, even if it required a bit of work. Then one day, I stumbled across a fan-made work that covered effectively everything I already had: https://xenos-orks.tumblr.com. It was like I felt the touch of Gork (or possibly Mork)! I've played a few games with this army list against my friends, and oh my, it felt like I had come home. Even better, my friends have enjoyed the experience, too! I'm really excited to dig into my Orks again, and a few old ideas for converted wagons have been dusted off - the future is looking bright!