First up is Battlefleet Gothic. This is a spaceship combat game set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40K universe. I first got into BG many years ago but only really played it a couple of times. I bought the basic set but it remained unused for well over ten years. I recently decided to give it a go and bought two small fleets on ebay. The time has now come to get them painted and onto the table.
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| Imperial Dauntless light cruisers on the workbench (more like the work tea tray actually as I don't have the benefit of a dedicated painting station at the moment). |
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| One of the Imperial Cruisers that came with the boxed set. I painted this model many years ago. I plan to use a similar colour scheme for the rest of the Imperial Fleet. |
Other plans for the year include increasing my Successor army for Impetus to 500 points. I also intend to collect and paint an opposing force. This will allow me to experience commanding a different army and also enable me to host games. At the moment I'm leaning toward Mauryan Indian but I have not yet made a final decision.
I'm deliberately trying to keep my wargaming aims modest as I then have a better chance of success. In my late teens (my last period of serious wargaming before I got back into it a couple of years ago) I was too ambitious and too easily distracted. Grand schemes were started but then I would become frustrated by lack of progress and my mind, time and meagre budget would wander onto other things. Budget is no longer such an issue but time is a bit more constrained. I am determined that once I start a project I will eventually get it finished (i.e games played). Time will tell if I am successful.
