Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my Blog!

This is my first attempt at this (both making a decent army and blogging about it) so please forgive me if I am rubbish at it!!

The reason I am blogging is to find people with the same modelling interests as me (hopefully some local!) with whom I can chat and exchange ideas and techniques etc!! So if you like what you see please get in touch!!!

Over the next few weeks I will be submitting pictures and small articles which will follow the building of a Crimson Fists Space Marine strike force for use in the Warhammer 40,000 game playing system.

I have already started work on a couple of pieces and will hopefully get a chance to photograph them soon! I am assuming those who read this and perhaps keep on reading will also be gamers and will know what  I am blethering on about! For those that don't I apologise!

The Strike Force is based on (for those of you how know about the 40k universe!) the remnants of the Crimson Fists Space Marine Chapter after there planet was invaded and nearly over run by the orks. After finally clearing their world the Chapter was almost completely destroyed with only a hundred or so space marines remaining alive. This strike force is the first step of the chapter on a long road to rebuild their strength. This Strike force will form the core of the 2nd company (when enough battle brothers have been initiated) and patrols the local sector of space, safeguarding it from further harm.

As they are recovering from a almost catastrophic war which cost the chapter most of its battle brothers and most of the armour (tanks etc) the space marines must use what little remains to them. I have therefore modelled them as a bruised and battered force with little in the way of heavy support etc.

At the mo the force will consist of:

A command squad
A tactical squad
A scout squad
A terminator squad
A Dreadnought
A Land speeder tempest
A rhino/razorback (interchangeable)
A land raider

This will hopefully grow to encompass more units!

Anyway enough for now! Will hopefully get some pics uploaded next!

G