Last Updated 10.31.04

October 8:

I have been looking for interesting armies to do that few people play. When playing my Iron Warriors my army would get judged before I even had a chance to prove myself (as most of you know I play a non-standard iron warriors army that is very versitile and can handle both HTH and shooting). I am going to do an army that most people consider un-playable and try to make them work, the Deathwing. With the new space marine codex coming out they may get the shot in the arm they need anyway. I am going to make their squads very versitile( like 1 pair of lightning claws, 1 chainfist, either 2 cyclone launchers or assault cannons, depending on what the new codex does to the assault cannon, and a seargent with the standard power weapon/ storm bolter). I don't plan on making my HQ really tweaked. Probably just take a commander with lightning claws and a teleport homer. Then I will finish the list out with 3 dreads with las, smoke, and extra armor. I may even drop flamers on the dreads just for that extra umph when they get close. The main point of this army would be to bank off the fact that there is going to be more deep striking. That is why I am not going to use any land raiders. The deathwing are low enough model count adding the land raiders is just too much for my taste. I would rather have more termies and the 3 dreads and deepstrike the army since that is where their real power lies anyway. More info to come later. I will try to get some pics up once I start working on my models.

October 29:

It looks as though the deathwing will get the boost needed to make them a worthy army. I read the codex preview on GW's website and the terminators are going to cost less and we will get a venerable option for dreads. The new terminator models are pretty cool, but not as jaw dropping as some of their other models. I may buy a box or 2 of them just to have some. It is looking like the new cyclone model is going to get to keep its powerfist so I may take a couple of those. Probably not though hehe. The assault cannon is just going to be too awesome to pass up. Heavy 4 rending!! *drool* Anyway, I am 80% done with my first termie and he is looking awesome! I will get a pic up as soon as he is finished. I am doing a quartered paint scheme with bone and dark angels green. The one I am painting right now is one of the old gray nights with lightning claws on him. I really want to take my painting to the next level on these guys. I have had a few mishaps during the painting of the model but was able to cover them up and get a solid process for what I am going to do for the rest of the models. I have decided for blended red/orange/yellow for the lightning claws and eyes. On the empty shoulder pads I plan on hand painting the deathwing symbol in red. I will post my army list once the codex is released.