Orcs Orcs Orcs Orcs!

The Yeti — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:27 +0000

So before I get to far I want to let everyone know that I fixed the comments on the site and they can be left again. There, that is out of the way. So onto other things. In a decision that smacks purely of self loathing or stupidity, I’m not sure which yet, I decided to start an orc army. It all started innocently enough. I was curious. A friend told me about them, said they were really cool and everyone was playing them. Said it was just splitting the Assault on Black Reach box set with him since no one else would. I swear I didn’t inhale. Then next thing you know I’m short on rent money, I have a scar on my side and waking up in a tub of ice, and I own the shoebox full of orcs that you see in the picture. We have all been there. DON’T YOU JUDGE ME GOD DAMN YOU! All of them unpainted and 90% of them not put together and/or unprimed. Plus I have other stuff still on the sprue that is not pictured. But this is the majority of the army, almost 2500 points worth of Orcy goodness.

Anyway, in a further rash and misguided decision I decided that with a tournament only a few weeks away I was tired of Chaos and I wanted to switch it up. Give everyone at the tourney a surprise. They were use to me playing my Sex for the Blood God list. Lets give them something they aren’t expecting. Hell, and while I am at it maybe I can push some wins instead of constant draws against all these Space Marine players. So I decided to sign up for the 1750 Tourney and at the FLGS, then a 2000 pt tourney the next week at GameStorm 12 and run a Green Tide Army.

This means that for my 1750 list I would have 11 days to paint 132 models. This means that every day I would need to get 12 models fully painted, washed, sealed, and based. And to make it even more difficult my display board painted, converted, and finished. All of this I would need to have done by the 20th, without taking any time off from work. This would mean I would have approximately 2 – 3 hours every day that I could work on my models as I work 10 hour shifts. Roughly an hour before work and an hour to two after work. I can do it. Suuuuure.

I will be posting pictures and progress as things go on. No matter what I will play these damned green skinned bastards at the next tournament. Whether or not I get full paint points which the tournaments tend to come down to for deciding the winner is another story. But it should be an interesting experience with lots of me covered in paint and my hands glued to the table.

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