Books, Plans and Reviews

Hey,



Been a weird week, haven't got anything to share at the time being so just going to ramble about a couple of things.



A Novel Idea

Why is it I always want to start a new army whenever I read a new Black Library novel? It happens with Storm of Iron (Imperial Fists), Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint (Imperial Guard), Malus Darkblade Chronicles 1 (added Malus to my Dark Elves).

And now I want to start up a Word Bearers army because I'm currently reading Dark Creed. If I could actually finish one of the armies I'm currently working on then I would do a small 1,000pt army but because I've got so much to do I'm going to have to try and hold back on that idea for a while. The other reason I don't want to start is it will just be another army that never gets used ala Dark Eldar.

Black Library novels are a very good source of inspiration, something I'm severely lacking at the moment. No doubt once I start reading The Saint again (once I finish Dark Creed) I will get down and paint everything that remains for the Essexians.

Plans For The Rest Of The Month
Forget planning the week, its just not working is it? So I'll set aims for the end of the month. Somehow I've got to resist the call of my Xbox, pull my finger out and get some painting done. I'm spoilt for choice with things I want to do. So here are the aims:
-Finish Malus Darkblade (bought this month).
-Finish Shadowblade (bought this month).
-Finish Sentinels or Vanquisher.

Darkblade has already been started with Spite almost finished.
Shadowblade still needs basing and spraying, after that shouldn't take more than a couple of days at most.
Sentinels just need the cabs painting.
Vanquisher needs tracks, lascannon and details painting.

Should be doable but lets see eh? ;)

Recommendation
If you haven't read any of the Word Bearers trilogy then you seriously need to. The first book is titled Dark Apostle (followed by Dark Disciple and Dark Creed) and sees the Word Bearers assault the world of Tanakreg looking for a powerful artifact. The Imperium responds with a force of Ellysian Drop Troops and Adeptus Mechanicus soldiers to try and retake Tanakreg. The book is utterly engrossing, you could pick it up and before you know it an hour has passed, I had it finished in 3 days. This trilogy I would rate up with the best of Abnett and McNeil.

So this will do for the time being. If you have read any of the Word Bearers books then please leave a comment saying what you liked/disliked and if not why.

Until next time guys and gals,
~Pettsy~